Evening star., 1914-11-08

however. are said to think otherwise.
Miss Stella Hoban, the charming
ingenue of THE Queen Of the Movies"
says:
THE old-fashioned dances will not
come into vogue again for many years
to come, only upon special occasions.
II predict the return of the minuet,
which was first presented by the French
court many years ago Comparatively
few in America have ever danced 1t. yet
whenever 1t has been introduced in high
class entertainments. it has been marked
by keen appreciation.
Il think even the new dances resemble
it closely and that the love of the beau
tiful as we'll as the natural aversion to
the fatigue incident to the acrobatics
Of fad dances so popular now will GER
tainly lead before long to the stately
minuet.
Il am working myself toward that
end.'
AN APOSTLE OF - GLADNESS.-
Readers of THE Genial Idiot" who
have chuckled over his fun and fancies,
or those who have found delightful en-
tertainment in "A Houseboat on the
Styx," may not suspect that John Ken
drick Bangs, who wrote them, is an
apostle of optimism.
is well-knit and sturdy. His bronzed
ruddy face tells OF kindliness, thought
fulness. and the spirit of out-of-doors
Gray hairs about the temples make one
suspect his fifty-odd years. though
these are the only hint Of his age. Such
are the merely physical Characteristic
that would probably be noticed first.
But very soon. especially when he has
commenced to talk. there comes the
realization that the work he has been
doing for many years has not been a
mere entertainment of the moment
There Is a great purpose back of 1t all
for Mr. Bangs is in the best sense a
dispeller of gloom, an optimtst and an
unofficial teacher of the doctrine OF
living made happier by looking on the
bright side of dark days.
He is glad of work, he says: glad OF
everything He is glad of the. sun and
the rain. glad to get up in the morn
ing; glad to see, at night, the winkine
flash of the lighthouse on that village
on the Maine coast where he does his
literary work. And his gladness Is
deep-rooted and true.
The Bangs home Is at Ogunquit. on g
rocky hill that juts up suddenly from
! the sea in the typical Maine coast 1ash,
/ ion. The house is large and roomy. but
SO in keeping with its natural sur
roundinRs that 1t seems almost to have
grown there, like the pines whose fra.
GRANGE fills the long summer days
Gardens and winding paths are a.. y
There at Grayrock it is the delight OF
Mr.. and Mrs Bangs to entertain theil
friends, and to spend only day WITT
theun ts an education in sane living
Hosnttauty and kindliness are on all
sides, and the spirit that dominates the
nlace is that of Bangs, the salupriey,
the happy one,"' the man OF cheer.
r. DANIEL FRAWLEY.-A score OF
dramatic producers of the present day
belong to either the old or the modern
school of acting. but the man in the
public. eye at the present time who
combines the traditions of the old with
the merits of the new is I. Daniel
Frawley. the right-hand man OF Oliver
Morosco. Mr.. Frawley, by the way. Is
a Washingtonian to the manor born.
The means that brought about his
development in theatrical history are
| interesting.
Stock Company venture here, when ne
played leading roles. was the forerun-
ner of original artistic things theatri:
caily done later on the 'Pacihc coast
He nroduc6d in San Francisco plays II
a way that did not pattern after the
eastern mahagers. Whatever he pu!
on was 3 ,b'rawiey production pure ano
simple He topna new shsir peop,e aen%rtnnay %n 5a
and made stars Just as Charles Froh-
man makes them. Blanche Bates
] Eleanor Robsens Maxine Elliott. Ger.
trude Elliott. for example, received
their first development under MS s"n'
After this .came his globe-trottins
experiences, q direct result OF the fame
Of his San Francisco venture. Peo.
pie who left Frisco Tor the orient. ape
! the far east told what Mr.. Frawle9
was doing, and Inducements were Of
fered him to bring drama to those fal
away lands. He went and made
great killing" In the slang Of the art
and repeated 1T It hn.;ana IN Anatral'a' inoia
| Last Of all: after showing the res
of the world what the young ives
could create, hee.played with his com
pany In thecAmerican east Tor the mrs
by." aAiabama." '"The WIFE" Held b,
the Enemy" "The Charity BALI ant
other celebrated plays that he put or
with a company that included Blanche
Bates. z. J. Morgan. John E. Kellard
Alfred Hickman, Burr Mcintosh. Frank
| Worthing, John Mason. Mac1yn Ar
buckle, wilton Lackaye. Madge Carr
4 Cook, Thomas Ross, 'Tneooore Hoperts
i Marion Rodney. Mary Hampton. Ger.
trude Elliott, Maxine Elliott. Eleanor
Robson and many others.
Just prior to leaving the Pacific coas1
on his world tour. Mr.. Frawley was ap-
preached by young man who had the
temerity to believe that Los Angeles
could be made a great producing cen.
ter. All he had to start with was forty
dollars and q lone lease on the Bur.
bank Theater, q house that had failed
to pay dividends to its owner from the
time it was built.
TO see II this young man-Oliver Mo.
rosco, by the way-was right, Frawley
took his company to Los Angeles ant
played eight weeks to capacity bust.
ness in this same Burbank Theater
He rolled up bank account OF sever
thousand dollars to carry out his
| When Frawley came back to the
United States and was received in the
east Oliver Morosco wired him to come
to Los Angeles and take care of his
productions. He had, however, re.
ceived a prior offer from Henry W
tsavage-for whom he started pro-
ducing.
His history at this period is notable
as he produced "Everywoman." for one
and made another trip around the
world with Mr.. Savage.
forces with Mr.. Morosco that T. Daniel
Frawley came into his own. in helping
the former to become one of the great.
est Independent producers Of the pres.
= ent time.