Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-14

| Va SOSbs
! Activity of the woman suffrage
party is being demonstrated in Two
ways at the New York Hippcdroue-
| first in a section of the performance
| of the spectacle America" In which
suffragette parade is presented in
full detail, and, secondly, in the
action of various State and city or
ganizations in arranging huge theatre
parties and benefits ct the theatre
that has given their cause such
recognition.
| The organization of the city of New
York and of the State have selected
January 6 and q for that r.'rpose,
and expect to fill the huge house at
| both the afternoon and evening per-
formances during their two-day
| benefit
The following day, Wednesday.
| January %, has Neen selected by the
woman suffrage party of New Jersey
for their benefit and d demonstration,
! md a big outpouring is looked for
from the Presidents State. A num-
Der of excursions have feen arranged
from the NJ st remote sections.
The entrance into the film field of
new organize ion whose policy it
will be to produce familiar Broad
way successes, headed by a we'll
known producer of vaudeville claS-
sizes ard promoter of the famous
Follies Bergere, Jesse L. Lasky, will
mark new era in the silent drama.
The Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play
Company, of which Jesse Lasky is
pres dent, is now producing it's first
effort, in Edwin Milton Royle's fam
GUS international triumph, THE
Squaw Man. with Dustin Farnum
in his original role, that of the hero.
Associated with Mr.. Lasky are
Cecil B. De Mile, noted playwright,
whose collaborative work with David
Belasco has brought him into the
public eye quite conspicuously of
| late, and Samuel Goldfish, flnancier
and bushes man.
All films or plays will be taken at
the precise spot upon which the
original locale of the play was based,
to wit, THE Squaw Man." which is
now being produced in the Uintah
Mountains of Utah and Wyoming.
Elsie Ferguson is C.itering upon
the third month of her New York en-
Western comedy by William Hurl-
but, 1.-THE Strange Woman" She is
/ the most talked about star in New
York today and the play has estab-
lished Mr.. Hurlbut high among the
younger generation of American
playwrights 1.-THE Strange Woman"
effectively contrasts the narrow
mindedness and prejudices of people
In small town with the liberal ideas
and larger outlook on life of a brill
liant woman OF Continental educa-
ton coming among them to wed a
young architect. 1t is the sort of a
play that grips you with it's intensely
dramatic moments and yet at the
same time moves you to genuine,
hearty laughter at the quaint small
town types, and the witty lines 1t
Is quite likely that before the season
Is over Messrs. Klaw and Erlanger
will soon present Miss Ferguson in
1.-THE Strange Woman" at the New
ark Theatre.
Theatregoers who feel that vice
plays are meeting with more than
their share of attention and success
should note that in America alone
BEN ur" has been presented 4,404
times to gross receipts of So, 497, SAB.
The business in Great Britain and
Australasia brings the total receipts
of this extraordinary play to 1881. :
COL 80 OF this sum General Lew
Wallace and his estate have received
a large part. "Ben-Hur' is still tour-
ing the United States with as much
success as it had ten years agoi
The Polish pianist. Michael Won Ia
DORA whose Aeolian Hall recital pro-
gram on January % will include
works of Bach-Busoni. Bach-Zadoral