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LorT1E coLIINss PEDIGREE.
Descent Of the YOung woman New
AZ the shubept Theatre.

Descent Of the YOunE woman New
AZ the shubert Theatre.
Eight years ago two little English
girls were engaged by George Edwards
to act a. bridesmaids in "A Chinese
Honeymoon" In London. Neither Of the
two. one eighteen and the other sixteen
years old. had ever appeared before the
footiights. They were sisters and they
could sins Now both sisters have been
added to the roll of New York musical
comedy favorites. Jose Collins was In
THE Merry Countess during its long
run last season at the Casino and in
THE Follies." Lott!e Collins. Jr.. has
Just appeared In THE Belle OF Bond
Street"
Up until a short time ago Lottie Col
Inns, Jr.. was unknown to New York.
Her mother came into fame years ago
by singing "Ta-ra-ra-ra, boom e-ay!"
When Lottie, Jr. was little girl she
received most OF her early education 81
the Notre Dame Convent at Bourne
mouth. Like all other convent girls she
learned French and German among the
necessary branches OF academic study.
But Lottie was imbued with other
ideals. During spare moments she
memorized long passages from Shake
speare and then delivered them enthusi-
astically to the bare walls of her room.
So II happened that she began her
stage career In "A Chinese Honeymoon"
very much against her mothers wishes.
Since the first time che walked timidly
across the stage in the small role Of
bridesmaid she has been leaving runG
after rung OF the ladder of success be-
hind her. Vaudeville followed her work
in musical comedy. and after Lottie Col
lins Sr., died nearly four years ago.
Lottie, Jr., took upon herself the task
OF perpetuatine her mothers greatness
by giving her impersonat.ons. Her
success was decidedly favorable, and In
March the Messrs. Shubert engaged her
as one of the principals In The Belle
OF Bond Street"
Miss Collins, Jr.. not only possesses a
clear and distinct voice. but she 70 @
clever eccentric and specially dancer.
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from the other members Of his profess
sion. 1t 10 not. moreover. the highest
class.
But the stock actors are not able to
impress themselves on tho especially
devoted public that goes to see them
with suficient force to compete with
other attractions. The three stock COM
panies that had existed for several
years IN the northern part OF the city
were thought TO I've well established. One
in particular had prospered for nearly
a decade and members OF the company
we're such favorites with their audi
ences that nobody ever suspected they
would encounter sudden eclipse.
1t took. however. only the opening
Of two theatres playing weekly the
so-called Combinations" to bring the
careers OF these three popular stock
companies to an end. The COMPETE
ton Of newer plays, actors especially
engaged for their parts and special
scenery proved too much for the stock
companies even II they did contain
popular actors, and hard hearted COM
mercisl managers. confronted every
month with the necessity OF paying tho
rent, turned their theatres over to tho
Aims. The prosperous stock company
st the Academy Of Music Is only further
proof Of the truth that stock companies,
like all amusements Of the cheaper
nVfRnn 1Nraf Arsr 81
rival since the theatres on Fourteenth
street now oonfine their offerings to
vaudeville and the MIN plays.
II 10 discouraging In q way. since
there could be nothing more inartistic
than the system which confines actors
to tho same roles for week after week.
that the so-callsd Combination" should
appea! more strongly to tho public In
this city than any stock company. Even
~ It's decidedly cheaper rates the stock
company cannot hold It's own once the
combination" theatre 10 estab lished In
competition. The causes for this pref
erence are not always comprehensive
decided as they are. OF course the plays
are newer and they are usually good
since only the failures reach the stock
theatres carly In their existence. Then
special actors engaged for their roles.
new faces and a mise-en-scene better
than that which the usual stock theatre
can afford seem too strong an attrac-
ton for the stock theatres to compete
with. So taeir definite status seems to
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The German Plays.

The German Plays.
Rudolf Christians has every reason to
feel proud that within two years ne has
again succeeded In making the Irving
Place Theatre live temple Of the Ger
man drama instead OF the dcsolate re.
sort It had been for several years.
1t has often been said that the thea
tire had to be conducted at loss. which
always seemed incomprehensi to
those aware that the beginnings OF the
Conried fortune were made there. There
In finding out what the public wanted.
II did not want indicate French farce
alternating with poor representations
Of the Classics. nor did II want the
French adaptations Of moro than q
score Of years ago. II 10 . singular
fact that % many recent directors OF
the irving Place Theatre ignored for
several seasons the best plays Of the
contemporaneous German theatre. Ali
that the managers seemed to consider
suited to the taste Of their patrons was
prurient farce.
II took Mr.. Christians 10 discover tho
changed taste OF the German public In
New York. He found ample support
for the best OF the contemporaneous
German playwrights. for tho works
that have been sent into Germany by
we'll known playwrishts " other coun-
tries and form q word--what IL worthy
and dignined In the contem poraneous
theatre OF Germany. Here wac another
illustration. and from an unusual quar-
ter. that the public sometimes wants
better quality than the managers
sometimes are ready to supply. The
future activity OF the Irving Place
Theatre seems likely TO be affected
however. by the fortune OF the manager
In selecting plays. II may be that q
second season will not bring forth a
piece destined for such popularity as
"Kasernenluft." But Mr.. Christians will
have the good wishes OF the public.
70 which he certainly seems entitled.
The difficulties Of conducting a German
theatre In this country are said 10
increase every year. Assuredly Mr..
Christians showed himself during the
season just past more prepared to
struggle with these questions than some
OF his predecessors.
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at a Stony Void benent last year. Lilo
mel Belnore Is The stage director. while
In the cast will be seen Edwin Nor
daunt. Catherine Calhoun. Alexander
Calvert, Harley Knowles, j. Palmer Col
Inns. II. Is. Hersoms and J. c. Staley.
Last year the play was given for the
benefit OF Stony Void. Such favora-
bic impression did 1t create that the
present production Ia being sponsored
by an advisory committee OF prominent
New York people, including Henry w.
Taft, stephen II. Pell the Rev. Karl
Reiland. Mrs Henry Willard, Mrs
Charles Carey Rumssy, Mrs. Reginald
De koven. Mrs. William L, Iselin. Mrs.
Robert Schwartzenbsch, Mrs. William
Eoss Proctor. Mrs. Edward r. Riddle,
Mrs. John r. Pratt. w. Rhinelander
Stewart, Jr., II, J. Wright, Or, Josiah
l. Strong. DIR. Francis II, ], Paul.
Az the play bears on the history OF
the birth Of the Swiss Republic the
United Swiss Societies Of New York are
taking an active interest in the opening
and have purchased blocks Of seats for
tho irst two nighA.
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Kaufman: Uncle Sans Money" by
Alvin Kaufman. to be played by Whit
ford Kane. Amy Ames. Agnes Dornton
and Cicil Butler; 1.-THE Worth Of a
Man. by We're Campbell, 10 be played by
Bertha Mann, Wallis Clark and W. CYL
lick. and The Last Toast" by Forbes
Phillips. with Wallis Clark. Alfred
Gray, Shirley Brathwaite. Cecil Butler
Charles Homer and Charles Austin In
tho company.
The Traffic" which will be acted for
the week at the Royal Theatre orlgi-
mated in the West, put long Chicago
run 10 IT. credit, and IL now to he seen
in the East. Mana Bryant, j. c. Liv-
ingstone, Claire Sinclair, Helen Rafferty,,
Clifford Thompson. Lois Bolton, John
DAILY. George Bee and Joseph DERRICK
are In tho company. Rachel Marshall is
the author Of the play.
"Vik," a play OF life in the ancient
empire now known as Switzerland, will
he acted ON Wednesday night ~ Wal
lacks Theatre. The piece was played
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IN the first act than any other, for
such IL the popularity Of dialect plays
II strongly marked character Yet the
public Vas not cordial to the play In
spite % It's innocuous fairy tale char
acter Is 1t possible that the American
pubic has grown TO md too insipid the
<.nd OF a pay which foreign Judges had
.Ome To regard as Jus, the food II was
model OF the plays that foreigners write
when they have an eye on the American
market La Canine" which Pierre
Wolf wrote In par.s for the beautiful
Lanteme, is another work designed for
he American market. which was never
enjoyed TO any notable extent in this
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~ LAWRENCE REAMER.

~ NE Of the wise obiter dicta Of
that shrewd Snowman Oscar
Hammerstein crystaliized the
truth that vaudeville II local. This
means that tho audiences which
gather TO enjoy performances Of variety
actors mus, be collected In the i'm
mediate quarter. Nobody travels up
town to the Alhambra. for instance. to
Sc the programme any more than q
spectator journeys to Longacre Square
10 observe any particular performer
The actors come to the audience In all
parts OF the town thus 1t Is perhaps
more true OF vaudeville than any other
form OF amusement that everything
comes to him who waits. This particu-
lar lesson Of his business was Impressed
on Mr.. Hammerstein by his failure TO
convert the Manhattan Opera House
into q successful variety theatre. There
was no public In the immediate neigh
hood TO support It.
II seems a. II the public that supports
the stock company theatre must always
be local II 10 customary to hear tho
stock company praised out Of all pro.
portion TO its real merit. There may be
such organisations that deserve praise
Many Of them are on the other hand
bat capable Of hurried and more or less
ineftcient performances. Tho method Of
acting twice a day Ia often destructive
Of all adequate preparation and any ma
ture Interpretation, 1t is fact that the
number of young actors who annually
come into notice from tho stock thea
tres is not increasing.
such q stock - Augustin DAILY or
Lester Waiiack or A. NJ. Palmer con-
trolled was Just as certain to be splen-
dtd training school for actors as Daniel
Frohmsn's Lyceum Theatre was At .
later date. But the discipline Of these
institutions and the roaring play fac
tories that are scattered all over the
country Is not In the least the same.
There seems an injustice In the dis
elimination OF certain OF those wise men
known as broadway managers against
he actors who have served their time
IN the stock companies. II Is to be said
in their behalf, however. that the stock
actor Is coming to stand In q class apart
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at tho Aston Theatre and holds with
the Rainey pictures the Broadway rec
ord for moving picture, Wal hr seen
this week a, the t'lfth Avenue Theatre
Loyalty" Goodness GrcClNus" rhv
Dance of Death" al Ethel barrymore
a. the kinemacolo. VIII h, shown after
Wednesday
Annette kcllermanu continues IA
Neptune Dauehtcr' at the Glob" Thea
tire MsS Eellermaun displays her
physical harms aud her ability az q
swimmer almost az well IN this photo-
play as in her particular private tank
Sealed orders" will be shown during
the present week. At the NV Nort
Theatre. II II picture of DANISH Ne
posed by Danish actors and telle tho
story OF an admirais son who sus-
pected ~ treaChery. II + In sin screens
should Woman Toll?' Will be- m,
picture play 10 be seen this "c"l ni
W hcrs Theatre l. .s 10 Nv. l.'s ard
is an interesting novelty brought here
ny the Apex Company -.v'. o.. scene
IT the play is IN Russia and noted
actors Of that country are employed
N It's performance
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'At @PRINGTIME IN THE THEATRES

to do with their continued success.
Even theatre managers. little a. they
may believe in a taste for somethisss
better than the lowest they NAV Offer
the public. are likely to become IN
terested once there are large financial
rewards to any theatre undertaking. II
happened. however. that Miss Angiin,
who thought Of revving the Wilde
comedy, and Cyril Maude. who accepted
Grumpy" are actors. not managers.
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ought 20 be a public for tho works OF
these two playriehts In our own theatre.
But there has been no such verinca-
ton OF what might be expected ne
Marriage de Mile. Beulemanss." adapted
for Billie Burke, proved to be one Of
the most trying experiences that young
woman ever imposed on the New York
public. It was then said tina, adapta.
ton might have made the rose colored
sentiment OF the drama less out OF SYM
pathy with our taste. Haddon Cham
bers the Australian playwright had In
deed translated the play, but II scene
remained the same as It's authors had
planned. SO when La Demoiselle du
Magasin" fell into the hands OF Henry
VI Savage he decided that the play
should be transferred ~ II native miiieu.
And extremely well done was this
process. Holman Day naturally selected
the New England he knows SO well and
the Maine types while undeaiaely broad
were nevertheless racy and true to type.
They were OF course more interesting
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Ore " the large theatre firms which
has been exhibiting films occasionally
n It's theatres Is said to have
lost $4,000 on certan series Of pic
lures shown in various theatres during
4 certain week To which the subject
was thought appropriate, Al the loss
was not confined to this city but was
distributed among five others In which
he pictures We're shown. Il may be
seen that 1t ia also possible to ,osc money
n the picture business.
The Vitagraph continues ito popular
exhibition OF Mr.. Barnes az New
York" Love, Luck and Gasolene" and
the bin which has been seen there for
he last two weeks.
The Strand will show this week
'Brewsters Millions" with Edward
Nhe.es IN the leading role This famous
play - shown on the screen n ave
uar's aud there are more than zoo
scent, IN luo reels, whi1h cost more
han $4,000.
The Cines production Of QUO Vadis. "
which Nas one Of the no able successes
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NEW PLAYS OF THE WEEK


MONDAY - Metropolitan Open
House, special performance Of
"Oedlpus Rex" by the company Of
the Irving Place Theatre. With
Rudolf Christians and Agathe Bar.
sescu In the leading roles.
Fory-eighth Street Theatre. special
matinee OF four plays: Lonesome
Like" by Harold Brighouse, Uncle
Sans Money" by !. X. Friedman.
THE Worth OF Q Man" by We're
Campbell. Tho Last Toss" by
Forbes Phillips.
Royal Theatre, Tho Traffic" by
Rachel Marshall: Western study Of
the white slave question.
WEDNESDAY - Wsllack's Theatre,
"V!k," q historical play dealing with
the early years Of Switzerland byan
unnamed author
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foregone conclusion that they could
never be converted into popular sue
cess. As nobody suffers by such failures
except the manager himself and NJ is
engaged In the altogether personal task
ment. there Is no need OF sympathizIng
with him
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Throwing Away Good Money.

combination WITHIN easy redch.
Throwing Away Good Money.
The wisdom OF the theatre manager IL
so often expensive I, lie certain that his
awakening must be bitter. One Of the
familiar methods Of proving infa.libility
Is to try the process OF keeping a play
before the public long enough TO make
II appear q success even n there
be no genuine return for the financial
outlay OF the manager. One instance Of
this was to be observed year ago when
a play was acted throughout most Of a
season at a small theatre on West
Forty-second street. was played for two
weeks in Boston and then removed for
ever from the view Of the world. OF one
play acted here for iong time this sea-
son II Is reported that the losses have
already been suftcient to use all the
earnings Of its producers from one very
profitable source.
OF course this effort to convert .
failure into success Ia incidentally an
effort to prove the infllibilty OF the
manager. He will prove that the testi-
mony Of some dozen trained judges Is
worthless. He will not. Of course claim
that Il 10 alone his Judgment that Ii
right. He will say that tho public has
decided. which Ii OF course an incidental
Justification OF his own judgment OF
course, nobody 10 injured BY these ef-
forts unless II be the financial rating Of
the manager or his hackers. In nine
cnses on, OF ten In which these efforts
are made to compel the public to like
plays the advice of experienced judg-
ment would save the managers thou
sands Of dollars, In the case OF the
plays now before the public It was a
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The Jard,n de panse IL this week
making a specially OF freak turkey trot.
ters and In the list are two that have
reached the age Of so. two that are deaf
ana dumb and TWO that are the fastest
n the world. Elsie Pilcer. said TO be q
sister OF Harry Pilcer IL also a dancer
there and alternates with Dorothy Bent
ley in dancing with Carlos Sebastian.
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The Broadway Danse is the name O.

The Broadway Danse Is the name OF
new dance hall to be opened on May
Z at Broadway. Forty-seventh street and
Seventh avenue The floor Will com
prise more than 10 600 square fee, OF
dancing space. There vii. De tables at
which the dancers may rest and bal
Cony for spectators Arthur Pryor's
band will supply the music.
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Pr omsed Novelties Of the Week

Rudolf Chris,tans and the actors Of
ne Irving Place Theatre will move up
20 the Metropolitan Opera House to-
morrow nigh, for . special production
Of sophocles's king Oedipus" In Ger
rasn. Asaths Barsescu 10 to appear a.
JooaNa. Heinrich NARROW. Otto stoeckel,
Heinrich MAtthaes, Christian Rub, Ru-
iof Aicher, Ernest Holznagel, Paul
pietz and Ernest Robert will DO In the
tA~t
In order to celebrate the hrst year Of
Us existence with some serious express
zion OF It's purposes, the United Theat-
real Association. q club Of progressive
admirers Of the theatre, will hold
matinee A. the Forty-eighth Street
Theatre tomorrow afternoon and pro-
ducs four interesting short plays, They
are Lonesome Like" by Harold Brig-
house 70 b. played by Whitford Kane.
Kate Morgan. MAuds Leslie and Alvia
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WHERE TO DANCE.
And See Others Occupied In ths
Same Way.

Joan Sawyer still dances With Quentin
Tod at the Persian Garden and audi
ences are larger now than ever since
society dances have decreased in num-
Der. Miss Sawyer viii soon start on u
tour TO the West.
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country. although II was also acted a.
Tho Runaway" by the popular Miss
Burke.
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The Cines production OF QUO Nadis."
which Vas one II the notable successes
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-02
Bridgeport As It Was
 1OO-5O-2O YEARS AGO. CTaken From The Files of The Bridgeport Far1ner)
YEARS AGO


 The New London papers are rejoic- ing over the existence of two police men in that city.-They are un-unt- formed.
 On Monday last a torpedo was found in one of the berths of the Long Island Sound Steamer City of New London. The fuse had been lighted but had become extinguished in some manner before it burned into the shell. The rebels seem to be coming this way.
 The old and incessant cry for ''nore men, goes up from the war presses to-day as vociferously as it did when in 1861, the disgracefuI rout of Bull Run proved that this war was to be no holiday. carnival, and that 5000 Wide Awakes. could not march straight to the Gulf, sweeping out of the way the petty resistance of a peo- pie who could not and would not fight
 %A##*
 The convention of cigar manufac- turers was held in Ta1cott & Posts hall, Hartford on the 10th ult. There was 8 fair attendance. many towns in the State being represented. James Gallagher of New Haven presided. Col. F. M, Brown, of Windsor Locks, was appointed Secretary. A resolu- ton was passed expressing a desire that the tax on tohacco should be upon the leaf, and not upon the man ufactured, as the law now stands. The aid of our representatives in Congress was solicited to effect the change re- quired.5
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-02
BATTLE
 YET IN BALANCE

the expectation soon of seeing Rus sian force under the walls of BI1da- pest. This would relieve the pressure being exerted. against Servia by half a. million Austrian troops who have forced the Servians back into strong defensive positions within their own bordens.
 Army. headquarters in Berlin re- ports a desperate three days battle in Poland, accompanied by a success ful effort on the part of the Germans to break through the Russian ring. The German report admits heavy losses but says there Is the consola- ton of, having inflicted seE ere punish- ment on the enemy.
 According to despatches reaching here from Petrograd, Lowicz and Lodz still are critical points in the fighting in northern Poland where the final decision, when it does come. bids fair to be the most moInentous of the whole war. Petrograd puts especial emphasis on the capture of German ammunition barges on the Vistu1a river near Flock as indicating the cutting off Of eonvenient means of communication with the German ar- mics in Poland.
 Quiet prevails along the western front but alarming news has been received in the form of report of a serious epidemic Of typhoid fever in the Belgian army.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-02
,n by. the natives in the cities.

There is one form of exercise, now ever, which is universal, and to W men Latin-Americans are passionately oe- voted, and that iG dancing. It IS Wor- thy of notes however, that the tango and other dances of supposedly south American origin are frowned upon by the respectable Argentines and Chli- cans.
 In the Central American republics, with the exception of Panama and the northern republics of South America, athletic sports as we know them nave no popular following. Perhaps that is. one reason why these countries have so many revolutions Lacking the interest and excitement of such competitive games as baseball, crick- ( et football and boxing, the natives find their only relaxation in lighting each other They are excitable, ner- vous and with the competitive spirit strongly developed, and would make enthusiastic fans In. rebellion Of the "outs'' against the sins." they find the same sort of pleasure that the North American gets from a struggle for a baseball pennant. A baseball league composed of, say, Guatemala, San Salvador, Teguciga1pa, Manague, San Jose and Panama, would develop a rivalry that would make a North American pennant- contest seem tame