Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-10
The Stage-A Mirror of the Age

! nc appearance at the Imperosky Theatre,
ST Petersburg, when II years old. He
| came TO America for the first time in 1906
on pleasure trip, but did not appear
| professionally. In the following year he
| brought with him from st. Petersburg
| troupe OF Russian dancers, with whom
! ne appeared in vaudeville He returned
10 Anerica the following year for an en-
| saRement In the Summer widowers,"
| presented by Lew Fields. During the
season of 1910, he toured with Pavlowa
| and Mortkin, as solo dancer During
the two following seasons he has ap-
peared IN vaudeville. He Joined the Win
yer rarden Company last spring. to APP
pear IN The Passing Show Of 1914"
Dorothy Jardon, who will appear at the
FORREST In "Para's Darling" has the
nonor OF being selected by such artists
as henry HUT and Harrison Fisher as
Une OF the IL most beautiful women of
tne world Miss Jardon who is some
WHAT OF an artist herself, designs her
most striking costumes. Three days after
sne mad signed n contract with Klaw and
~ laHser 10 appear i'm their new mu-
slcal comedy, "Papa's Darling" Miss ,Tor-
don submitted a sketch showing tbe three
show. Hp''' III '"'
Muriel Window, of "The Passing Show
OF I9li asserts that her curious cognG-
Nj HCt stage, put a real name.
MISS window says that she has never
had anything more to do with a catbe-
urHl window than to look through one
fIer father, T. p, Window. is president
OF the Pacific Coast Biscuit Company.
ana resides at Portland, Ore Miss Win
doW was baptized Muriel Inetta Window,
but her second surname was dropped
when she took to the stage as n nrofes
SION Miss Window seriously objects to
Wags referring to her as Miss Mural
Window Her mothers surname was
Muriel, and she likes It, Furthermore. II
fits well into Window
marjorie Bentley, who heads the corps
ue pallet In Montgomery and stones
'Chin-Chin' at the Forrest Is the fayorite
pupli OF Madame Cavallazz now of the
new YORK metropolitan Opera House. but |
IurIhetly Tor many years engaged at the |
Royal italian Opera House in London. |
marjorie was born in Philadelphia, and
has only just turned IL. She learned to !
dance on her toes while she was n mere |
tot. Her first teacher was Miss Florence |
Balley, who once had n dancing academy
In West Philadelphia,
10 be successful a dancer needs grace |
poise, rhythm, discretion and poetry to |
mt her for her admirable career" saws |
the distinguished teacher, who was her
set chief of the ballet at the Imperial |
opera House at Petrograd, where she was
once decorated by the father of the pres
ent ear Nicholas of Russia. Madame
CaVallazzi has no admiration for the
tango, but 1t is her belief that out of the
present maze of what she considers the
more or less ungraceful styles of popular
dancing will ultimately evolve a school
that In her opinion will place America s
dancers as dangerous rivals of the Rus
slams, who are now supreme in that
branch of art.
Like every other art" she says. dane
ing Is In a constant state of evolution.
and l am convinced that some of you will
live to see the day when American
dancers will be able to illustrate life and
action even more faithfully than do those
Of the Russian school. A dancer must be
born-the talent must be inherent-you
cannot make a dancer any more than
you can make a singer unless you have
the fundamental ability. And there ara
plenty of born dancers in this wonderful
country of America, the melting pot of
Europe. All that is needed is the genesis
Of genius to inspire the element of
Macy Harlan, who will be seen as the
Russian police spy in THE Yellow Ticket"
1t the Garrick, has reputation as an
actor of character parts second to no
>ther player on the American stage. Mr..
Harlan Is young man, dark, tall and
physically to play leading busi-
ness should he so desire. There are
plenty of good leading men," he AYERS.
the field for character acting is wide"
which bit of professional philosophy re-
suits in his being always In demand by
managers.
During one of the performances of "The
in the Walnut Street Thea
re last week, an incident occurred which |
night have proven to be serious. One OF |
he most stirring scenes of the play Is |
he fall of an Apache over a cliff, when |
lie Is winged" by the entrapped explor-
n. The Indian falls headlong over the
PAINTED cliff, finally entanglng himself
m a projecting ledge from which ne !
langs suspended for at least a half hour. |
During the Tuesday evening perform
nee the actor struck his leg on a pointed
ron bar, which inflicted a painful cut.
rather than destroy the picture" the '
held his position, although suf-
erlng intense pain, until the termination
# the act. When his plight was dis t
overed he was carried In a fainting 6
TO his dressing room. I'M
the house doctor was not on I
he premises. !
Then "Shep" Camp proved that an b
.ctor has a more practical side. for he 6
leansed and dressed the wound In a
lost workman-like manner. Only then s
i'd 1t become known that Mr.. Camp is c
graduate physician, with a diploma .
rom a Chicago university. His brother. I
rho graduated at the same time, Is one l
( Chicago's eminent surgeons. "Shep" q
arres in his trunk a practical valse I
yhich he uses for such emergencies De-
pite his medical knowledge. the genial II
)O-pound comedian can't grow thin. n