Evening star., 1914-12-20

y the greatest and. perhaps to
many, the pleasantest surprise
Of k1aw & Erlanger's "stupendous
worlds fair production" at the New
National Theater last week. Through
out. his performance was one of chaste
dignity. simple. convincing and thor
oughly attractive. and IT should entitle
the gifted young actor to considera tion
for even greater things in his profess
sion. II was more than anything else
the redeeming element that kept all
the credit for the production from go
ing to the stage mechanic and scenic
artist
True the week before Christmas is
considered the dullest theatrical week
of the season and the unsettled condi-
ton of things in the world dramatic
may make rigid economy necessary at
such times. but just why such expert
enced showmen the Messrs. klaw &
Erlanger should be willing to risk the
success of SO magnificent a scenic spec
tacle, one intended to attract "all the
Americas" at the San Francisco ex-
position. with company not the best
IS difficult of comprehension. In one
other feature the lack of due care and
was the absence of indispensable at
mosphere, especially at the climax
when the mammoth "Alleluia' chorus
is sung. The thrill which has been a
telling climax of former pro :tions
of .'Ben-Hur' was missing.
The Williamson submarine motion
pictures at the Columbia Theater have
servedly so, among educators and scien-
lists. 1t is something to get an honest
glimpse of the bed of old ocean. But
u does make one nervous at times to
see those inert horsehoofs that lured
the fishes wavering in the current like
restless spirits of another world.
The classic story of Damon and
I'yth:ss Interested many the past
week at the Beiasco, more especially
tnose whose lives are being patterned
along the lines of that memorable
friendship. The pictures were clear,
well set and the production, as a
whole. an interesting and attractive
one.
The coming week will shift amuse-
diet to something more substantial and
perhaps more inviting. Adele" Too
Many Cooks" Margaret Anglin and
Cinderella. to say nothing of the
cnarns of vaude vile and of burlesque,
ought 10 offer variety wide enough
10 satisfy all tastes.
EPIGRAM ~AND CYNICISM.-.Lady
Windermeres Fan" sparkles with cpl
srammatic speeches. The following
re few:
l can resist everything except temp
tation'
II you pretend to be good the world
takes you seriously II you pretend to
pe bad il doesn't. Such is the astound-
ing stupidity of optimism.
Relatives are nuisance but they
make us very respectable.
Don't lose your temper; you've only
,ot one.
\ cynic is It man who knows the
salue of nothing
Experience is the name every one
gives to his mistakes.
Women like to nnd us irretrievably
oad and leave us quite unatractively
good.
We are all in the gutter, but some of
Us are looking at the stars.
Good people do a great deal of harm
such Importance.
one pays for ones sins. then one paws
gain; ~ one's life one pays.
My own business bores me to death;
i prefer other peoples.
ia this world there are two great
tragedies One is not getting what
me wants and the other is getting it
ine last is much the worst.
! like talking to brick wall. It's
,"e only thing that never contradicts
FUNNY FANNY BRICE.-"I was
really pushed" said Fanny Brice the
Vaudeville star. telling how she went
on the stage.
keeney's Theater in BROOKLYN was
holding amateur nights, and a prize
was offered to the amateur getting tho
most applause. All of US kids were
erazy to go. So my friend Hannah and
myself did some little work to earn
--nough to buy tickets. / sewed a dress
o. something and got % cents, and she
orgotten now
ANY way. We went TO the theater
only TO fnd that all the o5-cent seats
were gone and only fifties were left
hannah wouldn't let me have her oi,,r-
Ter and / was determined to see the
show, too.
AT last some of the girls told me 70
'vile IN back-stage with them and make
"eiieve j was going on, too When their
fct was called ! was to duck
heeney was announcing He rernen
Ders all this as well as I do He noticed
That / was very much excited and
fought j was anxious to go on So no
-rabbed me all of "a sudden ana s.,id
you're next, and pushed me out on the
tage.
vi course, ! was fiustered at first, but
-fiends all over the house kept calling
hut' Go II, Fan, and cheering, and
7oon got my head again and took II
Ill as a good joke.
AS soon as ] asked him, the orches-
lfa leader struck up When You Know
ioure Not Forgotten by the Girl You
ant Forget, and ! did my part. After
had sung that they appla uded me and
sang If the Man in the Moon Was
Coon. for encore
When they lir ed US all up a, the
md. feeling foolish and everything I
vas the most surprised one in the
Iouse when they pinned the first prize
OF IS on me. didn't. think there was
That much money in the world"
ALL OUT OF S-Micbae,
Norton. the famous author of ..The
GLOW Ticket" tells an amazing story
Of the way in which the su6rasettes
lad terroriZed the entire British nation
year ago.
My wife, intent only on those do