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FUTRELLE ON THE STAGE.
Dead No,eIist's Book Drnmntncd
about Ills IL

Some student of biography .7s
turned his attention to tho pas, nj,
Jacques Futrelle, the novelist VINO los,
his life In the sinking of the W...a
Star liner Titanic three Year. 40,
and whose book. MY Iadys Garter"
will be shown in dramltiz,d form "A
a three act play at the Booth Theatre
some time next week.
Mr.. Futrelle. says this AUTHORITY
was formerly a newspaper mar. nd
like every other Journalist %, I'D
many ups and downs. When H.
turned to the writing of fiction nr Ia
served his time in - schou, os .sa
as well as the writing game. n. t.
ways declared he learned 90 VIII. lr
correcting the mistakes ~ others
when he was copy road.u. Oh
newspaper. He had his own i1oa o.
writing a story. lie did not h,ioy,
in "clutter!ng up" % story with ,um,.
thing that had no bearing on it. lie
never preached. His people alwavs
had so much tn do that he .e' .t.m
do II; they had no time to ,' Ir.,.!
and, as h.. said, spout .huIf Nu.'
they thought" He usut"r .
enough material in "A move, ,p m...
ten.
He was his own hardc,' ,r. :
his judgment was generally u',....
This is proved by the face '.l.
never wrote a story that d.lu.'
II he had a ftul, il wa. %
of ego. He was homes. with ..u-.
On n occasion he was v.....- 4
story on order and i was p,...- /!
To the editor on a certain date Is
time was up. Ia" story wl- % .. r
New York the following murn.u-
he felt there va Somnthju- u .s
with 1t, II S.ump,d. He ,i''.I
of the numerous fam. uS vr.',.s'
with which his home town. S..
Vas said to abound and a-EeI 100 10
read the story, which hr i.d.
IF there's anything the ma.''' 49,
that story II gets Jos me TIE, Stu.
il gets by me it ~, Gcr hv lu
and If it gets uy an ,j.lur
just hot it WI, 20, nN -,
We'll. it ny Sct hy you a.I H.y
get by an editor. hut i wl'' u,y,
10y a public. hoclu~" ir wuut
me" declared Eutrrl,o
He finally found the 'ruu
the last mail had gour from :
lie copied the story and '..
thirty miles into BOSTON O., goo.
story on the m.dn.sht jrt.u O. N'
York.
Aren't You afraid of ruune
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TELLS ABOUT COMMON CLAY

Common Clay would have
been written If ! had listened tn the
advice of persons who know all about
plays" says Cleves Kinkead, the au-
Republic Theatre last Thursday cve-
ming, The best thing "a playwright
can de- is to keep away from the places
whore his fellow workers most con-
grcgatc. The single thread of an idea
can never be given any direction when
il Is wcaved into "A patchwork by diff
fercnt minds. While | was working on
the manuscript Of Common Clay
there were many who warned me that
| WAS writing "A sociological tract
rather than "A play, but when tho
manuscript was completed they began
tn fear hat | was writing II mclo-
drama given over to 'wallops' and
punch What | tried to do was 10
mingle thought and action, plot and
theme, IN such a way that those who
saw II could find thought in II without
being bored,
The only advice that is Of any value
10 a playwright comes from the audi
oncc, and that advice may at times
come too late. When Common Clay
ran for such n long time in Boston il
gave M hope thai it would meet with
success in New York. | believe that
people are pretty much alike tho world
over,
"Of course ! want to write another
play, but l don't believe that n
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VAUDEVILLE AND BURLESQUE.

PALACE THEATRE-Gertrude Hoffman, and Richard Ordynski
begin the second week of their engagement in Max Reinhardts
production of "Sumurun" Others will be Muriel Worth, assisted
by Lew Brice, William Pruette, Charles Orr and company in "A
Holland Romance; Claire Rochester, Henry Lewis, Williams
and Wolfus and the Marine Sisters.
COLUMBIA THEATRE-Maids in America burlesque organization
presenting The Girl From Starland'' The cast includes Al Hall,
Don Barclay. Joe Morris, Florence Talbot, Ruth Curtiss, Carrie
Cooper and May Mack. Additional feature will be Mile. La Ber-
gere and her posing dog novelty.
YORKVILLE THEATRE-Charles Robinson's company will present
a burlesque called Partisan Flirts" In the company besides Mr..
Robinson will be Luela Temple, May Bernhard, Elizabeth M.
Cooper, Freda Lehr, Dave Vine and Mark Wooley.
LEXINGTON TH~EATRE-Opened last night as a combination"
house playing stock. First attraction is A. H. Woodss production
of Potash & Perlmutter," which will remain throughout the
present week. Next ofering, Seven Keys to Baldpate"
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LITERARY MOVIES.

Returning to New York ON his frs,
trip back East in more than a wear.
Cecil H. DcNlille, of the Lasky Feature
RAY Company, stated his belief thai
tie rhotoplay, which he described as
perturbation Of a dramatic theme. was
developing into one of the great
branches Of world literature.
MIR. DeM!llc. who is Il member of a
family that has been prominent in the
american theatre for three generations
and whose brother is William e. De
Mile, author of "Warrcns of Nirrini,"
Thc Woman and other plays. lad
direction OF Miss Geraldine Farrar in
"tarmen' and other phutoplays in
which she appeared this summer at the
studios ~ the I.asky company al Hol-
lywoOd, California.
1T IA stated on good authority that
'O,oOo 900 persons IN the United States
ana Canada attend phutoplays and mo-
ton pictures every week. said Mr.. De
Mile, How many others in different
parts OF tie world also obtain enter.
taInmCnt ana instruction from This
universal medium is difficult to say.
The photoplay appeals 20 almost AS
many persons Az n~ewSpaprrs. The
very nature of the appeal il swiftly
developing "A new world literature;
namely "A narrative which reaches the
mind and heart through the eye.
Tho principles VI sound ana dra-
matte ~photop'ay construction and pro-
duction ar" different from those Of any
other universal form of reflective eX-
preston. The appeal is To the eve and
We all know that sight Is the most
sensitive ~ all the senses. the uiick-
est tn grasp and understand"
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tire, beginning next Wednesday night,
September l..
The cast Of THE House of Glass
includes Mary Ryan. Ada Gilman, Lila
Rhodes, Florence Walcott, Frederick
Burt, Harry {. Browne, Thomas Find
lay, James C.. Marlowe, William Wal
colt. Frank Young, Sam Meyers. John
Fenton, T.. J. Mcclure, Frank Nj.
Thomas and others.
The new Eltinge Theatre season
will commence on Thursday evening.
A. II. Woods presents Max MARGINS
new play entitled See My Lawyer"
with T. Roy Barnes in the leading
role. The play is an original farce
comedy in three acts.
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VARIETY IN

BUSHWICKT HEATRE-Opens for the new season to- morrow. Bill
includes Nat Wills, Dorothy Jardon, Dooley and Sales, the Wat
son Sisters. Eleanor Gordon, Emerson and Baldwin, Webb and
Burns, the Five Belmonts and the Aerial Budds.
PROSPECT THEATRE-Odiva and her trained seal novelty. Mel
willie and Higgins, Charles Mack in "A Friendly CALI; Binns and
Bert, Capitola and Cathleen, Haydn, Borden and Haydn and Mid
dleton and Spellmcyer. Sunday concerts will be given beginning
next Sunday.
STAR THEATRE-Begins its second week, presenting another bur
lesque attraction of a high quality, inter spersed with vaudeville
acts and extravaganza. Efficient company and large chorus of
girls.
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The central figure is an eXuberant
Soung promoter, whose visionary
scheme of wealth involves him in per-
picking difficulties. He is compelled
TO resort to unusual means to ex-
tricate himself from his dilemma. In
the end his dreams prove less than
they seemed and everything ends
properly and happily.
With Mr.. Barnes viii he associated
Margot Williams, Hal Russell, Inez
Buck, Gus Weinberg, Walter Horton,
John Flood, Harry I.ilford. sydney
Booth, John DAILY Murphy. Frank
Monroe, Conrad Cantzcn. Richard
Lyle, Jules Ferrarm and Amy sum
crs.
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MAKEUP" AS AN ART.
I 81 of the Faint and Powder
Wore About Actor Folk.

Makeup" in the actors vocabulary
IS by no means confined to the use OF
paint and powder, It has to do also
with his costuming, his personality
and often with his physical appear
ance, A fat actor must make himself
seem lean, a thin actor must he fat,
a tall n short, and so on To achieve
such results should be an essential
part Of the actors ambition, although
in these days OF incomplete education
for the stage the art OF 'makeup"
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H WORTHLESS A


STRAND TnEATRE-Ilazcl D,V,
will be seen in THE Heart az .L,,.
%nifer,' by Edith Bernard D..i,o
author of Rags" In addition i.,r,
will he some colored SCENES and a
topical review. Katherine Ir,n.
and Vernon Dalhart Will b. 'ro
vocal soloists.
NITAGRAPH THEATRE-Robcr, Edo.
son In "Mortmain." taken from
Arthur G. Trains story of tho SIM.
name and adapted for the screen boz
Marguerite BertsCh. Other picture,
will he the first of a scrl,. ~,
sonny Jim features, The PRO.
f~essional Dinner" with Mr.. and Mr..
sydney Drew and others.
Liberty THEATRE u. W. GrIr.r.s
spectacle "The Birth of @ Nation
after Thomas DiNon's THE Clans.
man." still holds "A centre Of p....
interest. 1t shows tome uuH.y.L
views of the civil war and tn, r,.
construction period in the South. al.
of which are instructive and ..'er.
esting.
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The management, of the Strand
Theatre announces that "fem,ru,I,"
with Mary Pickford will hr pr,,u...d
at the Strand during IN" week oy Son.
tember > instead Of "'rhc Found .r,.
which was previously announced
Other feature photop,tys 10 follow mo
Blanche Sweet In "Thc Cas-, Of ED.svr
Marie Doro in "The White Pearl" nd
Lou Tellcgen in "Thc F.\p'orcr
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is frequently a sadly neglected guam
tity. Sir Herbert Tree OF the London
stage Is "A past master in this branch
~ his art. There are some among
his critics who declare that in dis
guising himself he is more successful
than as an actor. However that may
he. il remains the fact that he is quite
able to sink his identity so completely
| that an audience cannot recognize
him until he begins to speak,
ON the other hand, tho late Sir
Henry Irving. with his powerful per-
~sonality, could hardly deceive his audi
ence. no matter what his makeup"
might he or how complete 1t vas But
Richard Mans field was successful. 1t
may he recalled that n of his most
popular approximations VAS that Of
the dual role OF DIR. Jekyl and Mr..
Hyde" Practically within sight Of his
audience Mr.. Mansfield would change
from one character to another, abso-
lutely dissimilar, with the help only of
a bit of paint, "A dab of powder. the
hitching of n shoulder, the limpinG Of
a leg. and one had "A complete example
of the art Of makeup" Nothing is
better calculated to interest an audi
cnce than the ability Of m actor to
puz2,c them with what is known as
a quick change Immediately before
their eyes,
None who have ever seen Fred A.
Stones lnimitahlc Scarecruw can for
get the art that was thereby demon
strated. Since The Wizard of OH"
days Mr.. Stone. who at that time cs-
tahlishcd his inContestab.c right To rec
ognition as an artist Of high rank, has
steadily progressed in his skill for
makeup until in his recent appear-
ance it has q been unusual for him
10 he half a dozen personalities, dif-
fereut in every essential, such as voice,
mannerism and ven size, throughout
a single evening. To such an extent
has he developed this side Of his art
that IL in his appearance with David
Montgomery in "Chin-Chin" at the
Globe Theatre were he to omit his
DISCUSSES his audience would feet ag-
grieved, Mr., Stone, being a modest
man, might say that he gets his re-
suits in a very simple manner, omit
ting all reference to the fact that the
requisite fundamental qualities are in
%vention, wit, inspiration and no little
genius,
Burton Greene was born in Grand
Rapids, Mich, where he early helped
La snnnnrt hin nathan ~. ..-..- -
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u farce.
"Just outside the Door a new play
by Jules Eckert Goodman, will be seen
At the Gaiety Theatre tomorrow
night. 1t is produced by Henry Miller
in association with klaw 4 Erlanger.
The play is based upon the theory hat
coincidence plays a part in human life
and that coincidence itself has It's So
luton, II we could only find 1t.
The entire action of the play" says
IN announcement, occurs in the
quaint old library OF Or. Carey Wheat
on. situated in an American city. 1t
is continuous and visualizes the events
or a single evening, the period cover
Eng the time of actual representation.
DR.. Wheaton is a scientist who be-
lieves in facts and only facts. His
two children have been reared on his
theories of fact and truth. Gloria.
his daughter, Is a keen minded, prac-
teal girl who has read of advanced
ideas Kenneth. his son, is a novel;
list, whose reputation is based upon
his realistic books. Into this well or
dered household, so sure If itself and
Its beliefs, there comes suddenly the
great romance which is Just outside
the door, and plunges its placid order
into the very midst of tense and excit-
ing events Romance grips hard and
shakes away pet theories, and in the
end shows everybody quite human, re-
CARELESS of theory, training or en-
vironment."
prominent in the company selected
and directed by Mr.. Miller are Kath-
lene MacDonell as Mddgc Darts. OF
toia Nesmith as Gloria, Lizzie Hudson
Collier as Polly Wheaton, Julia Mills
as Jennie, Ernest Truck as Ned Darts,
Elliott Dexter as Kenneth. Frank
kemble Cooper as Nr. BHrlei0h, David
Glassford as Dr. Wheaton. Frank
Losee as Bishop Hcnry ]SfrenGer, and
William Norton as the private de-
kNN'iN'I " va 'bf'HV'
After a o Of two years in the
larger Eastern cities, and nearly a year
in Chicago, William Hodge in The
Road TO Happiness" will make his first
appearance in New York in this play
at the Shubcrt Theatre, Monday
evening.
The play is described as a comedy
OF optimism in four acts 10y Lawrence
Whitman. Mr.. Hodge, who Will he re-
membered for his characterization Of
Daniel voorhees, PikC in The Man
From Home and still earlier as NJ.
Stubbins in Mrs. wigs Of the cab
bage Patch" will play the role OF Jim
Whitmdn. which offers him another
opportunity To act the character of a
droll Yankee.
The four acts Of the play are all laid
in a little village and the difficulties Of
the plot arise out Of the mystery of "A
little baby founding jeff on the door
step of the Squ!rc's home. Whitman
comes chivalrously to the defence Of
an unjustly accused girl and almost
loses his own sweetheart as a result.
In the end he unraveis the mystery
and brings happiness to everybody, but
not until there has been a village feud
I'D even a tar and feather party,
which he outwits in a surprising nan
ner,
THE House Of Glass" "A play by
Max MARGIN, Will be produced by
Conan q Harris at the Gambler Thea
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IT HE forthcoming week shows the
theatrical season for 19l5-16
well under way. No less than
four plays are to he seen. Three OF
them are entirely new and one has
already proved its merit by a TWO year
tour. All of them are of the comedy
variety, one being chiefly written as
farce.
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MAry Ryan ira
HOUSE OF GLASS
Gambler Theatre

Tony Pastors and at Proctor's, where,
although he sat with the orchestra,
his entrance was the signal for APP
plause, IL is said.
Mr.. Greene met Miss Franklin
when the latter was playing in one
of the other vaudeville houses and
where her artistry was IN danger Of
being swamped hy a poor pianist. He
offered to help her out and the re-
sult-he is still helping out the little
| star, now Mrs. Greene.
The couple have a home in Mount
Vernon, where there are also two
children OF their own, Margaret, I
years cd, and Renee. generally called
Buttons, because of her propensity
for considering that article of ones
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Burton Greene Mas born in Grand
Rapids, Mich, where he early helped
to support his mother az "A "newsie."
Later he perfected himself in the
iron foundry business, from that
drifted into the advertising field and
then took up his real profession, music.
For years he was the pianist AT
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THE House Of Glass a play by
Max MARGIN, viii be produced by
Conan 4 Harris ut the Gambler Thea
Connecticut western news., 1915-11-11
Con.

The suffragists have had much to say of late regarding a reformatory for women. One would suppose from their utterances that every suffrage state was provided with woman's prison and that the only reason we did not have such an institution in Connecticut was because women did not vote here.
 In this connection, we quote from the October issue of "The Remon. strance."
 Before legislative committees this year, both in Maine and Connecticut, suffragist speakers urged the need of a woman's prison, and insisted that, 1T women were given the ballot, they would see to it that such an institution was established. They seem to have been ignorant of the fact that there is not single suffrage state which has a woman's prison. Massachusetts estab- lished one as long ago as 1874, and the leader in the movement for it was a prominent anti .suffragist. There are women's prisons also in New York, New Jersey, Michigan and Indiana, all male suffrage states"
 Hartford, Conn. Press Chairman.
Connecticut western news., 1915-11-11
own Managers,

The town manager movement, which is subject of growing interest in the state, is thus dealt with by Fred F. Norton, iu the Shore Line Times:
 The effort of the town of Farming ton to get a more efficient management of town affairs is attracting more atten- tion than similar efforts which have been made in one or two other con- munities, perhaps because it shows that the voters in some sections of the state are waking up to the fact that things might be managed in less expensive and more efficient manner. Farming ton, 1t will be remembered, has voted to hire town manager at salary of $100 a month and the selectmen. of their own volition, have agreed to give him the power they possess save that The selectmen have given up their salaries and the town manager will get enough to live on but not enough to make him unwholesomely wealthy, and on the other hand, he ought to be able to save enough to more than make good the price paid him for his work. It is not likely that anyone really wants to get rid of the town meeting which re- mains the best method ever devised of getting at the sentiment of a con- munity, but the selectmen's manage ment is not unfrequently open to criti- cism. It is not so much the fault of the selectmen as of system which ex- poets three men to run, for little pay or none at all, business far larger than that conducted by them for them selves. In addition to that the reports which they are required to make to the voters and to various state officials re- quire knowledge of law, knowledge of business methods and knowledge of bookkeeping which few men who get the job are likely to possess. In a good many towns in Connecticut the towns actual business is bigger than that of any concern in it as far as the actual amount of money handled is concerned and.yet the men who are called upon
Connecticut western news., 1915-11-11
SUFFRAGE-PRO AND CON
Pgo.

PFO-
 The spirit and fire with which the suffragists in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts are beginning the new fight after their de- feat in the elections uf November ,, is proving an inspiration to all the sur rounding states. Connecticut suf- fragists scarcely need any such stim- ulus but undoubtedly they also will be spurred tu fresh exertions by the ex- ample of the indefatieabe women in these other states.
 The immense vote that was boiled for woman suffrage has been an aston ishment to every part of the United States. That million people in these old eastern states should have gone to the polls and voted to give the ballot to women IS a sign of the times that surely cannot be ignored. The Anti Suffragists may rejoice over the post ponement of victory for the advocates of woman suffrage, but every one of them must realize that a movement that has made such enormous progress in the last few years is bound to be- successful before long. A member of the Executive Board of the Connecti- cut Woman Suffrage Association who was in New York the day after the voting. tells that she attended a small meeting nf suffragists at the home of Mrs. John Winters Brannan-who makes her summer home at Farming ton in this state. The enthusiasm shown at this meeting showed no sign of having been damped by the adverse returns. The women all seemed anxious to turn their energies now to the work which will be done in the coming winter at Washington, and in the short space of half an hour fund of SI 400 was raised to support the Congressional Union, although there were scarcely more than 30 women present and every one of these women had given to the utmost of her ability to the state campaign in New York.
 The popularity of the woman suffrage cause i'll Connecticut is shown by the fact that three of the suffrage leaders, Mrs. M. Toscan Bennett, Mrs. W. D. Ascough and Mrs. O. H. Gallup-of Hartford. were selected to act as judges of the costumes at the fancy ball which was given last Friday at the Armory in Hartford. Nor is this the first time that the feminine ability of the suf- fragists has been recognized in this way for Mrs. Ascough was selected as one of the judges of babies at the Connecticut fair last September.
 Plans of work for the coming winter in Hartford and all over the state have been under discussion for couple of weeks and will soon be made public. In Hartford the first step is to raise money for which purpose a rummage sale is now being held at Suffrage Headquarters. Press. Sec.
 Hartford, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1915-11-11
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