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, TO reconcile these two conflicting ele-
ments sufficiently to credit the former
with her indomitab.e persistence and
the latter with her artistic sensibili-
ties.
Miss Victor is a romanticist and a
versatile lingulst. She is. as the world
knows. good TO look upon and to listen
to-not a bad combination in a young
lady of 25, as even the cynic must
admit.
IL believe there will be a reaction
soon from the Photographic realism OF
the contemporary drama" says Miss
Victor We are returning to the ro-
mantle. the idealistic. in the theatre.
| Witness the success OF Granville Bar
ker. who even by going 10 extremes
| and introducing what Is really post
| impressionism TO the American stage
was able 10 attract thousands to his
| productions.
The time is ripe for an American
to do for our stage what Hugo did for
the French theatre. But We haven't
the dramatists." Then. after a pause
calculated to rouse the most thrilling
suspense, 'or haven't We the pro-
! duCers?"
Every spectator on the stage--the
| curtain was down-felt a thrill of
sympathy when the famous comedian
buried his head in his hands and wept.
He had tried his best during this
trial performance II the new piece out
of town He had brought out all the
cd tricks that never failed of their
effect in the pas;. Yet the audience
stared IN unresponsive coldness. lie
could not strike fire try as he might.
lTfcrc was no response even when the
curtain fell.
So he gave way 10 his emotions
when the curtain was down and the
unresponsive faces In front hidden
from view. Slowly the actors disap.
peared from the stage, The come.
dian had said nothing and only one of
the players standing very near heart
him say as his voice broke with emo.
ton:
And couldn't make 'sm laugh'
couldn't make EN- laugh"
Then he kept on sohbiHg as, his
hands stil to his face, he found his
way to the stars dressing room II
was at least his glory still to enjoy
that honor. He was still the star.
For five weeks the burden of the
"n'"rtc .nment Of :!c Diegfcld FrolC
atop the New Amsterdam Theatre fell
on the shoulders of the younges,
tenor in New York, Charles Purcell
l'ntil Nora Bayes became an added
attraction he sang five numbers, and
is still doing four, For three seasons
nr sang the title role OF The Choc.
olate Soldier" in every 'city of this
country, and Just to prove that al
though he WIS a tenor he could ac,
well enough TO succeed without music
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TAR C11LLER TN
THE. PASSING SHOW OF
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drama. He suffocated every idea In
Mr.. Sheldon's play. He left nothing
for the author to express. In his own
terms. which were the terms Of paint
and canvas. light and darkness and all
its intermediate shades. satin and
velvet. he undertook to tell all there
was in Mr.. Sheldon's version of the
Anderson story.
Such a producer Is not Of course for
the spoken drama. He speaks too
loudly himself. This Is readily enough
TO be believed when II Is remembered
that Mr.. Urban made his success as
designer of scenery for opera. With
an orchestra Of fifty or sixty. chorus
and then the singing principal against
his backgrounds. II Is altogether pos
sible that something else besides the
lights and the colors. the scenes and
the dresses may be represented in the
performance. But when there is only
the voice of the actors raised in rivalry
to Mr., Urban's share In a dramatic
performance the honors are going to
the designer.
But In such a spectacle as Mr.. Zieg-
field has planned and carried to such
successful achievement Mr.. Urban's
cooperation is most admirable. Moth
ing could be lovelier than the tableau
which shows the wall Of some Oriental
terrace, with the undraped figures pos
| ing against 1t and the leopard wan
dering among the houris who are re-
! cl!ning on the scarfs and pillows
There have rarely been in any OF the
Ziegfeld shows such beautiful combi-
nations Of color as this years edition
OF the "Follles" reveals. 1t may be
Mr.. Urban or Mrs. McGeachy or Luz
! Gle. In any case there Is every cause
to be grateful for the result
f. II. Sothern. who is to have a
repertoire theatre in New York next
winter. will find his task lighter than
some other actor managers may, since
he Is the fortunate possessor OF some
popular plays.
Then he is associated with revivals,
and the public does not resent the fact
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w yHY did pretty Olive Thomas !,
\A/ Almost cry her dear little
w eyes out during the last |
scene OF the ZIeCfeld Follies !


scene OF the Ziegfeld Follies
when the piece was acted last Mon
day night at the New Amsterdam
Theatre?
She was January in the Song of the
Months and her dress, pa.e blue with
deep hounces Of white fur. was tho
pretticst of the twelve. But she wept
and refused to he comfortcd.
Tears rolled down her cheeks in spite
of her energetic dancing and singing
Bernard Granville even forgot himself
.ong enough to put his arm around
her waist in the first entrance and hue
h-r consol!ngly but in vain. Miss
Thomas kept on weeping, silently and
prettily but in dead earnest.
Had cruel stage manager reproved
here Had rude colleague in the
domain Of undress jostled her or had
an awkward stage hand stepped on
her toe" What, the audience wondered
could have happen to bring tears to
those pretty eyes?
1t was merely Miss Thomas's devo-
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who will appear in common Clay;
Louis Calvert. Dorothy Donnelly, For
rest Winant. Josephine Victor and
Eugene O'l'rien for THE New Shy
lock-; Julian Eltlnge, owe Tell and
Mrs. Stuart Robson for Cousin
Lucy: Barney Bernard. Julius Tan
men. Louise Dresser. Lee kohmar.
Leo Donnelly and Nine. Cottrelly for
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Potash and Perlmutter in Society"
and I. Roy Barnes for Sec My Law.
yer" In addition he retains Irer.
Fenwick. Thomas a. Wise and ~Yri.
Kcightley sNe The Song of So6gs,
with the addition OF Hardec Kirkland
and has engaged Richard Bennett for
Kick In" and Bernard Granville for
He Comes Up Smiling"
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THE PLAYS THAT LAST.

Among the paws sti,l to No seen In
New York are Irwin Reds" AT the
Harris Theatre. "un Trial" at tho
Cardlcr Theatre. sinners at the
l1dNhDuSo. 'rho l'uhlic' NJ the Booth
Theatre. "l' PAYS iu Advertise" At the
Cohlu Theatre and "a Fun House
at the l.ouglDro Theatre.
The musical plays are Nobody
Home" at the Maxine Elliott Theatre
Chin Chin" at the Globe Theatre and
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WHERE FOXES TROT.
And the Little Pigeons walk with
Them.

Bessie Clayton Is still exhibiting oT
the New York Roof her framed
troupe OF dances which she performs
with Lester Sheehan. she docs ~
Claytonette fox tro,. which is no. 49,
difficult as Il sounds Then Aubrey
Munson gives an art exhibition th''"
which is attracting large auile'r's
Miss Munson almost succeeds in con-
pletely uniting art and nature - her
appearance is highly enjoyed
Chapine Is the central figure ~
Look who's Here" which has s.I'-
cecded the departed but unlamoc'oG
Midnight Fantasy" which was to 30
observed there for a few unhappy r'a-
nings. There are other eXce,lon, dan
GERS and singers in the enter;ainmc~'
Nora Bayes is still the prrc'pa
woman singer in the "Midnigh' Fr-'-
les" on top of the New Amstcrdi'"
Theatre. The attendance there .
greater than ever since the New An
sterdam Theatre has its large aud
ence every night to witness the F0'N's.
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saving whether The Allen" now at
tho As,or Theatre. Is better with or
without the real actors after the reel
scenes. This week only the reel scenes
will he shown and the flower scene
viii not he acted in person by the COM
pany. Comparisons. even II they be
odnrous, are. however, solicited.
The Strand Theatre will this week
have a screen play made from II. W.
Townsend's immortal "Chimmie Fad
dem" which enjoyed in its day such
n deserved and great vogue. II was
Augustus Thomas who collaborated
with Mr.. Townsend in the stage YER
sion OF the play which was acted for
such n long time at the GARDEN
Theatre and has indeed been popular
In the stock theatres ever since Charles
Hopper first played the hero, Mrs.
Bates was Mrs. MurphV, and there was
an excellent company engaged In de-
livering Mr.. Townsend's Wit to the
public in its stage form. Victor
Moore is the hero in the screen YER
sion. There will be a topical review
as we'll as Aylesworth's big game
pictures.
This Is the last summer that the
Eden Musec will ever be open to the
public, as an office building will he put
IN on the spot after this summer,
There are interesting kinemacolor
pictures as we'll as the figures that
make up the world in wax as It has
existed for the past thirty-two years,
The success Of u. w. Grit'lth's THE
Birth Of a Nation" continues at the
Liberty Theatre. 1t was the produc-
| ton Of this picture play which most
impressed the late Charles Frohman
| during the few weeks preceding his
death.
Il have lived" he said one day. "to
see what ! had never expected would
happen in my time. And that is a
movie at s. a ticket"
Beautiful landscapes IN California
are to he the background for The
! Lorclei Madonna" which will he seen
| this week at the NitaGraph Theatre.
! There will be new instalmonts of The
| Goddess" and four new comedies called
| billy the Rear Tanner" Welcome To
| Bohemia" The Honeymoon Pact" and
Mr.. Jarr and Gcrtrudc's BeauX."
T.. NJ. Newman. the traveller and
| lecturer. who is spending the summer
travelling through South America on
his annual. picture taking expedition
| fell victim To siroChe, serious
mountain Illness. as result OF several
Ii.
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he played last season with Fritz
scheff In Pretty Mrs. Smith" ap-
pearing ss Forrest Smith. the second
husband with the permanent jag.
Last summer he was the Prirdte
Files in The Tx Tok Man Of or"
and he also took part in the brief
Bronco Billy Anderson's I'll fated
Gaiety Theatre in San Francisco.
Purcell was born in Tennessee,
His earliest yearning was to be a viii
lain, but he compromised on joining
the chorus OF The Princess Chic"
with Sophie Brandt. After that lie
was engaged by an agent in New
York to sing the tenor role in THE
Isle Of Spice" He reported at De-
troit but when Bert Whitney saw
him he would not give him the part
because Of his youth. He then oh
tained the part of Willie Nag in MY
Wife's Family" He rehearsed "A
week and then suddenly thought
that nothing had been said about
salary. His investigation developed
that he was to get s22 n week. He
protested that he was to get s25 for
the leading tenor role in The Isle
of Spice" Twenty-Five was the limit
so he resigned, went back to Whitney
and went into the chorus of THE
Isle of Spice" at $50. Later the tenor
caught cold. Purcell went on. made
hit and finally sang the role for
| two seasons. After that came
"Piff. Pan Pouff," and after that
he went with Grace van Studdiford in
"The Golden Butterfly" In that he
sang the tenor role of count An
drossy and afterward the harytoHe
role Of Franz, Then came The
| Chocolate Soldier"
Casts make plays" says A. II.
Woods, and acting on this crcdo he has
begun to assemble under his standard
many available notabilities of the
theatre. Whatever the validity of
this opinion, II is at least interesting
as reaction from the days, not so re-
mote. when plays made casts,
The late Charles Frohman had a
remarkable flair for acting talent
which gave him his distinctive place
In the American theatre. Mr., Woods
lays no pretence to nose for
genius in the rough; hut he has a
, practical appreciation Of the glamour
OF great regulations watch, couplct
! with the means and the initiative Ia
cnlis. them lnaer his sta"a"r... -.
ablcs him tn attain the same end It
seems now that from the patron saint
of ten, twenty and thirty 'ccnt thrill
ers Mr., Wood. is destined to succeed
| Mr. Frohman as the patron saint OF
the stars Of the theatre, which, as tho
vernacular has 1t, rs all III Il htc-
time"
For the coming season Mr., Woods
has already under contract su'lh play
ers as John Mason and Jane Cowl
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playhouse there was nothing so re-
markable as the presence OF Mr.. Ham,
merstetn there. In the building was
not only his office but his living apart
ments. There on the roof garden
overlooking Broadway he would often
sit alone until late watching the
life before him and drawing his own
shrewd conclusions from what he OBJ
served there.
The artistic ministrations OF the VIC
torla Theatre gave New York such
variety as to include Eleonora Duse
and the shooting showgirls. with Silent
Sue as an interludc. There were other
curious features on the programmes.
When the theatre was opened In
March. 1899, the Rogers Brothers were
Just beginning to be the most popular
comedians OF their time in the rough
farces that John J. McNally used to
write for them. They returned several
times to the Victoria Theatre before
they were transferred TO the more ar!s-
tocratic shades Of the Knickerbocker
Theatre.
Eleonora Duse during the period in
which she devoted herself altogether
to the theatre of Gabrielle d'Annunzio
brought three OF his plays to Mr.. Ham
merstein's theatre. and thus impaired
to the institution its highest artistic
! character. She had the singular ex-
perience Of presenting La Gioconda"
and LA Citta Morte" to an indiffer-
ent pubic which packed the theatre
Enthusiastically once "Francesa da
Rim!ni" was played. Other dramatic
Incidents OF an interesting nature there
were the performance of Sadie Mar
tirot in Clyde F!toh's futile adaptation
Of lie Marriage d'Olympe,'' by Emil
Augler, and Blanche Wa,shs produc-
/ ton OF To.stol's Resurrection" Clyde
Fitch's 1.-THE Way OF the World came
t0 grief there when Mr.. Hammersteln
with characteristic bluntness had II
put out OF the theatre at very short
notlce. The Russell Brothers were
brought out of vaudeville by Mr.. Ham
mersteln to act In musical play he
wrote for them. But the dramatic his
tory OF the Victoria Theatre is impor-
tant only so far as II has served to re-
yea, the many sided character Of the
unique Mr., Hammerstein.
It was n stroke OF genius on the part
Of Flo Z!cCfcld. who has such skill
in presenting the sort Of pieces with
sociate aimself with Joseph Urban, the
Nlonnese scene painter who made such
a success at the Boston Opera House
and really did so little for the two
plays which he mounted here last win.
ter. The setting Of Twelfth Night
lad a certain garish beauty at times
and there were occasional evidences Of
imagination. Much more beautiful
was the investitnre pt THE Garden OF
Paradise" but that production showed
that Mr.. Urban had no place as
designer OF decorations for the spokeI
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OUR GOOD DUMB ACTORS

The Passing Show OF 1915" al the
Winter Garden.
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NEWS OF THE BEACHES.
what's TO Re Seen and Done Along
the Ocean Fronts.

Orville Harold. formerly OF the now
dcfunct Century Opera Company. vii
make his debut at the New Brighton
Theatre. Brighton Beach. this week
Other leaders on the bill will he
Edward Abeles. Ben Welch and James
Diamond. Mr.. Abeles is TO be seen IN
Grant Stewards comedy He Tried
to BE Nee" There will also be Villa
Holt Wakefield, Gene Hodgkins. Mi,c
Bestrees, Sibyl Brennan. Ray Dooley
and others.
The Cole family. six In number.
execute a novel aerial act In the free
circus in Luna Park this week. one
OF the daring parts Of their series
of performances consists of three
young girls revolving in space on a
mechanical contrivance from which
they suspend themselves by Their
teeth. While thus dangling in the
air. the machine twirling them in C!r-
cles. they execute a number Of gym
nastic exercises. Four times they are
holsted up to the machine, each time
while sustaining themselves IN the
air by gripping IA piece ~ leather be
tween their teeth. They 60 throVsC
n lot Of perilous feats. finishing in ;he
last one by initiating butterflies on
the wing
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George Rchan will give s25 to any
body who writes him the best letter
saving whether The Alien now at
tho As,or Theatre, is better with or
without the real actors after the reel
scenes. This week only the reel scenes
will be shown and the flower scene
win not he acted in person by the COM
pany. Comparisons. even II they be
odorous, are. however, solicited.
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VAUDEVILLE AND BURLESQUE

Eva Tanguay will hc thu CSr'ra.
sun ~ the entertainment at the Pa
acc Theatre this week. Miss Tang lay
Will sing new song hits and sor"
Of her old successes William CoUr'-
leigh. supported NY De Wit c. Jon
nings and an excellent company, W
present The Man Higher Up" San
and Kitty Morton are 10 appear 20
their act called Back To where ThcE
started" Others include Cc'il Gun
ningham, Eduardo aud Elisa tans!Do.
Waytt's scotch Lads, Herman WAS
serman, the young Polish pianist, ana
Ward, Bell and Ward in Under tia
White TOP
James G. Morton aud Frank !
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team of Morton and Moore W.
the special added attraction a. '
Columbia Theatre THIS week. ]
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other songs Lew kC.N Hod
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tertainlnS large audiences t'
theatre in their usually anus Su- F''
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This Is the last summer that the
Eden Musec will ever be open to the
public, as an office building will he put
up on the spot after this summer.
There are interesting kinemacolor
pictures as we'll as the figures that
make up the world in wax as It has
existed for the past thirty-two years,
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-22
breach OF PROMISE MIXUP
Grand Jury Orders Probe of Complaint
). Made by j. W. Osborne Against
Miss Rae Tanner

New York. March 22-The federal
|Grand Jury mas begun an investigation
[of the complaint made by James W.
L0sborne, former Assistant District At
|torney. that Miss Rae Tanzer used the
4 mails in furtherante Of scheme 10
|defraud, il became known to-day.
Miss Tanner sued J. ". Osborne for
| |s50. GOO for an alleged breach OF prom
|ise TO marry her. Soon afterward =
Imam appeared who said he Was Oliver
osborne and that he was the msn who
had cultivated the girls acquaintance,
Ia criminal complaint was made
against Miss Tanner and she is now at
HToerty under $4,000 bail and viii be
|srraignei later in the week.
Counsel for Miss Tanzer today was
served with papers directing him TO
produce before the federal Grand Jury
|fo-dav a letter delivered TO him last
FRIDAY and said 10 have been written
TO young woman named Helen Kaiser
Iby Oliver Osborne.
The case also came up in the Su-
|preme Court where !. ". Osborne had
applied for bill OF particulars in the
breach OF promise case. On motion of
Miss Tanzer's counsel this motion
went over until Wednesday.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-22
PARADE FOR LOCAL OPTION
Men March to Homes of Swartz and
Wildman But Find Legis-
lators Out

Following !. meeting at Augsburg
Lutheran church yesterday afternoon,
one of three gatherings OF churehmen
of the city held for the purpose of
boosting the local option cause, a pro,
ceSsion of $50 men formed and march
ed TO the homes of Representatives
Wildman and Swartz to learn the views
of the legislators on the local option
question. At both places the marehers
were told that the representatives were
not at home.
When the street, demonstration was
suggested at the meeting at Augsburg
church all the men present favored it,
and quickly fell into line, two by two.
They were headed by DR.. William n.
Yates, pastor of the Fourth Street
Church of God, who mounted the steps
at the home of each representative and
rang the bell. In each case he yas told
that the legislator was not there Copies
of the resolutions adopted at the meet
ing will be sent Representatives Mild
man and Swartz.
Following addresses at meetings in
the other districts of the city, at Grace
Methodist church by L. F. Holsopple.
and at the Fourth Reformed church by
the Rev. f. Z. Curtis, resolutions were
also adopted favoring local option and
copies ordered sent to the local repre-,
sentatives and to the Governor. A total
of 1900 men attended the meetings.
Women and minors were not admitted,
only voters.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-22
BOSCHELLI SEEKS Freedom
Former Proprietor of Notorious "Rose
Garden Says He Has No Funds to
Pay Fine-Gains IL Pounds

Making ;.ffidavit that he is insolvent
and unable to pay sI,3O0 fines and
costs imposed by the Court, A. A.
Boschelli, former proprietor of the once
notorious Rose Garden hotel. who
three months ago pleaded guilty to a
number of charges of violations of the
liquor laws, this morning petitioned
the Court for his discharge from the
county prison. The Court took the pa,
pers> and reserved decision.
BoschelG no longer looks like the
physical wreck that he appeared to be
when he was in court for sentence last
December. At the direction of Prison
Worden Caldwell and the prison physi-
elan Boschell was placed on special
diet and during his Imprisonment he in
creased his weight by eleven pounds.
1t cannot be said, either, that the prison
Iallor is shown on his countenance.
After his trial had many times been
continued and after, it is charged, ne
had eluded capture for many weeks,
Boscheli came back to Harrisburg, sur
rendered himself and was sentenced to
pay fines aggregating $1,000. Since his
hotel was closed year ago he has been
adjudged bankrupt.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-22
RUSSIANS driven OUT OF
MEMEL, Is German REPORT

Berlin, March %, By Wireless to
Sayville.-An official statement given
out to-day by the German army head
quarters says:
"A fresh attempt to take the Ger
man position on the south slope of the
Lorette heights was made last night
but resulted in failure. Another French
night attack, this time, north of the
Champagne district, also was without
success Furthermore, all the French
efforts to win back the position at
Reichackerkopf resulted in failure.
1.-The Russians yesterday were driv-
en- from Memel, on the Baltic sea, in
East Prussia, after 4 short engagement
to the south of the town, followed by
tenacious fighting in the streets. Under
the protection of Russian troops Rus
sian moo looted the private property
of German citizens in Memel. Carloads
of goods were conveyed across the from
teir. A special report on this looting
will be published.
"North of Marianpol Russian attacks
have been repulsed with heavy Russian
losses. West of the Orzyo river near
Jadnorosak to the northeast of Przasysz
and the northwest of Ciachanow Rus
sian attacks by night and by day have
broken under the German fire. Russian
prisoners TO the number of 420 were
CAPTURED