The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26

force the Importance of neu-
:ral!ty on the actors appearing
in Under Fire at the Hudson
Theatre. There are 50 many ma
donalities represented in the cast.
. William Courtenay Is Irish and
proud Of It; f. @. Robinson is French.
Norman Tharp is English, and oh, so
English, and-now look u for
trouble. Robert Fisher is German; so
too are every last one OF the squad OF
German soldiers that march on to the
scene in the second act. In fact they
are all Of them reservists in the Ger
man army. Can you blame the stage
manager for having posted notices.
German. French and English. around
the stage and dressing rooms the day
the show opened reading. This place
Is neutral-this Is for you?
Emma Janvier, who was for several
years in retirement before she re-
turned to the stage to take a place in
the cast OF Some Baby at the Fulton
Theatre. finds that some OF its usages
are now difficult for her to understand
She put this question up to THE SUN
reporter the other day:
Being a mother OF three beautiful
boys, 1t Is simply startling after my
six years absence from the stage to
find how easily / find myself cuddllns
the prop babies used in this farce
with all the ardor that / would expend
upon honest TO goodness, soft. warm.
pink darlings of flesh and blood. When
] stand in the wings and see the two
dolls lying on the property table they
mean nothing to me. Then some one
brings n OF them on the stage and
some one else brings on the other.
Then / step before the footlights and
pick them up In my arms, and behold!
they become almost as real to me as
my own sweet darlings at home.
When In the course OF the play I have
to kiss one of the dolls | find myself
instinctively turning to kiss the other.
because having twins OF my own I
would not dream for a second OF show
Ing any Partially. and | can't get owe
the idea that one of the dolls would be
Jealous OF the other II / showed any
thing but the most impartial attention.
'f s'f - hN's 'N INV
stage this is the most startling. And
the strangest thing OF all is that tho
minute ! step from the stage the de-
fusion ceases. | carry the two little
ones of into the wings, cuddling them
with all the fervor OF a mother for
her own and as soon as I am out of
sight of the footlights they TURF at
once into mere painted dolls. pretty
dolls to be sure, but only dolls after
all. Now explain that to me II you
can"
THE SuN reporter had to admit that
II was too much for him. But then he
never was a mother nor an actress.
Lewis Waller and Percy Burton will
present at a leading New York theatre
at Christmas time Gamblers All" by
the late Mrs. May Martindale, with
Lewis Waller, Madge Titheradge and
the London company. Gamblers All
was a success Of the past London sea
son and Is now being played in the
English provinces by Mr.. Waller. Mrs.
Martindale, the author OF the drama
was the daughter OF Sir Charles Young,
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complete hhgish production and COM
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MT Walier.
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CHARLES Hopkins, who will produce
Island at the Punch and
Judy Theatre e month, has been
trying to prevail upon Lloyd Osbourne,