Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-18
THE THEATRE WORLD
AS 1T is TODAY
Jottings of Personalities Now
Before the Public on
the Stage

The baseball fans OF New York missed
from the grandstand on Wednesday and
Saturday afternoons last summer. De-
Wolf Hopper, George Cohan and Willie
Collier were at first surprised at this
dereliction on the part OF Louis Mann
until they both bethought them that he
was playing matinees Of THE Bubble"
at the Booth Theatre during the entire
summer. AS Louis is a noted fan. it
must have been a disappointment to him
TO miss the games. in spite of the fact
that he was playing to crowded houses.
Listening to Frank Tinney build a sum-
mer home is one of the joys of Watch
Your STEP" which comes to the Forrest
Theatre Christmas night for a limited
engagement. When Watch Your Step"
first settled at the New Amsterdam The
atre. New York. where it remained for
six months, Frank Tinney (the carriage
caller in the duologue m which he in
dulges with William Halligan (the pa
tron of the opera) spoke proudly of his
summer home at Freeport-but did no
more than locate it in his speech. AS
Halligan betrayed an increasing interest
in this place, Tinney began the construc-
tion of the house itself. After a week
he was talking OF the beauties of the
building; in another week he had II fin
ished; the third week he was boasting
of its comforts and conveniences; during
the fourth week he built an aquarium in
the cellar with bluefish. Having COM
pleted the house, he began to improve the
grounds. At every performance some
new detail Of the scheme came to light.
and each feature, from the bay windows
to the roof garden. was greeted by the
audience with delight. Tinney declares
that building a summer home in such
fashion Is such an agreeable task which
everybody else seems to enjoy as much
as he does himself that he intends to add
lot OF ground to his estate, so that no
can construct an amusement park in
his backyard.
Mrs. Pauline DufrIeid, one OF the sweet
and venerable "old ladies' OF the stage.
has naturally succeeded to the position
vacated at the time of the death of Annie
Yeamans and now ranks with Mrs.
Thomas Whiffen as one of the two most
experienced players on the American
stage. Mrs. Duffield creates the part of
Mrs. Fenton In Oliver ID. Bailey's three
act drama, Her Price," with Emma
Dunn in the principal role. Mrs. Duffield
for many years has been in the companies
of Charles Frohman and has supported
the majority OF the great stars Of that
sterling producer.
After four prosperous seasons in Louis
N. Parker's "Disraelf George Arliss mas
undertaken the adventure Of finding a
new vehicle for his subtle and vivid tall
ent as character actor He In now rep
resenting Nicolo Paganini. the historic
virtuoso OF the violin. in a play called
"PaganinP' at the Blackstone Theatre Of
Chicago.
In this comedy Of character by Edward
author OF Marie Odiie and
"Kismet," Mr.. Arliss has obviously found
what he was looking for, viz, com.
panion piece to "Disraei" Briefly de-
fined in theatrical terms the piece is an
other ''Disraeli." That is to say, in mood
and manner il is of the same species as
the piece which brought Mr.. Ariss his
greatest success in the theatre. but only
the box office statements Of the season,
OF course, can testify that "Paganinr'
Is another "DisraeP' from the CONNER
cial point Of view.