The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-19
RUSSIAN BALLET
DUE NEXT MONTH
Ernest Ansermet. Director Of
Orchestra. Already on Way
From Geneva.
NONE BUT MUSCOVlTES

Ernest Ansernet, director OF the
orchestra for the Diaghileff Ballet, has
already left Geneva and 10 expected here
within a few days. lie 10 arranged the
season Of the 0eneva Symphony Orchss-
ira as to leave in December. His place
at it's head. where he mas been for sev-
erai years. will be taken by a series OF
star guest conductors, of whom Vincent
d'Indy will be the INST On a recent
programme OF one of NJ. Ansermet's
concerts was a suite by Templetoh
Strong and strav1nsky's symphonic suite
founded on the dances in The Fire
| Bird" which IL to b mounted by Adolf
| Bolm. Massin 10 to have the direction
OF "sniegourotschka." with costumes de-
signed by Larinon. For Stravinsky's
The Fire Bird Leon Bskst has designed
entirely new costumes TO be used In the
New York production Of h work.
So many dancers nav Joined the COM
pany that II has been found possible to
dispense with the services OF all who were
not trained In Russia A humble OF
French dancers had been engaged. SO
large. however. was the number OF the
arrivals from Petrograd that II was
decided to lest all dancers other than
4 fNuksiHn TttlTt IfVTl " Nofi'pfa's 'D
NIassin and Bolm, who are reheaIsing
the bauets, preferred TO deal with
dancers who had been trained in the
imperial ballet schools In faissia- II was
Michael tokinc who originally mounted
Stravinsky's 'The Fire Bird" when 1t
was given Ave years ago.
Who said that II DIR. Johnson wrote
a story about little fishes that he would
| ,,ala tha,,, talk ltlka whalpE' we'll,
whoever Il was. Walter Kingsley can
talk to any hoofer or ragtime shouter
that comes 20 the Palace Theatre and
he will answer him back quite as Nine.
de Sevignc might have been expected
to. Listen to the eloquenre OF his chi
nese prima donna, who will be heard
next week at the Palace. She said 10
him:
81 love China, OF course. hut | like
| America better. | hA been reading
| Ezra Pounds 'Cathay.' in which there
are delightful poems based upon the
Chinese poems OF Rihaku, written more
than 1000 years ago. II makes me
homeslck when ] read of the kians. the
nightinRales in the gardens OF o-Run
the Jade tables. the singing girls and
the alteration of tho spring blossoms
hut I think of that dreadful usurper
Yuan Shlh-k'ai. and ! prefer the Palace
OF New York to the imperial palace
OF Pekin. ] hope to do well in vaude-
Vile. New York people have been very
, kind 20 me. and now II they Will like me
well enough TO warrant my being booked
, every week | shall adopt this country
! and the dragon flag will he only "A
memory sing popular songs. You
know IN china the children OF tho rich
and the we'll born are taught by expert
, tutors from Europe. Instead OF going
TO universities they have their own
teachers In their own homes. 4 pupil
OF Jean de Reszke's trained me ~ n
singer"
u II tho time Of year In which man
ayers bagin TO look up plays that VIII
serve Tor their all star %revivals. II Is
now Psul Pcttcrs famous old drama
THE conQucrors' to which their
thoughts are turning. The drama Is adj
| mirably suited TO the present conditions.
~ II ~ based M incidents or the Franco
German War OF 1870. II was one OF IN"
greatest SUCCESSES of Charles Frohrnans
early days at tho Empire Theatre. Will
lam Faversham. Viola Allen. Blanche
| Walsh and Clara Bloodgood, who made
her first appearance In the play, were
| some of the noted actors WHO took part
IN the original performance nj the En-
p!rc Theatre. The play ran for a season
and has been frequently revived. but
| could /, be called '"The Conpueror''
Lumson Hare is acting In the moving
| pictures while there Is no part for him
IN "Niajor Barbara but he il still "A
member of the company al the Play
house.
There will he a memorial service for
charles Klein this afternoon ~ the
F~'orty-four,h street Theatre. Various
theatrical societies will be represented
in the gathering.
Charles n. Dillingham; has just re-
| fused an offer of 81 900 for an appear
ancc Of Charlotte In Boston AT n car
nival to be given by the su~ffragists OF
Massachusetts lie needs her services
at the Hippodromc.
When Ralph Herr makes his appear
ancc at the Fulton Theatre in "Ruggles
OF Red Gap" It will be the seventh time
he has acted the role of a valet on the
stage.
One evening last week thirty-two
! States We're represented In the audience
az the Uippodrome. MIN countries be-
| sides our own had contributed spec
tators. 1t II shrewdly suggested by the
press agent hat they were all here for
their Christmas shopping.
Emanuel Reicher has found IL neces-
sary to add Saturday matinees n Mon
day evening performances OF THE
! Weavers'' 10 the season at the Garden
Theatre. MIR. Reicher had been uncon-
ventionally trying 10 struggle along
without either.
1t il said the Lambs Club Is to pro-
duce Romeo and Juliet with It's MEM
hers acting the leading roles, Julian
Eltiuge IL the candidate for Julief,
No announcement since the pre-
! iminary news OF 9Th Birth OF n Ma
ton has awakened so much interest as
that concerning the showing to-day at
the Knickerbocker Theatre or the screen
play based on rvant famous novel
'Don Quixote.'' De Wolf Hopper will
appear as the knight OF rueful coun-
tenance, which will be a little bit difficult
TO realize in Mr.. %Topper's case. Chester
Whitney Of the Griffith forces. who made
! the scenario. gave THE SUN reporter this
accoun, OF the method he adopted
There was an einbarrassin wealth
of material, but there was not u de-
veloped plot To be found except I'm the
short tales r~ecounted during Quixote's
| narrative. II was theferore necessary
to choose ono of these tales and make It
run parallel with the Don's own story.
That IL the greatest liberty taken with
the book.
Most of the secondary stories take
the reader to far countries. but | found
one laid in the Spain of Quixote's day
and that was chosen.
"Quixote must of course dominate
| the play as no does the book. and It
was not difficult to transfer the
tender, crack Drained old dreamer
bodily into the picture. especially with
De Wolf Hopper to mako him live