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l Barry,nore an " MRS Ne CHE SNEY

vamping or translating. Personal as
ISOLATION with Frohman was always
conditioned by ones direct or indirect
connection with the theatre. If you
were an author and went for a stroll
with him the time would be put 10
immediate use in a talk of possible
plays in your books. Once Frohman's
door opened and in strobe Henri Bern
stein. as excited as n man almost out
of his mind with the news that the
master" meaning Sardou. was dead.
Frohman Gained the frenzied French
man by laying hts hand upon Bern
STEMS shoulder and saying:
Long live the master Now let me
tell you "a little story. Under just these
circumstances years ago Sardou him
self one day entered my rooms here
In Paris, throwing himself into a chair
with the statement. It's IA pity. but
Dumas nls is dead l was amazed.
"'You don't mean it, l exclaimed:
I didn't even know he was ill.,
"'Oh,' replied Sardou. he breathes.
he walks about and seems alive. but he
is really DEAD. The newspapers are
pralsing him AT least let us be
thankful hat II not the death that
has come 10 Sardou."
Frohmans way OF f~reshening him.
self ~ England was by week end ex-
| cursions to MARROW. which he loved
very dearly. in America by retreatinE
very rarely to a farm at White Plains
but oftener, and relIshed as much, by
riding about the park IN a victoria, his
theory being that 'taxicabs 90 SO fast
.t.z., -,,,., ,ne. oil ,ta hast mir In III.
,ark.'' n never felt himself rich
enough to own an automobile, n II
used to amuse him enormously that 'o'
all the paop,e in my building only the
elevator man and | feel that way
His quick trips for opening night out
OF New York used TO recreate him g
great deal. though everything depended
! on what the hotel was like in the city
he was visiting. After many sad eX'
periences he selected these cities fol
the excellence of their hotels, no
their audiences. lie laid great stress or
the importance of periodically venew!ni
oneself by new environments. "Wha
wei do after this he enthusiasticall,
announced to me n morning. is L
dine each time in IA different hotel
Then il VIII seem just like visiting 81
many littls towns: only We won't haN'
To put up with the had hotels in tn
little towls.'
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her mother. desiring ( o see Barbara
and her sister established for life.
sends for Mr.. Undcrshdft. who has
been separated from his family for
years. and introduces him to them,
tndcrshott and Bdrbdru take a great
liking to each other. She challenges
him to visit the Salvation Army and
he replies with a challenge to visit
his cannon works. A. contest OF per-
s~onality ensues. with Cusins, n young
nan In love with Barbara. as an In
terested spectator. The first scene IL
in Lady Britomdrt's home. the second
scene in the yard of the Salvation
Army Shelter. there Is a short scene
back at Lady Britomdrt's. and then a
scene in the model factory town where
war munitions are made.
The Playhouse will be dark for +he
first three nights of this week be-
cause Miss George and her company
go to New Haven to appear under the
auspices Of the Yale University
Dramatic Association.
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PICTURES THIS WEEK.

The Knickerbocker Theatres
programme this week offers a
number of the Triangle's stars.
William Collier. Weber and
Fields, Sam Bernard, Jane Gray,
Tully Marshall and George Faw-
cett 3 to be seen in the three
parts of the bill. George Fawcett
and Willard Mack. two dramatic
rough diamonds, will be seen in
a capital-and labor-play. The
comedians appear in a typical
rough neck farce and Miss Gray
will act with Tully Marshall in
a Griffith play.
Robert Mantell and 0enevieve
Harper will be seen in 1.-THE Un-
faithful Wife" at the Academy of
Music and at the Riverside The
atre this week. Miss Hamper
plays the young wife who is un-
faithful and Mr.. Mantell is the
very old husband who has to
stand for IL.
The Strand Theatre has a pic
ture play made out of Jane"
which Charles Frohman used as
a means of starring tombstone
Bennett. She was very short,
while Charlotte Greenwood, who
plays the part in the picture YER
sion, is-well. taller. Herbert
Standing and Lydia Yeamans tt
tus are also In the cast. Miguel
Rossier. tenor; Zarad Fisher and
Harriet Scholder will provide the
music.
The war pictures will be con.
tinued at the Fulton and the CO.
han Theatres and at the Park
Theatre Germany on the Firing
Line" will be shown OF the screen
for the first time. This picture
embodies q chronological history
of the war up to and including
the entry into Warsaw by the
Kaiser at the head Of his troops.
Frank Daniels 10 coming to the
Vitagraph Theatre this afternoon
for q sojourn In Mary Rhine.
hardt's "What Happened to
Father" "A Question of Right
and Wrong" and "The Home
Cure" will also be given.
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expressive Of the theatric element Of
the play. II such a line be written
with a literary sense. with wit or
with finish It Is certain to be very
much better. But the rest Of the quail
tiles avail little when words are not
vitallzed by the element Of drama.
There was precious little Of this
priceless element at any time during
The Ware Case" Lou-Tellegen's
superb acting in the final scenes
brought some belated interest. NJ.
Tellegen strutted and pouted. teetered
about the stage and preened himself
during the first act and second act
with no evidence OF possessing the
slightest control OF any lighter moods
of playing. Then the more rs dresses
in the style OF the day the more exotic
does he appear. Whether 1t be in
Maria Rosa" in which he was better
than he has ever bee since In the
| English theatre. or in Secret Strings
he is ordinary in looks compared
! to the appearance he presents in the
dress of the day.
NJ. Tellegen Is plainly not for all
markets. He will be useless to n
American who does not put
him into the cloak and dagger drama.
But there could have been nothing
finer than the tense absorbed manner
in which he sat motionless in the
prisoners dock and listened to the
testimony for and against him or the
splendid desperation with which he
took the poison and declared his guilt
Finer. frecr and more imaginative
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catastrophe as q stage effect worthy
OF his book. In 1898 Bret Harte and
| were sitting in the auditorium of the
Garrick Theatre. London. I was pro-
ducing a play called sue made out
Of one OF his novels. Annie Russell
was Sue. The piece was not TO be
shown 10 the public until several
nights later, but We all thought II
would he a fine compliment TO Mr..
IIarte TO give him a special perform
ance: so everything was got ready as
carefully as for a first night, with only
iiarte and me as an audience. We
took seats in the stalls. Harte well In
front OF me as pleased as O child ahou,
TO be shown a new toy and the com
pany as excited as IL the king were
present. The author looked his part
He had a fne head Of wonderful white
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Jul4a- Actrar an TIL. ETEHNA1. MA;DA1EAE

= l 81 = Al TN Al
hair. and remember he wore then, and
always after when | saw him, IA rather
large. c~uriously knotted scarlet cravat,
a kind of scarlet that I had never
seen but once before and then in a
Cardinals robe. OF course there was
awful tension on the stage among the
actors, SO much SO that at the end
of the second act Miss Russell became
so wrought up that h flung her
hands above her head and just as the
curtain fell collapsed from exhaustion.
| was terrified, and as quick as ! could
I jumped up from my seat and ran FOR
the stage. fearing the worst, but as |
passcd Bret Harte | heard him muir
muring. Great climax. Real acting!
Wonderful scene,' lie really believed
II "A part of the play"
Fine was Frohman's favorite adj
jcctive when he spoke in admiration
working vocabulary and was always
amused ut the parade of words by
others. Yet he had a gift that was
like magic in cogcntly packing whole
sentences into words, Compactness
was the chief characteristic OF his
talk. In an hour F'rohman could say
as much as some would say in three,
Usually when he talked he sat on the
edge Of his chair. often with one leg
under him. like n tailor. Even when
he leaned forward in the eager earn
estness of talk his shoulders were still
square, and in the position were his
three salient traits, alertness, pre-
clsion and tensity Of will. The alert
ness shone clearest in his eyes. They
were neither piercing nor searching
but steadily clear and bright. A frest
idea, a recollection recalled. an agree
able anticipation. a disappointment, o.
which the humor but neve the bitter
ness remained-all In turn animated
him. Frohman had eyes that wer'
always seeing something-plays, au
thors, conditions, plans and hopes. ant
seeing them AZ living things. Som
eyes see TO the heart of things AM
others see all things as vague visions
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PL AVS CHARLES FROHMAN
THOUGHT THE PUBLIC LIKED

triumphant. Americans love to see
woman triumph over men.
"All great plays are written backward,
not forward, beCaus every great play
Is the solution Of some human biunder.
Every real dramatist when starting
to write a play begins with h climax
of his penultimate act, working BACK
ward and forward from that. Audi
enccs instantly revolt from unhappy
endln.s' hot because they are un-
happy. but because they are usually
| contrndictioNs OF the hopes implanted
in them by the playwright and
! cherished until dashed by the IN
happy ending. Detective plays almost
alwa,s succeed because they make
actors of auditors. For popular sue
cess it Is important in the theatre to
work your audiences into that state of
mind where every mar and m
feels certain that they could save the
situation. prevent n tragedy. avert a
catastrophe or effect the escape of a
ikable chief II only they could step
over the footlights or cry out. Then
your audience IL acting with your play.
THE hest situation in a theatre
sense ever put on the stage is the
screen scene In The School for
Scandal That is because there are
three characters on the stage@two are
IN the foreground and one Is in the
background, behind a the
suspense oe the situation, what makes
II fine drama, In that the audience
knows al, that the characters on the
stage know and a little more besides;
the auditors are just enough ahead OF
the plot to be wishful that II shall
work on. tpeir way. In such a case an
unhappy ending would he n violation
of the wishes already implanted In the
hearts and minds Of the audience,
When | esk an author for an upward
ending to an act or a play | mean an
ending that will Justify ting expecta-
tioHs butt up by the peop.e who sec
that play on the premises already laid
down.
But Frohman was most graphic
when he talked OF mon. especially
when he told humorous stories, for
then he was really a remarkable actor
and by pantomime, facial expression
the crouching or the rearing or MS
shoulders and head and the dexterous
use of his hands he could put n whole
scene before you. 81 like authors" III
once said: they are so like actors
only usually without al actors sense
OF humor. But they always expec'
anything or everything OF their work
lust like actors, and II the roof owe
the stage should fall down during tn
performance Of a play dramatize'
from an authors book ] would no
, nut It past any author to think OF tn
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Vaudeville and Burlesqus.
PALACE ~THEATRE-rrene

PALACE THEATRE-1rene
Franklin returns again to
vaudeville at the Palace Thea.
tire this week and will be seen
and heard In some new songS
and sayings, assisted by her
husband, Burton Green. She
10 always a popular f~avorite.
Others on the programme will
include Florence Roberts and
company, Marie Norstrom,
Norton and Lee, Els and
French. Frank North Com
pany, Kathleen Clifford and
Meehan's trained dogs.
COLONIAL ~THEATRE-Joan
Sawyer, back from q tour of
Western cities. will be the par
ticular attraction here this
week in dancing steps. Others
include May Robson in John
Henry" Van and Schenck, Hus.
sey and Boyle. Moon and Nor.
ris, the Cameron Sisters, Maria
Lo, Carl cCullough, the
Clown Seal and Sunday con-
certs to-day.
ALEXANDRIA ~THEATRE-Mer-
cedes. who according to the
press agent is "the psychic
eighth wonder of the world"
has first place on the pro.
gramme. The supporting enter
tainers will be Bessie Wynn,
Hussey and Boyle, 1.-THE Pas
sion Play of Washington
Square" Morris and Beasley,
John Guilty and the Five Bel
monts.
COLUMBIA THEATRE "A
new one act %burlesque and an
attractive vaudeville bill will
be the entertainment at the Co.
lumbia theatre this week. The
first part is called AT Saratoga
Springs" and the second "A
Night in India" A competent
company of b%urlesquers supply
the abundant fun in the lines.
~YORKVILLE THEATRE-The
Mischief Makers will be here
this week. It is n of the
standard attractions of the Co.
lumbia circuit, and the com.
pany includes Felix Rush,
George Brennan, Ben Rumley,
Margaret Shannon, Ruby Lusby
and Mabel Clark. The feature
of the vaudeville part 10 the
aloha Twins"
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WHERE TO DANCE.

There is a dancing floor at
Chez Fysher's as we'll as a piano
and Irene Bordoni. M. Fysher
sings little French songs in a lit
tie French way. as if he meant to
be confidential and didn't want
the matter to 60 any further.
Then Bonnie Glass dances with
M. Rudolphe in the afternoon and
various other persons in the eve
ming. Suzanne Feindel arises be-
hind the piano and sings in the
dress of a midinette. Smoke and
champagne are on hand in about
equal amounts and the JOY is un-
confined.
There are still to be found on
the Strand Roof Garden competi-
tors for the Anne Morgan one
step prize, the Vanderb;N s~s
trot prize, the Elisabeth MaHs-
tango prize. the Elsie de Wolfe
lame duck prize and other inn
portant incentives to correct n
stepping. There is dancing now
on Sundays,
Whenever the curtain rises at
Castles in the Air on the sight of
the beautiful skating there is
such a rush of cool air through
the place that II realizes the su-
periority of art over nature. Then
the cooking is so good that there
is. after all, a certain gratitude to
art for some of its benefactions,
Ned Wayburn having retired
from the classic atmosphere OF
the Century Theatre, has gone
down to the Ziegfeld Midnight
Frolic to stage manage that pop
ular performance. His stays
management is confined to the
performers. so the dancers may
continue to enjoy themselves
with no fear of being disciplined
by Mr.. Wayburn, But Will RoH'
ers, Odette Myrtil, Sybil Carmen
and the rest of the help must look
out for him.
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A Play a Week Here.

The Standard Theatre will this
week restore May Irwin to her
middle upper West Side admirers
at a temperature more adapted to
enjoyment than that in which she
last played here. She is still act.
ing in "s3 Washington Square"
There are to be some new songs
for this engagement.
Another plump public favorite
will be seer new this week in
New York. This is Julian Ell
tinge. He will be at the Lexing-
ton Theatre. "Cousin Lucy" Is
the play. and among the actors
are Jane Oaker, Dallas Wexford
and Mrs. Stuart Robson.
The Irving Place Theatre still
presents Leo Ascher's ch.rming
o~peretta "Her Highness Loves
Waltzing," which has attracted
the general public as we'll "a the
regular clientele of that theatre.
The operetta is delightfully."- per-
formed.
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Frohman saw everything alive. Tcna-
ciously he would mentally grapple with
words to make his meaning unmis-
takably plain. Almost all his sentences
were short. In every one the idea and
the expression were closely knit. Some
times he would pause. seemingly for
an interminable period, filled only with
"Ah's." and then to his lips would
spring an expression of matchless con-
c~iseness. as well coined as a perfect
piece of stage dialogue. The tcnsity of
his attitude when he talked-his riS.
hand resting lightly on his breast, his
eyes distended as If to hypnotize-held
one in II spell. His hahitual manner
was of keen and controlled vitality,
Nobody was ever more eagerly alive
than Frohman: and yet he directed
| all his life nto a single channel, and
held il there, lie said he loved
his work; he did not need To say so.
His love of the theatre and It's people
spoke spontaneously in his every SEM
tcnce and glance. lie never thought
OF 1t as "A field FOR gain-eXperience
over and over cruelty taught him the
opposite-but he loved il as the great
est OF all international games. Eng
land and America were his chessboard:
stars. plays and playwrights his
pawns.
Frohman knew his playwrights rs
he did his stars, their tastes. their
habits. what they liked to talk about,
what they liked To do, their big sides
and their little; but above all he knew
better than they themselves how to
| get plays out az them, how TO stimu-
late them to work, and when tn bring
pressure to bear on a play that threat
ened never to he finished. And the
blend Of fear and fondness that they
had for him usually made them anx-
ious to please him. One summer In
Paris Frohman had hve playwrights,
three English and two French, con-
graduating themselves on being his
guests at his hotel. hut soon all found
themselves hard at work in separate
rooms. laying out fresh scenarios. re.
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Ola Bratta7a .Aa 1ila@n Ho-n
ALONE Al LAST"
THE NEW PLAYS THIS WEEK.

MoNDAY-Theatr Francais-"Mme. Josetse. MI Femme" farce by
Pierre Gavault.
TUESDAY Acknowledgment Theatre-Matinee of songs by
Yvette Guilbert.
THURSDAY-The Playhouse-Grace George 10 to produce Major
Barbara" by Bernard Shaw.
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romantic acting has not been seen on
the New York stage in years. In
luckily, NJ. Tellegen needs a play in
which he can be acting constantly at
this rate or he is likely to pail.
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ONE NEW PLAY THIS WEEK.
Also n Revival In french and the
lnIuuc NNette.

The Theatre Francois vii! present in
French on Monday night at the former
Berkeley Lyceum Pierre GavauIts
three act farce which has already been
seen here in English a. MY Wife
with John Drew and Billie Burke. and
in German a. the Irving Place The
atre. The leading role will he played
by the charming Lillian Greuze. Kay
mond Faure will have the opposite
role.
"Le Souris," by Edouard Pailleron,
will he acted at the Friday matinee.
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Yvctt" Guilbcrt is to Civ" her six
concerns at the Lyceum Theatre. The
first Will be on Tuesday afternoon and
the interesting French artist will sing
songs Of old France. other appear
ances will he ON Friday afternoon next,
ON Tuesday of next week and on the
next Friday.
The two evening concerts Will he on
. next Sunday ana the following sunday
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Grace George will make her third
production oN Thursday ncNt, when
she will he seen IN Major barbara,
by Bernard Shaw. 1t has never been
acted in this country.
Louis Calvert, VIII" staged the play
I'm London for N%edrennc N Barker ana
acted the principal male role, thdor-
shaft, manufacturer of ammunition
has staged the play for Miss George
and will act that same part, Charlotte
Granville. Clarence Durwcnt, War
parct Calvert and Arthur Aldred have
also been specially engaged for Ma
jor Barbara Miss George will have
the support of the same company
| hat has been with her since early
! fail, including Ernest l.awford. CON
way Tcarlc, Mary Nash, Josephine
Lovett and others, Miss George will
| play the title role.
major Barbara" deals with the Sal
! walton Army and tho manufacture of
war munitions. BdrbGrd tn~dcrShdtt
daughter OF TndcrShdU. n powder
king, and granddaughter Of AZ earl
has gone into the army, and proved
herself so efficient that she IS pro-
NOTED TO be a major. Lcdv Britomort
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ORIENTAL JEWS HERE
SEND FOR CHIEF RABBI
DR.. Abraham Galantc Of Con-
StantinOplc Invited to
Take Up Work.

At = meeting OF delegates OF the
Federation Of Oriental Jews OF America,
held in the Recreation Rooms in Chrys-
tie street Yesterday. y wassannounced
that the federation has invited the Rev.
Dr. Abraham Galante Of ~Constantinople
to come to America II become chief
rabbi for the Oriental communities.
The invitation is for a period of three
yea:s. II is extended through the jew
ish .communit Of this city. and al
though no word has been received, owing
to lack Of mail facilities, the federation
expects acceptance OF it's call. II is said.
The reason given for going to Con-
s%tantinople for a chief rabbi IL that
there is 10 rabbi IN this country who
can speak the four languages required.
These are Ladino, an ancient form or
Spanish Greek. Arabic and turkish,
There are $4,000 Jews in America who
use these tongues and do not speak
Iiddish OF English.
rabbi Gnlnnte will try to lead Jewish
communities OF these tongues into re-
liglous, educational and philanthropic
work, 10 make them Americans. and
especially to teach the English language
10 boys and girls among them said "A
member OF the federation last night.
when they speak English they can Join
other communities and \ great part OF
the responsibilities is discharged
rabbi Galaute IL - journalist. n
teacher and n spiritual organizer, lie
is now editing three newspapers, one
in Ladino, one In French and one in
Arabic. He has had long training in
English and is said TO understand Amer
lear ways"
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BILLY STILL BENEFITS
PATERSON CHURCHES
Largest Number Of Converts
Ever Received Enrolled
Yesterday.

PATERSON, y. j., June 6.-To-day. the
second sunday that the Protestant
churches which participated In the Billy
sunday campaign nave been opened
since Billy left, broke all records for
attendance AZ church and for new MEM
bars received and baptized. II was esti-
mated that upward OF 1870 persons
attended the services and at least LOCO
names were added TO the congregation
rolls. \ large percentage Of these,
however, had not hit the sawdust trail.
In most of the churches the services
lasted from two to three hours. The
pastors read out the list OF new members,
who responded TO their names and were
formally received into the various
churches. In the Embury Methodist
Episcopal Church the Rev. George
Whitehead had a list OF 1875 names and
li2 Of those responded. The reception
IN most cases followed the usual SER
vices.
The churches and the number Of new
members admitted We're Union Avenue
Baptist. 81 First Baptist, 10 First
Presbyterian. l22 Second Reformed.
1876 Totowa PresbyteIi ian. so. Wesley
NJ. T., 40 Madison Avenue Baptist. 10
Madison Avenue PRESBYTERIAN. l6 West
Paterson NJ. T., 81 Auburn street Con-
gregational, ~ Broadway Baptist, IS
Trinity VI. T.. i2. The pastors generally
credited the increase to Hilly sundays
influence az well as their own parish
efforts.
Arthur u Dey. treasurer of the Billy
Sunday Campaign Association, announced
that he would close the free will offer
ing for Billy on June 10. 1t is ex-
pected that the total will reach s26 600
by that time. Billy himself took checks
away with him. one for $4,000 and one
for s6s5.Oa. Dey has received another
$1,000 since Billy left.
Another influence OF Billy Sundays
work was remarked to-day In the gem
eral orderliness of the Sunday baseball
games.