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III Mansfield had played the part
that Is the way he would have played
It," wrote a prominent dramatic re-
viewer nearly a quarter century ago.
He was describing the performance OF
a young actor. Leo Ditrichstein In .
play called The Other Man."
"All through my subsequent career"
says Mr.. Ditrichstein, now persOnat-
ing his original character OF Zor-Zow
In the current restoration OF "Trilby'
at the Shubert. this criticism has fol-
lowed me. As a matter OF fact !
never saw Mr.. Mansfield act except In
his first little farcical play Prince
Karl and some years later In George
Bernard Shaw's The Devils Disci-
pline.' But there must have been
some similarity in u artistic
methods and in our stage ~personali-
ties. In our private lives, l believe,
there was little in common. ! think
we regarded mankind and affairs from
entirely different viewpoints. That
there was a strong physical resem-
blance has often been affirmed by mu-
tual friends and associates. II is not
to he denied that photographs do
show 1t to IA somewhat remarkable de-
gree.
Mr.. Mansfield, like myself. was OF
foreign birth and parentage. He first
saw the light on the Island or Helgo-
land-then an English po~ssesslon--in
the North Sea. near the mouth OF the
..ivcr ElGc, Ills father was English.
.is mother the famous Russian singer,
Nine. Rudcrsdorf, who was the solo
list at Gilmore's famous Peace Jubilee
e 1876 in this country. | was born
81 Hungary and came to New York In
my early youth TO act in h German
company at the Irving Place Theatre.
A curious and n the same time APP
parently trivial circumstance led me
to the English speaking stage.
Charles Frohman, whose death has
fIled the entire profession with sor-
row., was preparing TO do a new play
at Proctor's Twenty-third Street
Thcatre-'The Lost Paradise an
adaptation Of Ludwig Fulda's work.
one afternoon he g to the Irving
Place to see the original version, un-
aware that IL was given only In the
evenings. The matinee offering was a
light farce, In which ! had a vivacious,
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their rightfui places as the leaders
of the dance In New York city.
Lawson Butt, who IN acting with
Margaret Ellington In 1.-THE Lie" Is
a brother Of Clara Butt the distin-
guished English contralto.
II am one Of q large family Of chill
dren," Mr.. Butt told the interviewer.
MY brothers are at war, my sister
Clara Butt. the singer. Is doing all
she can In England to raise money
and help. I send to ne English Relief
Funds all tina. I can spare and would
20 and night but It really seems that
with sever youngsters dependent on
me for a living my place Is here until
England needs men more than she
does at this moment. II she really
needs me I am ready to 90. but until
the call comes / have no doubt but
that I will continue sollloquizing."
Though not q well known actor In
New York, Mr.. Butt IL not unknown
In America. He came to this country
three years ago and toured the West
with Robert Mantell. When the COM
pany reached Chicago the weather wa
not ana tneatTeKOeTb were scarce.
A certain critic at the time said he
dragged himself to the first matinee
| Of the week with little interest In
| deed. After q few moments a tall
| man appeared on the stage. His deep
| voice resounded and vibrated His
| diction seemed almost perfect. The
critic ceased being hot and tired and
forgot everything but the character
on the stage. Next morning Lawson
Butt was being talked about in Chi
cage. A certain live Chicago manager
who represented George Tyler heard
Of the new and wonderful Shake
| spearian actor. He went to the per-
| formance that night. In the middle Of
the play he wired George Tyler that
indeed he had a md and Just the mar
to play THE Garden OF Allah." which
was about TO leave New York for
a road trip OF several years. The
result was that Mr.. Butt was "siened
up" with George Tyler and played
a long time in Tho Garden OF Al.
! lah."
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mercurial talking part. Mr.. Frohman.
In company with his friend Arson
Pond, remained downtown to dine in
Fourteenth street and in the evening
returned to the theatre Il see the
Fulda play. In this / had a heavy
part, wholly dissimilar to that at the
matinee.
1.-TWO days later I was summoned TO
Mr.. FrohmanIs office. He made me
q very tempting offer TO join his com
pany II l could master the English
language. At that time l could hardly
make myself Ineligible in ordinary
conversation. | accepted his advice,
Six months later | returned to Mr.,
Frohman and conversed with him in
English, with scarcely mora trace OF
accent than il noticeable to-day. As
a result ] was engaged to understudy
several parts in The Masked Ball. IN
which John Drew was appearing. This
continued for an entire SEASON, al
though | had no opportunity to play
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DITRICHSTEIN AND MANSFIELD AS DOU

The people all kept In remarkably
good health. For the next six months
] acted on tour. the second lead in
Mr.. Wilkinson's Widows and the
following season a small part, built up
into considerable importance. in The
Other Man. the play in which my real,
or fancied, resemblance TO Mr.. Mans
field was first noted.
MY re~appearance in 'Trilby' Is
chiefly n matter OF sentiment. You
know Zou-Zou was my first important
success-the first that really brought
me prominently before the public. |
was the first actor sent for by A. NJ.
Palmer when he was casting Potter's
dramatization OF the Du Maurier ro-
nance and the first to be engaged.
81 nave made many adaptations and
played many parts in the twenty years
that hava followed. There was The
Turtle at the old Manhattan Theatre
and, most recent In the public mind,
The Concert and The Phantom
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at this first rehearsal we would select
the members OF the company to play
all these roles The only engagements
that had so far been made were WILL
lam Elliott to play Youth, Ben john
son Ia play Experience and Charles
Stevenson to play Wealth. That left
sixty-eight roles open. and for these
sixty-eight parts over 400 people APP
piled.
81 had arranged with Frank Nc
Cormack, stage manager Of Expert
ence,' that I would try them one at a
time. I had a handkerchief in my
hand and in case an actor rehearsins
was satisfactory I was { o wipe my
forehead with the handkerchief. II
on the contrary. I put the handkcr-
chief hack In my pocket. that meant
that he was unsatisfactory and would
he stricken on the list. Well. II was
an awfully hot day and nearly every
one who rehearsed was hopeless. \
dozen times during the first hour
was In such a Precipitation that
wanted to wipe my forehead with the
handkerchief. hut 7 couldn't do tina,
without giving a signal that the actor
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at the Shubert Theatre, which has
been donated by Lee Shubert for next
Friday afternoon.
Elisabeth Marbury has taken over
the destinies Of another pair Of young
dancers. They are Helen Clarke and
Quentin Tod. at present dancing in
Nobody Home" at the Princess Thea
ire.
Mr.. Tod has been we'll known as a
dancer for several years, but never
until he met Miss Clarke was he
suited with an ideal dancer. practically
Of his own sdze. Miss Clarke Is the
very new In dancing. Miss Marbury
discovered her dancing in the anna
teur cup contests at the Strand Roof
Garden and offered her an engagement
in Nobody Home" This Is the first
professional appearance Of the young
lady.
II have to be interested In some
dancer" waid Miss Marbury last week,
discussing her new contract with Miss
Clarke. II terminated my contract
with Mr.. and Mrs. Castle on the first
OF May. because they are going on
tour next seaso
But am | to be robbed Of m,
pleasure in seeing beautiful dancers
simply because they are leaving town
Are the society people to suffer be.
cause Vernon and Irene go to Chi.
cago or Oshkosh? No. no! In Helen
Clarke I have discovered a new. uni.
que and graceful dancer. and II Is
my intention to aid her in every way
possible in the future. I have signed
a contract by which she places hei
affairs absolutely. In my hands fol
the next three years. She Is n deli
cate. refined. we'll educated girl. and
she dances d~ivinely. l intend to ar
range a season for her in Newport
where some OF my friends have al.
ready promised to have her dance a,
many Of the big social functions which
will be held there. I strongly pre-.
dict that by the time next season
comes around Helen Clarke and QUEEN
tin Tod will be quite ready to take
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stand tho popularity Of some Of the
stars Of vaudeville What In the world
would not Maggie Cline pay for a song
that would bring her back into the
class she was in when Throw Him
Down. McCloskey," was IN the zenith
OF its popularity?
SO Miss Tanguay IL not prodigal.
Her Boswell says she has searched In
vain for q to the song. al
though she has q new crop Of songs
each season, and after she sings these
insistent applause forces her to shout
out the ditty that has almost become q
part OF her existence. She has paid
astounding prices to notable writers
Of lyrics 70 turn her out something II
make people forget the song when they
see her. As a. result she has echoed
the sentiments Of II Don't Care" In
many new songs and has obtained
many original ideas and excelien,
songs But she can't get away from
the 81 Don't Care" RS her trade
mark
Louis Mann says there are various
German dialects and does not claim
them all.
THE character I play in The Bub,
ble'-Gustdp MuIler-is that Of a Ger.
man with a distinctive Leipzig dialect
He IL represented in the character a,
having come from that city, and II
order to use as near as I can thu
correct Leipzig dialect / have giver
considerable study TO the question.
had the advantage some years z o
staying in Leipzig for about thre,
months. I had a cousin who was
student there and I spent the perio,
mostly with him and in the surround
ing country. Not knowing then tina
I would yer be called upon TO inter
pref a character from Leipzig. I wa
not. perhaps, as observing as ] other
wise might have. been. Yet I notice,
the difference In the dialect used h,
the Leipzig people from hat whicl
prevails either in Berlin. HAMBURG
Munich or other cities.
when the character Of Gusto
Muller was given me I then took u
the study Of the Leipzig dialect. 7 too
the p%recaution to form the acquaint
ance Of a German in New York VIII
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SHIPPING BANANAS.

n RoBABL.Y few of tho paseor, o,,
who arrive here aboard tho hr
fruit steamers from Central
America and Jamaica know how m,
banana careoes are handled after AZ.
rival. They are quite satisfied WI,
the knowledge supplied by tho purs,-
that while aboard shin tho banana,
are carried in holds which mus, "a
kept warm in winter weather and Wi
ventilated and cool In summary cline,
1t is after their arrival here I'm wins
ter, however. that the banana c7rccss
require greatest care. If IN" green
lunches become chilled after brlns
taken from the hold of the shin 'hey
will spoil and the consignment NAV Ia
a dead loss. For this reason as sooa
AZ the fruit ship is alonGsido tn trans.
fer of the fruit 10 specially heated hay
airs begins and the bananas ara ypoa
on their way to Ohio. Indiana. lH.
nois and other States Of tho middle
West by. fast freight.
This of curse applies 20 that nan
of the cargo which has bon ori -e.
for transshipmcnt. Tho lpN cars ara
brought alongside the opposite si1, Of.
the pier to which the ship Is uo.-ci.
or are waiting for hor when sh" r.
riycs. They are on car floats ard -a.t
float holds twelve cars. Tho .ars "a
heated to a Temperature" Of s. o,-..s'
10y half "A dozen big oil stove 't.- !
| down the centre.
The car has insulated si5of arl
when it has h on flied ny ioo lg.. =
or SO the stoves are rcm"E,d AMI 800
car is scaled mp rs qu.Ck'r n. '.--
HE. I; is then ready 20 s.Jr' ~ ,
destination and on a I 600 m.io r'. ia
temperature in tho car WI o."
! not fan more than tn du-''.. %
g. presuminC that the run 1'.' 80
schedule. If this is tho c'-, ~.
sures tho arrival "f tho sl'uu. II
good condition.
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T T Ia good TO hear that the activi-
ties OF Melville Ellis a. a de-

~ booe ~ aN~
ties of Melville Ellis ~ a de-
signer have been only tempo
rarily suspended. He will have
the production OF a new play by
Charles b. Dillingham; in the autumn
and It is fair TO say from past ex.
perience that no previous musical play
that Mr.. Dillingham; ever did wa
more tastefully and artistically
gowned II one may use the phrase.
MIR. Ellis was by long odds h best
Of the designers OF costumes for the
American stage. Indeed nothing su-
perior to his work has come out Of
Europe for years. 1t would b Idle
to say that he was in a class with
Balcst, for instance. since the Rus
sian is an artist first. But In his n
troll of color. for which he possesses a
wonderful gift, the dresses designed
by the American were by long odds
the finest ever seen in h American
theatre.
Perhaps the highest point OF his
skill was shown in the spectacle at
the Winter Garden last summer. n
of the passing shows Of one vintage
or another. Then the dresses were
sufficiently eclectic in design. ranging
from the latest inspiration Of the Rue
de la Paix to some adaptation OF Bakst
TO local uses. Mr.. Ellis did more
than anybody else in his line to make
costume designing on the American
stage an art. Ii win be the best pos
sible thing for the American stage
In this particular TO have him busy
AGAIN at a work N which he has won
such distinguished success.
The moving pictures sometimes
bring about queer contrasts In the life
OF the actors. At a'picture play rep
resentation of "Fanchon the Cricket"
Maggie Mitchell's old drama, which
was seen at the Strand Theatre, Rus
sell Bassett was seen as Father Bar
dcdu. This was the second time he
had acted the part in New York: but
the first was many ear with
Miss Mitchell. Then ne was young
and had to resort to the devices Of the
actors art to make himself look like
an old man. When posing for the pic
lures he had merely to appear as him.
self.
Aimee Dalmores. who used to be
at the Winter Garden and Is now act.
ing With Lou-Tellegen at the Thirty
ninth Street Theatre, asked Lee Shu.
bert 10 be allowed to undcrstudy Ivy
Troutman In the leading role and re
ceived permission. She was perfectl,
willing to impart her emotions to
SUN reporter. Indeed. II we mistake
not she volunteered to tell how sht
took the experience Of acting in Mis-
Troutman's place even At . Wednes
day matinee.
How did I feel?" repeated Mis-
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FRESH A T PEARLS.

You don't hear much about fresh
water pearls" said a Maiden lane
icwclry dealer. hut We raise them
in this country lust the same. and you
may he surprised 10 know that their
annual product runs up into the mil
lions-not very far. of course. as de-
imported salt water pearls, but far
enough TO reach with the pearl hut
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Do,uor.. ..vyou 7 fsI, l,ks CRYING
nv nod M now that a. 1, nil over.
Ara dian, forget n linz ala ~
the first act that I nearly famed
myself into a cold with the fan l
was carrying. Then during the sec
ond act I really began 20 enjoy myself
and became so imbued with the char
acter OF Nine. Biondeum that I quite
forget that I was acting. I am very tired
now, for I did not sleep a wink that
night. Louise Cont. who is my oom
mate and WHO plays the part Of n Of
Nine. Biondcdn's guests in the first
act. had been acting the part OF Cosnt
DcLdstra in my bedroom every night
for a week after the performance. At
the matinee she took my part as maid.
Then Mr.. Tellegen himself rehearsed
several afternoons with me. and !
believe that were 1t not for his assur-
ance OF manner and his encourage
ment that afternoon I should not have
done nearly as we'll as I did. Every
body. In fact. encouraged me. The
stage hands all had suggestions to
offer and the doorman confidently told
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was born In Leipzig and who possessed
all the characteristics OF the Leipzig
people. IL ID difficult to describe a
German dialect to those who are only
familiar with the English language.
but the different dialects among the
Germans are probably more prominent
than prevail IN the United States. The
Leipzig people. I believe. make the
claim that they speak the German
language more correctly than those OF
many other cities, and this may have
Its origin in the fact thai Leipzig Is
one OF the great centres OF learning
Of the German Empire"
Some OF the great. really great
actors are never 30 amusing as when
they are profound.
The third on the series OF lectures
under the auspices Of the Washington
Square Players will be given this
afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Bandbox
Theatre by Clayton Hamilton. The
subject will be THE Little Theatre:
How Can 1t Grow Up?" Mr.. Hamil-
Tor will discuss the possibilities and
opportunities OF tho small expert
mental theatre. Of which the Washing
ton Square Players furnish a type,
and the best means OF taking advan-
tage Of them. The lecture will be open
to subscribers Of the theatre and to
all others who are interested.
Owing to the demand for tickets for
tho present bill. which was given for
the first time at the Bandbox last
week. tho Washington Square Players
will give several extra performances.
This week they will play on Thursday
evening. a well as Friday and Satur-
day. and next week and the week fol-
lowing they will play Wednesday.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday we
nings.
Tho performance arranged for by
William A. Brady to increase the build
ing fund OF the Green Room Clut
promises to be quite the biggest AT.
fair Of the waning theatrical season
Among those who win take part are
Grace George. Weber and Fields
George NJ. Conan. Emma Dunn, d.
Wolf Hopper. Wilton Iackaye. Johr
Mason, George MacFarlane. Robert
u. Mantell. Alice Brady, Harry Fox
fansci Dolly. Ernest Glendinn!ng
Irene Fenwick, Karl Jorn. Nellie V
Nichols. Neil O'Brien. Belle Storey
Ralph Stuart, Maurice Costello. Johr
Cromwell. Walter Walker. Jerom,
Patrick. Ed VIM, william Danfortn
Herbert Corthell, Arthur Aldridge
Loney Haskell. Edwards Davis. Her
bert Waterous. T.. l.. Snader. Johr
Willard. Otto Kruger. Natalie Al:
Hugh Cameron. Gladys Caldwell
George d. McQuarrie. Alice McComt
Marie Morgan and the complete com
pany assisting DE Wolf Hopper In tn,
Gilbert and Sullivan revivals at tn
(Forty-eighth Street Theatre. Five en-
tirely new one act plays will be pro
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duced and there will be many special
features. Tho performance will occur
at the shubert Theatre. which has
been donated by Lee shubert for next
Friday afternoon.
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ANtStN VI. MS.
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AMusEMENTS,
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| their rightful places as the leaders
Of the dance in New York city.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-08-25
Russia Never Expected
To Defend WARSAW

Richard Hill, for nearly 10 years a
missionary In the war-ridden province
for the New York World an account
OF a remarkable conversation which he
had with a prominent Russian general,
whose name he does not feel at liberty
to mention. concerning Warsaw's
strategic position as the Russian OFF,
Gals see 1t. Mr.. Hill, who was COM
PEELED to leave Russia due to illness,
is in New York at present.
Warsaw has been conceded by us from
the very beginning. and one of the great
surprises OF the wal is that we still hold
our Polish capital. Our plans anticipated
at the outset a swift move Of the Teuton
allies into Poland, the capture OF Warsaw
and OF the whole of Poland, and the
Strengthening out of the German frontier
from the Baltic down to the Austrian
frontier. With such a drive carrying the
Germans up to the Baltic coast, their fleet
may eve raid and capture Riga, Libau
ard other Baltic ports. We should not
feel the end had come, even IL they should
storm and TAX P%etrograd."
At this time these words from the lips OF
a Russian general high in m%ilitaristic cir
cles are especially pertinent. More sur
prising still Is the fact that they were ut
tered as long ago as last October. Since
then 1 have talked with other Russian Of
fcials and in the same tenor they voiced
the opinion OF my friend.
There is an erroneous Impression abroad
that the fall Of Warsaw means the
crumpling up of Russia's defensive, the
end Of her offensive and her elimination
as a further factor In the war. Warsaw's
Importance has been exaggerated.
Armies and armies alone,'' said my
friend, "have valu nowadays In war:
frontiers and towns are Of small conse-
quence as long as our armies are kept in
tact. Furthermore, whenever you see Rus
sian troops on German soil. then expect
defeat for US. But when we can get the
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-08-25

Life.
Let me hut live my life from year to year.
With forward face and u~nreluctant soul:
Not hurrying to. nor turning from the
goal:
Not mourning for the things that disap-
From what the future wells. but with q
whole
md happy heart, tina pays its toll
cheer.
|so oi iet The he, VA < wind a Up The hiIi Or doxna,
be 10Y:
New Frissndship. hish advsnturs as.dA
E
NJ heart viii keep the ouraasoesth
40 bee. he roads last tura vtli - ~
Henry : Dxkes
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into Russia. then you may ex.
pect success for u.s.
I remarked that this seemed to be re-
versing the usual order Of things. for I
had always supposed that 1t was ever the
policy to force the fighting in the enemy's
territory.
THAT may be true OF other wars he
answered. but not Of this. whenever
We push over into Germany 1t Is because
we are forced to do so against our better
Judgment.
Whenever we get into Germany we are
facing an enemy with scores of railroads
behind him. making his forces so mobile
that with q smaller force he can readily
outnumber us at any given point.
again. Poland is ~honeycombed with
German spies. Large estates are owned
by pro-German Russians. who we know
every movement.
MANY Of these estates we have dis
covered to be German supply stations on
the march to Warsaw. One such, midway
between Warsaw and the frontier, was
famed In ante-bellum days for the lavish
and apparently pointless expenditure OF
; money in transforming q barren wilder
ness into a huge fairy land of flower gar
denS. Great concrete conduits had been
built. pools. terraces. broad concrete
walks.
"The freakishness of the whole thing
convinced the peasant folk of the section
that the nobleman landlord was stark
mad. or that Providence had sent him.
among them to distribute his surplus cash.
ION the approach of the Germans we
learned hat there was method In this
German madness-a method OF efficiency.
The reservoirs were g%ranaries. the COM
duits ~storehouses. the walks. flower beds,
and fountains all part of a marvellous sys-
tenn of trenches. 1t took the Russiana
lays to drive out the Germans once they
were intrenched there, and a high price
in Russian blood was paid for this Ger.
! man-Russian's flower garden