Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-12
KiIling Audiences
With Long Waits


4. criminal absurdity of long waits is
,ro glorious demonstrations in
-s,inb,a this week. One Is at the
,bs other at the Little, and both
,be detriment of the same play
--sh, one shaw.
IA single blemish on the Little Thea-
/ ..ason-outside It's rather common
.eanery-has been the length Of
1t. OF course, there are physical
@..,,,es. The playhouse was built with
nhsi,evably shallow stage. But it is
= shallow that ingenuity and we'll
s..r.ed stagehands couldn't make the
a,e,cult of shifts" within 10 min
The effort would be worth lot
riav like 1.-THE Admirable Bash
I,s four short scenes should pile
:. ,or OF each other. There should be
s.-,Iv break for the audience to begin
a.. IN the tenuous nature of the
fn -,
,,av that II triumphantly survives
~ INTO t1:25 p. m. But there can be
,uestion of how the effect of the five
u,,,,d he increased IL the audience
ss,, wait almost as long for each
aarga OF set as each scene itself con-
IN German stage long ago learned Its
,.s,op Even where theatres lacked
.svolvinR or sliding stage to facilitate
r,,,era the playhouses of the Father
,aaS stIi made II point to pause only
~ ~ N the action of play for anything
ssnroachlng 15-minute breathing space.
~ resiilt is a reaction on the psychol-
~ N the spectator that Is Immediately
ysluable to the play.
Carolina White at Keith's
Not 20 mention the advantages to the
eaveoer of catching the HOP train.
IN a sudden readjustment of bookings,
carolina White, the distinguished singer
n vrand opera will come to Keith's
next week, topping Trixie Friganza on
~ bill and displacing Florence Tempest.
Miss White was for some time Mary
earden's partner as the principal dra-
matlc soprano of the Philadelphia-Chi-
rago Opera Company, occasionally ap-
saaring with the Boston company. One
X her finest impersonations was In the
obsratic version of 1.-THE Girl of the Gold
u west" The sudden invasion of vaude-
vile this year by some of the best sing
ers OF opera seems a most welcome sign
N the vitality of popular audiences and
he broad appeal of the finest music.
Joseph cawthorn CEnglish)
The average Anglo-German comedian
comes easy by his dialect. He has usually
had to learn English from a native Ger
man point of view ,and the result Is his
stock in trade. Joseph Cawthorn, on the
40 ,f
syery time he reads: 'The Allies have
taken another three yards of trench over
sgan." He was born of English parents
and his knowledge of German is limited
10 "pretzel' and "ein Muenchner." Not
even distant great-aunt confesses to a
fatherland.
Mr. Cawthorn made his first appearance
at the age of 3, when he invaded Robin
sons Hall, on West 18th street. New
York, with the Pickaninny Minstrels. AS
there were no child labor laws in those
days we may believe the management of
the Forrest when they say that 1t was his
nock-broking fathers last failure which
vas the cause of Joseph going on the
stage to help make living for the fam
II" The same catastrophe, presumably.
landed his brother. Herbert, behind the
iootghts and his brother, the Rev. H. L.
cswthorn, in the pulpit. There has been
Al least one pleasant result of the finan-
elal difficulties of this particlar Joseph
and his brethren. 1t Is to be seen in 1.-THE
Girl From Utah"
News From the Front
The Peace of Broadway has been abro-
gated no sooner than signed. General
Abraham Lincoln Erlanger and Orderly
Marc Kla% have permitted their official
press bureau to pass an uncensored dis
patch calling off the recent peace nego-
tlatiops with the Shubert allies. But,
though the armies will again take up their
separate booking campaigns, it will be in
an "entirely businesslike and amicable
plrlt.y
IN other words, the lion and lamb act
is on, Business pressure brought the
rival booking interests together in order
2 save money by eliminating needless
theatres. And business pressure-so it is
4e-prevented friendly distribution of
ne spoils The lion and the lamb will now
repair TO separate and amicable pastures
. await the next call for their profess
aiOnal services.
News Notes
Hard pressed by a bad theatrical sea-
on the actors plunge into vaudeville.
ne playwrights have prediction, how
ever Tor the balmier waters of drama
eagaes and women's clubs, where they
- the lecturegoers the superior advan-
eses OF the theatre as source of amuse-
Ashl Augustus Thomas Is the newest
Escruit. He will talk on 'The Facts That
e Behind the Plays" Occasionally they
N ne end Of Winthrop Ames' prize play,
children OF Earth" is believed to be in
sslr Broadway has given the New Eng
-Aa drama very meagre support.
mere are still nuances in dramatic
snneiem even II the drama itself is given
essf 70 punch" This, for instance,
aem the Richmond Times-D Dispatch,
mere Annette Kellermann has just ap-
pssf'a In "The Model Girp'; Annette |
AeslleFmann = is the most famous diver in
= world Last night she danced. acted,
~ ana dlyed, and she remains the |
'H9s' famous diver in the world"
as college merry meFries'' are soon TO |
: 4''h US again. Paradise Prison." the