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stance. Life uses and plays with her.
Mary. on the contrary, made life her
instrument. Ellen Neal Is perhaps a
character nearer Il the great body of
us, as Hamlet Is. rather than OH"liO.
for the great body OF us is made by
and made up Of desire aud circum-
tai rather than viii and mind.
Where HdrU Turner won thrills ami
wonderment. Ellen Neal. perhaps, wins
sympathy and affection. One cannot
say which impressions are of greater
value in the theatre.
But one thing | do want to empha-
size is that Ellen Neal is not IA bad
woman, not a woman Of the streets.
Az long as giant impulses mould us
like clay as long as whimsical des'i-
nIes tangle her feet mp In webs of cir
cumstance, invisibly woven, the line
between good and had must roman too
fine for censure. This, in fact. Is the
motive Of Common Clay and were
IL not true ii could not have attained 50
wide an appeal. Ellen Neal is just a
dreamer in the dust. whom life has
spotted. but not destroyed"
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Tempest ia
"ROSALlND"

has succeeded in making 1t necessary
for those managers OF theatres who
are opposed to selling any tickets at "A
price less than the box Office demands
to see that tickets are not turned over
in a mass to the spectators. who be-
fore the opening OF an attraction OF
one kind or another gain complete
control of the theatre for a certain
number Of weeks. How common this
practice is the public well knows. II
has become impossible for the man in
the street without a pull and with a
constitutional unwillingness to be
"stung" to get seats for the success
full plays Of the winter at any time or
after any degree of preliminary notice.
How much the demand OF "A double
price for tickets has had 10 do with
the success Of the moving picture the
aires 1t would be interesting to know.
But it Is true that many of the thea
tres most devoted admirers have been
~alienated during recent wears by tho
managers habit OF handing over To
the libraries for a fixed nunG,r of
weeks all the tickets for the desirable
seats in the theatre The great ad-
vantage of this plan 10 the ma image
was OF curse its assurance of "A cet-
tain amount of money at the opening
of "A run" But /, practically excluded
all those purchasers who wrr, MT
willing TO pay the advance which the
spectators demanded.
No theatre manager Would in this
year of grace have the face To main
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JANE COWL'S T U
The Actress Enjoys the succes Of
Her New Play.

"It feels mighty good to he back. ~
Jane Cows tribute To the appreclatINe
New York. that has missed her Tor
more than a year and that welcomed
SO cordially the Wary Turner that was
and the Ellen Neal tina, is. when the
latter returned tn the Republic
atre as the heroine of common cay
II is morr than "A year since Miss
Cuwl left the Eltinge Theatre 10 con-
tinue in Boston her success in within
the Law" In hat time New York has
had nothing Of Miss Cowl but the re-
membrance Of her success In Bayard
Veiller's melodrama. The interim has
been spent partly In Chicago and Los
Angeles, where Miss Cowl appeared IN
The Song Bird" and other pruduc-
tons, and partly in the difficult task
of trying to find among the innumer-
able manuscripts that We're sent her
a suitable vehicle for her talent. For
the six months preceding her appear
ance in Common Clay" Miss Cow
aid not play a; all, because among the
countless plays that were sent her
there was not n of sufficient merit
TO induce her to return to the foot
lights.
There is something satisfying in the
destiny that staged her return in the
Republic Theatre in what promises to
be one of the greatest successes of her
career. Eight years ago she made her
first public appearance in New York
in a speaking part in this same the
atre. The play was THE Rose of the
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Dramatists more experienced than
Mr.. MARGIN would nav supplied some
stronger motive on the part of the
detective. There would have been
some much stronger inspiration to the
logged pursuit of this woman by the
police official. Inadequate as his mo-
tive was throughout the play the
clash of "A contest between him on n
side and the woman with her sup
porters on the other. impaired some
dramatic force to the closing minutes
OF the drama. But how much greater
would their effect have been had the
detective with the conscience had
| some other reason for bounding the
woman.
Yet as il Is. only this detective is
active in the last two acts of Mr..
MARGINS play, There is the hula
baloo about the boy who has robbed
the railroad company, but he Is not
in the least interesting. Perhaps the
criminal Is the most interesting char
acter in the play because he really has
dom something, has suffered for 1t
| and is willing to suffer again II ne can
be OF service to the he
wronged. Mr.. MARGINS first act with
Its arrest of the crook and its appre-
hension OF the innocent girl seemed
interesting during its closing scene.
But 1t took only half of the second
| act to show hat It was altogether un-
necessary. Anything that it estab-
lished could have been explained In
the succeeding division of the play.
If there was one quality in the
| world which this act should possess
It IL the establishment of the detec-
tive's implacable determination to
run down the wife whatever the
means may be. But all that his ac-
| lions are to be attributed to according
to his own confession is the deep
! sense OF duty which animates him 1t
Is, moreover, a difficult achievement in
' the theatre nowadays to negotiate the
| tongue tied lady. 1t is also necessary
to work hard In this year Of grace
| with a play to be generically described
as crook"
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TYPES FOR THE MOVIES.

7 rs a wise child tina knows his
own father, If the father is maxi
!ng a livelihood by delineating
what l. known as a type in the NOV
ing pictures. Types are in constant
demand But they must look the part,
TO "A tee II a mole" The most
common types include old Southern
ColonclS, buffers, New England fisher
men, long haired musicians, artists
and aesthetic young men, French
h'uleNardirrs, tramps and Russian
nlhilists.
with the development Of film pro-
dnCtiuus there has come a demand
Tor realism. No longer, in the best
fims, are crepe boards, clumsy wigs,
ialS" muStaches and like artificial
hlrsntc adornments desirable. In fact.
with some Of the foremost producers
they are absolutely taboo. 1t is i'm
possible" 10 deceive the piercing eva
~ tn" motion picture camera, and the
strip on a haldheaded wig across the
forehead looms up like the crack in
IN" Liberty he'll. Hence the Increased
call for types.
Early this summer a character
actor. comparatively Young. sent his
itInhy away + = u visit with relatives
IN sullivan county He met them the
other DAY "n their return and he gave
them "a III ok when ne presented him
SET ANA Insisted on kissing all hands.
When they last saw him he was a
dtpp"r, clean shaven young man,
Now his fac" was covered with a dis
ordered, untrimmcd growth of reddish
brown whiskers, His hair too was
long and dishcNellcd. curling over his
coat lldr, Ills youngest child. a
g.rl of , Years, still refuses to believe
that le j. her father.
For NOR" than two weeks he played
TIA" part ~ a hermit in "A five rual
%pruductiuu, ana he let his hair and
beard gruW Ia make his appearance
lifrl.hr N,\t week. after "sor.. das-
taidly work in another picture. play
Ing q German SPY. he Will he lined Nm
aeaIn~. a wall and shot. After that
ne can ha," his hair cut and his
hrtrd shaved # h. pleaSes. But then
II" W"I'd have I, compel" in the great
army + smooth shaver actors who
play slla'ght parts.
Nuui'"N man, not more than ~. has
cultivated a ga mustachc and goatee
ANA long hair. and therefore "a
equipped 10 play the role If AN old
southern gentleman.
tn" directors in all the studios arr
acquainted with the types who either
J ok the part or have gr0omcd then-
selves lur d character, and there IA
"A lN"'N cal for their services. An
old ucgr"'e who was born and raised
IN EaGhtN avenue IN the sos and
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VARIETY IN
~THEATRE-Belle

BUSHWICK THEATRE-Belle
Baker. THE Banks Half Mill
ion" Idea, Lillian Heirlein, Al
and Fannie Steadman, Edwina
Barry and company in THE
Home Breaker" Kenneth
Casey, the California Orange
Packers and CASTOR Palmer.
Concerts to-day.
oRPHEUM THEATRE-opens
tomorrow. Nora Bayes, AL
Golden and company, Leo Pr
nikoff and Ethel Rose, Dooley
and Sales, Woman Proposes"
Henry Lewis, Sanity and Nor
ton, the Six American Dancers
and the Claremont Brothers.
STAR THEATRE - American
Bellies Company. b~urlesque
called Improving Nature"
Company includes Walter
Parker, George Frye, Hawley
and Bennett, Marks and Rosa,
Lillian Smalley. Winifrede La
France and Anna Ford. Added
feature, Zallah in classic dance.
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Managers Have Novelties for Their Theatre This Week.
MONDAY-Comedy Theatre-Winiam Elliott presents BILLY, Jr,"
by Katherine Miller and Allena Kanta. In the company are Nor
ton Stills, Ernest Truck and other we'll known actors.
Lyceum Theatre-Marie Tempest opens the season with a revival
of The Duke of Kiliecranke' and ] M. Barries "Rosaind"
Gaiety Theatre-Ruth Chstterton returns for a special engagement
in Daddy Long-Legs"
THURSDAY-The Booth Theatre will open its autumn season with
a play made by Lee Morrison from Jacques Futrelles my Lady's
Garter"
FRIDAY-The Maxine Elliott Theatre-"Our Children" made by
Louis Anspacher from LArronge's "Mein Leopold with
Emmett Corrigan in the leading role.
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Some trace Of the psychology OF the
mob vas Interestingly diseernible dur
ing the third act OF The House OF
Glass" at the Gambler Theatre on
Wednesday. In the third act of Max
MARGINS play the characters had been
talking about the peculations OF a
certain juvenile delinquent, by name
Jackson, until the audience was alto
gether fun up of the subject. There
had been a long and tedious second
ACT before this, and the spectators had
grown restless. When was the ak
about this boy whom nobody a seen
to come to an end? Why did We not
bring the evening papers7 Have we
n friends about us? Business Of
coughing and clearing OF throats by
the audience. Then there suddenly
appeared the detective who had ar
rested in the first act the heroine of
the play.
Then every spectator in the theatre
Eat up and look notice. Drama had
walked in at the door. and the audi
ence knew it. There vas such a
rustic of expectation and gratitude
hat the playwright had once more
got on his job that II ran throughout
the auditorium. Then there was in
tense silence, for the man was there
who might be expected to recognize
the and return her to the
! prison from which she had escaped.
As a matter OF fact the conflict that
ensued vas between a wife who had
escaped from her parole and a detec-
tive who was determined to. restore
her to the place she belonged in. And
It Is by no means fortunate for the
play that there was no other incentive
on the part Of this officer of police
than the strict sense of duty which
guided all his actions, He was deter
mined to arrest a woman happily
married for nearly ten years merely
because he had never lost a prisoner.
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tain that the tickets are placed in
the hotel agencies for the convenience
OF visitors from out Of town. That
dear old wheeze enjoyed a long and
healthy popularitys but 1t Is finished
now and is fortunately not necessary.
the theatre have frankly
agreed to put their tickets at sale in
these agencies at a specified advance
over the box Office price. How long
tins principle of showmanship will he
maintained the coming season will
show.
But how long will the theatres who
'a't year sold their seats on the cut
rate basis be able TO subscribe to the
conditions OF the new agreement? The
knowing were aware of just the thea
tres in New York which were able
to keep their actors employed, to en-
JOY comparatively long seasons and to
avoid closing their doors by means Of
the cut rate tickets. Half "A dozen
pups ''"'''" "''''H '' H"'''HNes VI
the past eason were able to exist only
by selling their tickets at half the reg
liar rate. II is not To be believed
thS' plays just as much in need OF
MS aid to success VIII not come
around again this year. What will
these managers then do? Reduce their
Prices at the box office or close their
theatres? The new agreement against
the cut rate ticket seems to have its
perils for both sides.
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THE SEASONS CLOSING.
to".s Island Resorts Are saying
GOOd-by to summer,

"The Flight of Time" will be the
theme -. the floats which are to form
the pageant at Coney Islands carnival.
This celebration is still. described as
a "Mardi tiras," although II has OF
course no right to he called n fat
Tuesday Of any kind. There will be
twelve floats in all.
Americas peace spirit will be DEM
onstrated 10y the first float. Uncle Sam
and Miss Columbia, surrounded by
doves of peace. will occupy the central
position. The thirteen original states
will he represented by thirteen pretty
girls seated about the float. Float No.
. represents a huge clock with revolv-
ing lnnds. 1t is covered with electric
lights and indicates how fast the hours
fly. \ number Of girls aid to bear out
the significance of fleeing time. Sur
rounded by golden dolphins ridden by
nymphs. Dawn is depicted IN the third
loaf rising out of the sea. The idea
of the mist IL brought out in the color
scheme. which Is gray and gold. Water
falling from n great distance with q
water spirit seated in a boat conveyed
ny Al swan IL pltSfiltu vi tit louttu
float. Sprites guarding fountains are
another feature of this float.
The NTH float will be Il floral is-
play. Beneath a large canopy Queen
Flora. with her attendants seated
among the flowers, reposes on q
throne. 4 cloud driven by three beau
tiful butterflies Is shown on the sixth
float. \ bevy Of fairies are seated on
the cloud playing music on golden
harps. The seventh float represents .
rainbow. In "a gondola is Il fairy be-
ing conveyed 10y "A stately swan.
Sporting about are a number OF her
fairy sisters. Luna seated on a throne
amid stars and planets studded with
electric lights is the central figure on
the eighth float.
Fairies attracted by the glare OF an
enormous star radiating in magnif-
cenCc ar" represented on the ninth
float. riding on silver moths. Clouds
and planets are depicted on the tenth
float, which typifes night. The color
scheme of this float Is silver and black.
The eleventh float feature a large red
autum, bile driven by Father Time. A
roadway of bubbles represents the
highway of light. ON an hour glass are
seated a care free young couple. In
the rear o. the machine is an old
couple CLIPPING the wings OF Father
Time. The last fioat represents Coney
Island. which = portrayed by a gigan-
tie lobster n an immense seashell
containing mermaids.
The last week of the season will. as
usual, begin at the New Brighton The
atre IN Labor Day. This is the way
that residents of Coney Island are able
to tell that Labor Day has arrived.
For the programme this week George
Whiting ana the demure Sadie Burke.
Kate Fillmore and Samuel Williams
II Marshall Montgomery have been
engaged.
"Ton Much Mustard" j. sim per-
formed at Reisenwober's %Shelburne
I Hotel, and Will he there for some time
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first play devoted to divulging the
early days of a will create a
demand for more Of the same remains
TO be seen. But there is ample ma
terial for all sorts of plays to be found
in their lives and adventures. There
is nothing in the whole catalogue OF
polonius which could not be provided
by the careers of these gentlemen.
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The present status of the half priced
ticket discussion among the
has come to interest. w. A. Brady,
who used the cut rate admissions at
his houses. has carried his point, He
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Christine Norman
u CHILDREN"

await the public should the
managers follow the example
of one Of their number and
decide to enshrine their biographies
in a play. nave already been welcomed
by interested comment in more than
one quarter. The question is really
big with importance to the public as
well as to those who are by way Of
providing entertainment for the pub
lie or presuming to utter IN occasional
expert opinion as to its quality.
II is readily comprehensive hat a
play which revealed the life story of
such an imprcsario OF the past as
Dion Boucicault. who was actor, au-
thor and manager, might have been
more engrossing than the biography
OF any merely business entrepreneur
,,-se commonplace days. Bot there
II tho present minute, when n
cs the time to think-and one
nd take a great deal OF time to
t...ak OF such a serious subject-such
- possible hero of stage biography as
George NJ. Conan. II is true that he
M longer dances. and therein lies the
impulse to lamentation on behalf of
the people he used to amuse in this
way. Nor does he continue to lift up
his voice in song. Perhaps one is
more readily reconciled to the loss Of
this contribution to the gayety of an
uuhappy world.
lint MI. Conan Is still active in
enough departments of the theatre to
deserve to be called the Boucicault OF
his day. lie is still one of the most
expert OF American playwrights; his
acting. when he chooses to return to
tie stage. has lost none OF its exhil-
grating charm and humor. and as a
manager he has svinced more -origi-
nality than any of his associates. One
Of the characteristics of his plays is
their originality. DE is such an orig
inal himself that it Is not conceiv-
able that he could follow m other
course than that which his invention
dictates. There might indeed he ma
terial for an interesting play when
Mr.. Conan sets out to celebrate him
self in scenes and acts.
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STAGE FAVORITES RETURN

Managers grow more freakish every
year in the announcement Of their
pays once upon "A time they used
TO employ hired m~ercenaries to go
about and bore the life out of dra-
matte editors In order that they might
have pages about their attractions be-
fore they were acted. Now they
merely mention that on a certain
evening such and such a thing viii
he acted. Sometimes there IL addi-
tional detail, hut advance praise -
now but little heard. The last word
in freakishness seems to have been
reached at the Comedy Theatre,
where on Monday afternoon a new
play will he acted. william Elliott
presents a new play which he hopes
will please YOU Is the only advance
whisper concerning this event. May
his hope be realized.
Marie Tempest will he seen at the
Lyceum Theatre tomorrow night in
THE Duke Of killlecrankie," by the
late Robert Marshall. Miss Tempest
Is one of the most skilful and charm
ing condolences on the English speak
Ing stage. She has all the dclicacy
and finish Of Gabrielle Rcjane, and
she should he cherished as one of the
rare possessions of the English the
atre. And Americans. should be glad
to have her here this season She
will have Graham Browne, Ferdinand
Gottschalk. Francis BEDFORD, Kate
Sergeantson and Mary Forbes to act
with her.
The performance will end with the
flrst production here Of J. NJ. Bar
rie's n act play. "Rosalind," with
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MISS tempest ana lttSllalu Jenny IN
the leading roles
Ruth Chatterton will return to the
Gaiety Theatre on Monday night for
a brief revival of Daddy L.~ong-I.egs."
accompanied by many of the actors
who formerly appeared with her in
this popular play.
Robert nempster, Paul Everton.
Wallace WOrsley. Cecil owen, Albert
Sacket, Minna Gambol and others
will he seen AT the Booth Theatre ON
Thursday in my I.ady's Garter" The
play was maze from the novel Of
jacques Futre,le by Lee Morrison.
Concerning the new drama, there are
from official sources the following ad-
missions:
The action of the play closely fol-
lows the theme of the book. The ZEN
trail figures that are involved in the
plot are IA wealthy New Yorker, whose
hobby is the collecting OF antiques and
art objects; his daughter. IA wild UNI
tanned crAaturc. who has her own
ideas in the matter Of matrimony, an
English detective, OF the Scotland
Yard variety; an American detective,
more blunt and less polite than his
English colleague; "A notorious gentle
man thief, known as The H0Wk, and
"A young American of a decidedly ad-
v%enturous spirit.
Louis .~Anspacher has made an adap-
tation of L'Arronge's famous old Ber-
lin folkplay, "Mein Leopold" which
will be acted at the Maxine Elliott
Theatre on next Friday evening as
Our Children" Emmett Corrigan Is
to act the part so long associated with
the fame Of Georg Engels. who played
the role here when Heinrich Conried
brought him TO the Irving Place The
atre. Christine Morgan and Ralph
Morgan will also be In the company.
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Too Much Mustard' j. sim per-
formed at Reisenwrber's S%helburne
Hotel, and Will he there for some time
to come.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-26
THANKSGIVING DAY
GAMES EVERYWHERE

for three quarters of the game,
Oregon university put on more
steam in the final quarter yester-
day and won from the Multnomah
club of Portland by 1872 score.
II was a brilliant game.
SPOKANE-On field covered
with several inches of snow,
Washington State dragged Con
zaga university to "a 1870 defeat
here yesterday. Fumbles were
frequent.
OLYMPIA - Olympia high
schools final game of the sea-
son resulted yesterday afternoon
in a victory of 16 to 0 over the
fast Castle Rock eleven. a.
LOS ANGELES-In a hard
fought game that was not decided
until the last few moments. and
which caused injuries to nearly
half the players, University Of
California wrested well-earned
23 to FL victory from the Uni
versity of Southern California
here yesterday afternoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-26

MISSOULA - The University
OF Montana far outplayed SYRIA
cuse yesterday and had 1t not
been for the visitors ability to
brace inside their Is yard line,
the score would have been worse
than 6 to 6.
ABERDEEN, Wn.-The great
est crowd ever assembled for a
football game here saw Aberdeen
and Hoquiam play an 90 game
yesterday, the best game ever wit
messed in these parts. Kicking
by Narrance, star Hoquiam end.
saved the team several times
from almost certain defeat.
PHILADELPHIA - Although
the final quarter opened with a
score of to for Pennsylvania,
Cornell fought madly in the last
few minutes of play and walked
over Pennsy to a tune of "a to g..
Cornell now claims the eastern
championship.
PORTLAND =. Held helpless
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-26

OVERWHELMS
COLORADO u.

SEATTLE, Nov. 26.-RuthlesS-
ly taking Colorado down the line
to q 46-0 score, Washington yes
terday afternoon kept her record
clean, with boast of eight sue
cessive years without a defeat
on the gridiron. The Colorado
boys were hopelessly outclassed,
the Washington team holding
them down by straight football
work.
Despite the rain and storms, q
huge crowd turned out for the
contest. The only serious injury
of the game came when Spring,
Colorado right tackle, fell and
tore the ligaments of his left
knee.
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