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The state herald., 1916-12-08

Standard OH 0eests Employer Waess
Baitimors.-Th Standard on Com.
pany Increased the wages Of ali It's
employees At the Canton rsfinsriss
here from ~ cents an hour upward.
The state herald., 1916-12-08
Consistent Economy.

People are undoubtedly making q
proper effort to avoid wasting paper"
remarked Mr.. Chuggins.
"How do you know?"
II Just bought one Of those Fliv-
word autos and the man asked me II
wanted 1t wrapped up"
The state herald., 1916-12-08
pennsy Defeats corns,,.

PhilRdclphia.-Thc University Of
Pennsylvania football SOUND defeated
Cornell hero Thursday. 20 to 3.
The state herald., 1916-12-08
l.s.y.... MIN. Fin Cost. $4,000.

LAfayettc.--f'irc At tho standard
mine. near here. did property damage
10 the extent OF 100000.
The state herald., 1916-12-08
Senators FIl. Campaign Expenses.

Senators File Campaign EXPENSE.
WashinEton.-Ftnal campaign OK.
pense statements wsre filed with tho
Senate ~ follows: senator-sisct
Frank b. Kellogg. Minnesota. 1S.9<%.
with no contribution senator-sleot
A. A. Jones, New Mexico. es.is7; con.
tributions 3375.
The state herald., 1916-12-08

This little brown-haired. blue-eyed
boy of three years was found at De-
lancey and Clinton streets, New York
city. October 30. and was taken to the
Children's society rooms. The child
wore q gray overcoat. wine-c0lored
suit Of some coarse material that had
been 4 woman's dress. . blue blouse.
black button shoes and white stock
lnga From marks on his clothing the
police ascertained that he had been In
several middle Western cities. A he
cannot talk. the police can learn moth
Ing more. There is q tiny mole under
his left ear At the angle Of the jaw.
and 4 scar like that of boil back Of
his right ear on his neck. Does he
belong In your town?
The state herald., 1916-12-08

Dr.. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver,
bowels and stomach. One little Pellet fof
The state herald., 1916-12-08
Needed II In His euslnes..

Dentist think I'll remove the
nerve.
Pntieni--Don't do that. doctor. I'm
n book agent.
The state herald., 1916-12-08

Berlin.-The sinking by . German
submarine Of 6.000-ton French trans
port filled with troops was announced
by the admiralty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-11
SALVINI SHRANK FROM
MERE MENTAL STRESS.
BEN JOHNSON SAYS so

Ben Johnson, in "It Pays to Advertise -
coming to the GarriclS Theatre Monday
night has had many stage experiences,
pleasant and otherwise, and among the
former spoke feelingly the other evening
concerning his association with the Sal
WINS, father and son, both of whom he
supported at various times during their
American tours.
THE elder Salvini was the most i'm
pressive man / ever knew" said Johnson.
He had great native dignity. which
emphasized his great stature. He was
heroic every way. Not only was he a
great actor, but a great man. Instinctively
you put him in the class with Bismarck
and Gladstone. If he had taken to any
other walk in life he would have been
equally distinguished.
''Instinctively too, you looked up to him
And yet, as I've said 1t wasn't a matter
of mere proportions He had the mas
siveness of intellect that went with mere
physical bigness.
"If / hadn't seen him do one thing /
would always think of him as a physical
giant from the strength and the dignity
of the parts he used to play But one
day at a rehearsal he showed what a won
derful mind he had when he made it com
mand his body to literally dwindle before
our eyes. ~
"As a rule, Salvini never rehearsed us,
the American players who were associated
with him.
ION this occasion, though. he felt II
necessary, | was playing the part of a
little, timid parish priest-I was slight
then" said Mr., Johnson, looking smil-
ingly at his present plumpness,
"As l say, this priest was little, timId,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-11
AMUSEMENT
SECTION
HOW DIAGHILEFF
FOUND LEON BAKST,
OF THE BALLET Russo
1t Is the Genius of These Two
/ Men That Makes These
Dancers Unique

Although the bold and stirring scenery
and costumes and decorations OF Leon
BalSst are already Known in America
through exhibition the full force of their
revolutionary color was not appreciated
until the Diaghleff Ballet Russo gave lts
first performances in this country. The
famous dancers come to the metropolitan
the end of this month.
Leon Bakst was born in 1888, in Petro-
grad The combination OF Oriental and Sc
n1Itic factors has made his colors like MS
characters, as one enthusiastic critic de-
clares. shout and dance with Joyous
abandon" In Russia, his birthplace. he
was treated rather harshly, and these re-
dictionary influences, due principally to
the fact that he is a Jew. made II ditneult
for him to show his genius. HIS better
condition came when he took up resi-
dence in Paris and it Is in Paris that ne
maintains his principal studio today.
- Bakst was 81 years old when he cano
10 Paris in 1896. He began work In the
studio of Albert Edelfeldt versatile FIN
nish artist who himself was working 10"
greater impressionism in painting Aftef
working trelessly here for some tlfne'
Bakst felt that he had long enough techn-
cal apprenticeship, and returned 10 retro
grad hoping that he would find better
reception than before. So he started
a magazine called The World of Art TO
which he contributed n long series OF
rrofesdue but beautiful designs ana some
novel caricatures. He was not above at
tachinR political Significance to some OF
these. either. But connoisseurs OF Petro-
grad were Indifferent to his work and ne
HE'D himself back to his atelier in Paris.
About this time Serge de Diaghilett,
wealthy Russian with liking FOR the
arts came into the life Of Bakst. Diaghi-
left had dabbled somewhat in the art OF
the theatre, and had coterie of pseudo
Bohemians about him All were persons
engaged in doing things in new ways. ana
into this circle Bakst promptly fitted.
There was FolSine, the dancer an nsur-
gent in the ballet school maintained by
the Russian Government II rebel against
the authority of Petpa, who had auto
cratically ruled the institution for more
than half century. There was Straw
insl<y, the bold harmonic innovator, who
soon was to break the tonal system In
standard use throughout Europe. And
now there was Baltst
After trying out his proteges, Diaghilen
became convinced that he might combine
all their services toward common end
the ideaizaton of the Ballet Russo. So
he prepared for a brilliant debut. In the
in 1906, Bakst was ''discov-
ered' by Paris at an exhibition of his
work arranged by Diaghilefe. But it was
not until 1909 that he created for himself
his present name through the settings and
costumes for CLEOPATRA" which opened
then at the Theatre du Chatelet.
In Paris, in London and in the other |
cities where the ballet appeared the trt-
umphs succeeded one another. His de- |
signs are for the theatre. They do not |
come into vital being and full suggestion |
until they are wrought upon the stage
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-11
"Hoppercles and the Lion"

Edward Dillon, the Griffith director,
was inspecting the previous days take
of scenes for Sunshine Dad" in the Fine
Arts projection room. De Wolf Hopper,
star in this new Triangle feature, was
there, as were several members of his
company. Then there was special inter-
est because Leo had been acting for the
camera. Leo is the magnificent lion en-
gagged to chase Hopper and Fay Tincher
through several scenes of the, play, and
getting him to do it wisely but not too
well has proved one exciting directorial
problem.
There was the usual stranC, tumble of
unrelated scenes from which the play
Is later assembled, and among them, for
the first time, only brief glimpse of Leo.
Just when he was expected to appear in an
unusually thrilling charge there came a
long scene for the star. From the dark
ness of the projection room doomed big
voice:
Get off the screen, Hopper, and give
that lion a chance! I"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-11
THE CHILD AND
THE MOVIE

Continued from Page One
in other cities and to pass on the results
of their own experiments Knoxville,
Tenn, and Washington, d. c., have been
the quickest to respond, although co-opera-
ton with cities as far west as the Pacific
is quietly going on. The members Of the
New York board see every picture desig-
mated as suitable for children by the
National Board of Censorship. From these
they choose the ones they wish for a
schedule of programs These programs
they send on TO their sister organiza-
tions in other cities.
At the first showing of each program
chosen by the committee a censorship
board consisting of seven boys, ranging
from to 16 years of age, pass on them
in their own way Their opinions are
treated with due respect, and a number
of pictures chosen for particular educa-
tional or other merit have been tabooed
by the Board of Juvenile Censors, The
first chldren's matinee in New York con-
Quoted by the National Juvenile Motion
Picture Board was held on January g.
The city was divided into districts, and
the matinee presented at one of the most
convenient houses in each district
Chaperones were provided for unescorted
children by the mothers clubs The ex-
penses Of the matnees was met by the
theatre managers, who also paid the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-11
A CIRcLEFUL OF TRIANGLEs

board small sum to cover their ex-
penses.
In virtually 15 years the notion
Picture industry has grown to the place
of fifth in size in the world of commerce
today. Some S37,000,000 were consumed
in less than the entire year of 1914 in
the production of films alone, and it has
been estimated that an average of
100000 900 people attend the motion-picture
theatres daily.
Through statistics gathered together by
Miss Helen Duey, editor of the notion
picture department of the Woman's
Home Companion, it has been ascertained
that over 15 per cent. of every notion
picture audience is made up of children
under 16 years OF age. BY q thorough
investigation conducted among film pro-
ducers today Miss Duey has been able
to find less than $50 photoplays suitable
for children. One hundred and fifty
films out of the hundreds of thousands of
photoplays which exist and which
thousands of children see daily! One
film corporation alone releases 112 pic
lures month
During these 10 years educators,
womens clubs, and dramatic societies
have talked much about the child and
the movie" The fact that there has
been SO few childrens films has been
greatly deplored. 1t is only recently
that solution has begun to present
itself.
AT last the organizations have come to
the realization that motIon-plcture pro-
ducers are business men and not philan-
thropists.
They have begun to realize that they
must create a demand for Children's s
pictures-a demand which pays the
producer in cold dollars and cents for
his trouble and money invested in the
making OF films, Motion picture pro-
dueers manufacture their products to sup
ply the entire world, The fact that there
have been spasmodic demands for juvenile
pictures has not warranted enough finan-
ciaI returns TO cover the cost of produc-
tion and distribution. The high-minded
public which wants such films has now
learned that II IL can talk in terms of
profits to the motion picture managers
who in their turn can make 1t look like
good business TO the producers the de-
mand will be supplied
Boston educators conceived the idea of
establishing a children's theatre for edu-
eational films only. The University OF
Wisconsin maintains a regular film ser
vice in the States public schools and
Iowa is planning 10 do the same thing
through its State Agricultural School.
Chicago has children's matinees on sat
urday mornings, and the New York Strand
Theatre has employed Miss Dell AIcClaren,
a professional story teller 10 recount the
stories OF the Aims. or others which the
children want TO hear. Duluth, Mimi. has
had a successful children's matinee inter-
mittently for two years, under the partial
superyislon OF Miss May Stanley and the
Drama League. Minneapolis, st. Paul,
Grand Rapids, Mich, ana Louisville, KY,
are other cities which are responding to the
demands OF children's flm production and
doing practical as well as propaganda
work ii their behalf. Philadelphia has
ths special Saturday morning matlnees q
IL zlsdea Qay SahQeA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-11
SATURDAY
March IL, 1916
SPANISH PIECES;
NEW VIOLINIST.
WITH ORCHEsTp
Enrique Granados Contribn,..
Excepts From "GoyescasD
to Program

Two excerpts from "Goyesca.c
never before played In public and ~
linist who has not been heard bos. w.
fore. II memory is not at fault we ee'
| novelties In program of the phiIoa.,.,uae "
Orchestra which needed no novsittaip a
make 1t interesting. The symphon,, =
the third Brahms, the concerto W.
Ischaikowsky's in d major. the ~. 49,
ture was BeethoVen's after Collins corl.'
lanus. What could novelty offer NOt'o-
Between the intermezzo from an. !
epilogue to "Goyescas," which ,vasp sas
duced in New York some weeks ago Eo' ~,
former, with It's more insistent snon,.s
rnythms and colorlng more intrInsIosV.
OF the orchestra, seemed the n,oro iV
cally significant The epilogue draw '"a''. ~
variety of clashing and exotic ,n....
ments with fine foreign effect, and -.
interesting enough. but It lacked 49,
IN the announcement of its thetns X.
swing ana the emotional appeal OF n.
lntermezzo. Both were sufficiently p,nns-.
to the imagination and, after tS..l
"Goyescas" should not be long in corIss
Mr.. Wassily Besekirsky was harnns-ss
at the outset with an unresponsIva ~
unruly VIOLIN the tone of which was n,.'.-
grateful to the ear, despite hls co..
efforts with it. So shackled, Il was nn, ].
be expected that his playing would ho y
the highest, and 1t must be said for ~.
that in the canzonetta and finale he rath..
made up for a very uninspired beRinnrg
lie is vlollnist who lacks the extravsr
giant emotional display which could ends,
him to the hearts of the multitude. tInfor.
tunately, he lacks the emotional reasr,,
which could recommend him to the spir,,s
of the fastidious. He was fully s1
deeply In sympathy with his music, 4.
failed to arouse corresponding emot,or
Yet he did not seriously interfere MIN
the enjoyment of a concerto Of the ysrv
first rank. one in which the manifold An.
ficulties are we'll worth overcoming for
the beauty of the result. 1t is the Tsoha,.
kowsky of the songs and partially tha
Tschaikowsly of the sixth symphonv
who can be noted as the composer. Tina
music has the fires of Joy and OF despair
and there is reckless flood of sound N
the brave involutions OF the violin part
which is quite overwhelming.
AS such the concerto was more than
foil to the sad and thoughtful symphony
which never, in the restrained ecstasy of
mental exhilaration, forgot the melan.
chnly and sobriety in which 1t was frst
conceived. All its beauty and its tender.
ness float over dark depths into which
1t is not good too long to gaze. Mr.. sto.
kowsld conducted the symphony with q
quiet firmness rather than intensity, that
quality going to the "Coriolanus" and the
concerto, in which 1t was to be expected
that he would be impetuous and free
The orchestra. with so little rest after
the ardors of last week, played exceed
ingly we'll G,YS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-11
A WEE BIT o. SCOTCH
FROM TORRENCE OF
"THE ONLY GIRL"

The curtain at the Lyric Theatre was
few minutes late in rising last Thursday
evanlnp. inst hecamse ERNEST Torrence, the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-11
URBAN PAINTS HIS
SCENERY ON THE FLOOR


hand. I never use stencils, because they
look too rigid and stiff. Some of my ef-
fects are got by dipping a cloth in liquid,
wringing it out and throwing 1t on the
canvas The impression it makes is then
filled in and this process is repeated over
and over.
II had to bring my own scene painters
with me from Vienna. The American
painters could not follow my models,
My art you call the nouveau art, or
modern art when in reality. nay art, like
that of Bakst and Stern and others who
paint scenery for the stage, is a combina-
tion of the Orient and the Middle Ages,
We take the beautiful things from all
times The artists of the Middle Ages,
Japanese and Chinese painters every one
who has been sincere in art and has
brought into it a little of himself and his
feeling for color and beauty of line, help
us who call ourselves 'modernists.' We
seek to return to simple lines; we are
through with complies combinations of
color, and we return 20 the primary colors.
The effects; they are new and strange
and delightful not because there is any
thing essentially new in their component
parts, but because our method of combina-
tion is new"
Mr. Urban, who Just completed the set
tings for James K. Hackett's Macbeth"
Is now working on "Othelln" and The
Merry Wives OF Windsor" He is also en-
gagged in building the scene for the
Shakespearean tercentenary celebration,
which will be held i'm the stadium OF the
College of the City of New York
The last named is probably the most
ambitious task that he has tackled and
he has planned a rather startling inno-
vation. Al the time of the Granville
Barker production in the stadium Mr.
Urban noticed that the acoustics were so
poor that hardly a word could be heard
So he has switched things around. and
will buT1d his stage with tire stadium as
a background. The audience will sit on
the athletic field opposite, while the sta
dium will form a splendid sounding board
for the actors
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-11

shrinking. He has to come In, frightened
to DEATH to tell the bishop that the ter
rible brigand was at the abbey gates 1
remember l came in with lamp, put 1t
down, crossed over and kissed the bishops
hand before 1 began my story.
Now the elder Salvini looked about
as much like that shrunken little priest
as monster oak does like a gooseberry
bush. Butt can see it just as plainly
now as when 1t happened-the minute
that Salvni took that lamp and entered
the room he began to shrink. And by the
time he had shown us what to do and
just how to do It, he looked this timid
creature in every line. His mind knew
just how that priest would look and some.
how he forced. himself to look like It,
That was the most tremendous example
of what sheer mentality can do that
ever saw"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-11

tells the same story twice Cthe same eve
-ning). no matter how high the tide OF
pale ale is flowing. Like most men of his
clan Terrence is very treasure chest Of
anecdotes, and to this chest has been added
other stories acquired during his four or
five years in Stuttgart, where he went TO
complete his musical education from Scot
land. 1t is. however, the Edinburgh stories
that his cronies like particularly well, for
your Scotch story generally leaves little TO
the imagination. Here are the stories.
SYMPATHETIC, BUT DIDN'T FORGET
THE PAINT.
Sandy Gibbs one day fell off building
on which he was working and sustained
very serious injuries Next morning an
intimate friend called 90 inquire about the
sufferer, and Mrs. Gibbs blurted out:
"Dearie me, I'm a wildly now, for puir
Sandy passed away in the nicht." The
friend was duly sympathetic and ex-
pressed himself in this WISE: Mercy me,
that's vera dreadfoo I'm that sorry for
ye My auld friend Sandy, puir laddie
BY the way, did he say anything before
he died aboot that wee pot o. paint lent
him?"
TOO FULL FOR UTTERANCE.
The trains on the Highland Railway in
the north of Scotland used to be painfully
slow and the officials of the company
an Englishman was travelling from the
far north on this line. 1t was important
that he get to Perth by a certain time
to catch the London express. The train
crawled along until finally 1t slowed up
and stopped at a little countryside sta
tion, where 1t remalneo some time. Final
ly the Englishman in desperation put his
head out of the window, shouting: why
the devil don't we go on?" There beside
the track stood the conductor who replied
to him in a choking voioe: II Gamma blaw
the whustle, ma mooth's foo o. biscuits :"
THE sCoTCHAIAN PAID BY CHECK.
A tght-fsted old man. being mortally
ILL., called to him his three best friends
who were an Englishman, an Irishman
and a Scotchman. He reminded them
that they each owed him E10O, and ex-
pressed the dying wish that before he was
buried they would discharge their obliga-
tion by deposlting the money they owed
beside him in his coffin.
They all agreed, and when their friend
died the Englishman solemnly placed f1OO
in Bank OF England notes in hts late
friends coffin. The Irishman laid f1OO in
gold beside the notes and the Scotehnan
then took the 600. leaving in its place
check for $500.
A WEE DIFFERENCE.
An old Wee Free woman was walking
to kirk in Scotland with her family. The
Church of Scotland minister rode past at
a tremendous rate and the old body said
to her children: "Siccan a way to be
ridin', and this the Sabbath day. Aweel,
a guild man is mereifu' TO his beast"
Shortly afterward tho Wee Free" min
lister rode past just as fuTiously but she
changed her tone: "Ah. there he goes :"
she cried there he goes the Lord bless
him. Puir man. his hearts In his work,
an he's eager to be at IT,"
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A WEE DIFFERENCE.
Speaight in Pickwick

Today in Witherspoon Hall at 2:s0
o,cloclS Mr. frank speaight 81 Iondo,,
win be heard in his favorite Dickens
recital, "Piekwick,r under the auspices
OF the University Extension Society.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-11

elongated comedian
in 1.-The Only Girl"
company, and Incl
dentally the longest
member of The
Lambs Club, New
York, said Terrence
being 6 feet 4 inches
in his spats, was toll
ing some Scotch
stories newly arrived
from Scotland.
Terrence has ao-
quired quite consid-
erable reputation as
Il story-teller, as II
is said that he never
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-11

So Says the Press Agent
unAapaz sfe lha nlashsnsas shleh have
- egnteais9f hiAtsss -77slfseae h9uz4age.
Morris tribune., 1916-03-03
Realized Neat Sum

The auditing committee in charge
of the Witwer concert recently given
at the Methodist church in this city
has finished it's work and finds the
concert was a great financial as we'll
as social success. The amount received
at the door was $61.7O. After meet
ing various small items of expense the
committee has a neat sum which goes
to the Methodist Sunday school &C
cording to the wishes Of Miss Witwer
who came all the way from Daven-
port, Ia, to give the concert as a
benefit.
The conc 3rt was one of the most
successful entertainments given at
the church for some time and those
interested in Sunday school work are
naturally elated but are at loss to
know how to properly express their
appreciation of Miss Witwer's in
terest.