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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02
ABE'S BUSINESS CAREER,
Tie Really Did Begin ms n CIo,hiur
Salesman.

II wasn't always an actor" FINAL,
admitted Barney Bernard. who as Al,
Potash in ABE and Mawruss" ia n,
the Lyric Theatre. Il know that ne.
tors are born and that sometimes
though not often. they die: but. judy.
Ing from my experience. I believe
am tailor made. ! sold suits off stage
long before ! did on.
II had my first experience a.
clothing salesman in Chillicothc, Ohio
Where worked in my unrle's store
ABOUT twenty years ago. Now, | ain'i
aying a word against Chinlcotho, Ohio
which for all I know Il could be IN.
greatest town in the world. hut Chilli
cotne. OHIO, is one thing and Clncln-
natl. OHIO. Is something else again. So
| decided to go e Cincinnati.
Il landed in Cincinnati without nm,
money. Finally ] got "A Job in "A small
clothing store conducted by two broth
ers. Tho only reference | had was
my two hands and an appetite. VI,
nrst customer was a typical woke.
lie wanted t" buy an ulster. and he
cause the season wa midsummer ~.
pccted TO get one particularly cl,enu
and lay It away till winter. I Eu.N
my job depended on selling him ia.
garment. 80 ! worked like "A Trojan
Az the end Of an hour lost '.r,
pounds and my customer. We w,r,
on IN" second floor and a. W. walked
toward the freight elevator used Ms.
Tor customers showed him IN ,lur,
and sent him down To- r.. basement
with a crash. When ! heard h.. -,
| rushed down, explained how ,ln ,...
'ident happened, % % him up a-aa
and having Icy this time nv arr,u,
wind. sold him the ulster.
one day IN M~artlnsvllo. Ir.1
couple Of woodchoppers about, ,,,. ne
" small armored cruisers cam. 'n,.
rne store and n of them asked for
peajacke', ! showed him one nc '.to.
until I told him wanted s. for i
whereupon u" offered mo -. .u,t.
nave sold him the pcaia,hrt and iu.I
a reasonable profit, bat | vs. auNiui.
10 get ever with him. ,nrr,i. ...
agreed Ia lot him have N, p,aiach,
for ~. and when | wrapped M t.,
bundle substituted = child's uycrrua
that cost about IS Ccuts whpl,saI,
Later That day 7 got ou the H.,
/" 20 I" Gosport, lud. Sit,.ug f,ui OBJ.
V seats ahead az inc was my ,l,.
TONER, explaining to another man bow
he had done me. His companion asked
TO see the bargain. | didn't wait. ~
soon as he began to unwrap Tia. hlu.
die ] crawled under the SCAT and
stayed there til | reached my Dies
tinat!on. Then | rushed out. il,uu,I
onto the hotel bus, gave the driver .
dollar and told him o. drive ~ - IN,
hoteI, where was roonfnrrcd 10y 'o'.
u dozen other statesmen.
"The next day ! was stanliue IN
'front.' Of III store, when tho same ,um-
herman came along. Tie booked at me
closely and then asked + lac nddn'r
seen me IN MartInsviIle.
Move been IN the place" ( '.li
him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02
Vaudeville and Burlesque.
PALACE THEATRE - Elsie

PALACE THEATRE - Elsie
Janis returns to vaudeville in
representations Of famous act
ors and actresses. Others on
the programme will include
Cara Fora in Indian dances,
Gertrude Vanderbilt and
George Moore, Ralph Riggs
and Katherine Witchie. Elan
aQan and Edwards, Grace Dun
bar Nile, ALI Lydell and com:
pany and the Three Steindell
Brothers.
COLONIAL THEATRE-Bonnie
Glass in exhibition and ball
room dances will be the feat
ure here this week. On the
supporting bill will be William
Il. Mack in "Around the Law
Els and French, Kathleen Cliff.
ford. Harry Gilfoil. Hoey and
Lee, Santley and Norton, Wer-
ner Amoros Troupe and Ade-
laide Herman.
ALEXANDRIA THEATRE-Emma
Carus, Lew Dockstader, Harry
Green in "The Cherry Tree
Anna Laughlin and William
Gaxton, Dorothy Toye. Ethel
Clifton and Brenda Fowler.
willard, 1.-The man who grows;
the Wood Brothers, the Simar
Arabs and others.
COLUMBIA THEATRE - The
sixth anniversary of the open
ing of the Columbia will be
celebrated this week. Lew
Kelly and the Behman Show
will present a new %burlesque.
The company includes Ameta
Pynes, Lon Hascall, James
Tenbrooke, Harry Van, Eileen
Sheridan, Corinne Ford and
others.
YORKVILLE THEATRE-Two
one act burlesques called
"Hello Frisco!" and "The I'm:
derworld" will be presented
here this week by Jack Reds
Record Breakers Company. A
strong cast and a large chorus
of girls go to make up a lively
entertainment.
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don it was recalled to his mind chat
when n young man In u stock III
pary IL" had appeared in Il play
founded on Garrick's life by Robert
SON. This old play was dragged from
its hiding place and rewritten by j. \.
Sothern. Mr.. Sothcrn did for "Day'l
Garrick" what he had already done
for "Dundrcary." T.. A. Soth.rn APP
peared in David Garrick" for the first
time in London at the ~liaymarkct
Theatre on April 30, 1864. The com
edy proved n great success. Nine
years later Mr.. Sothern acted In the
play at Wallack's Theatre, New York.
when John Gilbert was seen az Simon
MoOt and f.. NJ, Holland as Mr.. Jones.
In T.. II, Sothern's revival of the play
Alexandra Carlisle will he seer AZ Ada
M0Ot. Fannie Addison Pitt as Ms.
Smith. Catherine Brooks as Miss ira
minfd Brou1i. Charles Werner AS
Simon InOot. Orlando DAILY as Squire
Chipy and Albert Howson AS Mr..
Jones.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02

Among the holiday attractions this
week Will be 1.-THE Blue Pierrots," a
well known English company Of dancers
and singers, who will give two per-
formances daily at the Liberty Theatre.
Bunny" by Austin Strong. will be
acted at the Hudson Theatre on Tues
day by Lewis Stone, Hilda SponE,
Henry stephenson. GYPSY OBr1en, Eva
La GaIlienne, Claude Beerbohm. Olive
Murray and others. CONCERNING the
play It IL announced:
Bunnv, an oxford graduate OF ex-
cellent family and literary tastes, buries
himself among the musty tones OF his
shop to forget. II possible. his infatua-
ton for Sylvia de C~respt0ney. the
dainty, high horn girl OF his dreams
She IL the heroine Of his book-the
book he has written In the silence OF
the old shop that is disturbed
by customers. Then Bu~ny awakes to
md that SpIptd IL to be married to an
old roue and the marriage II to take
place In the very town where he has
sought refuge from the world. Bunny
the gentle learns Of the sacrifice that
little Sylvia IL making for tho social
ambitions Of her titled family. and
Bunny the gentle becomes BHnhy the
iionlike. The primitive man asserts
itself above the scholar: the lover be-
comes fred with the strength and f.
roctty Of the cave man. Bunny the
absent minded becomes bunny the
terrible. and through the scenes OF de
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02
= III 1.-THE NEW YEARS PLAYS
A PLAY A WEEK.

The Theatre Francois will pre-
sent this week Maurice Donnay's
well known play, "Georgette lie
Meunier." NJ. Donnay especially
requested Of Lucien B0nheur that
ne present this play here during
tne present season. Last winter
the French theatre presented
with GabrielN Dorziat in the lead
ing role lies Eclaireuses," by
the same author. Among the
actresses who will take part in
the new play are Andree Merry.
Renee Davenne, Claude Davenne
and Raymond F'aure. This will be
followed by "Son Homme," with
Edgar Becman ~nd Irene Bor-
doni In the two roles. Three
short plays, "sean Marie" lie
Baiser" and "Un Crane sous une
Temple" will be acted at the Fri
day literary matinee.
Frances Starr, who has been
captivating the cities outside New
York by her exquisite perform
ance of the novitiate in "Marie
Odile." will be at the Standard
Theatre this week. This will be
n Of the last opportunities to
witness Edward Knoblauch's
charming play of convent life, as
Mr.. Belasco has n new play in
waiting for Miss Starr so soon as
she has satisfied the public curl
osity to see her 10 Marie Odile."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02
GREAT ARE THE MOVIES.
From the Artor's view point, SAYS
Edwin Arden.

'Thc motion pictures have done
more TO 'hearten up tho acting pro-
fessIon than the speaking stage has
done to dshearten them-which is
considerable" says Edwin Arden. the
actor. who along with a number Of ac-
tors has deserted the speaking for the
silent stage. Mr.. Arden has been in
the pictures for n little over twenty
weeks. He appeared In New York in
the version of "Thc Beloved Naga-
bond" adapted from the story Of Will
lam j. Locke, One Of his first pie
lures was his own play, THE Eagles
Nest lie has recently been working
In IA film play of "The Gray Mask" a
story of Charles Wadswortl Camps.
Concerning what the motion pic
lures have done for the acting profess
sion Mn. Arden says further: "Thr
motion pictures have enabled more ac-
tors to hold up their heads, and not
be ~ poverty stricken that they are
ashamed to look people In the face.
than the stage has done for many
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country where h managers make
their real profits on "A big name. He
may have his beautiful home during
the summer. but he Is sure to have to
travel a share of his time.
The picture actor may have a lit
tie bungalow. no matter how modest.
or merely a room near the studio. 1t
is n permanent home. He can live
a normal. healthy life Of regular hours,
THE stage Will have t. look to its
~laurels. or IL will die. The youth OF
the country Is attaching itself to the
pictures. where II feels there is greater
opportunity, and without fresh blood
the stage cannot live. II must offer a
future, as II does not do, and II must
allow young players leeway for orig!-
nal and individual acting, which now
It di~acourases,"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02
THE PLAYS THAT LAST.

The plays that continue in New
York are sour Mrs. McChesney"
at the Lyceum Theatre, "Hoh-
sons Choice" at the Comedy
Theatre, Peter Pan" at the
Empire Theatre, "The Boom
erang" at the Belasco Theatre,
Common Clay" at the Republic
Theatre, "The Ware Case" at the
Maxine Elliott Theatre, Sadie
Love" at the Gaiety Theatre,
"The Eternal Magdalene" ut the
Forty-eighth Street Theatre,
Bunny" at the Hudson Thea
ire, "Major Barbara" at the
Playhouse, "Treasure Island" at
the Punch and Judy Theatre,
"The Weavers" at the Garden
Theatre, "Thc Great Lover" at
the Longacre Theatre, re
Devils Garden at the Harris
Theatre, Fair and Warmer" at
the Eltinge Theatre, ABE and
Mawruss' at the Lyric Theatre,
"Hit-,he-trail Holiday" at the
Aston Theatre, ''The Uuchasteued
Woman" at the Thirty-uinth
Street Theatre.
The musical plays are every
Good Eddie" at the Princess The
atre, "Alone at Last" at the Shu-
bert Theatre, 1.-THE Blue Para
disc" at the Casino Theatre,
"Stop! Look! Listen.' at the
Globe Theatre, "Around the
Map" at the New Amsterdam
Theatre. "Ruggles Of Redgap'' at
the Fulton Theatre, "Katrinka"
at the Forty-fourth Street Thea
tire, and "a World of Pleasure"
at the Winter Garden.
The Hippodrome is open with
Sousa's Band, "Hip- Hip-H ooray"
and Flirting at st. Moritz,' a
big spectacular offering.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02
By LAWRENCE REAMEU.

resS Theatre ought to hGvc an
effect on th- theatricl, enter
talnnleut Of the day IL all its achieve
Tnents keep up to the average
II Very Good Eddie" That enter
tanning little play has many qualities
which are not to he found elsewhere.
Any unique quality is Of the samc
!nest!mable value to a theatrical pro-
duction that it ~ to "a can opener. 1t
q a ease Of must. 81 with it's COM
narative me. sty of means In view OF
he apparatus ~ other New York pro-
auctions of the same character Very
Good Eddie" possesses charms all its
own.
Refinement and musical farce have
come to IL almost contradictory terms
n this city. Nobody ever sought the
two simultaneously. There liz. how
possible L. such Entertainments and
may even b. the source Of pleasure
20 that large section Of the theatre
:olng world which canno; live by Jack
Wilson or Fannie BriCe alone and re-
fuses - ne comfortel by the artistic
illustrations OF Ray Samue.s or Bios
som Seeley. II is not. Of course, ask
.ng TO, much merely to suggest that
the manager try to 10 Il little better
for us than produce these stage celeb
tiles for our continuous delectation.
They are Of the k.nd tnat made NO
,omplete tn. separation between re-
anemeut and musical farce.
Tho performance OF Very Good
Eddie shows thai "a dozen pretty
s.rls. carefully dressed and following
'ess flamboyant in its color scheme
han a BARRIERS pole. may lie quite
sdlyerting to contemplate as three or
our times the number painted in the
-audy tints ~ an Alaskan totem pole.
Then "a few capable actors and some
with enough voices to sing thei lyrics
legibly may. If they have the proper
material. prove just as entertaining as
a hundred more or less.
Mary Of these conditions exist in
re production Of Very Good Eddie"
Mr. Bartholomae's intrigue Is interest.
&. Mr.. Bottoms text is witty n
mere is some admirable music from
lerome Kern. About the proceedings
here il an air of p~olitencss which
mates tho play different from all sim
r productions now on view.
So the little Princess Theatre may
ing anout IA new n OF doing an
cd thing, which is about the most that
any new movement in musical plays
nay consist of. Jules Ofenbach be-
san his efforts in the realm OF French
opera bouffe, and this German from
Cologne may he truthfully said to have
formed it. while Gilbert and sullivan
made their beginnings mos modestly
N London. Even the Savoy Theatre
which was the special scene or theH
,rilmphs, is a little box. Little Urea
res are indeed the cradles N many
MOyements Of artistic importance.
Pllph Here's acting az the more OF
g. dumfounded valet in "Ruggles oil
;eI Gap" would In the past have made
20 fortune ot any drama which nap
.ra-l 10 be supplied with any single
t'rr. 80 amusing. ~ course tht
dominates the play, FOR Mr.. Her
...rIrs IN every scene. one need only
"a hat II dozen notable SUCCESSES ol
,. "llegedly palmy days to realize
.a' he part cannot n longer pt
,ac greater tran the whole. ANY
.I-lal and slovenly bit Of dramatic
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years. The pictures pay and pay we'll.
1t is not BECAUSE the producers OF pic
lures are merely generous. 1t Is be-
cause they recognize the fact that the
actors services are worth good pay to
them.
NO matter how good an engage
meut may seem To- AN actor on the
legitimate stage, he Can never be sure
~ his remuneration. There are weeks
81 rchearsals without pay before the
play is put on. Then there is always
uncertainty as to how long It Will
last
In the pictures It IS different, An
actor Ia sure that he Will receive his
pay for his engagement, be 1t a year.
a month or a day,
9TH" pictures allow an actor to have
a home, which the stage does not al
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Mr.. McQu!nn carries through l's
scenery the idea OF the sublins,ted
poster with all its pardonable II not
expected eccentricities OF background
and color. The beach at Hawaii and
the farmhouse are In the present play
at tho Globe Theatre the most strik-
Ing examples Of tho newer theatre
art put at the service of musical ex-
travaSanza,
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taine g.ass window may after DC ie-
yeaied. While the hero discusses his
guilt with the figure Of the seducer
in whose honor the memorial was
cxected tho window Is seen on the
wall. The Illusion was admirably ar
ranged. perhaps the manner ~ It's
gradual appearance n its slow fad
ing away being the most impressive
details OF the episode. Mr.. Jones
work in this play Is OF course alto
gether different from the specimens
decorative and fantastic translation
from Anntole France which Granville
Barker introduced at Wallack's Thea
tire last spring. And she reality of the
pictures in the new play at the Harris
Theatre are worth much more than
all the extravagsnt beauty o: the
medieval play.
Optimistic lovers OF American music
who a been persistently prophesy-
ing the decline Of ragtime. as the
music Ia called. would he discouraged
at the new lease OF life which synco-
patton has this year taken on the
musical shows. OF course Irving Ber-
lin Is the spirit of ragtime and with
him stop. Look! Listen" would
necessarily he only syncopation. That
IL true, There IL n long roll OF
ragtime from the beginning of this
amusing musical play TO the end. NJ.
Dillingham; has in fact devised a con-
~t.nuous reel vaudeville show Of the
highest quality to the accompaniment
Of Mr.. Berlin's tunefui syncopation.
Then this style Of music is Just AZ
, predominatins in all the other musical
plays. VERY Good Eddie 10 Of course
full OF II.
After all, the most original note in
stop! Look! LISTEN" comes from the
genius Of Robert McQuinn a. q de-
signer Of the scenery and costumes.
One may not be able to grow enthu-
siastic over Mr.. McOuinn's frequent
mustard colored frocks. but the seem
cry IL most entertaining. In all Mr..
McQuinn's decorations, from the back
grounds TO the figures OF the young
ladies' of the o,orus, there Ia a man
nered simplicity. But II IL sufficiently
odd to be, shall one say, ohio,
Were Mr.. McQuinn a painter he
would Of course be accused OF pos
sessing no sense or color. His palhd
and muddy hues would promptly gain
for him the censure Of the art crttics
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02
Ruth St. Denis to Dance.

Ruth st. Denis's beautiful
dances have been so successful at
the Hudson Theatre that she will
this week move to the Gambler
Theatre, where on Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday afternoons
she will perform the same pro-
gramme which she introduced
here last week. Miss st. Denis
has never devised more beautiful
dances than those she brought
here from the West.
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writing lived for generations /: ther.
were some arts, 70 keep It's heart
beating ny means Of a fine or human
or popular performance. To realize
the difference In the demands of the
public one need only recall the play
in which Joseph Jefferson gained his
greatest popularity and to form some
acquaintance with the dreary thea
ire in which Lolita Crabtree used to
win applause. and thousands, as we'll
AS the mediums by VIII =. such players
as barney M~acauley. William Florence
and half a dozen celebrities used to ex-
Isl pr~ospcrously for years before the
public.
But there is no actor that can serve
as pulmctor in the case " an made
uuate play. II may be that Interest
in the move! ma unite with Mr.. Herz's
amusing impersonation 10 attract a
Measure of popularity to the piece
Mr.. HERE'S performance is in the high
est sense an im~personation. He is "a
vale, and comes OF a family OF Wallets.
Never once during the complications
of the play does he forget that, nor
does he fail to make 1t plain to Tn"
audience. And SO lightly and dellcate'y
does he indicate this OF social
inferiority. although he IL not
of his calling, that the piece IA q con-
,,,r,, .,urce of entertainment to all
! admirers of good acting.
The elimination of the mus'ca'
| features Il the piece Is another aa-
vantage which the first night audience
did not witness. The piece Ii much
moro reasonable and plausible without
! he air sinx ladies' Of the second act
Arthur Hopkins may always oe
counted on to attempt something ar
,istic in every new play which comes
before the public under his @g1s. the
direction which this enterprise taxes
in "The Devils Garden" is interesting
Robert Jones. the young American
Disciple OF Max Reinhardt, has DE-
signed the scenic investiture Tor the
new play. which contains 40 much tha'
is fine one a only regret the mex
bert use OF material which was In all
probability little adapted to the the&-
ire. The opening scene OF the ne"
MAY il a room in the General rost
Office in London, which IL a properly
drab and inexpensive box with a mai
BACKGROUND that suggests only tnt
dul, routine Of official existence. -
room in a third class hotel" follows
and herr there Is a more noticeable e''
fort to supply q realism which Is a'se
TO have . part Of the signincance O
thu .oene. Not only the fashy roc
wall paper and the furniture oov'ous'!
81 thered from many sources impresses
tho spectator with It's truthfulness u
life hut there IL about the oom tn
,~mpression that II may In reaii'!
have been lived In and lived in Just II
the way that the characters in "Th
DEVILS Garden" used 1t.
So far M the interior Of the farm
house goes Mr.. Jones appears to hav'
exaggerated the good taste n tn
more or less esthetic s~ensibiities o
the Dale family. There has een
mighty step forward since the audi
ence saw the same family In the htt'
sitting room over the post office which
was In it's way altogether true to lne
The large area Of unadorned wal
space at the back Of the stage Is ex
cusable enough In this act, since II !
intended as the ground on which tn
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low-that is a permanent home. NO
matter how great "A stat on the legiti-
mate stage is. he cannot get away
from travelling. In fact the bigger he
is the more sure 1t is that he will
have to travel. for II Is in the little
towns and The cities throughout the
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are touring Canada at present. \,
soon as the conditions WARRANT in Flu.
nope additional companies will 30 sen
on tour in Russia, France. Germany.
Spain and Italy.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-09-28
Notice to Creditors.

In the Probate Court of the Coun-
ty of Gem, State of Idaho.
In the matter of the estate of j. W.
Carmichael, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the I'M
dersigned, administrator of the es-
tate of j. w. Carmichael, deceased,
to the creditors of and all persons
having claims against the said de-
ceased, to exhibit such claims, with
the necessary vouchers, within ten
months after the first publication of
this notice to the said administrator
at the law office of Finley Monroe, in
the City of Emmett, Idaho, that being
the place selected and designated
where the business of said estate is
to be transacted in Gem County, Ida
no.
H. D. CARMICHAEL,
Administrator of the Estate of j.
w. Carmichael, deceased.
Dated this 4th day of September,
1916.
Finley Monroe, Attorney for said
Administrator.