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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-12
DRAMATIZING THACKERAY

but on the whole our short story Is q
chance happening which takes place in
a few hours and Is over with, and the
short stories Of Boccaccio, Of Margaret
of Navarro, of Painter or Of the other
old fellows are truly kind Of summing
up of certain great life forces in their
interaction on each other. All this is
done in five or ten pages, and, as one
Britton says, there you are. And so
the modern short story is seldom dra-
matted, but in a life devoted to the
stage | have never known more than
FIVE years to pass without dramati-
zation of the story of Cinderella. Do
make my point!
And now to the immediate matter of
interest Dramatizing Cinderella" is
one thing, but dramatizing a great
diffuse and complex classic Is another,
and Thackeray's novels, or, at least,
vanity Fair" and "Pendennis," are
great classics. 1t is q perilous game
at best In the first place, the lovers
OF Thackeray, amongst whom hope
may count myself, are exceptionally
we'll read In their beloved master and
very quick indeed TO take offence il
you omit what they like or build in
something they don't like, or in any
way, according to their ideas, fail TO
do justice to their beloved author. /
sympathize with their point Of view.
merely say that they make the game
perilous. II "Pendennis" were an I'M
known novel-written and published as
now but unknown-what an easy task
the playwright would have. Lovers of
Thackeray il is who make his dramati
ration difficult. The playwright must
remember that they exist. They num-
Der possibly only per cen. Of the audi
ence every night, but they are far
more to be regarded than their num-
bers seem to warrant. They must not
be feared, but neither must they be
outraged. The managers business is
20 fear. The playwright who is not
unconcerned and bold, and Indifferent
and careless Of consequences and in
love with his own ideas and resolved
TO have his say. and full OF belief in
himself-the playwright who is not all
Of this had best Immediately 60 and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-12
PUTTING FASHIONS INTO SCENERY

New York with scenery in the nv
manner" Mr.. Jones did it.
For farce scenery" says Jones' w
have TO look about you. Keep 5''.
eyes on ladies' skirts, on new styiS I"
furniture, on automobile bodies. ~
etic drama deals with the eterns' 's.
ties, but farce and comedy are u'''
tionally OF the moment. They anu"
you because they make fun o.
things about you. The so-ealled ~
stagecraft insists that any old 'a',
won't do for scenery. II mu"
scenery to fit that particular play
"Annabelle' deals with people =.
fashions which are in New forS w.
minute and weren't here ten yss" -. "a
Its tone is highly contemporary -
the scenery must be in the same v" !.
To design scenery for such . pAs
must watch the fads. The hang :. :,
lady's skirt may indicate the 'fs''
the public mind. -.
"Of course, after noticing ths
ions Of the hour the designer nv"
set them down literally or sxss
them. That Is the business Oh
vue. In farce he must use then ''s =.
set the tone, to furnish moth"
scenery should not specifically 's ~
this or that-it should only eA
spirit. In other words. the srus -
keep in the background. He ssesA
to be only the instrunsas . X
which the play sxprsssss ~
pictorial side. TIE bsttee
III. La n vill n nettoo4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-12
Lexington Theatre

The Lexington Theatre, Lexington
Avenue and Fiftieth Street, will join
the international Circuit tomorrow,
the first attraction being Laurette Tay-
lor's memorable success, "Peg O. My
Heart" Miss Carewe- Csrvel will be
seen in the title role. Matinees will be
given at the Lexington on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-12
German Theatres

"wie Ernst I'm MAI" will be played
Monday and Tuesday evenings at the
BandboI Theatre and Wednesday even
ing at the Irving Place. "Der Gate
des Frsuleins," last weeks farce, will
be seen at the Irving Place the first
two days Of the week. Both the Band
box and the Irving Place will then have
new offerings. which are listed in the
calendar for the week on this page.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-12
Brooklyn Drama

MAJESTIC-"Very Good Eddie"
MONTAUK-"T Little Cafe"
TELLER'S SHUBERT Ills Bridal
Night"
ORPHEUM- Nora Bayes, Henry Lewis,
Hussey and Lee, William Gibson and
Texas Guinan, Truly Shattuck.
BUSHWICK-Eddie Foy, Edwin Arden,
Hussey and Lee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-12

4 REALLY bad play, OF course,
"A never opened out of town. lnevi-
tably every provincial premiere is fol-
lowed by reports that here, at last, Is
remarkable play. But time and again
productions have been brought INTO
New York with regulations, only to dis
appoint. Consequently the cautious
have come to regard out-of-town praise
with suspicion, just as people VIII
probably refuse to believe the first re-
ports of the next Presidential election
Nevertheless and Notwithstanding
persons thoroughly acquainted with
the drama insist that Elsie Ferguson's
new play is a promising piece. 1t is
Shirley Kaye" and it is comedy, and
New York will certainly see it some
time before the new year. At all events,
it is said to be the best Of the dozen or
more plays now being moulded into
shape on the road, all of which will
sooner or later be given their metro
politan opportunities.
Owen Davis has deserted his melo-
dramatic standards in writing "Mile-a-
Minute Kendall" Oliver Morosco is
now touring with this comedy in New
England, changing it here and there
preparatory to the New York opening,
which will take place in two weeks.
The piece is not the rapid action farce
that the title indicates, but a homely
comedy of country life. The hero has
earned his nickname before the rise of
the curtain, and spends a majority Of
the play in living II down amid rural
surroundings.
Every once In . while things break
exactly right for the press agent.
There was the case Of the couple
whose conversation was overheard at
the Casino the other evening.
"who 10 the girl with the wonderful
smilei" the man is reputed to have
remarked. Tho girl with the won
derful titan hair. the wonderful voice
and the delightful way of dancing
which renders q visit to a musical
comedy one of the many enjoyments
of the EVENING"
"Her name is Muriel Hudson" was
the alleged and ingenious response.
"She was In The Midnight Frolic' so
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-12

u EVERYBODY knows that it takes
IL brains and artistic sense to de-
sign good scenery for poetic plays. But
when you try to do it for farce, sc-
cording to Robert Edmond Jones, it
takes more. Good Gracious Anna
belle" is the first modern farce seen in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-12

One critic thought Hilds spons mis-
cast a. Lesbis because she made her
call allure, all coy looks and graees,
dimpled smiles and low laughs "The
English spinster," he thought, "is much
more Of an impressive and unsmiling
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-12
Bronx Opera House

Otis Skinner. presenting Booth Tark-
lngton's comedy, mister Antonio"
will be on view this week at the Bronx
Opera House. The original cast will
be seen in his support
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-12
IN WIGS AND WINGS
Stage Directions Which Were Never Meant tor
the Stage

person." That is all very well, but
Shaw, while specifying that Lesbia
shall be "fastidious to her finger tips"
also directs that she shall be amused
and tolerant"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-12

Come to think Of II, why not pre-
sent q Shaw play with occasional in
tervsls Of darkness, during which a
screen might be lowered and the stage
directions flashed on the cloth like
movie titlssf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-12
NOW ON THE BOARDS
DRAMA

DRAMA
PUNCH AND JUDY, Treasure Island"
HARRIS. ."Under Sentence"
.FORTY-FOURTH ST. ."The Flame"
PLAYHOUSE,
"The Man Who Came Back"
.LYCEUM .................."Backhre."
COMEDY
BOOTH. Getting Married"
CORT Especial matinees).
"The Yellow Jacket"
THIRTY-NINTH STREET.
"Old Lady 81"
EMPIRE. ..............."T THE Basker."
CONAN. ."Come Out of the Kitchen"
KNICKERBOCKER- The Music
Master"
ASTOR. ."His Majesty Bunker Bean"
MAXINE ELLIOTT. Fixing Sister"
FULTON. ......." Arms and the Girl"
CORT. upstairs and Down"
GAIETY. Turn to the Right"
HUDSON ................"Po llyanna."
GARRICK (French) ......." Catherine"
FARCE
REPUBLIC, GOOD Gracious Annsbelle"
4STH ST.. ."Object Matrimony."
LONGACRE. Nothing but the Truth"
ELTINGE. ........"Cheating Cheaters."
BELASCO. "Seven Chances"
PANTOMlME
LITTLE. ."Pierrot the Prodigal."
MUSICAL
! CENTURY. THE Century Girl"
PRINCESS. To It."
WINTER GARDEN, "Show of Wonders"
SHUBERT. $50 Long Lefty"
GLOBE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. betty.
NEW AMSTERDAM, miss Springtime."
lCASlNO. rlora beilh.
HIPPODROME. 1.-THE Big Show"
YoRKVILLE. ."Die Tolle Dolly"
ATOP NEW AMSTERDAM,
Midnight Frolic."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-12

Leo is at least q second cousin Of
Hermione. "All her fussing is about
little things; but she often calls them
by big names, such as art, the divine
spark, the world, motherhood, good
breeding, the universe, the Creator, or
anything else that happens to strike
her imagination as sounding intel
lectually important"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-12

We have no desire to dictate pro-
gramme Of theatregoing for President
Wilson, but it would be eminently fit
ting for him to attend "The Man Who
Came Back"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-12
Nv HAYWOOD BR0UN

TITS too bad that only one-third OF
i q Shaw play can be put on the
stage. There are lacking even IN so
GOOD a production as William Faver-
sham's Getting Married" the preface
and the stage directions. Perhaps the
pity is greatest in the case Of the
stage directions. They are just as
interesting as the preface and much
more brief.
Tn. stage directions OF Shaw are
intended chiefly for the reader. By
reading we learn, for instance, that
General Bridgenorth is well set up
man Of fifty, with large, brave nostrils'
an iron mouth, faithful dogs eyes and
much natural simplicity and dignity
of character He is ignorant, stupid
and prejudiced, having been carefully
trained to be so, and it Is not always
possible to be patient with him when
his Internationally good intentions be-
come actively mischievous, but one
blames society, not himself, for this.
He would be no worse man than
Collins, had he enjoyed Collins's So
cial opportunities"
An actor upon compulsion can
convince an audience that he is STU
pid and prejudiced, and possibly there
are materials in the makeup box with
which TO inspirit nostrils, harden
mouths and loyalize eyes. The rest is
more difficult Lumsden Hare did not
convince us "that he would be no
worse a man than Collins, had he en-
joyed Collins's social opportunities"
And for the life Of us we can't con-
ceive how an actor should go about
indicating this potentislity.
Many persons in the audience would
experience q delightful thrill II only
there was some way to put before them
the stage directions concerning Lesbia.
"She is," says Shaw, % tall, handsome,
slender lady in her prime is, be-
tween thirty-six and fifty-fve."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-12

Any one who doubts that this is
cosmopolitan city should attend per-
formance Of "The Yellow Jacket" and
listen to Albert Bruning playing the
part of Tai Fan Min with German dis-
lect. It's a good performance, just the
same, and the same actor is even better
as Yin Suey Gong.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-12

The way Of a moving picture critic is
beset with ambushes. Miss Harriette
Underhill, who signs her reviews
III. u" thought that Mary Pickford did
not seem altogether childlike in LESS
Than the Dust" Letters have been pill
ing up ever since, but H. U. thinks she
can establish perfect four square neu-
trslity. The first letter she opened
said: "The criticism Of Less Than the
Dust which appears in to-day's Trib-
une is one Of the most unfair criti-
cisms l have ever seen. One can easily
tell from the tenor of the article that
H. u has some sort of grudge against
Miss Pickford."
The next writer wrote: "Your critic
in last Mondays Tribune summed up
the actress Mary Pickford quite in the
right style"
And there you are.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-29


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WOULD TRAIN ALL FOR ARMY.
Former Ambassador Bacon Favor.
Universal Service.

PHILADELPHIA, October 2s.-That
the United States is facing a crisis
with Mexico and that universal mill
tary service Is the only solution OF
our preparedness problem, was the
declaration here today OF Robert S.
Bacon Of New York, former United
States ambassador to Francein ad-
dressing the 1900 delegates to the
Seventh Annual Clinical Congress Of
Surgeons OF North America The con-
gress was concluded tonight with H.
Illustrated observations of medical
military activities in the European
war.
The health Of an army is an index Of
the efficiency or preparedness of its
medical service. according to Col. H. p.
Birmingham. acting surgeon general Of
the United States Army. AS an indica-
ton of what has been done in this re-
spect he pointed to the low sick ratio Of
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several such remote districts even in New
| York state whence news leaks almost as
slowly as in Montana or Idaho. And
there is no deprecating the Importance
Of the vote that is cast at Clover Four
Corners. 1t is the will of the people that
| rules. and the Associated Press can know
no distinction when 1t comes to the
counting Of honest ballots. Otherwise 1t
would not pay for that twenty-mile ride.
New Jersey Returns Late.
New Jersey has been a thorn in the
flesh Of the election tabulators for many
years. In the first place it refuses to
close its polls until o'clock, and its law
requires that the counting of the entire
ballot from top to bottom shall be COM
pleted before another ballot is taken up.
There are upward of $40 names on the
Jersey ballot this year in some Of the
cities, and it Is doubtful whether on cleo
ton night President Wilson will know
how his own state has gone. The Jersey
trail and western states. adding further
handicap to the difference in time, but
New York and majority OF the eastern
states put the presidential electors on
separate ballot to facilitate the count.
II the foregoing has not helped you
to visualize the process by which the
greatest news gathering organization
tries to satiate your election curios-
ity and furnish masses of figures to
back up its announcement of the vic
tory picture to yourself this one fact:
On election night the facilities for
wire communication over practically
the entire country are for the moment
devoted almost exclusively to the col
lection and distribution OF returns. The
mileage of those wires you will find
run up into the millions. The Asso-
ciated Press leased wire system itself
is almost doubled on election night, and
the telegraph companies in their own
way are cooperating directly or in
directly in the great effort to bring
the figures to a head.
Consider also the human factors
thousands Of operators at the key and
telephone transmitters. newspaper re-
porters and editors at work on local
situations, while the army of trained
Associated Press men are assembling
all their matter. and you arrive at
something like a general glimpse of
the efforts that will be made on cleo
, ton night to supply the missing name
in the first sentence of this article.
Surprising though it will public in
terest in the great war or in the multi
tudinous events that the world daily
contributes to the excitement of the
breakfast table. the news of presi-
! Dental election will by no means at
tract all OF the argus eyes of an or
ganfzation whose field is the world.
So elastic is the system of this clear
ing house for news that it's correspond
ent in Picking may come in at the
height of excitement over the election
with new revolution in China. it's
representa- tive in Panama with a dis
, astrous slide in Culebra cut, its bureau
In Petrograd with stirring speech in
the duma, or its men at the front
with a great victory. The usual desig-
mated men are on deck to handle any
! emergency, in the election or out of II.
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Believes Hughes Will Get $40.
Liquor "Ad'' Cause of Fines.

JACKSON, Miss. October 2S.-Earl
Williams and Joe Martz. news agents.
charged in police court here yesterday
with selling copies of a Chicago news
paper containing liquor advertisement,
were fined $50 each by the Judge, but the
fines were RENTED on the promise of
the agents that in the future they would
delete such advertisements before offer
ing the papers for sale. The warrants
charged violation OF the law enacted by
the recent legislature which prohibits
the printing Of liquor advertisements in
newspapers circulating in Mississippi.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-29

twenty per thousand among the troops
on the Mexican border.
Military preparedness and Red Cross
activities were also outlined by Maj.
Gen. Leonard Wood. U. s. A., Col. JEFF
ferson r. Kean. Washington medical
director Of military relief; DIR. Elliot
Wadsworth, Warrington. Of the Ameri-
can Red Cross Society; DR.. George w.
Grille. Cleveland, newly elected presi-
dent Of the American College of Sur
geans; DR.. Franklin H. Martin. Chi
cago. and DR.. W. =. Hale. Los Angeles,
chairman of the council of scientific
research.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-29
Paris Car Strike Is Spreading.

PARIS. October pa strike of street
car employees. which began in the sub
urbs of Paris, is reported to be spreading
to the central district. Up to the pres
ent the strike has not resulted in the
stoppage of the service, but there is a
considerable diminution of the number of
cars running.
The lntransigeant says the strike is
due to the high prices of food and the
insufficient wages paid the employees, es-
pecially the women, who receive five
francs daily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-29
BOYS ACCUSED OF JoYR1D1NG.
Six Arrests Made By Police of the
Tenth Precinct.

Six boys were arrested Friday night
and yesterday by the police Of the
tenth precinct and charged with joy
riding. They were registered as W. H.
Frey. fifteen years old. 1924 18th street;
Daniel Clifford. seventeen years. 1440
r street; Richard Payne, sixteen
years, 1741 q street: Edwin Brooks,
sixteen years. 1897 18th street; James
Radigan, sixteen years, 1895 r street.
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Comes in Driblets at First.

II is only by driblets that the first
figures come in. but once the avalanche
is started there is no iet-up to the tick
Of the telegraph saunders. and a swarm
OF the colored blanks is kept flying
from the receiving operators TO the
tabulators. The figures are first en-
along to the designated chief, who
keeps "doomsday book" showing the
running total Of the vote throughout
the night. Every fifteen minutes the
the issue of a bulletin on New York
state. which is rushed to the leased
trunk wires OF the Associated Press
and over these main arteries and sec
ondary ones-some 1900 miles of
them. some eighty different circuits
tho news circulates, keeping all of the
80 newspaper members OF the associs.-
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and Walter Delaney. sixteen years.
1893 18th street.
The police say that various charges
will be preferred against the severed
defendants, and that nine automobiles
are involved Clifford is the only one
who will have to face Police Court,
the others being of the ages that win
necessitate the disposal of the cases by
the Juvenile tribunal
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Came Here to Learn English.

1t was on the suggestion. of Carranza
that Miss Estrada came to this coun-
try, in order to learn English. She de-
cided, however, that she might also
learn wireless telegraphy at the same
time, and, therefore, has studied it dur
ing her stay here.
She is living with Mrs. S. T. Macauley
at the Alabama apartments, but ex-
poets to return to Mexico, where her
mother now is residing, in the near
future.
Miss Estrada suffered Imprisonment
when she was captured by the fol-
lowers of Huerta, and was threatened
with death. While in prison, however,
forces opposing Huerta came upon the
town, MaZapil, in the state of Zacate-
cas- and a.Ier battle which SIS Es-
trada witnessed from a window in her
cell, defeated the Huerta forces and
subsequently rescued Miss Estrada.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-29
WINS FIRST WIRELESS
LICENSE GRANTED WOMAN
Miss Maria Dolores Estrada, Expert
Telegrapher, Has Had Thrilling
Experience in Mexico.

Miss Maria Dolores Estrada. Mex
lean girl, who has been residing in
this country for nearly year, has
been granted the first wireless oper-
ator's license of the first grade ever
granted to a woman in this country.
Miss Estrada is an expert telegrapher
and did her bit' in the Mexican revo-
luton as a telegraph operator. She saw
many hardships in connection with the
revolution, at one time being impris-
oned for TWENTY-FIVE days without any
thing to eat but widowed bread.
She served on the official staff of Gen.
Carranza and at one time was nearly
captured by villa, who had heard of
her and wished to have her with him.
When Villa invaded the Mexican capt.
tai, after his break with Carranza, he
searched for Miss Estrada, but could
not find her hiding place, which was
in a cellar in Chepultepec Castle.