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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16

ing FOR Miss Kershaw TO 90 but oD'
war babies. Now she has large ef''''
full Of them. and hence ner sssldu'"
devotion TO the financial columns
IF were man I'd certainly pe
broker" she said. "and II make any
money I'm going to build another '''"
cess Theatre for one-ac. plays
Miss Kershaw is a st. Louis glrl sna
has been on the stage fourteen year
She has played with Walker Whi'eslos,
Sarah Bernhard and others. she oNn,
a monkey. which she considers mo-
intelligent than "A dog. She hstes e. 81
movies. She is an ardent sun, 80
supposes she will get married so"''
day. r,
Miss kershaw sees tn-toh hn..
TO the clouds OF war. III enough NV
are killed" she said, "~e women VII
have TO do the work. and then We W.
get proper recognition for our place -
the world. Votes for Women. g..
As soon as her engagement WIN -
Herbert comes 10 close MISS Nv
shaw will 90 10 London. The wsr
the biggest thing that VIII hspp.i
while I'm alive she explained 81
want 10 he a. near 10 it as can ."
without being damaged
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MORE MIDNIGHT DOINGS.

Mr.. Ziegfeld's entertainment is TO
have a rival. Atop the Fortyfourth
Street Theatre. At late hour Thurs
day. The Midnight Revel' will come
into existence. The programme will
be composed Of ten features. prominent
among which will be Tempest and Sum
shine, Felix Adler. Alfred Robins,
O'Brien and Harris. Burke and Grace.
the Hottentots and a fashion show.
There will also be = chorus Of thirty,
as well as the customary skating feat
ures. Music and lyric, are By Harry
Carroll and Ballard Mcdonald. respec-
lively and otherwise.
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taxation mean" lie wheeled IN his
chair, and framed the following state
ment for publication.
at is the kind OF relaxation that
Kid Mccoy had. In fact, | think that
Mccoy was the modern discoverer Of il.
When the Kid first began TO fight, some
twenty-seven years ago, he was the
first man 10 work in the prize ring with
an open hand, clnching it only when
he struck his blow.
"He discovered that nothing is so
wearing Is the alert attention and the
constantly clinched fist, and that the
frequent accession Of strength that he
got when he opened his hand and re
Taxed, was a great source Of power"
At this point Mr.. Thomss's Inter
viewer" interposed a mild objection.
He timidly stated that he understood
the reference to Mccoy, but when
should the actor "clinch"?
every good" exclaimed Mr. Thomas,
even eulnuslhS ilthIRs anu turning 10
his s,enographer. he said: "A good
question. Have him say that" Then
ne dictated rapidly az follows;
THE actor should 'clnch. 40 TO speak.
only when he is delivering a line OF that
character But the average actor steps
on the stage clinched for all lines
frightened UP by the presence Of his
audience. And that is true OF great
many singers and great many public
speakers. Every expert singing teacher
will tell you that his greatest difficulty
is TO get his pupils TO relax the throat
Every successful orator. like Bourke
Cochran or Martin Littleton. will tell
you that he has controlled his audience
perfectly only when he was relaxed and
NJ ease himself. As matter OF fact
anything that is done we'll is done
easily.
"Nov." said Mr.. Thomas, kindly. IN
terrupting himself. "whcn YOU write
this interview you can put in ques-
zion about actors. see" lie waved his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16
HlPPODROME. GROWS OLD

The Hppodrome. eleven and going
on twelve. will celebrate ia years with
an anniversary programme tonight
Frederic Thompson. the first manager;
Edward p. Temple. first stage director,
and Marccine. the first clown. will
participate in the festivities. Charles
!. Ross. who spoke the first lines from
the stage, will be master of ceremonies.
Countless composers will appear,
and each will pilot Sousa's band
through MS fsvorite composition. The
list will include Mr.. Sousa, Gustav Ker-
ker. Lesli. Stuart, John Golden, Victor
Jacob. A. Baldwin Sloane. Silvio Helm,
Louis Hirsch, Alfred Robyn. Raymond
Hubbell. jerome Kern. Rudolph Friml
and Irving Berlin. Also. Jean Schwartz
will conduct Hold Your Horses" the
first musical number played in the first
Hippodtome spectacle.
Other performers will be Orville Har-
rold, Belle Storey, Arthur Aldridge and
Eugene COwles
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Nv GEORGE 5. KAUFMAN.

4 S NEARLY as ono can discern
"A shadows against so indefinite
= background As the theatrical
horizon. the New Yorker who remains
in New York this summer will ind
plenty whcrcwith TO amuse himself
Due TO a combination Of circumstances
the zap between theatrical seasons oids
fair 10 be shorter than ever and there
even is a distinct possibility that there
will be no gap A. all events there
will be more entertainment Of p tneat-
rical nature i'm New York during the
coming summer than there ever has
bcen during the hot months OF the past
The principal reason for the amo'-
tious summer schedule o. course IS 70
he found in the TACT that the season
has been one OF the most prohtapie
cvor known. The Lcntcn weeks, natu-
rsllv have not been without their c.
feet, but in many instances it has been
90 slight as 20 be negligible. furtner'
advance sales for Easter week ana
thereafter arc such as 20 warrant 1aitn
IN a continuation v flush times il
the managers require further arGu-
,,onts with which to convince them
sclves. IL may always be sddsa Una.
,bere are thousands and thousands o.
Americans. accustomed 70 traVei'lhg
abroad. who viii this year. etc, etc
On July % Of last year seven hrSt
class attractions we're playing in New
vork theatres. "The Bubble" was at
,be Boo,h. alvin Beds" At the Harris
~, Paws 20 Advertise" AZ the Cohan'
.vobodv Home" a. the Maxine Elliott
a Full House" a. the Longacre' the
current "Folics' az the New Amster-
dam and "The Passing Show" at the
Winter Garden. Motion pictures were
20 be seen az the Liberty, the Strand
and the Vitagraph (CriterionJ.
This programme, according TO pres
ent indications, viii be doubled THIS
season. In the first place. it ID Under
stood that a serious endeavor VIII be
made 20 operate The Hippodrome
through the summer, with the present
show as the attraction. In this event
,be house will be closed for only few
weeks in August or September, 70 per
nit the staging Of next years enter
iainment.
"Follies," al the New Amsterdam,
and a revue at the Winter Garden are,
Of course. fixtures. "The Boomerang
will be played throughout the summer
at the Belasco, pausing only 70 permit
David Warfeld 10 take possession in
September. There can be no doubt,
also, Of the ability Of Fair and Warm
or" to withstand the hot months at the
Eltinge. Very Good Eddie" has been
able to crowd the Princess Theatre con-
si,ten.ly at So seat, hence it may be
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FOR THE YOUNGSTERS.

peter Rabbit" is back. During Holy
Week this delightful show for the
youngsters will be revived at the Gem
fury Theatre tomorrow, whore il will
run for the entire week. Matinees will
be played every day except Friday. The
piece is an ambitious production, with
the leading roles in the hands OF pro-
fessionsls. More than 800 persons
viii take part
All profit from 'hr production will
20 20 the Flor i-nham ho.-
pitfalls.
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A SUMMER FORECAST
The Hot Months Bid Fair to Witness Unusual
Theatrical Activity.

assumed that il will attract even a
larger public when prices are brought
back to normal. For ITS summer run,
every Good Eddie will be transferred
TO a larger probably the Max
inc Elliott "Sybil" is announced 70
continue at the Liberty Theatre until
fall
There will be also even more than
the usual number OF Summer shows. "
A musical production under the man
agemcnt OF Lew Fields is regarded as a
certainty. and The Bell. OF New York"
viii undoubtedly be presented at the
Casino. To be added to these are at
least two other musical productions, al
ready in preparation, Il, we'll as the
customary allotment OF summer farccs
A. least two Of the latter may be count
ed upon.
Thus one arrives a. the alarming
total Of ten TO thirteen shows and the
movies still unaccounted for. II the
summer dramatic output will be large,
the food OF films will be positively
terrifying. For, in addition TO the
weekly routine Al the Strand, the
Rialto, the Broadway. the Knicser-
booker and others. there will be AZ
least five feature films in Broadway
houses playing at two-doll,r scale Of
prices,
One Of these, Ramona" has already
been produced, and is announced TO con-
tinue at the Forty-fourth Street Thea
ire until next season. The million
dollar picture" made BIZ Annette Kell-
ermann in the West Indies, under the
tutelage Of the Fox interests. will be
offered in a Broadway house early in
June. Civilization" announced as the
effort Of Young Mr.. Ince's lie, also is
certain 20 descend upon Manhattan be-
fore many weeks. Then, too, David w.
Gr.fith's successor 10 "The Birth Of a
Nation probably The Mother and
the Law"-will come 20 town at almost
any moment. and the Universal Film
Company is intent upon releasing a
masterpiece for summer consumption.
Those five, in fact, are certainties;
probably there are others in the offng
that have escaped the ear of the busy
Broadway gossip. Indeed. it has been
stated that ten huge feature films may
be running In New York this summer!
Still further, there are many plays
row on the boards which will run far
into the summer, even though il is
found inadvssble TO continue until
fall. Leo Ditrichstein probably will
demand q vacation when the weather
becomes heated; otherwise "The
Great Lover" could certainly continue
for many months. George Cohan's
revue will crowd the Aston Theatre
just as long rs Mr.. Cohsn wants it
TO, but there is said TO be plot on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16

! A UGUSTUS THOMAS. the we'll
"A known Dean OF American Play
wrights" title. by the way
which Mr.. Thomas is pleased TO regard
much As a Kentucky landlord considers
f"Coloncl"- a gentleman so long in
urcd TO tho annoying convontionsllties
Of theatrical routine that he has ceased
experimenting with that ancient adage,
''If you war a thing well done. do 1t
/ Yourself"
Now it came 20 pass. in view o. me
fact that "Rio Grande" at once quail
fed him as a legitimate victim. that
the interviewer sought out Mr.. Thomas.
desiring parlcy with him that the pub
lie might profit thereby.
"Charmod," came the answer, and.
armed with two beautifully sharpened
pencils and a vad Of copy paper, the
chroniclcr entered the presence OF the
Dean"
"Now." said Mr. Thomas. a most ami
able gentleman, being in addition both
handsome and wise. "to save trouble
all around. and 70 assure accuracy. ]
will just dictate what have % say 70
my stenographer." Forthwith that per-
son appeared.
II think we will talk about acting"
murmured Mr.. Thomas, addressing no
one in particular. 81 have theory,
and its a winner To his stenogra-
pher he issued the following bulletins:
MANY qualities are essential to The
making Of good actor, but granting
reasonable sincerity and the mimetlc
I faculty with which We are nearly nj!
endowed, the most valuable possession
an actor can have is the ability 20 relax
when in front o. an audience
hid Mccoy Discovered Il.
"Now," said Mr.. Thomas, very much
as Frank Tinney would address the
orchestra leader. I'VE viii assume that
you have asked me what kind Of re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16
WITH THE STAGE FOLK
Random Chats with Playwright, Actress and
Some More Playwrights.

hand at his stcnocrapher and pro
ceeded:
in my experience people in the pro
fession that have had this quality in
the highest degree have been John Ma
son, John Drew. Richard Bennett.
George Conan and Fred Stone. among
the men. and Mary Shaw, Chrystal
Herne and Amelia Gardner, among the
women.
AT first glance nothing seems further
apart than the work Of Mason, Dick
Bennett and Drew on the one side and
that OF Stone and Conan on the other.
but the ono thing that all five men have
in common "a that quality OF ease
When Fred Stone or George Cohan
dances. the spectator gets a delight no;
so much from the precision with which
they do that work as from their enioys-
bic indifference. Both Of them dance with
such seeming Indifference that there is
a kind of hardness as each step fol-
lows the proper tap. In the work Of
the actors the men seem not so driven
and imprisoned By their lines, but as if
they were loisurely independent Of
them and apparently finding them FOR
the first time at each performance, Civ
ing that first essential of illusion.
IF one goes back Of the work o.
these persons -prizchghter. actor and
dancer will find that the essential
Of success is complete self-possession
in the work.
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foot 20 permit Chicago 10 witness t..
"Thc Cinderella Man" should have no
trouble in reaching tho edge OF
August; only the most melting kind OF
weather can interfere with Justice;
Pom Pom" has many qualities that
would cn4ear it 20 summer audiences
and "The Heart Of Wetona' has
months OF popularity ahead OF il. And
we nearly forgot, people will keep
RICH. on going TO Mr.. Ziegfeld's mid
night entertainment. To say nothing
of the fact that the Forty-four;h
Street Theatre Is about 20 offer an
other midnight show upon its mean
descent roof
Thus il is apparent that the roam
ing citizen will find twenty or twenty
five places OF amusement open 10 him
this summer. whereas last season he
was forced TO make a choice from ten.
And to be added 10 this entire array
Of evidence is the fact that the man
"Stio VIII pipbdD4t NtSlit - ldhe 4uil
advantage Of conditions by getting the
new season under way long before the
old one ends. The present theatrical
season began on August ), when "The
Blue Paradise opened at the Casino.
and there is no reason to expect that
The season 20 come will be delinquent.
It is possible. Of course. that all this
activity will serve as the means to the
end Of the goose that lays the capacity
houses. Any tendency on the part OF
theatrical managers to emulate the
methods o. Charles II. Ebbets in the
matter Of preseason games probably
will draw its just reward.
And another thing. II the season Of
1875 merges with the season Of
1851, when is the reviewer TO get
that vacation Ever Of an inousitive
disposition. We ar, slightly curious 20
know.
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HIM IS he a relation o. Alice
NJ ILLETTE kERSHAW. who i'
W Anne Boleyn .n SIR Herber
Trees production of"king Henry VIII"
is much pleased with her par, because
the long waits between entrances allog
her time to study the stock market,
Any evening you drop into Mss Ker-
shaw's dressing room provided you
can jolly your way past the crus;y
doorman OF the New Amsterdam The
atre) you win find her combing her
hair for the coronation scene Will
she reads the financial section Of "Ths
Evenine Post spread out on her dress.
ing table.
For at heart Miss Kershsw IS
fnancier and stock jucgier. She moves
in a world OF quotations. fluctuations
manipulations. so amount OF caiolins
would induce her 10 reveal the name Of
The stuff she ia playing. which IS proof
positive that she has the cunning Of
Hetty Green.
Il seems that a couple o. years ago,
when Miss Kershaw was playing at the
Princess Theatre with Holbrook Blinn'
she was heroine IN sketch entitled I'm
Deshabille," which required her pres
once in er-an er robe Ge mutt. lis'
Kershav's sense OF realism required
that she discard SHOES snd stockings
and her sense Of modesty told her thar
the ordinary nightgown would never
never do. SO she went and invented
combination nightgown and rsIams'
which she called a "pajamalei,' and
which looked a nightgown, but hac &
sort Of pantaloon effect. In a shor
while this creation was all the rsss
and the Fifth Avenue shops fell for Il
big. Miss Kershaw. in fact, is drawing
royalties on it to-day.
The Actress Fnancier.
With all this money. there was no'n-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16

INASMUCH as The Correspondent
l. nov playing at the Booth Theatre,
IS the joint work OF Mrs. Alice Lesl
Pollock and Miss Rita Weiman, il
would hardly be fair. not 20 say gal
liant. 20 consult one without the other.
Therefore. not TO jeopsrdize the
future relations OF promising COM
binaton. it was arranged 10 meet the
co-authors simultaneously. They ar
rived together in excellent spirits.
Neither wore tortose-shell glasses,
and both were decidedly youngish and
pretty
Two acts OF The Correspondent"
take place in newspaper Office. and
the atmosphere of Park Row. as ex-
hsled by the authoresses, did not ap-
peal seriously 70 the reporters a. the
premiere. In a chivalrous effort 10
provide them with an opportunity for
rebuttal. they were asked where they
got their material.
"To tell the truth" admitted Mrs
Pollock, Il never worked on paper"
But did" flashed Miss Weiman.
I've written heaps Of articles for The
Herald"
You see" said Mrs Pollock. when
we wrote this play six years ago we
were horribly worried about the news
paper offce"--
$50 took lie script down to the
editor OF The Sunday Herald" broke
IN Miss Weiman. land ne read il
through and made several corrections.
He said it was just 100 interesting
for
Ard both OF U.s." interrupted Mrs.
Pollock. went down 10 The Herald
for whole day. and Just saturated
ourselves Nth ewspaper atmosphere"
THAT explains it," somebody muir
INJURED.
"iou see" said Miss Weiman.
there are two points OF view. You
can Judge the play from the stand
point OF newspaper realism. or you
can judg. it as an entertainment. We
wrote il FOR 4 story
There are two more points o,
view" chimed in Mrs. Pollock. You
can judge II from The standpoint OF a
newspaper man and his beloved local
color, or from that OF a layman, who
wouldn't know but that We were
brought up in an Office"
Something About Editors.
AS for saying an editor wouldn't
invite q woman into his Office. that's a
I joke, that is said Miss Weiman. AS
/ Il an editor were any diferent-or
better-than any other sort OF mani"
"If we'd thought they were going
20 be fussy about few details, we'd
have invited a delegation Of reporter.
20 patch up our play FOR US shifted
Mrs. Pollock. But we couldn't do
that, for II would have looked as
though We were pulling wires"
And Yesterdays matinee was won
derful. Alice" returned Mis-. Weiman.
The audience vas so responsive"
THE Correspondent" was written in
1910 as the direct result Of fract-
ured ankle which Mrs. Pollock had
acquired Miss Weiman lived around
the corner; bees frequently visited her
friend. and they decided to write the
play together.
What held it up SIX years" was
the question.
Well. II was written and rewritten
several times. the authors admitted.
bu, the fact that il had been accepted
WAS n great spur 20 them. Since tha,
date Mrs. Pollock has written four
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the game. Take no notice OF Higgins
al all. except IN the speeches which
arc directly addressed 20 him. and
make the most OF your melancholy
charm. Be particularly careful 10 DO
nothing that Sir Herbert tells you,
because Sir Herbert thinks it's a
Joke 20 be a dustman. You and !
know better II the dustman IS per-
fcctly natural and sincere and uncon-
scious OF his being comic character,
he will be enormously entertaining. IL
he tries on the comic dustman for
,nomcut he will be bore and q
failure. the audience will gufiaw at
him for the first three minutes and
then got tired OF him.
II Sir Herbert, who mas the best
intentions in the world toward you,
tries 10 set you wrong on this point.
Dull this letter out of your pocket
ard make him read il. lie is quite
clever enough 20 sec thSt ! am right.
or rather that we arc right; for |
need NOT keep up the pretenee that
all this business OF turning round
and bawling out the words deserved
and undeServed and so on has been
your own doing. Play the part your
own way and IT will come right. Inc
truth Is. not only cast you for the
part but wrote the part Tor you; so
you may trust yourself IN il without
any hesitation. Sir Herbert. like
most tragedisns. thinks that nature
intended him for a low comedian;
and he thinks tint Doolittle IS low
comedy. whereas it is piece OF
straightforward life ard very subtle
con, .dr- tho carla
have 20 write you this. a. there
is no use in my coming back to the
rehearsals until Ms. Campbell -
tired Of moving the furniture and
begins 20 think about her own part
"a Little: indeed, may not come back
Al all. dare say the play will get
produced somehow before Christmas.
Yours sincerely.
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other plays. and Miss Ncmsn three.
Just think Of that
Not Mrs. Pollocs Is 20 relation o.
Charming. I'm waiting for The day"
she admitted. when some one vii ask
him is he relation o. Alice"
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G. BERNARD SHAW.

There will be performance at the
Century Theatre tonight FOR the bene-
fl Of the Actors Fund. We can find
no Official statistics in the matter, but
according 20 our informal figures, the
Actors Fund now ranks just below j.
p. Morgan g. Co. in the financial table.
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The Bennett Method.

Nv men We began 20 rehcarse Rio
Grande' Bennett was so much more m
Sistent upon getting the spirit OF the
scene rather than the lines that there
was KIND OF CONSERVATION in the com
pany about his study, but we had
worked together years before and |
knew the man. knew that as soon as
he had saturated himself with the TEN
permanent of the character he is play
ing, and its mental posture in the dig
fcrent scenes, that he would take on
the lines as good workman puts on a
pair Of old overalls, and that proved 10
be the case"
Mr. Thomas paused moment
Aeeting moment which pause was i'm
pudently assumed 20 invite an intru-
sion. How did you come 20 write Rio
Grande >" was suggested
Just so! Just so! Have him ask
that question"
Then:
"A man goes about writing play in
one OF three Ways. He starts with a
theme, OF situation. or he starts with
a character. In writing Rio Grande'
started with a situation, not a new one,
to be sure-it is from Msupssssnt--in
which an officer shoots a soldier Tor an
assault upon the officers wife. Of
Course, in this form the incident is I'M
suited 10 American taste, so was
obliged TO resrrange it. In order to get
the military color | put il in an Ameri-
can army post. and, naturally, in an
army post that then-tha. is to say,
fourteen months ago-vas in the pub
lie eye"
The interviewer Gathers Courage.
Gradually gathering courage, another
question was ventured; You are a Re-
publican"
Why do you ask that" said Mr..
Thomas. Aside to stenographer:
Take that down.
Because OF the criticism in the play
Of army posts"
This question required very careful
answer from Mr.. Thomas, and he spent
some moments in thought. Finally he
prepared this statement:
The lines criticising the manage
ment OF the department reflect the
present attitude Of the army. and that
attitude is a legacy from Republican
administrations. 1t is really the gift
Of mistakenly economical Middle West
ern Congressman OF all administra-
tons"
With that he dismissed hi. stenogra-
pher.
Having no sense OF the htne. Of
things, the interviewer could not re-
press an inqulsi.ive remark: "How long
have you been hailed as the Dean OF
American Playwrights'"
Mr.. Thomas let out good American
laugh. "Why. ! guess sine. Bronson
llo1srd's death" he chuekled, but I've
always ducked IT,"