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got together and formed a Shake
spearian repertoire company which
they took on tou tho two i~nstigators
alternately playing tn. star parts, like
Barrett and Booth Carpenter put the
plays on himself. and in the course OF
tree weeks for tina, was as long as
I've company last,u-he had played
HaH!'f. lc"". H"mco and tho DWEC a.
Clarence in Richard Ill" When they
rot 10 the point where the venture had
10 IH gwen w lie became u reporter.
lio was only -.
HIS career On the h9H.rcr BEGAN
as a reporter - ended, after ram
ming the complete Gamut OF editorial
activities. with tho single exception Of
dramatic Irlt''. WIKI financial editor.
lie began 10 write short stories, and
was successtu! VII them, finally hc-
coming n novelist. His hrs' novel, ia
collaboration with Reginald Wright
NadH!'Ihli' was TN" 'HaSIn.' The
next was captain Courtesy ana the
thiId WAS The code of Victor J~al'ot."
a story oil ola New orleans. The third
novel was drailihtlHed n produced by
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ing with Harry Carol. also . song

writer.
Now. In tho vernacular Of Broadway
there are two kinds of music writer's.
One IL q composer II the other a
d ng writer. Romberg has very clev-
erly written himself out Of the latter
category and now stands as COM
poser OF half a dozen Winter Garden
productions and over u dozen hits
which have gone a long way toward
putting over" numerous musical COM.
edies. BY way of comparison and 70
show his versatility II may be related
here that he wrote the rag tune Of q
few years ago called "A Leg Of Nut
ton" AZ well as the sympathetic duet
"Auf wiedersehn" In The Blue Para
disc"
In fact, n one giances through tho
printed score Of the latter operctta n
will ind as many songs and waitacs
credited to Romberg as Edmund Eys-
le. 1t Is the same In the case Of THE
Midnight Girl" in which he wrote the
interpolated number called Honey
moon Land 1.-THE Belle Of Bond
Street" and other recent musical COM
edles.
Romberg came from Hungary via
Vienna. where he studied civil engi-
neering and bridge building. After
graduation he served n year in the
army and then came to America. He
had always played the plano well. well
enough In fact to get e Job In New
York. where he found very little doing
in the bridge building line. First he
hired musicians and placed them In
small restaurants. by and by working
| up till he became leader Of the band at
Bustanoby's. One evening Harry Car.
rol. who had Just written ION the
Mississippi" dropped into the restau-
rant. and hoping to boost his recent
song. asked Romberg to play the tune.
! Romberg confessed that he had never
even heard o the Mississippi" and
to hear him pronounce the name was
enough "a niger Carol. for Romberg
still speaks with u decided accent
However. before Carol could reply the
leader Informed him that his little
band played only decent music"
Whereupon tho two engaged In n
verbal duet and BY way OF cutting
short the argument Carol told Rom
berg that even II ION the Mississippi
was not decent. Romberg could not
compose q tune half as popular. The
orchestra leader INN. cdiateiy bet his
weeks salary. the muniflcent sun "
twenty-five dollars. and the wager was
on. A day later he turned up with
two completed tunes. II he called
Some Smoke" and the other Leg Of
Mutton" They were both original, In.
spirat!onal and entirely new.
Carol was quick to realize their
merit and Immediately proposed n
meeting between MIR. Rombcrg and J.
J.. Shubert. The same tunes were
played for Mr.. Shubert and the con
' ference resulted in Romberg being
signed W TO write the music Of "The
/ Whit Of the World" lie has followed
this UP by composing the score Of THE
Passing Show Of 1914" Dancing
Around Maid in America" and
Robinson Crusoe. Jr." He IL now at
WORK. on my Soldier Boy.
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THE A THAT LAST.

The plays that continue in New
York are 1.-THE Fear Market at
the Comedy Theatre. Ramona
at the Forty-fourth Street The
atre, "Rio Grandc' at the Empire
Theatre, 1.-THE Heart of Wetona"
at the Lyceum Theatre, 1.-The
Boomerang" at the Belasco The
atre, Common Clay" at the Re-
public Theatre, THE Dumb Girl
of Portici" at the Globe Theatre,
Gilt the Trail Holiday" ut the
Harris Theatre, Just a Woman"
at the Forty-eighth Street The
atre. 1.-THE Cinderella Man" ut the
Hudson Theatre. Payday" at
the Maxine Elliott Theatre, "Cap-
tain Brassbound's Conversion" at
the Playhouse, "Treasure Island"
at the Punch and Judy Theatre,
THE Melody Of Youth" at the
Criterion Theatre, 1.-THE Great
Lover" at the Longacre Theatre,
The Correspondence at the Booth
Theatre, "Erstwhile Susan" at
the Gaiety Theatre. "The Great
Pursuit" at the Shubert Theatre,
Fair and Warmer" at the En-
tinge Theatre. "The Blue Enve-
lope" Mt the Cort Theatre, "Sai-
walton Joan" at the Fulton The
atre. Henry VIII" at the New
Amsterdam Theatre, "A King of
Nowhere" mt the Thirty-ninth
Street Theatre and the Washing
ton Square Players at the Band.
box Theatre.
The musical plays are Every
Good Eddie" at the Princess
Theatre. "Pom-Pom" at the
Conan Theatre, ''Katinka" at the
Lyric Theatre, "The Blue
Paradise" ut the Casino Theatre,
"Sce America First" at the Max
inc Elliott Theatre, "Sybil" at
the Liberty Theatre, "Thc Conan
Revue 1916" at the Astor Thea.
tire and Robinson Crusoe, Jr,,"
ut the Winter Garden.
The IIippodrome is open with
Sousa's Band, clip Hip Hooray"
and Flirting at St. Moritz,"s
big spectacular offering.
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A PLAY A WEEK HERE

The entire company from the,
Lyric Theatre which played "Pot-
ash and Perlmutter" there all
winter will move UP to the Stand
ard Theatre tomorrow night and
play this amusing comedy by Il.
c. Megrue and Montague Glass.
The company Of the Theatre
Francois, which has had a sue
cessful tour on the road. will be-
gin q season of three weeks
there tomorrow night with
"L'Amour Veille," by De Cailla-
valet and De Elers. Yvonne Gar
rick will have the leading role. It
is announced that Jules Bots will
give a lecture on the opening
night.
The actors Of the company Mt
the Irving Place Theatre are to
be zen in a benefit performance
on Tuesday. They will play in
honor of Richard Feist DER Graf
Won Charolais," by Beer-Hof-
mann. Mr.. Feist will have tho
title role. while with him will
appear Heinrich NARROW, Han
Unterkirchner. Annie Rub-Fors-
ter, Ludwig Koppes ard others.
die P%rinzessin Won Nil" will be
given on the other evenings.
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most b~ew.ldering succession OF swings,
pivots. dances on Il toe. movements
Ike swimming. more proud pranc!ng
steps. lightning like ringlets on the
sharp rocked toe OF her skate jus, be-
hind the toe points. high kicking 10
the beat Of the music. unit. AZ break
neck pace she twists her hair INTO n
coil between her teeth, gathers her
skirts into n knot, swirls into the
jackson lia!nes spin. bending and
rising three or four times, and landing
at last on outstrctchcd too points.
with a fling Of her arms that releases
skirts and hair into n perfect picture
OF Astounding health and spirits and
Joy and beauty"
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Vaudeville and Burlesque.
PALACE THEATRE-Margare

PALACE THEATRE-Margaret
Hawkcsworth and Basil Durant
will be the particular attrac-
ton here this week in a series
90 ballroom dances such as
they have been exhibiting at
the Plaza Hotel. Others will be
Nora B~ayes--this is her third
successful week-Nan Hal
rcrin, Ryan and Lee. "The
Man Without Country
from the famous story Of the
same name; Frances Nord-
strom, Bob Albright. Lyons
and losco and the Five Jug
CLING Normans.
COLONIAL THEATRE - The
Dolly Sisters, Kate Gilmore and
sam Williams in 1.-THE Hunter
and the Huntress," a new play
let called 1.-THE Ladies' Reduce
ing Parlor." Olive Briscoe.
Ryan and Tierney. Eddie Carr
and company in "The New Of
fee Boy" Frances Renault,
Olympia Desvall, Parish and
Peru and others make up an in
teresting programme here this
week.
ALEXANDRA THEATRE - Sam
Bernard will be the chief at
traction. Others on the pro-
gramme include the Misses
Campbell, Allan Dinehart and
company in "The Meanest Man
in the World" Eva Shirley,
Conley and Webb in "A Musi-
cal Mix Up" Stan Stanley
Troupe, Ernie and Ernie, Mar
tins Four Roses and Lew Fitz-
gibbons.
COLUMBIA THEATRE - The
Twentieth Century Maids will
present a new two act bur-
lesque and a long programme
Of vaudeville s~pecialties at the
columbia Theatre this week.
A feature of the entertainment
will be a pantomime called
The Apache" Among those
IN the company arc Harry
Cooper, Jim Barton, Frank
Leonard, Irene Cheslcigh, Ed
ward Reader, Arthur Young,
Julia De Kelety and Mae Ches-
leigh.
foRKvILLE T~HEATRE--Dix.
on's Revue of 1916 will be
SHOWN at the Yorkville Theatre
this week. The performance
consists Of a two act burlesque
IN which many broadway sue
cesses are satirized, among
them Within the Law" "Kick
In" and "Chin Chin"
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THE WEEKS NEW PLAY.

Irene Fenwick will he a star
after tomorrow. according to the
announcements from the Booth
Theatre. She will be seen there
in 1.-THE Correspondent" a farce
by Alice Pollock and Rita Wei
man. Norman Trevor, Harrison
Hunter, Marie Chambers. W. l..
Gibson. II. II. Sleight, Suzanne
Villa, Winfred Harris and Harry
Hadfeld are other actors in the
company. How many of them
will be stars after tomorrow
night the Shubert office does not
say. 1t is equally reticent as to
the number of acts and all other
facts concerning "The Core
spondent."
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formancas in the semi-private man
ncr in which she has revealed them
as one of the most gifted enter
tainers IN this field, Her programmes
reveal n wide range of character from
the types 20 hc found in IN English
country h"us" Ia those of the Crini-
nal courts and the hospitals.
Miss Draper will doubtless soon be-
como known to n large public. md
those who hay" hitherto enjoyed her
work are confident Of tho success that
she Will find in another field.
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viscd by the latter to go on the stage
himself and learn the technique.
This he proceeded 10 do, and secured
himself AN engagement with the Fore
pauGh Stock Company az tho old Fore
paueh Theatre in Philadelphia. When
the company went on the road he went
with IL. In his twentieth year while
touring the country with tho organiZI-
ton he met "A man al "A hcncit per-
formanc. TO whom lie coniided a devcl-
op!nE wish to lie "A star. The other
man confessed {" the same wish, and
as the latter mad some money the two
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THE NEW PLAYWRIGHT.
r.. e.. Carpenter Wrote the Success
full Play al h Hudson Theatre.

Edward Chi.ds Carpenter. the news
paper man who wrote The Cinderella
Man." AT the Hudson Theatre. has had
the unique experience for u playwright
OF having filled every capacity In the
editorial department OF his paper, the
Philadelphia Inquirer, with the single
exception of that Of dramatic critic.
lie Was born in Philadelphia of an
American family that numbers amo.s
its members officials Of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad since that institution
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WHERE TO DANCE.

Castles-in-the-.Air will have a
new review on Thursday night.
when '"The Midnight Revel" will
be seen there for tho first time.
There will be music by Harry
Carroll, while the gray matter
has been supplied by Ballard
Macdonald. O'Brien and Harris
will head the programme, which
will employ twenty pretty girls.
The skating exhibition also con.
tinues.
The humor of Will Rogers is
still the most amusing thing or
the programme at tho Xiegfeli
Midnight Frolic, although there
are many objects Of beauty on
the roof. Some of tn I'M are "A part
of the entertainment, while 9TH
m have come there to enjoy
themselves.
Montmartre at Midnight is to
be taken literally, since it IS
nearly that hour before the
gayety at the Winter Garden re-
sort begins. Samya and Albert A.
Nilsson Fyschcr. Mile. Feindcl and
Lucy Prout with her twelve Leap
Year Girls are some Of the enter
taincrs.
There will be Il special ''fcstiv-
ity" tonight ri Hcaly's looking
to 4 proper celebration of the
Sabbath. Among the cutertain-
ers will be the Kara Kara Hindu
Troupe. the Imperial Russian
Balnlaika Orchestra, 4 Hawaiian
orchestra, Russian dancers and
Russian musician. This pro
gramme viii be repeated every
Sunday.
The Hawaiian room at Rrisen-
wcber's is sill crowded and the
new review, "llclio, How Are
YOU" has attracted large audi
cnces throughout the week.
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cludes as special features the service,
Of several Broadway stars of prom!-
nence has been provided. 1t includes
Walter stanton. Miss Mile Evans
Denton. Miss lIilda W!erum. Ted
Ward and others Of note. umc hun
dred and twenty-five pretty girls are
20 parade about the stage wearing the
latest fashions. The production itself
enlists the services Of 800 persons al
told.
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RUTH DIAPERS MONOLOGUE.
\ Public Denomination of Her
Talents This Week.

Ruth Draper. whose talents in tie
He'd or mopo.us 1t are known 10 a Inn
tied circle in this city. VII on Friday
afternoon make her first appearance
before the general pubic at ;hc Erin
cess Theatre. Mics Draper Is known
- those who have enjoyed her per-
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PETER RABBIT" TO BE SEEN.
PcrformR NJ tho Century Faster
sunday for Two HOSPITALS.

4 performance of "l'ctcv Rabbi IN
Dreamland," which was given not long
ago az the Lexington Theatre, will he
presented nj the Century Theatre he.
ginning Easter sunday FOR five mat
lnces, The entertainments is Tor the
benefit oC the Flower and %SNlnnham
hospitals. which Furnish free medical
treatment aud supplies to the poor of
the city.
An excellent company which IN.
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ROMBERG'S RISE.
Due 10 n Chance Encounter Win
another Musician.

From ,cadcr OF u restaurant orches-
IT.. 20 composer of Winter Garden
shows within three years Is the cXpe-
ricnce of Sicmund Rombcrg. lie Is
still nothing more than II boy and
owes his beginning to a chance meet.
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len Miller. We both appeared in tho
leading roles o: this piaylet for an
entire season OH the Keith circuit.
Later / wrote another one uct com.
edy called Maid Mary In which I
also appeared in the leading role.
Since then I have played much in
stock and IN several Broadway pro-.
auctions, the most recent OF which,
besides The Fear Market was the
unfortunate What Money Can't
Buy"
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q, REAMER.

y
~ Justice" has been acted. there
1 ' fright be a cessation OF crit,-
srn Tor the theatre managers who will
nv 10 give the public what they think
n wants and not In the least what II
;,ayly does want. Vaughan. the efYete
raerc. eutro and other eminent Eng.
Mn dramatists--these all have their
iay IN court without tho petitions Of a
out,.c weary Of the playwright who
m 10 do nothing more than write q
GOOD play. An artistic and courageous
manager has put before them the kind
o. play for which New York 10
supposed 70 DO crying. So It IL Just
row rather up TO the public to show
how sincere is its demand for plays Of
ts class which Justice represents.
TIE actual enterprise at the Gambler
Theatre IS something moro than
merely supplying the public with the
BAYS Of Galsworthy for which II Is
Supposed to be clamoring. Justice
y delivered in unconmonly fine fash
lon. II would be difficult to suggest
Any possible improvement In the rep
,esen,ation as It stands. So any fail
ure Of correspondence between the de-
nand OF the public and the degree Of
~ financial support for such q worthy
effort 10 meet its wishes. will so far
toward generating the theatre man
agcrs from the blame which is 50
often theirs. II Mr.. Williams and
bis associates have not given the pub.
nc what Il wants their efforts are as
misguided as those Of the commercial
managers are said to be.
Mr.. Gasworthy's play was acted
some t~wenty-six times in London. but
viii presumably enjoy longer popu.
,ar!,y here. II there were anything
sbou, tho anecdote which is not drab
and commonplace there might be hopes
o. continued prosperity for the play
J, has oil the necessary horror in the
fuai scene Of the third act to thrill
any gathering. Cnluckily that thrill
wi not bear analysis. Must all mod.
en- tragedy be mean? When the
drama OF an earlier day held up Its
,.aractcrs &c tho acts Of fate az they
were represented by the gods or. on the
o.hcr hand. BY the mon who were their
Instruments. It was inevitably some.
body of noble character that suffered.
EIt there is nothing In either the man
o. woman Of Justice to ennoble them
or. indeed, to supply them with the
more or less hackneyed quality Of
sympathy. There Is some touch Of the
Galsworthy Imagination in the hero's
wonder that his love for the woman.
Which seemed the best thing about
hin-although there Is nothing IN the
character Of the boy TO show that he
is capable Of such analysis al to his
neutrality-suspicious. have got him into
,rouble. He is more than q weakling
srce he deliberately plans his forgery
IN a way that may throw suspicion on
tie departing clerk. The woman says
fer family has disowned her because
.hc would marry the man Of her
.ao..e, After having had enough Of
rim she lays her troubles and her two
children on the shoulders Of the weak
ing who might never have got through
Nfe a'one. much less with this added
responsibility.
o. course from such stuff the pro-
tar--.st nr q plaY can eve be made.
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LOUISE DRESSER N POTASH
end PeRLMUTTER m SOCIETY
STANDARD ThEkTRE.

was founded. and not u small number
OF clcrgymcn. Edward was the first
OF the family with literary aspira-
lions. and his boyhood ambition was to
become n playwright. Prosecuting
this ambition he took tho Harvard
course in English while yet n lad,
being unable to go 4 college. At the
ago of'I9. confessing his ,dcsire to q
friend who was az motor. no was ad-
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Interest Of this drama Opposed
o two such shadowy humans. the
chief interest In the drama becomes
impersonai. Whether It Be in the ap-
pearance Of the detective from Scot.
land lard. the trial or the enforce.
ment Of the prison rules. II 10 always
Justice which takes the centre Of the
play. because there u no sembiancs
Of blood or vitality IN the two figures
which in . tragedy Of life. a. . BY
anybody but 0aisworthy. would have
dominated the Interest Of every scene.
Even IN death Faldsr 10 futile, since
the detective explains that only two
months remained Of his sentences.
Mr.. Oalsworthy Of ouvs chose
rightly whom he made the punitive
system Of England. rather than man
or the woman. his leading motive.
But "Justice" might have BEEN q
very different affair had there been
something in this man or this woman
that moved the spectators to q sense
Of loss when the play was at an end.
Probably the injustices Of the law
work their worst results against the
weak and helpless from their own
fault or their own frailty. But the
battle would have been moro inter.
esting to the spectators had there
been q less unusual night between
impotent human nature and the sys.
TEN.
80 far ~ its form 10 concerned
Justice" n Il holds the interest Of
the public for Q considerable period,
will establish an artistic precedent
quite as important a. any Of its social
achievements. Justice" is a play with.
out drama Its form IL narrative
from the FIRST word to the last. OF
the theatric ekill that older playwrights
impaired to their work there IL not
q trace. II tho Significance OF Q
theme Will now interest the public
for a long period. there need be none
Of the laborious building which the
drainatists thought a part Of their
work. Any ambitious playwright. talk.
Ing his pen IN hand. may sit down
and write a drama out Of his head
Just as Mr.. Galsworthy has done.
Evidently there Is nothing 80 impor.
tant a. his theme.
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MARGARET
HAWK
Az
TIVE
PALACE
| iRAL HILL
THIS WEEKS DIVERSIONS.

MoNDAT-Booth Theatre,"The Correspondent" by a. L" Pollock
and Ruth Weinmgn. with Irene tenwick as the star.
heatre-Ruth Draper in monologucs.
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o. course from such stuff the pro-
tsroc.st Of n play can never be made.
- :, is Justice which Is the inevitable
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-13
GERMssY'S PRoFFtR.

The peace offer OF Germany and the
di2ation IN itself IS not TO be taken as
the forerunner of an immediate peace.
Germany. victorious in Ruumania, with
an inlet Of supplies Of extreme neces-
sites thus tapped is in position 10
make such an offer without humi!ia
ton and for her own diplomatic ad
vantage. With the profrer also is an
nounced the ability and determination
Of Germany TO continue the fight Il
peace means losing anything she had
al the beginning OF the war. The peace
proffer will nave its appeal to the
vatican also and without doubt the in
fuence Of the papal office was not for
gotten when the proffer was made, Ii
iering peace without dishonor. II was
good tactics whether or not il mas
strings between il and the kaisers
throne whereby II may be made dance
70 different tunes.
Naturally the entente powers are up
in the air. The peace offer took them
by surprise Moreover it is certain
that all is not entirely harmonious
within the entente. The narrowness
with which a Russo-German pact was
blocked. the insistence OF France for
reintorcements from Great Britain and
the demands OF Russia for money 70
carry on operations ali have their en-
barrassing features II all suggests
hat German diplomacy saw opportun-
ity and grasped it.
Then comes advantage 10 be gained
other nation in the settlement Of claims
or the division Of spoils Russia wants
Constantinople and the outlet to the
great inland sea. She has been seek
ing il Tor centuries. In the tangled
web of diplomacy many things may
come 10 pass. 1t will be recalled that
the great Frederick had Russia for a
foe and later for an ally in one war.
Two things Russia wants, the Bos-
phorus and Poland Ard Russian his-
tory is not reassuring 10 the allies.
As matters stand there is no peace
IN sight-merely the suggestion OF a
willingness TO consider terms
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-13

and leave or enter the city via great
draw bridge. spanning the Mississippi
river, Surely they viii want to know
more about Clinton and its other ad-
vantaees.
But the impressions gained by tenn
porary visitors will be the smallest
feature nf CLnton's gain. The new inn
provements mean greater safety for
human life and limb. they mean unin-
terrupted traffic facilities between the
sections of the city on either side of
the tracks. they mean the Industrial
development OF the territory south OF
the tracks and they mean a settlement
OF Clintons oilroad facilities problem,
which should need no change for many
years.
The improvements mean also a
period OF prosperity in Clinton during
the time of their construction. The
expenditure % between s558,0o0 and
100000 in Clinton by the Northwestern
railway alone must mean greater cir
aculaticn of money in the city, from
which all VIII benefit: And the i'm
progemcnts probably mean that the
the other companies with lines enter
ing Clinton will feel impelled or Will
he requested to make similar improve
ments, a, least in depot facilities.