The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-05

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will present t,oir fourth Viii a.
the season at III" l;lndbl.
Theatre on Monday ,v.ring.
March 10. There Will he four ore az.
plays on the bill. "Chidrtn.' by GUY
Bolton n Tom Carlton, is n tens,
drama of a certain phase OF American
life. 1.-THE Age Of 4 ison.' 10y Cecil
Dorian, Is n comedy Il ilrg with
modern conditions in a. uitr3-modcrn
way. and The Magic city 10y Nv.
Atkins. is n drama n free verse. Tn,
foreign play is The Farce %: Master
Pierre Patelin." The author = nm
known. Tho play wa written in the
fifteenth century and WIS one Of ;hc
earliest French farces.
Hedwig l;c.chcr Will civc a recital al
the Punch and Judy Theatre on Tues
Gay afternoon. Her programme will
include selections from oscar Wilde.
Heine. ~l;ab!ndranath T1Gorn and
others. Tho rccita. Will hc in |l.nglish
and German.
The following personal condolences
from the graceful and mysterious
Maurice are interesting:
my full name ia Maurice Osca
Louis Mouvet and l was born on
March IL, 1889. in New York, although.
L have been varh Isly reported as hay
Ing made my iirst appearance in Spain
Austria, Italy. France and even Ger
many. Personally / don't think il
matters mucA Where | came from
except that ! am proud OF being an
American. Ally father and mother
Yero Belsians. born in Liose. AL
ready SIX of my relatives have been
killed in the war. and neX to my Amer.
lean birth ! am proudest of my Bel
Sian descent. My lrst distinct
lnemory OF my boyhood in New York
Is the hardness of the benches in the
schools of 81. Vincent and 81. Paul in
West Thirty-thiid street and the queer
tunSent smell of black dye in the S.s-
hers rooms. | was three years with
tho Sisters. When nine years OF az,
my father took my brother and me 10
England and placed US in Chathlm
S,olbSe. Rochester. studied there Tor
1.-Two Years. ON holidays father used To
take us up to London TO tho music
balls, and then after seeing Dan L.eno
hance i determined to be a dancer. !
left school in my fourteenth year and
went to Paris. where / secured u posi-
ton at the Automobile CLUB. Passing
MaXim's and the Nuuveau Cirque /
used to listen outside TO the wild
rhytims OF the cOlured foil; dancers.
One day ] sought the director Dt one
OF these culored bands and engaged
him 10 teach mo To dance. ] was soon
~invcnting new steps myself ana at the
age of II i got my first engagement
81 the NouNcau Cirque NJ two francs
fifty "A night. From there / went 10
the Royalc NOMINATE AZ five francs
and from there To- the Ia! Tabarin.
j was then offered 40 kroncn a month
to 20 to the Casino Theatre, Vienna. !
arrived there wearing a spanish cos
tune, my only suit, and with SO ocnts'
81 ;ny pocket. There | danced under
tho name of Norris for an American
name was Il drawirs card. My cake
walk became tremendously popular.
! perfected my dancing. mastered the
grace Of the Niennese waltz steps and
really arrived. From thai time on my
advancement vas steady
Broadway enthusiasts are Interested
in the act that Maurice and Florence
Walton will exhibit their 1915 model
Apache dance at the Palace Theatre
this coming week. They are putting
in the Apache dance because i, Is
something that no other drawing room
dancers can do. and while they deny
that parlor hooilng IS IN its d~ocadonce
they are feisn. nevertheless. 10 demon