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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25
JOHN MILTERN,
 HAS TRAVELLED
 OVER ALL ROADS
Part He Now Has, Fits His
 Life Experience.

'sI have travelled all roads and known all kinds of men, says John Mfltern formerly of New Britain, Conn, in his part of the dauntless Indian agent in about finished it's New York engage ment. And little does the audience think that the words possess a deeper significance than the playwright need ed for the development of his charac- ter. The phrase is strangely relative to his own life so far as it concerns the theater. He has traveled all stage roads and represented all kinds of men.
 ''I was afraid Winche1 Smith, CO., author with Victor Mapes of ''The Boomerang at the Belasco Theater, was going to disclose my name," he be- gan, when in his address to the grad uating stud ehts of the American Acad- emy of Dramatic Arts he said that he knew an actor who for years had play ed villains in cheap melodramas, and who, by force of circumstances, could not seem to rise above his environ ment.''
 There is no doubt, however, that John Miltern has risen above the en- vironment that threatened to engulf him permanently-the wild and wool Iy 1urid blood and thunder melodrama of the cheaper variety.
 '' Twas always interested in the thea ter" said MT. Miltern, fand quite nat
 
 izing an amateur dramatic society in my home town, New Britain. But be- fore I had a chance to prove to my family and friends that I was possess ed of any genuine histrionic ability, I was given an opportunity to go on the professional stage in a meIodrama which was to tour under the dfrec- ton of Sullivan, Harris & Woods. considered myself fortunate in making my debut with so little preparation and training. I threw myself into the part "a villain of the deepest mould-with all of the malignant power I could command.
 Each season would find me playing a villain or the heavy, as it is termed in the profession. These parts offered no variety. They were all of one stamp. At last the moqotony and in significance of my lot pa11ed and I be- gan to long for freshers and more fer tile pastures. I wanted to do some thing worth while on the stage. But I had not looked around long when I realized that had been caught in the net of specialization.
 ttI decided he went on, ssthat be- fore would play villain roles in cheap me1odrama again I would quit the stage and accepted a position with friends in Wall Street. invested $s,- Ooo-an that had saved from years of touring up and down the far places of the country -- and proceeded to get rich quick
 ''It did not take long for me to see that I was simply another example of the lamb led to the slaughter. And in short time my hard earned saw .ings were completely gone and I was out of a job. A sadder and wiser man I wandered into the office of A. H. Woods, broke and disheartened. He generously insisted on aiding me and offered me a part in a thriller called 'Deadwood Dicks Last Shot ac- cepted it eagerly, meanwhile keeping my eyes open for a congenial role in a first class production Then one day met my old friend Wincheu Smith and he offered me role in Via Wire
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25
THE WOMAN OF THE SPECIES

% HAT THE of the is deadier than the male
 A gets confirmation from the determined actions of the rioters endeavored by persuade Rev. Gaspard Pank of the Cyril Mehodus that he ought to resign The leading violent hbOn clear They attributed by to the idea that the congregation devoted deceased pastor believed treated unusy incumbent Father Komara speaks of the product of fanactsm Doubt Bishop will adjust tremendously, when the consideration. the authorities will deal kindly determined who moved with decision.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25
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People Notice It-Drive Them Dfr
 With pr. Edwards Olive TabIers

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25

Farmer want Ads. one Cent a word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25

less It was a melodrama, to be sure, but it was 8. step in the right direction and my star seemed to be in the ascen- dant.
 My next engagement was with Will liam Gillette on his first farewell l played the theavies' in his repertoire, ed, ''that could act in $2 drama. Sub both in this country and in England. The managers began to see,'' he laugh sequent engagements were in Officer 666.' The Man Inside and Innocent. "
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25

majority of those voting senator's presidential mayors after the fashion.
 What but desire to strip people of their prerOgaives could inspire charter making body require for the transaction of relatively municipal than requir ed to conduct the greatest affairs nation?
 There is time for the commission it's face ward Just it headed with the child of it's bOrs full for the quiet badly beaten projects
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25

cided that 60 per cent. of the voters will be required to pass over the veto and 40 per cent. of the vote is at a. special election.
 Another meeting of the commis- sion will be held Monday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25
There Are. Other Good Cigarettes

In fact, some other good cigarette may just happen to please YOUR particular taste better than Fatimas. We don't know.
 What we do know is that Fafirnas please most men nso well that they out sell every other cigarette costing over Sc
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25

We carry in great variety of the most staple lines of Memorandum and Blank Books. Old Hampshire Bond in Commercial Social Bankers Gases, Wallets Tourist Writing Cases Greeting Cards for all occasions marvellous assortment magazines and periodicals
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-11

L VERY five or six years one Of the
Il humorous weeklies that have
been the means of popularizing the
American barber shop decides to issue
a humorous number. For days before
hand the editor and his staff rack
their brains to get together the very
newest and best Jokes obtsinable. At
last the Issue Is issued, and across
Pages 16 and II, in the place Of honor,
in four colors, suitable for framing,
appears a double-page illustrated Joke
about an actor walking the ties from
Kalamazoo Cor, il the editor is a sui
phitic sort of cuss, Kankakee) to
Broadway.
All the really great Jokes have a
foundation in fact, and the track
walking actor joke was solidly i'm
bcdded in eight inches of reinforced
fact. Was, that is; for the newly
formed actors union threatens 70 in
terfere rather seriously with the aver
age managers favorite sport. Said
sport consisting. in its essentials, OF
leading fourteen blindfolded actors
out into the middle Of the Mojave
Desert and, with hearty laugh, leav-
ing them there to find their way home
at their own expense.
However, the actors union has its
serious side, too Everything may be
plain sailing just now, but before long
the new organization is going 10 en-
counter some knotty problems. What.
for example. is going 10 be done about
this rule Of the union: Holders Of
union cards must carry them about
their person at all tines?
That's all very we'll for the men,
They can tuck their cards away in a
breast pocket or up a coat sleeve,
where they won't be conspicuous. Blu.
what about the members OF Mr.. Zieg-
fields multitudinous and pulchritudi-
nous chorus? It's going 20 spoil the
whole effect II those girls have 10
come out all muifled up In union cards.
When you go TO a Ziegfeld show you
want TO see girls. girls pure and sim
pie. without having your attention dis
tracted by having "A. F. Of l., Attn
District, Factory No. 1872, Local No.
g." thrust under your field glasses.
Moreover, the public Is going to take
delicate handling. Suppose the lead
ing woman AZ the Winter Garden
should get only six encores OF her big
sorg some night, when the publisher
paid for eighth She would be very
unwise to give the signal for a walk
out. II the curtain went up on the
second act with nothing but the stage
bare, a goodly majority of the audi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-11
A STOCK COMPANY FOR
THE PALACE.

/ INTER the Palace Players.
II f. F. Albee and A. Paul Keith are
to become the apostles Of the well writ
ten one-act play to the public which
! has feared the tiny playhouses and
neighborhood theatres as "highbrow."
SO many brilliantly written playlets
were shown in special and more or less
exclusive surroundings to hand-picked
audiences last season that the high
command of big-time vaudeville began
to realize that here was a great open
/ ing for the two-a-day theatres.
Therefore the Palace Players-a band
/ Of clever artists-will before midsum-
mer begin season of one-act pres
entations at the Palace Theatre.
/ One play a week will be produced out
/ Of repertory representing the best
work of the cleverest dramatists on
both sides Of the water.
May Tully, a player of long vaude.
/ vile and legitimate experience and an
author and producer in her own right,
will be manager and director of the
/ company. Here are the punch points
of the proposition: Miss Tully is &C
curing an ample supply of material;
she must have at all times at least
eight weeks of accepted material In re-
serve. Four sketches are to be ready
/ for production at all times. That is,
] frrn Il lotc h. f,r1l Il
! thus giving the management a great
radius in time In securing capable ar
fists for the casts. Among the players
who will be featured will be Emily
Ann Wellman. Florence Roberts, Olive
/ Wyndham, Jane Grey, Laura Hope
( Crews, Charles Cherry, Conway Tearle,
George Parsons, Harry Woodruff and
/ George Fawcett. These and other rep
resentative artists have given their
word TO cooperate with the Palace Play
ers. Among the authors will be Joseph
/ Conrad, John Galsworthy, Lord Dun
sany, Bayard WELLER, Irwin Cobb, Ru-
pert Hughes, Philip Bartholomae and
Bozeman Bulger. Fine one-act plays
are being diligently sought for and au-
thors are asked to send scripts TO May
Tully, 1882 Broadway. They will in
every case be conscientiously read and
ilDcfdI royalties VIII De PAID
/ Over in Jersey City a subsidiary
company will first play accepted
sketches, and the parent company from
the Palace will witness the perform
ance. If the sketch passes on this pre-
liminary production it will at once go
/ into rehearsal by the Palace Players.
If it scores at the Palace and the pub
lie expresses approval it will be recast
/ and sent upon tour of the Keith and
OTpheum circuits with permanent
company. This naturally will not dis
please the authors.
That is the gist Of the campaign TO
rob the neighborhood theatres of their
own one-best bet, the good one-act
play.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-11
THEY LEAD A HARD LIFE
This Pony Ballet Knows Nothing of Hot Birds and
Cold Shoulders

or. They work, play and live as one
do the Eight High-Steppers, which &C
counts for the harmony of theil
movements upon the stage. The eight
p.ris represent only three families
Violet and Gwendolyn Pardue are Bes-
sic Pardue's sisters, while Peggy Ire
yor and Ethel and Adele Hobart are
Miss Pardue's nieces. Maud and May
Homer (sisters) and Kitty Donnelly
are friends of the Pardue family. And
Miss Pardue goes 70 the theatre every
night and escorts the octet home af-
ter the performance. For them no hot
birds and cold shoulders.
81 have had some of these girls &c
training since they were five years
old" said Miss Pardue. ''In fact, il
is only by beginning at an early age
that the girls can reach any degree OF
perfection in ballet dancing. In thi;
respect there is a similarity TO the
training required for Russian dancing
unlike the ordinary chorus girl
who ceases to train after the Tehear.
sails for a production are over, my
girls rehearse and are in training
every day. We all live together in an
apartment near Prospect Park, in
Brooklyn. The girls rise at in the
morning have breakfast and then be-
gin practising the steps and evolutions
Of the ballet. This, with their gym
nastic exercises, usually occupies the
morning.
"As a result of their training, every
ore of the girls is in perfect condi-
ton, and their performances at the
theatre never become slipshod or care
less. Some may feel that their train
ing IS too severe for young girls, but
that is not the case. Their cheerful
ness and sweet disposition have be-
come traditions in the productions in
which they have appeared. To the
stage director they are a blessing; he
never has 70 Scoid them.
"The first pony ballet In this coun-
try was brought here from England
by George Lederer for his production
of The Man in the Moon They all
came from the school or John Tiller,
and were known merely as John Til
ler'5 girls. Between acts at one OF
the performances friend OF Mr..
LeCerer's remarked on their smallness,
saying that they reminded him of a
lot of ponies That IS where the
name came from. No; don't know
the identity Of the man who origi-
mated it. He is one Of the unreeog-
nized great.
"This original pony ballet appeared
later in Pin! Paf, Poufl' and over
the River and also with Montgomery
and Stone in The Old Town After
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-11

IF ALL goes well-as It frequently
i does somewhere in the vicin-
ity of this sentence will be found a
picture of the radiant Martha lIedman.
More than radiant will De this picture,
for it shows Miss Hedman, not as she
is now, the nurse charming of "The
boomerang" but as she was at seven
teen, when she played Desdemona in a
Swedish production Of "0thello' in
Stockholm.
"This picture was taken hundreds
and hundreds of years ago." said Miss
Hedman, with that slight and intangi-
BILE scandinavian flavor to her speech
which utterly defes reproduction, ain
my youth. was then a little girl,
with hair down my back. And it was
very long hair, reaching to my skirt
hens. And skirts were not so short
then, either
81 was in a company headed by Emil
Won der Osten, Swedish-German actor
of great merit. It was my second year
on the stage, when | was cast as Des-
demona to his Othelo. what said
every one, is she to play Desdemona-
that child? Yes, she is answered Won
der Osten. And my, how hard he
worked with me on the production!
And was all right, for, on the strength
of my Desdemona, next year was cast
as Katjuscha in Tolstoy's 'Resurrec-
ton role much too difficult for
young girl"
Presently-in about two weeks-Miss
Hedman will depart for a six weeks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-11

that they disbanded-mainly because
nearly all of them had married.
The next pony ballet which came
to this country came under my direc-
tion, and appeared here in vaudeville
as the Eight English Rosebuds. Later
sent out another eight girls in vaude-
vile, called the Eight Forget-Me- Nots.
Pony ballots always have attractive
names. After that went back TO Eng
land. where organized the octet
now In Step This Way"
All of this. Miss Pardue, leaves just
one matter unsettled Granting that
the pony ballet has come back. there
is just one question TO be asked con.
corning the understood girls who be.
long to IT,
What did they do while there were
no pony balletsI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-11
See What's Coming!


in
land will the tenth production
Workers have consider the only legitimate for
n own during hot
edition, being 400 per
beautiful mnny will have eighteen elaborate the
and coou brush Of Josef Urban Always under Mr. Zegds
wachu by Ned Wayburn
supplied book
Hrsch, Kern and Dave
chorus every
quite the remarkable Of puhrude assembled
includes Claire Fanny Brce Pennington, Frances
Mman, Allyn King Emma Mabel aig Justine tombstone
Lewis, Evelyn Gladys
Williams Granville b. Hardy, W. c. Fields
Barclay
and others.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-11

- EVERAL months ago a young
~ woman more or less associated
with the theatre got her name into
the newspapers in connection with a
wedding, or a divorce, or a murder
or something it doesn't really matter
which. The point is that some news
paper which is usually as accurate as
The Tribune (sdvt.) let slip remark
which insinuated that Miss Hassen-
pfeffer was a chorus girl. That was
really where the riot started.
When the dead and wounded had
been gathered one salient fact stood
out above all others. Miss Hassen-
pfeffer was not chorus girl; she was
a pony. Furthermore, she wanted you
TO know. ponies are hard TO get and
command big prices. The difference
between pony and chorus girl
Why, how can you ask? The primary
difference Is anywhere from ten "a
fifteen inches, and an additional diff
ference is that the pony must be a
good dancer and even use her head
upon occasions. Not that all chorus
girls are utter strangers 10 the cere-
brsl processes, you understand. But
you know what we mean.
The Adventure Of Miss Hassen-
pfeffer and the False Allegation
served 20 bring TO mind the fact that
pony ballets have not been conspicu-
Gus IN the musical shows Of the last
few years. At that point matters
stood still until a couple Of weeks
ago, when Lew Fields had "The Girl
Behind the Counter" warmed over and
served at the Shubert Theatre as "Step
This Way" And behold and lol who
made their appearances on the Shu-
bert stage but an organization titled
the Eight High-Steppers, who, divest-
cd Of their fancy monicker (which
was the only thing they could be di-
vested Of with safety, turned out to
be pony ballet
Inquiry brought out the fact that
the pony ballet in "Step This Way"
IS m exceedingly interesting organi-
cation. Also. it brought out one or
two ether matters. Chief among them
Is the fact that the person who knows
moro about pony ballets than any
other woman in the land is Miss Bes.
sic Parduc Miss Pardue has had
thirty years Of experience as bal
let tesclcr She was a pupil OF Nine
Katta Lancr. i'm London, and was for
maoy years associated with the John
IiHcr Bale, School, also Of London
and which is ono Of the worlds great
c.t terpsichoreau centres.
Miss Pardue is something more than
teacher TO the Eight High-Steppers
She Is q mother 20 them. She lives
with them for they an live togeth-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-11
MARTHA HEDMAN AT II

, vacation from taking Wally Eddinger's
temperature. And a much deserved
vacation it will be, for Miss Hedman
has not missed a performance in "The
boomerang" since last August, when it
opened.
81 am going far away from bazaars
and benefits and places where they sell
programmes" she said. Miss Hedman
has spent particularly vigorous social
winter, taking part IN the many war
relief entertainments. 81 am going
to a lonesome spot in Maine, where I
can do nothing but walk and rest.
am not even going TO take one evening
dress with me. | will do nothing but
walk, walk. will wear trousers and
a smock, and don't care if don't see
d mirror for a month"
Miss fIedman was constrained 10
rent her bungalow after reading a the
atrical interview with last years oc-
Cupant which had numerous phrases
such as "As we sat on the broad We
randa overlooking the lake." from
the dining room window the outlook re-
vealed fairy woodland knoll" "the
fresh scent of pinewood permeated the
atmosphere" etc.
whenever I read about actresses in
their summer homes" unused Miss He'd
man, 81 am struck by the beauties Of
surroundings which visiting inter
viewers always discover. have house
which was occupied by much inter
viewed person last year Now | shall
investigate"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-11
YOU NIGHT HAVE KNOWN IT
Being Look at the Actors Union Through Coored
Supplement Glasses

ence would in all probability be sore
as goats about it.
IL is going 20 be hard 20 gather
everybody into the fold, too. Arnold
DAILY will probably refuse outright
20 join, first, because Bernard
Shaw has not protested against
his joining, and, second, because
other actors are going 70 belong
Furthermore, what's TO keep imper-
senators like Belle Blanche ard
Elsie Janis and Juliet from being re-
peaters and Joining eleven or thirteen
times overt And how are they ever to
keep Houdini in the union, when he
can squirm out of anything
The stage animals are IN doubt
whether to join the union or the >
p. c. A. Jasper the talking dog
when interviewed IA his dressing
room recently, seemed considerably
agitated over the question.
TO tell the truth" he barked, we
animals are not inclined 70 worry
much about the troubles Of these hu-
mans. When we were raising funds
for our Bide-a-wee Home on Long
Island, did they help Us outl Ihsy
did not. Why the LAMBS Gamooi
They could just as well have had
Dogs Gambol, IL they had had our
interests really at heart
Anyhow" he snarled, with a merry
twinkle in his eye, acting IS going 20
the dogs nowadays. That last was
rather neat, wasn't It?
There are interesting possibilities
in case the union should ever walk
out. Imagine a parade Of protest
First would come the Amalgamatea
Chcruses of New York, riding up Flfia
Avenue in their second best limou'
sines. waving banners such as: short
err Hours and Longer Skirts!" NO
More Cotton Tights Silk or Moth
ing," Next would come the Brother
hood of Regular Actors, shouting
1.-TWO speeches are better than one' J
1--WE want longer hours
But no; let's stop the parade ngh'
there. No true union would ever neS
for longer hours.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-11
ABORN OPERA COMPANY.

The last week OF the six weeks en-
gasement Of the Aborn Opera Company
at The Bronx Opera House will be
given over 10 an elaborate production
Of Balfe's The Bohemian Girl"
In the cast are George Dunstan, a.
Count Arnheim; Henry Taylor, {"
Thaddeus; Helena Morrill,. as airline,
and Ethel Houston, as Queen OF the
Gypsies. Others are Phil Fem, Paul
Vernon, Jack O'Neil and Eileen SPELL
man, together with chorus Of hfty
peasants, hunters, gypsies ct al.