The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-12

Pantomime- Ballet, will .be
L given tonight at the Neigh.
borhood Playhouse. The
scene OF the ballet, which IL a carnival
on the outskirts Of Petrograd. gives
opportunity for interesting Russian
settings and amusing costumes, which
have e designed by Frank j. Elm.
merer. The scenery has been executed
by the class In stage decoration and
the costumes under the direction Of
ANne Bernstein. Louis II. Chalif has
assisted In arranging the pantOmime
ana dances. The ballet, which n In
four short scenes and requires sixty
dancers. will be preceded by divertisse.
ments
Owing to the postponement Of their
new bill. the Washington Square Play.
ers will continue to play The Clod,"
The Roadhouse In Arden" The
Tenor" and Tho Red Cloak" at the
Handbook Theatre this week. A week
from tomorrow night they will pre-.
sent their fourth bill Of the season.
The plays TO be given on the new bill
are Children" by Guy Bolton and
Tom Carlton: 1.-THE Age OF Reason"
W >CSh DOtTidh, AHe SMdktCAl lily,
by Zoe Atkins. and "Pierre Patelin."
translated from the French by Maui
rice Relonde.
Women rule the theatre says
Hattie Williams. who makes her vaude.
VILE debut at the Palace next Mon
day In a new sketch by Grace Living
ston Furniss, and women cannot be
made permanently enthusiastic over
anything hat IL not wholesome
Women make the atmosphere Of a
theatre and the fortune OF a play
and when either prospers you may
rely on II that theatre or play suits
the taste Of Vaudeville Is
kept wholesome by m
women far outnumber men as
playgoers. They are much more dis
eliminating auditors than men. Great
emotional types appeal instantly to
women: the more l!felike the type.
the reader Is woman's appreciation OF
II. Yet women do represent either ex-
treme seriousness or extreme frivolity.
as some cynics decl8re. Women love
the wholesome comedy and are It's
most frequent supporters. The natural
woman is optimistic beyond all else.
and laughter is her peculiar gift.
Hence women are always eager to en-
JOY what is pleasant in a stage rep
resentation. and hence they love above
all stage productions a good COMEDY.
There is nothing in the world that 10
so susceptible to rapid and extreme
changes as the stage, and nothing 20
much as the stage so faithfully re-
aects the Of the public--its
likes and dislikes. it's judgment and
ia taste. Women determine public
taste much more than fathers and
husbands suspect. and determining
public taste. they give the conteIn-
porary stage it's o and temper.
1T was women who supported the
late B. F. Keith in purifying vaude-
Willie"
.Nine yards. ma'am? Shure, I'LL
match all right. Take It over to the
light. I've worn it myself and I ought
to know. Say, Sadie. did you get
that? The nerve OF some people. He
wasn't so bad looking at that. Wonder
IL his mamma knows he's out 1t IL
the voice of Hazel Dawn issuing from
behind a pile of ribbons stacked on the
counter of one Of the largest depart.
ment stores in New York city.
II vas just IA week < to-day that
the Famous Players Company secured
permission to stage its Aim The Sales.
LADY" in which Miss Dawn Is starred.
IN n OF the big dry goods establish:
ments. Three hundred of the employ.
eos of the store awaited themselves OF