New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-25

just as surely as the line "lnere q
only one little girl for me- means a
song by the team IN a comic opera.
Florence Walton is Ellen Young. a
poor gir', VINO Is unfortunate enough
20 be q cashier IN a butcher shop, and
20 have tuberculosis. She effects q
cure Of the former complaint b. learn
ing stenography and obtaining a place
10 dancing academy, where she meets
Maurice Breton. Maurice selects her
Tor his dancing partner IN the dance
OF death, which he gives AZ a benefit,
and. although she has never danced
before. she wins such plaudits that she
"a engaged By Julian I Estrange 70
dance in his theatre on Broadway.
Mr. L'Estrange, who is Alec Maple
ton IN the play, objects 70 the dance
of death, because 1t is TOO hard for
Ellen in her weak state. so he selects
a nice, gentle Apache dance for her and
Maurice 20 DO. One wonders now the
poor girl survived. for after the spec
iaIst assures her that she has only SIX
months 20 live. she goes % the theatre
and does an Apache dance that would
test the endurance OF an athlete IL IS
hard 90 realize that Ellen Is dying; she
looks so healthy and she dances on
every occasion a. teas, at the Oh satre
and in the restaurants, but one must
believe IL, otherwise there would be
no story. She finally cheats the grim
reaper, however By a combination
treatment. consisting OF Christian SCI
euce. fresh arr and love. and she and
Maurice DO their FINAL dance 20 the
strains Of Lonengrlns wedding march.
Thrilling. vital, powerful, smashing,
these prerOgatives Of the press agent
might all Of them be applied 20 Anton
the Terrible, the picture which Jesse
Lasky rs showing thu week at the
Broadway Theatre. Theodore Roberts
never has done anything better than
his Anton hazof. a German SPY IN
the Russian secret service.
He Is q villain, but he IS not .
coward. as he proves when he Is finally
trapped and rather than have his
mother suffer FOR his crime he con
fesses his guilt Anita King is Vera
StanOvlch. who by her cleveruess
saves ner lover from becoming an ex-
lie and effects the capture OF Anton.
Edythe Chapman as Bsbuchka. An
tons mother is wonderfully well cast,
and she rises % great heights IN the
scene where he takes her sons guilt
upon herself and offers 10 pay the
penalty. To test Anton. General
Stanovich hands him revolver and
tells MN 90 shoot the woman VINO IS
se.f-confessed spy. Anton raises the
pistol and puts 1t against the woman's
breast nut he wins the one stroke Of
sympathy By holding out his arms and
crying Mother
The lovers are united In the usual
fashion. but the love interest In the
play Is az all times subseryicnt 20 the
political interest.
Theda Bars laid bare Her Double Life
.t the Academy Of Music yesterday.
Miss Bara is cast as Mary Doone. a
child OF the sIuw-. When the story
opens Miss Bara rs discovered scrub
t.rg the floor of a tenement fat and
,Piashing suds on the feet of Walter
Law. who is occupied with a pitcher Of
7Ids himself Miss Bara tries 20 look
Ike an innocent girl whose only fault
poverty but she only succeeds n
looking like beautiful adventures
~h0. for some reason best known 10
herself, has seen ft 90 pat on torn
l0ck and let down her hair. 10 Us not
until she steals a pas port and repre-
-cnts herself s- being the niece OF Lady
clifford thar Miss Bara audience was
with her That Was more Ike NJ .s5
para's usual mode OF procedure. The
author evidently expected every one 10
take Miss Bars's c0ntriuon and eHpia-
t.on a. genuine $50 one did. however.
excepting Eliot Clifford, phllan-
,hropic clergyman. r. IS not possloie
70 live down a reputation like Miss
bara's during the time allotted 80
fvc-reel picture. In Miss Bara sup
pert are Stuart Holmes. 4. n. Van
Buren,. Walter Law and Lucia Moore.
"A Corner in Coleens' sets itself 10
The tash Of proving what every body
knows or course no one doubts that
OF ali fair women the Irish arc the
.qirost. Bessie Barriscaie is the hero
mo Of this somewhat divertIng niE ~
the Rialt0 Theatre. For a time 10
seems a. 2 thn film g going 20 concern
itself solely with local color and let
-ne story 20 hang There is SD much
atm0sunere that even the titles arc
enclosed ,r shamrock shaped segments.
Bvo and bye Charlie Raw arrives from
America and things happen tfen speed
Raw. whose film name is Taylor, falls
In love with the l0veIest OF inc col
leens She gives him little encourage
mont until ne saves Nti liDi" az
bv SQUAD Of English soldiers. FOLK
gbo are Dro Entente may not be pleased
TO see Raw prove himself match Tor
nj least twenty British dragons. but
ro battles alant'y for All Of the TACT
That he is no Douglas Fairbanks when
IL comes 10 rough and tumble. He IS
subdued at last and placed 90 cell
but when the English commander-in-
chief fnds our that 10 was a far col
ieer the American was trying 20 shield,
and no Fen.an. he gives him liberty:
Naturally the hero araiis himself OF
tie opportunity 90 surrender II IN
mgdiatelv By marrying.
The work Of Miss Barriscale and
Charlie Ray is charming and the
picture excellent. barring rs somewhat
tedious beginning. The fun OF the
piece is much enhanced by good titles