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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04
Playing With Gold

At the premier of Tho Land Of
Joy" at the Park Theatre on Thursday
might, LArgentina, who appears q. the
feature Of the Valverde review. used
for the first time a set of gold cas-
tanets which. according to the dancer.
were made by Tiffany & Co.. after she
had experimental with half dozen
sets before she was able TO get the
proper musical sound. She is the first
Spanish dancer in this country who has
ever appeared at the Royal Palace. In
fan:a ISABEL. in Madrid.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04
Producing Playwrights

The Provincetown Players, who
opened their season last Friday, differ
from the other little theatre companies
IN being a group Of playwrights trying
out their own work. The plays the
thing; IL not the whole thing, the thing
that's stressed. This for a change.
They have the bold idea that the man
who wrote the play should have some
thing to say about how it goes on.
Their theatre came into existence be-
cause they wanted to write plays
anG what is the fun Of writing them
II you can't see how they act? The
Provincetown Players are growth from
the playwriting impulse and from
that other desire to get away from the
spirit Of the commercial theatre. With
them the plays came first. A place in
which to give them had to follow. They
began, in Provincetown. by giving their
plays in their own houses; then in a
shack on a wharf, and now they are
opening their second New York season
In the old house in Macdougal Street.
This year the players have the Sec
ond floor as a green room. and be-
tween rehearsals discuss what ais the
play that is now going on. and talk
lovingly Of the plays they are going
to write next. Everybody does every
thing. from rummaging for props in
the basement Of Sixth Avenue junk
shops to staying after rehearsals and
licking stamps for the circular that
tells how they are not afraid to fail
in things worth trying. This same
circular says they mean to 60 on Civ
Ing artists Of the theatre-playwright,
actor, producer, designers of set and
costume-a chance to work out their
ideas in freedom.
Working out ones ideas In freedom
docs sometimes lead to queer things.
II you are never going to be absurd.
always be usual. But there is an at
mosphere about 139 Macdougal Street
not found in better organized thea
tres. They say they do it for fun. and
work done for fun seems certain of
freshness. Because these writer's have
a theatre in which to work they are
writing more plays. Last year they
gave plays which other theatres had
said were not actable. and proved them
50 actable that some of them were
accepted by the very managers who had
declined them. The Provincetown
Players. then. are a group Of writers
who submit their play In the form Of
production as we'll as In manuscript.
They exist to get away from the fears
and conventions Of the commercial
theatre. They are there to receive and
help American writers. II there be
such, who are capable Of bringing down
FIRE from heaven.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04

The scene in Henry Batailles the
Torches" which gives the keynote OF
the play is one between DR.. Bouquet,
scientist, and NJ. Hernert, poet who
ha. waived the Nobel prize in favor OF
the former. II Is the first time they
have met. Hernert has come to explain
his act and bow before the man who
has been his guiding spirit through
days Of deep sorrow.
Though you haven't known It," said
Hernert, "for q long time you've been
my companion spirit in the quest OF
truth. We never met before tonight,
vet it seems to me as IL We had known
each other always"
an the realm Of thought" replied
DR.. Bouquet, "in tho dominion Of the
ideal, we we're already members OF the
same family"
81 am only an humble beginner" re-
monstrated Hernert. "l've always
lived in the domain Of the ideal. I'm
lust entering. Yes, until / was thirty
years old ] was "a creature OF the
senses, and after that Of the emotions.
But now, at least, I have climbed up to
the realm of thought It's been soul
rscking experience"
"Will you tell me about III" asked
the scientist.
"Why mott" the poet replied. For
years, ten years. was happy in love
that was ell my life. Suddenly one day,
one evening in the green solitude OF
Normandy, where We were living, like
clap of thunder came the quarrel. with
the vilest Of revelations. Even the
memories of past happiness that woman
dragged in the mire. You can imagine
the emotions that followed. One night.
some two weeks later, went into the
garden, a garden not unlike thi, one,
ell stepped in moonlight. found my
self under a great oak, I remember, to
die.
81 pressed the pistol to my temple.
Il was the end and az raised my eyes
they rested on the stars. That was
what saved me. didn't see God UP
there, it's true, but in this supreme ef-
, fort of the will, as my finger bore upon
the trigger, saw up yonder The
Torches, the flaming ideas that illumi-
nate the conscience of this great world
I was about to leave. / saw up there,
looping from star to star, the splendor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04

add four or Ave more inches to his
stature and increase his size In pro-
portion.
Mr.. Truck Is FIVE feet three inches
tall and comes In the lightweight
class. II he were pugilist he would
be called q fsatherweight. He is
year or so on the sunny side OF the
thirty-year mark and is just as boy
ish looking to-day as he was ten years
ago. Dressed in knickerbockers, he
could easily impersonste twelve
year-old boy. Before he could do It
now, though, he would have to have
a barber or a safety razor NOW the
nifty little mustache that he is wear
ing in "The Very Idea"
That mustache--it isn't much of a
one as mustaches go-and a man
sized pipe are the two concessions
that Truck insists must be made
10 his manhood. He won't part with
the mustache, and he insists on smok-
ing tho pipe, even on the stage. Mus
tache and pipe are the two conces-
sions he makes to his two boys, Philip,
aged seven, and James, aged four and
one-haf years.
III ! were to give up my pipe" said
Mr.. Truck, you can't imagine how
would drop in the esteem of my boys.
Gosh. ! have had hard enough time
building up a reputation as a regular
father without letting some little
thing spoil it. No big man with a
couple Of boys on his hands can un-
derstand how a small man has to
build up a reputation with his own
children. All children look upon big
ness and bulk as something worth
while in father, and the small man
always suffers in their estimation. II
you don't believe the lightweight
father suffers IN comparison with the
heavyweight, stand around some time
when a bunch of boys get together
and listen to their talk. Ten to one
before they scatter one Of them Is
Boosting Of the physical powers OF
his dad. And when the daddy hap
pens to be lightweight like me his
prestige 4. sure TO get some hard
bumps that make impressions on his
Riddles. To my youngsters a pipe is
badge Of manhood, Of real husky
manhood, and that Is the reason
would not stop smoking a pipe"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04
A Dance-Mad Girl Who Is Sane

home In Loughrea, in Galway, Ireland.
1t was after she came to New York
that John Patrick Campbell persuaded
her 20 appear with the Irish Players.
Mr.. Campbell, who was a friend of her
family, is remembered as the founder
OF the Ulster Literary Theatre, In Bel
fast, and the producer of the Irish
Historical Pageant in New York three
or four years ago. The part that she
took was in "Snow White" at the
Bandoox Theatre. The next play in
which she appeared was THE Grass
hopper" That was last season. Only
few performances were given, but
the first sufficed 70 make her a star
forthwith. The last night the audience
rose and cheered her.
Miss Huban's conception of Nina Is
her own. She owes nothing to coaches.
She does not play the bewitching little
firt as a hardened and sophisticated
woman, but a sweet and charming girl
who is in love with her husband and
wants only to have good time.
Il read my lines very carefully that
Nina is simply talking at random" said
Miss Huban. 'The character is abso.
lutely true TO life. 1t is only natural
to hirt little innoeently. As for that
kiss which Billy Sutherland steals, al
Al.
though do not create a scene, the
lines show that Nina intends to keep
good. am interested in the real.
Poetic things in the drama, and some
time | should like to put on The
Grasshopper' again myself"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04

The newest star on Broadway made
her first appearance on the profess
sionsl stage scarcely six months ago.
She IS Eileen Huban, young Irish
girl with more than the usual share
Of charm and freshness that charac-
terize her countrywomen, who Is al
most afraid to admit how young she
really is, as il such disclosure might
break the spell of her enchantment
and send her back to a commonplace
world, like Cinderella, at the stroke of
midnight.
The play which serves as Miss HUI
hans world Of illusion is "On With the
Dance" at the Republic Theatre, far
from commonplace milieu, although a
sordid one to disillusioned eyes. But
Nina Lawrence, the dancemad young
wife, perceives little of the danger that
surrounds and threatens to engulf her.
She Is as natural ms Miss Huban her
self, and II is the young actresses
creed Of art that she should be herself
in her roles.
This does not mean that in real life
she is dance-mad. for she lives very
quietly with her mother and does not
even receive letters from tango pirates
like Billy Sutherland. And, further
more. her head has not been turned in
tho least by sudden success. She is
mad only about music. II was her am
bition, in fact, to become singer, and
she hopes some day to transfer her
career to the operate stage. She
began her study OF music in her native
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04
CHRONICTF AND COMMENT OF THE STAGE
Torches of Immortal Thought

Of human thought as II scattered, but
never lost. It lived iE reality above U.s.
forming this great universal nimbrs
which bears us away to the regions Of
light. That moment Of contemplaties|
brought peace into my soul. ! ns|
longer wept. The flesh no longer
counted. My petty sorrow was lost ia
the universal mind. The soul Of th,
infinite had absorbed my human soul'
ayes, thought is the refuse Of soul,
that have lived" breathed DR.. Bouquet
THAT is what we must all admit. And
you are absolutely right. The idea !,
everything. All, the magnificent Ger.
tainty Of IL"
"Isn't It true, Bouquet" asked Her.
merit, "the ideal leads always? The
Torches 20 on before, and in their
march light up the whole world. The
moment one grssps the possibilities OF
the mind, fear, pain, Jealousy become
merely the refuse to the soul, stepping
stones leading upward to the triumph
Of the world thought. So, with
all my strength, I repulsed the death [
had sought and plunged into books.
The first volumes l CHANGED on were
yours, and from that day I have lived
and acted with immortal energy. Sus.
tanned by you, the fate that was about
to crush me turned out to be . stupid
point of view. ! owe you everything,
Bouquet, 40 I owe my life and my
courage to Q glimpse Of the stars one
night under an oak tree In little VIII
lsge in Normandy"
Bouquet, greatly moved, conhdes in
Hernert that he Is travelling backward
over the road which Hcrnert has as
ccnded. Starting with thought and
passing through the stage of emotions
no Is reaching the stage Of the senses,
and 10 stirred and frightened. The
laughter of the guests IL heard
through the open windows, and the
swapping Of . twig near by breaks the
silence that had fallen on the two men.
"How few could understand how We
feel" says Bouquet.
IL never dreamed Of night lik.
this" returns tho other.
"Some ones coming to steal IL away
from u.s."
"And you ses." added Hernert, "as it
Is in the story books and at the end OF
dreams, the music ceases With our
words"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04

The Century Theatre has been re-
decorated for the production Of Miss
1917" highly ambitious revue with an
imposing list of stars. The company
will number several hundred players
and dancers, including the Bolm ballet.
Victor Herbert, Jerome Kern, p. G.
Wodehousc and Guy Bolton have con-
spircd on score, book and lyrics, and
Ned Wayburn has staged the entire
entertainment save for the ballet num-
bers. The hand Of Joseph Urban will
be recognized In the settings, except
that Of the ballet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04

The play which will restore Marie
Doro to the spoken drama is Bar
bara," written by Florence Lincoln, a
pupil Of Professor Baker, Of Harvard,
and winner Of the Craig prize in 1911
with "The End Of the Bridge" Bar
bara" Is described as fantasy hover
ing between the world Of dreams and
the harsh world Of actually.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04
New Plays This Week

Plymouth in the afternoon, Arthur Hopkins presents
Barbara" by Florence Lincoln.
Century, Charles Dillingham; and Fonz ziegfeld % offer
the revue 1917"
Hudson The OF Edward Chds
teri produced by Selwyn Co.
WEDNESDAY-A kitty Dar the direction Elliott
Comstock e. Gest
FRIDAYAt the Liberty Hartley
he management Of George c. Tyler
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04

drudge Of "Out There" Eve Is char
acteriled as an American girl Of gentle
breeding and persuasive charm. The
scenes Of the play are laid in Eng
land, and although 1t Is written In a
vein of comedy, it Is said to contain
moments of tense drama.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04

"The Pipes Of Pan" Is described as =
modern comedy animated by the spirit
of romance and the music of Pan,
which is still to be heard by those who
are ready to listen. 1t relates story
Of painter inspired by spring and the
memories it awakens. Norman Trevor
and Janet Beecher head the cast.
The book OF the operetta kitty
Darlin'" was adapted by Otto Auer-
bach from David Belasco's comedy
"Sweet Kitty Bellairs," and the music
was written by Rudolf Friml. Every
effort has been made 70 retain the at
mosphere OF the original play. Alice
Nielsen takes the part of Kitty, the
Irish widow with a delightful brogue,
who Is the pet Of the regiments at
Bath.
Lauretts Taylor delights in contrast
ing roles. That Of Eve Alverstone IN
"Thc Wooing Of Eve" Is sharply anti
thetlcal to Annie Hudd, the little
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04

The Amateur Comedy Club, which
first disclosed Dunsany's "The Gods Of
the Mountain" in Americs, will give its
first public performance in the thirty
three years Of It's existence at the Gar
den Theatre Saturday night, Decem-
Der 8. The occasion will be a public
benefit performance for the Soldiers
Entertainment Fund" tho proceeds to
be used in giving entertainments at
the various cantonments in this coun-
try. The club Is assuming all ex-
penses connected with the project. and
the entire proceeds will be used for
the object of the performance. The
Comedy Club has the distinction OF
preceding most Of the "little theatres"
in the United States, being the oldest
amateur acting organization in the
country, and having included in its 2so
performances the presentation Of many
short plays now appearing on the pro-
grammes Of little theatres.
The programme will include "a
Sunny Morning." Spanish comedy by
the Brothers Quintero; MARIA" an
original tragedy by Albert Sterner, to
be given its first stage presentation,
and "The Day in the life of Young
Man About Town." comic pantomime
originated and played by Austin Strong,
Theodore E. Steinway and Henry Clapp
Smith. Jules Guerin Is designing the
costumes and settings.
Tickets for the performance are OBJ
tainable by letter only from Harold W.
Gould, % Madison Avenue.
Florence Lincoln, who Is respon-
sible for Barbara" in which Marie
Doro opens on Monday night, is q
stranger In New York, although we'll
known in Boston. She was q student
Of Professor Bakers English AZ" at
Harvard. Her home Is in Chsrlestown,
and much Of her writing has been
done under the shadow of Bunker Hill
Monument. One is struck upon meet
ing her with her appearance Of sb-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04

the
hv. denied refusal subscribe any catech's OF p
hardly sign anywhere Broadway that the box omees nave
anything above the chink Of the dollars on the grass " VIC
creed Of scenery
TINE new forces been widespread and 80
they taken all over Europe % revive The
charm Of theatrical entertainment by exchanging the strans o. new
for the old In some cases this mas TAKEN ho
deliberate realism naturalm in others 1t has opened "a
France where SO many Ds ,. nvs. tn. Theatre
On COpeau will present to New o AZ Wv
ck Theatre this season. the original attempt to over
throw the conventions theatre by more decided p
Of reality literature has presented the 0h @ " "p fr
with productions the miniature stage as MaefnH ~
which the theatre OF the SOUL Inc p
@ But though the budd and bloomed the curious
NAV va for anything further ,us'y " ' ~
more than a sporadic sprout the garden OF art
TERE Broadway thsare-the theatre which seldom %
to inquire into any philosophy its existence and 'na
~ Secorson But its parenage by unoudd and
there is ample ground believing is descent on the . nn0
s The Russians bugh. Bakst and the enormous
b;riv tbs. the Russians received interest in
and costumng definitely Josef Urban and the
who have adapted foreign
Hopkins makes continued use OF the talent b
Jones in Urban continues to magny ena~
s ~ the washington Square Player, variety
settings refreshing style that doubtless mas gone
Even without noticing and several OF the Gold
@ ,oduIons are marked by simplicity design the
& that would back Her.
settings still profoundly marked by bad "
the wedge driven and continues Its way more and more
TUT III. it'll. theatre something than settings
d acting except in " lar
obere But has decidedly Of the old foru
the imagination over regions
find investigation OF new 's
emotion and has even found out
Running random through Miss ys
stimulating titles Cocaine
of Naked representing
and yet at each point de-
from the theatre that strange
delight artistic presentation
whatto to that almost to have gotten lost
has still the Comedy Theatre and at
Wisconsin Players have been somewhat
dfereny comporng It still lives in Macdoug Street in the
abode await with interest
Greenwich Village But where
that world where what people
often the
vaudeville have eonced that matter OF
give the little theatre hearing
legitimate Several Of the
travelled THE
Magical City, though they have been
audiences they have still remained gnay
field the little theatre has scarcely echo "The
loneliness But out Of all tho farce the comedy
the approach that
subtle
all whimsy
avoidance the old procedures "Pe
likewise hints Of little.
three Of several small reward
little New York has tried to And that
the the Comedy Will they sit still
the public that entertainment for tbs brain
will
said sweepingly
the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-04
On Little Theatres and Big
Being in Contemplation of the Process of Feeding Art to
Broadway
By Ralph Block

UvEN have their particular dangers to look out
X continue radical demands an unlrng per-
" s.ence energetic determination to keep the necessary
for the successful and viva
adopted by those he is ahing with HIS
doctrine All this Wednesday night at the COMEDY lhea
where had gone witness the opening programme OF the
Souae PLAYERS had much sudden dignity
thrust upon bee with the development OF u
theatre movement Of book on The Little lhea
in the United by Constance Darcy Makay whh 'hs oel
men has lately the publishers Henry Holt Co., "ouu
rfv the conclusion little theatre has neatly stepped 'o III.
shoes the Browning Society vacated time the late 9V
70 Miss Mackav there sixty miniature payhoue PROGRESSING
tho e faith Of the theatre to coast filling every corner
the civ settlement Dakota prares and all OF tnem oe
Tho travail Of new Doubtless the increasing pressure
war will interfere somewhat with this phase Of stage entertainments De
cause the enthusiasm youth played large part in Its development
Ru auav the little already reached point "here
judgment though 1t appears 10 De "
INDICTMENT that the theatre is careful TO avoid
Il would be sad the waste OF artistic energy INC
theatre movement the confession that al mao ~
setting certain in'oducuhs u W
nnIes Of light painters discovered 1y
lately recognized AND yet 10 uus0 ny
aiming, however mucn " may
subscribe to any cahsm OF up"
Broadway that the box omees nave
snyth the chnk OF the collars On '"e s"' -" Wv
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-20
.cLose UPS"

Al. c. Willard, who is in advance
of the Manhattan Players and has been
in this city for several days, will SO
TO uniontown today to arrange for the
oompany's next stand.
Pauline Leroy. well known here
as member of the Hippodrome Play.
ers last season, is now playing in stock
in Milwaukee, Wis.
The Manhattan Players are fine.
looking crowd, and they act as well as
they look.
Maybe Fairmont is due for anoth.
er season OF protracted stock. The
box-office results at the Grand may
decide. Though It Is hardly a fair
test, as the Manhattan Players have
not been very extensively advertised
here. - :. ~ 4 80 -,sr.S
Dave Heilman writes to Old stager
from Mankato, Mimi, that he has a
machine. but does not say whether 1t is
sewing machine. machine gun or a
Ford. He says though that It con.
sumes lot OF Oil. Wonder II Man
kato is dry, too.
The current issue OF The Ladies'
World contains a double.page layout
CT eight pictures in which Agnes Ayres,
one of the most popular. leading women
appearing in the 20. Henry" stories
released by General Film Company. is
featured in display of fall models.
taken from photographs especially
Iosed by the Leiaren A. Hitler studios.
This number OF Tho Ladies' World also
contains picture Of Patsy DeForest,
another popular star in the 20. Henry"
pictures,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-20

Osborne, to any great extent. Both
depend largely ON the drollery of their
delivery to get the laughs. and 1t gets
them. Harriet NcAllester and Thomas
Meredith got big hand at each per.
Torrance with Back to Hawaii" and
"Pickanniny Babe by Edith Ray and
chorus went big. also. The intimate
number in which subjects are taken
from the audience got anywhere from
three to six encores at each perform.
ance. Leroy Osborn leads this one
ind is assisted b. five members of the
Chorus. The same program will be on
again tonight, but tomorrow the bill
changes to "Molly's Folly" which we
are told is classy little tabloid.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-20
Polly of the Circus Today.

Seeing Polly of the Circus" on the
screen is like spending an evening un-
der the big top, for the presentation
OF a full.fledged circus performance is
20 realistically done that one almost
fosgcts at times that 1t is a screen
slowing. All the features OF circus
life, from the arrival Of the show in
town to the spectacular burning up OF
the big top is wildly portrayed.