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New-York tribune., 1917-12-23
Belasco's Message
A Plea for Beauty
70 u-Who-Write -what-I-Do:

To You-Who-Write -Of-What-l-Do:
Because this year the Christmas
chimes are turned into requiem for
the dead all across the world there is
the more reason that you and | should
keep our vision clear.
While | may not shoulder a gun, |
may yet do my "bit" by keeping my
faith in the eternal beauty; my thought
undismayed by the Vandalic effort to
make the earth a place unfit for art;
my purpose undiverted by the quick
sands of this hour that would suck into
the bloody quagmire every ascending
thought.
You-Who- Write of -What-I-Do have
made this possible by upholding my
faith with your faith; cheering what
of beauty | have been able to create
in the theatre; approving my effort to
keep my artistic values unshadowed by
the cloud of war. and to you-one and
ALL want to say that the fire OF
gratitude is a living fame on the
hearthstone Of my heart at this
Christmas time.
Surely we owe it to the men who are
fighting to see to it that the worlds
sense of beauty is not annihilated. That
is why am grateful to You-Who- Write
What-I-Do. and to the great Ameri-
can public for this seasons un-
precedented evidence of an appreciation
of the purpose Of my work. For you,
and for them, my heart is echoing over
and over the wish for a deep and
abiding gladness tinged by the vision
of to-morrow's dawn. and include you
all in Little Tins benediction, God
bless US every one."'
DAVID BELASCO.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23

quered, victor and vanquished, usurper
and dominated, king and vassal, rich
man and poor man, master and servant.
The rivalry between plural wives in
a polygamous country may have a
counterpart in Chrstendom in rivalry
between successive mates divorced by
one man or woman.
TBSEN created a distinctively mod
Il. ern type in "The Lady from the
Sea" by transferring the rivalry OF
man and demigod to the realm of
psychological mystery. In the carp
pond existence Of small Norwegian
town, Ellida, the wife of a doctor,
fancies that mankind has taken q
wrong turning in developing into land
animals instead Of water animals. She
is obsessed by a passion for the sea
and is under the hypnotic spell Of a
young sailor to whom she was once
betrothed, although he has now be-
come a shadowy spectre of her imagi-
nation. The lure Of the romantic un-
known is intensified by certain fasci-
nation of dread. She feels that when
her lover appears she must desert her
husband and go with him.
A parallel TO this theme appeared
two or three seasons ago in "The
Phantom Rival" which was so close
as to suggest that its Hungarian su-
thor, Ferenc Molnsr, had deliberately
undertaken to revamp it in a light
popular form. A character serving as
the authors mouthpiece eXpounds a
theory that most women treasure
throughout their entire lives an ideal
lied image Of the man who first
awakened them to consciousness OF
love, and that after marrying some
one else they continue in the secret
reeesses Of their minds TO compare
the husband to his disadvantage with
this phantom rival.
The jealous husband demands that
his wife shall read q long treasured
letter which the lover OF her youth
had sent her when he sailed away fol-
lis native land. The foreigner had
told her in this letter that he would
come back TO her some day as a great
. general or great statesman OF o
great artist, or even II the worst be-
fell him as q mere tramp, who would
lay the wreekags Of bis life beneath
her feet
In "The Lady from the Sea" when
the Stranger does come for his bird,
she RECEIVERS her balance and refuses q
so. In "The Phantom Rival" after q
nap in which the lady dreams that hel
lover keeps his promise by returning
not once only, but excessively In eaei
of the several characters which he haC
enumerated, he comes back actually il
the flesh and she is greatly bored by hi
"fne perfume of stupidity"
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23
Where Joy Is Unconfined

4 "My city, Valencia, produces most ot
| Spain's artistes,' explained Miss sau
in pretty, lisping Spanish, and then
confded that only one sorrow has a.
tered her life since coming to Ameria
and that one undeseryed. She
learned from some one exactly whs,
her name means in unacademie Amen.
can.
The most arresting figure in the east
is dynamic little Doloretes, other name
unknown. Doloretes dances like a say.
age and looks like a canine Of th.
Paris streets. BY birth a gypsy, shs
lived in wild, open spaces, untutored,
/ but devoted to the dance, which SIZE
learned without a teacher. From the
age of four she danced as unrestrsia.
edly as she lived, following her chief
tain father and his hand organ along
Spanish highways, until one day she
was seen by a manager Of Valencia and
engaged for music halls. Since then
she has danced her way through Spain,
France, Germany and Cuba. Now Dolo-
retes is still untamed at twentysevsn
and only resembles a Ziegfeld pony Dc
luxe in size. She lives with Assanh-
nita, a dancer Of Seville, and plump
Violeta of Madrid.
"Have you picked up any English
yet ?" we asked the three.
at is clear that we have no time, and
anyway, that language is a very stupid
affair." answered Doloretes, skiddiag
about on one foot and then taking littls
darting steps to either side, her favor.
ite occupation while conyersing.
A word census revealed the girls had
acquired "Good morning." "All right
Excuse me-" and of course the phrase
one first learns in any language, bat
for which they declared they have
found no use. In fact, they are al
so busy that they haven't even seen the
/ tall buildings yet, and that snous
come before sentiment
Two failings Of the Spanish com
pany, 20 which their own public is IN
ured, are the fake" scenery snd 'a'
careless department Of the chorus
Compared with American standards, the
sets are tawdry and inexeusaoy
cheap. Painted on muslin instead OIL
canvas, and without pains, such scenery
would not be tolerated in the furthe"
ohe-night stand in this country ie'
inexplicably, it has charm and a'm0S
phere.
The chorus feels at all times 90
terms Of perfect intimacy win 's'
audience. When in action the shn
are filled with a saturated solution 0'
pep" When they are resting 'he'
stand at random, conyersins VIZ.
friends in the wings or with es'A
other, turning an indifferent snou'D'
to the front row. Coming on the sesn'
or leaving it is also hsphazsrd
fair. And while waiting for cue J.
the entrance they make a elattsr 20"
can be heard in row r OF the orehe'"-
They take their art casually IN 'p''-
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23
The Sorceries of Romance
The Theme of Unequal Rivalry in THE Gipsy Trail and
"The Pipes of Pan" Is Reechoed Down the Corridors
of Time From the Earliest Drama
By J. Alexander Pierce

Dvorcons" Prunees considered Disgusting himself as
Caabran climbing in at the window to reinstate
II himself in the of his wife. crisis had come upon
his domestic doom from the stars with the advent OF
his cousin Adhemar stupid dandy mbeshd with irresistible
cayats with that fine perfume OF stupidity
that women nhae joy AS enlightened Des
the feminine mind.
1t is only for purposes political bomba that all born
the simple verify there isn't
enough equality lying match in the
prize ring hopeessy outcassed that his only
chance Law in knuck In life the drawn battles
are mainly accidental muddng the theatre Dramatic
effect heightened by exaggeraon of the inequality between rivals
fortune accenuate each other and give pungency
to a turning Of the tables.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23
Seven Openings This Week

MONDAYA Gaety tonight Charles Dillingham; produces
by j. Harold Terry that has been running
London; the Empire Ethel Barrymore, in
the Republic "Parlor
Bath" farecomedy W. Bell Swan produced by
AL Woods.
TUESDAY-At Playhouse, "Bieted" English
London by Tennyon Jesse and NJ ar
"Why Marry" by
by Lynch Williams; the Liberty
"Gong Up comedy Habach
by Cohan Harris;
Roi" shakespre Twelfth Night by
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23
Burton Holmes Begins

Burton Holmes begins his annual
series of Traselogues this week, with
Australia as his first subject His pic
lures, taken this last Summer, form =
part Of the story he has 20 tell regard
ing our sister continent.
Following Australia" there will be
Travelogles on four other subjects
"New Zealand and Tasmania" "The
South Sea Islands, including Fiji
Tonga, Samoa and Hawaii" Japan in
1917" Aud Alaska To-day"-al rev,
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23

We wanted TO say goodby to Mr..
Post, whom we found charming.
Searching the stage, we discovered him
partially concealed behind curtain Of
green baize. He was tying dress tie
and his valet was holding a waistcoat
with the air of a man whose finger
rests upon the hair-trigger of his re-
volver. This was no time for compli-
mentary adieux. Some one opened a
little door and we passed quickly
through it into the night.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23

way and other numetou, miscellany for
company. None of us was wanted on
the stage in that scene, so we stayed
where we were until the call "Strikel"
was heard. That word is the battle
cry Of the stage crew. At its sound
about three dozen of them spring from
heaven knows where and pounce upon
every object in sight. After thanking
the ore that released us-no doubt he
did it unwillingly-we took our leave,
10 the immense relief of the stage
hands and electrician.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23

OUPERIORITY may be manifested in
any Of a multitude Of forms, but
in so far as the rivalry is for
feminine favor those Of romantic guise
are sovereign. Among current plays
there might appear TO the superficial
observer 20 be little similarity between
two such original comedies as "The
Gspsy Trail" and "The Pipes Of Par" "
bit the keynote in both is the call Of
romance. In the first, the conventional
Young man who has applied all the
principles Of efficiency in the long
siege to his lady's heart finds himself
instantly eclipsed upon the appearance
of an adventurer from the Seven Seas.
In the other the coming Of spring, the
piping Of pagan god in the thicket,
sufices to unlock pathologically the
heart OF a faithful wife to the lure Of
the unfamiliar and elemental.
II is Michael, the adventurer, who
eIclaims: "You shouldn't have sung
The Gipsy Trsil-the trail I've fol-
lowed for eight happy yesrs-years so
short that they've slipped by me like q
summers afternoon, years packed to
the full with Joy and freedom and ad-
venture. And when you sang, ] heard
il all in your voice, your longing and
homesickness for that same trail; l
knew then that you we're thirsting for
the clear stars over your head, the
fresh wind blowing keen in your face.
You sec, We two belong to that small,
happy company who love life and the
omen better than the STIFFNESS of mod
crn convention. And so | couldn't pass
YOU by as IL we were strangers, without
word, without at least calling out to
you, Hail, brotherl' before the road
divides and we lose each other on our
separate ways" What chance is there
for the stay-at-home, humdrum young
man before such a trumpet blast from
"the wind that tramps the world?
The words Of Des Prunelles epito,
mize the grievously unromantic estate
Of her generic husbands: "All husbands
can be resolved into a single general
type-the husband; and all lovers into
general type-the lover The hus-
band has all the faults; the lover all
the merits. That's understood. In
reality the husband has only one fault
that OF being the husband And the
lover has but one good quality-tha;
Of being the lover. This is so true
that the same man can be at one and
the same time the highly tedious hus.
band OF his own wife and the highly
agreeable lover Of some other mans
wife. The difference is not in the in.
dividusl. 1t is in the function that he
performs" The situation symbolic,
in its simplest terms the antithesis be.
tween the romSntie and the unroman
tic.
To trace the theme further afeld in
the classic drama is to unite in a single
category a myriad Of plays. masked
by striking divergence, which unite
on the common ground Of unequal
rivalry in the combat for love. Tn,
Hindu drama "Mrieehakatika" Oh,
little clay earD is a prototype Of III,
rivalry between a mortal and immorta
which Byron employed in Heaven anS
Earth" Voltsire's "Pandore" depicts q
struggle between unequal divinities
There are numerous eXemplars Of
rivalry hsiwsen eonqusror and con
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23
Post" at the Gaiety to-mor-

General Post" at the Gaiety to-mor-
row evening, has been running in Lon
don at the Theatre Royal. Mr.. Dillng-
ham got the American rights from
Percy Hutchinson and Herbert Jay, AMI
was to have produced it several weeks
ago, but held il off to secure William
Courtenay and Thomas A. Wise for the
principal parts. Others in the cast will
be Olive Tell, Cynthia Brooke, Cecil
Fletcher, Wigney Percyvsl and James
Kearney. The comedy has a military
atmosphere, but this does not mean
that its title is military, for General
Post" is an old English parlor game
sometimes called "Stage Coach"
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23
New Midnight Frolic

The new Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic,
slNth OF the series. will have it's first
performance atop the New Amsterdam
Theatre next Saturday night. The roof
will be closed the first five nights Of
this week for the installation of a new
stage setting by Urban. 4
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23

In appearing as "The Lady Of the
Camellias" Ethel Barrymore Is fulfill
ing one Of her own long cherished am
bitions and at the same time putting
into execution one of Charles Froh-
mans pet plans. When she saw him
for the last time just before he sailed
for Europe on the Lusitanis he said
the hour had struck for her appearance
as Marguerite and that when he re-
turned to America he hoped to have his
plans completed for her presentation
in "The Lady Of the Csmelliss." Con-
way Tearle will play the part Of Ar.
mand, Holbrook >Blinn will appear rs
the elder Duval, Rose Coghlan will be
the Nine. Prudence, Percy Marmont the
De Varville and Mary Hampton the
Nsnine.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23

Street, Christmas night, in "Billeted,"
has a good-humored satire on con-
ditions that prevail In some OF the
small villages in England where the
officers are quartered on their way to
the front. "Billeted," however, is not a
military play, but a comedy of compli-
cations that arise from the inopportune
visit of two officers and thg desperate
straits to which frivolous woman is
driven in an attempt to do her "bit"
The play was staged under the direc-
tion Of Miss Anglln. Other players
are Edward Emery, Langdon Bruce.
Phillis Birket, Sally Williams, Roland
Rushton and Howard Lindsey.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23
In Brooklyn
Around New York

COLUMBIA THE Golden Crook"
LEAiNGION: The Story of the Rosary"
LoEW'S SEVENTH AVENUE,
"Mary's Ankle"
ahJ I'D ~. The Very Idea"
MONTAUK. ."The Man From wicklow"
STANDARD,
"Mather Carey's Chickens"
fORkVlLLE.. ."On the Blue Danube"
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23

"Why Marry" is distinctly represen-
tative Of American humor. The dia-
logue is brilliant and incisive. The
story has to do with the affairs of
Jean, younger sister who has been
brought up to get married and nothing
else.
The cast includes Nat c. Goodwin,
Edmund Breese, Estelle Winwood.
Shelley Hull, Ernest Lawford, Beatrice
Beckley, Lotus Robb, Harold West and
others.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23
In Vaudeville

PALACE-Mme. Sarah Bernhard;
Dorothy Jardon; Belle Baker; Emmett
Corrigan; Robert Emmett Keane; Al
Lydell and Bob Higgins; Eddie Bor.
den; Mississippi Misses, and Models de
Luxe.
ALHAMBRA-Adele Rowland; Has.
sard Short and company; James T
O'Neal and Frank w. Walmsley; Eddie
Carr and company; Derkin's European
Novelty; Walter Weems Adeline
Francis, and the Littlejohns.
COLONlAI-Bessie Clayton; Harry
Carroll; Burns and Frsbito; BERTHE
Beaumont and Jack Arnold; Ethel
MacDonough; Clara and Emily Barry;
the Eddy Duo, and Hill and Sylyany.
RIVERSIDE-Harry Fox; Pat Rooney
and Marion Bent; Joe Jackson; the
Misses Lightner and Newton Alex
ander; Bob Matthews and company;
Amoros Sisters; Roy Cummings and
Ruth Mitchell; Romeo Florigny; Maria
Lo, and Camilla's Birds.
RoYAL-Eva Tanguay; Imhoff, Conn
and Corinne; Halligan and Sykes; Nat
Nazarro and company; Leon Kimberly
and ReHa Arnold; Albert Hawthorne
and Jack Anthony; Loughlin and West
and NORM Sisters.
In Brooklyn
BUSHWICK-Cecil Cunningham; Pau
Dickey and company; lie Marie and
Gallagher; Helen Trix; Joe Morris and
Flossie Campbell; Cole, Russell and
Davis; Frazer, Bunce and Harding;
Three Jams, and Robert Everest's
Circus.
ORPHEUM-Robert T. Haines and
company; Conroy an lie Marie;
Florence Tempest; Farber Girls;
George Rockwell and Al Wood; Lunatic
Bakers; Fantasia; Hallen and Full
ler; Sterling and Marguerite, and
James J. Morton.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23

Shakespeare's Twelfth Might" in
French, under the title Of ia Mutt des
Roi." will have its premiere at the
Theatre du Vieux- -Colombier on Christ
mas night. Jacques Copeau's production
of Twelfth Night" was one Of his
greatest successes al the original
eux-Colombier, in Paris.
Twelfth Night" will be repeated on
Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday
evenings and the Thursday matinee.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23

"Going Up" is staged by Edward
Royce. The company includes among
its principals Frank Craven, Edith Day,
Marion Sunshine, Ruth Donnelly, Grace
Peters, Evelyn Cayansugh, Frank Otto,
Donald Meek, Joseph Lertora, John
Park, Edward Begley, Arthur Stuart
Hull, Richard Dore, Francois Vsulry
and John Klendon.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23

The scenes of "Parlor, Bedroom and
Bath" are laid In Long Island, and the
story deals with the escapades Of a
meek young benedict who finds it
necessary to pose as q Don Juan in
order to please his romantic wife. The
cast is headed by Florence Moore and
John Cumberland, and includes also
Francine Larrimore, Will Deming
sydney Shields, Carolyn Lila, Richard
Gordon, Helen Menken, Tommy Meade,
c. W. Butler, Mary Vallen and Nick
Judels.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23

Margaret Anglin, at william A.
Brady's Playhouse, on FOrty-eighth
The Detroit times., 1917-10-13

In carrying out their determine
tion TO give their patrons the great
est show value possible Hoffman
brothers have provided another eI-
ceilent b{ll Tor next week in tie new
Enipr 10 ! wv o0f ward dave. and Siniev-
81 a bill replete with star atfrsc-
tons is headed by gdivs The n-uatfc
@n1dar from the Samoan island g.
and her troupe OF seven performing
ara itunt Grtva will present an ar
tistic and novel performance or sub
fn.tine stunts She uses an immense
tank ~ two tons water capacity with
adequate surroundings which pre-
sent a picture u babblinE brook
and "a sylvan pool odiva VIII 90 b gn
diving stunts. backward and summer
eault diving. and in each case ifnt-
tstrd by one ~ her trained sea lions
priur~ 10 entering vaudeville, Odiva
was a pearl diver - the samoan
isian1s Her greatest diving depth
e $50 feet under the surface ~ me
sea. and sho has remained fve min
rtcs and 81 seconds under water az
one time. During her career as a
pearl diver she harvested gems - the
value Of SIS 600. Another star At
traction will De The Great Howard"
IN a veatriloquini novelty called At
tho lEnIiAtA- nEGE1- --A=.-i -------f
q wonderful setting Tor his act In
the musical numbers 'Meiodlous Non
sense sherman, Van and Hv-ran
VIII present popular music with a
touch 81 romrdy. ION the Shrevs-
bury" one - the seasons newest
productions in vaudeville viii be
offered nv Johnston Hnrty and COM
Tany purh Bros will be seen IN
nautical acrobatic comedy called
'Shlpah1y Boys" and James and
Betty Morgan will appear IN high
class musical selections on the violin
and piano. NewhofY and Phelps will
offer operate solos and duets from
I'll Travatorc" Aida" Faust" "Ji
Pariiacci" and Barber % Seville"
TIE picture part of the program viii
onrr The Angel Factory" with An
tonic Moreno, a weekly % the worlds
events and selected comedy.
The Detroit times., 1917-10-13
nHpnrI NJ

Jimmie Brstt tops ths vaudeville
n~oErsr ir - Orrh-nr7 nAxt week
S-itt IS the sx-charQ ion !'ghtwe
tne Vorit. Hs WI rrovies pu-
-'isff- --ornlcEua relate Anecdotes
~ Pass early rtnE experiences feil
ao~'s funny stories ana So nI np wftr
few recithtiors Andy Lewis the
veil Known comedian. ~ an absurd
laFce called Laugh ard ths World
Laughs with You - The special AID
90 attraction Lewis has been seen
'r gre l'rrh~rr BEFORE ana 's cNnsif-
cred ne best :unwaksr THAT has ever
appeared on this stage Another Tea
tvre consists % coweHr sketch
Pfck,nEH In which the plgysrs are
I'VE Fn rnes "" Kay 80 rra =.
NJ an Ac KAY az a hishop. and
Freddie coodrow a. Boy coed
row - sad - Re Juvenile actor -
surprising talents 0'hsr acts Gr thn
rrogrerr trcla7s Alice Ne GsTwC,
SIR INDUCES IN A~r'al ssurfs ars
s sly Ne we. sra Eisa No. =
proves her ability as dancer Ash
es - Hope w!N oe TIE picture fea-
Belle B4urstt fr new western
drama ~Ash.. u Rnpe VII - tse
TeaH ng screen attraction IN .he or
7 oheum next week Miss Banneft ar
pears n ne role 90 scnfs = dance
Val girl. who dances for Ner f'vfnr
p saloon cal "a Tn. CLAN nut
it"~4 = i--s n rough rscf- rsfIrfrf
~ ever ni4n n The camp but one
strange. So receives 20 an ire
rev arFtH4 ard arFrHa F-ttatt~s ~
purpose only whsn the r-.w NR~ N~r-r
knocked san'r.ess in a saloon hatfle
SIZE has ere er-awEer taken % Ser
cabin anh there hey. live until on
4se--z f-tA@r a~-1-~r f-u-- t-e -aniE
wife nsEzinF hinr 20 corre bone a-8
enrl0sirE pair os baby sh1es Cor
r. 7THf iTrruise - - have rNvHr -
The Detroit times., 1917-10-13
GARRIcK

Tho hnsr'ops farce Nothing Bat
the Truth" viii Re seer In fhs Car
rick next week. wien william Collier
"a re leading rolef The farce was
WRITTEN By James Montgomery frcrn
The novel by Frederic Ishan. ~ re-.
'rolt y is play tufit upcn The
simple idea % tl1n-s = eAA4I.z sss44==
=7TE TTf No fFWfh frr stated period
We bets friend 80 ff0 that So can
90 d. ard boldly tackles fFgth ~
win THE money For \ very shit
time The task rs piar.Glv "a ~. buf
Truth rn4ts Ola man Trouble and
then things begin 20 happen Trol-
bio doesn't seem very iarrr and
aggressive when be frsf o. x~s his
hero. hut ne grows rapidly and soor
tho dealer 10 truth disrHrfs The ar-
nestle relations - hts partner In
fact Trouble works overtime ard
equations that Gnz4---lE.A.--Fs.
-fThed are smfrrhrf situations that
are absurd and COMP cations ar 1sf
knotteN pile Up. Collier az the hrok-
Or compelled 90 tell nothing bot thn
truth" IL said o. have one 81 tie
funniest roles ~ his long career.
when William HodE. appears IN
the Garrick tha week p oct p We
wiil oTcr new f0ur-art com e1v
drama ~ Farl Derr BizKers and
IA wrcnce Whitman. entitled "A Cure
Cor Cursties NJ Hodge spent many
months on the play and IN studying
bis character which - that - tF
James pendfrErass. young Ken
lucky physician. who inherits q SAM
tsrigf from his uncle The play H.
The Detroit times., 1917-10-13
5s55sz m THE LOCAL PL AYHOUSES

"A "a 90 Re replets with brilliant lines
and sparkling huuor
'ohnny Get Your Gun" a new
tarcleal entertainments which scored
:. sAcess ln The Criterion % eater
NeW YORK. last season, VIII De ire
attraction IN the Garrirk th@afe~
me week 10 Oct g. TIE original
ast beaded ~ Locfs RennlsNn. whose
rnilfll portrayal - the cowboy hero
t.- play estaal shed h4m among
re forrucst players ~ recent years
WIZ - seen IN the Garrick rEe
story r1s ~ 60 with johnny " fE-
cans, whcle-hearted adventurous
Wlunchrr WHO ~ induced - mas
4ucfate as his pAl BHl Burnhnw
ani iavade ne lattsrs hcrae ~ Long
Island as fH= h-eT 90 ere Rurnhar,
-aTiiF tt-s exploits are fEeItinr ans
Hl~rg Resides Nr D@nnisru the
case Includes Lorraine Frost Ech ~
,.at theodore Nahenck Louise
~ Nlnt .sh Vera Ftriav Eihs Baker.
North. Roy 'ncr -anr, fe"ert
Romans and Jane Carlton