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New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Censor Does XZZ
TO Monkey With Tiger

notable for its plays. but the standard
OF acting seems to us unusually high.
In our opinion, the most notable per-
formance of the year is that of Frank
Bacon in "Lghtnin." 1t breaks new
ground. 1t is a complete portrayal.
It is easy and it is interesting. Be-
yond that it has definite relation to
life. We are inclined to think that the
second best performance we have seen
was that of Miss Beryl Mercer in
"Humpty Dumpty," which was the most
moving bit of acting displayed here
abouts since the same actress played
in Barrie's "The Old Lady Shows Her
Medals" Third place ought to 20 to
Laura Hope Crews for her perform
ance in "The Saving Grace" This was
marvellous bit of light comedy work
turned out with an almost uncanny
ease Next comes John Barrymore in
Redemption" This is a portrait on
grand scale, with all the sweep and
power of such a lofty figure. and vet
lacking, perhaps necessarily lacking. a
complete finish in all details. 1t is a
portrayal which has improved in the
playing. The actor has grown in ease.
One or two rough edges, such as the
fearsome shout which preceded the
abandonment of the attempt at suicide.
have been softened and become more
effective in quieter and more intense
Interpretation. Walter Hampden's
Hamlet should come next. 1t falls
short of truly great performance in
lack OF physical grace, but it is a
part splendidly read throughout
Abandoning any attempt to fix an
exact order of merit for some other
players of the year, we think a list
would be incomplete which did not
include William Sampson and Lola
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
V0udeUiiiie

PALACE-Blanche Bates returns to
the stage for one week in "The World
Mothcr' a Red Cross play, in which
she is assisted by Ernest Iawford and
Cathleen Nesbit. The entire proceeds
will go 10 the Red Closs. Blanche
Ring heads the regular bill. Annette
Kellermann and Chic Sale remain for a
second week. Johnny Burke. Masters
and Krast and Carl Emmy's Pets are
other numbers on the bill
ALHAMBRA Mosconi Brothers
Sophie Tucker and Trixie Friganza are
the star features Of the bill. Others
on the programme are Laurie and
Bronson in the comedy skit "Let 'Er
Co.; Nan Halperin, in songs; Travers
and Douglas, Sammy Burns and Gretta
Ardine and Lalls Selbini and company.
RIVERSIDE Bert Williams is the
star Of the bill, which includes Lieu
tenant Gitz- Rice, in his own trench
songs; Lois Josephine and Tyler
Brooks, in songs and dances, and Mrs.
Gene Hughes, in comedy entitled
"When He Comes Back"
COLONIAI.-Belle Baker will make
her first appearance here this season.
Jack Norworth will present Harry Wat
son. jr., as Young Kid Battling Dugan;
Wellington Cross, in songs; Tom Bryan
and Lillian Broderick, in a skit entitled
Lets Dance Lou and Jean Archer
and Lady Alice's Pets complete the bill.
LOEW'S AMERICAN Winifred Gill
rain and her Dancing Girls is the vaude
vile feature the first part, of the week.
Evelyn Nesbit, in "Her Mistahe,' is the
picture feature. Kenny and Hollis are
vaudeville headliners the second part
of the week. The picture is Clara XII
BALI Young in "The Road Through the
Dark"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
The Wages Of Sir iys
S'Ifges", I';ger''' Is Too Low

and sentimental kitchenmaid. There
IS nothing to stop them, so they con-
tinue it for couple Of years, until the
inevitable quarrel sends the NJ. P. pack
ing off to the wars, where he gets
killed.
BY some mischance the dramatist has
hung himself between the two poles of
immortality. His play runs along
monotonously from beginning to end,
without any ecstasy or abandon. 1t is
true that Mr. Knoblock hints at abar-
don in two-minute intermission off
stage, but this is too dainty treatment
for anything so vigorous and full blown
as sim And lacking abandon, it like
WISE fails anywhere to be repugnant.
II there is anywhere between the cur
tains of "Tigerl Tiger!" the spirit Of
human adventure in its purest form, of
curiosity, Of human destiny, Of des-
perate longing for an ultimate answer
to the riddle of human passion and the
schemes of existence, the hard working
actors in the cast have failed to dis
close it.
The truth of the matter is that the
kind of people Mr. Knoblock has put
into Tiger! Tiger" aren't the kind OF
people wko will do anything so defy
lng-a retort to the gods who run ex-
'stence-as being sinful implies. Mr.
hnoblock's N. P. is too safe and sane.
too much concerned with his Career"
his little groove of life. to knock off
the lid His little kitchen maid will
try out sin if it's a good, prudent brand.
None of your red and yellow sin for
her; something that's ladylike is most
to her taste. These are, after ALL the
KIND of people who go TO the edge and
peep over But you'll never find them
taking leap. And leap, regardless
or the kind it is, is a thrilling thing.
Anything less than that is stupid. 1t
must be conceded that Mr.. Knoblock's
NJ. P. goes to the field Of battle and
pays with his life. But does he do 1t
IN a feeling of glorious black anger
at the foe? Not a bit of it. He goes
because he is jealous of a carpenter
who wants to marry the kitchenmaid
Thus does high adventure trickle out
to its petty ends.
However, it isn't Mr.. Knoblock's
fault There are scarcely any taboOs
against sin left in modern life, and
how can you expect sin 10 amount to
anything unless somebody puts muf-
fer on it. Nothing grows without op-
position.
Even Tiger! Tiger"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Louis XI' for Concluding
Week of Mantell

Robert B. Mantell enters upon the
seventh and final week of his New York
engagement with a performance Of
Louis XII" This play is the work OF
Casimir Delavigne, French dramatist
Of the time of the elder Dumas, who
sought to make history live on Inc
stage as Dumas made it live in such
novels as the d'Artagnan romances.
The play, in the English translation
used by Mr. Mantell, was long in the
repertory of Sir Henry Irving.
Louis X" viii be repeated Thursday
and Saturday nights. Another novelty
of the concluding week of the Msnteil
engagement will be Fritz Leiber's per-
formance of Hamlet" AT the special
Wednesday matinee. The other plays
are "Richelieu," Tuesday night; king
Lear" Wednesday night, and Romeo
and Juliet Friday night and Saturday
afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
At The One Week Houses

STANDARD-Henry Miller and Ruth
Chatterton will appear in "a Marriage
of Convenience"
SHuBERT RIVIERA - "Lombardi
Ltd.,' the Frederic C. and Fanny Hat
ton play, occupies this theatre for a
week.
LOEW'S SEVENTH AVENUE -
Stuart Walkers production of Booth
Tarkington's Seventeen" is this week :
attraction.
BRONX OPERA HOUSE Mr.. and
Mrs. Sidney Drew will appear in their
dramatic success, keep Her Smiling y
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Free Sunday Sho,us
For Enlisted Men

In addition to free vaudeville, there
will be two theatrical performances
for enlisted men tonight, under
the auspices of the New York War
Camp Community Service. Florence
Reed, in Roads of Destiny,o will ap
pear at the Republic Theatre, in Forty
second Street, west of Broadway, at
1880 p. m., and Jane Cowl, in "The
Crowded Hour" at the Selwyn Theatre
IN Forty-second Street, at 745 p. m
There will be free vaudeville per-
formance at p. m. at the theatre of
Unit of the War Camp Community
Service, at West Sixty-fourth Street
The theatre seats 500 men, and the
talent IS supplied under the auspices of
the Palais Royae.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
By Ralph Block

1t is virtually impossible for mod
ern playwright to write sinful play.
Ordinarily sin means violation of the
code, but codes, it is now understood
change pretty much with the temper
Of the people who are supposed to OBJ
serve them. There must, therefore,
actually be somewhere more absolute
meaning for sin, one that will hold out
like q danger sign in all kinds Of
weather. AS matter of fact. sin pred
icates abandon, and modern life is so
kedged about by scientific cautions
and top-look-listens, even where the
codes have been pushed aside, that a
modern might as easily pipe a dryad
cut of the woods as TO actually achieve
abandonment
No blame can attach to anybody, un-
less it be to the gods who suffer such
complicated civilization, for not hav-
ing this generally known. Indeed,
there are a good many people who not
only believe that sinful art can be
created, but are under the impression
that they have been audience to it.
This does, it must be admitted. confuse
the scheme of things tremendously
Here you have on the one hand an
artist who is secretly aware that with
the greatest effort on his part he must
fail to be truly sinful in his creation,
and on the other hand you have an
audience-a fine, childlike, trusting au-
dience--that actually believes that the
product Of the artist is going to be
an A No. l sinful product of the
very best quality. The dramatist does
his best, and the audience goes its
way convinced in its naive way, that
1T has seen sin at its reddest. when
as matter of fact all that it has
seen was pale dramatst at his pink
est. This is not only bad for the
dramatist, because it leads him on in
his shameful, lying life, but it is alto
gether bad for the audience, who never
would from the dramatists description
be able to Identify a sin if it saw one
coming down the street
Now, all of this is quite what has
happened in the case of Tiger! Tiger!"
Edward Knoblock probably never once
deep down in his heart believed he was
writing first rate sinful play. and it
may be doubted whether Mr. Belasco
was convinced by the adept dramatist
that 1t was a sinful play he was getting
for has money. But, on the other side,
you discover not only scores of people
who-secretly, of course-are sure
they've been TO see sinful play, but a
Jurlst even comes out on his bench and
says the kind of sin that is portrayed
maligns the animal that gives the play
its title.
If Tiger. Tiger!' were as sinful as
the dramatst pretends it is and the
audiences and the critical jurist think
1T is, there would be no discrepancy Of
TINS kind between their opinions. There
would be, indeed a sweet and beauti-
full agreement between them. 1t doesn't
take good deal of scrutiny of "Tigerl
Tiger" to disclose the fact that its
faults are not in being sinful, but in
the fact that it isn't sinful enough.
What would purport to be a charming
and utterly untrammelled love passage
between two human beings in different
spheres of society, with abandon be-
tween them, turns out to be a rather
tasteless hasion between q well-otf but
commonplace and rather stupid NJ. P.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

with John Murray Anderson of the one
act play, "The Universal Mother" in
which Blanche Bates viii appear at the
Palace Theatre for one week, beginning
tomorrow, for the benefit Of the Red
Cross. Appearing With Miss Bates are
Cathleen Nesbitt, Ernest Lawford, Su-
zanne Caubey, Murray T. Barnard and
Jack Hanlon, all OF whom are donating
their services
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
BROOKLYN

MONTAuK-D. w. Gritfith's "Hearts
OF the World" enters upon its second
and last week here.
MAJESTIC Marjorie Rambcou will
be seen in Where Poppies Bloom.n
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Blanche Bates in
Red Cross PIo,

Miss Anna Wynne O'Ryan, a sister of
Major General John f. O'Rvan. com
manding the eth Division, is co-author
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
By Haywood Broun

Circumstances over which we have
no control force US to become q par
tisan of "Tiger! Tiger" We do not
like Mr.. Knoblock's play and it seemed
to US that portions of it were unpleas-
antly stuffy. But when police in
spector and city magistrate step in
to interfere and offer fool suggestions
we are for the playwright and the pro-
ducer. After all "Tiger! Tiger!" is a
play of serious dramatic intent. 1t is
by no means intended as q seductive
Offering for peeping playgoers. Even
if it were we should still be against
censorship or the suggestion Of censor
ship. Nothing could be as immoral as
censorship itself.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

Every other season somebody begins
to lament the hard lot Of poor Shake
speare and the Indifference of the the
atregoing public. This time it is Alfred
w. McCann, the fishman of "The Globe"
He has seen the Hamlet of Walter
Hampden and enthuses over the actor
as ardently as If he we're q fresh hall
but. The praise Is almost deserved,
we think, for Hampden Is as fine q
Hamlet as New York has seen since the
last appearance OF Forbes Robertson.
But we also think that Mr.. McCann Is
unfair in thinking that there Is some
sort of managerial conspiracy against
Hampden or Hamlet" which keeps the
engagement within the bounds Of spe-
cial matnees. Mr.. McCann Is mistaken,
of course, in his impression that this
is the first appearance of Hampden here
in the role. He gave several perform
ances last season. Mr.. McCann is also
in error when he refers to the actor as
"a comedian" Certainly his splendid
performance in "The Servant in the
House" should not be so soon forgotten.
AS a matter of fact, the theatrical
public gets just about what it wants.
Our wonder IS not that there is so lit
tie Shakespeare on our stage, but
rather that there is so much Within
a space of three weeks, for instance
New York will have seen three Ham
lets-Hampden Mantel and Leiber
This seems to US to argue a lively in
terest on the part of the public and
ready response by the managers
In an editorial "The Globe" speaks
of the ''proverbial conception of
Shakespeare as a box-office disaster. -
This is not correct. Anybody who be-
lieves it would do we'll to ascertain the
last income tax paid by Mr.. Robert
Mantell.
we do not thlnk that the theatrical
managers Of New York are intellectual
giants, but on the whole it is not their
fault that few good plays are pro
duced. The trouble is that few good
plays are written. 1t is probably true
that some pretty good plays arc lying
about in upper left-hand drawers, but
we doubt if any great ones are there.
A masterpiece is usually aggressive.
1t shrieks, Come and find me- and
sooner or later somebody will.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
-ZDozo q Qo~es
III Z(oczzexs -ZZrsz-".
A56E @To|O
75SE %~ovo

Fisher, of "Be Calm Camilla"; Jane
Cowl, of "Thc Crowded Hour; Miss
Dorothy Cumming, of "Tiger! Tiger!';
Sidney Drew, in Keep Her Smiling";
Charles Coburn, in "The Better OLE;
Irene Bordoni, of "Slecping Part
ners"; Augustin Duncan, in "The Be
trothal," and Florence Reed of "Roads
of DestinY."
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

Sometimes we long for courage A
few paragraphs above this we have
outlined a list of the performances Of
;he season which we thought most
notable. On the whole, it represents
our honest judgment, but in one in
stance we feared to be frank. We
thought of including William and Cor
don Dooley, of the Century Midnight
Whirl, and then lost our nerve. It
was really objectionable, because in
our heart of hearts we know that we
would rather see the Dooleys do their
apache dance than have season pass
for "Hamlet."
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

The public has covered itself with
glory as we'll as the actors. No play
of first rate merit has failed. Several
concerning which the critics were in
clined to take the attitude. "This is
decidedly ingenious and clever, but
probably beyond the intelligence of
the average theatregoer," have proved
substantial successes. We cite "Tea
for Three" Again, on several occa-
sions, when there has been tendency
to look down on Mr.. Average Man and
predict that he would eagerly en-
brace certain offerings because of their
arrant sentimentality, he has resolute-
y stayed away in droves. "Home
Again." for instance has not proved
second "'Way Down East"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

The present season has not been
Milford chronicle., 1918-10-11
GREENWOOD.

Tomatoes are still coming INTO tOWn
and bringing from 60 to 80 cents per
basket. The Snider Company is still
running and they can make up toma-
toes, no matter how small they may
be, just so they are good and ripe.
Alleta Butler is improving slowly
from an attack of influenza.
Samuel Murphy, son of Robert
Murphy. died in Wilmington nd the
body was brought to Harrington on
Monday and inferred at Hollywood
Cemetery.
Brooks Dawson is just recovering
from pneumonia.
Our town is in need OF good doc
tor, as we have none at all now.
H. B. Horney was home from viii
mington over the week end to visit
his family.
Blanche Hasting of Cambridge, Nd.
formerly of this place, died at her
home in Cambridge on Saturday. She
was brought here on Tuesday and
buried in St. Johnston Cemetery
She was II years and months OF
age.
Mrs. Wiley. widow OF Richard Will
ley, is very i'll and her recovery is
doubtful.
C. B. Porter and family have re-
turned from a trip OF two weeks III
their auto to New Haven, Conn. They
report a very pleasant time.
Miss Florence Andrew, who is home
from Dover school, is sick at her
home.
Chester Cox of Orrville, Ohio, for
merly of this place, is here for shor;
time visiting his many friends.
Hammond Warrington, who recent
w was very sick, has recovered sutti-
ciently so that he might go to Green's
borough, Nd, where he will be und-
er the care of DR.. Goldsburg, as we
have no physicion here.
On hearing last week of the illness
of DR.. F. r Palmer, the people OF
this town were very anxious. but We
hear that he is slowly improving at
this time.
R. Lee Coulter, Jr., has moved his
family into their new home.
Harry Mcpherson, who is in France
and was wounded about two months
ago, is slowly recovering.
Our churches, schools, pool rooms
and places OF amusement are all clos
ed until the epidemic OF influenza gets
under control,
Louise Ratledge and Sadie Hollis
have returned home after spending
about three months in the POcomo
mountains.
George W Hanks, one of our butch
ers. was taken III on Monday night.
The store window of J F. Porter
presents a very attractive appearance,
being decorated with fruits of vari-
Gus kinds donated to the Red Cross
by local people, for use in war work.
Mrs. Walton Jones Of Bridgeville
visited her mother, Mrs. Anna Lyons
here last Sunday.
Milford chronicle., 1918-10-11
WILL RAISE MORE MONEY
This District Promises to Take Bigger
Share of Fourth Loan-How
Plans Are Made.

The Philadelphia district is planning
to raise S5OO,O00.0OO in the Fourth
Liberty Loan. which is double the
quota of the third loan. The city's
share of the district quota will be
S25O,OOOOOO, figured on this basis, or
as much as the whole district aimed
at in the last loan.
In round figures, this total will give
Eastern PENNSYLVANIA, outside Of
Philadelphia, a quota of S20O.0OO.0Oo;
New Jersey. South Of Trenton, $50
100000, and the entire state of Della
ware, S15OOO.0O0 These four sec
tions compose the Third Federal Re
serve District. The quotas are based
on the bank resources of each sec
tion, just as that of the whole district
is based on its banking resources.
The doubling Of the amounts TO be
raised means doubling the RESPONSE
bility of each individual, the Liberty
Loan officials point out This in turn
means doubling the efforts of the
workers and is an intensificatiOn Of
the campaign in every respect. With
each successive loan the organization
Of the central committee in Philadel-
phia, of the county committees, Of the
town committees. and of the smaller
subdivisions has been made more COM
plete The whole has been welded in
to a powerful selling Organization'
probably the most powerful agency Of
its kind in thp world
J. H. Burton, special agent Of the
Treasury Department, who has been
travelling through the entire country in
interest of the honor roll and honor
flag system. says that this district has
the most perfectly organized commit
tee Of the twelve districts
II have been in every large city OF
the country working with the Liberty
Loan committees. I have had chance
to observe them in a way that no
one else has" he said. 81 can say
from this knowledge that the district
with its center in Philadelphia sur
passes all of them in its organization
for the Liberty Loan drives"
Milford chronicle., 1918-10-11
HARRINGToN

Mrs. Margaret Simpson is visiting
Wilmington as the guest OF Mr.. ana
Mrs. Frank Hanson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Minner re-
Gently gave dinner at which many
guests were entertained.
Mrs. r. Henry Stafford has accept
ed a position as teacher at Chilton's.
Mrs. Rachel Ross and daughter
Hazelle, were recent guests of Mr.
and Mrs. R. Wesley Ross.
Mrs. Otis Stafford has been enter
tanned by Mrs. Alfred Hopkins.
Mrs. William S. Smith and Mrs.
George Ross visited Mrs. James Jes-
ter and Mrs. W. A. Berry of FELTON,
last week.
The pupils of Prospect School on
the honor roll for the month ending
october 4th are as follows: Marian
HOPKINS. Ruth and Florence Collision,
Hazelle Ross, Angie Graham and Paul
Ward. Eleven are on the department
roll. Angie Graham, Marian Hop
kins and Joseph Ward excelled in
tests and Marian Hopkins and Hazelle
Ross in Bible tests. All the pupils
are taking the greatest interest in
their studies and expressed disap-
pOlnLmenL al tle CiOsiH5 VI thS 9SiiOOA
this week.
Many of our citizens are on the
sick list with grippe and Spanish in
fluenza. Several cases of scarlet
fever have been reported. All the
schools and churches have been clos
ed and the utmost caution is used to
prevent the spread of the disease.
In loving remembrance of our dear
mother, Rebecca L. Harrington, who
departed this life October 9Th, 1902.
Gone but not forgotten.
HER CHILDREN.
Milford chronicle., 1918-10-11
OCTOBER

Leave FnIIhubIpHIH-
Returning steamer will leave Philadelphia. from
Pier 1O North Wharves. Race Street, as follows:
Friday, Oct A. II pm. Tuesd'y Oct p pm
Tues. g. pm. Friday, :. 20 pm
Friday, Ill pm. Tues. y pm
Tues Is, SPIN. Friday. Nov. l. 10 PM
Friday, l8 10 pm.
Boat stops at the Consumers Ice Co.'S Wharf.
Chester, going and coming arriving at Chester
u hours after leaving Philadelphia
Telephone No. Keystone Main S7-27 on Wharf
in Philadelphia.
Single Tickets to PHILADELPHIA SlOO
No Round Trip Tickets
Frederica & Phila. Nav. Co.
Ofice-FREDERICA. DEL.
Milford chronicle., 1918-10-11

Advertise IN the Chronicle.
Evening journal., 1918-04-10
PAT O'BRIEN TO TELL
OF HIS WAR THRILLS

"pst" O'Brien Is coming, He'll be az
The Playhouse. Tuesday evenins April
&c, SIS o'clock.
Wilmington is indebted 90 The Wom-
ems Liberty Loan Committee for one
OF the greatest war heroes who has
yet been Invited 90 This town 20 talk
about experiences. Experience The
word Is too tame FOR smiling Pat,
who was captured by the Germans and
escaped through Holland into England,
and then had to be allowed two days
full time and overtime 90 write ont
what he saw that was OF exceeding
great value 20 the English army.
There isn't a trick In airpianing he
doesn't know and hasn't tried tie has
fallen 1000 feet. and jumped on an ex-
press train and donl on kinds " thrill
ms ihines. that he tells about In the
most thrilling way.
pat IS an American aviator who
llew with the British Royal Flyns
Corps, and he is going 20 tell the story
the nlFht he is here. Tie will tell about
the 500 feet fan in his plane. too. anc
he will have the audience wild with
enihusiasm over his outwitting OF the
Huns
Anybody who wants the time OF thelr
lives oau have % by going TO The Play
house 10 hear Pat" OBrleu tell about
( the war. During the last Liberty Loar
campaign Emrey was here and be ssi
/ the people wild with enthusiasm. bul
ths, won't be a Circumstance 20 Pat
} O'Brien.