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New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
MartelPs Repertoire
For This Week

"Othello," Hamlet" and "Romeo and
Juliet" are three plays cf Robert Man
tells repertoire to be presented the
coming week that have not yet been
staged during the course of his current
engagement at the Forty fourth Street
Theatre. "Othello" will be staged
Monday and Thanksgiving evenings;
Hamlet" Tuesday evening and Satur-
day afternoon, and Romeo and
Juliet" Wednesday afternoon. The
Thanksgiving matinee will be "The
Merchant Of Venice" and the romantic
comedy will be repeated Saturday
night. The other plays of the week are
King Lear" Wednesday evening, and
Macbeth" Friday evening.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
Benefit for Hospital
at Hudson Tonight

A big benefit to be given at the Hud-
son Theatre tonight for the aid Of the
New York Infirmary for Women ana
Children is being arranged by ssm
Bernard, of "Friendly Enemies"
The benefit performance is part Oh
the drive to secure 100000 in ten days
for the New York Infirmary. Al Joi-
son, Nora Bayes, Ed. Wynn, Sam Der
nard, Louis Mann, Belle Baker ano
Andy Rice will appear.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
Heart of Wetona" at
fourteenth Street Theatre

1t has been several years since New
York has had a stock company on Man
haitian Island, and the success with
which Emma Bunting opened her first
weeks engagement at the Fourteenth
Street Theatre last week indicates that
there is a large and appreciative audi,
ence for the plays which are to be pro-
duced here at popular prices. The sec
ond bill is "The Heart Of Wotona.'
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
By Haywood Broun

"The Betrotha' is not as good
play as "The Bluebird." but it seemed
to US a much more beautiful produc
tion. The stage pictures revealed at
the Shubert Theatre are among the
most thrilling which New York has
seen, and they are neither cumbersome
nor heavy. Better yet, in spite of the
marvels which they provide for the
eye, i cannot be said that they ever
turn attention away from the story to
its detriment AS matter of fact, the
scenes possess not only beauty, but
harmony.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
The One-Week Houses

STANDARD - "She Walked in Her
Sleep" Mark Swans farce, is this
weeks Offering.
SHUBERT- RIVIERA - Blanche Bates
and Holbrook Binn will play their
farewell engagement in "Getting To-
gether."
BRONX OPERA HOUSE-"W "Whcre Pop
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
goth Century Maids
at the Columbia

The Twentieth Century Maids will
furnish the entertainment at the
Columbia Theatre tomorrow after
noon. new burlesque called "All for
Fun" will be given with Jim Barton
heading the long cast that embraces
the names of number of bnrlesque's
| most popular players.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24

pies Bloom" comes here direct from
its run at the Republic Theatre.
LOEWS SEVENTH AVENUE-Mr and
Mrs. Sidney Drew will appear in their
spoken play, keep Her Smiling"
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
A Story for Which
There Is No Head

first showed the full measure of her
ability. And now in spite Of the fact
that she has had very limited expert
ence in stock or other routine train
ing, she is among the very best of cur
native actresses.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24

Although the philosophy of the new
Maeterlinck play is interesting, it is
not always clear, and sometimes, even
ception of past, present and future as
in reality coexisten4 with the present
as a mere sort Of Spotlight area is ac-
cepta5le enough We have dim rec
election that Spinoza developed sons
such thought Our only objection to
4he Maeterlinckian exposition in "The
Betrothal" is that he snoots at destiny
while proclaiming a theory of existence
which seems to US to embody an abso-
lnte hard determinism
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24

that she has had very limited expert
ence in stock or other routine train
ing, she is among the very best of cur
native actresses.
In the amusement columns we notice
the advertisement, "James Whitcomb
Riley's Home Again." This seems
hardly fair to Robert Mclaughlin, who
wrote the play, or to James Whitcomb
Riley, who didn't.
A second visit to "The Better ole"
confirms the first impression that the
play has a genuine quality of con
secutive humor which depends on
something more than stringing gag
together. We think it is largely due to
the remarkably we'll sustained per-
formance Of Charles Coburn. This
was good performance on the open
ing night, but it has grown visibly and
settled into entire ease. The play
seems to go even better at the Cort
than it did at the Greenwich Village
Theatre. There seems to be moro
space now for the laughter to rever
berate.
Few persons on the English stag,
speak more beautifully than Miss
Edith Wynne Matthison, and yet few
become more tiresome in long roles
Miss Matthison's voice, in spite of it,
rare quality, is not a flexible voice
The part of Light in "The Betrothal
is happily handled by Miss Matthison
1t is just long enough. One is i'm
pressed by the enchantment of tn
voice and the end comes before dis
illusion sets in.
Miss Frances Starr is another act
ress who seems to US to weaken de
cidedly in long performances. She
always effective in her early scene
because she does some things wei
But they are, after all, a restricte
number of things, and we have yet t
see Miss Starr in any play where he
most effective work was not done i
the early part of the evening.
To our mind there is actually sue
a thing as sprinting and long distanc
ability in acting. Obviously, there ar
players who can step on and do a b
IN such manner as to convince tn
audience that the entire art of actin
is at their command, only to prov
lamentable failures in longer part
On the other hand, there are player
who need time to sketch characte
for you. ! am not at all sure tha
David Warfield's music master woul
seem a remarkable characterization
carried through a single scene. TIL
part is built up very gradually by Nj
Warfield. 1t is part which
, founded on a wealth of detail and a
that cannot be brought out in fe
. moments. The same thing is true
Frank Bacons "Lightnin'." Mr.. Baco
. does not leap across the footlights
i. his audience the moment he comes Q
2 the stage. He is satisfied to insinua
the personality of the old romance
into their hearts phase by phase.
u After all, there is no necessity I
I hasten the acquaintanceship. 1t
+ enough that when the audience leav,
o they carry with them portrait whit
II is complete in every detail. A gre,
c deal of the bad acting which is see
q from time to time might be mue
i better if the players were not
y anxious to gain their effects so fas
h We said in a review last week tn,
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24

Among the younger players whom
we would commend to the theatregoers
of New York is Rex MacDougall. In
small part in "Someonc in the House"
and again in a comparatively brief role
in "Be Calm Camilla" he has displayed
marked ability to make the silly ass
role not only amusing but sym
pathetic
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
Brooklyn

MAJESTIC THEATRE-"Leave 1t to
Jane" is the Thanksgiving week bill.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24

In the amusement columns we notice
the advertisement, James Whitcomh
Riley's Home Again." This seems
hardly fair to Robert Mclaughlin, who
wrote the play, or to James Whitcomb
Riley, who didn't.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24

Among puzzling stage illusions we
would list the manner in which Au-
gustin Duncan was able to suggest
great bulk in the scene laid in the
abode Of the ancestors. We know that
Mr. Duncan is not very big man, but
with aid of a slightly raised platform
and few furs he seemed to tower like
Jess Willard and loom like Mr.. Taft.
We are not at all sure that he didn't
grow three or four inches during the
course of the act. AT any rate his per-
formance contributed very largely to
the success of a scene which, more than
any other in "The Betrothal," had real
dramatic fire. In fact, here at least,
Maeterlinck went beyond "The Blue
bird" Although not every scene in the
new play has the same inspirational
quality, it seems to us that the play
never drops below a level of high in
terest. There were one or two heetng
moments, however, when we wished
that the kissing might be curtailed
Moreover, We regretted the seemingly
oversentimentalized condition of the
unborn generations. 1t makes US fear
that Daddy Longlegs' may become a
classic.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24

formance in "Remnant.' We think
hers. 1t seems to us that she has been
conspicuously miscast. After all, how
could anybody expect the immortal
Aggie Lynch to be an ingenue?
Among the strikingly successful per-
formances now to be seen in Now
York is that of Miss Irene Bordoni in
"Sleeping Partners.' 1t is a farce
creation which is sustained to an ex-
ceptional extent. Less able, but still
distinguished is the work of II. B.
Warner in the same play. Mr.. War
ner has no difficulty whatever in dis
modern audiences will not accept the
convention of the soliloquy. Among
the best things in the play is a long
scene in which Warner holds the stage
alone. The scene is we'll fortified by
business, but that is an aid which may
be applied to any soliloquy. Perhaps
it is not the sohloquy itself to which
audiences object. but the traditional
method of delivery. 1t is not CON
vention to be lightly abandoned. After
all the soliloquy is one of the few
devices by means Of which play
wright can open the head of charac
ter and say, Look, this is what he is
thinking about"
"Sloeping Partners" by the way, is
decidedly amusing. frivolous farce.
1t would be a wellnigh perfect example
Of the boulevard school but for a dis
tinct slackening OF pace and invention
in the last act
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24

We did not like the war plays very
much bette< than anybody else, but we
are beginning to regret their departure
for we observe that they are to be re-
placed by "sweet plays" Almost with
out exception these will be about or
phans. In the last two weeks we have
seen no less that four orphan plays.
If this keeps up our slogan is going
to be Bring back the barrage"
The case of Jane Cowl does not
serve to hold up the charges against
the star system. Miss Cowl was star
long before she was good actress, to
be sure, but nevertheless she went OF
learning. Seemingly it can be done
at the top as we'll as the bottom. Anc
so after she had been billed as a stal
for several seasons Miss Cowl actually
became one. According TO our esti
mate, "Lilac Time" was the play which
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
DIRECTORS ARE NEEDED
'. NJ. c. \. Soon to Start Big Cam paign to Secure Athletic Teachers for Services With Boys in Franco.

The winning of this war is as much in the hands of athletic and physical directors as it is in any other single group of men, according to Dr. Luther H. Gulick, head of the re- cruitlng committee of the National War Work Council of the Y. M. c. A. Several weeks ago the Y. M c. A. announced with considerable pride that men like Dave Fultz, Frank Qin- by, Jack Magee of Bowdoin, Sparrow Robertson, and others had volun- teered for service overseas as ath- letic directors.
 More than hundred others have been sent to France, but the need is constant and pr. Gulick issued an appeal to the country last week to get behind great recruiting cam paign to obtain the required quota
 It Is understood that the Y. M. c. A. department physical directors, the men who have supervised and direct ed the associations physical educa- ton program throughout the United States, will be detached for recruit ing duty, the most important service they can render at the present time In addition to men for the American EXpeditionary Forces, Dr. Gulick an- nounces a fact which few in this country have knOWn-that the Amer ican system of athletics is being in troduced into the French armies at the request of the president and pre- mier of the French republic. and the commanding generals of her armies. Thirty men are needed for this work alone, and they are needed right away.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
SSo,oo0 FOR RED CROSS
All Records Arc Broken at Lake Shore Golf Club-Star Players Participate in Benefit Match

Chicago, June 1O.-All records for Red Cross funds raised at golf matches were broken here yesterday when $30,000 was collected at the Lake Shore Country club during a match in which Chick Evans, national cham pion, and James Barnes, Western open champion, competed against Jack Hutchison and Robert Mcdonald. The match ended all square. Hutchison equalled the course record of 69, set by himself, while Evans by virture of two 6s took 72. He scored two 2s for a record 34 on the second nine Me Donald took "A strokes and Barnes, who was unfamiliar with the course, required 76.
 With Julius Rosenwald as auc- tioneer, the game was stopped at the second tee while the four balls used to play the hole were purchased by the Lake Shore club for $11,000, a record high figure for golf balls at a price of $33,000 a dozen. At the second green a more elaborate auc- ton took place. Members of the club ran up the price of the four balls, sold individually, until the four together brought 5000. Similar auctions took place from tee to tee.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
CRACK ANNEX TEAM
 DOWNS ATHLETICS
I. Blanchard & Co. Play Rings
 Around Manchester Team

The fast travelling Annex baseball team added to it's laurels yesterday afternoon in Manchester, when the crack Athletics of that place were forced to bite the dust of defeat to the tune of a : to ? score In all de- partments of the game, the locals were superior to their Silk Town Op- pOnents, and backed up by brilliant support, Tommy Blanchard moved down the reputed heavy sluggers of the Athletics Blanchard allowed but two hits, Sepples and Crockett being the only members of the losing aggre- gation who were able to fathom his offerings for safe bingles.
 Blanchard was also a demon with the willow, pounding out a brace of three baggers. ''Nom" Begley, the sturdy keystone guardian of the An nex had a great day in the field, ac- cepting 14 fielding chances without an error besides bi1fing the pill for two hits. Kilduff and Peterson con- nected with the Victor for two sack clouts, and Begley, Peterson and H.. Campbell purloined the sacks.
 The score:
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
SPENCER RIDES IN FORM
National Cycling Champion Defeats
 Championship Event at Newark.

Newark, N. J., June 1O.-Frank Kramer finished third in the quarter mile national championship race, the first of a series of twelve, which was run at the Velodrome, in Newark, yesterday afternoon, and which will decide the championship of America. Arthur Spencer, the youngster from Toronto, present bike champion, won the race. with Bob Spears second. Reggie McNamara followed Kramer over the line.
 In the grand semi-finals Spears de- feated Kramer and Spencer took the measure of McNamara. Spears and Spencer, winners of the grand semi finals, then raced to decide first and second place, with Spencer winning by inches, while Kramer decisively beat McNamara for third place. Will lie Spencer, who was looked upon to cut a figure in the championship competition, took a bad spill in his heat. He took a somersault over the handle bars and landed on his face, which was badly cut. Willie was able to get up and walk off the track, but was through riding for tie day. The spill was caused by Piercey running into Spencer.
 Francesca Verri won the quarter mile championship consolation, while Spears took the two-mile all-star in- vitation, beating Eddie Madden, Reg gie McNamara, Ali Brenda and Kramer. Jackie Clark won the two- thirds mile handicap and Menus Be- dell the miss and out invitation.
 In the amateur rank, Gus Lang took the one-mile open and Louis Hartman, the half-mile handicap.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
PIONEERS BEATEN
Winchester Arms Team, Headed By Swat McCabc Lowers Colors of locals in Hard Hitting Contest.
By Briggs

The heretofore unbeaten Pioneers tasted the pill of defeat yesterday afternoon at the Ellis street when the Winchester Arms team of New Haven, headed by swat" A1lcCabe ad- ministered a 10 to facing to Jim Luby's pets. The game was a free hitting contest, and both Lacy and Navarro were pounded hard at times. The Elm city team forced Lacey to re- tire in the third inning when with the bases congested, Anderson hit one over the left field fence for three sacks. He was held at the dizzy cor ner for a time by fast fielding by Steve Dudack Bennie Lynch who took Lacey's place on the mound pitched a fairly good game. Much in terest was manifested in McCabe's work, and the former idol of local fandom, showed that he still retains the art of hitting them where they count. Schroeder and Fallon led at the bat for the locals the former securing four hits including a home run. The score:
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
BENJAMIN BEATS VENTRES.

The cup of joy of F. Iven Kid Ben- jamin is filled to the overflow today as the result of a wrestling match Saturday evening in Plainville, when Al Ventres of Berlin, failed to throw the Kid twice in a half hour as he agreed, and he forfeited $15 as a re- suit. According to Benjamin, Nentres did not Din his shoulders to the mat during the entire thirty minutes of work. Nentres has challenged the 'kid' for return match on July 19, for a side bet of $1OO. the Berlin boy agreeing to flop Benjamin twice in an hour. In preliminary bout Saturday night, Young Mum, a pro- tege of Benjamin's. lost to Classy Cas- tilingo in 20 minutes. The victor is & yentres' protege.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
TIN SHOWER FOR TWO.

New Haven, June 10.-Manage1 Danny Murphy, of the New HaveI( club last night announced that Ind had released Pitcher Rogen EatoI and Catcher Bob Aurisey. Neithed player showed anything that demand- ed their retention although both were afforded thorough trials. Eaton for merly twirled for the Pawtucket club
 of the now defunct Colonial league
 and was later associated with tha Hudsons, a local semi professional
 club. Aurisey was picked up on 8 recent trip of the team to the Bay State.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
International League
BEN BRUSH DEAD.
Son of Famous Broomsticl> Passes
 Away at Lexington, Ky.

Louisville. Ky, June 10.-Ben Brush, famous race horse, sire of Broomstick Delhi, Sweep Trance, Lady Amelia, Pebbles and other widely known race horses is dead, at former Unitel States Senator J. N. Camden's Hayd- land stud. Lexington, Ky.
 Ben Brush, who was twenty-five years old, won such stakes as the Kentucky and Latona Derby, Subur- ban anl Brighton Handlcaps, and many others. His owners included the late Michael Dwyer, who bought him as a 2-year-od for ,$25,000, and James R. Keene, who sold him to MT. Camden for $19,O00.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
EASY FOR HARTFORD
New Britain High School Makes Sorry Showing Against Capital City Rivals Score Is only IT to 0.

The crack Hartford High school baseball added another scalp to their belt Saturday afternoon at Walnut Hill park when the alleged outfit rep resenting the local High school es- saved to lower the colors of the Capi- tol city nine. The score was 1T to 0, and clearly indicates the superiority of the visiting aggregation over the false alarms of the Franklin Square insti- tuition. Ramm, who essayed to tbaffle the visitors, met with dismal failure no less than IS bingIes being cracked out from his misft benders The Hardware city batsmen were pigmies before Hymans offerings and the wonder is that Coach Fox used his trump card against such a weak team The locals grabbed two hits both by Hannon Seven errors were piled up by the locals, but this did not in any way interfere with the superiority of the Hartford boys. The score by in nings:
 r. h. e. Hartford G420020-17 IS 1 New Britain .... 000O000OO- 0 ? z Batteries-Hyman and Matchton; Ramm and kehoc.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
CLEAN SWEEP AT TEN MS.

Rutherford, N. J., June 10.-The Rutherford Tennis club players made s clean sweep in the North Jersey league yesterday by defeating the Grove street club of Montcair in three matches. Herbert Gardner. Rutherford. defeated J. M Farlin, Grove street, 6-2-, 6-2; Clarence A.. Brown. Rutherford, defeated F. l.. Andrews, 9-7, 6-3; Carl Russell and Edward J. Chestney, IT., Rutherford, defeated R. B. Condit and K. J. O'Neill, g-6, 6-4. 6-4. -.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
POLLS TROUNCE MURLINS.

Hartford, June 1O-Pounding three pitchers to all corners of the lot, the Poli team of this city, easily defeat ed the Marlin Rockwell corporation nine of New Haven here yesterday afternoon by the lop-sided score of 21 to 8. Billy Kopf and Merwin Ja- cobson, major league holdouts, played Hn important factor in the victory Of the theatricals. Ed Walsh. former White Sox pitching marvel, played center field for the losers and hit the ball hard.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
YANKEES LOSE AND
 RELINQUISH LEAD
"Bone Play" by Hannah Gives
 Browns Victory in Twelfth

St. Louis, Mo-, June 10.-The Tan Fees carried their final game with the S1. Louis Browns up to twelve in nlngs yesterday afternoon, but could not make it five straight over Fielder Jones' pupils. A poor throw by liam nah in the twelfth with an easy third out in front of him let Gedeon slip over with the run which gave 'rc home team the verdict 10 l. The defeat cost the Tanks their hold on first place and they drop back to ceCCnd.
 It was a wild and exciting game that the two clubs Waged yesterday afternoon. The Browns, stung to desperation by a losing streak which had mounted to six straight games turned back the invaders time anG again when it Scenr:j certain that T[uggins' men woui1 forge to the front At the same .ime the Tanks, wildly e1ated over their occupancy of the top position in the pennant hunt, rladc home roOters GrOaN by turn ing back some equally promising ral- lies.
 The ninth inning was a crushcr fer the homo fans. Austin's double, Sisler's infcld hit. on which Baker
 
 tagged Austin. and d pass to Hen Gryx filled the corners with mono out. T he fans were on their way out. but had to come back. Pratt grabbed Demmitt's grounder and retired Aus in at the plate, after which Gedeon bounded to Mogridgc and into a CCublc play.
 It was on a somewhat similar play that Hannah miscued in the twelfth. The runner had been forced at the plate and Severeid was numbering along the base line when Trucks throw hit him on the head and bounded to the stand. The score: r. h. e. New York .. 1000Oo300OO-4 II 3 St. Louis -. OO1-5 12 Love, Mogridge and Hannah; Gal 1ia, Shocker and Hale
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
Athletics.
Annex ... ? 0 ? 0 0 0 0 2 | Athletics 0 0 Q c , c c Q O.

Two-base hits, Peterson, Kilduff, A. Blanchard; three base hits, T. Blan- chard ?, Crockett; hits, Annex 14, Athletics ?: stolen bases, Bebley, Pe- terson, H. Campbell; sacrifice hits, G. Campbell. Howe; bases on balls, off Blanchard 1, off Sepples 1 struck out, by Blanchard 3, by Sepples '; left on bases, Annex ', Athletics 1; first base on errors, Annex 8, Athletics g.; time, 1 hour, 50 minutes; umpire, Mccarthy.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
Winchester Arms.

IWO- Dd9E HII, -NIUETSOn, thTee- base hits, SchroedeI, Fallon, Ander- son; home run, Schroeder; sacrifice hit, Dudack; bases on balls, off Lynch I; strucout; by Lacey ?, by Lynch 6, by Navara 1; hit by pitcher (Navara) by Lacey; left on bases, Pioneers g. Winchester Arms 6; wild pitoh, Lacey; first base on errors, Pioneers 1 time, 1:52; umpire, Barber.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
EAIiSEN CALLED

New Haven, June 10-Henry Fal- sey, former captain of the Colonials, has received orders to report at the Aviation school, Cam bridge, Mass, on June 22. Falsey enlisted several months ago.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
Johnson Allows One Hit.

Detroit, June 10.-Walter Johnson Held Detroit to one hit and Washing ton won yesterdays game, to O.. The victory made it four out of five for the visitors of the series. Vit1 was the only local player to hit safe ly. The score:
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday,

St. Louis. 5; New York. 4 (12 in.) Boston, ?; Cleveland, 0. Washington, 2 Detroit, 0. Chicago, ,; Philadelphia, 1.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
EASTERN LEAGUE.
Results YeSterdaY.

Bridgeport, 2: Hartford, 1.
 Worcester, [: Waterbury, ,. Only two games scheduled.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-10
REDS WIN EXHIBITION,

Woonsocket, R. l., June 10.--The Cincinnati National league team de- feated Connollys stars here yester- day s to 2