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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-04

After giving a negro a glass OF Water.
Mrs. George T. Chitty. 1872 A street
was seized by the man who
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-12
PATRIOT FINANCIER
LIVES ON THE STAGE
How "Hamiltonian's" Ardor
Led to Her Collaboration
With George Arliss

The play of Hamilton" In which
George Arliss appears this s.oson as
Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of
the Treasury, is the Joint work of Mrs.
Mary =. IIamlin and Mr.. Arliss him
self. TO Mrs Hamlin is due the credit
for having originated the ideas OF writ
ing the play, but the dramatic fabric
was woven equally by Mr.. Arliss and
herself.
NIrs IIa,,1ir :, , d,ush,or -, ,
hapl,er of ranard,ior, -, Va,l. a,,d
a,Iuiratio, fn, hIayorJo, IIo,,,ii,,', ,,..,.,
a tradi,in,, aln,agt ,oii,t'',, i,' I,
family. A snIendid nortrait NJ ,ha
brilIion, statesman hung over tb, oro-
nlace in ber foriI, bnr,e ,,d a, ,ho
banging bousa ,n ,ybich sbo ,,.,s go
times taken sba grew ran,iIiar ,,,ith
onother nortroit Of Hamilton ,yricn
hung in Tho nriv,te ofncas no h,r
father and her fathers father Ilanilton
,en,hodiod III, nrincinIa. Of 0n,rrc n,1
frop, ,ber, tho f,,turc ,utto,. f,,,, io,rd
his storv
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-12
MRS. SIDDONS, STARS
GREAT-GRAND AUNT

shirley Kaye which will be shown
the second phctodrama produced by
Clara Kimball Young and her own COM
pany. Miss Noungs career Is q tale
Of opportunities grasped and ambitions
realized
At the tender age OF three Clara Kim
bail was the talk of Chicago, because Of
her lifting performance of Tara Ra-
Boom'De-Ay" then the song hit of
the country. Born of theatrical FAM
ily--her t-grandaunt was the immor-
tai Mrs Siddons OF the English stage
and her father is Edward Kmball, a
veteran performer-she came to the stage
naturally, and her rise In that field has
been continuous and rapid. After gaining
the invaluable experience OF working in
a stock company in Seattle. Miss Kimball
invaded New York wifi a bit in a
musical comedy.
Then came a vaudeville engagement.
followed by more stock" work in rhila-
delpha at the Chestnut Street Theatre.
where she came, to the attention of !.
Stuart BlaClton. lie recognized the
screen possibilities in the young actress.
and under his dire rto on she appeared 70
many pictures. swiftly attaining the tech
nique which has popularized her. From
this association It was a natural step
for Miss Young to organize her own
with which she is nov engaged
in making eight productions during tn"
current year, all to ho distributed by
Select Pictures.
The first. "Magda," is new being
shown TO enthusiastic audiences. In
SHIRLEY Kaye" her second release. Miss
Young creates a role different from most
Of her interpretations in the past The
scenario is taken from Hubert Foot
ner's play.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-12
ELSIE JANIS PLANS
TO PLAY FOR SOLDIERS

Elsie Janus, the young American.
artistic, whose chief contribution to the
| stage during a varied and brilliant
career has been a brilliant series Of I'm
pressions of favorite stage stars, has
other ambitions. Just at present Miss
Janis Is presenting her portraits IN
vaudeville and will be the headline fea-
ture Of the bill at p. T. Keith's Theatre
next week. As soon as she can obtain
the necessary passports and Transports
ton. however. Miss Janis will return to
F'rapce, where she will spend her time
In Offering entertainments for the wound.
ed soldiers in the hospitals and rest
camps.
When she returns to America she
hopes TO star in a new comedy along
dinerent lines from anything in which
she has yet appeared Miss Janis Is not
looking forward to being a Bernhard or
Marlowe, but admits she would like
sometimes to play breezy comedy as Ma
rie Tempest has done. A passionate
love or tragedy scene the vaudeville star
still regards with timidity.
Il have an awful sense of humor.
says Miss Janis. "You see, I never could
go down to deep. dark depths Of despair.
something always strikes me funny be-
rore l get quite down and the serious
situation is spoiled. People like me In
the parts l play. so why shouldn't go
ahead and give them what want? The
vaudeville managers have signed me up
Tor limitations and the producers want
me in musical comedy and revues. so
! might as well stick to my last. Light
farce without music would. ] believe.
also be consistent with what talents ]
may possess.
BY the way, you know I'm deeply In
terested in this war work and have been
recruiting and collecting money and all
that sort of thing. My new act Is going
to be warlike. too. and honestly think
that 1 have thought out real surprise
Tor my presentment OF my favorfts
stars"
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6oh Ga1c
! GHa7zaM;rs.

3HT'S desire 70 Ibid the fieeting
noment stay bears intimate re-
nahip with the most evanescent OF
Xrte---that Of the stage. The bust"
Qautier. "outlives the city: the coin.
1fiue." art alone cndures." is the
sn of his rhapsody. The verdict.
rer, is too general. Brief. indeed.
the most dazzling triumphs OF the
5re. "Not marble nor gilded monu-
preserve them. Booths Hamlet.
Ivst's Lear. Salvini's Samson. Mod
~ Lady Macbeth died with their
tors Memory. notorlously unre-
~ among mental attributes. cam
u udequateiy reconstruct the greatness
{(his figure. II is. none the less, and
mn All It's frailties. the sole preserva-
.I{4 instrument available. And that Is
WY theatrical "reminiscences. consclen-
@Iously II not infailibly set forth. are
ever to be welcomed
\ IAN essay I'm such "a form Is THE Life
Df Augustin DAILY" t'The Macmillan
company). by his brother. the late
J0seph Francis Daily. Vanished are the
victories of the finest comedy organiza-
tlon which ever graced the American
(heatre. For them the artistic stability
- the coin, the bust. the painting was
unattainable. Mr.. DAILY, how
sver, has done his best to revivify old
fecollections. His work affectionateiy
some Of the most noteworthy
Achievements of the native stage. II
has. moreover, potent contemporary
ptrtinence in the suggestive contrasts It
supplies between modern theatrical con-
ditions and those Of the brilliant DAILY
regime. ~
In the footlight world Augustin Dalys
position was unique. lie lived In, and
even survived, an era in which sheer
(Asteless commercialism was much less
prominent In the American theatre than
n 10 today. This is not to say that the
impresaro disregarded
business principles. He was, In fact.
ksenly alive to them. but with financial
Acunlen was combined an artistic en-
thusiasm, a profound knowledge Of the
drlma. superlative gifts in stage direc-
Hon and an unquenchable idealisin and
pride In his endeavors that now all too
H1ldom comprise managerial equip
ment
& Movements for the legitimate develop-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-12
THEATRICAL INDICATOR
FOR THE COMING WEEK
PLAY by Critic, Victor Herbert Operetta and Winter
Garden Extravaganza Are Novelties to Be n
Disclosed Here
NEW ATTRACTIONS

Of
theme Dale
the pron,
leading
such excellent Tforot Taget and Jerome Patrick
by the prolific Victor Herbert
Idea" vo,
Donald Brian for the first time in this
as
and JOSEF
CHESTNUT STREET Passing Show
Winter Garden
features
Franklin Burton Chick Ross
QUINN
Dilemma Bernard Shaws
Beuah
n the
be 1Lndey, William Whitney,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-12
Anniversary Week at Cross Keys

The fourth anniversary of Cross Keys
Theatre will be celebrated this week.
This playhouse was built by Messrs
Sablosky and McGuirlS. when even real
estate experts predicted that It would
be many years before the sections ad-
jacent to Sixtieth and Market streets,
where 1t is located. would become resi-
Dental. Messrs. Sablosky and Nc
Guirk. however. had faith in their own
Judgment. put up the house. booked ex-
cellent acts and set popular rates for
admission. The policy was a success
from the start. Furthermore, today the
section Is SO thiclxly inhabited that there
Is not lot left for building purposes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-12

rector. A cast of noteworthy excellence
was employed to illuminate the stirring
subject matter of the panorama of the
Civil War and the reconstruction period.
In the long list OF principals, the
Gish sisters. Lillian and Dorothy. have
important roles. The former character
Ices Elsie Stoneman, daughter OF the
Abolitionist congressional leader. sug-
gested by the dominating figure of the
Pennsylvania, Thaddeus Stevens. Miss
Gish figures in hundreds of scenes, from
those depicting the ante-bellum era to
those concluding the stormy recomstruc-
tion days, when she weds Bob Cameron,
the lktle Confederate colonel
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-12
vaudevillians in ''Passing Show"

vaudeville. as usual. was heavily
drafted upon for a substantial section
OF the extensive cast of well-known
players for the New York Winter Gar
dens annual revue. ''rhe Passing Show
or 1917" which starts its Philadelphia
engagement at the Chestnut Street Opera
House on Monday evening. Irene Frank
lin and Burton Green. Charles (Chic)
sale, Gladys Clark and Henry Bergman
John Dooley and Ivette Rusel, Miller
and Mack and William Singer are some
or the headliners from the tyyo-a-dsy
prominent In the proceedings Of the ~
travag anxa. "a Z " +
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-12
Ninth Fine Arts Concert

The ninth free Sunday afternoon con-
cert at the Academy of the Fine Arts
will be given tomorrow afternoon at 2
O'Clock. The performers will be the
choir of Second Presbyterian Church.
under Mr.. Norden, with Miss Mildred
Faas as soprano soloist. in a program
largely OF Russian church music. This
viii be the last concert till the close
OF the annual exhibition. Contributions
toward continuing the concerts shouIa
be sent TO Mrs. Herbert L. Clark, treas
urer. Bryn Mawr. Pa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-12

Iuin. Rena Nivienne, Myer Harris
Harry Peterson Earl Hall and GussIa
White.
COMING ATTRACTIONS
JANUARY Ell
BROAD--"Hamilton. with George Ar
liss.
ADELPHT-"A Successful Calamity.
with William Gillette.
KEITH'S-Sarah Bernhard. in selsc.
tions from noted plays OF her roper.
tory.
JANUARY eS-- IA
LYRIC-william Hodge, In "A Cure for
Curables."
KEITH'S-Gus Edwards's new revue.
FEBRUARY -
FORREST-"Toot, Toot :"
FEBRUARY IL
BROAD--'Love Forbidden"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-12

TNIIE temptation to quote liberal ex-
L tracts from fascinating volume is
very strong Mark Twain's account OF
his encounter with Days formidable
stage doornfan, owen Gormley, has veri-
simiitude as well as comic appeal
"Clemenstes," It may be mentioned.
should be already acquainted with It.,
since tho humOrist incorporated the
amusing narrative in one of his later
books.
There is also much correspondence be-
tween the creator OF Huckleberry Finn
and DAILY concerning projected and COM
pleted plays, and letters are quoted from
Bret Harte. william Dean Howells and
even Henry James on similar topics.
For Dickensians who may meet with
the biography there should be special
significance in this letter which DAILY.
who in 1871 was bravely considering
solving ''rhe Mystery OF Edwin brood"
in a melodrama, elected from Charles
Collins, the designer OF the cover for the
uncompeted serial story:
Brompton. May 4. 1871.
Dear sir--The late Mr.. Dickens communl-
scheme y Of Edwin brood" but il was at
q, very early stage in the deyelopment OF the
earlier portions OF the tale.
Edwin brood was never to reappear. he
Rosa. not having been really attached 10
Edwin; was not t9 lament a, his los loss very
Mr.. Mrs tartar. 70 supply his pisse' II W was Hi, IN:
tended that Jasper himself should urge on
the search after Edwin brood and the pur-
direct suspicion from himself. the real muir
derer. This is indicated in the design. on the
up the spiral staircase emblematlcal OF a pur-
suit. They are led on By Jasper, who un-
SPaSSS t tSe head of tss ,s The fe
male figure at the left OF the cover reading
illustrate the doubt entertained by Rosa
Budd as 70 the fate OF her lover. brood. The
group bsreath indicates the acceptance of
As 20 any other theory it must be purely
cIIARLEs ALLsToN COLLINS.
Was the Philadelphia Dickens Fell
lowship aware Of this information when
It exonerated Jasper at the admirably
staged trial In the Academy OF Music
In April. 1914: II so the verdict seems
to have been rank miscarriage OF
justice.
DCT this novelistic problem Is only
~ very incidental to book whose
prime concern Is the drama and espe-
ing which won recognition not only at
home, but in England. France and Ger
many. In large part the biography is a
history Of the native stage from the
early seventies to the late nineties OF
the last century. Assuredly 1t helps to
recall many ''fieeting moment" OF rare
delight inspired by art interpreting airy
subject matter with the finest and most
polished skill. As those DAILY evenings
OF intelligent pleasure (nany OF them
spent by Philadelphians In the Chestnut
Street Opera Housed cannot be regained.
reading about them Is the next best sub
1(1lree' " 2. Q.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-12
ANOTHER SYMPHONY
BY MAILER BILLED
Stokowski to Play sAustrian
Composers Fifth at Phila.
Orchestra Concerts

Philadelphia will be without opera
will be made by the return of the Phla-
delphia Orchestra for its regular series
of concerts in the Academy of Music.
The Friday afternoon and Saturday
night programs will present Thaddeus
Rich. the concertmaster of the organza-
ton. in the role OF soloist. The pro-
gram which Mr.. StokowslSi has prepared
is composed mainly OF novelties. The
symphony Is the fifth OF Mahler. 1t will
be followed by Chausson's Poems" for
violin and orchestra, played by Mr.. Rich,
while the concluding number will be
"The Damnation OF Faust" by Berlioz
The fifth symphony is sometimes
known rs "The Giant symphony and
like all the works Of Mailer, employs a
large orchestra.
Mr.. Richs offering is also new TO
Philadelphia. although he has played
II with the Orchestra on tour with great
success. The composer, Frenchman.
was Il pupil of Massenet and also of
Cesar Franck. His principal w.ik is
his symphony in Il fiat. which was per-
formed in this city in 1906 under the
direction of Vincent dIndy. The
Poems" is in one movement and Is Il
work OF great beauty.
The cancellation of Kreisler's contracts
this season made it necessary for the
management of the Morning Musicales
to engage an artist in his place. Jacques
Thibaud, the French violinist, has been
substituted for Mr.. kreisler and he will
have as assisting artist Nine. Gabrielle
Gllls,a French soprano. These excel
lent artists will furnish the program on
next Monday morning at the Bellevue
Stratford.
Nicholas Douty, tenor, will he heard
in a lecture recital, The Songs of the
Latin and the Slav," in Wltherspoon
Hall on Tuesday evening, January IS.
This lecture recital will be the third of
his series of five on "rhe Development
of the Song" These are some of the
composers whom Mr.. Douty will discuss
and whose songs he will sing at this
recital:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-12

ment of the stage, of course. exist to-
day. but, unfortunately. their sponsors
usually lack the comprehensive practical
resources and fin n1ncial assets of n man
like Augustin Daily. As for the tluto-
cratic managers, their besetting falling
~ of<en sheer ignorance. They simply
no not know good art from bad. Of
1orings worthy and unworthy may be
Suroduced during the same season under
ttueir banners. As rule, American
managers Of today, with certain excep-
tons, among whom may be mentioned
n AWtnthrop Ames. Margaret Angln, Will
Ham Faversham, David Belasco and
John ID. Williams. have no consistent
3 artistic policy based Oh actual knowl-
tdte OF. plays or acting
AN THE other hand, for aore than
4 ~ q generation it was the rare good
4fortune of the American stage 10 have
~ . dominant power producer who
vas at the same time a scholar and a
man OF discerning taste. Augustin Daly's
range Of acquaintance among the nota-
Pics OF his generation was wide and
Alrtrsihed. Tennyson wrote "rhe For
Xogters" for him. Statesmen, poets.
3Horelists, distinguished actors, eminent
VQDAlists. judges and generals Of the
@{419 were numbered among his friends.
# Ihe personnel of the little supper
<ty' given on the stage Of Daly's The
&<p TO celebrate the restoration OF the
3o{Froct hve-act version, induction" and
. ~. Of THE Tanning of the Shrew" 20
(h9 stage included General Sherman.
0encral Horace Porter, Horace Howard
<Qrness, Mark Twain, J.. Clarke Davis,
IAYrepce, Hutton, Ellhu Vedder ir ad-
43lon to the accomplished cast OF the
;<ovfved comedy.
f. fHe knew Barrie" is one of the late
1&Fles Frohmans distinctions. He
~ the best phases Of the artistic and
Ilc life Of his period may well be
own as one of Days distinctions.
9<ceptional position is rot paralleled
~ OF any theatrical manager today.
AICRALLf. the tone OF Joseph
1aly's biography Of his brother is
@1onntely eulogistic Shortcomings
uuemphasized. Significant accom-
0Ulents are fervently extolled. The
&>f1fytng' and emasculation OF Shake
~, 10 which Bernard Shaw 10 tartiy
Md In his. critical days. is never
od on. The gradual deterioration
III secession and death OF the fa-
efock company, the pressure during
1eties Of a really worthy and am
- rival like Charles Frohman, the
eel Appropriation OF "cyrano de
no'--these are matters ON which
IOnicIer dwells but lightly. The
~ frankly written not to bury
= 20 praise him and perpetuate
Nit II human and. In the main.
The sum Of Augustin Daiy's
- very formidable and ma
l&1<4 <4sx<.l lnIx ut<
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-12
BUSY ACTORS IN "THE
BIRTH OF A NATION"

Although the spectacular features of
ID. w. Gritiith's The Birth oC Nation"
which will be revealed in this city for
the first time at popular prices at the
Palace Theatre all next week. are re-
sponsible for that elaborate film dramas
success, the value of vivid histrunism
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" lnOu f1lllONg harvest flSIu
Rachmaninof
aMSlcdeclamatiOn. o Realm Of Delight
Joseph W. Clarke. pianist.
The Matinee Musical Club prize of
Sl00 offered in competition to Philadel-
phia composers only for the bestsfhree-
part cantata suitable for women's voices,
with incidental solo parts, has been
awarded to Miss Frances McCollin.
Frances Mctollln, born in Philadel-
phia October "a. 1892, studied piano,
organ and composition with the late
David Duffie Wood, the late William
Wallace Gilchrist and III. Alexander
Mathews. She is composer member
Of the Manuscript Music Society of Phil
adelphia, of which her father, Edward
G.. McColljn, was one Of the founders,
IN 1916 she was awarded first prize
by that society for her anthem for mixed
voices with organ accompaniment, 30
Sing Unto the Lord She is also a
composer member of the Philadelphia
Music Club, where she had the distinc-
ton of being invited to compose the
clubs musical motto" and on whose
annual program of music by Philadel-
phia composers she has had important
representation. She is an active mem-
ber of the Euyydice Chorus. Her prize
cantata is set to James Russell Lowell's
poem. "The Singing Leaves"
The week Of January 81 will be rich
in musical events. In addition to the
regular orchestral and operatic feature
Jascha Heifetz. the remarkable Russian
violinist, will be heard with the New
York Symphony Orchestra. under this
direction Of Walter Damrosch. in the
Academy on the afternoon of January
2S, and Florence Hinkle and Herbert
Witherspoon will give recital In With,
erspoon Hall on the night Of January "a.
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ORpHEUM-"After Office Hours" q
melodrama, in which the chief char
actefs are a business man, his wife
and daughter and pretty stenog'
rapher.
VALNUT-"rhe Man From Wicklow. II
with Fiske O'IIara, the Irish singing
comedian.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-11-07
SHARON VALLEY

Corp. Harry Clark of Camp Dev-
ems is spending a furlough at his
home here.
Miss Augustus Colligan of East
Canaan is back on duty again in the
Center school.
Mrs. Barbour of Newark, N. j.,
who has been spending the summer
with Mrs. Hattie Middlebrook, has
returned home. s.f
Mr.. William Mallory and son of
Danbury, have. been spending the
week in this place.
Miss Anna -Morehouse has re-
turned to Jersey City to resume her
duties at Christ Hospital.
Dorothy Clark of North East Gen.
ter spent few days with her sister,
Mrs. Ernest Potter.
Mr.. Arthur Mcneil is gaining ra-
pidly from his recent illness.
Mr.. Julius Helwig of Buffalo, was
the purchaser of the Byron place,
which was sold at auction last Tues
day. Price paid was $3.50.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-11-07
CANAAN VALLEY

A sad double burial took place in
the Valley Cemetery Saturday af-
ternoon, when Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Bailey, just over the line in the New
Marlboro, Mass, laid at rest two of
their sons, Benjamin, 80, and Edwin,
Is. Death was due to influenza.
Rev. Robert Fletcher of East Canaan
conducted the services. Messrs A. j.
Anderson, F. Shores, B. L. Frink and
F. H. Langdon were bearers. c. G.
Scovill of Norfolk had charge of the
burial
The Valley Sunday School was
opened Sunday.
Miss Jessie Donalds opened the
district school Monday. Miss Blanche
Frink returned to her school in No.
5, East Canaan, Monday.
Prof. . r. Stevens and Mrs. Stew
ems of Bridgeport and mother and
sister of East Canaan were guests
at F. H. Langdon's Thursday. T..
David Carlson of New York is
spending few days at his home in
this place.
Some gentlemen from Waterbury
and Thomaston spent Saturday hunt
ing with the Hart brothers.
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-11-07
NEWS from NEARBY F0WRS

Bauman's sister in Worthwhile, Conn.
About twenty young people gath
cred at the home of Miss Gladys Os-
born on Halloween to celebrate the
occasion and a general good time
was enjoyed by all. 1t was hard to
tell one from the other, robed in
their different costumes, until the
mask was removed and then every
one had everyone else's partner. The
costumes and decorations were very
appropriate, the house being dcorat-
ed with straw and corn stalks and il
Illuminated with candles and pump
kins. Refreshments consisted of
sweet cider, apples and sandwiches.
Miss Elsie Stephens, who had a
serious attack of influenza at Great
Darlington, Hospital, where she was
assisting in the care of other pa
tients, returned to Lakeville last
week and is now convalescing at her
boarding place, Mrs. F. L. Norton's.
There were preaching services
held in the Lakeville church on Sun
day last, but no Sunday school or
Epworth League. These services
will be added next Sunday.
The Lakeville High School will
open on Monday next if no further
cases of influenza develop.