New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09
Or the Altar OF Ma71r,2011

One day last week we had the pleas
ure of dining at the Englewood Coun-
try Club with the wickedest man in the
world. Of course, we mean the World
Film Company; otherwise Bill Hohen-
zollern would have the honors, and we
never have dined with him. We hope
never to.
The man who was our host was War
ner GLAND, and he isn't wicked at all,
much to our surprise. He likes all
sorts of nice, innocuous things like
golf, dancing and painting and some
things which are nice but not so in
nocuous, like broiled lobster and mo-
toring.
There is Mrs. GLAND too, diminu-
tive person who paints big, wonderful
pictures-snatches of forest at dusk
where you can hear the wind whisper
and smell the pines, and bits of emer-
aid hills outlined against turquoise
skies. There are portraits, too, and al
| though Mrs. GLAND does a picture
mostly in one sitting they are remark
able likenesses. AS you enter the
studio you find yourself face to face
with Mrs. Vernon Castle, Mrs. Foote,
Irene's mamma; Milton Stills, and any
number of others, all looking as though
they had been especially invited to be
present and take tea with you.
But this story was to be about Mr..
GLAND and not about Mrs. GLAND, al
though we are enough of a feminist
to believe that Mr.. GLAND might not
have been just as he is If Mrs. GLAND
, had not been just as she is
The first time we saw Mr.. GLAND on
the screen was as Baron Huroki in
"Patria." We hated him, for he was
the willy japanese who frustrated Mrs.
Castle whenever she wished to do any
thing patriotic or interesting. If it
hadn't been for him, she and Milton
Stills could have been married in the
first instalment The funny part of
it is that we thought that Mr.. GLAND
was Japanese, although we had seen
him so many times on the stage and
he doesn't look at all Japanese. He
comes of Viking and Russian stock and
was born in Sweden. He came to the
United States before college days set
in and finished his education at Will
liams College, where later he occupied
the chair of drama for three years.
, Mr.. GLAND has idealsi For instance
: he is called "The father of the little
theatre movement in America" and he
is the pioneer of the intimate theatre
All of his work In this direction was
done at his own expense. He was con-
tent to slave in stock to earn money
necessary to stage dramas of rea
merit AS soon as his money was gone
GLAND went cheerfully back to the grint
of popular productions until he had
saved enough for another venture in
fine art.
: We didn't understand everything Mr.
GLAND talked about, for he Is the high
est authority in the country on Scan
dinavian, German and Russian drama
But when he told US about doing parts
which you hated for long time so tina
y you might, for a short time, play part
which you loved we knew just how h.
> felt.
1t was like writing society notes To-
, ten months In the year so you coult
: afford to 60 to Bermuda or Palm Beach
l and be written about for the other tw'
months.
A year before Richard Mansfield pro
duced "Peer Gynt" Mr.. GLAND lease
. Berkeley Lyceum and put on a numbe
Of scenes from that play. Then afte
, an engagement in Broadway success
Q he produced Ibsen's "Love Comedy.
Q Then followed long road engagement
and when he had secured the necessar
funds he came back to New York an
put on Strindberg's "The Father" max
Q ing worlds record of thirty sever
Lconsssutiye performances of the play