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, come the talk OF the town In the
course OF this act Miss Englef1eld had
10 appear in the auditorium and in
terrupt the performance on the stage
by an alteration with an usher re-
garding her seat
Knowing that their majesties were
to be In the audience" says Miss
Englefield, 81 was little nervous as
to how the interruption would be re-
ceived. but the results exceeded my
widest apprehenslons. ! had hardly
entered the theatre and begun my
dialogue with the usher (of course
like myself a rehcarsed member of
the company when I saw at the cor
ners of the building a decided though
scarcely perCcptible movement among
the ladies and gentlemen. In waiting,
plain clothes officers and constables.
who are of course in constant attend
anCe whenever royalty is present, and
a moment later lady in waiting, mis-
taking me for a suffraGette, came up
and Selling me nervously by the arm,
endeavored to lead me out OF the
theatre. Tell me who you are and
what you want she impored in fren-
zied tones, and ] will do my utmost
TO help you, but please, please don't
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WEIRD BUT PLAUSIBLE.
Play PrOves-AImOst- Ger
many Plans Another world var.

EEoVeb-hIhpbt Scr-
many Plans Another world var.
Melodrama is a curious thing. II
It strikes folks in an emotional mood
they will believe anything the play
wright wants them to. The heart rules
the mind. hence the success OF malo-
drama.
In the melodramat!c Spy piece THE
Man Who Stayed at Home" there is
pointed out to those who see the play
the fact THAT the Kaiser not only
fixed the date OF the present war but
he already determined upon another
war in case this affair is not TO his
liking.
Scenes OF the play are laid in silly
old England and the motif deals with
the responsibility Of the British Gov
eminent for the transportation OF
American troops through England to
France. In the Admiralty office. where
movements OF ships were known, is
carl Sdnderson, a German posing as
an Englishman. Confidentially. to the
audience, he tells the story OF the
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make disturbance here, especially
on such an occasion as this
"Of course" continued Miss Engle.
field, "the position was extremely DIFF
ficult, as all the time this was going
on there was poor Bobbie Hale stand.
ing on the stage and waiting for me
to give him his cue TO proceed with
the act. Before had time to answer,
male attendants and plain clothes
officers had begun to close round me
and hustle me, out; indeed it looked
as though / must either break up the
entertainment or submit to some
rough handling. Queen Mary looked
around with an angry frown at the
interruption. but just as the position
was verging on the tragic the King
turned and seemed intuitively 10
realize the situation. lie whispered
smilingly to the Queen and said
word to a gentleman in waiting near
him who in turn came over and waved
Off my assailauts so that / could pro-
coed with my bit. But meanwhile
spent some three minutes wondering
whether l should be thrown in the
street as a suffragette or shot by A
plain clothes officer as dangerous
anarchist"
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in which they played. Mr.. Enrol had
no scruples about anything SO long as
they allowed him to play Romeo and
Richord the Third.
After his tour the humor Of It all
appealed to the youth and he wrote a
burlesque Of THE Spanish Tragedy"
which he introduced in q smoke con-
cert at Sydney. He played double
role, the Spirit OF Rcrenge and HE
ronin,o. the Mad Judge. 1t was neces-
sary. he explains, for Rcpcn0e to be
drunk in the burlesque and for the
Mad Judge to be very, very much
gone.
Il got my Idea Of comedy makeup
from a poster outside Sydney music
hall. 1t was of popular red nosed
comic actor OF the day. He wore a
tie rs red as his nose, big shoes and
haggy pants. / copied the costumes
and reeled and staggered in both
parts. A professional manager en-
gagged me for the comic in the play
he was to produce. but he said I
would have to make the drunken
scene more realistic"
Mr.. Enrol continued in the most con-
vincing fashion to explain that
hitherto he had had no personal
knowledge Of inebriates. The result
was tina. he stuck to the saloon doors
in Sydney as close as a long lost
brother and when chap came out
who was weak in the knees he would
follow him and initiate his walk.
His career from then on was not
always what 1t might be thought.
After one season as comedian he
went on the dramatic stage and was
cast as a juvenile and later sang tenor
roles in light opera. Infrequently he
had the chance to play drunkard on
the legitimate stage, but II was always
these serious fellows. and there's no
fun in that for Mr.. Enrol
When he first came to the States
he tried low comedy first, this at a
san Francisco beer garden.
When l tried to sing a few coster
songs and be sober l was showered
on the stage with popcorn and pea
nut shells. My accent was so thick
that the manager of the garden told
me I'd better not talk or sing In my
act. He let me keep up my dancing
and l put In some comedy TO fill out
my time"
Mr.. Enrol chung to pantomme for
seven years and played comics from
Seattle to San Diego. He came East
in the same sort of roles; was engaged
by Klaw & Erlanger and has been
on Broadway ever since.
Tragedy? Not II he knows anything
about 1t. Low comedy suits me per-
fectly. 1t may be that I take it as
seriously as tragedy. You have to be
dead serious in low comedy. Eou must
mean what you say and Go. You
don't have to be vulgar as a stage
inebriate. And there's no excuse for
your being obscene. You can amuse
audiences without being at all OBJ
jeo tionable."
Which last statement may be Of
interest to many comedians.
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not so with Jessica Brown. the dancer
whose gyrations amuse the nightly
crowds at the Midnight Frolic.
This is no brief, either for or
against Gus, but at the same time any
body who has yearning desires to get
ahead would have those aforesaid de-
sires killed, together with all ambition.
II Gus elected her from the ranks Of
the chorus. That is the last word and
everything. But Jessica Brown was
not cast down by action like this
Even when Gus said she wouldn't do
at all, that she might be a nice little
girl and all that. but she couldn't
dance. she determined she would show
him she was the Pavlowa of the Jazz"
field and she did.
She succeeded in getting a job in a
cabaret. which is apparently fertile
training ground for roof entertainers.
md was then plucked by Flo Ziegteld
for the entertainment on top the New
Amsterdam which Is nothing more nor
SIS than the Frolic. That is brief
career but nothing more could be OK
pected In view Of the fact that J. IS
Brown is but 20 years old or t....e-
abouts. 1t Is obviously Questionable
to be even bit more mature.
II may sound harsh TO remark that
Miss Brown is family reminiscent. OF
n scarecrow revivihed. but such is the
case. To some extent she is blend
Of the Fred Stone Violet Zell fashion
Of dancing, and yet again she is not
So there you are. She has, however, a
certain grace in her awkwardness and
a certain rhythm in her irregular
movements. In addition to which she
has pretty face with personality
showing forth from the grease paint.
And just to show Gus Edwards that
he isn't infallible. after all she is TAX
ing singing lessons and is going into
musical comedy. Which is interesting
but not necessarily fatal.
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in THE Peasant Girl" with Mr.. Craw-
ford four seasons ago and danced three
dances with him. She also had a bit
Of dramatic experience in the form Of
the line, We'll. here ! am"
Miss Pritchard's personality was so
impressive that the Shuberts engaged
her for the Winter Garden. where she
danced for a season, and then another
tour with Mr.. Crawford and the va
rieties took her away from Broadway
Her appearance in the Century Grove
Midnight Revue is a welcome novelty
and the impression left on the minds
OF Elliott, Comstock & Gest has been
so deep as to cause the entire trio to
think about giving her an important
role in the next Princess musical COM
edy.
To quote VIII Page, Miss Pritchard
is absolutely unmarried, she is the only
beautiful child of her doting parents
and her fond mother takes her home
every night rain or shine
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ALMOST SCARED THE QUEEN.
Violet EnRlefeId Raised n Row
Before Her Majesty.


Violet Englefield the English come
dienne in The Passing Show of 1915"
was prominent in her own country
early in the war as an entertainer Of
the British Tommies, and had several
unusual experiences when engaged in
work of this nature.
On one occasion Miss Englefield was
instrumental in frightening the Queen
Of England under unique clrcum-
stances. When the first batch of
wounded men from the battlefields of
Europe returned to England. King
George and Queen Mary decided to
give an entertainment in their honor.
and several of the most prominent
English artists were commanded to
come to Buckingham Palace for the
occasion. The royal stables were
turned into huge theatre and the
foremost British entertainment man.
ager, Sir Alfred Butt. had charge Of
the arrangements. At that time Miss
Englefield was appearing at the En-
pire Theatre in Follow the Crowd"
the English version OF stop, Look
and Listen" in. which she formed one
of a quartet Of stars with Joseph
Coyne. Ethel Levy and Robert Hale.
At the request Of their majesties 1t
was arranged that she should appear
with the latter artist. Mr. Hale. in
THE Watson Family"-a scene which
she had played with him at the AL
hambra Theatre. London. some two
years previously and which had be-
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until one sad day his practice coin fell
overheard. This dimmed his ambition
for little while.
However. he learned enough tricks
for trial performance, and he made
his initial public appearance on the
tiny stage Of the New Comedy Thea
tire. q playhouse OF shooting gallery
proportions which was situated just
off Broadway at Lincoln Square.
He was merely scheduled for a
magic turn, but q particularly active
tongue caused him to jokingly remark
as he was painting a coin: Here's
little palm learned in Palm Beach,"
Tho audience laughed. which en-
couraged T. Roy, and he called of
stage. CLOSE the door. Don't let that
joke get out" This brought another
laugh and he made up his mind that
he was more successful in telling jokes
than in performing mysterious tricks
He later drifted into zone night"
shows, where he continued as come
dian, until Bessie Crawford mrs
Barnes) insisted they we're wasting
time and should try vaudeville. His
first successful skit. THE Fakir and
the Lady" was the result.
Since then he has continued In
vaudeville with the exception Of sew
eral legitimate engagements.
Beth Lydy had ten orphan girls
from different institutions in this city
as her guests at matinee Of THE
Rainbow Girl this week. 1t was the
flfst Of a series Of similar parties Miss
Iw,y will give at matlnees Of the show
during its stay at the Gaiety. The
young prima donna Of The Rainbow
Girl" called on Abe Erlanger last week
and asked him II she might give 4the
party, telling the producer she would
pay for the seats.
Mr.. Erlanger said the thing was all
very fine. but there. was one part to
which he objected. That was Miss
Lydy buying the seats. He told her he
would furnish the seats and she might
furnish the girls. So everything was a
success, so much so that Miss Lydy Is
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A BLOODY COLONIAL.
but Not After That Little ,nnir
at Wipers.

Once in a while there comes a now
city on broadway. Sometimes it IS A
person who has no desire To tdlk
about commercialsm sometime II IS
a chorus SRI who admits she doesn't
go home on the toob; sometimes (. Is
something else again, like Lieut. G.,z
Rice. Gitz Rice combines four III ngs
In one. for he is an actor. so Klhuu-n
Gordon says. a composer, soldier and
singer, this last also on the oath Z
Mr.. Gordon. His stage appearun.o 4
Getting Together" is his first
Before the war he was in the rNo-
Geographic business with his family A
Montreal. He was a member us n
amateur theatrical and musical o.
ganization with sixty members WHO
were wont to hold an annual show
and dinner. In 1914 the dinner i'll
on the night of the day war was d.
clared. The next day ffty-nine Of 20
sixty had enlisted. among them G.z
Rice. They belonged to the first ca-
madam contingent.
He was a private. of course. md
was sent to England for training.
There he first started writing what a
describes as "dittics" Thcso satin
lied the long hikes through The md
and wet. the daily fare Of al'v
beef and other incidents of IL, 'rt.r-
ing camp. After several mouth.
was serr to France. and II feN {, ls
lot to act as first aid TO a larlc nI0,-
Der OF seasick horses on the 'ro
across the Channel. He retains wa
recollections OF that passage.
He served with the first Canadian
contingent In France, won has RE
mission In the field. and saw thrre
years OF hard fighting. Between hat
ties he found time to go on with le
songs, and it was in France he vll.e
keep Your Head Down. Frtl.o Bow
we stopped Them on the Mn"r''
and Il Want to Go Home" All Z
which are known To New York
through Getting Together"
In the first battle Of Npres rc MS
with battery Of four guns. tu, x
which with a majority of the crows
were lost by direct hits. one s5'N
exploded within two rods Of I!E,o q.
he escaped injury. Later ar W.
gassed and invaded home. Thrr p"
was detailed to duty with tho I}..'-'
and Canadian Recruiting M--.ul. .'i
when Getting Together" was i-'.
duced was detailed bv the m.ss.r 20
appear, play himself. and su- ~
trench songs In that stirring VA .''
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born in New York, bred on Washing
ton Heights and educated by the fac
ulty Of the Wadleigh High School and
the late Vernon Castle.
When she had arrived at the mature
age Of IS she thought it time to begin
to capitalize her ability and thus
listed her name with vaudeville agents
for a turn in the varieties. Months of
waiting resulted in her being called to
dance in a small cabaret just off
Broadway. She spent all OF her saw
ings, and $500 Is lot of money for a
poor but honest girl, and started.
Luck. that thing that causes so
much trouble, happened in on the
opening night at the cabaret in the
person Of Clifton Crawford. comedian
and holder Of the copyright for "Gunga
Din" MIR. Crawford, with that eye for
feminine beauty for which he is in
ternationally noted, liked Miss Pritch-
ards looks and he liked the way she
danced. He sent for her, made an ap-
rointment for the next day and en-
gagged the girl as his dancing partner
Miss Pritchard made her appearance
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A UNIQUE CASE.
Leon Enrol Is Satisfied with the
Art of Low Comedy.

To those who aspire upward and on
ward. to those who murmur art" and
strike a pose like Edwin Booth, Leon
Enrol has no objection. They eu their
way and play Shakespearian roles; he
continues on Che quest OF being per-
feet in what he allows is low comedy
The reason is simple: Mr.. Enrol
started in Shakespeare and worked UP
to the point where he produced
"Hitchy-koo" this year and is one OF
the stars.
His success in impersonating those
men who drink well but not wisely of
the cup that biteth like a serpent and
stIngeth like an adder is the direct
result Of three things.
THE three points" says Mr.. Enrol,
ARE first, why l became an imper-
senator Of inebriates: secondly, how
lastly, why don't try to do something
else. My first experience as an actor
was In tragedy. l left college one
vacation to go out with a So called
professional company through the
small towns in Australia. Before that
l had been in only amateur theatricaIs
In Sydney and most OF the time then
staged the shows but didn't play in
them. / was strong for directing
cantatas."
AS some index OF budding genius.
Mr.. Enrol, in this tour OF the classics.
was promoted in one season from
super to star parts. He was one OF
the Roman mob who loaned Mark
their ears and semesters, but he soon
became Hamlet. The reason was a
good one and 1t was that the real
actors in the company insisted upon
their salaries being paid, point which
Mr. Enrol was too modest to emphasize,
and who had scruples about the towns
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licly desiring marriage. Thus goes
everything.
So when a petite girl like Grace
Nolan steps forth from her job OF
being the stenographer in "A Tailor
Made Man" for a sufficient length OF
time to say in a bold sort Of way
that she isn't really an actress and
never can be, unless she might happen
to be a Coincidence some time, that
seems worthy Of consideration. Such
frankness is 30 infrequent as to be
alarming.
It was four years ago that Miss
Nolan started In theatricals, appear
ing with Raymond Hitchcock in 1.-THE
Beauty Shop" and then with George
Conan in Hello. Broadway" She
then went with the ''Cohan Revue"
the 1917 edition, and understudied
Mrs. Sam Harris. who conveniently
became Ill. thus giving Mss Nolan a
chance. which was promptly seized.
The result was that she went out In
the same role for a whole season and
her ability was such as to get her a
part with THE Tailor Made Man."
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present war being no accident. 1t
might be said, parenthetically. that
IL it were an accident it woald be
fatal one for the Kaiser.
Neither did the war come about,
Sanderson informs us, through a
breakdown in European diplomacy.
1t was planned deliberately and exc
cuted in cold blood. The spirit and
motive behind the war were just the
same as they were in 1853. in 1865
and in 1870. All of which may be
interesting were it not for the fact
that even the Junkers have admitted
most Of the indictments against them.
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The donor Of THE Vaudeville Thea
tre," new volume by Edward Renton
Is requested to turn his attention to
the chapter on publicity: g.
Every factor In the actual operation
of the theatre must support the ad
vertising. No one can fool all the peo-
pie all the time. and while clever pub
licity may induce an initial visit to the
theatre, there will likely be no second
visit II the advertising proves mis-
leading or palpably false.
Therefore. the super-superlative, even
the superlative, should be avoided in
describing the show. act or theatre. e"
And %. The critic should be
seated in a favorable location. should
be supplied at once with a programme
and If he wishes to interview any OF
the artists should be afforded every
facility for doing So"
The volume deals with every phase
OF vaudeville and. as might be deduced
from the above quotations. is strongly
tinctured with common sense.
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AT THE MUSIC HALLS,

Marguerite Sylvia, the prima
donna formerly with the Chi
cago Grand Opera Company, will
make her debut in the varieties
at the Palace this week. Her
selections will not be on a
spiritual plane inconsistent with
the qualities of appreciation
evidenced in vaudeville patrons.
Trixie Friganza Is on the
Palace programme, this being
one of her farewell appearances
ere she leaves for France to help
entertain the soldiers.
Albertina Rasch. the danseuse,
10 the headline attraction at the
Riverside. She will be assisted
by Kobelof and a sextet. Craig
Campbell, the tenor, and the
Watson Sisters are also on the
bill.
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REGINA WALLACE a7d RICHARD BARBEE
IN FRIENDLY ENEMIES "

her first opportunity outside OF musi-
cal comedy.
But while she is where she is she
retains her sense Of values. and know
Ing she can do her best work on the
musical comedy stage she is studying
dancing and singing in preparation for
the call to some musical production.
Miss Nolan is admittedly ambitious,
but she should curb that habit of
being frank for that reason. It's q
mid Victorian trait on the stage,
where everything is a blend of to-
day and tomorrow. The only thing
about yesterday is a cancelled check
and the ghost OF at might have been"
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THE NEW CINEMAS.

Blanche Bates will have the
unique position of appearing in
both a legitimate piece and in a
cinema on Broadway this week,
Her picture is THE Border
Legion at the Strand. Douglas
Fairbanks is the attraction at the
Rivoli in Bound in Morocco
while Charles Ray will be seen
in "A Nine O'clock Town at the
Rialto.
The Rialto, Rivoli and Strand
will have in addition to the
films mentioned their usual ex-
cellent supplementary pro-
grammes, with scenic and news
pictures ard music.
The Broadway picture will re
Bread" with Mary MacLaten
Hearts of the World" d. w
Griffith's bewildering bit. runs on
at the Forty-fourth Street.
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TWO DOLLARS A DANCE.
Tint Being the Amount Frances
Pritchard Once Received for Art.

When the graceful dancing Of Fran
ces Pritchard in the Century Grove
Midnight Revue is regarded from the
vantage point OF the tables on the ten
yard line It is difficult TO realize that
such daintiness could ever have been
wantonly bestowed on a mere cabaret.
Yet such is the case. And, what is
more important, the aforesaid be-
stowal was bestowed for 81 a night,
one exhibition dance a night.
There Is reason for Miss Pritchard
dancing so gracefully because she was
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KICKED UP THE LADDER.
Awkwardness Brought Jessicn
Brown to the Midnight FroIic.

1t might be concluded offhand that
when girl has been fired from the
chorus of one of Gus Edwards's re-
vues she had better pack up her tele-
scope and wander back to the old fam
lily homestead. even II the mortgage Is
to be foreclosed. That would be the
case, perhaps, with tho usual girl, but
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PARKS AND BEACHES.

Gus Van and Joe Schenck, the
popular singing pair, head the
bill at the New Brighton. T.
Roy Barnes will appear in "A
Package of Smiles" and Johnny
Dooley will entertain in many
different ways.
Luna, at Coney, gets more
popular as the weeks pass, while
Steeplechase and Palisades Park
prove attractive during the hot
weather.
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T. Roy Barnes. who will be seen at
the New Brighton during the coming
week, became a comedian by accident
rather than by intention.
When a mere youngster he had a
tendency for the stage. but as is fire.
quently the case he received little en-
couragement from the family circle.
His brother was a magician and T..
Roy determined to become a sleight of
hand wizard in order to satisfy his
inclinations. At the time he was en-
gagged in Photographic work in New
Jersey, Journeying there each day on
the ferry. On the upper deck of the
boats he practised coin manipulation,
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REFRESHING FRANKNEss.
Just One of the Virtues Possessed
by Grace Nolan.

ny Grace Nolan.
This thing Of being frank Is some-
times a virtue. 1t Is seldom found,
therefore, in the theatrical field.
Mammoth salaries dwindle under the
alum rays Of the income tax; women
remain forever at the pleasant age Of
20. though their face likens unto car
borundum in the scale OF hardness:
some even go SO far as to camoufiage
their past in a cloud Of words, pub
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4 Major Matthew Carson's Battalion
at Camp Upton will stage big show
on Thursday night next in the Liberty
Theatre at the cantonment. With the
aid of U. b. O. Murdoch a bill of con-
siderable proportions has been ar
ranged.
The negro detachment of the bat
talon will add to the programme the
Jazz Jubilee and a battle royal. which
always causes a bit of entertainment.
The show Is under the management
of Lieut.. Lloyd Thomas.
Rehearsals for Mothers Liberty
Bond" which opens at the Park on
August 5, are proceeding satisfactorily
under the direction Of Jay Kaufman.
The play is a melodramatic comedy by
Parker Fisher, who has penned dozens
of the things in times past.
The play is bound to be realistic,
for none other than Corporal Il. Derby
Holmes is assisting in the staging Of
the military spectacles necessary in
the production. The cast includes
Gilda Leary. former leading woman
for Lou Telegen: Lame Held Carrera,
Carry Lowe, Edward Mackaye, Royal
c. Stout, Charles C. Wilson and others.
A large percentage Of the gross re-
ceipts will be given to THE Sun To-
bacco Fund.