New Britain herald., 1918-12-26

Whom Woods became an iadepend-
ont manager Miltern stayed on with
him, in his firmly established charac-
ter of villain, appearing in 'The Fatal
WnddinG" and "Thc Queen of the
White Slaves" two Of the greatest
money makers of the period. BY this
timo Miltcrn's fame was so great that
he was the only heavy who was ever
starred in those melOdramas. w nat
IS more to the point, his salary ha0
risen to SIS week-a figure conSld-
cred great for those days. Mllteih
tells of the satisfaction he telt one
hight when his popularity was prov eN
NV loud cheers from the gallery alIe'
he had slapped the hero in the lace
Thus established, Miltern asplred TO
the two-dollar theater, but the pro-
dllreYs offered him nothing pet'ei
than small parts at reduced Sd y
Unwilling to make these concesSloilS'
Miltern quit the stage and took ms
savings and went into the stock mar
lxot In three months he had lost MS
savings and again sought work on Clie
melodramatic stage. He was aSdiil
encac cd by Woods, this time TOT MS
last play of this kind, DeaoWoo"
Dic1z,r Last Shot But in the mean
time he had a friend in the petter
c,ass of drama who had promised to
1-oon an eve out for him. This man
was Winchen Smith, who had gone
INTO MANAGEMENT on his own account
and h0d.at one time been manager OF
Arnold Dalv. Smith had just reWrlt-
ron and staged Paul Armstrong S
play VIA Wireless which Fred
THOMPSON was about to produce.
Meeting Miltern on the street one day
Smith took him to Thompson's once
and secured for him the role OF the
heavy in this play, in which Mr.. MIL
tern made his debut in the tWo-dol-
lar drama.
He was next in THE Fortune Hunt
en-" in which he played the comedy
character role of "BlinkN' Lockwood.
This was his first role that was at all
sympathetic. There followed Il snort
engagement in Charles Frohman
production Of Love Among the
Lions" which Wilchell Smith had
adapted from an English novel.
At about this time William gillette
was engaging players for his first fare
! well revival of his old plays, and, haV-
ing seen Miltem's performance in
! VIA Wireless" Included him in his
! company. Miltern appeared as MORT
aritv in sherlock Holmes in a
! French comedy part in "Too Much
| Johnson" in Secret Service and IN
| .sHeld BY the Enemy" At the con-
clusion Of the Gillette engagement he
acted with Margaret Anglin in Henry
Arthur Jones's play, Lydia Gilmore,
| Dlaving q character part and scoring
| one of the sensational successes OF the
! day.
! After five months in London MIL
: caoo company of "Officer $685. he was
! sent bv Charles FrOhman and klaW
! & Frlanger to play in the same piece
! Mt the Globe theater, London. one
! evening at the theater flunky ap-
| Deared in his dressing room with a
| crested card OF which was engraved
| the name Of an East Indian princess.
! The princess proved to be none other
| that Lola Humphreys, erstwhlle nero
! inc of 1.-The Fatal Wedding and 9TH
| or meIodramas of that school, who
ahd given up the thrill of the melo-
/ dramatic stage for the. thrill OF being
! the wife of a Hindu
| tfAer five months in London Mil
! tern returned to score one OF the big
eest hits in his career as the dope
fiend in David Belasco's production OF
The Man Inside" by Roland b
! Monaeux Then followed his first
I sympathetic role in ''lnnocent,' in
which he appeared with Pauline