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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-20
Supreme Playwright
Is "UnfashiOnable"

ITNFORTUNATELY several Of the
humber offerings in the evenings. Were
1t not for this, Philadelphias manager
ial wall over mo attractions" might
well be called hollow and impcrtinent
Even as matters now stand sufficient
popular demand coupled with the needed
energy of local theatre administrators
could conceivably result in one or two
afternoon productions here before the
theatrical year closes, since one of the
Shakespeare players is at the present
time travelling from New York after the
Cort performances to appear here at
the Broad Street Theatre in The Imag-
mary Invalid" at night. If Albert Brun-
ing can do this other artists can,
Such at least was the writer's firm
opinion expressed one day last week
to Philadelphia theatre lover whose
avocation is stage productions without
a moments hesitation he presented an
obstacle that is food for mirth and sor-
row. Impossible :" was his verdict.
shakespeare won't do at all"
But the French players with a Moli-
ere classic and other works of high liter
airy value succeeded brilliantly here"
was insisted, and hear that they plan
to return for a series of matinees
throughout all Of next season"
"Of course" continued the patron
warmly. THE VieuX. Columbier had sub
stantial society backing. shakespeare.
| tell you is not fashionable. Make him
so and he'll live again.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-20
WARTIME RECORD
OF MUSICAL WORTH
Operatic and Orchestral Sea-
sons, Given Under Trying
Difficulties, Surveyed

When Lcopold StokowsN lays aside
his baton after the final movement Oh
the fifth TschaikOwsky symphony NJ
the Academy Of Music tonight, his or
rhcstra will have completed record OF
notable artistry in wartime, 80 season
in the organizations history mas ever
been given under such difficulties. Few,
if any, of its seasons have ever hau
more brilliant results.
American. Russian and scandinavian
novelties were produced. The rich heid
IF modern French music was generously
cultivated Beethoven was well repre-
sontcd. although his seventh symphony
was missed. Two Mozart symphonies
were pIayed. Tschaikowsiy was more
dominant than ever. The public de-
mands this, and in the face OF that
enthusiasm, the captious must be
silcnccd.
Wagner was furnished in homeo-
pathic doses, but retrospect of the
twenty-five programs reveals consider
able tribute to the Bayreuth master. For
some inexpliCablc reason, all Nibelungen
excerpts were barred Certainly the
tctralogy is no more inimcally Teu-
tonic than "Tannhaeuscr,' whose over
ture was received with the familiar en-
thusiasm ''Tristan.' 'Lohengrin'
] 'lIDnEl ana laISlldl olIbllH N'lN
also heard, and to exquisite artistic ad-
vantage.
The beauties Of Schumann. too often
neglected by modern conductors, were
disclosed The monumental Schubert G
major symphony and the "Unfinished'
were welcome visitors to the programs.
Three Of the immortal Brahms sympho-
MES were performed with sterling au-
/ thority, and, Of course, the lovely ID
major symphony Of Cesar Franck was
not forgotten. The splenGOr of liszt
shonc in "Tasso" and Les Preludes."
| The soloist list was as a whole of
high merit. It's weakest features were
| Povla Frijsh the Danish soprano; Carl
| FricdberE, the German pianist, who
slipped into an early set of programs
before the anti-Teutonlc musical move
mcnt was fully under way; Olive Frem-
/ stad, who was surprisingly out of voice,
and Sacha JaCobinof, a promising viO-
! inist, but still immature. In the list
of supreme artists were Guiomar
| Novacs, the Brazilian pianist; jacques
| Thibaud the French violinst; Margarete
| Matzenauer, the Metropolitan COntralto ;
| Harold Bauer, Joseph Hofmann and
Ossip Gabrilowitsch, piansts, and Pablo
| Casals, the Catalan master cellist. Ad-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-20
Alaska's Reindeer Family Is Vast

Leonard S. Sugden. who is now pre-
senting his big natural-color notion
picture spectacle, The Lure Of Alaska, -
at the Garrick Theatre, says that the
Government introduced 5000 reindeer
fourteen years ago into Alaska and dis.
tributed them among the mission Es-
kimos and Indians. We have used ALI
we wanted for meat and clothing and
exported reindeer meat and skins TO
southern markets. Nevertheless that
5000 has increased, In spite Of what was
used, TO $4,000. They live on the carl
bou moss. / believe the barren land
has moss enough TO sustain 10. 900. 600
reindeer. Reindeer meat will probably
be eaten from tables in New York next
winter / believe that by the produc-
tion OF reindeer meat one phase Of the
high cost OF living will yet be solved.
Secretary OF the Interior Lane has In
view transportations Of reindeer meat
10 the United States"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-20
Making the Bard
Safe for the Army

GO THERE'S the real rub at last
~ Call the bard "Sacha Shaksperovsky,
touch up the Droeshout portrait with
long curls, speed the propaganda that he
is exotic, exclusive and poet-drama-
tist is remade Soft-pedalng his
much-exploited universally may be a
good preliminary step. The shocKing
fact of his comprehensive grandeur
will of course be revealed II the Shakes
peare players can finally be induced to
come here, and the Endorsement of in
ner circles" will then be irrcvocable.
The younger generation Of the general
public will realize what it has been
missing and there may be less mockery
here in the natal celebration" than
there is today
Philadelphia's temporary attitude
aside, however, thero are definite .ndi-
cations, of which the Cort project is
one that the nadir of general Shakes
pearean neglect has been passed. Lau.
rette Taylor has lately been experiment.
ing with classic excerpts. william
Faversham proposes to portray Hamlet
next season and Margaret Anglin plans
to present several Of the comedies. Il. II,
Sothern has returned from France with
the conviction that Shakespeare will be
just the thing for the western-front
theatres Among other plays he and
Julia Marlowe intend to offer Macbeth"
to the American army audiences. The
boys in the war" he said recently, only
want the best" Certainly they will re-
ceive it when Miss Marlowe plays and
the stimulation Cf Their good taste is
bound to exert a potent influence on our
home theatrical affairs when peace is
restored Making Shakespeare safe for
the army is a splendid augury of brighter
days.
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THEATRICAL INDICATOR
FOR THE COMING WEEK
Popular Comedians Revive Traditional Partnersbir
Pertinent Satres, With Musical Trimmings. on tho
Seasons Footlght Offerings-An English
Comedy by Haddon Chambers
NEW ATTRACTIONS

FoRRESTThe George NJ Cohan Revue described as "a NJ
scal Congomeraion Acts" is
special knowledge of Yors hits enomer
either the arc NoraB
Winning Charles Dow Clark Lila Rhodes
CHESTNUT STREET OPERA HOUSE-"Back Again." with vohou
Hobart and Frank stammers have provided .
Dolly
The other include Alexander
Benham, oliver Roller "a"
LITTLE by IIaddon
produced Morley, will have the nro Ie
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sisted by Tulle Llndahl and Toshi Ko-
mort, will give his first performance in
Philadelphia on Friday evening, April
26, at the Little Theatre. Lasalle Spier
who has composed the music for several
OF Itow's dances and pantomimes, will
be at the piano.
Itow is from the Imperial Theatre,
Toxic. and has studied music and dane
ing in Munich, Dresden, Berlin, Moscow
and London. In New York he staged
"Bushido" for the Washington Square
PLAYERS and "Tamura," a classical Jap
anese play, for the Neighborhood Play
house
Itow's art is called a fascinat-
ing mixture of the Oriental and Occi-
dental To him neither the eastern nor
the western art is perfect in Itself
Tho former he considers too entirely
spiritual and the latter too entirely ma
terial. but by combining the two, ltow
believes he has discovered an exquisite
form.
I,asaue Spier, a pupil Of Rafael Jo-
seffv and Richard Burmeister, was So
Ioist with the Berlin Philharmonic Or
chestra while abroad. In his Berlin
New York and Washington recitals he
has played various original compost
tIons with great success. As a side line
he makes the properties for Itow's per-
formances. In Itow's pantomime, THE
donkey" the prop" donkey as well as
the music, are the work Of Mr.. Spier,
The Matinee Musical Clubs final bill
of the season in the Rose Garden OF the
RelIevue- -Stratford win be devoted 70
the production OF fairy play in
nantomime, pageant and gong by
Maaaret Scott oliver. The music has
been selected and adapted by Helen
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FOotlight Sanity
Revived ON Broadway

over in Gotham, where Washington
~ Square and Greenwich Village have
befriended the alleged artistry" Of the
Ieadlng nut" dramatists of Great and
Liotle Russia, Japan. Ukraine, Dessara-
bia. herzegovina, Transcaucasia, indeed
of almost any land where English is not
tp6ken, startling ide : has been con-
teIxed and executed over I'm Gotham,
where the untamed and freakish "spe-
cisI matinee" exempt from booking
snafls. has flourished as a palm grove
on an atoll, a daring group Of actors and
producers has suddenly gone sane,
rhe cargo of Tschekovs, ostrovslSys
and mo" dramstists is thrown over
board. The ship Of Shakespeare has
no,r dennite port Of call, II is, the
cert Theatre. Landings are as yet made
only 81 the afternoons. bur the passen-
r4,s arc highly distinguished The
Ia. tesneare Playhouse. as the organ
|I.i.on Is called, is headed by such
.i4 as Edhh wynne Matthison,
1s Rann Kennedy. Tyrone Power,
KeInhiiey. walter Hampden, How
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-20

ard Kyle, Albert Bruning, Pedro de
Cordoba, Alma Kruger and Beatrice
Terry.
Hamlet with Mr.. Hampden as the
Dane, and Julius Caesar" have ALREADY
been given in admirable style, while
next weeks repertory in honor Of the
Bard's birth consists of "a Midsummer
Nights Dream" THE Merchant Of Ven
ice and Macbeth" New York is
assuredly to be congratulated on sup
porting such an undertaking, and there
at least "Gulielmus Rex" may WELD his
scepter with authori:'. and without
shame.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-20
CHARACTER STUDIES
IN GRIFFITH FILM
War Scenes Are Vivid, but Not
Photoplaywright's Chief
Concern

D. W. Griffith presents the war-or
just about as much of it as can be pro-
Jected on the screen of to-day by motion
picture art and mechanics. His Hearts
of the World" which comes to the Gar
rick Theatre on April 20. however. IS
not so much about the war. as about
people to whom the war came. The
psychological aspects are the directors
chief concern and conflicts effect upon
little things and the big emotional crisis
For many minutes during the progress
of the film there are few shadows OF
war. The carefully restricted presence
of German spy is the only suggestion
of events to come, and even he does not
appear until the story has developed suf-
fciently to hold the interest without the
aid of spectacle. Interesting French
village types are shown and the spec
tator's mind is first focused on a love
story.
Once the war has come. one sees the
characters of the tale, as the struggle
affects each one of them, In the little
town on the western front
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initiative was unnaeging and unchai-

lengeable.
That quality is but family discern
ible in many American managers Their
sheep-like proclivities ofttimes reduce
prison fare. Such abilities as they pos
sess are frequently directed toward
hamstringing Independent enterprises.
New producers with new ideas or
praiseworthy old ones may flourish tenn
porarily in New York, but road tours
for such undertakings ere often made
impossible. The booking systems of the
two rival "syndicates" are developed to
the point of qualification.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-20
Film Bonus for School Children

The school children of the north ano
northwestern section Of the city are to
be given treat by Manager Fred
G. Nixon Nirdlinger during the coming
summer, As a reward to all diligent
pupils he has decided 10 present to each
one who is promoted az the early sum-
mer examinations season ticket to the
Colonial Theatre good for the three sum
mer months, June, July and August.
This award Of merit will be made TO
the pupils of the public schools in Ger
mantown, Chestnut Hill. Olney, Logan,
Roxborough, East Falls of Schuyllsill,
Nicetown and Mt Airy. During that
period of time there will be new policy
inaugurated at the Colonial when the
theatre win be devoted 10 photoplays OF
high standard.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-20

with Fannie Ward, later half ~ NAL.
STRAND-"The Tiger Man" with Wi
liam S. Hart, first half of week "p,or
Man, Poor Man" with MarpuorI.a
Clark, latter half of week. '
BURLESQUE
CISINO-The Social Maids in a p,r.t,.,
comedy entitled, "The Bows Fros,
Home" VIII E. Bodery composed ,ba
music. In the cast are Willie Re-
rows, Sam Wright and Marty seamon
TROCADERO-"The Lid Liftersr IN
Delivering the Goods" a mus,cai
comedy in two acts by Jack singer
Dolly Sweet is the featured soubrette
Harry Lang heads the comedians
GA AYETY--"Some Babies" in a two.par,
revue entitled. THE Love CunS -
Among the principals are Tom Covns
Harry lie Van, Ray Rottach Ana
Percie Judah.
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Academy of Fine Arts Concert

At the twelfth free Sunday afternoon
concert at o'clock at the Academy ~
the Fine Arts, on April 2l, the perform
ers will be Camille Planchaert, yiollnllss
who viii play, Wieniawsk's Poiohs,sSs snS
Piotr Wizla, baritone. who will sin5
groups of Polish. English. French anu
Italian songs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-20
MUSICAL EPILOGUE
NOW IN FULL SWING
Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Sophie
Braslau and Efrem Zimbalist
in Coming Events

Although what may be described as
the subscription musical season is over,
other harmonious activities however. will
by no means cease. Spring is the recital
lists harvest time, and this years crop
Of April virtuosi is varied and abundant.
For at least a full month more then the
annual concert epilogue will be in lux
uriant progress
Ossip Gabrilowitsch. one of the really
great pianists of our day, will give his
only recital Of the season on Friday
afternoon, April %. at the Academy of
Music. Although it is generally con-
ceded that he imparts distinction to
whatever he interprcts, Gabrilowi,sch
is, above all, the supreme exponent Of
the art of Chopin. II was i'm response
To the popular demand, therefore, that
the program for his recital was made
up largely Of the great Polish masters
works Schumanu is the only other
composer represented. and his Fan
tasia" in & major opens the program,
while the picturesque "Carnival' ends 1t.
Two groups Of Chopin numbers are in
cluded. The mazurka in T. minor, the G
major noCturnc, and, by request, the
ballade in A Hat major from the first
group. The second is made up Of the
ctude in + major, op. 10, No. ,; the G
major etudc. op TO-, No. Z, and three
preludes in major + fiat major and Il
fiat minor all opus 2S.
Sophie Braslau, the admirable con-
tralto from the Metropolitan Opera
Company, and Efrem Zimbalist, violinist.
will give a recital in the Academy of
Music on Wednesday night. The pro-
gram will include vocal numbers by
Rachmaninoff, Guetary Sibclla LcOni
and Lang and violin selections ny Sara
safe, Auer, Cesar Cui, Beethoven, Pa
ganni and krcislcr.
Micho Itow, the Japanese dancer, as
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-20
in SOCIAL HYPOCPITES "
Regent -

Settlement Music School will be held
tomorrow afternoon in the auditorium
Of the institution. Philip F. Loney will
present a concert, with Katherine Nou-
man, viClinisti Martha DENLY, soprano;
Edward S. Van Lear. tenor, and Eleanor
Il. Coates, pianist, as solosts at the
Presser auditorium on next Thursday
evening. The Schmidt Quartet, with
Evelyn Dryden, pianist, as soloist, will
give its final spring concert in Wither-
spoon Hall on Wednesday evening
April "a,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-20
ANELITA CALI -CURCl, q OSSlP 0ABRILOWITSCHI :
in Recital, May )! ..' Pianist


Pulaski Iuu"H. The clubs orchestra will
play the score, The cast is as follows:
Tho Emu......,......Mi Minnie $ N,Crachou
Tn" Ruu"n. .t...t.... Julia ". ElmuuIs
I.iuE Son ......... -IiuIru bdula w tIS1u
.rl........,.....-....I Ethel short jacobson
Fairy G.dmuthor. Blurho Elianhuth L"srtr
Nurse Arumlu'I. ....... .Iis'. N.wtlrk Aiken
ku-.s s. Attendant ...... .lIynCho -. OE,lors
Kings sons Wlfr....,,.,, Mary j.. kinhHdr
Minstrel. .,...r..,. ......... Annie Sul'h
PNgrlm. m......... ............... May Farley
Charles Wcstcl pianist will bc heard
in recital in Withcrspoou Han on Mon
day evening. His program will include
numbers by Chopin, MacDowolI, Grana-
dos. SIbclius and List. The Treble
Clcf's second concert Of the season.
under the direction Of Karl Schneider,
will be given in the Bellevue -Stratford
ballroom On next Wednesday night The
major feature of an attractive program
win be Nicola \. Muutani's musical
setting to POe's poem, The Bells" The
OTpheus clubs last concert of the mu-
steal year win be given i'm the Academy
on next Saturday night, with John
Barnes Wells. the tenor, as the specially
engaged soOiSt Arthur II. Woodruff
is conductor of this admirable male
choral organization.
The regular monthly concert Of the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-20
War Photoplax for Orpheum

For the week OF April 2y at the ~. ~.
pheum Theatre the attraction Will % W
war photoplay THE Kaiser, beast " n
Berlin" This picture abounds In W. W.
scenes, including those OF the slnkin.
OF the Lusitania and the German ~
Vasion Of Belgium.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-20

Amellta Galli-Curci's complete recov-
cry Of dental health is reported. The
meteoric coloratura soprano viii be
heard in recital at the Metropolitan
Opera House on the evening OF May 1.
Her program will include French, Italian
and English numbers
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-20
SESSUE HAXAKAWk in"THE
OF HIS HOUSE,"
Are ada ..

mirable performances were also given
by Arthur Shattuck, pianist, and Max
Rosen, the violinist. Perhaps the most
brilliant exhibition OF musical virtuositv
Of the year was given in the uninue
Bach concerto for three pianos. in which
Gabrilowitsch, Bauer and Olga Samarorf
took part.
The opera season. rigidly exemnting
wagner, was none the less one of poten.,
interest and substantial financial re.
turn The average receipts for a per-
I formance are said to have been ahor,
10000, This is indeed remarkahIe for
war winter Three novelties were snh.
mt;ed, the L!szt Legend of Saint Eliza
beth" in operate form; MascapnI,s
futile "Lodoletta" and Rimsky-Korea- =
koffs highly original and altogether fas-
chatting lie Cog dor"
Verdi had the largest representatio,
of the year in Aida" I'll Trovatoro ;,
"Rlgoletto" and La TravIata =" Pnc-
cini came next with Madame Ruttar-
I fly" La BOheme" and "AIanon -
caut.' "Tosca,' perhaps his BIT. was
strangely neglected. Naturally "CayaI-
lerla Rusticana' and Il Pagliacci" in
vaded the repertory. Wherever opar,
| exists, there also is the "standsrd
double bill. French music claimed ~ =
tention in Carmen" Faust" and "San,-
/ son ct Dalila." ultra modern ItaItan
| opera in the poetic Love of t,be Tbraa
/ Kings" and "LOracolo," The Dauebter
of the Regiment was the oldest Vorr
/ produced, 'Lodoletta" the Youngest A
total of eighteen operas was given in
sixteen performances
The finest productions from the stand
point Of Interpretation were those of
colo" lie Coo dor" "Manon Lescant - :,
ia Traviata" and Samson The oni,,
downright mediocre ones were thoss =,
Carmen" and Faust" VI
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At POPULAR PRICES

ORPHEUM--"Mutt and Jeff Divorced"
cartoon musical comedy based on
Bud Fishers amusing sketches.
iMERTCAN-"Baby Mine" Margaret
Mayo's highly successful farce,
presented by the La Sale Stock Com.
pany, now transferred to this Grard
avenue playhouse, following the recent
engagement at the Orpheum Theatre.
WALNUT-'A Dangerous Girl" by Al.
len Lciber
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Michlo Itow, the Japanese dancer, as
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-20
VAUDEVILLE

hETTH S-"The United States Navy
Jazz Band" from the Charleston Navy
Yard. James j. Morton, monolCgist
Molle King, in songs and limitations
"Camouflage," playet, with Dorothy
Drake and Robert Snedden; Chief
Caupolcan, Indian vocalist; Wilbur
Mack and Nella Walker, Nina Payne
and NJ. MolassC dancers; and Frank
and Tobie
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-28
KINGS CONSENT GIVEN.

London. Dec. 27.-The Court Circu- lar tonighkmakes the following state ment: "
 The King has gladly consented to the betrothal of Princess Patricia, of Connaught to Commander Alexander Ramsay, brother of the Earl of Dal- housie.'
 Princess Patricia, of Connaught is a daughter of the Duke of Connaught, former Governor General of Canada and cousin of King George She is in her early thirties and long has been a favorite in Court circles in England and Canada. Known as Princess Pat" she has been regarded as the most popular of the younger members of British Royalty.
 One of Canada's most famous regi- ments, the Princess Pats" is spon- sored by the Princess, who is the hon. orary Colonel-in-C Chief
 Alexander Robert Maule Ramsey is commander ill the Royal navy. He was born in 1881, the son of the thir. teenth Earl of Dalhousie Commander Ramsey served with the British forces in the Dardanelles in 1914 and for val iant work was awarded the Distin- Sulshed service order.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-28
FRENCH PREMIER TO DEFINE POSITION 0N
 SECRET DIPLOMACY

Paris, Dec 27.-The socialist depu- " Marcel Cachin interpellated the Government ~ in the chamber of depu- st;es this afternoon, asking Premier Clemenceau to state whether Secret d;nlomatcy would be abandoned in the peace conference and the discus sions M given all publicity. The premier ;s expected to reply tomorrow.
 More than 300 deputies were pres ent in the chamber and the public galleries were crowded, but the storm which had been expected did not break, the government apparently having the situation well in home.
 Deputy Cachin's reference to the secret treaties of 1916 and 1917 brought him a rebuke from Aristide Briand, who was Premier when the arrangements with Breat Britain and Italv were made. M. Briand. ex pressed himself as being full in ac- cord with the idea that the peace conference should be public.
 There were lively scenes in the chamber when demands were made on Premier Clemenceau for state, ments on the budget for January. February and March, and the govern ment's policy on the Russian question. The session lasted until vening. when the premier said:
 T will reply to these questions" the next session of the chamber will be held tomorrow.