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ReddiAd f6er Wbruendd al the hMiIN Ill.,
THE HEART BREAKER
A REAL AMERICAN LOVE STORY
ny VIRGINIA TERHUNE VAN DE WATER

I would see both of you young ladies
when I asked to see one"
Had you not been in the Service
you would not have had that doubt
full pleasure" Honora told him.
Mildred and have resolved to en-
| tertain together all uniformed men
who call"
Mildred tossed her head.
That was my own idea." she COR
rected. "and Honora chooses to claim
part of the credit. 1 said that as
I could not fight, the least 1 could do
was to make fighters welcome here.
oh. I wish"-stepping impulsively
forward and laying her hand on
Chandler's arm-"that I were a man
and could do something to help, real
ly!"
Her touch and the appeal in her
wide eyes had the desired effect,
Chandler grasped her hand as it lay
on his arm.
You do more to put courage into
man than all the men in the world
could" he murmured.
Still holding her hand, he moved
toward the hall. Honora remained
in the living room. She had done
what she felt was wise and had
vexed her sister thereby. Now that
Mildred had emily these few minutes
left with Tom. no harm could come
of them.
A Subdued Talk
Neither of the pair seemed to notice
that Honora did not follow them.
They continued to talk in low tones
while Tom Chandler struggled into
the overcoat he had left on the hat
rack.
Mildred insisted on holding the
coat for him, in spite of his laugh
ing protest. and as she was small
and the wearer of. the garment tall.
she had to stand on her tiptoe to
perform this service. The couple
stood directly under the hall chan
delier. and could be seen through
the glass of the front door by any
outsider. But Mildred did not think
of this until ring at the doorbell
made her start violently.
At the sound. Honora came out OF
the living room and hurried to open
the front door before her sister could
obey the summons.
She gasped in surprise when she
saw Arthur Bruce on the porch.
why, Arthur"-she began.
But the new arrival was looking
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07

is able to indulge her unframed and
unfettered fancy for too many
clothes, too many amusements, too
much luxurious living to be good for
her health, and therefore too many
expensive diseases. and as final
consequence of these blessings" too
much -ennui and discomfort.
On the other hand. IL girl wasn't
lucky enough to get a good husband
and provider. she had to suffer for
his Incompetence. mistakes and fail
ures, and either grin and bear her
lot or else be shuffled about, as a
dependent among people who re-
garded her and her children as more
or less of an unwelcome burden.
And the woman who drew lucky
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07

that they are skilled in some con-
genial work, they will have bestowed
upon their girls far greater gift.
far better chance for a happy life
than If they had endowed each of
them with a million dollars.
The girl will have n sense of per-
sonal dignity, for she never need be
dependent on any one. She can
either marry or not. as she chooses.
She is not mere leaf to be blown
about by every wind of, destiny.
She has the right of choice. And
IL she marries and misfortune over
takes her. she is not facing the black
despair of helplessness. She knows
that she can take care of herself and
those dependent upon her.
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waited may help to put your boy or
girl through college. At all events,
it will make her happy and happy
and contented wife Is worth coming
home to.
And If John in a wavering and
broken tenor insists on singing The
Bedouin's Love Song" beginning
"On stallion shod with fire.
through the desert 1 come to thee"
let him. Also applaud. it's the sur
est way of keeping him from sing
ing 1T to another lady. She's bound
to applaud, so why don't you?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07

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10 cents in silver or stamps.
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FIRST AT THE POST.

tTHB theatrical season is sx-
aetly the same as a horse
- race" said william 4.
Brady. "If a good horse gets away
nrst At the barrier, and by a good
horse I mean one that possesses in
sufficient measure the proper qualities
Of speed, strength and staying power,
it Is perfectly obvious that by 80 do
ing he has q certain and distinct adj
vantage over the rest OF the field, and
1, Is up to him 10 hold It. But suppose
the horse that gets away first happens
to lack those qualities; suppose he Is
o poor horse unft in one or more ways
and by luck or circumstance gets me
start OF the other entries That FIRST
btnent derived from an early start
avails him nothing in the long run.
He Is soon outdistanced and the best
horse wins. The situation in the thea.
ire is exactly the same. A play may
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ton upon all my mental processes
whenever too much stress was placed
upon the necessity Of my rising 10 an
occasion. With most normally con-
stituted persons, particularly with the
normally constituted artist, the sheer
necessity Of doing a thing we'll inspires
that person at the supreme moment
with a sort Of superhuman energy
toward It's accomplishment. One sees
this everywhere, IN business life, in
the professions. Ask 90 persons out
OF 100 when he does his best work.
gets his best results, and he will tell
you that the time OF his greatest
effectiveness 10 when he gets worked
ND TO q fever pitch OF anxiety, when
he 10 working under pressure so TO
speak, when he realizes that he has
reached the psychological moment to
fail In which will be TO spell defeat.
ruin.
well, my psychology 10 entirely
diherdent from that, 1t has always
been different. I do not work well
under pressure. and ] never have. In
dsed, the very thought that I have got
to rise to an occasion. instead OF In
spring me with high courage for the
ordeal, only fills me with stage fright.
You may not believe It, but ] have
suffered horribly from stage fright. 1t
was always my .bugaboo In the COM
merciai theatre while here In my work
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ARCHER ON LINCOLN"

William Archer. the distinguished
English critic, has added his endorse
ment OF Abraham Lincoln" 10 that of
many other authorities who have seen
the London production OF the Drink
water play which William Harris, Jr.,
Will present in New York. Mr.. Archer
says:
The most remarkable success in re-
cent years has been that of John
Drinkwater's Abraham Lincoln Tho
play was produced at the Birming ham
Repertory Theatre, Of which Mr..
Drinkwater is manager. Then It was
brought to the Lyric Opera House,
Hammersmith. a tswdry little suSur-
ban theatre, in which, by the way, Ar
mold Bennett Is interested 1t was
intended 10 run for fortnight or per-
hsps three weeks; and behold, II took
the town by storm. At clubs, at dinner
parties, in the Undergraduates
two or three are gathered together
the very air buzzed with the question::
Have you seen Abraham Lincoln"?'
1t has now run for we'll over 100 nights
and shows no signs OF tagging. I saw
1t for the second time a week ago and
found the house crowded.
What Is the secret Of the attraction
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In some measure. for the famous race
to London INDUCED In on one hand by
Mr.. Brady and on the other by
Charles Ffohnian and David Belaseo.
A play called 1.-THE First Born" was
produced at the Manhattan Theatre
under the direction Of Frohman and
Belasco. II was great success. About
the same time another play. THE Cat
and the Cherub," In which Hoibrook
Blinn, fresh from California and un-
known, first appeared prominently,
came to New York and was a success.
THE First Born" was the better play
Of the two because II was longer. THE
Cat and the Cherub" was in one act.
The main situation In each was SINH
lar. In one Q Chinaman was killed,
stood up against a wall in an alley,
and when found by q policeman top
pied over. In the other a Chinaman
was placed In 4 lifel!ke pose upon a
stool and at the end Of the act tum-
bled cff--dead. "The Cat and the
Cheruo" was the feature OF vaude-
VILE bill, and without advising Mr.
Frohman ana Mr.. Pelaseo, Mr.. Brady
suddenly closed the New York engage
ment Of the play, quietly and quickly
put production and actors on the first
boat bound for London, where he had
arranged a guarantee Of two hundred
pounds weekly. II was the intention,
to present The First Born" In Lon.
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In Vaudeville in BROOKLYN

James ]. Morton, who is still
called the boy comie,u will be
at the New Brighton Theatre
during the present week. Funny
as he may be, he will not be alone
in his glory, since George Robin
son has collected an unusual bill
to support him. The dancing
Moseoni Brothers, Kate Gilmore
and Sam Williams, Henry Lewia
Ivan Bankof and Nat Navarro
will be introduced to the audi.
ence by Mr.. Morton.
Lucille Cavanagh will be the
dancing Broadway star of the
Orpheum this week. II is only
necessary to look at Miss Cava.
nash to know that she comes
from Broadway. Chilson Ohr-
man, the Lishtner Girls and other
favorites of the Orpheum audi.
ences will be seen.
Jimmey Hussey has a new
sketch called Move On" at the
Bushwiek. and in addition 10 the
beautiful scenery he has In his
superior dramatic company Six
Shimmy Cops, which ought to b.
a first class dramatic treat. Be.
atrice Morgan, Howard Lang
ford and others are on the pro.
gralnIne.
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JOSEPH SANTLET and IVY SAWYER
S1 sHE GOOD FELLOW"

with the Theatre Guild I never think
OF myself at all.
During my several months Of as
ISOLATION with the Guild players have
gained q poise, l have been able to
bring to my work mental and
spiritual calm which never believed
It possible for me to attain. And this
noise, this mental and spiritual calm.
Is the direct result OF the spirit with
which our organization Is informed,
the spirit OF self-effacement incumbent
upon the individual actor and the
necessity OF submorging himself and
his own individual personality into
the integral substance Of the play. In
ether words, one OF the first things
the Theatre Guild actor Is made TO
feel is his own utter unimportance.
Let me illustrate by striking in
cident Of my own training in the role
OF Honnah, When hrst read the
part ! was enthralled with the posi-
tilities offered by the thrilling climax
otHdnnGh's return to her father and
mother after her unspeakable ordeal
with the brute Wtthro,n But before
I had II committed 10 memory, the
part instead OF enthrallins me. began
to appall me. I sam myself failing in
that great moment, not because ] did
not feel capable OF 1t. $at because /
feared when the supreme moment
should arrive, that I would fall short
of my conception Of It. Frankly. It
seemed to me ct that time that my
part was the greatest part In John
FERGUSON and that this was the
greatest moment in that part, and
that II ! failed In 1t 1t meant the
end OF all my own hopes as well as
the SUCCESS OF the production.
During the early daya Of rehearsal
I was on the eve OF Withdrawing from
the cast, Of asking Mr.. Augustin Dun
can, our producer, and Mr.. Roilo
Peters, our director, to get suosu-
tute for me in the part didnt want
TO come through all the horrors OF an
other failure. and TO have failed IN
the portrayal OF Hdhndh Ferguson
would have been the bitterest OF all
failures. because from the very first
l could feel success trembling In the
balance--the success for which had
worked for so many years and which
had always slipped through my
fingers Just when ] was ready 10
grasp H.
well, TO make Q long story short.
put the matter sausrely UP TO Mr.,
Duncan ana Mr.. Peters. who listened
10 me, both Of them, with the most
sympathetic attention and with evident
understanding OF my psychological
diff1eulty. When had finished they
began 10 talk to mo. irst one, then
the other. and sometimes In concert,
walking up and down the empty stage
and stopping before me every once in
a while TO drive home some convincing
argument. II was very late III the
afternoon ola March day. and the day
light had grown so dim we could
barely see each other. Just what
they said 10 me ] shall never exactly
know. because II was the spirit OF
their argument, not their words. that
seemed to penetrate TO my inner con-
scieusness. As nearly as I can trans
late II into language. they were try
ing 10 make me understand that
whether ] succeeded or whether ]
failed was really. altar all. not o mat.
ter Of very great importance either
to the Theatre Guild. to myself or to
God And then, suddaAly. sitting
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the Lambs, for instances. there was
a most eloquent exhibition of the man
ner in which Frank Tinney might be
made much dearer to the great public
which laughs "Ha-ha a." with glee when
he appears in public on the stage. Mr..
T!nney INDUCED in colloquy with
William Collier which was altogether
more amusing than anything else Mr..
Tjnney has ever done in public. He
left the audience clamoring for more
of his fun. He retired to such en-
thusiastic applause a. he rarely hears
on the retreat.
The cause OF this unusual demon
stration was the length of Mr.. rinney's
sojourn before the eyes of the audi
ence. He was on view for only few
minutes. Had he remained there as
long as he usually does there might
have been no such hatterins sendoff
when he disappeared in the wings. He
was on the stage just long enough to
amuse the public. He was irresistibly
funny every minute of the time.
How different are some of Mr..
Tinney's appearances before the pub
lie. II takes longer, Of course. for that
weary, disheartened appearance 20
come over his audience, but we have
often seen 1t arrive. On one occasion
at the Century Theatre it came twice
in the same evening. In Watch Your
Step" II was not until Mr.. Tinney had
done two-thirds Of a monologue which
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pie with fork on the stage by mis-.
take and suffered an unknown death.
as the miners later explained that no
self-respecting bullet would rpingls
with his carcass.
LAS l took in the majority of this
story it was in a very sad state OF
mind indeed that l entered the stage.
To my horror, it was as he had pre-
dicted in the matter of audience. Cow
boys, toughs, miners and an evil look
ing aggregation OF Western 'roughs'
were scattered in the audience. 1t was
typical mining town aggregation. AZ
a matter of fact, was nearly scared
stiff. Soon my knees, which inciden-
tally were supposed to be bare, began
to tremble; and before long the re-
nlainder OF my anatomy followed suit
Then something funny happened.
One OF the cowboys in the audience
suddenly noticed my dilemma and
burst out laughing. The Joke soon
spread, and before long the entire au-
dience was bowling with laughter. OF
course soldiers In the audience ex-
pressed their delight by firing a salute
for the funny guy at the end of the
performance. The manager approached
me and said | was a riot; that my
trembling was the only thing that got
over in the play. or course he would
want me to do that over and over
again. And only when he increased
my salary in the height OF his en-
thustasm did I realize that here wac a
wonderful opportunity 10 cash in on an
accident. Since then have been shiv-
ering all over the country. People
seem TO like thaa I wonder why.
Yes, there is a physical strain IN
volved. Doing that for any length Of
time results in a state bordering on
physical exhaustion. Really, it's not
such a cinch after all. The leg
shimmy' dance that do in the CAFE
ties is TO show the men In the audi
ence that their sex need not bar them
from enjoying the 'shimmy dance II
they can't shimmy upstairs, because
nature has not provided them with the
means, then let them do as do in my
scene with Miss Gray.
Il have been asked many times
whether or not ] have ever appeared
IN New York previous to my engage
rnent with Nora Bayes in her mullcai
play Ladies First For the first time
VIII say that have, but only on one
occasion-in 'Toot loot at the Cart
Ny only other Eastern engagements
were in Ladies First and In Some
oody's Sweetheart"
The sun., 1919-07-20
MUSIC AT THE STADIUM.

The fourth week OF the Stadium
Symphony Orchestral concerts, under
the direction Of Arnold Volpe, opens
with Franco Belgian night on Monday.
Massenet's overture "Phsdre," the
Vieuxtemps Concerto No. s in A minor,
Old Belgian songs, old French songs
and Saint -Saens march will be heard.
Eddy Brown, violinist. will play the
Concerto, Cesar Franck's Symphony in
d minor. La Brabanconne" and songs
by Barbara Maurel complete the pro-
gramme. Tuesday is opera night, with
Greta Torpadie. the young American
soprano, and Philip Gordon, American
pianist. as soloists. ''Tosca," oval
kure." "Traviata" and Faust" are
among the operas represented. Philip
Gordon will play the Saint saans Con-
certo in G minor.
Wednesday night brings the distin-
guished Hollander. Dirk Foch, az the
first foreign guest conductor to the
Stadium. Mr.. Foch makes his first
appearance in America a. these con-
certs. 4 special programme will be
announced later. Alma Calybursh IL
the assisting artist on that night In
operauc arias and Tschaikowsky
songs. Thursday Is symphony night,
with Della Baker. soprano, soloist in
the mad scene from Lucia" The
symphony Is Tschaikowsky's No. 5.
Beethoven. Mendelssohn and Glazou-
now figure on the same programme.
Friday Is again operate night with
Marie KFyl, pianiste, and Betsy Lane
Shepherd. soprano. Smetana, Verdi
and Moszkowsh are among the COM
posers OF that night. with wagner's
"Parsifl" prelude, Rizet"s Suite Ar
lesienne" No. Q and other operatic
numbers.
Saturday IS popular night, with Max
Rosen, the gifted young American vio-
linist, and Greta Mason, soprano. The
composers OF that night are Litoloff,
Rimsky-Korsakof, Wagner, Tschai-
kowsky, Waldteufel The famous AN.
dante Cantabile" OF Tschaikowsky and
the Russian Song OF the volga Boat
men will draw that huge audience
which likes Russian programmes. Sun
day is miscellaneous night, with Helen
Stanley, soprano. and Edgar Schoheld.
barytone, as soloists. The composers
are Wagner. Luigini, Debussy.
Tsohaikowsky. LeoncAvallo, Ofrenbach
and Schubert. Massenet's "gcane
Napolitaines" and the well known
"Marche slav" by Tschaikowsky are
included.
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SUCCESS AND

r TELEN FREEMAN's splendid
r. acting in the difieuit and
l. = exacting role Of Hdnnoh in
the Theatre Guilds production OF
John Ferguson" at the Fulton
Theatre. constituting as It does one OF
the best drawn portraits in that little
gallery OF dramitIc masterpieces. has
brought her SO copspicuously to the
front rank of Rroadway's promising
young actresses that II Ia somewhat
dif,cult TO Identify her ~ the same
Helen Freeman whose career up until
two months ago has been, TO put II a
little profanely. just ono damn failure
after another.
stu wildly recalling Miss Free
mans experience In David Belasco's
production OF Tho Man Inside" and
sundry other plays In which she failed
to distinguish herself, q reporter for
THE Sun went to her in her dressing
room at the Fulton Theatre the o'hsr
night armed with the most brutal
question an interviewer ever tirsd ut
dsfencsless young artist. But II u
pleasing 10 FuCofu tuat n1lho fFS~ipop
in her hour Of triumph remains good
sport
II don't wonder you ask H." she re-
turned quickly. and please don't
apologize, for know it's only what
everybody 10 thinking who has seen
my performance In this production and
can remember me in any other. 1t IL
inevitable that they should ask. How
IL It possible for her to have done such
perfectly rotten and impossible work
In the purely commercial productions
in which We have always seen her, src
then turn round and give d really
artistic and ereditable performance for
the Theatre Guild. Why couldn't che
have made good with David Belascc
when she had every opportunity which
that great stage director and trainer
OF actors could offer her?
"weil, now. I'll tell you why. I've
puxxled a lot over II myself and here's
how account for H. II 10 due largely
indeed entirely, To the fact that am
or rather was. cursed with q friEhttu
circumstances, a self-conscious
ress which acted as a definite inhibi
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learn whether or not this shiver Is a
natural or acquired accomplishment
MIR. Kent was asked for an explana-
ton.
Trick? Huh, anybody can do that.
Just requires little practice" And Mr..
Kent demonstrated how easy it really
is by engaging in series of bodily
commissions and muscle twitchings.
There 10 a humorous story connected
with the manner in which hrst tried
this stunt" continued Mr. Kent when
the trembling had subsidized. About
ok years ago I Joined a Western stock
company in Hsvre. Mont. for my first
professional engagement. The rest of
the company understood that was
newcomer and cav a great opportu-
nifty to have fun at nay expense. The
ringleadAr approached me, just before
tho performance, and with serious
mien explained how a bum actor was
nearly lynehed the week before by
d!sapproving audience composed of
rangers, cowboys uncouth miners BAN
dts and, II ! am not mistaken, n dozen
painted redskins. To escape being
scslped, he almost convinced me, one
must render a performance bordering
on genius. am sure that the bearer
OF this joyful news noticed my COM
plexion become paler. even under the
heavy makeup. Then, as he perceived
how successful he was, this champion
kidder told ire in hated breath the
terrible story Of one Butterick Malson,
an ambitious young actor who came
to HaTe, but, misunderstanding the
temperament of bis audience ate his
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ago IN Minneapolis. Charles Frohman
and William Gillette had a very elabo.
rate production OF the HaggArd story.
II was booked in Minneapolis, working
It's way West after scoring In the
East. Working East, at least az far
as Minneapolis, wac another produc-
ton Of "She," owned by Webster &
Brady. Mr.. Brady got his production
into Minneapolis a little ahead OF the
Frohman Gillette one. and he lost no
time In letting Minneapolis know that
She" had arrived. Activity in the
other camp was immediate. All the
legal lights Of Minneapolis were
marshalled In imposing array and sew
eral attempts were made TO enjoin the
Webster Brady She" which, all the
while. was enjoying tremendous pros
perity. The courts finally decided she
was common property, and Webster
a Brady went their way richer and
rejoicing. The feud which started as
a result OF this successful attempt TO
be first on the ground was responsible,
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don. The moment Frohman and Belasco
heard Of the Brady move they put
their production and actors on the
next steamship, and arrived one day
too late. THE Cat and the Cherub"
opened In London on q Saturday
night--"The First Born" opened there
on Monday night and closed the fol-
lowing Saturday. The Brady play ran
a year In London. While the other
was a longer and for that reason pos
sibly a better play. in this case the
first dead Chinaman who toppled over
was the one who continued to topple
in London.
1T isn't only the mystery plays that
are being rushed into New York now
continued Mr.. Brady. There is just
as much activity surrounding num-
Der of plays which have to do with the
returned soldier. Tho Five Million Is
here, and announced for presentation
before long are three more. Too Many
Husba Clarence and Civilian
Clothes" With those as with Al
s:4S,' and the other mystery plays
here or imminent, the best will win the
long run"