Evening star., 1919-04-06

cession of romantic plays, in which he
won fame and fortune-"Monbars.' -
The Corsican Brothers,, ''The Marble
Heart" and The Face in the Moon
light" among others.
1t was the custom OF. the times for a
star to build up a repertoire of his
successes. instead of dropping an old
play when new one was staged. Into
his repertoire Mantell occasionally in
troduced a classic-first Romeo and
and later the other Shapeskearean
plays.
He continued presenting new plays.
such as The Dagger and the Cross"
and The Light of Other Days" but
gradually the classics crowded out the
romantic dramas. and early in the
present century he became recognized
as exclusively a classic star.
Mr.. Mantelrs home Is at Atlantic
Highlands, n. j., where he spends his
summers. "Brucewood" it is called.
and it resembles the fine country es-
tates of the nobility in England. and it
is one of the sights pointed out to
tourists on the Jersey coast.
Like Tennyson's "Brook.--"The
Bird of Paradise" the Tully drama Of
the Hawaiian Islands. has become
perennial. 1t is surprising how il
my SliucS the thcdlTlCdt CidH Oy
continued box office success 1t makes
a fortune each year. 1t never had the
benefit of New York success. how
ever. New York didn't care for it and
stayed away from the theater. Out
side New York it goes it's way as '"The
Old Homestead" and Way Down
East did before it. and it is it's own
ers' opinion that it will go on indefi-
nitely.
Bessie sBarriscaIe. Leonore Uric,
Carlotta Monterey and Marion Hutch
ins have won fame in the role of Lu-
ana. which might be called an AmerI-
can idea of a Hawaiian vampire. To-
morrow night Florence Rockwell, an
experienced actress of the stage, will
present new personation of the Ha-
waiian princess. Miss Rockwell will
be remembered here in the support of
Robert B. Manteli, Henry. Miller, Guy
Arbuckle and Richard Mansfield. She
went to Australia not long ago anC
there, it is said, won the title Of "the
finest emotional actress America has
sent to the antipodes.
Why He Succeeas.-An actor who
has been close observer Of Al JoI-
son has this to say of his work:
The curious thing is that everybody
vescence at work imagines that there
is no prepa ration; that it is all i'm
promptu, f"biff. bang stuff" It is for
| this reason that, call Al Jolson an
! artist.
HE doesn't make a Joke of his
| work. He takes it seriously, and so
| he gets more out of joke or a song,
| without seeming to work, than any
| comedian / know. 49,
Il never knew a comedian who was
SO sensitive of an audiences attitude.
When he discovers that he has the
! 'undertakers' convention out in front
he works like trojan; and he never
| let's up till he has captured the ris-
! ibles of that crowd.
And the odd thing is, ! never saw
! him licked, When he puts on every
pound of steam he is certainly ire
| sistible. But no great actor ever
| studied Shakespeare more untiringly
or worked harder for a big dramatic
and perseyeres for a shout of laughter
or an appeal of song. And yet it never
seems So"
Anna Orr Tells-"Women make up.
There's no denying it. The old preju-
/ dice against it has disappeared. and
today there are not twenty women in
five hundred who do not use some
color, cream or powder to help them
to appear at their best" So says
Anna Orr who ought to know.
The result in most cases is dis
! tressing,". she adds. why? Because
4, the average woman does not know the
first thing about the fine art of apply
ing cosmetics. The woman. who ex-
ercises the best OF taste in dress will
make herself the target of ridicule
even an object Of pity. by the dis
tressing. indiscriminating use o1
paint or powder.
why will women do it? Why dc
they smear their faces with blood -red
rouge and strychnine white on the
theory that they have beautified them
selves? Nearly every woman knows
how to wear clothes, but l suspec,
that nobody has ever told them thai
makeup is an art, and they have
: never even tried to learn it."