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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-04
FROM TAILOR TO PRINCE.

"H0EFr ,n ss you like being a
1T was easier being a
tailor"
Still Grant Mitchell, whose name
and fame have for nearly three years
rested with "a Tailor Made Man." con-
fessed that the royalty of "A Prince
There Was" which he assumed last
week, was very alluring.
'Of course I've hardly caught my
princelike breath yet" explained Mr..
Mitchell after matinee performances
at George NJ. Cohan's Theatre. You
see l had been a tailor going on three
seasons, day in and day out--or night
in and night out. Although. to be ex-
act, there weren't any nights out in
the run of A Tailor Made Man. This
year on tour we've been playing most
Of the time Sundays as we'll as week
days. The actual number OF times
I've played the tailor according to
count, is SS2.
Now think OF doing the same thing
$50 times without getting just little
tho worse for tho wear. You may say
that most of us have to do the same
thing times $50 times-but 1t really
isn't quite the same. You know what
Henry jameson was it William-slid
about a duty becoming a habit after il
had been done from three to thirty
| times.
"One can do almost anything me-
chanically-that is. without special
mental effort-after the thirtieth time
Almost anything except acting! You
can't do n part mechanically and hope
to entertain your audience. Yet the
longer you play a part-after the hun
dTedth time or so-the harder it gets
not to be mechanical. But so many
| actors have been saying this for sc
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orize. L had the advantage of one re-
hearsal with Mr.. Conan, which was
priceless. Also, had the good fortune
to see him in the part. Besides that,
the company gave me the rarest, most
responsive help. 1t was like having
an army behind you-you simply
couldn't fall. Really, no Prince in his
tory was ever helped into his royal
raiments more gracefully than was
into this part of "A Prince There
Was"
But stiIl you'd rather be a tailor?"
"I said It was easier-just now.
Lightning transformations are a
strain for me, and the Prince COM
pletely reverses the order OF the tailor,
One began in rags and ended in royal
raiment--with the Prince it's just the
opposite. Here's another reason why
I'm so grateful to Mr.. Conan for let
ting me play the Prince, Having been
tailor so long. might easily have
been grooved as type and never
have been allowed TO play anything
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! but a tailor. or drummer, or something
else connected with me clothing bust
ness. Things like that have been
known to happen. in an actors life.
"Basically, OF course, the Prince and
the Tailor are Of the same genre. Each
Is an American. and each discovers
that he can't live up to the spirit of
his country without ambition, adven-
ture, enthusiasm and work. believe
both parts are representative and
have u general appeal. Both plays
are entertaining"
Would you like to play A Prince
There Was SS2 times?"
why not?" replied Grant Mitchell
by that time I'd be ready to go back
! to rags and "A Tailor Made Man.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-04
THE NEW PLAYS.

MoNDAY-Globe Theatre: Charles
comedy She's Good Fellow with book by and
music BY Jerome Kern, will be presented
e affair in navy blue The company includes Joseph Sanley
Ann orr Ivy Sawyer the Duncan Sisters
Nellie Fillmore Florence Edney and troops more
THEATRE foot
with Elizabeth Brce in the stellar
under the of Morrssey. Miss Brice and
MT Morsey both of whom engaged the of
soldiers France have compounded the show from the
the huts bllets
produced along the lines of similar The company
will comprise May Boey Clarence Hascal
Edward Miller Tom Penfod Jeanette and several
squads in addition The chorus will be up Salvation
Army lasse Red Cross aviators
music composed by Richard Whiting lyrics by Raw
mond B. Egan and the book by Mr.. Morrissey. - 80
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traits and they may keep well within
the conventional conceptions of Irish
fun in the theatre, but 1t is the very
best OF its kind. The (three) friends
who in battle or peace are always to-
gether and group themselves with
such strongly national aspect in the
pictures of the three acts, are always
delightful. Their narrowness and
prejudice, their truculency and their
eagerness to surpass one another
which is exhibited by the two most ac-
tive figures of the trio. is irresistibly
set forth by Mr.. Belasco. Uncommon
ly like the lamented Edward Har-
rigan in the rich JUNCTION and the fine
quality of his speech Is Walter Edwin,
hitherto little known to fame, while
our old friend Patrick John Murphy
plays the irritable little Irishman to
the life. He might be almost a repre-
sentative of Impudence as compared
to the Dignity that resides in every
movement and action of Robert Cum
mings as his friend and invariable an
tagonist. The tall and rather timor-
Gus +. ]. Kelly as the last of the trio
is a grotesquely amusing figure. Like
the others, he seems to have appeared
In Irish plays before, although none OF
them is known to local fame.
Nor for that matter was Thomas
Mitchell until he was brought by Mr.
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Belasco to act the role OF the knowing
young man OF the family. who had
been to Chicago and learned a thing
or two there. His efforts to impress
this knowledge on the town OF his
birth contributed potently to the fun
of the play, which will. after all, be the
quality by which Dark Rosaleen"
will, in spite of its blind fiddler, its
talking horses and nationalistic ten
denotes, be remembered by the public.
1t is interesting always to await
until the barrage Of preliminary talk
and mere time filling has been cleared
away in farce to discover what the
real motive OF the piece is to be. 1t
was perhaps not as satisfying as usual
in the case OF II Love You" since
William lie Baron's unessential talk
at the beginning of the first act was
about as entertaining as anything his
play later developed. After a while.
however, the conversation narrowed
down in its scope and the motive OF
the farce appeared. 1t proved, OF
course, to be one Of the old boys and
there was no lack OF interest for that
reason. Even first nighters have
learned to have that respect for the
tried and proven which gives them a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-04
Where the Plays Change.

SHUBERT-RIVIERA The
Melting of Molly" the Shuberts'
musical comedy production, is
scheduled to make all corners at
this house dissolve in laughter.
LEXINGTON-Frances Ferne
and the Broadway Players will
present Avery Hopwood's farce,
"Fair and Warmer" which is
good for two hours of laughs no
matter what the weather is.
SEVENTH AVENUE-Will-
lam Courtenay and Thomas Wise
will start the first leg of their
nationwide campaign for Oliver
Moroseo's production, "cappy
Rieks."
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the theatre. Again. there Is the ire
sistible impulse to interfere and at
tend to what may not be. strictly
speaking. ones own business. Again
there is the occasion to regret that
there Is so little collaboration among
our dramausts. II Mr.. LIE Baron had
no more to do with his pretty gift for
the witty phrase than to embroider
fiction more engrossing than he seems
able to create or festoon some sturdier
dramatic SHELTON with his Towering
humor there would be more complete
excellence in his product than there is
at present. But this advice TO COL
laborate seems regular diagnosis OF
the weakness in the case of every
writer OF clever dialogue that appears
from time to time on the horizon.
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IN MEMORIAL-THE MATINEE
IDOL.

\ n ATINEE idols, playwrights
MI American and foreign. and
the technique of acting
sound like a wide range of subjects
for one interview, but they are not too
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-14
EVANGELIST DUNNAWAY
TELLS HIS HEARERS OF
HE'LL AND THE HEREAFTER


Continued from Page ID
Suffering. You say, do you believe
we will have bodies in He'll? Christ
said so. Referring to Mark 8, 1880,
he spoke of the offense of any mem.
Der Of the body, Better to enter
Heaven with only one eye, hand, or
foot than having both be cast into
Hell fire. where the worm dieth not
and the fire is not quenched". Let
me exhort you to throw away your
notions and come to God. Is it lit.
eral fire, He'll fire? 1t Is most awful
suffering. light a match and hold
it here, il | place my finger in the
fame it will cause suffering by the
burn, tho it may be fgurative fire.
4th. 1t is Place of Conscious Ex-
istenee. The rich man in his home
was master. Now he begs that God
in Heaven, will send Lazarus to tell
his family of his conscious presence
in He'll, being in torment. Oh! that
great, terrible, awful demon of mem.
ory, ooh! il could only forget" will
be the cry of many. Men and women
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-14

in hell, walking the corridors of dam,
nation will find the reality of these
terrible and awful truths.
9Th. It is a Place of Remorse Of
Conscience. When Sam Jones was
asked If he believed we should know
in He'll and suffer there, he said: i
am not headed that way" Sam Jones
who himself told how he had lived
the life of a drunkard, spent all he
made, his wife and little ones suffer
ing for the needs of life. From this
God saved him, and he said he knew
what was meant by remorse of con-
science over wrong here but God for
gives that and changes it. Do you
know anything about remorse of con-
science? Some try to end it by end,
ing life but you don't end remorse
that way, you plunge into endless re-
morse.
9Th. 1t is Place of dissatisfied and
Consuming Desire. Nothing in death
to change such awful desires and pas.
sions. Wilbur Chapman of Philadel-
phia told of seeing wealthy man of
his congregation reduced to howell
through the power of the desire for
strong drink, Living on an alley, his
baby was dead and the women from
his congregation went and dressed 1t
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-14

fields of sugar cane Of different kinds
and finest quality were seen and sam
pied. Farther on we strolled through
sturdy young lime. grove where we
enjoyed chat with veteran settler
commonly known as Uncle Steve,
who treated US generously to the
fruit.
A pleasant afternoons outing was
taken from the Cape by boat past the
most southerly point of the mainland
of the United States to Middle Cape
where we visited the largest CONNER
cial cocoanut grove in the States.
Here there were what seemed to be
miles of cocoanut trees, forty-eight
thousand trees, we were told with ar
output this year of seventy thousand
cocoanuts. A February dip in the
clear salt water of the Gulf of Mex
leo added zest to the experience
One marvelled at the great variety
of beautiful shells of various colors
strewn thickly along the sandy beach
around the Cape.
On our return to Homestead we
took most interesting trip alons
the Ingraham highway to Royal Palm
State Park of nineteen hundred and
twenty acres, where guide took us
through the intricate trails Of a mar
velous hammock or jungle. Here
royal palms lowered one hundred
and thirty feet, and shrubs of various
kinds seen in profusion were intense
ly interesting,
Returning, from New Smyrna a de-
tour was taken to beautiful Daytona
and the famous beach where at low
tide motors drive on the sand for
miles. Then to pretty Wilbur-by-the-
Sea and Port Orange.
We are sure that any one going to
Cape Sable by motor will feel amply
repaid for time and money spent and
return as we did with vivid memories
of an ideal trip.
A wINTED VISITOR.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-14

in pretty clothes. Mr. Chapman went
in to see it and said its little bare
feet appealed to him and he went out,
and with money from his own pocket
bought shoes and white silk hose and
went back and had the women dress
the child's feet. Then the father
was called in to see his child, still in
death. He was visibly affected, and
some suggested leaving him alone in
the room until he might decided 10
live better in the future, and they did
so. Returning some ten minutes lat
er, the man was gone, but so were the
shoes and stockings from the dead
childs feet! Such was the consum-
ing desire of this man for drink. Co.
ing to He'll with an appetite like that.
Dentists have told me that men have
come and begged them to remove a
gold crown from tooth if they would
thereby give them for it the price Of
drink. Oh! going down into the pit
of eternal damnaiton to pillow through
the crestwaves of hell, walking the
dark corridors of hell with such an
unsatisfed, consuming desire.
1t is place of shame, a place of
degradation, but, last of all, it Is
eternal in duration. What eternal
means in one place in the Bible 1t
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-14

means in another. What Az.
means in one place it means
place. Everlasting God, svs
Father, everlasting love, eva
life. And again everlasting H
lasting punishment, everlssttu
ing Voltaire when at The !
death said, II am abandoned
and man. Tom Paine Grid
"Stay with me, | cannot 70 n
Frances New port, ooh, the
able pangs Of He'll" and Chi
self said, "These shall 20 Al
everlasting punishment, whs.
fire is not quenched."
1t is eternal separation.
choose either the narrow val
broad way. The narrow way
everlasting life, but the BID
leads to eternal death. Cba
a prayer for guidance, upon
many went to the front and
Rev. Dunnaway by the hand
guidance in the narrow way,
Meetings continue at 3 and
m. daily. A special med
young people this afternol
Saturday only one service
p. M, when special help will
to the professors of ChrisHa
have recently accepted ChS
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-14
A TRIP FROM LAKELAND
TO CAPE SABLE
Continued from Page ~

islands of the sea were thickly wood
ed with mangrove and gumbolimbc
trees. Here we took the boat for
pleasant four hours sail on Florida
bay and the Gulf of Mexico to the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-14
Cape

Cape.
Cape Sable is beautifully situated
on the bay and its possibilities arc
just being opened up. One is sur
prised at the great stretches of open
prairie, dotted with pretty little is
lands of trees, hammocks they call
them. We motored eight miles over
fine trails to the settlement where
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-23

Though still a slip of a girl, May Wirth was this past winter officially recorded as the greatest bareback rider of the generation. Fresh from new triumphs achieved in Australia and the hippodromes of South America the famous equestrienne is now tour ing America as one of the super-fea- lures of the great new Ringing Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Shows Combined to exhibit here Friday, June 27.
 The list of Miss .Wirth's accom- plishments is long one, but there are two things in which she eXcels. She is the only rider among either women or men who can do a forward somer- sault' on a running steed, and she wears q smile that wont come off It has been said of her that though she "comes off her horse" her smile never "comes off her.
 May Wirth is of a family of famous riders who compose what is known in the cities of the British Isles as the royal riders of the ring" This fam fly includes May Wirth, Mrs. Martin Wirth, Stella Wirth and Frank Wirth.
 May Wirth will be seen in solo rid ing numbers in which she will per form her most difficult feats. She is
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-23

but one of many remarkable eques- trians. Others include the famous Hanneford and Davenport families, the McPherson Clan of Highland horsemen, the famous drwarf rider, Signor Bagonghi and scores of artists equally famous.
 In consolidating Americas two great circuses the thought has been to assemble on one mammoth aren1c program the pick of the worlds fore most artists. Not only has this been accomplished as regards equestrians but has been extended to include all of the most famous aerialists, gym nasts, acrobats, wire walkers. balanc- CTS and jugglers. And the host of dumb actors are equally remarkable both as to number and achievements. There is a single elephant act which introduces a "quarter of a million pounds of actors" The clowns ex- ceed all past gatherings in number and drollery. The street parade is the longest and most costly ever offer ed in America In addition to it's re- markable array of arenic talent the main tent program includes a gigantic introductory pageant that is said to surpass anything of the kind ever seen before.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-23
PLAZA.

Today at the Plaza will take place the most phenomenal bill that has ap- peared in Bridgeport for some time. It is replete with high class features from start to finish. Charlie Chaplin fairly convulsed the entire audience at the Plaza with hearty laughter at his comieal capers in "Sunnyside" his latest Million Dollar comedy, in three reels. It has more funny situations than any comedy of it's length ever had. '"The Turn in the Road" the mighty six act feature tl.at showed at Quinn's theatre, Los Angeles for a solid run of eight weeks, is another attra action. Helen Jerome Eddy and many others in support. The trade papers are enthusiastic in acclaiming it one of the finest features they have ever seen. You will also join their ranks after seeing it.
 The vaudeville is topped by Ely's New Black and White Revue, Q mod ern art creation with ten clever peo- pie in the cast. Alma Nelson, the girl on her toes, is featured, while The Jeanette Sisters and Laura Nelson have important parts. Songs, dances and merriment are prevalent through l. out Phil Davis, "The Blackface Comique,' lime and Irene Marlyn in ''Mirth and Melody" and other acts appear.
 Coming Thursday is Gladys Brock well in '3The Divorce Trap" an answer to tie divorce question.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-23
THE REVIEW OF THE RIALTO

Few York, June 23-Love is hav- ing hard sledding in the heat Last week two plays, both dealing with the tender sentiment, closed their hith erto successful engagement T Love You" and Love Laughs" both clev- CT, clean and amusing were the pair in question. Their success with play goers was unmistakable, and each will be revived for further enjoyment in the fall. Especially pleasing was Love Laughs" which was offered by new film of producing managers of intelligence and skill in offering plays of pleasing sentiment. The cast was excellent in this case, especially Jes- sic Glendenning, who sustained with dignity the distinction of being fea- tured by her appreciative managers. In addition to this pair of plays, | "Toby's Bow" has also made an exit | and in lieu of this group we have only the annual summer event, the pre- miere of ''The Follies of 1919.' For | thirteen years we have had this sum- | mer entertainment, which is not a | show but a chain of events unclothed | and clever. This years crops, like | those that have preceded 1t, may be | classified as "follies' and nothing more. They are indescribable and | one different from another only to the same degree that one moonlight may differ from another, noted chief ly by the changing cloud formation. No one can longer deny the advent | of summer.
 The Spanish Theatre is trying once
 more. They are offering at the Cort | Theatre, whence "The Better Ole
 has removed, a musical comedy which
 brings back to us recoIlections of
 tuneful 'SThe Merry Widow" Earlier
 in the season an effort was made to establish Spanish playhouse here
 but the company possessed more tenn
 perament than cash, and the end was
 inevitable and sudden. The new at
 tempt promises better results, but
 save for the German playhouse which
 was long familiar to all who could
 withstand the journey to Fourteenth
 street, and the Italian houses scat
 tered through the East Side, the for
 eign language attempts have not been
 singularly successful. An exception
 should be made in favor of the
 French. however. The French Thea
 ire of the last two years, which has
 been under the direction of Richard G. Herndon and Frank T Knitzing. has been an intelligent1y conducted effort, and the success has been pro- i nounced, so pronounced, indeed, that | to this playhouse is to be added the Theatre Parisien next season, which l promises to be as d.stinctively Pard- sien as the Eiffel Tower or the lan- guage spoken on the Bois. This, too, will be in charge of MT. Herndon and MT. Knitzfng. while Robert Casade-
 sus will be the art manager. To this group may be further added the | French players new organization | which is to be formed to tour the United States in a repertoire of French plays.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-23

There are to be many new pro- ductfons before fall, but most of them will be out of town in preparation for the fall season. The managers have taken the opportunity to make known their plans for next season, and it would require more than a full newspaper page to record all the promises made, and it is confidently believed that some of these promises will be kept. Every manager in New
 York and Chicago has a pretentious group of plays, and there will be a number of new Napoleons in the
 field as well. This strongly spells success or at least a favorable indf-
 cation for next season.
 The most interesting news of the
 present week is the announcement
 that beginning with a concert at the
 Metropolitan Opera House in this city
 next October, the celebrated Saint Cecilia Orchestra from Rome will tour the principal cities of the United States and Canada under the auspices of civic and musical organ izations in the leading centers, while
 no less distinction than the patron age of His Majesty the King of Italy | and the Royal Italian governm ent 1 has been bestowed upon the tour. It ! thus becomes a personal rfbute from Italy to this country, and the interest
 it has created has already been tre- l mendous. The orchestra is also known
 as the Augusteum Orchestra after l Augustus, whose final resting place | is the habitat of the orchestra and | the scene of it's concerts for many years.
 | The Royal Academy of Saint Ce- | sile the patron of the orchestra, | is the oldest music association in the | world, and the orchestra the most | famous in all Italy A special com | mfttee headed by Otto H. Kahn, has been formed for the American recep- | ton and direction of the orchestra | the business direction of the tour being in charge of Richard G. Hern- don with Frank T. Knitzing as asso- | ciate. These gentlemen performed a l like service for the celebrated Paris 1 symphony orchestra which toured this country under the patronage of the | French government last season.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-23
FAVOR?

Would you do a favor for a friend?" asked Maxwell karger, of his shining star, Emmy Wehlen
 "Conditfonally, replied Miss Weh- len wonderingfy
 But seriously speaking" repeated Karger smiling, would your"
 Well, it's according heGged Elm my cautiously, what is it?"
 If I promise," said Karger, teasing her. that no harm will come to you will you?"
 "Oh I suppose so, yes" agreed Miss Wehlen, re1enting, what is it?"
 '-The name of your new picture" laughed the Director General, "A Fa- vor for a Friend"
 "Oh, you're such an awful tease," concluded the lady. she took the manuscript.