Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-26
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. o many dreadful things have
happened in the world in the
\ last few years that It Is really
q relief to be assured that Con-

q relief to be assured that Con-
gress Is not going 20 crush the
theatrical industry after all. 1t is not
: good thing to have all the bad
things happen at one time. with moth
ing to distract attention from them.
1t gives opportunity for individual
brooding and it's consequent crop of
theoretical remedies half through out
which is not productive of civil or of
national happiness. Besides the people
are paying pletty well for the pleas
ures vouehsafed them any way. All
of which the congressional conferees
promptly recognized when attention
was properly called 10 it. "A1l's well
that ENDS well.'
Hence. the Neea opens with the
theater expressing i,Seic in an out
burst of mesIcaA tomSay suiii2ient to
clear the atmosphere 4" e&rkinG
Z care" and 10 iuS.re the continuance
of the electric sutssane ~ least IN
the neighborhood OF thn amusement
centers. The bills Tor the week read
almost like Il comedy themselves in
their titles, opening with "Toby's
Bow" followed by the CHEEKY greet
ing, Good Morning Judge" the Go
last. but not least. The RAISING
show" 1t is fortunate that there are
those in the world who work over
time and spend their money freely to
make play Ter others.
So much is true also of those who
strive to pro vide the wos.d vita good
music Washington has Desu esisec.alS
honorei in this aspect. than seG coiidl-
lions are noticeable. iniG.e-t Al ana Inc
patronage o. attractions Sesil TO be
passing in Large measure to Sa@ genesai
public and to those WHO attend- cSnSe is
for the pleasure their offering ma! give,
rather than for the dissection OF the
composition or the artist. II IS the
genial welcome given the artist that
induces others to come. NO less
celebrity than Mime. Alua gave her first
concert here to barely more than a cor
porars guard. When various apologies
were offered, she replied: Il am Wen
satisfied. The genuine enthusiasm OF
those who have honored me with their
presence is an assurance Of their friend
ship. When | come again-and VIII
come again. hope to add TO their num-
Der and in time to win an audience OF
which any artist may be proud Mime.
Aida did come again, and to0dy she is
one OF the prime favOrtes of musical
patrons at the National Capital Dr.
5 Walter Damrosch is another dIstin-
guished musician who has contributed
10 Inc nluSfcdt NcllhlS vi "cAShihSeSt
There are others. many others, less
prominent perhaps, and not necessarily
singers or performers. III music con-
g tributes to the uplifht Of humanity, they
are needed. But 1.-The laborer is worthy
of his hire.
The world of the Theater.-"It
seems to me that Barrie must
have taken the world of the theater
for his inspiration for Peter Pan,
says william Friend. well known
player of the Going Up company.
mr.. Friend has seen honorable
service in the theater and has played
I'D and down the land in musical and
dramatic stock, in repertoire. and
created many roles in big productions
81 say this adyisedly because know
our people of the world Of entertain
ment. Think back yourself. Have You
ever known any real old people in the
world of the theater? You remember
Mrs. Gilbert? AS the years were count
ed, she numbered many, but up to
the time when she passed on. was
there a younger soul? And Bern
hardt? Would one want more beau
than this wonderful woman of the
theater?
youth and the theater are synony-
1 nous. There is a spirit-a carefree
Z 80lEll--ln the Inc VI tnt6 my o&tS
world of make-believe. which seems
to get into the veins of all who share
lit AS rule they come to us In the
first flush of youth and enthusiasm.
z IT is almost an inyariable rule that
Folk come to the theater world for
their work because. to use an old
fime mountain phrase. they are call
Cd
ut Is a hard. hard road the great
majority of them have to travel. Fail
IRE on failure may come through no
efAult of their own, but through the
Uncertainty of the business itself-yet
they cling to it-ciing as though to
$Hfe-do those who are really called.
when the time for final acc
%Qounting comes they are still young
$-fhese player folks. No matter how
hard the road, no matter how great
1.-THE toll. no matter how grievous the
the brave hearts hide
&ik all and say always that it was
fgood to be aliye--and the world of the
&thcater was a good old world.
4 Irene Franklin.-Irene Franklin.
8the principal Coincidence in 'The
Passing Show of 1885, has just re-
turned from ''over there" where she
And her husband, Burton Green. enter
tained the soldiers back of the Yam
Skee lines.
s Miss Franklin was one of the first
Amerfcan women to make good her
5promise to go abroad with the Over
Theater League. The unit with which
She appeared gave 100 shows, some
ok them within range Of enemy shell
0re.
TT wasn't the actor or the actress
who meant SO much to the men in the
french," said Miss Franklin the other
day, tit was what he or she might
represent. ] can't describe it. just the
Night OF an American woman, some
1no who reminded them of their own
women. would bring the tears to their
eyes. It didn't matter what you sang
10 them. Many Of them would laugh
and some would cry, but they beg
Eed almost pitifully for you to sing
more. and more. and more. To them
you were America; you were in touch
with everything they were lighting
Tor. and they loved You for 1t.
my Six weeks filled me with won
der at the achievements of our SOL
41iers. We played to battalions just
Before they marched to the front
band sent boys into battle with smiles
upon their faces. It was a glorious
experience, and I shall never forget
Seven Jokes.-"There are supposed
80 be only seven Jokes in the world,
and all the rest are variations. But
of all seven, tragedy Ito some one
else) is the essence of all merriment"
So declares Toto, the world-famous
clown.