Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-05
VI PLAYGOER'S
WEEKLY TALK
k,ervafions on Plays and
Phofopioys OF Interest
to PhiIadeIphians

z& Y MuRMON on common sense is con-
<<in&d in ten comma ndments, OF S'e
Il 6onceived by Billy b. Van. who got
u: IrnDiration during his recent visit
s fbi& city with The Rainbow Girl,
u "a n imp-omptu meeting OF little
+ 11IoxatfoD Of actors Billy listened 10
<kelr wees and complaints regarding
their epecial lot in life and then wrote
he following
I l. Thou shalt be original
81 Thou shalt not cop thy neigh
y bor's act or portion thereof.
!. Thou shalt not covet thy neigh
boris gift of silence in the dressing
room.
4. Thou shalt honor thu auth5r ana
rrod,1cer that thy days may be slong
n, ff,e play that givest unto thee Thy
y daily hunk of bread.
y, s. Thou shalt not snub the small
mart actor, Yea, verify he may be tiny
star next season.
Thou shalt not retire to bed
when the cock crows. nor arise at thy
dinner hour.
q Thou shalt not belittle the ntelli-
renee OF thy public, yea tho they smile
y, not At thy funmaking. For verify
z there may be within thee an ancient
joke.
g. Thou must not dwell on the
SHORTCOMINGS of thy manager. Yea
verify he hath money in the game
g. Thou shalt not underestimate
thy own valuation He who draweth
y full house is worthy of his hire.
10. Thou shalt not be a spendthrift
Z while thou workest, for thy summers
are long and warm and thy earning
years are short
Billy is a Philadelphian and first
Asught footlght fame at concerts in the
A 1it'e variety halls in hooks and cor
ners OF this city.
His commandments appear in this
months issus of Tile Roycroft.'
ABILITY to concentrate thought re-
kAgardless of boiler actory surround
7 jnRs Is one of the gifts Of Frances
Grayson. who portrays the role of Rita
4 Ashling in Eyes of YOUTH now at
the Walnut
Il have frequently been engaged for
z parts at the shortest notice. she said,
l>''and last season, when I joined Frank
'f1scIntyrc in The Make-Believe Mar
B s-iAge 1 had one of these trying tests
ia received the part about twenty-four
X hours before we opened, and studied
HSmost of 1t in railroad station while
-tRaiting for train. BY way of adding
Ii 70 the ordeal, a brass band which was
Ito escort a delegation of men to con-
Fention, insisted in offering its most
( }ortissfrno selection very close to my
3 ears BY thinking only of the part and
the atmosphere of the playlet was able
( to blot out the sound. as it were. and
Intimately forgot all about it. talka-
tive woman sat next to me on the train,
ana / do not believe ] remembered a
thing she said while | was en- route to
open with the show"
'sThe Make Believe Marriage" by the
way was written by John Collins, a
reli-known Philadelphia newspaper
!. man.
SHYr DAYTON wEGEFARTH. of the
wv Nixon Grand, finds his relief from
the cares Of the managerial grind in
= writing bits of verse and prose for the
magazines Some time ago Manager
yreRefarth conceived the idea of
bfightening the tedium of the little pro-
gram at the Nixon Grand with bits of
genial photographic philosophy" These
s.dings' at folly as she flies have come
to be greatly enjoyed by the patrons
OF the popular uptown house Some
idea of the range and humor of these
Wegefarthian observations may be
gathered by the following "Phllosophic
dusings':
If you would pass honest judgment
learn TO place yourself in the other
z fellows position.
When returned hubby mutters.
s'Marie, Musette ma chere babby;"
he'll have some explaining to do the
following morning.
Don't deplore your condition; i'm
'aKeep the Home Fires Burning
1xo al maj hannmA
hymn OF the Bolsheviki.
"Comin' Thro' tn Rye" will in
deed awaken fond memories.
Wresue with your conscience
before not afterward.
The man who can smile through
( the storm of adversely usually lives
10 feel the sunny, warm smile of
attainment.
4 TNLORENCE MORRISON, whose ro-
& IL bust voice and size add to the gen.
er&l Eayety in Ladies First" at the
4 Lyric, is one woman who does not be-
N6ye In trying to get thin, and she does
Y Enf care how much fun you poke at her
fof being fat. She is one of those good
11<afured humans who see a laugh In
xoFything-even in her own size.
is III you are fat and can laugh at your
( oelf.~ Miss Morrison confded to the
fB1aygoer. "you have reached that point
Z IN I1Ie 'Wher6 you can ENJOY real con-
f9nfment. And 1 reached that point
long aGo. ] think I first got to it when
Z ( ventured into the moving-picture field
4 WAS cast for a policeman. Can you
imagine ME as cop? Well. was funny
To look at. even to myself. 1t was ar
= action aim and it started with house
korniRg down.
II was to discover the fire and ther
chase AWAY for help. I didn't know
that they had laid a trail of celluloit
& along the streets and over the fences
Was to run--imagine me running lickety
! got well started, followed
by = score of others who were to ado
loeal color to a picture that was mean
u be funny. Well, ran until droppe,
dropped right into a field from sheel
i exhnustion and pumped right down il
& front OF moon-faced COW. If ever
cow showed mirth, that bovine did
= laughed at that COW and I am sure tina
cow laughed at me. The Aim, oh, tina
n@rer was released"