Evening star., 1919-11-09

it's scenic and costume attract1veneSs.
If a pre-eminent demand detained ~
elsewhere, certainly the iauhorsss
sho,,ld have been called in and the
scene painter directed to DAP d ii.Si.
fresh paint here and there. as d eol'
of assumption of virtue saoiy iaon
ing. though badly needeo. me III
Questioned merit of the performers
s1one did not make the show Just
as good as the origina! artcie aoi
which other big cities paid no "ore'
* \ x .
"Tbe Magic Melody" came, dazed ana
Aepartcd, a veritable bEainstorm OF won. Won.
dor And by contrast the meiooy We
as bright as the lantern was uiss i
II was a riot of startling coiois anu
from the standpoint OF costuM s'es Reamtv
tive of the wealth of the indies. . Beau
Wss rampant in it's ranks and conster
rstion in its unique contrast OF nippahl
comedy and dire tragedy. 1t Will pe IN
teresting to note its effect the curren.
week upon astute ana cultussu .a;t.d
work. Only its pretentious music laneo
tn score a knockout. although its chiei
melody offered a pleasant balm to mem mem
ory. Maybe it's a New YORK show.
! Down here we are only beginning 20
work our way into the ranks OIL Gt oue
two-week stopover. But its girls; On,
ifs girls! The production. evidently not
yet perfected. befuddled the program
printer.
y
1T hardly seems proper to put David
warfield and 1.-THE Auctioneer thifu N
review Of the week. But they are no.
ern entertainment. even though tne
fheater was crowded throughout tne
week quite to its capacity. by. people
who will persist in paying money 70 see
aivays strangely popular with Warfieid
A its star. The current week VIII VII
ness another effort to palm on pc
iasco play, this time with an actress WnO m..s,
has won stardom yi by neE frdm ppoYsa saltimore, more
which was honored with the premiere
. Of '"The Son-Daughter." speak entnusi-
astically of its reception. Expectatio3mms
are aroused also by the. the temptns emp me s Res
issco. where Miss Uric will appear to.
morrow evening. 1.-THE Canary" Is OF
value proved, unless 1t has been piuckeo
Of it's feathers by flights aad In other ith difeca
psdigree and preparation by artistic
hands highly vouched for: When
Mans a Man is not SO well known: put
washington has never lost its reputa
don for being willing to take cnanee'
A Pen Portrait-Sincerity ana utter
lack Of affectedness are strong cnar-
ncteristics of Lenore Uric. The man
HE Of success has not weighed In the
.lirhtest degree upon her. for she has
not changed a whit from the days
when she first captivated the country
aa the Hawaiian princess In the biro
of Paradise" despite her two seasons
success in Tiger Rose. Displ;ayinS{ n;c. n{
the day. Miss Uric is an engaging
conversationalist. There Is an ear.
nestness about what she says tnat
makes one feel she Is not only
thinker. but person whose op.naons
tism is sounded. however. for natural
ness is the keynote Of her character.
Miss Uric is an ardent theatereoer
and many of her spare afternoons are
spent in watching her companions In
praise the work Of other actresses,
and never fails to say how much en-
doyment a particular performance mas
given her. Then. again. she attends
OF music She is constantly striving
toAperfect herself in her work. for she
believes when an actress becomes
thoroughly satisfied 1t invariably leads
TO stagnation, and no enort 10 too
great for her to make il it will help
her to improve. Miss Uric away from
the theater is not very different from
the Miss Uric the public knows. ON
stage she is just as delightful person
as when she is winning hearts across
the footlights.
Donates Musical scholarships-Dr
walter Damrosch. conductor. OF the
New York Symphony Orchestra, in or
der to start a movement to promote a
higher standard Of artistic efficiency
among the younger American wind
Instrument players. and thus to enable
American orchestras to- rely more
hor INN fad 10 a q
decided to donate three scholarships
for oboe, the rarest of wood wind in
etruments in this country, under con-
ditions which he specifies in a letter
70 Paul D. Cravath, president of the
Institute of Musical Art. He writes
that he will pay for three years tut
tion for the three students of oboe.
and also will give each of them $400
q year for three years toward their
living expenses. and requests that the
judges for the candidates shall be
Frank Damrosch, Arthur Bodanzky,
the president of the American Fedora
tion Of Musicians; the president of the
New York Musical Union. and the
professor OF oboe at the Institute of
Musical Art.
Joseph Cawthorn's Aceent-"where
did you get that accent?" Joseph
Cawthorn was asked. Cawthorn look
ed pleased.
'1ts a central European article"
he replied proudly. "one Of the new
ly liberated accents. Before the e'war
used to go farther north for my in
spirations, but now 1 find this fresh,
undeveloped field far richer.
Central Europe has a conglomera-
ton all its own-a sort of Szecho-
slovak Jugoslav Hungarian Ru-
manian Bulgarian mixture if you
know what / mean. that IS very at
attractive to me. 1 think. though. that
! am the least bit prejudiced in favor
OF the Czeckoslovak motif.
''Of course. the germ of my accent
was born in me. and manifested itself
early-when / started to talk. My
mother says one OF the first words I
mouthed was 'Vill,' short for will
Ham, a companion Of my tenderer
years. :.
"As grew older 1 gave more sub
tie indication of my natural bent. AS
= result l am on the stage. You
might add" he went on, with twin
kle in his eye, making thousands
laugh 1t reads we'll"
Philadelphia Orchestra.-The pres
ent season of the Philadelphia
Orchestra has been marked by
unbounded enthusiasm. The efforts
of the association to raise an endow-
ment fund of s1,000.000 are meeting
with success. and it Is said the goal
10 now within sight. The business
men of the city have been a potent
factor. it is claimed, having come to
the realization of the value of q SYM
phony orchestra to any city. At the
Philadelphia concerts both the matt
nee and evening audiences have filled
the Academy of Music to capacity. and
the series of five concerts in New
York also ri fc211v sold ma