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proletariat, and 1t Is the man who
goes to the theatre because he loves
1.-THE man who pays a dollar for
seat and isn't concerned about whether
he Is wearing a soft collar or evening
clothes-who Is the supporter of the
unusual in the theatre.
HE Is the same chap who goes to
the opera and pays q dollar for a
seat up near the ceiling rather than
stay home because he hasn't the price
of one in the pit. He is willing to sit
anywhere that he can afford to sit
because he truly loves the opera, and
his counterpart in the playhouse is
the man who Graves ideas and their
artistic expression. That was the OBJ
ject Of the Princess Players-real
ideas and their artistic expression,
and I still feel very confident that my
venture In this direction would have
had a big success had I had a play
house with plenty Of dollar seats"
Correct or incorrect as Mr.. Blinn
may be in this supposition there is
no doubt that he sponsored a big
purpose in his direction of the Prin-
cess Players. q purpose which has not
ulIIliniSilCU III uiS iitVir icNriit Wilma
tons with the drama, for in practically
every play in which Mr.. Blinn has
since appeared It has been with note
worthy aim.
Following his guidance Of the Prin-
cess Players came "Moloch." the great
preachment against war, which was
written by Beulah Dix, and of which
Mr.. Blinn was the dominating figure.
Because the production Of this import
ant piece Of literature came in 1914,
when America had already begun her
preparedness 1t was short-lived, but
none the less an example OF the
actors serious career. Following this
two years later when Americas en-
trance into the war became inevitable.
Mr.. Blinn produced q play called IF"
which was aimed to awaken the Amer
can mind to the consequences of our
failure to crush the, Hun. Although
he did not personally appear in tiff"
was the expression of the further
helpful aim Of its sponsor. and soon
after this he gave a great service to
the British and Canadian mission by
the arrangement of Getting Togeth-
err" of which he wrote the most part
and in which he appeared with
Blanche Bates both in New York and
throughout America. Through 1t more
than a million dollars of Liberty
Bonds were sold; thousands OF re-
cruits were gained, and thousands Of
dollars raised for the mission.
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- LONELY 40 u .
quent not only with actors but with
authors and managers and all who are
directly or indirectly associated with
the world Of make believe.
Everybody knows how Richard
Mansfield became submerged in the
roles he created. And the eccentrici-
ties Of Clyde Fitch, which were partly
result Of intimate, association with a
world in which nothing was real but
unreality. Everybody knows the prom
inent theatrical manager whose almost
stage picturesqueness and strangeness
Of attire has had almost as much to
do with his reputation as his plays.
John Cumberland once told me that
hiding under beds has given him fur
tive manner which he can't shake of.
He seems to be always on the lookout
for an irate husband or an open win
dow. Louis Mann says that he was
never quite able to shake of the vary
ing emotions Of his role in Friendly
Enemies Max Maroin once half
laughingly told me that a friend had
remarked to him that he was begin
ming to act and look like q detective.
I'm "A Voice in the Dark Miss
wyndham, Mr.. Gordon ana Miss Hall
play q scene In pantomime. To cue
themselves. as 1t were, they move their
lips. and I've noticed that the action
continues. like a reflex after they
come of the stage. And Miss Arnold.
who plays the deaf woman. jestingly
remarked that she finds herself grow
Ing little deafer after each perform
ance.
II realize that there Is nothing scien-
tifcally startling In this. Mental sug-
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Charles Frohman, who was later to
produce Powers's "The First Born" in
New York. But there had to be music
somewhere to inspire his interest to
the fullest extent. So when he set to
work to combine living pictures, popu-
lar here years ago. and the ballet he
achieved q really successful result.
Posing the leading figures in the popu-
lar operas as a tableau, they were
shown to the audience. Then to the
best known numbers from Faust"
"Tannhaeuser," or some other equally
familiar opera. the dancers went
through series Of appropriate steps.
Mr.. Hammerstein had but little in
terest for any speotacies Of which
music was not q part
T EB and ]. J. shubert will pre-
sent at the Forty eighth Street
Theatre on Monday night q
new comedy drama, "Those Who Walk
In Darkness" This three act play,
which is q dramatization by Owen
Davis Of Perley Poore Sheehan's novel
by that name, win be interpreted by
a cast headed by Amy Ricard, Laura
Walker, Donald Gallaher and Arthur
Shaw. In this play Miss Walker, who
was last seen as one Of the featured
players in "The Man Who Came Back, Z"
impersonates a young girl, VtoIa Stcdn,
who resides In q boarding house of
dubious reputation, kept by a Mrs.
Morse, impersonated by Amy Picard.
Arthur Shaw viii be seen as Alec
Breen, the keeper Of q night lunch
wagon. with an ambition to be known
as ''The Sandwich King" A young
country boy. Rufus Underwood, Inn
personated by Donald aallaher, comes
to New York and stops at Mrs. Morse's
boarding house. Viola Sloan nurses
him through q serious illness. RuTtls,
knowing OF Vtola's past, marries her
and takes her TO his upstate home
Rufus has relatives and, as may be
expected, they. having discovered her
antecedents, make It lively for Viola.
There enters into the story Jessie
Sohoneld, impersonated by Consuelo
Bailey. a young girl who takes a vio-
lent fancy for Alec Breen, the sand
wich king. She Is about to enter upon
fast life which Viola saves her from
that fate. VioIo. too. comes through
all her troubles to the entire satisfac-
ton OF her husband and his deplorable
relatives. Other members of the cast
arc George W. Wilson. Helen Tracy,
Katherine Sheldon and Howard Kyle.
Irving Piohsl staged the production.
Graoe. George will open her season
at the Vanderbilt Theatre on Tuesday
evening. Miss George viii be pre-
sented by William A. Brady in ""she
Would and She DID," a new American
comedy by Mark Reed. In She
Would ana She DID," described as
comedy about people you know. Miss
George will be supported by a cast
including John Cromwell. Cora
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VARIETY.

PALAcE-T This house will
bow before the insistent midsum-
mer demands for comedy with
Jimmy Hussey and his jazz coad-
tutors in Move On; Ciccolini,
tenor of the Chicago Grand
Opera Company, who will con-
vert everybody to grand opera in
stantly; Billy Montgomery and
Minnie Allen in some high priced
foolishness, and Mile. Militia 10,
Partisan singer, who will giggle
her way through LA Gigolette
Persistence"
RIVERSIDE-Clifton Craw-
ford with songs, dances, stories
and recitations will do that cele-
brated athletic stunt of vaude-
Vile called running the gamut."
Craig Campbell, tenor, will ex-
pose the lighter side of opera,
while Pearl Legacy and Lester
Sheehan will counter with sew
erai dances.
AMERICAN-Jean Leighton's
Revue will revamp minstrelsy
with some new ideas; Clark and
Crawford will reveal what a jolly
time tramps have, and Katherine
and Nellie Durkin will be among
others who will follow the pace
set by the feature pictures.
NEW BRIGHTON - Carlos
Sebastian, who slipped over many
q ballroom floor several years
ago, will return to the stage here
In Bubbles" a fantasy produced
by himself and Arthur Anderson,
through which songs and dances
are said to run uncontrolled.
Olga Myra, his new partner, 10
said to be able to dance, sing,
play the violin, and even more
wonderful, to wear gowns.
George MacFarlane' will carry his
barytone voice through ~ large
number of songs. and the Light
ner Girls and Newton Alexander
VIII show what vaudeville singers
can do II they're not overturned.
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seaSG3he Show Shop in the Surc1Neptimeaab
\ SCAR HAMMERsTEIN was in
love only with opera When

love only with opera. When
he turned bis attention to any
other interpretativs art the DEPRESSION
was but temporary His theatre In
Harlem was occupied from time to
time by stock companies when the
regular seasons were at an end. but
he took little share In their direction.
Tho Victoria Theatre had its dramatic
seasons with such eminent figures as
Eleonora Duse to play there. The
italian gave her famous season OF
d'Annunzio dramas where the Rialto
now stands. Sadie Martinez played
there a version OF Anglers lie Ma
riage d'Olympe," by Clyde Fitch, and
Elsie de Wolfe acted in another play
b. the same author, called The Way
OF the World" with SO little mate
rial success that Mr.. Hammerstein
had an opportunity to show his &C.
casional ruthlessness by ending this
engagement suddenly on the ground
that the receipts had fallen below the
guarantee. In drama pure and SIM
pie he could rarely interest himself.
Naturally he was sought out by
the actors. One night an emotional
actress. more or less well known In
her day, held a long colloQuy with
the manager in his Office at the Vio-
toria- She had play and she wanted
Mr.. Hammerstein to interest himself
IN its production to the extent of Civ
ing the use of his theatre. After
while she walked across the sidewalk
to her automobile and departed Mr..
Hammerstein looked dubious.
she's q nice woman" he said to
one of his companions, "and I like
her. She has q play by Robert Blu
chanan and she Is sure 1t viii be a
great success, especially IL It is acted
at the Victoria. But I am a little
afraid of It in spite of all she says
Now you see. II is positively necessary
to the play that she have a brown
Newfoundland dog three feet and b
half high with a white spot on its
back Now. IL that dog is so indis-
pensable to the play what in the
world would happen IL we could not
get the dog? Suppose there was a
dog only three feet high or one with
out q white spot In the right place
or one that wasn't brown. No. 1
guess I won't take any chances on
that play. I'm afraid Of that brown
dog three and a half feet high with
q white spot on his back"
Although he was satisfied to pose
merely as q theatre landlord when
the stage was devoted to dramatic
entertainments. his finesse in show
manship dia not desert him. He was
uncommonfy discerning in this field.
After opera had been forbidden at the
Manhattan Opera House he tried there
some Sunday vaudeville performances.
They were sparsely attended.
Vaudeville. "fsaid Mr.. Hammerstein,
who always learned from such an ex-
perience, els local. The audiences
which NIL theatre to see q variety
show must come from the region in
which the theatre is situated. There
are such exceptions. for instance, as
q theatre 80 well known that crowds
WI be attracted to attend It But
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merely for the sake of a vaudeville
programme the audiences will be from
the neighborhood."
That opinion has come to be recog-
nized by theatre entrepreneurs as a
truth.
Mr.. Hammerstein. while he con-
Quoted the present New York Theatre
as a vaudeville establishment did not
disdain an occasional share In the
authorship of the crude sketches
which he enjoyed scattering through
the programmes of the season. The
turlesque on the Infamous Seeley din
ner he in a measure superintended
and gave shelter to w. A. Brady when
he brought Fernalds "The Cat and
the Cherub" here to steal q march on
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Faune- and the "Tannhauser" over
ture, with Vera Barstow, violinist, and
Frederick Gunster, tenor, as the SOLO
lists.
Tuesdays opera night" win feature
as soloists Olive Nevin, soprano;
George Reimherr. tenor, and the Sta
dunn Quartet. including Idelle Pat
5.erson. Lillian Eubank, Ernest Davis
and Earle Tuckerman. Selections from
the operas Of Weber, Verdi, Mozart,
Wagner are included in the pro-
gramme.
The Wednesday night soloists are
Robert Maitland, bass-barytone. and
Alice Moncrieff, contralto. the former
in an aria from Wagner's sF1ying
Dutchman," and the latter In a group
Of songs by Francis Hopkinson. the
earliest American composer. The or
chestra List includes a new Ocean
Rhapsody" conducted by the composer.
Frank E. Ward, and a miscellaneous
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face bright and shiny with laundry
where she would plead with the teach
ers to give me another chance.
"But 1 continued going to the bow
vows I was always far more inter-
ested in stray dogs than in school
books. I used to pick up all the lame
and one-eyed mongrels I could find
and bring them home. I wasn't al
lowed to bring them into the house.
Instead, would sit around outside on
the steps with them. and I'm sure they
had as much sympathy for me as I
had for them. Some of those stray
dogs were my best friends, too.
"I've still got Lizzie, the variegated
dog had several years ago in Watch
Your STEP 1 got Lizzie at a dog
pound in New York. and I wouldn't
part with her for anything And
Lizzie never forgets me. On the open
ing night OF oh. What a Grill re-
ceived a telegram reading: Good luck
and best wishes from your old pal
Lizzie So you see how faithful Lizzie
IL even II my wife did send the tele-
gram for her. Perhaps Lizzie win
come to Join me in this show. and II
she does you'd find her mighty inter-
esting material for an interview
Lizzie only dates as far back as
Watch Your Step but this makeup
OF mine dates back to His Honor the
Mayor which, you may remember,
ran for many weeks here. That was
the first time I ever appeared in this
deacon OUTFIT, and it was my first big
success, as we'll. When the part was
given to me It was minor role. The
authors included It with the intention
of making "a small bit of the part.
But 1 built II up. adding different
scenes as l saw the opportunity. And
when 1t was put on at the New York
Theatre 1t proved to be the star role.
So I've stuck to the deacon makeup
ever since"
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circles in New York as well as in oth"
parts OF this country, having held u,
position of musical director OF gran'
opera as we'll as of light opera com
panies. He was engaged by osca
Hammerstein to train the chorus ~
the Manhattan Opera House in 1--WE
The following season he was promolS
to the post of conductor and diree'.
the performance Of "Hans the tIus
Player" For three seasons he was
the head OF his own opera COMPANY
and he was engaged as conductor
the Century opera Company sh@@
the artistic guidance OF that organic
ton with Jacques Coini, He spent :"
years in California directing the o.s
Francisco Opera Company ana e'
walls in conjunction with Alfred tie'~
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OUT OF DOORS.

LUNA-This resort, with 10
numerous rides, continues "
shake up patrons as much as ~
good for them. Afterward tney
rest by dancing on the trictIone"
ballroom hoor to the sootnihS
strains of Buddie's Jazz Band
STEEPLECHASE-Thisp lses
became so congested with humaSI
traffic last week that it was foun;
necessary to suspend the sale =,
tickets, which shows how popu'a,
the park has become since II "o o;
Endorsed by President PesSos 80 -.
Brazil, Prince Nadao OF Auyy
sinia and Gen. Emilio Gushe'
motif of the Italian army ,,..
PALISADES-Thrilling rius
and entertaining spectacles az
almost as abundant as the re- -
air and water kindly proviaeo "
the management. J
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decided we'd get up a quartet. and we
went down to Coney Island and other
outdoor places. to try our luck with
the crowds and often we had to walk
home. But that experience certainly
did create an early appetite for the
stage that has stuck to me like a
relation in distress ever since.
'At any rate. 1t wasn't any worse
than my schoolday experiences. Moth
ing could have been worse. For I was
thrown out of every school on the East
Side of New York, where was born.
remember how my poor old grand
mother used to cry to get them to
take me back. She would scrub my
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KELLY PASSED THE HAT.

YOU know what 'buskin'
is?" Harry Kelly asked the
interviewer. The chief fun
maker in "Oh, What A Grill" at the
Shubert Theatre. sat in his dressing
room wearing his rural makeup. his
ancient frock coat and rusty plug"
hat. awaiting his cue.
'Buskin.' let me explain" he con-
tinued. lis just another term for pass
ing the hat. And that's the way I
earned my first salary as a comedian
when 1 was ten years old. l and
three other boys about the same age
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THE WEEKS OFFERINGS.

Street Theatre The shgbers will produce
comedy drama THOSE Who Walk in Darkness"
damaaton by Owen Davis of Perley Poore Sheeans
the The cast headed by Amy Rcard Laura Walker
Donald Galaher and Arthur Shaw.
Vanderbilt Theatre, Grace George
She Did" comedy by Mark Reed.
WEDNESDAY-"A Regular Feler" be
presented BY Charles Emerson Cook Ernest 0lendnnng
the
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r TUGo RIEsENFELD and Josiah

T TUGo RIEsENFELD and Josiah
II Euro announce the organlza-
- - ton of school Of opera,
which will be operated in con-
junction with tho Rivoli and Rialto
theatres, now under the direction OF
Mr.. Riesenfeld. Mr.. EURO will be tho
director and will have complete charge
OF the school, which will be located at
the Rivoli Theatre. and he will be as
sisted by a stan Of prominent artists
Foremost among them Is the well
known stage director Jacques Coini.
formerly Of tho Manhattan Opera
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-01-29

Mrs. Thos. Clark received a letter
from her son. Mark, the first of this
week, being the first word received
from him since he wrote in October,
telling of his being wounded. Mrs.
Clark has been considerably worried
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-01-29
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES

"Tne Anchors of Life" and "a Chal-
lenge for the Best are the subjects
of the sermons morning and evening.
Christian Endeavor meets at 6:15 to
discuss THE Best Things in c. E."
Leaders, Miss Ruby Rollins and Mrs
Robt Karr. Sunday school at y
noon. If you are not already receiving
the benefit of these various services
will you not accept this as a person
al invitation to worship with us?
Z ebert karr. Minister.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-01-29
L. D. S. CHURCH NOTES

Elder Chas. Harpe, who has been
holding meetings at the l.. D. S.
church for the past several weeks,
will remain another week Last Sun
day there were four baptisms and the
little chapel was filled to capacity.
The interest is very good and we trust
the good work will go on.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-01-29

over the delay in hearing from him,
but the letter received this week as
sures her that he has recovered and
is again back with his company. He
had written number of times, but in
SOME way the letters had miscarrled.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-01-29
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES

Preaching next Sunday morning and
evening at the usual hours, with all
the other services of the day as usual.
Prayer meeting on Thursday evening
at 1880.
Nearly $3.50 was raised in the Sun
day school for the Armenian-Syrian re-
lief.
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to the hospital for several weeks
He enjoyed months furlough in Den
ison with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Bergstedt.
Clarence Schwarzenbach has accept
ed the position as head salesman at
the C. l.. Ducander clothing store and
will commence his work the last of
this week. Clarence was formerly in
the employ of Mr.. Ducander, resign
ing his position when he enlisted in
the Iowa national guards at the out
break Of the war. He is one OF Deni-
sons finest young men and his many
friends will be glad to see him back
in his old position. B. K. Tompkins.
who has been employed by Mr.. Du-
canler for the past year and half,
will resign his position in February.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sears McHenry, Mr..
and Mrs l.. A. Seeman. Geo. McHenry
and Mott McHenry were passengers
to Boone Sunday morning where they
attended the funeral of Mr.. George
Stevens, an uncle of theirs. Mr..
Stevens is well known to most of the
old residents of Denison, who will be
sorry to learn of his death He was
a prominent contractor for many
years and constructed the First Ma
tional Bank building as well as the
w. A. and Sears McHenry homes. Mr..
Stevens was a pioneer resident of
Boone. being the first foreman of the
North Western machine shops there.
He was So years of age at the time
| OF his death.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-03

for the great good in military matters
because the officers will know the need
of the future Army and Navy and by
the weight of their united efforts can
do much to shape policies.
This organization composed of
clear vision and high ideals will also
be a stabilizing influence at a time
when the business interests of the
country are most in need Of such
forces.
THE American Officers is 1ikened to
the Society of Cincinnati, formed in
1888 at the close Of the Revolutionary
War. George Washington was the
first president of that society, and
held office until his death. The pur-
pose expressed at the time of the for
nation of the Society of Cincinnati
was as follows:
ITO perpetuate. therefore, as well
the remembrance of this vast event. as
the mutual friendships which have
been formed under the pressure of
common danger and in many instances
ceuented by the blood Of the parties,
the officers of the American Army do.
hereby, in the most solemn manner
associate. constitute and combine
themselves into the Society Of Friends
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No. 2-COntinued From
Page One

Legion( Civil WARY.
MANY civilians. and ex-officers. are
now hearing for the first time of this
great national society. The American
Officers is founded on such broad prin-
ciples of Americanism and patriotic
service, and holds such potential USE
fullness both to it's members and to
the country, that it membership has
already swept the whole country, until
there remains hardly any semi-im-
portant town or city which is not rep
resented on its roster.
Local officers are proud Of the fact
that Pensacola has one of the original
chapters, for it is stated that the
largest membership is to be found in
those cities from which came the
readiest response to the country's call.
This is natural, because the purpose of
the American Officers" might well be
summed UP in the phrase, ITO con-
tinue in time of peace, the unselfish
service rendered during the War" and
those who were quickest to offer them
selves in the upholding of our coun-
try's stand against tyranny and dis
order abroad. are the first to be con-
WINGED Of their duty in maintaining
justice and order at home The Ameri-
can Officers give to these patriotic men
the opportunity of combining for this
purpose with their fellow officers all
over the country. 1t brings them into
closer social contact with each other
1t provides means of concerted. eff
Tort in regard to the many matters
concerning which ex-officers are most
familiar and are best fitted to advise
It Is the clearing house, thru whics
100000 of the most highly trained, in
teiligent men Of our nation may ex
press the consensus Of their opinions
upon matters of national, state or loca,
Importance
The Society viii exercise influence
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-03
A WORKING GIRLS LEE.

Day in and day out, month after
month, she tolls. Often she is the
breadwinner of the family and must
work that others may live. Rain or
shine, warm or cold, she must be at
her place of employment on time. A
great majority of such girls are on
their feet from morning until night
and symptoms of female troubles are
early manifested by weak and aching
backs, dragging down pains, head
aches and nervousness. Such girls are
asked to try that most successful OF
all remedies for woman's ills, Lydia
Z, Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
which for more than forty years has
been giving girls strength to do THEN
worl-Adv.