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New-York tribune., 1920-10-17
Producing Musical Shows
Is Gamble Against Whims,
Z. Ziegfeld Jr. Concludes

F. Ziegfeld jr. has sent the 1920 edi-
ton Of the Follies to Boston, where it
will appear for a limited engagement
before going on a tour Of the larger
cities.
The Follies had the remarkable rec
ord of not playing to a single vacant
seat at the New Amsterdam Theater
during its run there. In fact, Mr.. Zieg-
field is responsible for the statement
that during the most of the run the
demand doubled the capacity of the
spacious New Amsterdam Theater
Twenty thousand persons in New York
were unable to obtain seats.
Mr.. Ziegfeld's fight at the outset
against the ticket speculator was unus-
ually successful this year. He has
blazed the trail in the fight to curb this
practice and was responsible for the
laws made in Albany and directed
against the Rialto "hawks."
The task facing the producer of the
Folles this year was particularly
hazardous one. The increasing price
of everything that goes to make up the
lavish production resulted in a total
expenditure of $3.50, 900, the high mark
of money outlay for the series, he
says.
Considering the fact that the first
Folhes cost Mr.. Ziegfeld in the neigh
borhood of S25,000, an enormous eX-
penditure in those days, it is plain to
be seen that the high cost Of theatrical
producing has kept pace with the high
cost of living.
Mr.. Ziegfeld believes that the public
in the final analysis will patronize the
New-York tribune., 1920-10-17

worthy endeavor. and to that extent he
gambled with this years Follies.
Mr.. Ziegfeld plans his Follies a year
in advance. Every detail is carefully
thought out He is already at work
on the Follies for 1921.
"The enormous amohnt of detail"
he said, CONNECTED with the staging
of a production like the Follies cannot
be conceived by the layman. Public
taste is as changing as the shifting
Winds. What it likes to-day it may
abhor tomorrow. There was not a
sight of bare leg or an exhibition
of 'shimmy' dancing in the current
Iollies. Yet all about us were bare
legged choruses and the wild contor-
tions of .the 'shimmy' experts.
at was my judgment that the public
had tired of that sort of thing, and |
barred it. That | was right cannot
be questioned. | have to be certain
that | know what the public wants
and | have to know it in advance. The
slightest slip could easily mar an
otherwise first class performance. 1t
is true that prohibition has brought
about changed attitude in the theater,
and it is also true that the standards
of the theater are very much better
and higher.
Sometimes the producer is criticized
for the standards that he sets, but in
reality he is only rejecting the public's
taste. The higher the standards of the
audience the higher will become the
standards of the producer, if he is to
remain successful"
New-York tribune., 1920-10-17
Alan Brooks Really Not
Anti-Feminine in Views
Despite Lines of Play

Alan Brooks, who is starring in his
own play and his own production of
because Of Helen" at the Punch and
Judy Theater, is a modest young man.
When asked for a brief recital of the
high lights in his career Mr.. Brooks
lodged the issue, explaining 81 have
always tried to be modest, because l
have hoped to some day become so
famous that | wouldn't want the world
to know too much about me. Strug-
however colorful and vivid they may
be at the moment.
"The darkest part of my past was
perhaps days when in musical comedy,
and yet for all of which l can retain
some healthy retrospect. My ideas have
been somewhat dissolved regarding the
glamour. l have listened to the creak-
ing of the wheels and, instead Of tax
ing myself to glittering palaces, l was
wont to steal silently into the night
to indulge in dreams of drama success,
dreams not realized even to the extent
OIL getting INSIDE Oh a dramatlc theater
until room rent was weeks overdue.
Henry Savage in short space of
time introduced two comedies of health,
but not being healthy they died too
early in their careers for me to ar
rive at the zenith of my ambitions.
Contemplating a short cut, I deliber-
ated on the idea of writing something
of my own, and, not being overburdened
with cocksure conceit, also being a bit
lazy, l began with one-act plays
Having a stronger faith in my act
ing possibilities than in the good luck
that had enabled me to escape injury
l decided to abandon that and try for
something higher and less risky. l then
wrote one-act play that had some
thing Of truth in it and which success
fully played the big time vaudeville for
the next two or three seasons in spite
of the doubtful encouragement of some
Of my friends, who admitted that was
good comedian on circular stair
case.
I'm answering the question which is
asked me a great deal regarding ny
authorship of this particular play, as
New-York tribune., 1920-10-17
Like the Sacred Monkeys,
She Hears, Sees and Speaks
No Evil, and ALI Goes Well

Good luck charms are numerous and
variable among playerfolk, some adopt
ing coins and rabbits feet, while others
cautiously adhere to the superstition
of not killing spiders or walking un-
der ladders, refraining from speaking
tag" lines at rehearsals, whistling in
the theater or adorning the dressing
rooms with anything new
But the talsman of little Eileen Will
son, who is playing in Earl Carroll's
Lady of the Lamp" at the Republic
Theater, is quite different from any of
these. This Independent young woman
ignores the generally accepted code
of superstitions. Friday the 18th or
black cats hold no significance for her.
Instead, she has accepted as an emblem
of good luck the three sacred monkeys
of the Orient, and on her dressing
room table, carved in the finest ivory,
the monkey triumvirate, hunched IN
their Characteristic postures, holds
complete and absolute sway
To the Oriental mind the first mon
key, who clasps his monkey hands
tightly over his beady little monkey
eyes, symbQlzes a sermon in three
words See no evil; while the second
monkey god. who covers his monkey
ears, stands for "Hear no evil" anC
the other of the monkey trio, who
clamps forbidding hand on his
mouth, is "Speak no evil"
The relation of this Oriental charm
to Eileen Wilson and her Oriental par'
in Earl Carroll's Oriental play is, ac
cording to the little actress. very
vital one of we hear no evil, see nc
New-York tribune., 1920-10-17
Intimate Information From the Realm of Make Believe
Symbolical Objects Take
Important Part in Film
At the Criterion Theater

A diamond incrusted heart, symbolic
ing the love of the rich man for the
blacksmith's daughter, is one Of the
unusual bits of dramatic allegory with
which Cecil B. De Mile has embellished
his newest production, "Something to
Think About" which opens an extended
engagement at the Criterion Theater
to-day. The most gorgeous silks, en-
ticing perfumes and dazzling jewelry
when she called on her crippled tiance
to tell him that she loved big, hearty
country boy, but the mans noble
generosity in the past halted her
tongue. She feared to speak the words
that would hurt him, yet it was the
strength of the poor youth which held
her tighter than the gold band on her
engagement ring finger.
"Something to Think About" which
was written by Jeanie Macpherson, has,
besides a notable cast, some of the
most interesting and apt symbolisms,
expressions of ideas through the ap-
to the complications or characters in
the story.
Gloria Swanson plays with fine ap-
probation the role Of the girl who rose
from ginghams to the doorstep of
riches and then fell back to rags and
thoughts of suicide Elliott Dexter. re-
Gently returned to motion picture work
after year of illness, plays the part
of the rich cripple. Monte Blue ap-
pears as the country boy who was the
victor for a time because he had
strong arm, and Theodore Roberts has
the role of the blacksmith, who, after
his daughter eloped, called curses upon
her and prayed that he would never
see her again-a prayer that is an
swered when sparks from his anvil
blind him. Theodore Kosloff has the
sprightly role of a circus clown who
whispers to the maiden that it is the
strong man who always wins, theory
which is questioned by author and pro-
ducer. In the analysis Of the idea that
"might makes right" there is truly
something to think about, as the title
New-York tribune., 1920-10-17
A Glimpse at the New
Plays; Five Openings
Scheduled This Week
Continued from page one


Rineharts work have been faithfully
preserved.
The title role Of the piece is sup
posed to be a symbol of young Ameri-
can girlhood 1t is the girls delight
to assume the appearance of extreme
sophistication and to permit herself
an indulgence in romantic ardor which
at times leads her into misadventures
Of most alarming nature Miss Hayes
Incidentally, is only one year older in
real life than Bah" herself.
Mrs. Rinehart's work in "The Batr
and spanish Love" has attracted such
wide attention that seat reservations
for "Bab' are said to have reached a
rocerd stage even before the actual
setting Of the date for the opening was
announced.
And then We have with US again
Raymond Hitchcock, the droll humor-
st and phonograph monologist, co-star-
ring Julia Sanderson, the musical
comedy star, and G. P. Huntley, the
English comedian, with large list of
entertainers in "Iiitchy Koo 1920" 1t
is promised that no "Hitchy- Koo" to
date has contained anything like the
tun and amusement MIR Hitchcock has
worked into this, his latest effort. When
we consider the months in which it has
been IN course Of construction we may
understand more readily that this
promise may be well founded. The
premiere viii be given at the New
Amsterdam Theater on Tuesday night.
eHitchy-Koo 1920" is in two acts,
1sh fourteen scenes. 1t was staged by
Fed Wayburn and the costumes are
by Nine B. Rasimi, director of the
lheater BaTa- Clan, of Paris. The
clothing worn by the girls in the pro-
auction, We are told. will be an out
standing feature Mr. Hitchcock has
conceived the idea that New York
women like 70 learn the latest in fash
Ions when they attend the theater, anc
80, rather than 20 present the young
women Of the ensemble in costume.
prepared simply for use before The
spotlight, he has arranged to provide 1
: sort Of fashion show to boot.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-17
CAS- We Were Sayingg''
HeywOOd Broun's Review
Of Plays of thew eek
Continued from page one

mannerism. AS matter Of fact, al
though the chief appeal of the play is
in its moments Of light comedy we
liked best of all Mary Young's per
formance in the third act when she
plays the scene in which the star re-
ceives news in her dressing room of
the death of her son in France. ThiS
was done simply and surely. There
was a fine quietness about it. AL
though we knew before that Miss
Young was thoroughly capable per-
former we were startled by the quail
ity of her acting in this scene. We
don't see how it could be done much
better We would hate to be asked to
find a substitute.
AS for the comic values, Miss Young
misses few, but there is often the sense
that she is chasing them. They are not
all at her finger tips. She has to
reach. A kind hearted spectator al
ways hates a little bit to see a point
pounced upon. To be sure, the dram
atist has not always made it easy for
his actress. He has wit, but it is often
explosive. The play is of the school
which Enter Madame" heads this sea-
son. "The Outrageous Mrs. Palmer"
is pleasant entertainment, but 1t does
not seem to US nearly as smooth as
Miss Varesi's play. The humor Of the
artistic temperament is treated in more
theatrical fashion. The human note IS
less frequent
New-York tribune., 1920-10-17
Juanita Fletcher a Full
Pledged 'Anzac'; She Has
Lots of World War Relics

If it were permissible, Juanita
Fletcher, prima donna in Little Miss
Charity" would go about in the flowing
hat of the "Anzac," and, if you please,
in the knee-length skirt, as we'll. This
not particularly because she prefers
that garb. but that she so adores the
young men who fought in the World
War in behalf of her home country
Australia.
whose face Mas become familiar in
broadway musical comedy productions
is an Australian by birth came to light
the other night when friend visited
in her home and found there a little
room filled with relies of the World
War, brought back by those young men
who staggered about the streets of
New York, wide-brimmed hats pinned
up on the left side, and Drowned knees
open to the breeze. And there were
three or four hats of the Anzac variety,
too, and a couple of sets of Anzac stock
ings and skirts.
Miss Fletcher is Immensely proud of
her birthplace. She was born in Perth,
West Australia of parents who were
not interested in or associated with the
stage IN any degree. When very young
her voice attracted the attention of ] =.
c Williamson, widely known in Aus
trallan theatrical circles, and later he
assisted her in gaining passage to New
York.
She first appeared here in "The
Chocolate Soldier" as Mascha and later
in THE Pink Lady" In 1916, after a
period Of rest from the stage, she
returned, and appeared in "When
Johnny Comes Marching Home :" at
the New Amsterdam Theater and Man
haitian Opera House. When Alice Neil
sea decided to come back to the stage
Miss Fletcher sang in Kitty Darlin',"
and then she was Jackie Saunders in
ooh, Boy and Jane in leave it to
Jane" Last year she scored success
in Apple Blossoms"
When the businessss Of selecting a
young woman to sing the leading part
of Little Miss Charity came up there
was a general competition among a
score or more of Broadway favorites
for the place. The plot of the piece,
as we'll as the music itself, demanded
an artist of unusual ability, and Miss
Fletcher's success in former stagework
brought her to the front in the test.
Her work in Little Miss Charity" has
made the producers confident that they
chose wisely.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-17
Yiddish Stage Raising Its
Standards and Developing
Barrymores, Says Actress

on the Yiddish, than on the English
stage"
Although he usually plays the part
OF the old father and patriarch, Mr..
schwartz is very young man-no
more than thirty years old. He is not
at all the aggressive type. Off stage he
Is quiet and acknowledgements
ne is on his favorite topic-the Ntage
and its people.
And then there is Miss Gersten-
berta Gersten-the. leading lady, an
interesting and attractive looking
young woman
Miss Gerstcn does very "heavy''
part IN play by Peretz Hirshbein
called "The Golden Chain" which is
beng played at the Irving Place Thea.
ter. She portrays so much intense
emotion that a natural query would be
as to how much of herself she puts
into the part
Every bit of me-" she answered. at
Is something can't remedy MANY
actors have told me that they can simu-
late any sort of emotion when thew are
acting. But | have always had to nut
my whole soul and life into nv part
"hen shudder or cry on the stage it
is because | am really living the part
am portraying.
Nv" 40 prepare Tor part?
always attend the reading Of a plav.
and then and there form a mental pic
ture of my character. | take her home
with me and live her life in my imagi-
nation as | can see it up to the time of
the play. go over every phase of her
lie that could have developed her into
the woman she is-and then I learn nv
lines. That is the simplest part of pre-
parlng character, because that is only
memory work. l do not have to worry
about the Interpretation and the ex-
preston. They come naturally when
you are familiar with the--life of the
person you are trying to be.
Il see great future for the Yiddish
stage, and [ believe it will not be very
long before we have our John and
Ethel Barrymores The young people
of the Yiddish acting profession have
brought with their histrionic ability an
idealism that cannot help but raise the
standards of the Yiddish theater, and l
find that they are working together
very harmoniously to carry on the
work started by Mr.. Schwartz and the
Jewish Art Theater.
wasn't it Oliver Wendell Holmes
who said, 1T is not so much where we
stand, but the direction in which we
are going, that counts'?"
New-York tribune., 1920-10-17

to whether am really anti-feminne in
my views. l say, decidedly not, because
find that woman's superiority to man
is always equal to mans inferiority 10
himself
In spite of Alan Brooks's reticence in
regard to the actual statistical steps
in his progress toward the realization
OF his ideals in the dramatic field. it
may be told in all safety that h.s first
night on Broadway occurred stimuli
taneously with his twenty-trst birth
day, the play being musical comedy
entitled a Stubborn Cinderella" in
which Mr.. Brooks played the reading
comedy role, and understudiea John
Barrymore. Then came the Broadway
run of The Midnight sons in which
he followed Vernon Castle Mr. Brooks
then abandoned musical comedy TO re
turn to the dramatic field.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-17

u.ur;ce Schwartz, director and lead
:xx man of the Irving Place Theater
y;ad;sh actors, has ideals and hopes
.or the Yddish stage and in particu-
lar for his theater-
az feel that there is great field for
=. 10 work in,7 he says. "Since we
started giving literary plays here at
,be Irving Place Theater three years
.,o have noticed decided change
~ the character Of our audiences. They
d.mand the good plays and wait for
our productions. even if we give only
.bree or four new ones IN the season.
The box office receipts prove that the
lavish audience will have none OF the
'musical comedy type Of productions
II is the work OF Ibsen, Wilde, Schnitz-
ler. Tolstoy and Gorky aud the other
yreat playwrights which consistently
attracts large audiences
Notwithstanding the examples of
Yen-Ami, Bertha Kalish and Celia
Adler Mr.. Schwartz VIII not heed the
call to the Engiish-speaking stage.
!. "Severa attractive offers for the
n me- he said. but | do not think
will accept them. I have started
something new By producing these
literary plays and ! do not wish to
desert them now while the work is in
It's infancy. It is my ambition and de-
sire to give all / can in the way of
acting. and also choosing and training
the young Jewish actors to interpret
as the authors meant them to be in
terpreted the really wonderful plays
that have been written by men who
understand life and could write about
Il. After my work is done l want to
know that there Will be others to carry
it on and that | will have given the
best that is in me
q have the utmost faith in our
Young Jewish actors and in the class
Of people who attend our performances.
They are helping each other now, and
they will continue to do so-tho audi
ences by their inspiring appreciation
Of our work and their very helpful
criticism, and the actors by their will
ingness TO work hard and put their
souls into their work, even though
there be much less money for an actor
New-York tribune., 1920-10-17

evil and speak no evil" says Miss Will
son, then, simply by the process of
elimination there is left for us only
the good.
I'm my work believe that good is
the greatest force in the world. To
me good and beauty are synonymous
But it is not the Rousseau idea of
beauty or that of the other romanti-
clStS.
My conception of the good and the
beautiful is pIatonic in character
Beauty does not imply license or free
dom, but must be restrained. l believe
that the good in me will do my work;
it will assert itself at all times; it will
rule supreme if obey the mandate of
the monkey gods and do not recognize
the existence Of evil Everything | have
done on the stage has been accom-
pllshed by the good within me. When
am playing the little Princess T'ien
Tao it is not Eileen Wilson who acts
, the part but the God of Beauty and
Good that controls everything"
New-York tribune., 1920-10-17
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New-York tribune., 1920-10-17
600 Actors Sacrificed at Sea

an Dead Men Tell No Tales" Vita
graphs production of the famous story
by f. N. Hornung, the Burning of the
Lady Jermyn aVesea and her destruc
tion by gunpowder form one of the
dramatic scenes. Six hundred actors
are used in the scene
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1920-07-07
SUNNY GAP.
Phone 70

Our meeting at old Liberty began
Sunday. A large crowd attended.
Elmer Switzerland and Miss Nola
Grow surprised their many friends by
going to Conway Sunday morning and
getting married. Their honeymoon
trip was to Hot Springs. Miss Crow
is a charming young lady of this
place. Mr.. Switzerland is nice
young fellow. We wish them long
and happy life.
Mrs. Martha Sohn was laid to rest
in the Old Liberty grave yard Thurs
day.
The school house was cleaned out
Saturday. The summer school will
start July 2.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1920-07-07
Mr.. COLBY
AS DEMOCRAT ACE
tBy United Press


San Francisco, July 7.-Democrat-
ic leaders winding up affairs of the
national convention predict that Sec
rotary of State cambridge Colby of
New York will be one of the strongest
and most effective campaigners in sup
port of the Wilson policies. 1t is un-
derstood that the secretary of state
was not given the nomination as vice
president because leaders of the party
thought he could campaign more eff
fectively than as offering himself as
a candidate.
From a nominal Republican to the
Bull Moose and then to the inner cir
Giles of the Democratic party is the
record in politics of Secretary Colby
He was one of the first Republicans
to champion the cause of the league
of nations and upheld President Will
son during the entire controversy In
the senate. Since his appointment to
replace Robert Lasing, he has been
high in the confidence of the cabinet.
His campaigning will begin at once,
and will be second only to that of the
president, should his health permit a
swing around the country in behalf
of Governor Cox.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1920-07-07
Harton & Smith
jewelers..
VILONIA.

The fourth was passed very quiet
h here. Quite few of the boys
attended the ball game at Woodrow
Saturday.
Bud Fortuner reported the first
cotton bloom here June 2.
Weevile are found to be numerous
here on several farms. We farmers
Had better beware and take the best
care of the corn and hay crop lest
We do not make enough cotton to ex-
change for feed next year.
1t is supposed that flour will con-
tinue to advance in price, as the
wheat which Jessie Sandiford, Leonard
Bailey and Ralph Vann intened tc
harvest will not be harvested by them
They made a trip of about TOO miles
to northwest Kansas, but returned the
third day after reaching their desti
nation.
Sherman Pierce, who is going to bt
our next county judge has purchas
ed him car, which he is making gooc
use of in his canvass of the county.
Coy Parker began his school al
Marshall Monday.
Hey Ward of Beryl visited hi.
father here Sunday.
Bruce O'Quinn had the misfortune
of letting his horse run away Sun
day morning. He demolished a goot
buggy, but did not injure any one.
The most damaging rain of the sea
son fell here June 80. 1t seemed t,
be cloud burst. According to oil,
citizens the fields were washed ant
damaged more than they have beer
for years.
July 8.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1920-07-07
CUMMINGS CHOICE
AS CAMP AICN HEAD
(By unfeed Preas)


San Francisco, July According to
the general belief of Democrats, Gov
ernor Cox will ask Homer S. Cum
mings of Connecticut to remain as
chairman of the national committee
during the presidential campaign.
Mr.. Cummings directed the second
campaign of President Wilson, in
which he barely defeated Charles E.
Hughes of New York.
Mr.. Cummings has announced that
he does not wish to retail the chair
manship if the nominees can agree
upon another Democrat He implied
that he would remain should Cover
nor Cox insist.