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Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-01-23
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LIFE'S
Happiness and Success Within Easy
Reach of Red-Blooded Men and
Women,
Anemic Condition Unnecessary
Pepto-Mangan Makes Rich, Red Blood
Builds Up Pale, Thin Anemic
Men and Women.

Good health is the most important
asset Of life. Without a vigorous
strong body and a keen, clear mind
true happiness and enjoyment are i'm
possible.
And yet SO many women, and men
too, whose misfortune it is to be pale
thin and anemic, hopelessly accept
this condition in the belief that robust
health and real happiness are not for
them.
Thousands Of men and ONE have
been restored to vigorous health and
lasting happiness by GUIDES Pepto-
Mangan. This beneficial blood tonic
contains the very properties so vital
ly needed to improve the blood. Pep
to-Mangan, if taken for a few weeks,
will enrich the blood and create thou
sands of the tiny red blood cells tina
are SO necessary to carry nourishmen
and strength to every part Of the
body. r.
Pepto-Mangan is safe, beneficial
and pleasant to the taste. For con
vience it is prepared in liquid and tab
let form, both possessing exactly
the same medicinal properties.
Be sure to ask your druggist for
Guides when you order Pepto-
Mangan. "Gude's" is the genuine
Pepto-Mangan. Look for the name
Guides 'on the package.
Guides" on the package. (Adv.)
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-01-23

We take it that the Nebraska re
publicans who want to draft Pershing
as a candidate are not Wood men.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1920-01-23

alfllersa AntisepHc OIL. Known as>
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-29
Wbat's lUbat IL, F1ew York Cbeatprs

BElMONT-See theatrical
BOOTH-"Iappy Lucky" Amusing English comedy
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. farce
BJOt-"Thc comedy
CENTRA"Poor Little Ritz Girl
CENTURY PROMENADE The and
a ~ 'e" N'O"'-
CoHAN-"Siks and Sains." entertainment
CONAN & HARRIS "Eoney Girl" Checkers
COMEDY-See theatrical
CORT|"Abraham Lincoln" poetic historical drama
CRlTERlON-"The Right A motion picture
ELTINiE-"Ladies' Tur bath farce
EMl'RE-See tricalo offerings
fokl1-ElGHTH STREE1-'Op plav Wall sre
FULION- Scrambled Wives"
Frank
GARRlCk-"Enr Madame" Var featured ''''
HLOBE-George Whites scandals
GREENWICH VILLAGE rical offerings
HENRY MlERSThe Famous Miller Bncho
HPPODROME-"Good Times" favotes cxrovooan
NJ DsoNCrooked Gamblers" Woods hiyb
hNloAEkboekER-See theatrical offerings.
libElsl THE Night Boat" musical, cical comedy
Lllllf'-"Foot-1oose,' o an adv
!oNEACRE-'Ihe Cave Girl" "Admrable Crchton"
THE Gold Dgger" in Of chorus DIR, ut
.aAlNI hl1lOiIS-'Spanish Love" A continental novelty
SfORosco-"The Bat" Thrilling mystery play.
NEW ANS ItRDAN"ziegfeld Flies" Fourteenth
r ANS EkDAM ROOFArt Hicknans Zefed Midncb
Things rnodu
oe-blue Bonnet Ernest
n-, ,ni-e-.lhe Lady of the Chinese
81, nfi.l-"Faddy the Next Best Thing"
SEW lN-"Iickle Me" Tinney vehicle
The Checkerb
VA DEkbll-"lrene,' and comedy ~ Ne'.
"l>iER GARDEN-"Cinderela Broadway v,trovara,.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-29
9 Interesting Chat and Stage Gossip for Playgoers q
of The Bat Shows
How Immensely New York
Enjoys Keeping Secret

You knew when you stuffed the
apple from Farmer Browns tree into
your shirt front while Jimmie Jones
looked on (of course, this was long,
long ago) that if Jimmie was success
full in arriving home that night one
of his first duties would be to tell his
mother ABOUT what you had done. A
little later in school when you copied"
your quiz answers over the shoulder
from the tablet of the fellow across
the aisle and were caught in the act
by the classmatc just behind, you were
certain the teacher would know of it
in due course of time. And then when
you grew up and came to New York
you knew that when the ncighbor found
you walking on broadway with
strange young woman your wife would
have sufficient evidence, from neigh
bors' lips, next morning to warrant
the filing of claim for divorce.
That is the everlasting suspicion
that turks in the breast of the might
lest and the weakest of US. The other
fellow is going TO tell. He Cor she)
can't keep secret. To not tell thing
is, so we see it, welnigh impossible
We have than little faith in the human
beings all about. And, if we but knew
it, nine times, yes, nine and nine
tenths times out Of ten, we're wrong.
Just a bunch of nerves and suspicious
aad dstrustfulness Is there wonder
we go to war?
There is one very splendid example of
the real goodness of the rank and file
of American men and women in New
York right now. 1t is tribute TO the
unselfshncss and bigncss of those thou
sands who go to make up the great
masses of theater lovers of this city
And it is so plainly brought home that,
no doubt, either in one way or another,
it must have impressed most any one
who has attended or talked with others
wha have attended, the performance at
the Morosco Theater of the Mary Rob-
c-s RinehartAvery Hopwood mystery
play "Thc Bat"
Now, if the critics who saw tho open
Ing performance of "Thc Bat" had writ
ten the true story of the theme of "The
Bal" noting each detail Of the play
and finally telling the secret itself, there
would have been double calamity
First, "The Bat" probably would not be
appearing on Broadway now, owing to
poor drawing power, and, second, thou
sands of men and women would have
been cheated of the opportunity of see
ing what in tho opinion of q great
many persons in the city is the most
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-29

be offered. Little Miss Charity" is
light comedy with bright music, and
when 1T shall have ended its season
another play of the same style will be
prepared to continue the policy next
year.
New York is the theatrical center
or the world,' says Mr.. Hcrndon, land
cordngly. In London, even to the
present day, old Drury, as Drury Lane
IS known. IS sacred to the melodrama,
just as the thcatcr which bears the
name of the lamentcd Augustin DAILY
fosters the brighter form of musical
comedy. The Gaiety plays are in a
class alone, just as are the Gilbert
and Sullivan; and while New York has
the best OF light musical plays, just
as it has the most brilliant dramas.
there is no theater which may be iden-
tltied as the home of any particular
form unless it is the Casino, which,
more than any other, holds to its
policy of musical Comedies"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-29

this, we were the kind Of girls who
read dirty French novels all the time.
That would be much worse. You should
be thankful"
That did, for day or two, stay SEN
tence from Nine. Varesi, but pres
emily she came back.
1t does not matter that you might
have been children who read dirty
French novels. The fact is that you
are not SO l do not have to worry
about it." So the plays went on, after
that, with decent gaps between.
But no Varesi could be kept long
from her play acting, nor could other
interests divert her very much. Till
the very day when Sila had gone off
to sing, and Gilda had joined Nine.
Modjeska to learn to act, the two
built their paper great houses, and
played in their paper doll plays To
this day, Gilda, with the seasons most
successful play to her credit, has the
following papers in a box under her
desk, and with half word of en-
enlargement will take them out and
show them to you.
"Sila was eager, but critical" she
says, (which is an ideal state for an
audience. She trained me at least to
keep things happening, though the
things could not be too incredible.
When first came to New York, fresh
from Nine. Modjeska, even before I
had had my first chance in Salvation
NelP with Mrs. Fiske, | had begun to
write plays, and in those days Sila
would have been thoroughly ashamed
of me. Gladys Unger helped me with
one of those early plays, and in spite
of all that she could do tho thing was
hopeless. l did not believe it was s.,
bad till years after, but now I could
not be forced to reread 1t.
"But after few bad trials, began
to incubate this play about a prima
donna. Much Of Madame is my
mother, who had the greatest charm
| have ever known. She was that
most astonishing combination Of in
finite charm, warm affection and j
steely-eyed practically.
"She would put out her arms to US,
with the gesture of Cleopatra, and
say My blessed darlings,' as she en-
folded us-then she would suddenly
thrust US back to arms length and de-
mand: Have you bathed and cleaned
your teeth" We never knew what to
expect from her, but we were both no
more than fourteen when we first
definitely knew that Mamma was the
most fascinating person in the world
"She had lost her voice when we
first came to America, because her
health was bad but a year or so after
she came she was cured and her voice
returned. But Mamma would not 90
again to Italy"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-29

thrilling and interesting mystery play
New York has seen in many seasons.
The producers and authors Of "The
Bat" have gone about the preparing of
thcl" programs, which are given out to
the auditors each night in a manner
most ingenious. There was a secret that
must not be dvulged. The play must
be seen through. And so the programs
were fixed" You may not have noticed
1t, you who have seen "The Bat" and it
is quite as we'll.
Then, to insure against allowing the
secret to be carried out of the theater
and spread broadcast, tho authors and
producers have made the request in
large black type in the programs that
no person tell to any other person the
secret of "Thc Bat"
1t must be said now, to the honor of
the man in the street, as we'll as to the
critics themselves, that secret was not
what's what at the Morosco Theatcr YOU
must see the play. No trumped-u pub
llclty scheme; no cheap tactics for
drawing crowds. If you don't like mys-
terry, plays, for you own sake don't at
tehd, because 1T is mystery from first
TO end. And if you do like mystery
plays, why, then, owing to the fact that
mankind is pretty outstanding, true
to-hls-word sort of being, you'll be lust
as much thrilled and just as much sur
prlsed when you do see "The Bat" as
were the hundreds who saw it and sat
on the front edge of their seats and
gasped: For the love O. Mike what
neXt?' on the opening night.
Because, after canvass of persons
IN the city. or at least
Wherever he thought he might obtain
accurate reports, one person who saw
the opening night of "The Bat" made
tour to find out if he could lust how
many persons would "lct him in" on tho
secret. Even among his warm friends
some OF whom did not know he had
attended the opening, he could find no
one who either would tell or had told
Wfat the secret was. This, as he saw
1t, speaks right we'll for his friends
and those thousands of others who no
doubt to-day are laughing to them
selves whenever they hear any one else
ASK 'ng what all this mystery about
The Bat" can be.
IT men We're paid to "keep mum"
ABOUT the last few seconds of the last
act OF mystery production on Broad
way; who would deny that the secret
would be told as soon as the paltry
zee Tor silence was paid? If threats
were made or even stronger methods
OF persuasion and caution used Than
the mere asking, in SO many words
that We not tell the secret, there isn't
the slightest doubt that, "just to show
a em we don't have to keep it secret"
rIhe Bat and it's great surprise would
De common property and KNOWLEDGE
But 1t is simply that m American is
Wiling to say Eyes" if he's asked to
40 thiMg, instead of mo 1t is the
PROOF that we were wrong when we
uhousht jimmie Jones would tell his
mother about us stealing Farmer
Browns apples. 1t is very strong evil
Gencc that in faith there is the greater
happiness. Will any one deny It?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-29
Revival of the Distinctive
'llaeater; Belmont Becomes
Home Of Musical Comedy

There are several indications of n
revival of the distinctive thcater in
New York. The Selwyns recently an
nounced that their new Apollo Theater
in Forty second Street would be dedicat-
ed to musical shows on large scale
The Music Box, now building in West
Forty-fifth Street for Sam II. Harris
and Irving Berlin. is to be devoted to
travesties Of current successes, modelled
after the general lines followed by
Weber and Fields a number of years
ago when their Music Hall was the pat
tern of smartncss And now the Bel
mont Theater, the cosy little playhouse
in West Forty eighth Street, sometimes
called 'thc house of all nations" by
reason Of its recent polyglot tenants.
is to be exclusively the home Of init
mate musical comedy
In the days ympathetically referred
to as those good old days" playhouses
were more or less individual. 1t was
not necessary to ask what play was be-
ing presented at The better known Dlav-
houses, and the invitations. when ex-
tended. were to visit Days, or Palm
er's, or the Union Square. or. if one
preferred the light musical farce, the
Casino
Later all this was changed. With
the passing of these we'll known play
houses, and the Harrigan Theater,
where only the Earrigan plays were
produced, theaters threw wide open
their doors and accepted as tenants
any itinerant applicant which desired
shelter. A drama might be offered for
a season, followed by farce comedy,
revue or any other form of enter
tainmcnt.
On Thursday evening, however, the
Belmont Iheater will begin its new
regime under the direction Of Richard
G. Herndon. Hereafter only plays of
light musical texture, the plays that
were more or less identified with the
Princess Theater until recently, will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-29
Vogue of the Chinese
Drama Continues i'm
''Lady Of the Lamp

whose belief in him extends even to
gauglng money in bricks and mortar
for him-thc mechanics of theatrical
production will be enriched by a whole
boxful of new tricks. He is, indeed.
young, but by the calendar of his stage
experience he wears the beard of a
prophet.
The theatcr, in fact, has been his
only schoolmaster. AS an Grant pro-
gram boy in knickerbockers he spent
most of his employers time backstage
IN a Pittsburgh theator. Contact with
actors gave HIM virtually all the Eng
Hsh he has TO his tongue-nor does
his speech cheat the Academy. Take.
for example, the prophetic lines of
Princess T'ien Tao spoken to her lover
as she goes unsuspectingly to her
death: I'm life we weep at the thought
OF death; perhaps in death we weep at
the thought of life" viii cap ard
gown write more beautiful epitaph :?
From the first Carroll took to stage
mechanics as duck to water. The re-
suits of his mature research are seen
in the light effects in THE Lady of
the Lamp which are entirely indie
pendent o. the Illuminating system on
Mr.. Woods stage. The operation is
too technical for description here. The
quality of the lights, however, may be
indicated by the requirements of the
play, which is an opium dream. The
same intensity and exaggeration and
fantasy which operate on the story
theme must augment the visual ele-
ment 1t is the light that peers and
shifts IN crystal. Translated into
terms Of sound, one would think of it
at times as the shrlling Of silver and
the clinking of gold.
You may have observed the noiseless
and almost instantaneous change from
Act l, Scene 1, the study of Lii Flu Yang,
to the smoking room; and again from
Act III, Scene |, the garden Of the En-
peror, back to the study of Lii Flu Yang
as III the first scene. That was enabled
by setting the study scene on an ele
vator. At the curtain the scene was
elevated into the flies and hung there,
the furniture secured to the piatform'
until required again This is an OK,
ample OF Mr. CAROLS invention in
the work of stage hands
and in aesthetic shock absorbers to
make theatergoing a diversion without
cark or care.
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studio orchestra. They are distrac..s
instead Of inspired. ven
"A scenario writer once surces.os
mat the late Sir Beerbohm Tree ar ~4
p,oy music "nlle making scenes for 10
MN play Of Macbeth The ac.os
asked the man if he slired an orcb(-.1lf
to help him with his writing. ia
should say not.' said the ,yr:.,-
How could think with a pace -,
hdd!es squeaking at my elbow . -
well replied the actor, we ac4or.
are required TO think, too, At tin7es
Inc fad for music. Mr. Warde cav,
is sometimes ludicrouslv overdo,.s >
"A friend Of mine recently es.a.
upon picture camera set I'D In fro-.
Oh Dank entrance in ri bus,nas.
section Of Los Angeles he said ~,
hlnd the camera was nine-uieco or
chestra. At signal from the ojrncte.
the musicians began d languisb.ns,
aria from 'Madama Butterfly NJ
friend expected 10 see a soel-fearir.
scene enacted. Instead smsr.i-.
dressed young woman walked 5giss'3
before the camera, dropping q han.
herchlef as she passed One Of orr
well known athletic stars e0er,es
from the bank, picked Up the han
kerchlef, appeared TO recognize -
initials and sighed heavily. Then ia
pockcted the handkerchief and ci;mbeS
into a waiting machine. My friend h.,
awake several hours that night, -.
tempting to solve the problem Of tie
nine-piece orchestral
Although it may not be known gen
orally, the large studios of Califo@n.s
as we'll as of the East employ orches-
tras, IN some instances almost as LARGO
as the ones used in the large Broadw5y
motion picture theaters. throughout
the filming of picture the orches-q,
plays, rendering music the director be-
lieves to be conducive to the best
acting.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-29
Orchestra Music for Motion
Picture Actors in Making "a
Film Not Necessary, He SAYS

The question perhaps comes into the
mind Of every person who sees motion
pictures often whether, in the filming
OF emotional scenes, the use of music
IS not necessary for the actors. AS a
matter OF fact, 1T appears to many that
1T would be almost an impossibility for
an actor or actress to GO through an
entire picture that later is to be pro-
duced to the music of large orches-
ira without being aided by a tune from
time to time
Many directors of motion pictures
are of the opinion that music is es-
sentlal to natural dramatic work, main
tanning that acting without orchestral
ZION is ike golting without clubs. And
many players, from the stars to the ex-
tras, are of the same opinion.
But little faith is held in the bust
ness of furnishing music for the screen
actor by Ernest c. Warde, who is now
directing Robert Brunton's first all-star
feature, called THE Devil to Pay" The
symphonic incentive" he says, is "all
bosh."
Music used in film making" he says.
rs nothing less than dope | refuse
TO include my actors in the same cate
CORY as race horses and give them viz
tuai hypodermics of Bach and Wagner
every time 1T is necessary for them to
register emotion. Just as dope Will
sometimes cause a horse to lose his
head and begin pitching and kicking
ali over course, so music will in
Vallably make a player overact.
Saturate an actors senses with
Hearts and Flowers at the moment
when he is supposed to render com
mlonplace goodby to his wife before
leaving for threeday business trip
to Chicago and he probably will vince.
weep, hang his head and carry on like
Armand in the last act of Camille
Real artists cannot do their best
work Of the maudling scraping of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-29
Brooklyn Tl1eaters

MONTAUK-"The Storm" will OMEN
the season of this theater to-morro row,
night. The cast will include Kath-
erlne Hayden. Ben Taggart, Eric
MaNon, Charles Henderson and
Joseph Driscoll. "The Storm" was
one of last seasons successes in New
York
ORPHEUM-"A Trip to Hitland" in
PRODUCING ten of Americas foremost
song writers, will headline this
week. Others are Herman Timbcrg,
Carlos Sebastian and the Myra Sis
tiers, Edith Clifford, Miller and Mack,
Mccarthy and Faye. Mason and Cole.
Maize King and Company, RudinoN
Topics of the Day. Orpheum News
Pictorial
BUsHWICK - Henry Santry and his
Syncopatcd Society Band have been
booked as the feature this week
Hermlnc Shone and company, Fay
marble, Jack Osterman, Fallon and
Shirley, Kelly and Pollack and the
Clinton Sisters will appear.
NEW BRIGHTON-Two musical re-
vues, the Four Marx Brothers
NJ Everything" and the Ford Sis
bill this week. Cyril Vane, in songs;
Joe Towle, comedian; johnson.
Baker and Johnson; Mabel Burke
and Sidney Forbes, Bender and Herr
and the motion picture features will
complete the bill.
STRAND-A gala program, in celebra-
ton of the first anniversary of the
theater's opening, will be given this
week. William Farnum in Tf I
Were King" will be featured. A
specially prepared screen novelty is
promised, and Mutt and Jeff car
toon entitled Home, Sweet Home"
will be shown. The overture of I
Were King" will be played, and
Emmy Ziegeuner, soprano, will ap
pear
STAR-Stone and Pollard, with their
original burlesque company of thirty
Musical farce and color spectacle.
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Vaudeville

songs and modish gowns, will remain
for second week. She is assisted
by Florence Parham and J. Dudley
Wilkinson, pianist Others on the
bill will be Gladys Clark and Henry
Bergman, assisted by the Crisp Sis
tiers, in Tunes of the Hour" Bert
Enrol, singer; Frank Hurst, come
dian; Scanlon, Demo Brothers and
Scanlon, in dances; Farrell Broth
ers and Bedford and Winchester;
Kilograms and Topics of the Day.
RIVERSiDE--George Choo's miniature
musical comedy, "Thc Little Cot
tage,' featuring Sinclair, Dixon and
Goldie Collins, will headline. Others:
Harry Cooper, Toney and Norman.
Betty Dom and company, Bessie
Rempell and company, Freser and
Bunce, the lie Grohs, Robbie Cor
done, the Dancing McDonalds,
Topics of the Day and the News
Pictorial
COLONIAL - Will Morrissey's revue,
"Buzzin' Around" has been con-
densed for. vaudeville purposes and
will make its New York debut here
this week. Morton and Nichols are
featured and will be supported by
Broadway cast. Mabel Berra; Senior
Friscoe; Middleton and spellmeyer;
Clayton and Lennie Chung Hwa
our; Bessye Clifford; Equilli
Brothers; Topics Of the Day and the
News Pictorial will round out the
bill
E1GHTY-FIRST STREET THEATER -
Sylvia Jasen and William Hag.
vaudeville and musical comedy favor
ties, will top the bill They viii pre-
sent novel offering called "The
Book of Vaudeville" The screen
feature will be Constance Talmadge
in "The Perfect Woman Others on
the bill will include Margaret Young;
Joe Cook; the Baroness de Holub
Harriet Lorraine); Emerson and
Baldwin; Two Ovandos; Topics of
the Day and the News Pictorial.
LOEW'S AMERICAN-Jcan Leighton's
Revue, minstrel novelty, viii be
the featured number for the first
half Of the week Others are Frazer
and Bunce; Nancy Boyer and com
pany; Peggy Brooks, Dane Thursby,
Lochardt and Laddie; Billie X. Aloha
and Grille; Pedrick and Devere and
others.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-29
At the Columbia

Billy Watson will be here this week
with his company of comedians, sing
ers, dancers and vaudeville specialists
A two-act burlesque called "The Pari-
sian Whirl" will be given in seven
scenes. Supporting Mr.. Watson are
Billy Spencer, Edgar Bxley, Roy
Burke, Frank Hanscom, Elsa Lavedau,
Anna Armstrong, Patsy Ayers, Audry
Gilman and of harc