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New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
In Brooklyn Theaters

MAJESTIC-Bertha Kalich will pl.v .
return engagement in THE RidjIs.
Woman" She VIII be supported br
Charles Millward, Frank BurbecI
W. l.. Thorne, Adele Klaer. Alics
Haines and others.
MONTAUk-Charles Dillingham; will
present Fred Stone in Jack O. Ian
tern" The Six Brown Brothers
Violet Zell, Teresa Vallejo and the
others in the cast who we're in the
original New York production will
also be seen.
SHUBERT-CRES - "Thirtv-Nins
East" with Henry HUI and Con-
stance Binney, will be the attraction
at this theater.
ORPHEU M-Kitty Gordon will make
her first Brooklyn vaudeville appear.
ance in several years in Cycle uf
Songs and Dances" Jack Wi. son
and cast; Santos and Hays; Wing
DAILY; Kingsley; Benedict and Conf
pany; Billy Gleason. and Grey and
Old Rose are also included on the
program :
BUSHWICK-Rae Samuels, "The Blue
Streak Of Vaudeville" will share
headline honors with Laura Pier
pont. Miss Samuels viii offer rep
ertolre OF songs and song characteri-
zations. Miss P erpont and her
players will appear in a playlet by
Edgar A ian Wooif, called "Ths
Guiding Star" Giuran and LA PEI
tlte" Marguerite; Clifford and Wills;
Wood and Wyde; Royal Gascognes;
Wanzer and Palmer; Four Readings
and Samayoa are among the Others.
STRAND-Wallace Reid in THE Dane
in Fool" The Great Nickel Rob-
berry," scenic and topical features
and musical numbers make up the
program.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

shakespeare cannot play modern com.
edy. l don't think that there is any
greater school for modern comedy thar
Shakespeare"
One of the most hard-working low
comedy parts on the stage, and per.
haps the most difficult of Shakespeare
can roles he has played, in the opinion
OF Mr.. Blackstone, is that Sir Toby
The actor mustsbe physically strong
or at least give that impression, and
ne must have powerful voice. Mr.
another very difficult role, but believes
Sir Toby as hard if not harder to play
than Falstatf.
"1n the old days, when playing Sir
Toby used to get little stimulant
in the third act to brace up. Now all
the stimulation, all the drinking that
goes with the role, has to be assumed
With prohibition there is no inspira.
ton in playing the drinking parts in
Shakespeare. You know, in playing a
long part like Sir Toby you need q
stimulant to brace you up. Fancy play
ing Sir Toby on a glass of iced waterl
1t is pretty sad task to play these
parts now, .ut fortunately l have not
played many drinking roles. Of course
Sir Toby drinks and Dogberry takes q
nip now and then, but the others are
pretty abstemious.
"To play Sir Toby one night, Launce-
let Gobbo, the man-servant in The
Merchant of Venice the next and Dog
berry the third night requires versa
tility. The three roles are. vastly df-
ferent."
Last year Mr.. Blackstone played a
comedy role in a modern play, "The
Tailor-Made Man"
"The new comedy is much easier to
play than Shakespeare, because the
language is so different; there are no
period costumes and no swords to
carry. You go on just : yo, are in
modern life. For comfort give me
modern comedy, but for satisfaction
give me the comedy Of Shakespeare.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
Donald Meek's Role.
Four Pages at Start,
Increased to Fort,

When Donald Meek, who now shares
honors with William Collier in "The
Hottentot," first read the role in which
he made success at the George M
Cohan Theater, his heart sank. It
sized up as four tiny typewriter
pages; was laconically labelled Com
edy Butler" and all the lines were
either eyes, SIR" or "No, sir"
But Meek signed his contract and
said nothing. Then rehearsals of "The
Hottenot," first read the role in which
revisions, reversions and revolutions.
BY the end of the first week Mcek's
part had acquired two new scenes, with
several bright lines in addition to
Eyes sir" and "No sir" By the time
the play opened out Of town his part
had padded up from four to twenty
pages. And when the play was pre-
sented on Broadway, no one was more
overwhelmed than Meek to discover
that next to Golfers, his part proved
the comedy sensation of "The Hotten-
tot"
Meek modestly gives the credit of
his success to William Collier.
Mr.. Collier is as generous as an
actor" adds Meek, "as he Is as an
author" "Meek is one of the finest
character actors" declares Collier, "on
the stage to-day. l wish could write
a whole play for him."
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
Never Act in Own Play"
Says Craven; "H You Fail.
You Must Take All Rlamo-

The author who takes familiar play
and attempts to modernize it for pres
ent-day production with music soon
learns that the old generation Of thea
tergoers has not yet died out. There
is an axiom of the theater that every
seven years a new generation Of play
goers comes into being. This may be
so, but one author believes that the
old generation, the generation which
was occupying seats during the first
two or three years of the present CEN
tury, is still hanging on pretty firmly.
Frank Craven, who appeared last
Monday night as the author, lyricist
and one of the leading actors in Charles
Dlllingham's production of "The Girl
From Home" at the Globe Theater, is
the man who was faced with the prob
lem of modernizing an old play for
musical presentation. Of course, Frank
Craven is not new to New York, either
as an actor or as an author, but the
present production marks the first time
that he has written the book and lyrics
for musical comedy and has also
taken part in it.
at is surprising how the old gener-
alton hangs on" he said as he and the
interviewer sat out front in the Globe
Theater the day before the opening
listening to the orchestra rehearsing
Silvio Helms music Richard Harding
Davis's play, The Dictator on which
The Girl From Home is based, was a
whole evenings entertainment. When
l decided to adapt it so that sixteen
or seventeen musical and special num-
bers should also be included in the
entertainment, the problem was to de-
eide what to leave out and what to
retain
Some of the critics in various cities
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
Miss Kellerman i'm IOO.Foo4 Dive

A 100-foot dive from the mast Of a
schooner is the touch of the perilous
that will be included in Miss Annette
Kellerman's new motion picture mo-
d,uction, which soon is to be seen under
ni rne ie. title "What Women Love-" The
picture IS different from ANYTHING
which Miss Kellerman ever has done
and starts with light comedy, present,
ing, her as an American girl fond of
athletics and adventure, and ending In
a melodramatic climax, with the star
making the high dive and following
with q struggle in the water against
the villain who dives in after her. #
is said some remarkably clear under
water photography has been ac-
compllshed by new submarine camera
device.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
No Miners or Gamblers
Found in Rex Beach's
Latest Alaska Picture

Rex Beach may not actually have
discovered Alaska. In fact, he dis
claims any such feat by saying he de-
llberately remembers that in the geo.
graphy which he had, when boy, there
was a country by that name. Prob
ably, even, the country had been men
toned in fiction before ever he sat
down to his trusty typewriter. But
one thing is sure-Rex Beach is the
moter-of Alaska in the movies. He
was one of the first of the we'll known
writer's who went into motion pictures
and from the first he has written
scenarios of the northern country.
which ne knows so well.
people have an idea that there is
nothing in Alaska except gold mines.
many of them abandoned now" said
Mr.. Beach, when he was asked about
his latest Goldwyn picture, "The Silver
horde" which is to be at the Capitol
Theater this week. "That is natural,
OF course, after the great rush in the
9os when gold was discovered. But
there are other things in Alaska he
sldes mines. There are we'll developed
industries, and fortunes have been
made and lost by men who have never
even looked at mine, except as a
curiosity. 1t is with one of these in
dustries that The Silver Horde has to
do. The title refers to the salmon
which abound in the Alaskan waters
and which have attracted capital tc
the North, where there are huge can.
n.eres.
Romance and adventure have al.
ways been associated with mines and
miners, but there are other things owe,
which they throw their glamor, too.
I'm this picture there isn't a single
gambling Joint nor dance hall That
may sound impossible, but if you don't
believe it, you can see for YOURSELF"
1t sounds like breaking all the rules
but the man who wrote the picture
ought to kno@.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
Here's One Prirna Donna
Who Actually Does Not
Aspire to Grand Opera

From the Globe Theater. at Fortv-
sixth Street, to the Park Theater, at
Columbus Circle, is only ten or fif-
teen minute walk at the most. Meas
ured IN city blocks, the distance is
Just short of thirteen. But this ia
only looking at the matter from the
viewpoint Of cold statistics. Viewed
from another angle. the nature of the
productions in each of the theaters.
there is different story to tell. So
Gladys Caldwell thinks, at anv rate.
Petite Gladys, of the dashing eve
and bewitching smile, has just made
her debut in musical comedy and is
now appearing as Lucy Sheridan in
Charles Dillingham's production Of the
1ld o.: Richard Harding Davis farce, "The
DICTATOR" turned into a musical com
edy by Frank Craven and renamed
The Girl From Home" Her we'll
trained and pleasing soprano voice.
her naturalness and her unmistakable
youthful vivacity are making as excel
lent an impression on the Globe audi
ences as they did on the Park audi
ences which heard her in "The Geisha.n
'Ruddigore" and other productions of
the American Singers Comic Opera
Company.
"I used to think that I was far awav
when | was singing at the PARK. hut
now l feel that I am miles away. The
whole thing seems so dim and distant
IN the excitement of nv new work
here," she said a few evenings aeo
when the inevitable novelty and flush
OF a premiere had not yet worn away.
1T was very pleasant and very con
GENIAL at the Park Theater, but think
| have come into place where l be-
long, and | am very happy"
Unlike many singers of ability in
light opera, vaudeville or musical com
edy, Miss Caldwell does not aspire to
sing IN grand opera. In fact, she is
very frank in her statements.
10 succeed in grand opera one needs
elther wonderful voice or great deal
OF pull. In many cases the latter is
more valuable than the voice. Of
course, | am still studying singing. but
l do not expect or intend to try grand
opera. | feel that with whatever ability
may possess | am much more suited
Tor musical comedy than for ANYTHING
else, and that is where I hope to re-
main. There is such wide opportunity
in musical comedy that am really de-
lighted to be where | am now And I
am going to study dancing, too, so you
can see that l have made up my mind
about the stage"
A Chicago girl Gladys Caldwell was
engaged originally at the Park Theater
three years ago for just three perform
ances, but such was the impression she
made that she remained there for al
most three full seasons, until she was
engaged by Charles Dillingham; for
The Girl From Home" 1t is not often
that one gauges ones ability correctly
The individual, more times than not
overshoots the mark when aiming at
| the proverbial star. Miss Caldwell is
an exception.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
Vaudeville

PALACE-Jack Norworth will be the
headliner. Harry Carroll's revue,
"The Varieties of 1920" remains for
a third week. "Blindfold," one
act comedy adapted from John Oliver
Hobbs's story by Rupert Hughes
with Florence Roberts and Frederick
Vogeding, from the Royal Theater,
Amsterdam. will be seen. Gallagher
and Rolley will present "At Palm
Sea Lions and Diving Nymphs.
Keegan and Edwards are billed in
"Ukeleke Ike--Jazz Az H." Janet
AdAir will do her "song recitations"
The Ja-Da Trio and Prosper and
Maret are also on the bill.
RIVERSIDE ON the annual spring
festival bill are Jane and Katherine
Lee Especial return engagement);
Ralph Herr, the musical comedy
actor; Julius Tannen, "Chatterbox"
Venita Gould, Georgia Campbell &
Co.; Frances Pritchard & Co.,
Charles McGood & Co., and Jack
Lavier will also be seen.
COLONIAI1-Belle Baker will head the
bill. James c.. Morton, assisted by
his family. Putting 1t Over;
Bailey and Cowan, with Estelle
Davis; George Kelly & Co.; Eric
Treat" and Enos Frazere are also
included in the program.
STREET-Jimmy Hus-
sey, Hebrew character comedian,
will top the bill with "Move On;
Roy Stewart, Kathlyn Williams and
Beatrice Joy will be shown in pic
turization of Eugene Walters drama
entitled, Gust Wife," Others will
i-.A1ude Allan Rogers, Whipple and
Anston. Gordon and Ford and Nelson
80 Gvns&a.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
I'm Picture Theaters

BROADWAY Marjorie Rambeau in the
screen version of The Fortune Ieit-
err; Princess Wah-letks, the lndith
seeress; topical and musical features.
RIvOLI-The second and last part Q.
the Photographic log of Shackle'on >
Polar voyage; Dorothy Dalton ~
The Dark Mirror; other film ohe'-
ings and musical program.
STRAND-Anita Stewart IN "The fei-
low Typhoon"; Fathers CIos'
Shave" comedy; topical and mu''-
cal offerings.
CAPITOL-"TheS Silver Horde MN MN
production of Rex Beach's i, nosei,
"Hansel and Gretel," HumperdinesS ;
opera, in English; school Days, =
Larry Semon comedy; topical anu
musical features. ~,
RIALTO Bryant Washburn in "hts'
Temples Telegram; Bruce seeh,.'
additional film and musical features
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
Miss Brady on Lower Dress Cosss

Miss Alice Brady. she of the oea''
tiful gowns and winning smile, IS '''
latest advocate of the reduction d"
prices paid fo, girls clothing. Mss
Brady does not admit that she pre-
poses to make radical changes IN mex
own wardrobe in order to save money,
but she declares that girls should sha
could dress nicely on $3.50 yeal -
they only would. ;..
Careful buying and strict restrsin'
in the matter of getting cheap ma,
terials," she says. would permit gl'ii
to clothe herself on that amount.
must say, however, that should nlss ~
trying it; but It can be dOne just '"'
same"
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
AT Outlying Houses

STANDARD-David Belasco will pre-
sent Frances Starr in Tiger! Tiger!"
by Edward Knoblock. The original
cast will support Miss Starr.
SHUBERT-R Ditrchstein,
in "The Purple Mask" will be seen
here.
COLUMBIA-Lew Kelly and his com
pany, in "The Submarine Man." will
be seen. This is the final week Of
the regular season. Il
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-17
Buck Sargent Resurrected for 4
Semi. Windup Against John. +
~ COse Of Grant

Tri-city fistic fans are eagerly
anticipating the glove display ar
ranged for next Thursday night At
the Empire rink before Babe Mea-
nor's club. 1t will mark the first
appearance here of JOCK Malone,
sensational middleweight. In Jack
Duffy OF Chicago. Jock will meet y
tartar in the ring game. The men.
will box 10 rounds at 15S pounds
as the main event.
Buck Sargent. East Moline's old
war-horse, has been resurrected for
the semi,windup. Buck startled
the fans at Meanor's last show
when he boldly climbed into the,
ring and challenged the winner OF,
the Johnson-Gerver bout, which
happened to be johnson over the
kayo route However. Johnson was
considered a little too much for the
East Moliner and Johnny Cose OF
Camp Grant was secured as an OPP
ponent for Buck. They will battle
six rounds at 1856 pounds.
1t is doubtful at this time wheth-
er or not Young Green of Daven-
port will get a crack at Young
Powell of Rock Island in the sec
ond preliminary in view of his
knockout at the hands of Emmett
Sheehan of Rock Island Thursday
night. 1t is pretty much Of a fore
gone conclusion what the result
will be if he does.
Sheehan will appear in the first
preliminary against Spike Kelly OF
Davenport.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-17
JOCK MALONE and JACK DUFFY
TO BOX TEN ROUNDS IN Event
A1EMP|RE RINK ON THURSDAY
RAIN HALTS REDS
IF CUBS CAN'T

Cincinnati. Ohio, April 17.-Rai1
halted the Red juggernaut yester-
day, making it impossible for the
Cubs to apply the brakes them
selves. although Manager Mitchell
had them set for that purpose. The
weather man threatens to keep the
going too soft for a resumption OF
doings today, in which case the
Cubs will have to leave town with
no chance to redeem themselves for
their misdeeds of the first two
games.
The delay may enable the supply
Of slippery elm bark which Claude
Hendrix ordered from his special
forest to arrive in time for use TO-
day or Sunday. The freight tieup
has prevented delivery of the con-
Segment which Claude thought he
had ordered far enough in advance
of the season.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-17
practically swept the field clean Of
serious opposition.

practically swept the field clean of
serious opposition.
Unless some prodigy of the mat
mounts the ladder, Stecher may be
still holding the title when he has
long gray whiskers.
Since he won the title from Earl
Caddock early last winter, Stecher
has been called the 1920 Gotch''
and also the horseshoe champ"
Those who question his right to
walk around in the shoes OF
the old champions probably will
be convinced now that he stands
just as high as the monarchs Of the
mat in the past generation
Analysis Of the bout last night
shows the relative merits of the
champion and the grappler who has
+. been rated as his nearest rival
Stecher had Lewis on the mat 81
times for total of IS minutes while
he was down 20 times for a -total
of % minutes. Lewis deadlock is
rated as the most Furnishing hold
, of any wrestler, yet Stecher broke
it IA times, five OF them in the last
three minutes.
Lewis got away from Stecher's
forte. the scissors hold, three times
but the fourth time he succumbed
after he had been picked up bodily
and hurled to the mat.
With the possible exception OF
Earl Caddock the champion is the
most scientific wrestler in the ring
today. He has worked his scissors
holds up to uncanny perfection and
he has developed a pair of legs
which have been the downfall OF
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-17

every aspirant for the champion
ship.
Stecher is young and a hard
worker. He is cool worker His
experience is making him good
general with it all.
The championship is we'll worth
all the labor and punishment re-
quired to hold it. From a financial
standpoint, Stecher is getting more
out of his title than JaYk Dempsey.
The fight champions g4- big money
for matches few and Far between.
The wrestlers get a smaller stipend
but the days of the week are the
only limit to the number of matches
they can secure
Stecher. it is understood. will be
one OF the troupe of athletes that
is to make the tour OF the country
with Georges Carpenter, the Eu-
! ropean heavyweight champion. He
is to get 100000 for going along.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-17
!. r,rss's Twirlers Are Also In
better Form For the
Second Game.

!. event Of warm weather tomor-
= . crowd Of at least 1000 Rock
,.,.sd and Moline fans is expected
!. ,,ther at Browning field in Mo-
Z. ,or the second game of the pre-
....on series between the rival
,s,ss.Eye league teams. Moline
III tns iump BY capturing the first
~ nlayed last Sunday by a score
sSns. 1t now remains for Rock
,.,.rd 10 redeem the defeat and
,ssn cor the series a week later.
Milne will be faced by much
.,ronser lineup this time than
rshs was able to oppose it With
week ago. His twirlers have
,oupded into exceptional form for
~ aarly and are looked to cut
iooss With a dazzling display calcu-
,s,.d TO stop the hitting propensi-
! ,iss Of the Swedetown performers.
Elmer Benson and Ben Smith will
,,s,tle forth. Benson will be at
n fayorite position Of second base
.sd Smith will display his skill
uound the first base station.
a. week Of hard drill in all depart
mants Of the game has put the team
a edse for this contest.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-17
WI.AND CITY'S
ORGANIZE FOR
DIAMOND PLAY

Organization OF tho Island City
baseball team was effected 1t a
meeting last night Of players and
boosters. Ed Schieberl was elected
business manager Of the team and
Bruce Lamb, captain. The two Of
ficials have lined up the follow
ing players: Hanshaw, CavanAugh,
Lamb. Mckinney. McCauley, Fisher
Mangelsdorf, W. Danielson, Smith,
Baumbach, E. Danielson Kimble
and Kane. The first practice 10 set
for tomorrow afternoon at Reser-
voir park and all candidates wish
ing to try for positions are notified
to be ON hand.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-17
SPORTING JAZ7
~ BIZ BRUCE COPELAND

The Prohihitionists have cut out
the middleman. The stuff now goes
direct from the producer to the
consumer.
MOVIES WE DON'T CARE TO SEE.
P. M. Burleson in The Fast
Mail"
J. D. Rockefeller in Lend Me
Five Dollars
Woodrow Wilson in IN Again"
Statue OF Liberty in The Right
to Happiness.
Wally Reid IN 'Othello the Moor
Mayor Schriver in THE Gay
Lord Quex."
! Freddy Reddy in "The Six Best
NO SALE.
Jovial Butcher: Lamb, eh9 Sure
an l can pick you nice little leg,
just your size.
Customer: Why. How dare you,
YOU MIGHT HEAR OF THE
KICK IN A LOT OF HOME
BREWS, BUT NEVER TRUST
YOUR EARS UNLESS YOU CAN
SMELL THEIR BREATH.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-17
NOT AIR CASTLE.

New York.-When the United
States Olympic athletes reach Bel
GUM they may find their castle
waiting for them. It is probable
that they will be housed in an old
Belgian castle just outside Ant
werp. 1t will accommodate $50
comfortably.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-17
HE'S WHOLE TEAM,

Los Angeles, Cal.-William Yourt
OF Redlands university comes about
as near being a whole track team
as any of them. He scored 19
points in the recent Stanford
Ramona -Redlands triangular meet
-four more points than the whole
Pomona team scored.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-17
STECHER KING
OF WRESTLERS,
VICTORY SHOWS
Ed STRANGER" Lewis is Downed
After Three Hours Of Fierce
Graphing.
By HENRY /. FARRELL.

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
New York. April 17-Joe Stecher
is still the worlds wrestling cham
pion and he probably will be for
quite awhile.
When the Nebraska farmer threw
Ed ("Strangler") Lewis. famous in
ventor of the deadlock, last night
in three hours and four minutes he
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-17
list "a RUNNERS
Al MARATHONERS
IN BOSTON EVENT

Boston, April IA list OF "A
,upuers. leading long distance men
AZ the east and middle west, had
entered today for the American
marathon race, to be held next
Monday by the Boston Athletic as
ISOLATION over the roads from Ash
lsud to this city. The event this
year, marking its oath annual re-
ueval, will have added interest be-
cause Of its designation as the Of
adsl tryout for selection Of Amer
ics's Olympic long distance team.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-17
The Rest 0utfeld.

Ranking the best pitching stats
in the two leagues was no romplng
matter. The many complexities
were az thick as weeds ina spring
garden.
But ranking the leading outfields
is a cut and dried cinch. Nothing
to 1t. Here they 90:
No. /. Detroit (American- league)
No. z. New York (Nationa'
league1.
No. 8. Cleveland (American).
No Argument.
An outfield that carries Cobb
(.ss4y, veach (.356.s Flagstead
(.3SD and Shorten (.S15) stands
alone.
There isn't an argument in sight
The lowest regular on the~ciup out
bats any other outdeider in base
ball. except Joe Jackson.
Here we have terrific attacking
power, speed and dash. 1t ISM
| the greatest defensive outfield II
baseball, but for all around value
| it has no equal.
Back Of this outfield comes
Burns, Young. Kauff and Staatz o.
| the New York Giants.
This roundup has greater de
fensive strength than that of thu
Tigers. It hasn't quite the punch
but for all that it has a bale o.
speed and power. 1t is great run
making collection, and on the othel
wing fine run-killing array.
The combination is what 20,
want