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New-York tribune., 1920-04-18

Well, no matter how we'll l got across
on tour, when l got back to Chicago
back | went to stand in the chorus to
look out from the second row over the
shoulder of some girl who had no
voice and who had never played a
speaking part. Luck, or fate, or some
thing was against me, for Joe Weber
would never give me a chance.
$50 l went on, with the love for
mimicry in me just as strong as ever.
| was just as much the dressing room
actress as ever; every now and then
some one taught me some new stunt,
such as the imitation of the cat that
| use in the Carnival, and I was add
luck.
"Then came vaudeville, where
combined the serious and satiric. !
had to- hold my audience for twenty
two minutes with only the pianist as
an aid. I did straight stuff first, and
then satirized it, and occasionally sang
straight songs, such as Kiss Me
Again."
That was pretty much all that Miss
Fitzgerald would tell Of her road to
this present Broadway production, but
quite informally through the remarks
she scattered period of imitation to
illustrate what she meant. One mo-
ment there would be Lillian Fitzgerald
talking seriously of ambition and the
next moment there would come to the
ears of The Tribune reporter in the
muffled accents of the Rialto the re-
marks of the oldtime chorus girl, as
interpreted by Miss Fitzgerald: "Now
lissen, dearie, yknow this ANTI
But cold print does no justice to the
reality of these impromptu exhibitions
of a talent for mimicry that must
have been inborn to find such spon-
taneous play.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18

which eventually serve as ground for
legal action. Each of US can find in
our own list of acquaintance person
who, but for some .trifing mannerism
or remediable defect, would present a
charming personality to the world. 1t
is impossible to conceive of a law
which could hope to correct all OF
these minor imperfections, yet those
very things drive husbands and wives
to the law courts in the final analysis.
divorces increase from year to
year, not because people are becoming
worse, as many observers seem to
think. but, in my opinion, because peo-
pie are losing their fear of divorce
proceedings. There was time in the
not 80 remote past when divorced per-
sons were regarded as social lepers. For
a variety of reasons this attitude on
the part Of the world has been some
what altered. The result is that d.
of its original stigma.
"About two years ago I attempted
to depict this phase of matrimony in
New" That succeeded in striking the
true note is amply testified to by the
great success of that early effort.
"Since that successful experiment
have produced two other screen plays
centering around the same theme. A
year ago Don't Change Your Hus-
band" made its debut-and modesty
forbids me saying more concerning
its success. The third member of the
trilogy is "Why Change Your Wife 2"
which will open the Criterion Theater
next Saturday. l honestly believe that
have sketched life as see it,; know
that tried earnestly to do so.''
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18
Divorce Evil May Be
Checked by Presenting
Causes on the Screen
The following 10 contributed by Cecil
B. De Mile, director general Of Famous

The following 10 contributed by Cecil
B. De Mile, director general Of Famous
Players:
"Real causes Of divorce actions sell
dom or never appear in the court rec
ords. Actions growing out of the real
causes serve, in the eyes Of the law,
as legal excuses for divorce suits. But
the vital. fundamental facts behind the
obvious things are disregarded both by
the law and the most interested parties
the about-to-be-d divorced husbands
and wives.
"It's the little things, each one Of
them only half-recognized perhaps, that
drive men and women to do the things
courts.
What is the result? Sooner or later
one of the pair is driven in desperation
to commit one Of the many legal ex-
cuses for a divorce action. And the
result is another case added to the
long list of divorce DEGREES granted.
"The divorce evil is constantly
growing, if we are to trust the figures
annually compiled. An increase Of 15
per cent is reported in the state OF
California alone during the last two
years. Jurists and Legislators are said
to be drafting stringent notifications
of the present divorce laws in an effort
to curb this growing movement.
"But, as see the problem, laws can
never hope to accomplish this end be-
cause no law can get to the root Of
the trouble.
Zone cannot conceive of law which
would make the twice-a-day tooth
brushing habit or the daily bath COM
pulsory. Yet it is the disregard of
Just such trivial matters which brings
about desertions or worse offenses,
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18

The Tribune will be glad to hear
from readers of the dramatic section
on the subject.
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18
Young Claude Beerbohm
Undismayed by Adverse
Verdict ON First PLAY

At twenty-six, instead of reading law
in a London barrister's Office as his
father had planned, Claude Beerbohm,
son of the late Sir Herbert Beerbohm
Tree, is 5000 miles away from the city
of his birth acting in "The Bonehead,"
his first production in the American
metropolis. Except for almost three
years spent as a member of Canadian
field artillery unit, the youthful Eng
lishman, one Of the youngest, of the
legitimate producers, has acted in far
flung corners of the globe since he was
seventeen years old-in Australia, in
South Africa, in Great Britain and in
America.
Claude Beerbohm is a tall, slender,
smiling young man. He talks readily
and we'll, with little of the accent char
acteristic of the Britisher and is not
at all hesitant about strengthening his
statements with appropriate language
when the occasion warrants it. He is
frank and simple in explaining his
ideas OF. play producing.
81 don't mind saying that am
starting along business lines frankly to
make money as basis of doing artistic
things later on" he says.
After leaving Malvine College Mr..
Beerbohm went to Australia and South
Africa with H. B. Irving, and then
played in Shakespearean productions
with H. B. Irving at the Savoy Theater
for three years. In Boston five years ago
he was in Henry Jewett's Shakespeare
company Then he took over the lease
of the Plymouth Theater in the Massa-
chusetts city and produced Stephen
Phillips's "Sin Of David" and Stanley
Houghton's "The Younger Generation"
so that "The Bonehead" is not his first
venture in the producing field. He ap-
peared in Bunny" Austin Strongs
play at. the Hudson Theater, and with
his father at the New Amsterdam Thea
ter in Shakespearean roles during the
Shakespearean tercentenary celebration
After his discharge from the army he
was member of the cast of "Pretty
Soft" at the Morosco. This and a short
bit in vaudeville is the tabloid story
of his brief stage career up to the
present time.
Of course, the thing which is en-
gaging all his attention at the present
moment, and which he thinks and talks
about almost every moment he is
awake, is Frederic Arnold Runners
"The Bonehead." The critics recep-
tion of the play was anything but a
cordial one, but instead of disheart-
ening the newcomer he is going boldly
ahead with his plans for further
plunges into the theatrical maelstrom
What the newspapers said about the
play he took sensibly
when l read this play it struck me
that it would be very amusing to an
audience, and l represented myself as
the audience when reading it. From
my observations while on the stage
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18

ham," the dramatization Of Howells's
novel, and by "Jane Clegg," play by
St. John Ervine, the author of "John
Ferguson" with which the present sea-
son will be finished. That brings the
history of the Theater Guild to the
present moment, but it is necessary to
speak less specifically of the history
that is to be.
Just at present the Theater Guild is
at the beginning Of q campaign for
5000 subscribing members. The small
subscription that is asked includes
seats for the five regular productions
Of the Theater Guild that will be given
next season, for special performances
which will be given for members only
and for ten lectures on the drama.
The guild is making its appeal this
year to larger number than ever be-
fore, because of the desire for COM
plete financial independence in the
future, an independence that will
allow it to follow its desires freely
1t does not seek to establish subsi-
died theater in any sense, according to
those leading the campaign; it seeks
only the means for the production of
such commercial failures as "The Faith
full" 1t promises for next season
the first play Of an American dramatist
as yet unknown, who, it says, should
not remain unknown after the produc-
tion. 1t promises to keep TO the
original idea of repertory theater,
and to the cooperative feature Of the
guild. That, in brief, is the shadow
cast before.
At this dinner on Wednesday there
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18
Her Ambition Is To Be
Fay Templeton of To-day,
Says Lillian Fitzgerald


II wanted a Broadway production
and now l have it,"
1t was Lillian Fitzgerald, of Ed
Wynn's Carnival, speaking, voicing an
ambition that had been hers since her
first days in the chorus. That was q
part of the ambition; the rest is held
in the words that followed:
81 would like to be the Fay Temple
ton Of to-day. Not that think my
self as good as Fay Templeton, but we
have at present no one like her on
the stage, and l would like to be that
person. Just as child l delighted
in mimicry; l must have been born
SO, for it was a spontaneous desire.
When I first went on the stage it was
in the chorus of Weber and Fields
show, and even in those first days they
used to call me dressing room
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18
Seats for Revival at Auction

Seats for the revival of w. S. Gil
bert's "Pygmalion and Galatea," which
will take place at the Kaaickerbocker
Theater Sunday evening, April rs, for
the benefit of the vacation fund, will
be sold at auction this afternoon at
4 o'clock at Henry Miller's Theater.
George M. Cohan. William Collier,
Blanche Bates, Holbrook Blinn, Lester
Lonergan, Gladys Hanson and Zelda
Sears will be the auctioneers. Fay
Banter will play the role Of Galatea
at the revival
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18

actress OF stage I used to carry on
a long conversation in mock French
or do limitations of various persons in
the company.
ut wasn't long after began stand
ing in the chorus" continued Miss
Fitzgerald, chat there came an oppor-
tunity to go out with road company
as one of the principals. Did l tell
you that we went out from Chicago ?
New-York tribune., 1920-04-18
Theater Guild, Now
One Year Old, Had
Interesting Genesis

Continued from preceding page
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-08
If Speaker Could Play
Closer to Pitcher He'd
Know Something Sooner

CLEVELAND, Oct. S.-There was some
talk here today of remodeling League
Park to bring center Geld closer to the
pitchers box so Manager iris Speaker
may know what is going on in that
sector when the world series games are
renewed here tomorrow.
To the average fan 1t seems both Of
Cleveland's defeats have been because
Speaker couldn't discern that his first
choice pitcher had nothing but a panied
expression until the Dodgers tongues
were hanging out from running around
the bases.
Some Cleveland Ioyalists have It ig-
ured out this way:
IF center field is moved in far enough
Speaker can observe the trend OF af-
fairs without waiting to see the Brook
lyn runs chalked up on the scoreboard
or buying newspaper extra"
Many fans, however were inclined to
the superstition that jinx now hangs
over the first man Iris picks for hurl-
ing duty. Witness the fact that Jim
Bagby, premier pitcher of the American
League, left everything but his wind-up
on the bench when he started Wednesday
and that when Slim Caldwell made his
world series debut yesterday his sole
stock in trade was girlish gesture.
Anyway, the CleTelanders were pre-
pairing to go out to the park tomorrow
and see for themselves just what kind
OF bird this uncle Robby" is and does
he eat razz- berries. \
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-08
SAINTS BEING
DRUBBED FAST
International Champs Now
Hold Series Advantage.

BALTIMORE, Oct. s.-The champiorS
St Paul Saints of the American Associa-
ton and the Baltimore Orioles, title
holders Of the international League, will
jump into the third battle Of their junior
worlds series at Baltimore Saturday aft
ernoOn with the Orioles holding Gn adj
vantage of two victories, and the favorites
to cop.
In the two games played the Orioles
have Out-smarted the Saints In real style
and fans who have watched the play are
thinking Kelley's warriors are as good as
defeated.
Poor pitching beat the Saints yesterday.
Merritt started on the hill for the asso-
citation champs and hreezed along in fine
style until the Nth frame. when the
Internationals started hitting and didn't
stop until they had scored six runs and
driven a brace of pitchers to the showers.
Fritz Coumbe finally stopped them.
Both clubs scored twice In the first
round and St Paul came back for another
in the second After that neither side
scored until the big fifth. Merritt was
touched for four safeties In this period.
and Williams, his successor, passed out
three more. Then Coumbe came in and
stopped the fun.
St Paul tried hard in the sixth and
got two runners across, being checked
after that.
ogden. Oriole hurler, was touched for
nine hits, but ST. Paul couldn't use them
as well as the locals used theirs. Score:
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-08
Cincy GiUes $4,000
and Player in Deal
for Saints Catcher
HGrgrGUe Returns to Biz
Leagues as Member of Pat
MOran's Reds.

BROOKLYN, Oct s-Pat Moran. man
ager Of the Cincinnati Reds, today closed
the deal with st. Paul American Associa-
ton champion club, for the purchase of
Bubbles" Hargrave, catcher, who will
be with the Reds next year.
The Reds give $4,000 in cash and the
promise of a good catcher in exchange
for Eargrave, who is said to be the best
backstop in all the minor leagues
Mike Kelley. manager of the Saints, re-
fused.~to accept Nick Allen and Moran
promised to obtain a good man by the
waiver route as soon as possible
Hargrave was with the Cubs a couple
of years ago, but has improved wonder
fully since his first trial in the majors.
He scored 116 runs this year and made
twenty-four home runs, besides catching
almost every game for the. champion
Saints.
Manager Moran announced that neither
Allen nor Rariden would be with the
Reds next year. The former will be
traded and Bedford Bill' has decided to
retire from the game. Ivy Wingo and
Hargrave will be the regular catchers
for the club.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-08
South Tackles East
in SenaJ-FiFaGLs of
WOmef,'s Golf Event
Interest High in Matches Be.
tIOeen Strong Players
Finals TOAnOrrOEC.

CLEVELAND, Oct. S.-Play in the
women's national golf championship
tournament had narrowed down to the
semi finals here today and the best from
he East was TO meet fhe pride of the
South In what promised to be two OF
the greatest fair sex battles Of the sea
son.
Mrs c. H. Yanderbeck, Philadelphia,
was to meet Miss Alexa Stirling, Atlanta,
and Mrs. J. v. Hurd, Pittsburgh, was
paired with Mrs. David Cant, Memphis.
These fo1r women played brilliant golf
10 win their matches yesterday, and
there is no saying which Of them has the
stuff to conquer in the championship
battle.
Mrs. Gaut and Mrs. Hurd had the
toughest times yesterday, both being
forced to go the entire eighteen holes
70 win. Mrs. Gaut beat Mrs. Quentin
Feitner OF New York and Mrs. Hurd
stopped Miss Marion Hollins Of New
York
Mrs. Vanderbeck defeated Mrs Enest
Byheld Of New London, and ?, and Miss
Stirling defeated Miss Edith Cummings
of Chicago. 3 and 2.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-08
TECH GRIDDERS
START SEASON
Erehart's Lads VS.. Kirklin or
Irwin Field.

The first Tech football team in the his
tory Of the east side school was to trot
out on Irwin field this afternoon to
tackle Kirklin High, one Of the strongest
teams in Indiana, and the majority OF
nigh school students in indianapolis.
along with hundreds Of alumni aud
teachers, were expected TO be on the side
to put over the first Indianapolis high
school win OF the 1920 season.
While the dope, all that could be OBJ
tanned, appeared to favor Kirklln against
the inexperienced local squad, that little
detail was not worrying the Green and
White warriors in the least. Coach
Archie Erehart has a bunch Of huskies
under his wing who are aching TO strut
their stuff and II the invaders got on
with the long end Of the score there were
TO be no alibis offered by Tech followers.
Erehart started the season with what
appeared to DO the cream OF the high
school talent IN the city and he has
worked his men hard for nearly month
ON top OF this they have had wees
more OF practice than. the other tive
local schools and have witnessed tvs
high school games, Something thai
should be a great help 10 green team
The stage fright" thas characterized
the play OF the Manual and Shortridgs
teams should not be in todays battle
Everything considered II looked a.
though the east Hiders were que 10 HaA'
3 credltable showing In their initial
appearance on the gTidiron.
Erehart was expected TO start the FOL
lowing lineup: Woolgar. left end; Hun
gate. left tackle: Sweeney. left guard
Hodges, center; Maxwell. right guard
Watson, right tackle: Payne. right end
Screese, quarter back; Nipper. left half
Griggs, right half. and Geiger, fui
back.
The following officials were 10 handle
the game. Heze Clark. referee; II
Davis. umpire. and Gully Thomas, heas
IinesmRn.- The game was 10 star
nromntly ut 3 O'Clock.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-08
BY SID MERCER.

international News Correspondents.
CLEVELAND, Oct. S.-The worlds Sc
ries is now hitting the high spots.
Both teams left New York early last
hight. The national commission special,
containing Ban johnson, John Heydler,
John Bruce, the umpires and various and
sundry commissioners of a lower order,
made the getaway at 40 80. The New
York press cars were hooked on to this
train.
The "show" is booked in Cleveland
for four days and may run a week If
there are rain Interruptions. A wet
spell has been forecast for Cleveland,
but maybe that has nothing TO do with
the weather. Cincinnati went Demo
cratic at the last worlds series and Gov
ernor Cox may declare open house for
the Cleveland celebration. From all ac-
counts there will be some high jinks in
Speakers town. The more games Iris
wins the higher the jinks.
ROBBIE JOINS
IN PLAYER Fun.
The Brooklyn players, were in happy
state headed West last night. After
yesterdays game they romped around
their clubhouse like a lot OF schoolboys 3,
and good old Uncle Bobby was right IN
the midst of the fun, slapping his attn
Ietes about with careless abandon. A
WALTON from Bobby even in fun makes
the strongest athlete cough and gasp
for breath.
MA" Robinson and the wives of sew
eraI brooklyn players made the tnp
West Thousands OF excited Brooklyh
rooters gathered at -Ebbets Held exits
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-08
Butler Sees Great
Chance to Hang Up
Victory on Hanover

Butler has a great chance to hang up
its first victory under the Page regime
when the Hanover warriors come here
Saturday for battle with the Bulldogs
Hanover lost to Earlham last week by
a IS to score, while Butler held the
powerful Wittenberg aggregation to a
20 to 0 count.
Butler students are not a bit down
hearted over last Saturdays defeat and
even seem elated over the showing their
hopefuls made against the worthy OPP
ponent from Ohio. The talk around the
1FTington campus now is that the team
is gUlng to 20 over the rest of the route
without defeat. Coach Page has gone
over the faults seen in the opening bat
tie and has worked his men reTentlessly
this week in an effort to throw a team
in the field Saturday that will give the
local school its first football victory in
two years.
The men came out of the wittenberg
scrap unscathed and 10 is probable that
with one or two exceptions the same
team that faced the 0hioans will start
against Hanover.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-08
BY l.. *. BLANCHARD,
United Press Stan Correspondent

NEW YORK, Oct. s.-That great but
not excessively silent American major
ity-the Smith family-could rejoice to-
day. Cousin Sherry Smith of Brooklyn
slipped his team into the worlds series
lead yesterday, when he left handed
Cleveland TO a 2-to-1 defeat
Cousin Sherry and his team were en-
better and their offense decidedly So
Take ragged pitching by Cleveland,
mix In timely hits by Zach Wheat and
Hy Myers and season with one good
break and the Brooklyn victory Is con-
cocted
Buster Malls had more bad ones than
a penitentiary. He sailed them up with
plenty Of speed, but the sailing evidently
was under secret orders-destiSatio ton I'M
known.
With the pitchers inclined to wildness,
neither side showed disposition to rush
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-08

after yesterdays game in Brooklyn and
cheered the Dodgers on their merry way.
The indians went away from Brook
lyn with serious faces. They have just
begun TO realize that they are In a-oattle-
The Tribe had been led to expect rather
soft picking from the Dodgers, aside from
the pitching. Instead OF that they nave
encountered a stone wall in the last two
games
American League champiOns-heralded as
q heavy hitting aggregation-haSe scored
Just one run. Manager Speaker carried
that over yesterday and he needed d
Brooklyn error to cash It
Speaker is playing a magnificent game
himself this series, but he is worried over
his pitching. The Robins have now what
Is known as the Jump" on Tristram and
he is trying TO figure out way 20 tie
up the series again without exhaustlng
his visible supply Of pitchers and thus
having nobody to fall back on for the
fifth game. It's tough job that Speaker
has-Iougher than covering all three out
field positions. He can do that easily, but
digging up pitchers is something else
again.
Robinson has arrived at a stage where
he can gamble a little. 1t is pretty GER
tain that he will not send Grimes back
until Monday. Vanguard Is begging
for a second chance at the American
League champions in the first Cleveland
game Saturday.
1t is considered likely that Robinson
may hand over tomorrow's pitching as
signment to Leon Galore. 1t is pretty
certain 20 be either Galore or Pfeffer.
1t is hardly probable that Mamaux Will
eI-rt a game unIess the Dodgers get a
safe lead in the series. Mamaux is a
bear for a few innings and is playing
the important role of relief pitcher.
1t is not likely that Caldwell Will figure
again in the series, except probably as 4
relief pitcher. Had "Slim" played the
70 ses.r. uay he might have done as
well as Malls. There is a vast difference
between starting, out with every respon-
eaD4IiLy on the shoulders and stepping in
to help out pitcher who has already
chucked away some runs The mental
Hazard is important in these games.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-08
Big League Owners Sure
: to Reorganize Plans of
Governing National Game

NEW YORK, Oct. S.-President Hey
dler OF the National League was asked
Thursday. at a meeting Of all the club
owners In that organization to invite the
American League club owners to Joint
meeting at Chicago Monday, Oct. Is, for
the purpose Of working out a new plan
of government for the national game.
All the clubs were represented at
Thursdays session/and every club owner
unqualiiedly Endorsed. the suggested plan
to reorganize the govern ment OF baseball.
They also went on record as favoring
the opening of a national campaign to
have state aud national laws passed MAX
ing 1t a felony TO cause a baseball game
to result otherwise than on its merits,
and to protect the game. against the In
duence Of the gambling element.