The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-04-25
THE RIcHMoND vIRGInIAN--sIND a Y April ., 1870

quality as we'll as its clever insight
into the trailties Of humanity.
The strike among the members OF
the symphony orchestras in Boston
and Philadelphia has renewed the ar
gument in favor of women musicians,
! among the roster OF these and similar
organizations Walter Damro0ch,
conductor of the New York symphony
Orchestra. has come out In opposition.
but listen TO Ethel Newcomb, noted
American concert piantstc:
IF the women Of the musical pro-
fossion qualify as the most popular
and brilliant soioists. as vioiinfsts.
| cellists. pianists, as we'll as singers, IL
/ is only reasonable to suppose that they
could qualify as members of the or
I chestra, especially as nearly every
symphony orchestra In the country to-
cay has woman at the harpo
And the audience would much pre-
| fer the attractive face and figures OF
the fair sex to the be-whisk cred
called American musicians with I'M
deniable evidence of foreign origin Of
! face and form and demeanor.
When THE Storm a sensational
melodrana. was produced in New
York by Langdon Mccormick, the au-
/ thor; George Broadhurst. the manager
/ stage scene ever presented when the
raging forst fire, beginning, mills away
and rapidly approaching the scene Of
/ action. at the studio of Mr.. Mccormick.
I where the scheme and effects were
worked out At that time Mr. Broad
! hurst feared that the realism of the
scene might stampede the audience
and the advisa bility of placing a note
/ on the program to reassure the audi
! ence was considered. Eventually the
performance was given in New York.
and, as one Of the newspapers described
it. It was a. smashing hit" The press
idescribed 1t SO accurately that succeed
! ing audiences were equally thrilled but
I they accented the situation with calm
! ness. This was not in accordance with
the idea Of the producer, who sought
enlightenment.
+ at wasn't because the scene was
tame" one Of the fair auditors de-
/ clared; at was the most realistic thing
ever saw. and the only reason
didn't boiler or run was because 7 was
StiH with excitement, and when 7 re-
Taxed the actors were standing before
the footlights taking their bows"
New York. April 1o--warda How
ard, unusual dramatic actress from
the United States, is now In China.
Japan and India. She heads a COM
rany Of players from this country who
are presenting American plays. Julian
+ Eltnge according to a late letter IL
/ also in the Orient, which will be sur
prislng to American playgoers, who
thought he was in California acting
for the movies
! The residents. according to Miss
Howard have queer idea OF the
United States and It's geographical
boundaries. In Shanghai she met an
Enslshman, He called on her after
the performance presented his
card HE Was a writer on Shanghai
newspaper printed In the English Ian
| guage.
/ "po YOU know a Mr.. Blank in New
| york. he inquired He went over
couple Of years ago and has done very
well I hear
Miss Howard explained that there
was a population of more than six
million in New York. and she didn
know his friend.
How strange" he commented.
Not al all the actress insisted 'T
can't be expected to know six million
people"
Whitford Kane. the temperamental
Irish. actor, whose skill in shaping
clever and appealing plays has been
thoroughly tested on Broadway, will
sail for Ireland when he completes
&.
support OF Frances Starr, He is to
see the pnaduetion of his Dark
Rosaieen" In Ireland next summer.
Ethel Newcomb, one or the most
distinguished pupils Of the late
/ Theodore Lesehiiezky, and an Amer
lean concert pianiste of note. Is call
ing together the pupils of the late
master to arrange for the erection OF
a suitable memorial to his memory,
Iguace Paderewski Is one of the
pupils of this artist, and Ossip Cab
riIowitsch another.
'"rhe Passion Flower the powerful
Spanish drama IN which Nance O'Neil
acts with remarkable Yorce and eff
feet, is to be staged in London, Aus
tralia and other foreign countries this
year. II LIS to be produced in the
United States by two companies. Miss
C'.eH remaining with the principal
organization and another emotional
actress playing in other territory
Robert Rendei. acting in THE
| Storm at the Forty eight street
theater In New York, Is to remain
with this play next season under the
management OF George Broadhurst.
His role is one of the most dificult
pected TO make of his character a
plausible villain and popular rotter
| Lubovska. the dancer OF original
ity. Is departing from the United
States next month for Paris, where
she begins her first foreign engage
ment which eventually will gfrdle tho
earth. This week she il to dance her
farewell In New York in a group Of
| new interpretatfya dances created nv
herselt Last year she was The
terpsichorean star at the Hippo
drome.
Elizabeth Hall Dietz. in the seen
ario department OF the Goodwin Pic