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New-York tribune., 1920-06-06

Fay Banter has had to wear a wig in
east Is West" Should "His Chinese
Wife" have as long q run as the other
play of China and America, Miss Del
mar will be returned winner. as far
as comfort is concerned, at any rate.
Miss Delmar despaired, but friend
"a university professor-arranged for
her to meet Miss Kahn, Chinese well
fare worker and publicist, and it was
from Miss Kahn that Miss Delmar
learned how to speak the few Chi
nese words necessary in the Beranger-
Halsey opus. She learned the signifi-
canoe of the three sacrifcial bows;
she learned the proper way for a Chi
nese lady to fan herself; she learned
how to repress her emotions.
"Even Miss Kahn was unwilling to
tell me very much" Miss Delmar said
in her dressing room after matinee
performance, "but | prevailed upon her
to come to dress rehearsal of the play.
She came and was very much pleased
with the favorable light in which His
Miss Kahn made notes during my per-
formance and between acts, in my
dressing room, she corrected my mis-
takes and suggested changes, The Chi
nese are very proud about their re-
ligion and customs and do not, like to
talk about them lest they be laughed
at, especially in strange company.
That is why, l believe. they are so re-
ticent.
~ had not been told the meaning of
the three bows in the sacrifcial. cere-
mony. Miss Kahn explained that they
were: TO heaven, to earth and to my
king l learned from her that Chinese
women are noble and dignifed and
that they seldom show their feelings
outwardly. They feel deeply, but do
not show it,"
Certain parts in "His Chinese Wife"
~+~l1e deem note which Miss Delmar
believes might we'll be needed in Amer
lca. They are the great reverence the
Chinese have for the aged and the re-
lance of youth on age for aid and
advice.
Madeline Delmar was born here, of
Italian parents, the seventh of fifteen
children. In her stage career of seven
or eight years she ha. appeared on the
stage with Mrs. Fiske, with Miss Bar
rymore and with Miss Anglin.
"Mrs. Fiske, Miss Barrymore and
the American stage to-day to whom
the younger actresses can look for
guidance. 1t is a distinct advantage
to have the privilege to act with one
of them One learns so much from
watching the way they work. All three
Of them are very helpful to younger
people on the stage, willing to advise
and aid at all times. But to be re-
moved from their inspiring presence
and placed upon ones own feet in a
play, as have been, is an exacting and
trying test. When you play with one
of these great actresses you are keyed
up and carried along by her artistry.
You miss this when you are placed on
your own feet and you feel great
void at first, but gradually it disap-
pears"
And then Miss Delmar prepared to
go out to dinner before the evening
performance. She did not say whether
it was to be of preserved birds nests or
whether she was going to place her
reliance on an American cuisine
New-York tribune., 1920-06-06
Next Winter Garden
Offering to Arrive
Here i'm Two Weeks

cinderella on Broadway" the
twenty seventh Winter Garden produc-
ton, will come into the home of ex-
travaganza the week of June 21 "The
Passing Show of 1919" which closed
its season at the Winter Garden last
night, goes direct TO the Garrick
Theater, Chicago. for summer run
This Passing Show" had the longest
run of all Winter Garden extrava-
ganzas to date, having been seen 9lS
times at the Winter Garden. The in
coming show will be seen in New
Haven the week of June Ia.
fairy fantasy OF the Great White
Way is the description of the new
entertainment. The book and lyrics arc
by Harold Atteridge, who has pro
vided all the books for the Wntes
Garden extravaganzas since its open
ing The music is by Bert Grant, the
first of his work since his return from
overseas. There will be incidental
music also, by Al Goodman. The show
will be staged by J. c. Huffman, this
dancing numbers arranged by Allan
X. Foster, and the entire show pro-
duced under the personal direction Of
j. j. Shubert.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-06
Harry Beresford and Lillian Roth
Lee Shubert Defines
Qualities Which Ideal
Play Should Possess

Up to the present time the name
of Lee Shubert has not been identified
with any particular type of play. One
Of the reasons is that Mr.. Shubert has
been associated with hundreds of pro-
ductions, embracing dramatic, musical,
farcical, melodramatic, spectacular,
romantic, light operatic, and some even
bordering on grand opera.
AS the man at the head of a concern
that controls hundreds of theaters
throughout the country, he realizes
that there are as many tastes as there
are different kinds of plays. But the
fact remains that Mr.. Shubert does
favor a certain style Of play, and that
among the hundreds he has had pro-
dueed tn during the last twenty years
there were many that were character
lstic of the man and which reflected
entirely his own personal taste in the
theater
There is now appearing in New York
comedy which is a representative
Lee Shubert production; in other
words, the type of play which Mr..
Shubert would specialize in were he
>. lone producer with only one or two
Steaters to supply. This is the de-
l,Ehtful comedy of New York life in
e"r 'oS at lne bOOth Iheater, IN OF
So Long Ago"
at is quite true" said Mr.. shubert
recently, that Not So Long Ago,' in a
large measure, represents my personal
taste IN the theater, in so far as a
play of this type is concerned. We're
! the producing manager of single
New York house l would specialize in
! plays possessing the Not So Long
Ago quality"
Some of the plays produced in the
last few seasons which were mentioned
as possessing this quality are CAS- a
Man Ihinketh," "Old Heidelberg" "The
Weddlng Day. "The Road to Yester
day. alone at Last" cone Day in
Paradise,' What Is Love ?" "Hobson's
Choice,' "Bunty Pulls the Strings, !"
"A Thousand Years Ago" "Mavtime' ,,
"39 East" "a Little Journey" and "The
Wishing Ring"
=, 1T Is rather dificult," continued Mp.
Shubert, "to say iust ~hy these ideal
! plays are ideal, bnt the fact remains
| that they possess csrtain Qualities
which decidedly place them in that
class. Call it the lavender quality. the
charm of bygone day with onlv the
poetic emotions that have always
stirred men and women. My ideal
production on the dramatic side must
possess distinct character values.
After all, the dramatic situation in its
highest development is not chance
thing, it comes about naturally
through the clash of character upon
character. You have only to select a
group of characters and let them work
out the effect of character upon char
acter and you automatically have
drama.
"ln life itself you cannot deal with
group of people made up of men
and women without the element of
love entering into their relationship
IN some form or other. So it is with
the play. which is the mirror Of life.
II am very fond of youth and it's
hopes and ambitions. We. were all
young once and it gives one a delight
ful sense OF renewing ones youth to
be able to see it's values set forth on
the stage. My ideal play must con-
tain sound meat-the technique of the
dramatic structura" I"
New-York tribune., 1920-06-06
Nine. Lrlbovska to Dance
The Magazine Cover Step;
Faithful Even to Straw 'Wisp

You've seen the foolish cover de-
signs of your smartest magazines?
And the dancing girls. barefoot. with
just wisp Of straw thrown across for
keeping off the rain, and the most
grotesque and ugly, awkward and un-
even steps and crawls and leaps they
take?
So has Nine. Lubovska, the famous
dancer, now appearing at the Criteri on
Theater. And not only that. She is
doing a dance there this week taken
from all the different fashion maga-
zines she has ever seen, and it is a
perfect wonder.
1t is a French title, and means very
little. Turn it around and it becomes
"Grotesque Gavotte," very good Eng
lsh statement of what she is sup
posed to do.
Nine. Lubovska declares her dancing
isn't classical. Of the popular dance
with which she is amusing thousands
daily at the Criterion she says:
ut is take-off on modes and man
ners of the present times. l have
studied carefully the thousand and one
poses used by illustrators in our fash
ionable magazines and adapted the
FUNNIEST or them to my dance. Satire!
Of course it is. Why can't we ex.
press satire in the dance just as much
as you writer's express it in written
words? The dancer is a mime just rs
much as the actor when he acts with
out the use of words is mime; or the
motion picture actor is mime. Only
the world expects more rhythm, more
grace from the dancer than it does
from the others. But it expects, and
it ought to get, just as much intelligi-
Bile expression.
"Men and women tell me they envy
me because in dancing l deal with lofty
thoughts and ideals. I don't do any
such thing, any more than any other
artist does. l deal with life as l find
it and try to express it in dancing.
When L have n serious message I tell
it; when I have one that l think is
humorous | not only try to make the
public understand it, but have diff
cult job to keep from laughing my
self
II remember one dance in particular
in which l was supposed to interpret
Egyptian manners. AS matter of fact,
great number of the motions and
steps | used came from the Hebrew
symbolism and are still in use among
members of that race. Gracefully done.
they win applause; ordinarily, ID they
bring ridicule, and when the public
applaud those particular gestures as
part OF my Egyptian dance l have
hard time keeping my face straight.
I'm this dance, 'Gavotte Grotesaue.'
New-York tribune., 1920-06-06

The most attractive skits, satires and
repeated at the Lambs annual public
3ambol tonight at the Hippodrome.
r. H. Burnside, the shepherd, and the
entertainment committee say that the
United so enthusiastically in the prep
sration of a public gambol. Douglas
Fairbanks, an active Lamb, hurried
East to be on hand for the show.
The bill includes twelve divertisse-
ments. beginning with "Some Party"
which will introduce two hundred wsll
known Lambs, and concluding with
Hassard Shorts "Bleaty-Bleaty" revue.
Other sketches are "The Knock Out" F."
by Frank NJ. Thomas, which serves
to introduce Herbert .Rawlinson, the
moving picture star, in a speaking
role; "The Grand Finale" by Emmett
Corrigan, which is played by various
distinguished composers and musi-
clans; "The Golden Egg" by Edward
Peple, first presented at the Pershing
Gambol, and "The Tent Of Pompey,"
by Augustus Thomas and staged by
George Marion.
Incidental features will be contrib
uted between these offerings by Ed
Wynn, BARNEY Bernard, Paul Dickey
and a group of prominent Broadway
stars in what they describe as "a Little
Surprise"
Prominent in the presentation of
Hassard Shorts revue, "Bleaty- Bleaty,"
will be Earl Benham, Clarence Nord-
stron, Will Deming, Hal Skelly, Rich
ard .Taber, Ralph Whitehead, Hobart
New-York tribune., 1920-06-06

scenes laid in that locality which was
not correct in every detail she would
blame the producers and me, too, be-
cause | am responsible for every foot
OF film that leaves the studio. To be
sure that 'Rozanne Ozanne,' with its
background of Kimberly and the dia-
mond mines, would satisfy her in
every respect we have engaged a young
Englishman who lived in that city to
superintend every detail of the pro-
duction. The highly educated Eliza
beth must be satisfied.
1T is really Lizzie who is respon-
slble for the almost complete change in
motion picture technique which has
occurred in the last two years. 1t has
been said that an authors public CO.
operates at least one-half in the sue
cess or failure of his book. I'd be
willing to wager that the motion pic
ture public cooperates to the extent
Of two-thirds in making a film And
Llzzle-pardon me, now that she has
been ducated-Elizabeth is leading
force in that public"
Who is Lizzie?
Elizabeth is fictitious character.
known to all the Lasky studio force,
who represents the Average Mind in a
motion picture audience. 1t is to her
viewpoint that questions of titling. Of
cutting and assembling films are sub
mitted: few years ago she was a
very slow-mnded person, was Lizzie;
to-day, as Elizabeth, the highly erudite
in the matter of films, at least, she sits
quietly enthralled by some subtle bit
of emotional acting when in the old
days she demanded wild leap ever a
towering cliff to stir her to open
mouthed enjoyment.
1t is Elizabeth, the average mind in
to-day's motion picture audiences, who
goes to theaters with Miss O'Connor-
Elizabeth, who has learned much and is
still learning.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-06
Attractive Novelties Are
! Many in Lambs Annual
! Public Cambol Tonight

Cavanagh, Percy Helton, Stewart Will
son, Frederick Howard, Reginald Ma
son, Frank Morgan, Robert Strange, AL
fred kappeler, John Rutherford, Rob-
ert Middlemass, Scott Welsh, George
LIE Guere and Carl Randall.
The Augustus Thomas sketch is
played by Brandon lyman, Norman
Trevor, William Roselle, Adm Wilson,
Worton David, Reginald Barlow and
John Willard.
"The Grand Finale" has in its cast
Lieutenant B. lillian, Victor Bara-
vale. Edouard Durand, Charles A. De
Lima, Neal McCay, Guy Kendall, Otto
Kruger, Vinton Freddy, Walter Wilson
F. W. Singh and Stewart Wilson.
"The Golden Egg" will be played by
Frederick Burton, Everett Butterfeld
Charles Waldron, Thomas Findlay
Frank Doane, Edward Flammer, Ben
Hendricks, William Burress, Charles
Halton and Thomas Walsh.
"The Knockout" aside from Her
bert Rawlinson, introduces Purnell
Pratt, Steve Malay, Edward Elton, Paul
Everton, Lynn Overman, Ray Raymond
Ralph Ince, Robert Ober, William j
Kelly, Richard Taber and James Spots
wood.
And "some Party" classified as the
club sketch, is all that the title i'm
plies, with its cast Of 200, including
Fred Stone, John E. Hazard. Ernest
Terrence, Arthur .Blackmore, Harrison
Brockbank. R. H. Burnside, Frank
Belcher, Earl Benham, Benjamin Burt
Emmett Corrigan, Thomas Conkey
Harry Corson Clarke, Doyle and Dixon
u. r. Grismer, Silvo Helm, Raymond
Hubbell, Lewis Hooper, Wilton Lack
aye, George Marion, 1gnace Martinelli
Jack Rafael Frederick and Joseph
Santley, Augustus Thomas, HansfoM
Wilson, Fred Walton, Roy Webb
Charles Winninger and many others.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-06
Amusement News and Stage Door Chat for the Playgoe
Hard to Cain Good Craces
! OF Chinese, Says Actress
In Quest of Atmosphere

"A slight, dark-haired and dark-eyed
young woman tripped hopefully into
one Chinese laundry after another. She
picked out the Chinese who spoke and
understood English best and questioned
him about the manners and religion
OF his country in the Far East. Cleans
lEs intelligence showed on the smooth
Oriental face, but the information that
was Forthcoming was fragmentary, un-
enlightening and useless.
The laundries hopeless, she next
tr.ed the restaurants where dishes
bearing Chinese names are prepared
for American consumption. Again her
desire for information was explained
and again were her gleanings scant
apd uninteresting. 1t seemed almost
ap impossibility to get information
about Chinese customs and religion
from Chinese themselves.
Madeline Delmar--it was she who
was exploring the Chinese restaurants
and laundries-was to play Tea Flower,
a.Chinese a princess, in a play distinctly
New-York tribune., 1920-06-06

fEvorable to China and things Chinese,
aud she, desired to have every gesture,
every motion correct. Then, too, it is
necessary for. her to speak Chinese in
the play, and some one had to teach
her that. Ever since she left the cast
OF "Declassee", to play Chinese maid
in "The Way to Heaven now called
"The Lady of the Lamp" she has been
dreaming, thinking, talking and study
ing about the Chinese. Miss Delmar
Chinese artists to achieve gesture and
posture. Her hair is dark and abundant
and is easily arranged so that no wig
is necessary in playing Tea Flower in
"His Chinese Wife" at the Belmont
Theater. For almost two years now
New-York tribune., 1920-06-06
Francine LarrimOre Plans
'sThe Hang Out mot a Play
But Aerial Nest on the Drive

case happens to be he has just addea
another success to his large repertory
When Scandal" was first produceS
many shook their heads as thouoh ~
say, "Cosmo, you're wrong this time ,
and then gave it from week to twelve
days for existence. Their argumen,
was that Scandal" is another bed.
room play and as such would live tbs
brief life of the average play of thai
type. But Mr.. Hamilton explained ths,
the bedroom situation was not the
main part of his story-that il was
only incidental. He tried to convincs
them that the comedy was not based
on the so-called sex appeal bu,
rather that it dealt with a very anus.
ing character-the worst spoiled rirl
in America"
Scandal" is also responsible for tho
deathblow that was bestowed on tho
old notion that failures or successes
can be predetermined. When it was
announced that Walter Hast was to do
Scandal" all of the wiseacres shook
New-York tribune., 1920-06-06

m motions and gestures and then applaud
when l complete my dance, convinces
me that they understand what l am
trying to tell them"
The few draperies the young woman
wore were dripping after her FIVE min
utes of dancing. She had not cavorted
around. nor had there been any ap-
looked like a graceful pose for mo-
ment-and the dance had ended
New-York tribune., 1920-06-06
AT Outlying Houses

BERT-RIVIERA-N Nance O'Neil in
1.-The Passion Flower" which ran the
greater part of the present season
at the Greenwich Village and Bel
mont theaters, will be the attraction
here. The cast is substantially the
same and includes, in addition to Miss
O'Neil, Lumsden Hare, Alfred Hick-
man, Annette Westbay and others.
COLUMBIA-"Folly Town." the sum-
mer production, is attracting many
to this home of burlesque.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-06

their heads and murmured in unison,
impossible They pointed out that
Scandal" had already been done under
another title and had died on the road
But Mr.. Hast was confident that the
revision was destined for success He
knew that poor casting and poor stage
direction were determining factors in
the failure of the original production.
And so he set about assembling a cast
of his own choice and intrusted the
staging to director Of proven ability.
The result is theatrical history.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-06
In Picture Theaters

BROADWAY Return Of Tarzan," and
Bert Earl and his girls.
CAPITOL Scratch My Back" Ru-
pert Hughes story.
CRITERION "Humorcsque" and Nine
Lubovska
RIALTO~ Dorothy Gish in "Rcmodol-
ing Her Husband"
RIvOLI-H Hobart Bosworth In "Below
the Surface" y,
sIska:tAN.D.s-sGeorges Carpenter in "The
New-York tribune., 1920-06-06

which, by the way, Hugo Riesenfeld
named for me, l am sure the public
is not deceived regarding what I am
trying to tell it. The number of men
and women who smile at various poses,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-07
TICKETS ACT
 AS INDIVIDUALS

Washington, June 7-The following statement regarding the acts of small group of women who are fre- quently referred as as Friends of Ireland" is made by Daniel T. O'Con- nell, director of sthe Friends of Irish Freedom National Bureau of Infor- nation:
 The apparent determination of the women "pickets" to engage at Wash ington and elsewhere in actions which that they act with the approval of those giving their best efforts to ad- vancing the cause of freedom and in dependence for the people of Ireland, makes necessary the statement, in ad- dition to what has previously been said officially, that these women act only as individuals and have no sane tion whatever from any of the large bodies of American men and women of Irish blood who act by and through the directicn of the Friends of Irfsn Freedom and affiliated organiza tions.
 Though these women are very gem erally referred to in published news paper reports as Friends of Ireland' and by reason of that reference may be regarded as speaking and actin g for the body officially known as the Freinds of Irish Freedom, 1t rr1,rsr be clearly understood that they do not in any sense speak for or act on be- half of the Friends of Irish Freedom, as organized body, or the 2O,O0O,- 900 American men and women of Irish blood supporting the activities of that body.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-07
BRIDCEPORTERS ' ATTEND WEDDING

The marriage of Miss Irene Davis, daughter of Mrs. S. T. Davis, of Ardley-o on-the-Hudson, and Stuart Riddle Stevenson son of Rev. and Mrs. A. Russell Stevenson of Schnec- tady, N. Y. was celebrated Saturday Ut The Towers the home of the brides mother. pr. Stevenson. fath- CT of the groom, officiated.
 MT. Stevenson is a daughter of the late Samuel T. Davis. president of the Locomobiie Co.,, and Is one of the most popular members of the Little Sisters :" Organization in this city, Miss Mary Hincks, daughter of MT and Mrs. William T. Hincks, was maid of honor, and her bridesmaids were Miss Marion Henshaw, Miss Evelyn Feel, Miss Dorothy Griggs and Miss Mary Eadie. Miss Betty Shaw, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Samuel C.. Shaw, of this city, was the flower girl. 6
 MT Stevenson was attended by his brother, Albert Stevenson, and the ushers were Albert Shaw, William Paxton, Robert Chambers, William Buell., Frederick Moore, F. M. Mur- ray and Wander Erben.
 Bridgeporters who attended the wedding were MT. and Mrs. William T. Hincks, MT. and Mrs. Samuel c. Shaw, MT. and Mrs. Harry H. De Loss and daughter; Miss Marjorie De Loss; MT. and Mrs. L. B. Powe,. MT. and Mrs. Harvey Hubben, Dir. anu Mrs. Alfred c. F'ones, Mrs. W. T. Haviland, Mrs. w. B. Bishop, MT and Mrs. w. H. McDonough, Mrs. John R. Reyburn and Mrs. Mary B. Henshaw.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-07
FIRST TROUSERS.

Or June 7th, 1914 Beau Brummel
 the famous dandy and fashion setter, startled London society by wearing brooches which covered the leg to the foot. This event is responsible for the present day fashion of wearing trousers, for such was the influence Of the Beau that in a few years trous- CTS were generlaly adopted by English gentry. A little later they were taken up by the commoners of England and then in America. It was not long. be- fore all Europe fell to wearing the new article of clothing and knee brooches went out of style except for diplomats at formal court functions and for sporting wear. Within the century of their introduction trousers have undergone many changes at the order of fashion. The first pair of trousers as worn by Beau Brumme eI were as close fitting as tights and were buttoned at the ankle. Since then they have been expanded and contracted, the bottom buttons done away with and the shape successively altered until they have attained the present day proportion
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-07
s. A. EXPECTS
 TO GET QUOTA
(By Ray T. Tucker)

=
 Connecticut has raised $130, ,154.84 of the $2O0,OOo quota assigned the state in the Salvation Army's Home Service Fund Appeal for 1920, active work in which ended May 20, although there are several cities and forty towns yet to be heard from. When complete reports are in. provided the communities unreported do as well as others ill the state, it is expected that the quota for reconstruction work in Connecticut will have been secured.
 Conflict with campaigns in several cities necessitated postponement to some later time, especially in Meri- den and Danbury, where the appeals will be made later. New Britain will not hold its campaign until the fall, while Waterbury's is yet to come. That in Bridgeport will be held from June to June IT, in connection with the opening of the splendid new building the Salvation Ary aas erect ed there, and which was dedicated in the presence of General John J. Pershing. Prominent Salvation Army officials from all over the country, together with the national staff band from New York city will attend the opening of the building.
 Forty small towns are yet to be heard from either because their re- ports are not complete or beca use the campaign has been temporarily post poned. Reports are still coming in from various parts of the state. and the latest show that Hartford gave al- most it's full quota, S37,500, while New Haven turned in more than s2O,- GOO. If Bridgeport comes through as expected. with the other cities and towns doing their bit, the s2OO,0OO quota ought to be secured and the great work of the Salvation Army in our centers assured for another year.