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The New York herald., 1921-10-16
Good Acting First
Requisite for Singer
Says H. w. Savage
Producer Of 'The Merry Widow
Tells Why So Many For
eigners Are Engaged.

Henry W. Savage, who when assem-
bling cast for his new production of
THE Merry Widow asked: Where arc
our American singers?" and forthwith
faced 1.723 aspirants for place In his
company, declares that there is nothing
at all the matter with their voices. 1--WE
have the finest voices in the world here"
says the impresario. who has produced
grand and light opera and musical COM
edy. But good singing voice is only
one OF the four requisites for success on
the modern musical stage.
THE aspirant to-day for grand opera.
light opera or musical comedy" accord
ing to Mr.. Savage, must be able to act,
look. sing and dance. Yes, acting comes
first. And that is exactly what the ma
jority OF our American singers cannot
do. The reason so many foreign singers
are engaged for American operatic pro-
ductions Is because our native singers
lack stage technique. They have not
had nroper training in stage routine. The
audience simply sees such an actor as
stiff, awkward and unnatural. He is
only at ease when he sings. His hands
are In the way. his feet are ungainly.
Yet the foreign singer OF twice his girth
and not half his good looks is easier
to watch and admire. III only our Amer
lean singers would study acting we
would not only display all American
casts In our own country but we would
also export our singers to Europe
where most OF the opera companies
would welcome American sparkle and in
dividuality.
The American singer is not entirely
to be blamed for his shortcomings" ad-
mtted Mr. Savage. 'In European COM
panies. especially In the smaller cities
where the theatre is subsidized. the
young singer Is practically forced to
master stage routine. for he has TO play
straight drama, comedy and farce a.
well as opera. No matter how well he
sings he must depend on acting to keep
him In n permanent engagement---for
there are more dramatic than musical
offerings in repertoire. In this country
we have no similar training school for
our young singers.
But surely there Is next best sug-
The New York herald., 1921-10-16
Mecca" to Be Given
In Brooklyn Theatre

Mecca" with the Century Theatre
cast and production. will be the attrac-
ton at the Majestic Theatre this week.
The big company includes Miss Gladys
Hanson, Lionel Braham, Miss Ida
Mule. Miss Hannah Toback. Orville
Caldwell and many others. with Sergei
Perlsinoff and Miss Martha Lorber.
principal dancers in the Fokine ballet
Of one hundred.
Sam II. Harris offers Miss Francine
Larrimore in Mice People" comedy
OF American life by Rachel Crothers at
the Montauk Theatre. for the second
and last week.
Miss Doris Keane will appear at Tel
ler's Shubert In Romance her long
standing success. by Edward Sheldon.
together with most of the cast who as
sisted hsr in her return to New York
at the Playhouse last season.
A condensed version of "The Kiss
Burglar" musical comedy. with Denman
Maley and Harry Clarke. will head the
bill at the Shubert- Crescent. Others
will be Bayonne whipple and Walter
Huston. Ernestne Myers and company,
Miss Dolly Connolly and Clarke and
Verdi.
II Accuse" French photoplay by
Abel Canoe, will be the feature at the
Strand.
THE Cabaret Girls" will be the bur-
lesque attraction at the Star.
Carl Randall. with Misses Berta Dom
and Dorothy Clark in a dancing num-
Der. will be the heainer at the Or
pheum. Others will be Miss Ruth
Roye, Ben Welch and company. w. C.
Fields and Miss Elizabeth Kennedy.
The New York herald., 1921-10-16

gestion? Yes. several. In the first place
there are the summer companies OF
musical stock. These are excellent. Or
why not a few seasons of plain dra-
matte stock? Then one could learn. as
the Europeans do. how to depend on act
ing without the aid of a beautiful sing
ing voice. Mr.. Pasch. the Prince Of The
Merry Widow. was a dramatic actor for
eight years. He went so far as to play
Hamlet, Romeo, Faust. However. when
he went into opera first he sang In the
ensemble for an entire season. He
wanted to acquire voice routine Now.
our American singers who have never
played a part in their lives want to at
tempt star role before they know even
the rudiments OF acting!
Hundreds Of girls who came to us
had studied voice for five years, but
never had set foot on the stage. They
sang SO we'll 1t would have insulted them
to suggest minor role, yet all we
really could offer to them was the en-
semble. and this only after thorough
training under an expert stage man
ager"
The New York herald., 1921-10-16
Lew Fields Heads Bill
At the Winter Garden

Lew Fields In a condensed version Of
Snapshots of 1921" will head the
vaudeville bill at the Winter Garden
this week. With him in this musical
tabloid will be Miss Lulu Mcconnell
who will also appear with Grant Simp-
son in AT Home" Others will be Miss
Lillian Fitzgerald Yvette, Fred Allen.
Ed La Vine and Armstrong and James.
Jimmy Hussey will top the programme
at the Forty-fourth Street with some OF
the scenes of the recent revue. The
Mimic World" doing his prize fight
scene Others will be Joe Jackson. the
Rath Brothers. the Ziegler Sisters.
Burt Earle and his Eight California
Girls. Dave Vine and Luella Temple,
Rome and Cullen, Buddy Doyle and
Johnny Jones.
zone, Two. Three" musical farce,
The New York herald., 1921-10-16
New York Indifferent to
Some Plays Road Welcomes
Mister Antonio, Only Mildly Interesting Here, Has
Triumphal Progress in Hinterland-Comedy
With Music and Without.
BY LAWRENCE REAMER.

w IEN for Otis Skinner play American
\N/ Lyceum Theatre
altogether placid for Of the
until the actors admirers had him.
its
the sophisticated epc nghers
afternoon first nigh
Mister Antonio in the fun time
land took the about the Italian
did
enjoy itself much did while witnessing all
hands collected the moleon flowed
the who presented Mister Antonio that authors royalties
amounted
a
milder
completely The tranquil fable the little girl watched
fell with the
him when the appeared
background nothing gang
without
Probably "The whatever its New
Harrington belt 1t comprehensive
The New York herald., 1921-10-16
Lauder Starting
His American Tour

Tomorrow night at the Lexington
Theatre Sir Harry Lauder will start his
American tour. He will sing several
new songs. including II Know a Lassie
Out in o-H-I-o." and "o'er the Hill ia
Ardentinny." as well as reviving several
old favorites. He will appear In cos
tunes as usual. with appropriate scenery
and will be surrounded on the pro-
gramme by the customary company OF
entertainers. He will give four matinee
performances starting Wednesday.
The New York herald., 1921-10-16
NEW BuRLEsaUE AT COLUMBIA.

A burlesque organization never before
seen at the Columbia and called The
Sugar Plums'' will appear at that house
this week and present a new two act
travesty called Let 'Er Rip" written
by Addison Burlthardt. with music by
Jerome Sanford. The production is the
effort OF Dan Dody. whose past activi-
ties have been confined to the staging
OF musical numbers. Joe Freed and
Artie Leeming are the principal fun
makers of the company. and they have
the support OF Misses Dolly Rayfield.
Rita Rose. May Newman and Folly
Toilette.
The New York herald., 1921-10-16
In Stubble or
Back of the Decoys

Flushing a covey or decoy-
ing a flock of broad bills, the
gun and the load must per-
fectly fit the emergency.
The Abercrombie & Fitch
gun department offers an un-
equalled selection of foreign
and American shot guns.
Bird and game loads patterned
from the experience of the most
successful sportsmen.
Everything that goes with gun,
and everything that a sportsman
wears, on land or water.
The New York herald., 1921-10-16

It's up and away these crisp
sporting morns-a an important
week is at hand.
Birds and brides!
Duck season opens on Long
Island-golfers without end
are reporting brides on the
prime Fall turf.
In either case it's time for
a suit of English tweeds.
Tweed suits illimitable, for
golf, business or travel-top-
coats of cheerful Irish and
Scotch homespuns - waist
coats and jackets of India
cashmere, soft as velvet.
Shot-guns, kit bags or walk
ing boots = The Greatest
Sporting Goods Store in the
World is a comforting place
these fine Autumn days.
The New York herald., 1921-10-16
"wELcoME STRANGER" AGAIN.

welcome Stranger" by Aaron Hof-
mann. with the popular comedian
George Sidney In the principal role,
will be this weeks offering at the
Shubert- Riviera Theatre. The comedy
will be given with practically the same
cast and production as was seen in II
during It's run downtown at the Sam
II. Harris Theatre.
The New York herald., 1921-10-16
OPERA IN BROOKLYN.

Mime. Maria Caselottl will make her
debut and cling the role OF Gildd at the
performance of "Rigoletto" by the
Brooklyn Opera Company TO be given
on Tuesday night October %. at the
Academy OF Music.
The New York herald., 1921-10-16
The Claw,' a Bachelors Night
and The Deni- Virgin Come In
MONDAY.

MONDAY.
Lionel Barry
in supporting
Charles Kennedy
L j. Majeroni.
includes Miss Isabel
Tash
Miss Ongley.
TUESDAY
SQUARE THEATRE-A farce in
described
laid in south
Ruggles
Kenneth Douglas Miss Anders.
The New York herald., 1921-10-16

picturesque backgrounds as he has
given to this operetta. All these ele-
ments have combined to make the
new work at the Globe Theatre the
last word in the production Of operetta
at it's best.
Turning Back the Clock.
Among the numerous plays which
were piled on the metropolitan stage
recently in such numbers that one
or two faded from view even before
the public was aware of their pres
ence is a specimen well worth observ-
ing for its richness in the possession
of the qualities which intelligent
actors and managers now seek 20
avoid. The singular direlict Is enough
to make the spectators rub their eyes.
1t makes them uneasy as to the date.
Is this then really New York thea
tire III the year of grace 1921? The
programme affirms this fact. But
everything else about the perform
ances SO graphically suggests the carly
90s that it's evidence is necessary. It
would be worth while attending this
representation for the sake OF its his
toric interest and it's unconscious
humor were 1t not for the insistent
note OF pathos that will intrude. So,
perhaps. 1t is. after all, better to sup
press all definite details as to where,
whep and whom.
The New York herald., 1921-10-16
Felt Sorry for the Author.

II took the play because felt sorry
for the author. Ethelbert Hale-and he
was pestering me TO death. So thought
I'd better produce IL anyhow. And
then. you see. in these things you first
make the advance payment and then IL
costs you 100000 more TO hold on 10
that first $500. Now II has me crazy.
Strange, l thought somehow II could be
produced without money. First the au-
thor comes to me and says they'll need
several thousand for the wood TO begin
building the sets. and / tell him why not
try giving them his note?. You see. I'd
heard about these notes before. / have
couple In my pocket now.
Then the scenic artist comes and
says they'll need $4,000, and I learn
some more. He says they have solid
trees made of wood. and I tell him.
Paint them i1--we don't want any solid
scenery--the plays the thing. Shake
speare and are together on that Then
he says. Wen need eight stage hands
In each wing and four more up In the
flies and says to him. I'm not produc.
Ing a play for the sake of a lot of stage
hands. I'm getting actors to do the
work In IT.
You should sec the cast--picked 'em
out OF stock companies myself. Tried 70
get Lenore Uric for the leading role.
but as / couldn't engage her ! went TO
Buffalo and got 'cm cheap. No, I'm
not going to retire and productivity
make me cut that out OF my speech now,
but I've got new joke for the show
Saw drunk staggering down the street
to-day and said to myself, What vul-
gar display of wealth T."
Jolson is making the fidgety motions
OF one about to fee this maddening
world. so the interviewer lays detain-
Ing hand on him and asks for the inside
tip on what makes successful comedian.
WELL" he says, "a little gall goes
long ways. | haven't got it--often |
get as stage struck as though the au-
dience hated me. The opening night
took a walk UP TO Ninety-sixth street
before the show and felt fine. and then
when | got to my dressing room had
70 have a good cry like a woman for
heaven knows what"
The New York herald., 1921-10-16

and Charlie Chaplin In "The idle Class
Will be the chief offerings at Loew'e
State.
Evening star., 1921-07-10
Washinetonians Seek
Summer Resorts for
Joys of Vacation
Visits to Mountains and
Shore Give Delight to
People Well Known in Po-
litical and Social Life.

Prince and Princess francesca Ros-
pigliosi have a place at Southampton
l.. l.. for the summer. where they had
as their guests last week Mr. and Mrs
George Jay Gould. jr.
Representative and Mrs Frederick
n. Zihlman will leave the end OF the
week for Cape Cod. Mass, where Mrs.
Zihlman will remain for a visit with
Mrs. Madge Shelton. Representative
Zihlman returning the first Of next
week.
Mr.. and Mrs William Newton Gulick
have returned from Atlantic City.
where they spent a week at the Hotel
Traymore.
Dr. Charles Noble Gregory is spend
ing the week end as the guest OF Col.
Henry Du Pont at his home Winter
thur, near Wilmington. Del.
Col. Jennings c. Wise spent last
; week end at Southampton, l. l.. and
is again in Washington.
Mrs. Willie Armistead Land and
Miss Elizabeth Land left Washington
last week to visit friends in Roches-
ter. n. Y. In August they will motor
through the Thousand Islands TO
Alexandra bay. spending September
in the Adirondacks.
Mr.. William W. Hall of st. Louis
Mrs. !. E. Hall and Miss Jessie Hall
of Colorado, who spent last week at
Congress Hall Hotel, have left for
New York and other eastern points.
Miss Morgania johnson of Houston
Tex, is the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Philander P. Claxton. Miss Elizabeth
Claxton. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
Claxton. Is visiting in Tarboro. N. c.,
and will visit in Asheville, before re-
turning to Washington.
Evening star., 1921-07-10
Paris to Entertain
Mr.. and Mrs. Butler

The president of Columbia Univer-
sity and Mrs. Nicholas Murray Butler
who viii arrive in Paris this week
will be extensively entertained. The
president OF the French senate will
entertain at luncheon tomorrow and
Tuesday. NJ. Gabriel Hanotax will
be host in their honor. Prof. Henri
L. Bergson will entertain at dinner
Wednesday. preceding an ohicial re-
ception at the city hall. Dr.. and Mrs
Butler will be among those who will
occupy the box of the President OF
France, M. Millerand. at the celebra-
tion of the French Independence day
July IA.
Evening star., 1921-07-10

guests Of the formers son In law and
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Estey. in
their home at Bethlehem. Pa, where
Gen. Greble will remain through the
summer. Miss Greble will later visit
at Narragansett Pier and in Canada
Mrs. Greble Is spending portion of
the summer on Lake George.
Miss Katharine Mackay, daughter
of Mr.. Clarence Mackay of New York.
accompanied Mr.. and Mrs. William
p. Hamilton when they sailed Monday
aboard the Adriatic for England.
Miss Mackay will visit her grand
mother. Mrs. John w: Mackay. who
is at present in Paris. and at the
conclusion of her visit. early in the
autumn, will return to the Mackay
summer home, Harbor Hill, at Ros-
lyn. L. l.. to remain until tho early
winter.
Miss Aida Henriques will leave
Washington the end of this week for
Bay Head. N. j., where she will spend
the remainder of the month. She will
spend August in jamestown. r. I.
DR.. Breckenridge Bayns. accom-
panied by his sister. Mrs. Guy w. 8.
Castle. 10 visiting their sister. Mrs.
John g. Proctor, at her home in Lex
ington, KY. DR.. Bayne and Mrs. Cas-
tie made the trip by motor. Mrs.
Proctor was formerly Miss Louise
Bayne, and Mr.. Proctor, who recently
entered the consular service, has gone
to his new post at Durham. South
Africa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest George Walker
and their son, Mr.. Mannix Walker.
have returned to their residence. sii5
8 street. after . motor trip through
the Berkshire and Catskill mountains.
Mrs. Albert Relyea and her daugh.
Evening star., 1921-07-10
Col. and Mrs. William Kelly
To Reopen Home in Fall

Lieut.. Col. William Kelly returned
to Washington Friday from Europe
Mrs. Kelly will remain abroad until
the latter part of August, when she
will sail for this country and join
Col Kelly. They will reopen their
house at 2117 o street in September
Mrs. J. Raymond Mccarl. wife of
the new controller general of the
apartment at Somerset House after
a few weeks visit in Atlantic City
and at Eagles Mere. Pa.
tomorrow from her home in ST. Louis
for . short stay at Wardman Park
Hotel.
Miss Esther Mclaughlin, daughter
OF Representative and Mrs. NJ. o. Nc
York as a delegate to the convention
Of Christian Endeavor Societies,
which will close tomorrow. Miss
Mclaughlin represents the Christian
Endeavorers of Sherwood Presby-
terian Church in this city.
Miss Anne B. Clarke, who has been
visiting her sisters, Miss Pearle
Clarke and Miss Erin Clarke, at their
home, 1017 18th street, will leave to-
MORROW lot her nome In Lexington
8. C., stopping en- route to visit her
cousin. Mrs. Frank Page, at Hender-
sonville, N. c.
Mrs. Williams, wife Of Lieut.. +
Quincy Williams. accompanied BY
their small son. arrived in Washing.
ton yesterday from Haiti, where they
have been for eighteen months with
Lieut.. Williams, who 10 stationed
there.
Miss Florence e. Thiele, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward B. Thiele
and sister of Maj. c. NJ Thiele, is
spending the summer with Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Seymour at Ancin, Pam
anna Canal Zone.
Mrs. Matte Leigh Walker Wolfe
and her daughter. Miss EuEenia
Walker Of Warrington and virginia,
have left for an extended trip to
California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles o. Millar and
their little daughter have gone to
Benedict, Nd. for two weeks and
are at the Hotel Bresnahan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander .Sedgwick
are visiting Miss Emily Tuckerman
in her villa at stockbridgs, Mass.
Evening star., 1921-07-10
stria-Hunsary to End
Affairs in Washington
With Sale of Embassy
Home at 1904 Connecticut
Avenue Was Purchased by
Baron Henglemuller From
the Estate of Senator
Yulee.

The sale Of the house at 1904 Con-
of the Austro- government
i in this country. the former consul OF
that government at New York. Mr..
Charles Winter. and Mr.. Edgar Proch-
mix. representing the Hungarian gov
ernment in the matter.
The house was purchased by Baron
Henglemuller for his government
while he was serving as ambassador to
this country. from the estate of sena-
tor David Levy Yulee. the first sena-
tor from Florida. Senator Yulee built
the house while he was delegate from
the territory of Florida. and when
no other buildings on that side of the
street. His only neiRh5or on Con-
recticut avenue was the minister OF
Great Britain. the legation being on
the corner opposite, the same that is
row the embassy; Shortly after Sen
William Gait built a house in the
point on the west side of Connecticut
avenue at Dupont Circle. This was
later sold to Mr.. Gardiner Hubbard
ley. who has remodeled and added to
the original house.
Senator Yulee had much to do with
the admission of Florida into the
Union and during his several terms
as senator was said to be the wealth.
lest man In that body. The house was
famous for elaborate entertainments,
and his three daughters were pre-
sented to society from there. These
daughters are we'll known In Wash
ington. where they have spent much
of their time since their marriages
Mrs. William Belden Noble. who lives
here; Mrs. Charles Read. who lives on
her place near White Sulphur Springs.
and Mrs. Wallace Neff, who also lives
in Washington, are the three daugh-
ters who were great bellies in their
debutante years and have been prom
inent Ihatrons of Washington society
since.
The Attorney General. Mr.. Daugh-
erty. Is spending the week end with
his mother at her home, at Washing
ton Court House, Ohio.
Evening star., 1921-07-10
Col. and Mrs. Phillips
Take Edeemoor Home

Col William Allen Phillips. ordnance
department, U. 8. A., and Mrs. Phillips.
with their daughter, Miss Mary Phillips,
have taken possession Of the house in
Edgemoor. Md. which they recently
purchased from Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
presented their daughter to society In
Philadelphia last season, while Col. Phil
lips was in command Of the Frankfort
arsenal.
Evening star., 1921-07-10
Col. and Mrs. Bell Soon
To Arrive From Kansas

Col. Ola w. Bell. U. s. Cavalry. who
has been on duty at the staff school
at Fort Leavenworth. Kan. has been
ordered to Washington for duty at
the stan school here. and, with Mrs.
Bell. will shortly leave Fort Leaven-
worth. They will stop in St. Louis
for q visit on their way east, and on
their arrival in Washington will be
guests Of Col. and Mrs. Frank NJ
Rumbold in their apartment at the
Wyoming.
Evening star., 1921-07-10
Features of Diplomatic
And Other Society Events
Ambassador and Nine. Jusserand Soon to Sail
for France-Coinss and Comings of Those
Prominent In Official Life

rotary Of the Navy. with her little
daughter Marion and son Edwin, Will
leave today for Will Pond. the family
summer home. near Detroit. Where
they will remain until late In Sep
temher.
The counselor of the Italian en-
bassy, Signor Sabetta, went to New
York Friday and will return tomor-
row or Tuesday.
The third secretary of the Japanese
embassy, Mr. Shu Tomii, has return
ed from a months tour through the
far west. having visited California,
Vancouver and the Yellowstone Park.
Signora Falorsi. wife of the secre-
tary of the Italian embassy, accom- :
panied by her mother. Mrs. G. w.
Haskell spent a few days in Wash
ington with Signor Falorsi and left
Friday evening for Coburg. Canada.
where she will remain until the
autumn.
Mime. Andreae. wife OF the CONNER
cial attache Of the Netherlands leEa-
tion. will sail August Is from New
York for her home in Holland. where
she will be Joined shortly by Dr. An
dreae.
The new United States minister to
Salvador and Mrs Montgomery Schuy-
Ter. jr.. have arrived at the formers
new post, in San Salvador. and will
shortly be received by the president
OF that republic.
The new military attache Of the
United States legation at San Saliva
dor, Maj. Fred P. Cruise. accompanied
the Minister and Mrs. Schuyler.
Sonora de Mendonca, widow of the
former minister of Brazil to this coun- :
try, who is visiting Senior and Sonora
de Oliviera Lima. was the guest for a
short time of the director of the
United States reclamation service and
Mrs Arthur Powell Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis left Washington
Friday for Duluth, Mimi, and after
q brief visit there will go to the west
coast. Mrs. Davis will not return un-
til September.
Evening star., 1921-07-10
Mrs. Hampson to Leave
For Chelsea August !

Mrs. Joseph Hampson and her
daughter, Miss Frances Hampson.
will go to Chelsea. N. j., the first Of
next month. where they will spend
several weeks at the Hotel Chelsea.
Mrs. Hampson and her daughter have
remained in their apartment at the
Dresden, to be near Ensign Edgar
Wilson Hampson. son of Mrs. Hamp..
son. who is on duty at the Naval
Academy at Annapolis.