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The All-Star Concert, given by
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The next contest will be for the most
popular girl.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
Phyllis Povah Well Cast as
Vivacious Girl i'm ''Mr. PIN

Phyllis Povah, who plays the part
Of a vivacious young English girl so
convincingly in "Mr. PIN Passes By"
which the Thester Guild is presenting
at the Garrick Theater, found little
difficulty in working out her char
acterization. for although she herself
was born in Detroit both her father
and mother are English and she has
spent a great deal of time in England
with her relatives there. So she knows
the English young person very we'll.
and when she was cast for Dinah Mar
den ali she had to do was to think of
how her English cousins talk and act.
The name Povah is we'll known
IN London. Miss Povah's grandfather
was for fortytwo years rector Of St.
Olaf's, down in the slums of that city.
He went to the parish soon after
finishing at the theological school. He
became SO devoted to his people that
he declined all offers to 60 to larger
and moro fashionable parishes. st.
Olaf's is not without literary interest,
as It was beloved Of Dickens and is
mentioned in q number Of his novels.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
10000 Aid Production of
The New ''Queen of Sheba''

years away. After all the exploring
was done, architects and decorators,
under Mr.. Edwards's direction, built in
California the Palace of Sheba, sur
rounded by an Oriental city, with other
palaces and temples and fighting tow
ers and dwelling towers. To this was
added a large stadium for races.
This work alone, in preparation for
the actual shooting Of the picture, oc-
cupied months. Experts in Oriental
nistery and folklore worked day after
day tracing Sheban references to their
obscure sources and determining the
accuracy Of all architecture and dec
grafton, Assyrian, Egyptian and Baby
lonian.
An example among others worthy Of
study is the "set" representing the
Tomb of the Kings, in which the child
of Sheba is hidden by Adonijah and
which R. E. Sibley, art director for the
production, reproduced from a descrip-
tion given in Graetz's ponderous work
on Eastern lore. Reliefs Of Assyrian
kings hunting lions are frequently
used as decoration, upon historic au-
thority.
Among the architectural touches
that are extremely effective in the
Sheba sets frequent use has been made
of the Arabic half-arch, so-called.
This is shown most in the scenes rep
resenting the land Of Sheba itself, sup
posedly Arabic. The m,st interesting
Of all the exteriors is the great gate,
showing a sphynx-like creature, sug-
gestive of a skull with extended claws.
This is the twin god B.l-Mardik, which
|Nebuchadnezzar erected in Babylon
and the Elanites destroyed. Later
Nebuchadnezzar defeated the Elamites
and compelled them to restore the
gateway, after which he sacrificed them
in the fiery furnace in the interior Of
the gate. This portal is 65 feet high,
81 feet wide and Is feet across the
opening.
All the sets, however great In size,
are of solid construction, because they
have to support the weight of thou
sands Of people. The set representing
the Tower of David is in the form of a
spiral platform on which two armies
meet in battle.
An interesting sdelight on the con-
struction of sets and properties is the
story Of the making Of the battering
ram used in the great battle scene and
the story Of the crown Of Sheba. These
two Implications were made by Isaac
Rosen, wood carver in the William
Fox West Coast studios. Rosen is a
Russian, forty years o.d. Early in
life he studied the art Of carving in
his native land, and later journeyed to
Greece to see the relics of Hellenic
civilization where they had been Gre
ated.
In the course Of his researches at
the University Of Athens he found
records said to have been part Of the
archives Of the famous library Of Alex
andria.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

Other English novelist. have written o.
it. Before his death the Rev. Ar'
Povah endowed it, so that for all tine
the picturesque old church, with Us
green yard around it, would be secures
as place OF beauty as we'll as OF woi
ship in the sordid neighborhood whefs
it stands.
Miss Povah's mothers people Wer
Of the army. There had never pee"
any theatrical people in her ances'ls'
But vixen she was very small gi'
she decided that the one thing SEE
wanted to do was to go upon the stag
Her idea of good time was TO !"
taken to the theater, and when tne''
was no play to see she read one. ~
an age when most girls dote on "
mantle novels she was reading ShsA''
speare, Moliere, Hauptmann and Snss'
She says she has learned many PARIS
which she probably will never p's''
but she considers them valuable pa''
of her education.
She is playing her arst engagem@
with the Theater Guild in "Mr. r'~
Passes By"
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
Avenges His Smashed Baggage
With Hippodrome Travesty

sof in England, where these hampers
lasted ten years at least, brought only
an amused grin from that official.
"Say. young fellow" said the baggage
man, "this is America, you know. Folks
got to step here. We got no time to be
fussing with your dinky little baskets" ;"
MALTA took the lesson to heart. He
bought three of the biggest iron-bound
trunks he could find. But he also
altered his act to the Baggage Smash
ers," and since then the crash of
splintered glass, the demolition of hat
boxes and steamer trunks has sounded
from one end Of Europe to the other.
During the Paris railroad strike of 1910.
when the railroads were under military
rule and the Care St. Lazare was
strewn with wrecked baggage, Mallia's
act created a veritable furore at the
Follies Bergeres.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

were tried out on the road, but failed
before they reached New York. Then
Livingston Platt, friend of Miss
Eames, sent her to Lyall Swete, who
in the autumn Of 1918 was producing
spectacle called "Freedom" at the
Century, and he cast her for Queen
Elizabeth. The play was more or less
of failure, but Miss Eames was not.
Miss Anglin saw her and engaged her
for part in "The Open Fire." by W.
j. Hurlbut. This play. however, was
not successful on the road and never
reached New York, but it did give Miss
Eames the advantage of Miss Anclin's
direction.
The season of 192o-'21 found her
playing the role Of the aristocratic
friend Of the heroine in Miss Barry
more's production Of "Declassee." and
last autumn she was on G more back in
the sixteenth century as the Princess
Elizabeth in Favershams production of
1.-THE Prince and the Pauper."
So Miss Eames had twice played
Mary's deadly enemy before she got
the chance from Mr.. Harris to create
the role of Mary Stuart. Her training
has been brief in time and brief in the
number of parts played, but at least
two Of those parts were in costume
drama of the same period as the MARY
Stuart" Undoubtedly that helped her
to her present success. She still holds
in affection, however, her first profess
sonal role of Sophie in the Schnitzler
play, being great admirer of the
Austrian dramatist. Miss Eames, when
student at the dramatic school, based
her doubts of her fitness to act on the
fact that she Thought too much" about
what she was doing. The intellectual
basis of her acting, however, gives
great promise Of the future because it
will probably assure her continued in
terest in subtle character portrayal in
drama of psychological Importance.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
Interesting Chat and Stage Gossip for Playgoers
Everybody Tells Us
~It's Up to You,'' So
u We Decide That 1t Is

could, for she does. After the final
curtain we used our password and
wont backstagc to see Miss Hope. We
were so glad we had done so later, for
we realized that we had beheld IL
miracle on the stage. One fancies that
in real life Miss Hope would be the
sort Of person who would playfully
trip you up as you were going up
stairs or blow out your match when
you were trying to light cigarette
And here she was demure and sweet
and gentle. with that big-eyed, appeal
/ ing quality that Marie Doro used to
have. Yet on the stage sho is cross
between Elsie Janis and Ray Dooley.
1t seems strange combination,
doesn't it?
Miss Hope is very pretty, with nearly
half her face taken up by her eyes and
eyelashes Ga half-nch long) and the
other half devoted to the display of
some dimples and some dazzling teeth.
We love to see her dance, and yet it
makes US nervous. She might kill her
self We voiced our apprehension to
our hostess, but she only said: "Not
chance in the world. I don't fall
very hard. I can't. I weigh only 80
pounds, and 50 pounds won't fall very
hard"
"But your leg when it Aies out of
joint. What If it didn't go back
again."
"But it always has, AID I don't be-
lieve it's going to do anything radical
now"
"How long have you been dancing
like that" we asked, only half con-
vnced
"All my life"
professionally
"Oh, no; only this season. You see,
for years I WAS with Frohman and
Dillingham;, just plain ingenue."
Now the secret was out. Miss Hope
was an ingenue, although she could
never be plain. But that explained the
occurrences and the beauty. Come
diennes are seldom beauties-at least,
not the sort who tumble. When your
face is your fortune you have to be
careful that YOU don't knock off your
nose or lose an eye in one of your
dances. OF course, when you're an &C.
centric dancer it's different.
"Now," we said to Miss Hope, "if you
have any views on womcn's rights, mar
riage, drama or dress which you wish
to tell the world tell them now, or else
forever hold your peace"
II have no views on any subject"
said Miss Hope, laughing. So I'll
wager she knows all about Kant and
DR.. Einstein's Theory Of Relativity.
However, We do not, so Well just write
about her dancing. Do not miss it. 1t
| is joy forever.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
Ube Gholutlon of a 5tar
CIare Games

Miss Clare Eames, who has, as Broad
way puts it, "arrived" in the title part
of Mary Stuart" was born in Cleve-
land, something less than thirty years
ago. Her aunt, Nine. Emma Eames, was
the only member of her family in any
way connected with the stage, But this
same aunt had a great influence on her
life at the impressionable period when
she was student in a convent school
in Paris. Nine. Eames went to Paris
for an entire winter, and almost every
day took her gay young niece out
through the town, to concerts, art GAL
leries-everywhere-teaching her al
ways to use her eyes and to appreciate
beauty and historical associations and
the play of ideas.
} "For example" Miss Eames narrates,
Aunt Emma once took me into the
Louvre and told me to close my eyes.
Then she led me indomitably by the
hand down long corridors, stopped me,
told me to lift my face-and open my
eyes, l opened them--and looked right
up to the Winged Victory sprnging
forth! 1t was the way to see it for the
first time and never to forget it.
can never express all owe to my aunt.
She is. a great woman, and proved, for
me, great teacher. She woke up my
mind and my artistic senses"
After completing her education in
Paris and this country, Miss Eames de-
cided snc didn't care to live a life Of
idleness, and came to the Academy Of
Dramatic Arts, in New York, to study
acting. She was herself much discour-
aged after a few months, and wanted to
give up, but DR.. Sargent persuaded her
to keep on and be graduated.
Her first professional role was
that Of Sophie in Schnitzler's "The
Big Scene," at the Greenwich Village
Theater. Her reception was encourage
ing and she secured two or three en-
gagements for small parts in plays that
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
By Harriette Underhill

II you stay in Bermuda long enough
there1l come tina when you want to
50 back to work again. That's the way
we felt about it last Thursday, so as
soon ~ the Fort Victoria docked and
the nice doctor had assured us we were
strong enough to stand alone and the
nice customs officer had assured us that
We had none Of Bermuda's amber bev-
erages concealed in our luggage we
cushed in the telephone booth and called
up beekman 5000. "Hello, boss" we
said. "What shall we do for q Sunday
stery7"
cts up to you," he answered amiably
ooh, please" we replied, don't put it
up to US! You know we've been away
for so long that we have no idea what's
playing or anything
That's the name of the play, IT'S Up
TO Ycu!' 1t opens Monday night at the
Casino. I'd like a story on it,"
So we called up the gentleman who
furnishes the open sesame to the mys-
serious door which leads to backstage
and said: "A Sunday story is i'm
minent. Now what would you suggest,
if any?"
IT'S up to you," he answered. Eyes,
Of course" we said. being wise this
time; "that's the name Of the show"
But don't mean that I mean
choose your own subject" So we de-
cided to see the show first and then
select our victim. For almost the first
time the man from Boston was on
time. so we arrived at the Casino early
We were glad Of this, for it gave US
81 chance to look over the program,
md besides we were wcAring q new
rhinestone gown which never had seen
the light of New York. There is
nothing to this going-in-late, thing in
the theater. The lights are all out.
In studying the program for an in
spiration we found three! The show
is offered by William Patch. Therefore,
you see, it is "a thing Of patches;
something good might be worked up
out Of that. But we abandoned it
when we saw that the book was writ
ten by Douglas Leavitt, and you can
take it or leave it. And then we de-
cided to do a story about the young
lady who was always trying to bid
sixty, but couldn't because she STAN
mered. This story was to be written
SO that we might say she was sister
Of the stage director, Frank Stam-
mers. You see, after so long vaca-
ton in the Bermuda Isles, one has
many brilliant ideas. The reason, how
ever, that all of these ideas were but
stillborn was because we saw Flor
ence Hope dance just little later, and
after that you can't think of much
else. Besides, couldn't we say that
Hope springs eternal? We certainly
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

In revenge for what they did to hi
luggage ten years ago Harry MALTA, of
the team Of MALTA and Bart, at. the
Hippodrome, has gone all over the
world with an act called the Baggage
Smashers," which purports to be an ex-
act picture of American methods of
handling trunks and boxes.
MALTA arrived in this country from
England in 1909 with an act called "rhe
Gypsies,' the properties of which were
disposed in huge straw hampers of the
type used by theatrical companies in
England. He got as far as Boston, to
find the station strewn with wigs and
tambourines and gorgeous raiment and
the baskets reduced to masses of
spllnters. An indignant roar at the
baggage master and a statement to the
effect that such an outrage was unheard
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
Right Girl Backer,
Virginia Blue: Blood,
Achieves Ambition

Ihe Right Girl" at the TIMES
Square Theater, has several angels. but
the archangel is V. P Randolph, Of the
Virginia family Of Randolphs, which
produced Thomas Jefferson. Behind
his interest in this musical comedy
there is an unusual story.
Mr.. Randolph is a Virginan, who
has never been able to resist the lure
Of the theater. In his youth he loved
the stage and everything connected
with 1T with passion so great that he
determined to become an actor. A lit
tie training in this direction was suf-
ficient to bring him the realization
that his ability was not commensurate
with his ambition. He was sensible
enough to give up the idea of a per-
sonal career on the stage. But he
couldn't give up the theater altogether,
nor turn his thought from it. So he
dabbled in the production of amateur
theatrlcals for time. One day the
realization came to him that he was
getting nowhere either financially or
artistically. So he chucked the whole
business and left Richmond, where the
temptation was strong to waste his
time with amateur production. He
went to st. Louis and tried to drown
his hunger for the theater in a busi
ness life so strenuous that it would
leave him no time for the considera-
nf Al
IN commercial projects, but there was
never time when he was contented.
Every time he came to New York he
haunted the theater, making himself
miserable in the contemplation of the
artistic things other men were accom-
plishing along the line of his hearts
desire. Most particularly he envied
Florenz ziegfeld and the men who were
producing musical shows. He kept on
coming to New York and kept on enyv-
ing them until he could stand it no
longer.
Percy Wenrich and Raymond Peck
had finished "The Right Grip and
wanted producer for it. knowing
Mr.. Randolph, and his obsession. they
suggested the organization of COM
pany to produce their play with music.
The company was organized, with Mr..
Randolph as its chief financial backer.
AT last he was happy. Other big stock
holders had become discouraged when
THE Right Girl" after a successful
tour, could not find Broadway play
house. Mr.. Randolph offered to stake
the production until a New York the
ater could be found, on the one condi-
tion that leading stockholders would
sell him their stock in the company
So it came about, when the production
arrived at the Times Square Theater,
that Mr.. Randolph was it's chief owner.
OF course, he's pleased over the way
''1'he Right Girl" has been received.
but this happiness is as nothing COM
pared to the satisfaction he feels in
having his very first Broadway pro-
duction justify the faith he has had
in himself to do just this since his
boyhood years in Virginia.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

J. Gordon Edwards, who has Just
come to New York after spending sew
eral months in California directing
"The Queen Of Sheba,' a spectacular
drama Of the Orient produced by Will
lam Fox, is of the opinion that the
production will dwarf all previous ORR
entail spectacles Of the screen. 1.-THE
Queen Of Sheba" will have its premiere
at the Lyric Theater next Sunday,
April 10.
Mr.. Edwards brought with him from
the Pacific Coast twenty-four bronze
lions which were among the props"
Of the production, being used in the
"set" showing the interior of the pal
ace Of Sheba. The lions will decorate
the theater lobby. Naturalists and
sculptors have declared them to be
of different genus from the domesti-
Gated lions who bask so contentedly in
front Of the Public Library. These
movie lions do no basking.
In summarizing the production Mr..
Edwards gives credit to research spe-
cialists, architects, archeologists,
writers, costume designers, decorators,
landscape gardeners, photographers
and actors, and mention is made even
Of the Arabian mahouts who drove the
200 camels in the journey across the
desert. Including the players who took
part in the huge exterior scenes, there
was altogether a company OF 10000.
There is much curiosity. not only on
the part of the general public, but also
on the part of historians and special
lists in literary research, concerning
the story upon which "The Queen Of
Sheba" is built. As Mr.. Edwards dis
covered when he set out to make the
picture, there exists no one book which
contains the whole connected nara
tive, which had to be pieced together
from fragmentary legends and tradi-
tions Of the East, eked out by casual
references found In obscure and scat
tered works on history and arche-
ology.
There always has been q vague un-
derstanding among scholars Of ancient
lore that the mysterious land of Sheba
was . mine Of romance equal to the
lost continent Of Atlantis, but being
fsr the most part scientists and not
poets or artists. they seemed to con-
siAes romance not worth the time spent
on x~saarch.
n,r. edwards believes that the Orient
ssAt2ira a great many wonderful tales,
OF which only . few, such as the
Arabian Nights, have been put into
books.
"WhAt the Orient needs" he says, ais
literary explorer. The next expedi-
tion into Tibet, for example, should
take along not only instruments for
measuring altitude and rainfall, but q
poet or two"
And with this in mind Mr.. Edwards
superintended the artistic and literary
exploration Of the dim lands Of Sheba,
thousands Of miles and thousands Of