The New York herald., 1921-07-10
1NHE comparatively infrequent ap-
/ pearance Of Julian Etinge in


cording to a vaudeville expert, keep
step with the times In a surprisingly
accurate fashion.
The type Of woman that Eltinge
used to represent In his sketches" this
booking agent said, "is no longer pop
ular. The large, slowly moving stage
beauty Is as little in demand now in
musical comedy as she is in vaude-
vile. Quite the opposite type is sought
by the stage directors. The little, ami
mated. fiery person with Jazz In every
gesture and expression Is the kind Of
feminine aid that is now sought out.
Nobody looks at the big girls any more.
The most successful impersonators of
the day therefore are the wise boys
that copy and are able to copy-for
1t requires special physical qualifica-
tions-the girls that the public Is now
interested In. This sort Of comedy
was out Of the question for Eltinge.
so when he was taken Ill in the West
theatregoers were suddenly reminded
that 1t had been some time since he
had been in any of the large Eastern
cities"
DOeB nature FOLLOW Aftb
Speaking of styles in physical types.
there Is also evidence that stage art, like
every other. follows nature In some of its
important manifestations. Take the
case Of the recent announcements con-
cerning the Lord Byron play. One was
written. according to a friend Of the
author. some six years ago. But at
least three are Of more recent origin.
How many would never have been
heard of II John Barrymore had not
played Peter Ibbetsonf u
ITO my positive knowledge" said
manager yesterday to the reporter Of
THE NEW YORK HERALD, Three dramas
with Lord Byron as the hero were writ
ten for John Barrymore while he was
acting In Du Maurier's play. His aston
ishingly becoming and effective makeup
in his early Victorian dress suggested to
the authors of at least three plays that
were sent to him for production that he
was. an ideal representative Of the part
Of the English poet.
Personally. don't believe that sin
gle one Of them would ever have been
written had not Barrymore made such
r. striking figure In this play. My rea-
con Is that all the three I heard of were
written by women. They saw the actor.
were much impressed by his looks and
Byron. The result was the crop Of plays
on that subject. There were others OF
course already in existence. There are
always plays in existence with every
historical character as a hero. Perhaps
these were not caused by Mr.. Barry.
more's costume. But happen to know
that three of them WERE"
Farrar in n Gray wig.
1t did not seem possible that 1t could
be Geraldine Farrar. Was she not to
spend the summer in Holland and make
the acquaintance of her husband Lou
Tellegen's family? Did she not intend
to sail so soon as her concert tour was
at an end in order that he might be back
to prepare for the production of Ba-
tailie's Don juan at the Garrick
Theatre in August? But 1t certainly
seemed like Miss Farrar with the irresti-
BILE smile and the flashing teeth. But
how about the gray locks? This lovely
presentment of the popular soprano un-
deniably had gray hair.
Yet as she smiled from the motor 1t
was plainly Miss sFarrar. gray hair or
not The locks were explained by the
fact that gray wigs are just now the
mode in Paris Miss Farrar would be
anything In the world but not unfash-
ionable. So she Is wearing a gray wig
on occasions. even at the danger OF
seeming older than she is. But to be
the last word of fashion the soprano
would take even that risk She had to
give up her trip to Europe on account
of the poor health Of her mother.
Mnhomet to the Mountain.
David Belasco is sending out two
,iao
but one production for the road which
will ultimately be seen in New York.
Last year Mr.. Belasco sent out eight
compan mics. A. II. Woods some time ago
announced that he would make eight
productions this year as compared with
the twenty-eight companies he had last
season. Mr.. Woods has recently limited
that number to six. With the exception
Of "The O'Brien Girl' all the Cohan
companies which were sure of a certain
degree of success on the road have OK
course been withdrawn.
This has naturally suggested the ques-
ton where will the cities outside New
York get their amusements next Year,
Main street will Of course have to be
with moving pictures. But how
about the larger cities with population
of two or three hundred thousand!
What will they do for their theatrical
supply during the coming season?
Slowly echo is answering into the ears
OF the producing manager the one pos
sible conclusion. They will have to
come to New York for their theatrego-
ing. SO In addition to the 100000 per-
sons from outside New York who have
been supporting the city theatres for the
past five years or more there will be
great many more unless the residents OF
the large towns are willing to forego the
theatres for a year. And this Will In
,vitably work to the advantage OF the
New York managers.
The Poor woiking Coil.
The leading actress In successful
musical show Is now receiving a weekly
salary of S1,75O. There Is no question
as 70 her earning II. The production is
bringing it's managers a profit OF $4,000
a week. SO there has been no expression
Of Dissatisfaction at the amount paid to
her. But II is large for a young woman
whose New York experience covers bare
iy six years.
Another actress from a musical play
which has just closed It's run intends
after a while to prepare for the operate
stage. But she will sing a few years
more in operetta. For by that time"
she naiveIy explained the other day. ~
my salary continues what II is new at
the least I will have an income OF $4,000
a year from my Investments Then
will be able TO take my time In study
ing" Such Is the rate of compensation
for the youthful favorites nowadays.
especially In the musical plays.
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