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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18
STARS SHINE IN 'HITCHY KOO'
And No Shines Star In the 1921
Edition

Forrest t- stars OF all magnitudcs,
,l,r,,- ,.o,,,,, and old 20 say n6tbirg Of
P""i''S A"""s anu ''U' " say NV ',''"E
n stray sun or moon or TWO; arrived IN
one great brilliant consteI!ation last
scientific name was attached to TINS as
trouomiCai phenomenon, put II goes pop
ularl% by the name Oh H''chE'Noo
1921"
To begin with CmentioninG ladies
hrsD. thcrc was Julia Sanderson, as
"a asrinating as ever and trying her best
NOT 70 appear out of place in such
TrCtir surroundings.
Thrn, not TO forget home talent. there
,v.rm IN" MosConi Family, amazingly
arrnbatic who received the largest sim
rIr aMniause of the show and one of the
~ I'E'TS Sbn ~ antire season.
Then, Of course, there was Hitchcock
ri,rssif down among the audience and
~, G, the stage. boisterous and up-to-
Ttt ~ and not n bit different th2S in the
OH oil daVs of The Yankee ConWl"
WV I'd NOT 10 let a really delightful
,,c,,isb old moon be forgottcn, there was
,'H ~ Iiuntiev whose uuieter, more
,Mh,in humor may not have received
,,,,i,, 50 much rauCous lau ghtrr. but
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18
A MECHANICAL MELODRAMA
"The Storm" Stages Marvellous
Forest Fire Scene

Garrick-"The storm" shows UP the
mechanics of melodrama as well as
shows the mechanics of stagecraft IL IL
fair enough TO say that the mechahical
effects are more interesting than the
mechanical plot and the mechanical
characters But all three do their snare
in imparting the chills and fevers OF
excitement THE Storm" Ia a gooo
fnelodrama, most excellent meio-
drama. on the basis OF its capaclWE ,Er,,iy NJ,
registering a high percentage OF thri,is'
The audience simply ate UP nus
four-act melodrnma bv bangdon NC
Cormick, a playwright who has achieNEu
broadway productions. since Broaa,M,nS,
has supplanted the ten-twent -thlrt
playhouses in supplying what the peo-
pie like. ., aee,,,,
which were deviCed by Mr.. NcCormlcH
himself, and the pictorial scenery anu
settings the inspiration of Mrs. Trim
hle Bradley must have cost pretII
penny. And the dramaturgic materlni
familiar as It is in posture OF events ia,I aiu
clash of wills and vel tried IN eSST,rdiiT rs
Northwest, Is very much suhlin,ate1 nE
,he masterhand OF Mr.. McCormcK'
Such coarse eXpedents as lnl Neiu
and Lincoln ]. Carter were wont ~
usc-the herone's crossing OF q ChaSill
over human bridge of friends or tne
hero's rescue from the railroad track
70 which he had been tied lust as me
iniine of the express came daShlhg lor'
ward--are not employed
Furthermore. Mr. Mccormick has IN
troduCed psychology into melodrama'
What was once all movement Is now
hecomc. In part at least mental. Ihe
catastrophe has been succeeded by the
cerebral.
The story pivots about girl Hnd the
! two men who are the other principals
in the hve-role cast reVOlve about her
on the edge of the hard northern WIN
ter this innocent yet not unwise hover
of the big woods Is marooned in cabin
| IN the big woods with the two men.
! They run true to melodraina. I'm"
! knows instinctively. before their char
| aCters are naivcly psychoanalyzed, that
! the big husky child of nature with his
frartiness and hardihood, his primitive
| rogsions vet o.. .unllv Driri'iv daC-''-
CisS and Chivalry Is heroic, even
mere One knows bv the same sal,
instinct that the physically less fit but
M, ntallv more adroit even crafty, young
man with a London %ccent, Is no better
! nrn hc ought to I've and will be up To
something before the plot gets very far
4 He has q regular bag o. tricks as we'll
az totes a small arsenal of firearms
| houCh he doesn't use them according
TO Bill Hoyie or Bill Hart. Will he
accept the hero's challenge when the
hero SAYS: We'll, what are your in.
tentions. I'll send for a priest. vii
vou?" His whole course proves hi~' q
poor exemplar of the virtues and chiv
airy of the city as against the plain
simple baCkwoOds He Is worsted tim
and again, however. and finally softcncr
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18
Ph0topldyS ElSerUhere

Midsummer Madness"
Jack Holt. Lois Wilson, Lila Lee
and conrad NaEol are In the cast.
TTCTORIA .-- "Whne New Yorh
Sleeps gives an Insight into the
uiCh, life 0f broadway.
GEEIT NORTHERN The Mutiny
of the ElsinOrc.'
COLONIAL -- "Forty-dve Minutes
From broadway" with Charles
STPIND AND IMPERIAL - The
Mark Of zurro,' wi;h Douglas
Fairbanks
ALHINBRA-"Tho Mark Of Zorro"
with Douglas Fairbanks.
NARhET STREET--'"'h" Mark Of
RiTOLi-Mary Miles Ninter in
Sweet Lavender.
LOcUST-"Thc Restless Sex with
Marion Davies. Co.,
LEIDER-"B-hold My Wife, with
C0ITSEI-u -- "Behold My Wife"
with Ell Of. Dexter
CEDlF-Cnar'cs Ray, in AN old.
BrIIIGNr ~ Viola Doro, in The
chorus Girls Eoma"rc
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18
LAUGHTER REIGNS
IN "PITTER PATTER"
Ernest Truck Scores a Hit in
New Musical Show at
the Walnut
MISUNDERSTANDING with slight rain;

wo,nut-Beginning with a slight rain:
"Pitter Patter" ended with STORM W
approyal En- route, this rolllcklng rn, rlu.
steal comedy encountered many sho"e's
o' It Tp Is Sased on the fare. Caught IN IN
fairly overiows with laughs; Willi.,H1
r F"riedlander wrote the lyrics ahu n,,
music and the book was suPpn'" ~
=, Ernest Truck. the diminutive come.
dian is the star and 1t was always
aIr weather when he was around
Unlike many musical comedy GonEUr- 60
tions, there is plot aplenty anu '0'
thermore II Is quite consistent ,,,
The story is unfolded in three aGts a
and 1--WE scenes and Is not lost In tns
shuttle despite the fact that score s,,I,, ~
pretty girls fit about deligh'tu"S
Dick Crawford. bashful youth from
the East falls in love with Murici Nj. Na-
son, of Denver. after romah''C .,.,r n
ing under an awning during "rh
Crawford. although apparently TV'i TGV,g,,i
proves that appearances are uesoa,u uea,,, ",
and prevents George Thompson, schTim III
ing promoter. from SWIMMING s
swcetheart's Cather out OF Naluhnlo
property under which Is n Dig CUpltl
mine. There are two or three ottshoo.s
from the main plot, involving a near
widow who Is not quite Certsh D. Ht'
husbands death, but these do not "c-
cloud the main issue.
Mr Truck is the bashtul lover anu
keeps the laughs moving at a RAPID rae,
| lie gets every possible inch of comedy
| 1ut OF the material at his command;
/ Eve Lynn invested the role OF Mu-
riel Mason with the proper romahIl'
spirit and sang several numbers He,
nfuly. Her rendition of Plttel
! ratter." the musical motif of the show
/ brought several enCores.
Mildred Keats set tic I"r i'r '"'
. irrciu~ 0rI Is ~" Tow
best dancers seen here in seasons
! .IuDng the musICdI nu...
Blues" and you can NCvcr I,Ii "sr'
especially we'll received
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18
LONESOME PINE, REVIVED
Mae Desmond Delightful in Role
Of June

Orphrum-"The Trail OF The I0n"-
ONE Pine" f.lapted by Eugene Walter
'rnm John Fox's fascinating rorlanc"
Of the Virginia hills. was pleasantly y.
,iycd There is much appeal to The
,torv Of the life of June. III" h"roin"
The audience followed the little bare
ronted girl from her cabin in the hills
rrough all the vicisstudes of her fight
eor love against feudalsm. her dream
= fairies and the sympathy she bore
or the trees and flowers, the rocks and
ii, waterfalls. And. as She sits at the
.not Of the pine and draws her knees
up with her arms Clasped about them
one is charmed with the simple story
Of her life as she tells II to Jack Hall"
Miss Desmond was delightful in the
vert Of June. while Mr.. Fielder was
rffnCtiNe as .IACk.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18

in heart through the hero's magnamity
in saving him from the ravaging. sweep
Of the forest fire. And when the girl
has to make her final choice 1t is to
the hero she says, shyly: send for
the priest"
The forest fire is really n marvellous
and stupendous piece Of effective stage.
craft Beginning with preliminary
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18
Blaze on North Hancock Street

Fire caused damage of $4,000 to til,
stock of the Kelly Hughes Co.. Inc
at lT22 -l7.lO North Hancock street
early today The fire started in III,
warch"usr> Of the company, on III,
Palcthorp street end of III" plant
Workm"u tried to cXtinguiSh the blaze
but were forced to call for tr"mcn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18

fashings and smoke waves on ,,. -
drop real smoke and flames snnS rne bach
advancing to the very f" obis nng up
of the forest char and topp,a H'ants
crashes ata IS, down 10y on the cabin in an u '
Katharine Hayden, Ben iTagea,..a ..atklng.
David Stewart are sufficient nrto and
action and the psychology of tho o'Io 70 tbs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18
NEWCOMER MAKES HIT
IN KEITH'S VARIED BILL
Other Vaudeville Houses Pre-
sent Above Average
Attractions

Old-timC favOrites for CXNressiOn OF ap- !
proval from patrons of Keith's this
week in Il bill which Is thoroughly well.
balanced and Interesting. Entertainment
and FUN are provided in a varied pro-
gram.
An American girl who has appeared
With success in London music halls
made her first appearance here, with i'm
pcrsonations Of English male CharaC-
ters She ie Ella Shields and her ini'
tIal effort was marked by distinct ap'
proval from an audience which gave
evidence Of not being opposed to becom.
ing critical
Marie Nordstrom figured In a whimst.
cal sketch entitled "Tick Took" another
tmpersoDation effort but unique in style
In that the twelve representations were
ranged aS the hours of the clock paSsed,
ruaIed with rather effective ending
depicting cabaret singer attacked
with heart failure.
pauy, In which Decker IS cleverly sup
portcd and an aCrohatiC and dancing
sketch by Nat Nnzarro and company
Otnor Numbers were Gladys Clark and
Henry Hrrgmann. assisted by the Crisp
sisters Lester. in Vent noQutal EFFORT
Al LldrM and carleton Macy, Old.time
IaN|INlt lsl|lS'' t IlAl ENN'l lAN III llluNI-
cal speciality; Young and Wheeler, in
melody. From start to finish the pro-
gram Is mighty good winter attrac'
tiou.
Globe -- Lively comedy and Eoou
music, makes the Black and Whit" Re-
view "a worthy hcadlner. The Heart
of AIu5" wood" - an al"gorical play
let The Three Johns are daring gym
nasts other good acts are those Of
Lagdou rnd Smith, quick comedy Two
Immigrants. musical; WILLIAM II. Nor
ris and company sketch Green and
Ferris, singing comedy
lnrrhen, Pretty girls aplrn,v and
an abundance Of laughter make Extra
NY" Il good wuSlCa! tabloid Other
CLASSY acts include Bigelow and King
C0w,dy. Lee Brown and Williams.
You Never can Tell is the photoplay
attraction.
William philadelphia larry
Harkins and his "MOharchs Of MtlOdN'
gave flying musical start and finish.
Two rthr" local vaudeYillaus. Jones
7 and Diryr'I"r kent laughs In constant
motion SJs1u Tomkins violmed and
. GaIe'ti's monkeys mOnkoyed delight
fully Douglas Fairbanks appeared on
. the ulm n "Thn Mark OF Herro.'
broadway "Hankv Panky," y pre-.
| ten.ious musical comedy, was awarded
headline hOnors. Renard and West
versatile entertainers; Hll and Ackor,
man. comedy 'rrring Of merit wcr,
, runncrs-Ur Tn" DhOtoplay was 9TH,
. North W"ds Malice" a Rex BeacI
story.
Cross Kcys--Th" -Four Bards prcsan
an nct rrnlr,, with thrills. Al Fields
story teller Of m"rt'; Edna Bennett anr
company, I'm "Clothes, Clothes" Elan
naEau and S'ap.rtOn. comedy singing
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18
BurIespue Houses

Casi"o-- Joseph X. Watson and N'-
are seen rs "Slitllin and Slotkin II. T.
rrs and Brokcrs" in the elaborate bur.
lcsuuc offered by the "Girls"ic.I.o"Hs'
aggregation. Here is an excellent com
many with the show, which Is riot o
fun from start to finish. \ chorus Of
pretty girls sing catchy songs aud dan,"
we'll Thn production Is very lavish ia
settings and COS'''ineS.
Trccndero Follies of Pleas
ure" starring clyde J. Bat.s. tramp
comedian. is popular offering Mr.
Bates has unqu" way of presenting
lis run. There are hig cast and m@ny
"r"tty girls. who sing and dance capa-
bly,.
pcoplcs-"'rhe Girls from Happy.
Hard" oGsr what might he Callrd u con-
t.LuOuS Acthiu Of murrimeut This pro.
ducii"u, to b" Il lrtlr different, stas a
woman, vivian Lawrence, VII" car
lpnr' ana sing well. y number Ot
vaudeville acts. including the FOuI
Dancing Demons, are with tn" show
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18
Grand
nlinm Rnnf

Walton R"of-The pleasing hri. in
c,u1" Ndgie Miller. with unusual skin
at dancing; Endi'ott Sisters. of aero
la'n' dances. mterspers"d with latest
uGs Helen Coylr and Harry White,
wh,rlwrnd trrrsiChOrran artists, and
n" TumsOu SISTERS in original steps.
Tie Tropical Marimha Band furnishes
dance music
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18

Museum RaNdion. in interesting
novelty. aud Schlit2ie. Aztec. are new
comrrs. The old favor!r,s also Prov"
Interesting
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18

William Philadelphia larry
Harkins and his "Moharchs Of Mtlody''
gave 81 living musical start and fuisN.
Two rthr" local vaudeyil!ans. Jones
and ,ir,r'"r kent laughs In Consistent
motion SuSnn Tomkins violimed and
GaIr'trs monkeys moukcyed delight
fully Douglas Fairbanks appeared on
the tilm lu "Thr Mark OF Xerro."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18

NIrchen, Pretty girls apl"ntv nud
an abundance Of laughter make Extra
IVY" Il good musiCa! tabloid. Other
CLASSY acts include Bigelow and King.
Com,dy: Lee Brown and Williams.
laughs. and Julia Kclety. songs dc luxe.
You Never can Tell is the phOtoplay
attraction.
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The evening world., 1921-01-27
UNCOMMON SENSE
BY John Blake
EvERYBODY's UNIVERSITY.
lcUvyriEAi. lSzl. b. gOsn BsalAl

There the world people who talk Interestingly
and wisely, and people who talk DULY and stupidity.
There people who know what is going in the
world and intelligent enough to speculate about the
for it.
There people who take live interest in their
try and it's AFFAIRS who wisely and who think wisely
These interesting people, They interesting
because they know what is going And they know what
is going on because they read the newspapers:
The newspapers everybodys university. Nobody in
England America need be uneducated he will read the
newspapers carefully and inteigently.
They present you every day the happenings of the
world with comment on it if you for comment
They give you the biographies of all men who rise
They tell you of all the inventions that made,
of all progress in science and in education
The who reads the newspapers and thinks about
what he reads will be educated He will talk
inegenty because he will think inelgently Education
merely knowledge of the world and there wav in
which knowledge of the world be gained easily as
by discovering what is going in the world and why
All able statesmen all interesting writer's
careful students of life And it the news
papers, which the record of life, that they do their
studying
When tells you he merely SKINS the headlines of
the papers and weared with the details they prin
him down a a stupid man. When you hear a man talk
wisely about human affairs him down careful
paper reader.
The agency that the world for daily happen
ngs and condenses them for your morning reading bet
university than any likely attend Make use
of it and you will have for growing up in
ignorance.
The evening world., 1921-01-27
WIDENING THE BREACH.

A PART from the specific local matter involved,
IA consider Gov. Miler's attitude toward this
city in another light:
What's to be gained by Strengthening the inn
preston that upstate New York has no interest IN
Metropolitan New York beyond collecting 10 per
cent of State taxes from il and meddling with high
legislative hand from time 10 time m its affairs'
Why intensity the feeling that Self-govemment
in Greater New York IS regarded with indifference,
or worse, by government at Albany
Why widen breach that ought to be eloSed3
The State of New York is the most populous in
the Union In wealth, industry and progress II
claims first rank.
No Commonwealth ought to be more united in
seeking the welfare Of every part Of its population.
Hail that population, in the case Of this State, is
concentrated in one city whit IS the greatest centre
of business. finance and commerce in the Western
Hemisphere.
Geographically considered as port and railway
terminal the City Of New York is linked more
closely with a neighbohng State than with the
greater part Of the State Of New York.
Again and again discussion Of port development
has shown how naturally Manhattan Island, Staten
lsllnd, Long Island and New Jersey group them
selves together in all plans for the future Of the
Port of New York.
Is the city to be forced to the belief that some
thing other than geography tends to ALLEVIATE its
interests from those of its own Slater
Must ii be more and more on the defensive
against its own State LegisIature1
Must it more and more distruSt government from
Albany as government by representatives Of sections
whose aims are hostile and incurSive?
That IS not prospect one would wish for the
Empire State.
Yet Gov. Miller scans to think il natural and to
be desired
The evening world., 1921-01-27
THE CITY LOOKS TO ALL ITS
REPRESENTATIVES AT ALBANY.

n HANGE Ia transit fares and readjustment Of
~ transit contracts in this city may be neces-
sary
But New York does not propose to have these
Systematically handed down from Albany if it can
be prevented.
The way to prevent it IS for Senators and Assem-
blymen 10 form solid and cohesive opposition
The city serves notice on its representatives that
4 expects every man to do his duty in this respect
To preserve any semblance Of home rule, the city
Is forced to resort to political action in the Legs
lahHe. But there is no reason why this political
sction should be in any way partisan.
Il matters not whether a New York representa-
tive is a Republican or Democrat machine
member or an Independent, New York expects
him TO act for the city and against any upstate
organization seeking to dominate the dty's affairs
The New York City coalition should be formed
for effective action and with absolute disregard for
party. If necessary should CAUCUS and then unite
IN support Of the majority decision Of the CAUCUS.
With the help Of other cities similarly menaced,
there IS a way to beat This unjustfable attack upon
urban home rule.
The evening world., 1921-01-27

palmed OF on a credulous world TO
divert their attention from the true
mission OF those who came to save, to
preach salvation all the way down the
halfway OF the centuries in these inn
mortal words: Bring no more vain
Oblationa Incense Is an abOminatiOn
10 me. New moon and Sabbath, the
conVolcing OF assemblies l cannot en-
dure. II Is lniQuity, even the Solemn
meeting.
Your now moons and your appoint
ed feastS are loAthsome TO me
Wash YOU; make you clean; put away
the evil OF your doing from before
mine eyes. Cease TO do evil, learn to
40 well. Seek justice; relieve the
oppressed; deal fairly with the
fatherless; plead for the widow"
Contlnuing the Rev. Gregory says,
ain the affairs OF his time, both
domestic and foreign, Isaiah took an
active part, and always the keynote
OF his diplomacy and the touchstone
~ his detectives was sincerity versus
hypocrsy, real righteousness versus
the hollow symbolism thereof. Thus
did the ancient seer antolpsie no ona
The evening world., 1921-01-27
LEARNING QUA LANGUAGE.

Among tho many non-EnEIish
speaking foreigners recently regis
tered at the Seward Park Branch Of
the New York Public Library ls a
girl Just arrived from Brest- Litovsk.
Although she could not yet read Eng.
lish, she wanted a copy OF a geometry.
Her interpreter explained that she
knew geometry in Russian and could
work out some OF the English ex-
plantations, using the gOometrical fig
ures as a sort OF Esperanto. She en-
claimed at our lavish use OF paper for
books and magazines, since in Brest-
LItovsk 1t Is used for clothing pnr-
poses. Two other foreigners recently
registered at the same branch library
are Russian children who came Il
America by way OF Egypt, where they
waited six weeks to join an uncle
who was returning with the Jewish
Legion from Palestine. The boys, aged
six and nine, wished French books, "a
they had learned that language in a
school in which they had lived for
that short time. Their English was
more fluent than easy 10 understand
but then, they had lived hero only
a month.
The evening world., 1921-01-27
ESTIMATED DEFENSE FOR HOME RULE

INA Ed FUh HVME kJDEs
To the Editor Of The Evening World:
Gov. Miller's ideas on rapid transit In the
cities of New York suEe seem certain not
only OF mighty rough treatment in the Legis-
lature but probable defeat The Senate alone
holds the fate Of legislation along the lines
indicated by the Governor through the simple
and Rvowed eXpedient of having the three
State Senators from Erie County (Bunalo)
voting solidly with the delegation OF twenty
three from New York City. This total OF
tWenty-siK constitutes a majority IN the Sen
ate. the full membership Of which numbers
ifty-One.
It seems the height Of conservatism to In
clude as possible allies in the fight against
home rule on transit problems the Senators
from Utica, Syracuse and Rochester, which
communities are bound to be affected as
much by the proposed legislation as New
York. II seems safe also to count upon the
Senator from Westchestor County. Thus
there Is a possible-or should say probableH
vote Of 30 against the tri-heSded State
Commission to 21 for. In any event. the &C.
% vote seems as certain as one can figure.
The proposition in the House Is not quite
so rosy. although control OF the Senate will
be sufficient to kill the Governors ideas. The
solid New York delegation numbers 62 out
OF total Of $50. Two additional Democrats
(MeTrigan Of Albany and Beasley Of Erie)
give a start Of g. toward the needed 76 votes
constituting the majority.
The upstate cities give the following Re
publicans: Buffalo. 6; Rochester. 3; Utica,
1: Syracuse, 2, and Schenectady. 2. Added to
the other Ga, the combined city and Demo
cratic vote is II. one more than a majority.
The solid Westchester delegation OF ave Re-
publicans probably can be counted on a. Ad-
dltiOnal support
wish to make It clear that in arriving at
this vote IN both Houses have considered
only the largest cities. Such municipalities
as Albany, Binghamton, ElmirS and Troy /
have failed to consider, although II Is not a,
all certain their votes will 90 Solidly against
their own municipal interests
VICTOR a. LAWN