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New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Joseph Littau Takes Post
At RivoIi Theater To-day

Joseph Littau, assistant conductor
of the Rivoli Orchestra, will become
conductor of the Rialto Theater Or
chestra to-day in place of Lion Wander
helm, who has resigned. Mr.. Littau
comes to his new post with a wealth
OF experience in spite of the fact that
he IS only thirty years old. He was
an assistant conductor of the Boston
Opera Company, and when that or
ganlzation collapsed Hugo Riesenfeld
brought him to the Rivoli Theater.
where he has been since it's opening.
three and a half years ago. AS as
sIstant and extra conductor, with
Frederick Stahlberg, he has received
a great deal of the credit for the ex
cellent musicianship of the Rivoli
Orchestra.
Born In New Jersey and product
OF the New York public schools, Mr..
Littau is proud of the fact that his
entire musical education was obtained
in this city. He left school on COM
p4etion of his grammar grades and
went to work, keeping up his piano
and organ work evenings and in other
spare time. He became concert
pianist and organist, but kept on study
ing with some of the best teachers
here. At twenty-five he became con-
cert master of the Boston Opera Com
pany's orchestra and the following
season was it's assistant conductor.
The youthful conductor is known to
be popular with his men. Several
weeks ago Hugo Rlesenfeld sent him
TO Boston as conductor at the Colonial
Theater, where a Paramount picture
program was offered in the Riesenfeld
style. There was chorus of twenty
with the production, mostly students
from the New England Conservato,
of Music. At the close of their en-
gagements the boys presented to Mr..
Llttau silver finished ebony baton.
MIR. Littau is composer whose work
has been accepted and played widely.
He is the fourth conductor of the
widely known Rialto Orchestra. Mr..
EIesenfeld was the first and still con-
ducts at least two overtures a day;
Nat Finston was the second and Lion
Vanderheim the third.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Taught Shakespeare
When just Out of School

Here's leading woman who lust
can't make her Shakespearean ambi.
tions behave. She is Miss Laura
Walker, at present playing the leading
feminine role with Arthur Byron in
"The Ghost Between" at the Thirtv-
ninth Street Theater. A short time
ago she appeared in a series of spe-
cial matinees at the Longacre in "Tbe
Merchant of Venice"
Il was brought up to love Shake
speare," says Miss Walker. "Mv father
was devoted to the study of Shake
speare and his works
"At the end of my finishing school
course taught elocution in the Miller
burg School, near Lexington, KY, and
on the last day OF the term a perform
ance of AS You Like it. was given un-
der my direction.
"At the end OF my engagement with
The Ghost Between intend to retire
from the regular stage and devote my
time to the study and Interpretation of
Shakespeare, I know every feminine
role in his plays and / hope to give a
series Of educational matinees."
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Fall Productions Promised

Nine Nitagraph pictures are an
nounced for September and October
One of these is ~The Sen Of Walling-
ford" the filming OF which consumed
several months. George Randolph ches-
ter personally directed this picture IN
California. Thousands OF persons take
part in some of the scenes, and coed
sized fortune was spent on the massive
sets, which include an artificial lake
with dams and sluiceways, oil derrieks'
complete city, modern in its appoint
ments, and unique pageant fashioned
after the gorgeous East Indian durbars'
William Duncan, with EditA johnson
as co-star, appears in another OF the
early fall releases of this company. IL
IS called "Where Men Are Men" and IS
q romantic filming Of Death Valley aaa
the stout-h9arted men wao gsmblea
their lives to wrest fortunes fron
Mother Earth. Alice Joyee's arst PIC
iIre for che new season is 1'The Inner
Chamber" Other pictures announces
for release in September arc Larry
Semon, in "The Bell Hop; Earle VIII
liams. in Bring Him In cor'nne
Griffith and Catherine Calvert IN
Moral Fiber"
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Picture Version of
kipIing Story Shows
Native Indian Life

Harry Corson Clarke, theatrical pro-
ducer and globe trotter, who recently
finished his fifth tour of the world. be-
lieves that perhaps the first accurate
portrayal of native life in India on the
screen will be revealed through the
perturbation of Rudyard Kipling'
without Benefit of Clergy" which
opens weeks engagement at the Cap
itol Theater to-day. Mr. Clarke viewed
the Indian streets, bazaars, courtyards
and stage "sets" of the production and
watched Director James Young in
action during the filming of several
scenes with the full cast of players.
Kipling's story is laid in Lahore,
India, where Mr.. Clarke has been on
five different occasions with his various
companies. He also spent year tour
ing India.
'The sets, characters and action OF
this production are a revelation to me, -
Mr.. Clarke declared. an the first
place, Paul Brunei, president of
Pathe, has scored in getting the film
production rights to Mr.. Kipling's sto-
rles. l know Mr.. Kipling and feel that
the accuracy of detail and atmosphere
Will bring him an agreeable surprise.
"lt almost seemed 20 me that I was
back in Lahore when l viewed the
streets and bazaars so faithfully re-
produced. / am to contribute some in
cense / purchased at the very bazaar
OF the picture. Had l not visited the
studio, / would have wagered these
scenes could not have been duplicated.
"The types of players selected to
portray the characters of the story are
living ikenesses of figures of Indian
life. Virginia Brown Faire is the
Ameera of the story. Thomas Holding.
the leading man CT the production, is
typical of the British engineer now
living in Lahore.
Evelyn Selbie, the mother of
Ameera. is good type, and the Afghan
money lender, played by Otto Lederer,
appears to have come directly out of
kashmlr. Even to the most unimpor-
tant extra players, the types have been
selected with racial understanding.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19

bombing and artillery fire throughout
the war
Among the members of the Dun bells
are Captain NJ. w. Plunkett and his
brothers, Albert and Morley Plunkett,
of OrilEa, Ont; Fred Fenwick, Of St
GATHERINGS, Ont. and Jack McLaren,
Of Montreal, who served with the
Princess Pats; Leonard Young, of
Montreal, who lost leg at Vimy
Ridge; Ross Hamilton, of Amherst, N
s., and Alan Murray, of Montreal, all
of whom served with the 9th Field
Ambulance; Arthur Holland, of
Montreal; Jimmy Goode, of VAN
couver; Charlie Mclean, of Port Hope,
Ont; Bill Tenant, Ted Charters and
Tom Young. of Winnipeg; Burt Wukin-
son, of Ottawa; Frank Brayford, of
Edmonton; Red Newman, of Swift
Current, Sask.; and Bobby Scott, Of
Winnipeg. Jack Ayre, tie musical di-
rector, has never missed a performance
since the Dumbells were organized. He
! has conducted the orchestra of more
than 1900 presentations of "Biff, Bing
Bang"
After their season in New York the
Dumbells are going back to Canada for
another short season. Next winter
they will start upon tour of the
world, which will take two years. They
will embark at Vancouver and will
visit in turn the Orient, Australia,
India, Africa and Europe.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19

say that this s.yle may not be copied
by the "form filters" ere long? Then
there is blond marcelled wig and q
deeper blond s,ustache, and Mr.. Mann
was on the stage several minutes be-
fore we recognized him, we have seen
him in dignihed roles for so long.
Just as we were having the best time
ever, talking over the old days when
we used to sit out in front and feel
thrills of JOY shooting all over US when
the orchestra crawled out from under
the stage, Mr.. Mann discovered that
he had lost his hat. Not his stage hat,
either, but his best evening hat, for he
was all dressed and ready for party
when we called on him. He leaped
down on the stage, calling loudly:
Lights! lights. I've lost my hat. I
left it right here and l can't find it,"
Some one said: "It's locked UP in the
property room and the property mans
gone home"
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Wbe Gholutlon of a 5tar
II Creek. tSM1@ :" =
Atrt)arn Carle

Richard earle it is spelled out in the
electric lights in front of the Times
Square Theater, but to the public he
wall always be "Dick" Carrie. hero Of a
hundred comedy roles, yet never more
happy than in "The Broadway Whirl,'
that so-called musical intoxicant" in
which he made his bow to New York
| week before last.
Like many other professional humor-
| lists, particularly like humorous writer's
the is both actor and writer). Mr..
Carries appearance may be best de-
scribed as dignified, if not indeed sad
Seen in repcse by one unfamiliar with
stage celebrities, he would be classed
as either professor of classics or an
undertaken. His long face, that runs
straight up to the top Of his head" as
ne describes it, is the cartoonists' de-
light and lends JUNCTION to the words
that conc so dryly from his lips onlv
to explode with fun across the foot
lights.
Mr.. Carle-oh, let's drop formality--
DICK, was born in Somerville, Mass
HIS father was noted interior deco
rator, but the son simply couldn't tell
one color from another, and having
distinguished himself in amateur the
Strlcals at the Somerville High School
parental opposition to the stage was
overcome to the extent that he WAS
permitted to join the Redpath Lyceum
bureau and for several years he was
sent on tour, giving monologues.
sketches and humorous recitations. At
twenty he was averaging s65 week,
but when Rich & Harris, the Boston
theatrical magnates, offered him a
place with Jimmy Powers in sThe Mad
Bargain" at SIS salary Carle had
business sense enough to accept. He
was twenty -one then. This was fol-
lowed by season with Pete Daily and
May Irwin in "The Country Sport" and
his salary rose steadily, if slowly. 1t
would be nice to report that he jumped
into fame over night, but he did no
such thing and the budding genius lay
undiscovered until his first appearance
in musical comedy, "Davy Jones'"
There f. E. Rice discovered a new
comedian and brought him to New
York, where he appeared in "Excelsior"
at Hammerstein's Olympia, now the
Criterion Theater.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Bigsamy, the Crime
That Has a Place
In Light Comedy
Is bigamy a joke or crime?

Is bigamy joke or q crime?
Certainly it is a crime-it is so writ
ten in the statutes. That it is also
joke is proved by the laughter at "Mr
PIN Passes BY" which the Theater
Guild is presenting now at the Garrick.
For the complications of the plot CEN
ter around the fact that Olivia Marden
is bigamist. She has one perfectly
good husband-George Marden-who
lives on his estate in England. And
she has one perfectly bad husband
Jacob Telworthy- goes to prison
a good deal" in Australia. The trouble
is that Telworthy was the first hus-
band. Therefore Marden is not a real
husband at alias Olivia says, he is
"the George I didn't quite marry"
Now it can be seen that Olivia Mar
den is put in pretty trying position
when Mr.. PIN, an absent-minded old
gentleman who just happens to be pass
ing by, tells her and Marden that only
few days before he had seen Telwor-
thy, still a shady swindler but still
alive. Olivia had thought him dead for
five years, because "all the papers said
he was dead-why, The Times said he
was dead" Any woman reading in The
Times that her husband was dead would
be perfectly justified in marrying some
one else. In fact, if she wanted to
marry again, she would be very foolish
not to do so, on that evidence.
Yet, despite the extenuating circum-
stances, Olivia Marden is bieamist-
and bigamy is something which is not
looked on with favor in English coun-
try homes. In fact, George Marden
is most perturbed man when he learns
that Olivia has committed that crime.
Not only will his home be broken I'm
and his beloved wife taken away from
him, but there is the publicity. If he
were any one but an English country
gentleman he probably would tear his
hair. AS it is, he groans aloud and
holds his head and wonders what in
the name of all that he holds holy he
can do.
Yet the audiences laugh. Why?
Well, for one thing, of course, as it is
comedy, the audience can rest assured
that Olivia will not go to prison and
that George Marden's home will not be
broken up. Such things don't happen
IN light comedy. But even the feeling
that things aren't going to smash in
the charming country home would not
produce such merriment. Not goes
deeper than that. 1t seems to go down
to feeling that there is something es-
sentially amusing in mans having
two wives or in q woman's having two
husbands.
Bigamy holds the distinction of be-
ing the only crime which can be, or at
least which has been, treated as light
comedy. Burglary has been the basis
OF crook comedies, of course, and in
fidelity has been used over and over
again in farce. But neither would lend
itself to comedy of manners as bigamy
does in "Mr. PIN Passes By" But
just why is it SO amusing? All, perhaps
some learned psychologist can answer
that question. The average man (and
woman) can't tell why he laughs-he
only knows that it is funny.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Marion Davies's sYoung Diana

Marion Davies's new starring We
hicle is "Ihe Young DIANA" by Marie
Corelli. In support of Miss Davies are
Forrest Stanley, Maelyn Arbuckle,
Pedro de Cordoba and Gypsy O'Brien.
The picture is being directed by Albert
Capellani, who also directed "The In
side of the Cup" and ''The Wild
Goose"
Thes settings. being. built by the Fa-
nous Cosmopolitan Productions scenic
staff under the direction of Joseph Ur-
ban, will exceed in magnificence any
thing hitherto shown on the screen, it
is said.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Not Rehearsing,
Looking for His Hat


"But | can't go without my hat!'
said Mr.. Mann, giving a very good imi-
tation of his performance earlier in
the evening.
No rehearsal called for tonight,
Mr.. Manu." said the stage manager.
I'm not rehearsins; I'm hunting
for my hat" shouted back MIR. Mann
as he started across the stage again.
And then we discovered that we were
standing in front of it, where it was
placed on flower urn. We took three
PAGES east and Immediately the hat
was discovered by six people, who pre-
sented Mr.. Mann with it. And then he
went to his party and We went to ours.
and as we stepped out on Seventh Ave-
nue. at least thousand people were
gathered at the stage door and We pre-
tended we were Nancy Gibbs. It was a
very enjoyable evening.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
MIR. Mann's
Form F itting Coat

The costume consists OF a pale tan
whipcord, with fitted coat with n
flare, and is not unlike those seen in
windows of Broadway establishments
devoted TO the display of fashions for
men "of the better sort" 1t is the
model usually labeled "Nobby-form
titting," only Mr.. Mann's suit is
stripel with black braid. And who can
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19

tour in "a Round Of Pleasure" dur
ing which Garlic got his first good look
at the theatergoers of many states and
they cot their first look at the man
who was soon to have his name above
the title of the play.
Returning to New York, Carle made
the only appearance Of his long caree,
IN a non-musical play, "The Children
of the Ghetto" in which he had the
role of the shy young carpenter
George Tyler wanted to take him with
the rest of the company to London
but Carle had no taste for straight
drama and refused. Instead he ioined
Fred Whitney's production of "Ths
creek Slave" at the then Herald
Square Theater (now a department
store), and after a long engagement
the young comedian who had found
amusement and some profit in writ.
ing sketches and burlesques for 9TH
ers, produced his first musical COM
edy' "Mamselle 'Awkins." 1t proved
tnat he could write comedy as well as
act 1t, but his career as an author was
interrupted by al offer to go to Eng
land as chief comedian with Edna
May. They appeared together in "The
American Beauty and later he ap-
peared in London in s"The Casino
Girl" and "The Belle of Bohemia
He Has Written
Many Catchy Lyrics
Carle toured the Continent in "The
Belle of New York" and, returning to
this country, opened in Chicago in "The
burgomaster." Then followed a long
list of successful musical comedies writ
ten by Mr.. Carle and used by him as
starring vehicles-notably "The Storks, :"
The Tenderfoot,~ "The Maid and the
Mummy" "The Mayor of Toxic" sThe
Spring Chicken" "The Hurdy Gurdy
Girl" "Mary's Lamb and "Jumpine
Jupiter" Besides writing the librettos
and lyrics of these successes earle de-
veloped happy knack of fitting words
to catchy melodies, and many of his
songs, such as 81 Picked a Lemon in the
Garden of Love-" Waiting" 81 Fell in
Love With Polly" Peculiar Julia" and
Il Like You" are still sung throughout
the country. In addition Mr.. Carle is
author of his big song hits in 1.-The
Broadway Whirl" Wood Alcohol
Blues" "The Husband, Wife and Lover
and THE Condensed Comic Opera"
Following his tour with Jumping
Jupiter" Mr. Carle was engaged by
Charles Frohman as eo-star with Hattie
Williams in "The Girl From Mont
martre" and 3"The Doll Girl" and later
was with Marie Cahill in Ninety in the
Shade" then in the "Cohan Revue"
"Furs and Frills" aqd Sunshine"
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
How the Company
Was Assembled

OF course he had been busily oc-
cupied in making notes during his
service. He had observed soldiers
who, when upon relief from action at
the front, were accustomed to play
the piano and sing and dance in the
Y. NJ. C. A. huts. He picked men from
this battalion, and from that unit
and gradually assembled company of
thirty men, all of whom could sing and
lance and impersonate various types
If humanity.
The first performance of the
0umbeils was given in a little town
ialled Gouy Seryins-a town, inciden-
tally, that never received the she'll fire
of the Germans owing to the presence
there of spies who operated an es-
taminet. Later these spies, a woman
and her three daughters, were appre-
hended. but the Germans never knew,
and the town remained safe from
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
When the 'Dumbells'
Donned Make Up
I'm Flanders Fields

The theaters in which the Dumbells
first played in France were Y. M. c.
A. huts and barns with demolished d
roofs. Later the organization acquired
huge tent under which 1000 men
could be seated. The tent was painted
black and the top camoufaged to look
like part Of the ground to any passing
enemy airmen.
| The Dumbells were always within
range Of she'll fire, with the exception
of an occasional trip to the base. They
on rest, four or five miles from the
front line. The rumbling of guns,
which was incessant on the Arras front
the Canadians were on this front
throughout most of the war period
provided the overture to the enter
tainment. There was always the sus-
pense that she'll would strike the
theater. However, none came to dis
turb the performances of the Dumbells.
And soon the boys began to devise
satires and burlesques upon all phases
of the war-upon the discomforts, the
anXieties, the adventures experienced.
Anzacs Contribute
One of the Songs
A couple of Australians at Bethune
one day wrote song called ooh, Oh.
Oh, It's Lovely War" in which they
ridiculed the life in the trenches, and
1t scored such success with the men
that it was soon interpolated in the
Dumbells' shows. 1t continues to be
one of the high lights of "Biff, Bing,
Bang" as sung by "Red" Newman in
makeup that would do credit to a
Bairnsfather cartoon.
/ Various members Of the Dumbells
were called upon to furnish skits,
songs and burlesques. Ted Charters
wrote monologue upon kit inspec-
tlon which was always source of
sheer delight to the privates in the
audiences. Jack McLaren, of Mont
real, who was member of the famous
Princess Pats, pepned burlesque of
those English garden parties which
were arranged'with such good inten-
tions for the benefit of the wounded
men, but which often proved the
laughing stock of the soldiers who had
| endured she'll fire for months on end.
All of the present members of the
Dumbells were selected by Captain
Plunkett. In the latter part Of the
war it was realized that great force
toward the maintenance of morale lay
IN the entertainment of soldiers going
up to or returning from the front line.
And it was the captains duties to pick
the talent and gain permission for it's
| display. Often this permission was
denied with some such fiery retort as
men "came over here to fight, not to
play" However, he encountered but
little difficulty in getting the soldiers
he wanted for his shows.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
His Only Appearance
Outside Musical Comedy

From that time on Carle made rapid
strides in popularity. For four years
he was with George Lederer at the
Casino in Lady Slavey." Cay New
York. yankee Doodle Dandy" and
other successes. Then came a long
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-09-16
Farmers Plan to Burn Corn in Winter

IOWA farmers are attempting to
mature the largest corn crop in the
history of the state, with no pros
pect of a market, and Minnesota farm
ers are preparing to burn their corn
this winter instead of buying coal,
farmers told the interstate commerce
commission in its investigation of
freight rates on grain. and hay.
By maintaining abnormally high
freight rates the railroads will lose
the traffic on the coal which the farm
ers would use if they could sell their
corn, as well as that on the unsoId
grain, T. E. eastman, a Minnesota
farmer, told the commission. Lower
freight rates on grain and hay, he said,
In reply to questions by members Of
the commission, would increase the
volume of traffic in number of ways.
E. 81. Cunningham, secretary of the
American farm bureau federation of
Iowa, and a practical farmer, said
that while the railroads probably were
suffering as the result of the present
readjustment, he believed the situa-
ton as regards basic industry like
agriculture should be given prec-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-09-16
Demonstration by Women

Raymond Robins of Chicago. its ma
tional president.
ITO strengthen the governments in
their desire to disarm by giving un-
equivocal expression of the women of
the world" is the purpose of the
demonstration.
The text Of the message of the Ma
tional Women's Trade Union league to
the women of 40 nations, signed by
Mrs. Robins, contains the following:
President Harding has set Armi-
stice day for the opening of the mo-
mentous disarmament conference at
Washington. When we remember the
joy that went up from the people of
all nations in thanksgiving that peace
would once more dwell on earth, no
other day would lend the same signifi-
canoe throughout the entire world as
this anniversary of November IL,
1913.
Since that day the aftermath of
the war, with its hunger, suffering and
misery, has appalled, the conscience
and paralyZed the spirit of mankind.
"The governments will be strength
ened in their desire to disarm if the
women of the nations will give un-
equivocal expression to their will"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-09-16
.k,}| WlASHlNGIONE 81
- RR9gl SIDFLIGHT5 .
Uncle Sans Sword Hand Made Stronger

General rershing and General Har-
bord, the assistant chief of staff" said
Secretary Weeks, 1--WE will have
well organized war staff, which can
function for war at moments notice
without Gripping any branch Of this
general staff at home.
General Pershing, as chief of staff
Of the armies, Is the head Of the war
plans division created in the general
staff, which will counsel from time TO
time with the war council, consisting
Of the secretary of war, the assistant
secretary of war, and the chief Of
staff.
The order recognizes the general
staff into the five following divisions,
each under immediate control Of an
assistant chief Of staff. Personnel d.
vision (first divisiOn). Military intel
ligence division (second division). OPP
erations and training division (third
division). Supply division Fourth d.
vision). War plans division.
The war plans division is to be SO
organized as to enable it, In the event
of mobilization, to furnish the nucleus
Of the general staff personnel for each
c. the general staff divisions required
at the general headquarters in the
field"