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The Mark Shows.

you can often mend broken dishes
and broken friendships. mend 'em
they're never Just the same agaln--
the place where the break was is sure
70 show. Anybody that cares as much
for chiny and friendships as do. will
DE careful in hnndIn' both of 'em"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-13

THE fat comedian in this picture
seems TO amuse you greatly"
That's because | have sympa-
thetic disposition" said The angular
patron,
II don't understand"
81 know 1t can't hurt him much to
fall the way he does, but couldn't
bear to see a thin person doing it."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-13

How old are you?' asked a justice
OF the peace of Jim Webster, who was
arrested for stealing chickens.
81 dunno" said the tramp.
when were you bornl
Whats the use Of telling you about
my birthday? You amt gon' to mike
me no birthday present, are you"
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orsnn outsna MIsnemer.

Ornng-utan says correspondent.
from southeastern BorneO means, In
the Malay language. man of the for.
est" while oraugoutang, the name
which we caTelessly apply to the grenl
q ,thropoid. means man in debt"
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WITH -! -
the 80.
FUNNY -
n!N / u
Quite Correct.

II was during signal exercise AMI
the signalman was getting fed up.
Man overheard" yelled the skip
per.
Promptly a multl-colored flag was
flying out.
Great guns. man. You've got It
upside down ~ shouted the skipper.
Man went overheard head first.
sir said the indignant signaman.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-13
Prices that Encourage Buying \

The movie hero, carrying the uncon'
scious heroine, was bravely struggling
through q terrible storm. Al the point
OF exhaustion he made the cabin. and
bursting in laid the girl on conven-
lent bed. The storm was raging ter
ribly and the cabin door stood wide
open. a little chap, lost in his excite
ment, yelled "Shut the door"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-04-13
Cutting Him Short.
Q boon told.o began the garrulor

man.
stop right there interrupted Mr..
GrumpSon,
whats the matter?'
There's nothing the matter. It's
my personal opinion that nobody would
tell you anything of importance, and
| have no time to listen to trivialticS."
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
Iharies Ray Makes His
Debut as Film Director

with Charles Van Loans story,
9Ofap lron," as a vehicle and with
L.Hset as star, Charles Ray makes
MS debut on the screen to-day at the
strand Theater as a director.
oEe by one Ray is realizing the am
'i''ohs Of years and, what is more i'm
pOf'aht' he is doing his very full share
ward carving new paths for the mo-
Doa picture industry.
m Peaceful Valley" he dared to give
.uotitles that they could read easily.
s..1 a.i''en plainly in black on buff, with
Ae e'chlngs on the side, whereas the
nv. svep'ed form was white on black. In
."aeIeen and Phyllis" innovations
wi gre introduced into the titles with
~, s'esS. Then came the showing of "The
wy, 'u N"immin' Hole" six-reel feature
~, ,''Ou' single subtitle, a signal
sleVement in motion pictures.
i, NoW' in Scrap Iron" Charles Raw
:, ,0's0ms forth as a star and a director
~" patts IN drama full of poignant
M "a interest, vital action and strength.
~. H. picture has another novelty in the
p' OF the presentation of titles.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29

After year in school Genevieve was
again before the footlights. She had
the role of boy in "As Man Thinks
the Augustus Thomas play in which
the late John Mason was starred. Aft
er this she again futtered back to
school. This time she was shipped to
Paris, where an aunt placed her in
private school. For two years Gene
We've Sunderland yearned to go back
on the stage. When she returned to
America she and Vivian made trim to
the Pacific Coast in vaudeville play
let, "The Age of Reason"
Later Genevieve appeared in a0h.
Look" when Harry Fox was seen in
that musical comedy at the Vanderbilt
Theater. Then she had the ingenue
role in "The Country Cousin" when
that Harrington production took to the
road. In the season of 1a19-1S20 sh4
was in "Palmy Days." the Augustus
Thomas play in which Arthur HOPKINS
presented MIR. Lackaye.
Vivian Tobin recently appeared on
Broadway in "Shavings," and is now on
Broadway in new musical comedy,
The two Tobin boys have forsaken the
footlights, being quite content to have
the family stage laurels fall to the
feminine members of the family.
George is in Yale and Robert is on
ranch in Texas.
GeneViege expects to appear sgain in
Little Old New York. when it reopens
in the fall. In all her career she has
never had chance to do anything
which equaled in interest or in artistic
quality her work in this production.
| AND she is not anxious to leave sks v..
hicle Of her triumphs.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
De Luxe Setting
for the 'Whirl
of New York.

The Shubert presentation Of "The
Whirl of New York" at the Winter
Garden the first week of June will be
production as far superior to the
original Belle of New York" of which
it is revision, as present-day stage
equipment is to that of 1897, when that
famous comedy was the Offering at the
Casino. Then, comparatively speaking,
stage lighting as we know it to-day
was in its infancy The incandescent
was used in the theaters and some
forms of arc lighting, the old style
calcium having barely made its exit.
Since those days the 1,o00-watt lamp
has come into popular use in stage
lighting, either sing]y or in combina-
tions. The 'baby spot" with its single
| 1,000watt lamp, which can concentrate
a powerful light on any desired spot
| speedily and inexpensively, is new
creation. The Winter Garden stage is
one of the best equipped in the world,
all of the modern forms of lighting
having been installed there.
The practice of having settings and
production designed by famous artists
is one which did not flourish in this
country in 1897. To-day the very colors
in all of the elaborate gowns are care
fully selected by some leading artist
that there may be color symphonies
when the chorus enters scene, with
out a single clash.
The settings and production of "The
Whirl of New York" are designed by
Watson Barratt, the portrait and land
scape artist. He has done six elaborate
settings, full of color and artistry.
The ensemble numbers are studies in
color effects, each group or individual
in the chorus upon entry adding new
effect in some variation of the color
scheme. Even the colors of tho proper
ties and small incidentals, such AS &.
pillows, have been given artistic atten-
tion by Mr.. Barratt.
The musical score as played by
modern orchestra presents far more Of
the quality that musicians call color
than was possible in the orchestra OF
1897. In that day saxophones, trum-
pets and oboes were never used as sole
Instruments, but were merely employed
in the accompaniment. To-day these in
struments, prominent as solo pieces,
give much color.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
You Cannot Beat This

In the all-star screen version Of
"Peter Ibbetson," now being filmed
under the direction of George Fitz-
maurice, Elsie Ferguson and Wallace
Reid will, of course, be seen as the
Duchess of Towers and Peter. Montagu
Love will play Colonel Ibbetson and
Elliott Dexter will appear as Mon
sieur Pasquier, the father of Cogo, the
little French boy who grows up to be
Peter Ibbetson. George Fawcett, who
did such excellent work as the old
doctor in Paramount's perturbation of
Sir James M. Barrie's Sentimental
Tommy" has been cast for the role of
Major Duquenois.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
''Little Old New York" Makes
Cenevieve Tobin a Real Star

Little Old New York" which closes
Saturday night after a run of thirty
nine weeks at the Plymouth Theater,
is another demonstration that the
prejudice against the costume play is
a myth and it has established definite
II that charming young actress whom
critics hail as the second Maud Adams
-Genevieve Tchin.
Of course Miss Tobin was not un-
known on Broadway-in fact she and
other members of her family are we'll
known indeed. And no one who has
followed her interesting career is sur
prlsed at her success. For, despite her
youth, her name has been figuring on
theater programs ever since the days
when Wariield was appearing in "The
Grand Army Man"
In this Belasco production. not only
did Genevieve's name appear, but also
the names of her two brothers, George
and Robert. The Tobins were well rep
resented, even though it took their
combined ages to make that of one
grown-up actor-George was eight,
Genevieve was seven and Robert was
six. But though they were young their
performance was not immature, and
they remained with Warfeld until the
play had reached Wyoming and back.
Then the young Tobins went back to
school.
But the withdrawal of three Tobins
did not necessarily leave the family
name off theater program copy, for by
this time young Vivian had reached the
mature age of six and she Joined Lau-
rette Taylor in Yosemite" Later
Vivian joined Mrs. Leslie Carter in
"Kassa" and Nazimova in "a Dolls
House"
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
And Some Day
He viii Be a Star
New Leading Lady for Houdini

Jane Connolly, whose work in the
Keith and orpheum theaters caused
critics to term her "the Maude Adams
of vaudeville" and "the American Sarah
Bernhardt," is the. latest footlight
favorite to succumb to the lure of the
motion picture. Houdini, who is now
starring at the head of his own COM
pany, has selected her for his leading
woman in "The Far North" Others in
the cast are Arthur Maude, Frank
Montgomery, Erwin Connolly and Louis
Alberni, "The Far North" is only a
tentative title.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29

earliest days. Johnny Dooley says
that they never thought much of the
marvellous and weird falls fol which
the three boys are noted, they must
have been born with bodies adapted
for that sort of thing. At any rate,
Williams career appealed 10 his
younger brother more than the sea, so,
with Vincent Tydeman, Johnny Dooley
went into vaudeville, playing r-edicine
shows, circuses, anything to keep
working, That was in winter, but
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
Willing They Should
Laugh At Jimmy

$50 much has been said about Jimmy
Caesar being pathetic character that
1 think sometimes people are afraid to
laugh. lest they show themselves lack
ing in sympathy and imagination. /
want to go on record as saying that
Pm perfectly willing that they should
laugh, in some places. Of course.
there are lines at which don't see
how any one with any feeling could
laugh. For instance-you remember
this. don't you ?-'It's bad enough to
know that other people are ashamed of
you, but it's hell to be ashamed of
yourself, the way I am, this minute,
and it's hell to have dreams of your
self doing big things and you knowing
rightly that you'll never have the pluck
to do wee thing, let alone a big one
And then, later: That's the coward
liest thing of all: to want to commit
sin and not have the courage to do
it. Do you think God'll be gratified
when He knows I didn't kill Witherow
because was too big collie to do it?
when Jimmy Cesar says those lines
he is more than pathetic--he is tragic.
And the real tragedy is not that others
know him for a craven, but that he
knows himself for one. If there is any
thing more poignant in life than that,
don't know what il is"
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
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the conventional good fairies endowed him with grace and
fire. and intelligence and membership in the Lambs
little luck And then, just the party breaking up
equally conventional bad fairy who had invited flew
through the window her broomsc1 and added "And
give him beautiful voice" Then she flew aWav LAUGHING
mocngy and the actor amounted to much because
spoke lines we'll that he could help pausng from time
to time to listen to himself.
Probably the is enough end to
something about the best performances year Excluding
all reviva choice for the All America Acting Eleven would
be made of Glare Eames in MARY Stuart; Ben-Ami
Samson and Delilah" Charles Gilpin in "The Emperor
JONES' O. Heggie in Happy GoLucky Laura Hope Crews
in "Mr PIN Passes By Gda Varesi in Enter Madame
Louise Closer Hale in Miss Lulu Bett Frank Craven
"The First Year; Eva LIE Gallienne in 'Liom Lionel At
will in "Deburau, and Hobrook Blinn in 'The Bad MAN.
The team capable of either short long runs and the
only possible criticism is that it would be weak in passes
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
o'icks and Stones" for
Katherine Macdonald

,n.. a'nerine MaeDonald's newest pic
S.. Is to be titled "Sticks and
@S ,paesV The working title has been
IN, 1ame." The story is an orig
-, especially written for the Ameri-
sas.. peauty. The production is now
Inv completion under the direc-
han '. " ;. A. Barry, former right-hand
If !, u W. Griffith and the director
~, sue lovely Katherine in four Of her
i screen successes. Edward Burns
'sf Leading man,
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29

when summer came and Tydeman went
back into baseball, as he did every
spring, Johnny Dooley became office
boy for Bart McHugh.
One night at party he was intro
duced to Harry Francis, who was look
ing for new vaudeville partner. He
suggested to Johnny that he play
straight man to Johnny's comedy, for
Johnny was the chief source of amuse-
ment at Philadelphia parties, After
their first performance Francis came
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
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back and broke the rfews, not any too
gently, that Johnny was so bad that
the house manager was closing their
act then and there. So back to Bart
McHugh's office Johnny went, not at
all convinced that the speaking stage
was not for him. One afternoon Nc
Hugh announced that he had nothing
for "neXt to closing" the next after
noon in Reading, Pa. Johnny volun-
teered to go. McHugh was skeptical,
but finally consented, and going out on
the train Johnny Dooley "doped out"
his routine, ideas he had been nursing
for months. He was unique, he was
new, he was a success.
And Some Day
He Will Be Star
Then came a season and several sea-
sons of vaudeville, finally interrupted
by production at the Winter Garden,
"The Passing Show of 1917" More
vaudeville, Listen Lester" in which
he was success, not only in New York
but on the road, and then the Ziegfeld
Roof, followed by the "Follies of 1919"
Then more vaudeville, another produc-
tion, "The Girl in the Spotlight" and
again vaudeville, until he was engaged
for this season in Here and There"
and finally in June Love"
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
Dudley Diggges's
Jimmy Caesar Is
Close to Classic

Dudley Digges's performance of
Jimmy Cesar, the coward, in John
Ferguson" which the Theater Guild
has revived at the Garrick Theater for
a three-weeks' run, is by way of be-
coming classic in the American
tEeater. When the guild produced the
St. John Ervine play two years ago Mr..
Digges, who was virtually unknown as
an actor in New York, repeated the ex-
perience of Lord Byron-waking one
morning to find himself famous. That
vas the morning when the reviews of
the play came out. Without exception
they hailed his performance as a
masterpiece of acting. When the guild
decided to revive the Irish play the
decision was unanimous that no one
but Mr.. Digges could play his part. So
he was replaced in "Liliom" by Henry
Travers when the Molnar play moved
to the Fulton.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
Johnny Dooley's Life
Full Of Adventure and
Weird Prostrations

Any production that offers Johnny
Dooley as it's chief comedian starts life
with a great advantage in its comedy
department. That is what "June Love"
does.
Johnny Dooley is one of the Four
Dooleys. William, Gordon and Rae
are the other three, and all of them
have been identified with the business
Of making people laugh since they
were big enough to stub toe on a
stage The comedian of "June Love"
has had a life full of adventure. He
was born in Glasgow and was in this
country several years before truant
officers would notice him. In Philadel-
phia Dooley soon fell into the ways
and habits of real American bows. and
before he was out of his teens he had
had dozen jobs-one of the chief
characteristics of the early lives of the
big stars in this country.
When a lad still in knickerbockers
he decided that the family exchequer
needed assistance and got himself a
job as plumbers helper. Between
this first job and the commencement of
his stage career young Dooley had
tried his hand at such beginnings as
errand boy in a butcher shop, newsboy.
under-clerk in wooden mill and some
other things. Having a hanker:ng for
the sea his next step up the ladder to
fame and fortune was an enlistment
in the United States NAVY
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
Had Great Chance
In This Character

ANY actor should thank fate for
having part like Jimmy Caesar hand
ed him." said Mr.. Digges the other
night in his dressing room. GAS a
matter of fact there are many actors
who play leading parts and even so
called star parts for years and never
have such chance as one has in play
ing this character of Ervine's. If ever
there was part one can get his teeth
in as actors say, it is this one.
- don't think l exaggerate when
say the part is perfectly written. 1t
isn't just one phase of the mans char
acter which is shown, it is every phase
OF it. For instance, l have had people
ask me if it didn't annoy me when
some one laughs when Jimmy Cesar
is barring his cowardly soul. My
answer is that it doesn't. There are
many legitimate laughs. In life one
laughs at the craven, doesn't one?
Well, then, why not in the theater? In
fact, one thing which makes the
tragedy of Jimmy Caesar so poignant
is that it has touch of the ridiculous
about it.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
Better for Artists
To Censor Own Acts

"But / made this warning strong
one to attract the attention of the
few that persist. We much prefer to
have the artists censor their own acts
than to have the managers interfere.
The former are doing so, too; not only
keeping a watchful eye on their own
lines and songs, but reporting on the
acts of others.
"An artist tells an audience a ques-
tionable jest or sings ribaid song.
The audience laughs loudly. THE pub
lie wants it and give the public what
it wants. the artist reasons. But I
know, and the wiser performer knows,
that however much the audience laughs
it leaves the theater with bad taste
in its mouth. The person who goes to
vaudeville theater expects and has a
right to expect a clean performance.
Otherwise he would GO elsewhere.
And even the burlesque circuits are
rapidly funrigating their entertaix-
ments"
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
Dooley Had Need
OF His Comic Sense

During Johnnys absence. William
had gone on the stage as an acrobat,
for Dooley sr. had been with Hengler's
Circus in Scotland for several years
and had trained the children from their
New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
Vaudeville Is
Told to Place
House LIN Order
Interests Warm Artists to-
Cut Out Objectionable
Acts: Fear Censorship

Vaudeville is to be made spotless.
Stirred by the drift of opinion in favor
Of censorship, the show interests have
started a nationwide campaign to rid
variety acts of Objectionable features.
Not only smudge but even Aecks and
flaws of every shade are TO be. elimi-
mated. The cleansing process is being
applied by the Vaudeville Managers
Protective Association and the National
Vaudeville Artists, Inc, which embrace
all managers of big or small time.
The first warning has been sent out
to artists by A. E. Albee, head of the
Keith Circuit and president of the
managers association. This notice
says in part:
"If artists do not voluntarily clean
up their material and keep it clean
the censors will do it in q more dras-
ayers ever dreamed of.
"In one town besides Lynn, on a
circuit in the West, an artist was
taken off the stage and was kept of,
and the manager was told that if he
ever played the artist again his
license would be taken away. This
same manager was without license
for four weeks as q disciplinary
measure for having allowed this artist
to use the material he did.
Fears Censorship of Music Hall
Features
Don't blame the managers if some
thing drastic happens. You then will
have no one but yourself to blame.
At the present time you condemn the
managers if, in their interest and your
own, they cut certain remarks, sugges-
tive songs, ETC., which should have no
place on any bill.
II have preached and prayed for the
observance of the decent rules of our
profession in the presentation of acts
to ladies and children, but neither my
advice nor that of any other manager
seems to be of any avail This is no
trivial matter. New York State has
just passed the picture censorship bill,
and the next may be vaudeville and
musical comedy. Now is the time TO
clean up"
So much for the artists. For the
benefit of the public Mr.. Albee makes
this explanations
THAT the public may not get
wrong impression from this warning, it
is only fair to say that there are few
acts to-day using material that is off
color. The wise manager and the wise
artist long ago discovered that it did
not pay. If any one thing has been re-
sponsible for my success it was the
early perception of that fact in a day
when vaudeville was hardly respee-
table.
Rattan A 81
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of five members. This law made the
State Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton a member of the board, also the
Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor.
The law creating an immigration
commissioner appropriated 100000 for
the study of immigration within the
borders Of the state.
The printing commission bill gave
the voters the right to designate at the
general elections the official newspapers
for -h oo--Ntv
A great many other minor bills have
been -. = Il ~ the league, all of which
gave the state, counties and cities the
right to make internal improvements or
en~age in any industry, enterprise or
business not specifically prohibited in
Article 20 of the state constitution.
Slowly Lost Its Hold
Governor Frazier was elected five
years ago by a vote of 1866 to 22,966,
and, though he led the party uninter-
ruptedly for six years, subsequent
e1ort'o0s showed that the league was
slowly losing is hold on the farmer. In
1910 iIaDiers majority was cut to IT,
T84. In 1919 the first rift came within
the league itself, when four. state Off
c"r~ iNdorsed bv the Nonpartisans de-
clared themselves opposed to the pro
tn ater in the same
year the lcaguers lost their hold in
several counties, and the election OF
zer's majority
had dwindled to 4,630, and that the end
OF the reign of the league was in sight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-30
BRAND Sails
For America.
Happy as Boy
Continued from page one,

jngton on the French delegations spe-
cial train and deposited in hotel eel
Oar there that has already been reserve d
for them.
T-'1r1 Goes from France with the
overwhelming Endorsement of both the
Oh ..i~~r "a Deputies and the Senate.
Few heads of the French government
have thus sailed away from home so
far to meet representatives of Allied
powers in conference. seldom has any
European Premier outlined so thor
oughly in advance the program he
would carry out in an International
parley. Woodrow Wilson's phrase
about "open covenants openly arrived
at" made q great Impression in France
and some think that to it belongs some
of the responsibility for bringing out
50 clearly in advance of the Washing
ION meeting the details of French
policy. If that gathering has public
sessions some credit for overcoming
the secret methods of old-day diplo-
macy must go to the French Premier
Besides BRAND, Rene Viviani, former
Premier, and Albert Sarraut Minister
+ of Colonies, two other delegates, are on
the Lafayette, along with about forty
attaches, experts and stenographers.