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The New York herald., 1922-11-20
ACTORS PLAYS TO BE SEEN.
Pieces by 'LoynIties" Members at
Special Matinees.

Charles Dillingham; has arranged for
a series of special matinees at the
Gaiety Theater this winter at which
he will present three plays written by
members of his company now playing
John Galsworthy's "Loyalties" at that
house. The first will be a drama by
James Dale called Honorable Women.
This will be followed by a comedy
Autumn Roses" by Laurence Han
ray. Mr.. Dale will also furnish the
third play. Then other potential
dramatists in the "Loyalties" organi-
zation will have a hearing. Parts in
these productions will be played by
members of the present cast and the
understudy company of the Galsworthy
play. Charles Quartermaine will play
the lead in the first Dale play and Will
frid Seagram will be the hero of the
Hanray comedy.
A managing board consisting OF Diana
Bourbon, Victor Tandy. Henry Morrell
and Deering Wells will have charge of
the artistic side Of the special matinees,
with Harry Dornton as general stage
manager. James Dale, who is painter
of note in London, will design special
scenery. Laurence Hanray will compose
the incidental music and II. G. Stoker
will contribute an epilogue in verse for
each performance.
The New York herald., 1922-11-20
Equity Ball of
Actors Is Riot
of Fun and Color
Dancing, Midnight Jollies'
and Pageant Features at
Annual 'Frolic.'

The 1929 ball of the Actors Equity
to be a lively place soon after mid
night. At A. NJ few cutters began
going home.
The space reserved for the ball was
crowded to its capacity. Many lines of
endeavor other than that of the stage
folk were represented. Even the army
and navy uniform was In evidence, and
there was a considerable representation
from nearby universities, whose stu
dents for p night added study of the
theater to their curricula. Supper was
served from l until after T.
Dancing was twice pleasantly inter-
rupted by THE Midnight Jollies."
staged by Hassard Short Tthe first
part OF this program was devoted to
varsity turns ana pageant OF the
women of Equity and a march of the
men. Queenie Smith and Hal Skelly be-
gan the "Jolles" with an amusing
dance and song number. Then came
Jack Donahue. Amelia Allen. Vivienne
Segal and William Seabury in offerings
that provoked tremendous hand"
George and Dick Rath performed great
feats OF strength, Carl Randall danced
in the Spanish manner. and Savoy and
Brennan were applauded loudly for
comedy less decent than usual
Stowitts performed his Congo dance,
designed by himself The tom-toms,
worshippers and hideous masks were all
there. The pageant followed The men
Of Equity were led by John Emerson.
president. and Frank Gilmore. execu-
tive secretary of the association. . The
ode was written by Joseph Herbert and
set to music by Henry Hadley.
Ethel Barrymore typif1ed the Spirit
of Equity in the women's march. Fol-
lowing her with the initials of the or
ganization. "A. e. A. came Florence
Laurette Taylor carried the Star Of
Equity.
When the pageant was finished a
splash of varying colored light was
loosened. From the balcony that
sl<irted the room blinlSed many cleo
trically Illuminated emiblems initiated
A. F.. A. The lights multiplied as
dancing began. To describe it almost
necessitates digging up and busting off
that old phrase ''it was riot of color.
The second half of the entertainment
was presented at g A. NJ. 1t was begun
by Paul Whiteman and his orchestra,
featuring an argument between the
saxophone and clarinet players, con-
Quoted with melodious "woof-woofs"
and falsetto squeaks Rosika and
Yanci Dolly presented a white horse
dance. A great cheer welcomed Rodolph
Valentino and Winifred Hudnut Valen-
tino when they performed the dance
that was Spanish, Moroccan or some
thing exotic.
The much quoted gentleman. "the
man in the street" pictures actors as
hatefully Jealous of each other Wrong.
No actor ever got greater applause than
came from these kinfolk yesterday eve
ming. The box holders included about
100 individuals and organizations promi-
nent in the theatrical world
The New York herald., 1922-11-20
MOSCOW ART THEATER
OPENS HERE JANUARY 8
'Tsor Fyodor IDanouitch' to
Be First Offering.

F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest an
nounce that the Moscow Art Theater
will open It's engagement here at the
Forty-fourth Street Theater on Monday
evening, January 8. The first offering
will be 'Tsar Fyodor Ivanovitch," a
spectacular historical tragedy by Count
Alexei Tolstoy, which will run for one
week.
The order in which the other plays
in the repertory will be presented will
be determined by the council of the
theater on the arrival Of tile company
in this country. The first six weeks
of the engagement will be devoted T.
a different bill each week. TIE other
plays in the repertory will be as fol-
low:
The Lower Depths" ("Night Lodg-
ing"). by Maxim Gorky: THE Cherry
Orchard" by Anton Tchekhoff; The
Three Sisters" by Anton Tchekhoff. and
two different group programs. each con-
sisting of several short plays or single
acts from longer plays by Pushkin,
Dostoievsky and Turgenieff.
No applause will be permitted until
the close of the performance. This
is another of the Moscow customs which
the company hopes its patrons in New
York will respect.
The New York herald., 1922-11-20
GUEST AT "LAsT WARNING" :"

Harold Lloyd will be the guest OF
honor at to-night's performance of "The
Last Warning" Mr.. Lloyd is the
forty-third motion picture star to visit
the melodrama.
The New York herald., 1922-11-20
SOREL PLAYS THE SHREw.
Makes Her only Appearance In the
Part Here.

Mile. Cecile Sorel played Katharine,
the Shretc, at the Thirty-ninth Street
Theater OH Saturday night--the plays
one appearance in her forJnights pro-
gram--as IL she thought little OF the
part She dressed her Cateau in the
famous diamond hat, one very modish
silver gown and one very modish gold
gown she stormed very iercely at first
and whimpered very meeSly at the last,
and then she rested. But 3he got her
comeuppance. The result Of thinning
out Katharine left Petrtohto in com
mand. and Albert Lambert made such a
figure of him as our stage has not seen
in our time.
Those who have seen wiser and wit
tier KdthdriHes than Mile. Sorels have
been Obliged in consequences 70 see Pc
tg-nchiO the possessor of but one rather
shoddy and temporary triumph between
his first eclipse by tantrums and his sec
ond by infinite guile. Lambert's PetrU-
chic had longer lordship.
He melted only before his own COM
passion. Beside his conquering glories
all the other persons paled. ia Megere
Apprvoisee." as the French have II, be-
came the play of boisterous and lovely
tanner. to whom shrew or two more or
less was Incidental.
The New York herald., 1922-11-20
Miss Allen, Judge
of Supreme Court,
WantSLipe Issues
Women Cannot Be Diverted to
Dead Things, Says the
Ohio Leader.

Miss Florence +. Allen. elected as an
Independent candidate to the Supreme
Court in Cleveland, Ohio. defeating
strong Republican and Democratic can
ddates. made an address yesterday in
the Academy of Music in Brooklyn in
which she predicted that the people are
going to demand hereafter that their
elected officials pay some attention to cry
ing human needs and cease wasting time
over dead issues and dead policies. She
said that the woman voters will refuse
TO be diverted to dead things by poll
ticians who don't want 10 confront diving
situations.
Women are loath to take the leash
OF parties" said Judge Allen. "They will
not be whipped into line by machine
domination TO quite the same degree as
men. We face the issue in America at
a perilous and critical hour. when the
great body of things seems dead and the
spirit of the world atrophied Nothing
less than rebirth, resurrection, a
turning into new paths of steadfastness
and morality and idealism can make
civilization go on at time when unrest
anarchy are present in the world. when
old wounds are breaking into new sores
and new malices are snarling into life.
Dead material. dead stuff. that is the
line into whjcn some people would turn
our energies, because they don't want us
10 confront the living situations. But
we shall be tested by our interest in the
living situations. At times the issues
seem remote but every need of the Gov
ernment is immediate, however remote it
seems. These problems that are pushed
off into the distance deal with crying
human needs; when thew are neglected
jnnocent people suffer The problem Of
clean government is not remote. The
problem of the abolition of war is not
remote. They affect our very lives, and
upon their solution depends the hope of
civilization.
I'VE have to face the actualities of
government. o. what profit to recite by
rote the powers of Congress il we fail to
realize the breakdown of our national
Government? Is there no significance TO
us I'm the fact that session after ses-
sion, no matter what party is in power.
at the end there is a legislative jam in
which the vital bills, the laws which are
needed TO carry on. our orderly national
existence, are caught and oDletimes
perish?
we shall be tested principally hy our
attitude upon International matters. We
must demand of this nation that II never
commit an aggressive act which viii P i've
any other nation just cause for war.
We must demand that ethical standards
be put In force by our Government in all
foreign relations.
Foreign affairs also seem remote, so
remote that many men and women have
a feeling about International morality
different from that which they have
about private morality. Men who would
not kill wasp or an ant will juGgle
with the lives of young men and the
hearts of mothers when il comes TO in
ternational matters. We must change
this viewpoint. We must approve and
commend the upholding of ethical stand
ards by our officials"
The New York herald., 1922-11-20
RIVOI.I-"THE PRIDE OF PALoMAR."
directed by Frank Borzage: adapted
from the novel by Peter Il. Kyne.
The yellow Peril.

Propaganda lifts its unprepossessing
head at the Rivoli this week, and it
proves to be just as duh and just as
artificial as it was in the days when
propaganda films were matter of ma
tional necessity.
THE Pride of Palomar" attempts to
expose the japanese menace as it
affects our interests along the Mexl-
can border Even granting that such
a menace exists, the exposure is feeble
and Intellectual.
The story is taken from novel by
Peter B. kyne. that popular author
who makes point of using the dollar
sign on every page of his manuscript.
In this. as in nearly all his works. he
causes his chara cters to talk inces-
sanity of huge sums of money. The
young hero must raise 100000 in a
year if he wants TO save his ranch
from the clutches of the Japanese set
tiers. OF course, many sinister schemes
are concocted by the willy sons of Nip
pom to thwart him, and, of course, he
foils them in the end. He enters his
favorite horse in race, at overwhelm-
ing odds. and wins enough to pay off
the mortgage.
/ 1t is a stirring finish. With but a
minute to go before the time set for
foreclosure. and the Japanese triumph
antly awaiting the moment when they
can sign the deed and claim the rich
soil, the hero stalks in and deposits
the money on the table.
Never mind" says the principal
japanese with typical leer, pretty
soon Wen bring our army over and
take your damn old ranch anyway"
Whereupop he scratches a match on
a marble bust Of George Washington
and the fight starts.
The Pride of Palomar" has been
we'll enough directed by Frank Bor-
zase, but given such third rate ma
terial to work with his job could have
been nothing more than mechanical
The one genuine characterization in
the whole affair is provided by George
Nichols, who actually manages to be
human in spite of his surroundings.
The New York herald., 1922-11-20
His Old Home Memories.

MARYsvILLE, Cal, Nov. 19.-Older res
idents of Marysville who remembered
Frank Bacon as a boy in the days when
Marysville was the principal relay point
of all stage lines moving to the high
Sierra gold mining towns, received news
of his death in Chicago to-day with a
mingled feeling of disappointment and
sorrow.
For a few of Franks" boyhood
chums, now substantial ranchers, had
received assurances from him that
"Lightnln' would be played first to an
audience OF his towns people in Marys-
ville with Bacon himself in the role OF
Bin Jones, when the play came West.
The New York herald., 1922-11-20
FRANK BACON, BILL
OF 'LIGHTNIN',' DEAD
Continued from First Page.

ever been more beloved than Mr.. Bacon.
They gave him a parade when he went
to Chicago after playing "Lightnin ="
here long enough to break all records
and the poets OF the theater wrote peans
In his praise. Tney gave dinners for
him, and after he had gone to the West
with his company they began to date
things from the opening OF his play at
the Gaiety.
Mr.. Bacon was born in Marysvlle,
Cal, January 16, 1864, the son Of Lydall
and Jane B. Bacon. He went to the
public schools there, but at fourteen
years of age went to work on a sheep
ranch. There he stayed for three years,
and then became an assistant to a
photographer. After that he established
his own studio. But he believed every
body could be trusted and he trusted
everybody so that 1t was not long be-
fore he was forced to quit business.
Then he tried journalism and Joined the
staff OF the San Jose Mercury as an
advertising solicitor. Later he went to
work on the Napa, Cal. Reporter. Sew
eral years later he bought the paper. He
also established the Mountain View Re-
porter, which still is being published.
Defeated I'm Politics.
lie uled politics anu Whlle MS
speeches were received with enthusiasm,
he was defeated. He and his wife, Mrs.
Jennie Weidman Bacon, whom he mar
ried in 1885, then went on the stage,
making their debut in a stock company
in San Francisco. His first role was
Switchell in "Ten Nights in Barroom."
Then they played in stock company
in other Western towns for forty-one
weeks without receiving any salary. For
seventeen years Mr.. Bacon played at
the Alcazar Theater in San Francisco,
but after the earthquake he went East
and played for ten years in vaudeville.
The first big Legitimate production in
which he appeared was ''The Fortune
Hunter" Later he was in ME and
Grant" Alabama" "Puddin' Head Will
son" and 1.-THE Cinderella Man" In
these plays he played the role of gem
tie old man. but none of them gave such
full scope TO his abilities as the role he
was then yet to find. the role of whimsi-
cal Bill Jones in "Lightnin'."
Mr. Bacon leaves his wife, his daugh-
ter and son, Lloyd. of Los Angeles.
The funeral will be held here Wednes-
day and the body shipped TO California
for burial.
The New York herald., 1922-11-20
MARTIN BECK A GRANDFATHER

Martin Beck. president of the Or
pheum vaudeville circuit. is a grand
father. All day yesterday he was re-
ceiving more congratulations than his
largest theater opening ever brought to
his desk, and. furthermore. he seemed
happier about IL. The stork brought a
baby girl early Saturday TO his daugh-
ter. Josephine s., the wife OF Dr. Mich
oas $. Ransohoff OF 1ls East Fifty
eighth street. Mother and daughter are
reported TO he doing nicely, but Mr.
Becks Golf game was said TO be far
from par Yesterday.
The New York herald., 1922-11-20
BENEFIT FOR INFANToRIUM.

A benefit i'm aid of the building fund
of the Infantorium for the care Of
weak and undernourished babies will
be given next Sunday evening at the
Selwyn Theater. Jack Hazard will be
master of ceremonies. Mary Milburn.
Clarence Nordstrom, Edythe Baker and
George Raisley are some Of the artists
who have volunteered their services.
The New York herald., 1922-11-20

Rex Ingram's production, ''Trifing
Women" is on view at the Capitol this
week, after its run as an individual
attraction at the Astor. If you care 10
accept our advice, it is well worth the
trip to Fifty-first street.
The bills at other picture theaters
on and about Broadway remain the
same.
The New York herald., 1922-11-20
"coD or VENGEANCE, COMING.

The Players Company. operating the
Provincetown Theater where they are
now presenting John Luther Longs
drama Crowns" announce that the sec
ond in the series Of productions which
they win make this season will be THE
God OF Vengeance" by Sholem Ash. The
opening date is set for December II. and
this Will make the first time this play
has ever been 2lvCn in English This
pisy was produced by Max Reinhardt In
Europe and has been seen in all the
large capitals OF tho Continent.
The New York herald., 1922-11-20
THE NEW MOVIES
RIALTo-'E8B TIDE" directed by
George Melford. adapted from the novel
by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd
Osbourne.
DeviItry in the south Seas.
By Robert E. Sherwood


There is a great deal of real in
terest in "Ebb Tide" at the Rialto.
Even though its plot is a trifie forced
its people are glaringly real. and are
therefore strong enough to stand forth
from the fiat surface of the screen
and establish themselves as something
more than pickering shadows.
1t is a tale of the South Seas. and
there is a decidedly Conradian flavor
to some of the characters. George
Fawcett and Raymond Hatton, as two
pleasantly unscrupulous seafaring
men, seem to grasp this idea, and they
manage to convey a note of vivid
reality. Whenever they are within
view the atmosphere is bound to be
charged with drama.
George Melford directed "Ebb Tide, "
and has made his pictures convincing.
AS much cannot be said for his thrills.
There is a devil fish introduced early
in the story which is held as a threat
over the heads of the audience. who
know instinctively that it will play a
part in the development of the plot
later on. Whenever any popular char
acter dives into the lagoon, the spec
tators hold their collective breaths as
they think of the loathsome peril
which turks beneath the placid waters.
Eventually the devil fish does take
a hand-several hands, in fact-but by
this time the novelty has worn off,
and his evil activities consequently
fail to cause any undue tremors. He
be somewhat OF disappointment.
1t is generally a good bill at the
Rialto. terminating in Harold Lloyd
comedy. High and Dizzy" which was
first seen in these parts two or three
years ago. This modest two reeler
furnishes enough hair raising thrills
to keep any one satisfied for the eve
ming.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-26
Asking and Answering Questions
(Rutland Herald

Miss Carrie w Ormsbee Of Brandon,
head of the Vermont league of women
voters, has issued QUESTIONABLE for
candidates and prospective candidates
which viii probably cause some panic in
certain quarters.
Being her fathers daughter, Miss
Ormsbee does not understand why can
didates for public office should not take
a definite position on public questions
although some of her queries will take
some answering. The first, for instance:
8 la the event of your election what
policy or program have you in mind for
the Improvement of state administra
ton ?
This is a problem that some OF the
best minds of the state have been
mulling over for some time, and to eX
poet a candidate to answer, it off hand
is to expect much. The best that any
man in Vermont could do with it would
be to express conviction and hope;
what the legislature would let him do
is another thing
The next question can be answered
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-26
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

The Universalist picnic which was
scheduled for Saturday was postponed IN
definitely on account of the rain.
Fifteen boy scouts Of Troop | started
with packs and equipment at O'Clock
this morning for a twO-days' camping out
trip in West Dummerston.
Tie Ladies' Catholic Benevolent asso-
citation Will hold a public lawn party to-
morrow evening ut the home of Mrs.
Sarah Dunlevy, Harris place.
The funeral of Amos p Blanchard of
Green River was held this morning at
1880 o'clock from Moran q Rohde's
undertaking rooms. Rev. w III. Bishop,
pastor of the West Guilford church.
oficiated The body was taken to
burial.
4 good sized crowd heard an interest
ing program given i'm the Baptist church
Saturday night by Major r.. H. Hender
shott the famous drummer boy of the
RappahannOck, and his son, II. Il. Hen
dershott. The program, which was
opened by a solo by Ernest Y. Barre and
a short concert by Davenport orchestra,
included fife and drum numbers by both
entertainers, songs by Major Hendershott
and readings by his son. The program
was under the auspices Of Troop ,, Boy
Scouts of America, and they cleared
enough to cover the expenses which were
very high.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-26
HAVE INSECTS RADIO SYSTEMS?
Evident that They Have Some Nysteri-
Gus Way of Communication.


Moths and some other insects have n
very mysterious way of communicating
with each other. The female moth may
be Gagged in a scent and Sound-proof box,
and yet she Is able to summon the male
moth without apparent trouble Ento-
mOlogists have been puzzled by this phe-
nomenon for Il long time, and it was re-
Gently suggested that q system Of radio
might be used by the insects. says l.. ID.
Lotion in the Popular Mechanics Maya
zine. Following this suggestion, a New
York scientist, l.. G. +. Horle. started
to investigate the subject. The iugen-
ious apparatus lie employed and the re
suits he has achieved although not con
elusive, are highly interesting
In watching moths and studying their
action scientists have noticed the pc
culiar way in which they use their an
teEnae. When the male is some dis
lance from the female. it viii wave its
antenBae about first in this direction
and then in that, as though it were try
ing to locate the direction in which a
message was coming. After some e.l-
RECOMMENDATION in this way, the male will
take to its wings and fly off to the fe-
male
The apparatus used by Mr.. Horlc has
been especially developed to respond to
very short wave lengths. If the crea-
lures do send wireless waves they must
be a length that viii put them somewhere
btANttI lIDSc We GILL neat anu tie SilOEl-
est of those that can be called radio.
The wave lengths must be short, since
the creatures are small and the oscil-
Iator used must be correspondingly small.
The strength of the radiations would
quite naturally not be very great, and
for that reason a ultra-sensitive radio
receiver had to be assembled.
Although Mr.. Horle has not as yet
heard anything that could be identified
as a message between insects, he believes
this means, not absolute failure. but
rather that he has not succeeded in get
ting his apparatus adjusted to point
where it would be sensitive to small ra-
diations of low intensity. Never before
has such an outfit been assembled, and
it is but natural that considerable ex-
perience win be required before results
can be expected.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-26
TrnnhIe Brewing for Pana.

A mother said to her little girl one
evening:
It's bedtime, dear. Run and kiss
nursie good night"
No" said the little girl. mo, I'm
afraid to-"
Afraid to? Goodness gracious, why
are you afraid TOP
.Because nursie slaps you if you kiss
her now"
"Oh, you silly little storyteller. She
does not
"She does. too" said the little girl.
''You ask papa if she doesn't !''-Los
Angeles Times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-26
To a Nicely

''This IS a splendid material for a
bathing suit." said the clerk. 'for be
sides being fast color. it is guaranteed
not to shrink"
In that case" replied the sweet
Young thing, who should have blushed.
but didn't, IN take a yard and half
less. New York Sun.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-26
BIRTHS.

renee David, to Mr.. and Mrs, Lawrence
II. Il. Hakey.
In Hinsdale, n. H., June %, daugh-
ter to Mr.. and Mrs. Pat O'Connor.
In Washington, d. c., June 81, son
to Capt Herbert W. and Jane BREW
Iavlor. formerly of Brattleboro.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-26

Miss Ranghilde Anderson, of Brook
tyn. is the first woman to receive a, wire
less kiss. She was called up by the
chief radio operator on the steamship
America, then in mid-ocean, and kisses
were exchanged.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-06-26

One of Britain's greatest women sci
entists is DIR. Martha Whiteley, the
joint inventor of the famous S. K. tear
gas. which proved one of the most eff
fective weapons of the allies in the
World war.