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The New York herald., 1922-07-16
Girl, ID, Sees First
Play and Writes OF 1t

Gladys Matthews of Freehold. N. j..
had the first thrill of her young life the
other day. For the first timc--and she
is II years old-she went to the theater
and saw actors act right out In a real
play.
She has been at school since little
Grl and her playgoing has been con-
fined rarely and exclusively 10 movies.
Last week she came TO the big city TO
visit her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Woodfield of 81 Hamilton place.
When told she could go to a regular the
alter she beamed with JOY.
After seeing the bills she picked out
six Cylinder Love- because her uncle
is an automobile man. She was Sc
rious all through the play at the Har-
ris. now and then smiling as IL she
thought her teacher was looking. For
Manager Joe Tierney. the smiling inn
presario of the Harris. she wrote her
first criticism of her first show as fol-
lows
This was my first time at the thea
ter Six Cylinder Love was great The
first act was funny when the car ran
into the fence. And the garden was great
to see the radishes. II made me think
Of home. ] love that little Ernest Trnex
man. June Walker did her part well
in the play. Her dress was sweet In the
second act. Ernest Truck was great
when he was sitting on the trunk smok-
ing his pipe. ! enjoyed the play very
much shall never forget it."--GLADYs
MATTHEWS.
After the first act Gladys was taken
back to see Mr.. Truck. and the garden
was still set, and II made the little girl
remark that the vegetables needed wa
tering. Mr. Truck thanked Gladys for
The New York herald., 1922-07-16
Music Programs
in Film TheaterS

The Strand musical program this
week will open with the overture from
THE Mikado," played by the Strand
orchestra. Miss Kitty Mclaughlin and
Miss Madeleine MacGuigan, violinistp
will be soloists.
The overture from Won Suppe's The
Beautiful Galatea" will be heard at the
Rialto. George Richardson, barytone.
will sing Three for Jack" and a special
organ selection will round out the en-
tertainment.
The Rivoli will open with the over
ture from F'lotow's Martha" Miss
Lillian Powell. a Denishawn dancer. will
interpret "Anitra's Dance" from Grieg's
Peer Gynt Suite" and Miriam Lax,
soprano, and Beatrice Wightwick. con-
tralto. will appear In South Sea inter-
lude with the male quartet.
A request program has been arranged
at the Capitol. 1t opens with the Ray
mond' overture by Thomas. The ballet
advertisements consist OF "Anitra's
Dance" interpreted by Doris Niles:
the Glow Worm interpreted by Mile.
Gambarelli. and the Cakewalk. con-
ceived by Alexander Oumansky, danced
by Thalia Zanou and Oumansky. Twelve
male Russian singers from the Russian
Grand Opera Company in a repertoire
of folk songs and cathedral numbers OF
their native land will be heard. Fredrio
Fradkin will give ten minutes Of popu-
lar selections. Juan Reyes, Chilean
pianist, reappears. Yasha Bunchuk, first
cellst OF the orchestra. will play Tho
Last Hope" by Gottschalk.
The New York herald., 1922-07-16
Jack Lait Tells How
One Review Was Made

Jack Lait, author of the book of "Spice
of 1922" at the Winter Garden, told
yesterday something of his methods in
revue construction Mr.. Lait has just
been appointed official librettist of the
annual series of Spices which Arman
Kaliz. producing manager of "Spice Of
1922" is to present.
I'VE believe in the present Spice Of
1922 we have successfully demonstrated
the principles Of revue building" he
said. Everything that went into this
revue was very carefully planned and
put in entirely by design and not at all
by chance or accident.
ITO begin with, a revue must really
be a revue of something. We have
chosen to construe the term to refer to
current events. current or recent plays
recent books. and big national or inter-
national tendencies. We have revue
of these in satire or comedy and set to
music.
For instance, nearly every big news
story which has been in the newspapers
so far this year is referred to in at least
a line. And as new stories develop they
referred to or burlesqued. There is
'Kiki,' Lilies of the Field while the
triangle play. the sex play and other
classes OF plays are burlesqued as a
whole with specific sketches. Our whole
idea is to present a. contemporary re-
view of the year 1922 in humor.
''Of course satire is an artificial art
Therefore it is to be aided by other
artificial arts. The art of music is one
which very materially aids in the un-
folding of revue. And so with all of
the pictorial arts which go to make up
illusion on the stage. Comedy as acted
by capable comedians is also an impor-
tant part of the revue. James Watts.
In the burlesque Of 'Tosca,' plays the
role as Jeritza plays 1t but with her
tendencies exaggerated. So we have
kept within our idea of making the
whole revue timely. even in our bur-
lesque Of grand opera.
"On the surface any revue appears to
he put together haphazardly, but We
have, think. attained a unity in Spice
through a balance. We have distributed
our numbers in such way that the
revue, we think, has balance and Is
never top heavy. Then. too, we have
story unity in the presence throughout
the evening of the policeman and the
censor.
THE Spice series will always attempt
to be review of the current year up
TO date"
The New York herald., 1922-07-16
Irene Franklin in
Vaudeville Song Hit

Miss Irene Franklin will re-appear In
Keith vaudeville as the Palace headliner
this week in recital of new songs and
lyrical characterizations of her own
composition Van and Schenck remain
for third week with new ditties.
Others will be Jack Wilson. black face
comedian; Frank Van Hoven,. the "dippy
magician" Marga Waldron, danseuse ;
Bermsn Tlmberg. Frank Ellis and the
Four Bards.
The chief acts at other vaudeville
houses follow:
RIvERSIDE-George lie Marie. Glen
Anders
EIGHTY-FIRsT sTREET-The White
Sisters. Harry Holman.
LOEw'S STATE-C. Wesley Johnson,
Bert Lytell in the photoplay. Sherlock
Brown"
PRoCToR's FIFTH AvENUE-Innes
Brothers. Max Ford Revue.
PROCT OR'S TwENTY-THIRD
STREET-Hamilton and Bernes. Baron
Arsenian.
PROC TOR RS FIFTY-ErGHTH
STREET-Bond Wilson and Company,
Wayne. Marshall and Candy.
PROCTOR'S ONE HUNDRED
TWENTY FIFTH STREET-D. d. H..
Leona Halls Revue.
Miss Fanny Brice with her song cycle
will be the headlner at the New Brigh-
ton. Others will be Miss Patricola, Bill
Bailey and Lynn Cowan. William .Sdlly
and Genevieve Houghton. and Warren
and O'Brien.
Ted Lewis with his band will head the
bin at the Orpheum. Others will be
Mae West. Johnny Burke. Nat Navarro
and George Moore and Mary jayne
The New York herald., 1922-07-16
Theater Staff Is
In School Once More

S. L. RothafeI has established school
of motion picture presentation at the
Capitol Theater. The school will be
conducted for the purpose of teaching
the attaches and members Of the staff
the fundamental principles of motion
picture entertainment All of the Cap
ltol ushers. attendants, attaches and
members of the staff are eligible to
membership Mr., Rothafel will devote
one morning week to the school. The
work of the first course Is estimated to
be completed within a. year.
The subjects Of the motion picture
theater will be divided into two parts
that Of the theater and that of the en-
tertainment. The subject of the theater
viii cover all elements connected with
the actual management and physical
properties of the house-administratio
morale. conduct. theater routine and
general management.
The subjects coming under the gen.
eral head of entertainment cover all OF
the elements confined strictly to the
stage. They will include the psychology
of entertainment, program. building. the
Importance of color and lighting. the CO.
ordination of music and the ballet, the
editing of film units, the scoring OF pic
lures. scenic investiture and the general
features of presentation.
The New York herald., 1922-07-16
Mrs. HadLey, Wife
of Conductor, a
Stadium SOI0ist
Programs at Open Air Sum-
mer Night Concerts at
Three Universities.

lN as soloists at the stadium
concerts this week beginning
tonight, supplementing the series Of
programs that the New York PhflA
harmonic under Henry Hadley's batora
will play. Miss Inez Barbour (Mrs..
Hadley), who sings tonight. is the
only woman scheduled. Her associate
soloists for the seven days are the
first Of the Stadium Addition soloists--
Harry Kaufman, pianist, and Andre
Polah. violinist.
Wednesday evening is to be SYM
phony night and Thursday evening
Tchaikovsky-W Wagner night. In addi-
ton there will be special features Of
interest as regards the new American
compositions. Saturday evening there
is to be played for the first time an
Overture on Negro Themes" by
James p. Dunn, composer. of Jersey
City. Mr.. Dunn has gathered these
suggestions on negro music from many
curious sources. and his score is said
by those who have heard it to be one
of the most typical American-African
that has yet been devised.
Along with this are to be three new
compositions by Mr.. Hadley. Autumn
Twilight" Wood Pixies and "A Night
In Old Granada; Deems Taylor's tone
poem. 'The Siren Song" which has been
heard before, and Joseph c. Breil's
Egyptian Sketches" which will be heard
for the first time. and has four striking
movements.
The second program Of the New York
University summer school concerts at
Gould Memorial Library, University
Heights. will be given next Thursday eve
ming. by ts-e Artone Quartet. composed
Of Miss Dicie Howell. soprano; Miss
Edra Indemaur, contralto; James Price.
tenor. and Waiter Greene, baritone. with,
Francis Moore as director-accompanist
The concerts are free to the public.
The Goldman Band, under the direc-
tion OF Edwin Franko Goldman. enters
upon its sixth week. On Friday the
first half of the program will be de-
voted to the works of Tschaikowsky. Mr..
Goldman's two new compositions, The
Chimes of Liberty and I'm the Spring
tine," are played almost nightly. Free
season tickets are still available and
may be had upon written request to
Summer Concerts" Columbia Univers-
ity, New York city, the only require
nient being that sef-addr essed
stamped envelope be inclosed with re-
quest
The New York herald., 1922-07-16

Special Cable to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1922. by THE NEW York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau
Paris. July Is.
Before long you will see many Amer
lean plays in Paris says Edgar Sell
wyn. New York producer. who is leav-
ing next week for London on his way
to New York after visiting Berlin to
study the production problem provided
by a play in forty-two scenes which was
bought in Germany last winter by his
partner, Crosby Gaige.
I'VE are very near the Paris tastd
already" continued Mr.. Selwyn. land
most OF our writer's understand the
European audience because they have
had continental training.
The war stimulated our theaters and
as result we are now producing the
best plays in the world"
There is still much to be learned from
Germany, he adds. in the way of light
ing. grouping, costuming and general
scene effects, particularly where me-
chanical devices ara needed.
IT was revealed this week that Amer
leans in Berlin arc shortly to have n
theater of their own II the plans of
Albert Kaufman Of the Famous Players
Corporation are carried out. These pro-
vide for a weekly showing of American
films for German buyers. but all men,
bers of the American colony will be in
vited to these showings.
The New York herald., 1922-07-16
His Fate in Films
To Be Mighty Mean

Clarence Burton--whose fate it is in
the pictures to be nasty and mean to
everything from canaries to grandmas--
will do Swedish villain at the Rivoli.
beginning to-day. Clarence has nearly
exhausted the vallainous possibilities OF
all races.
The story. laid in the South Sea. CEN
ters about a pearl which is stolen.
Needless to say. Burton does the steal
ing and-even more needless to say
Holt is to get 1t back again. The girl
whose heart Is going to be gladdened by
seeing Jack ride home with the treasure
is Miss Sylvia Dreamer, whose father Is
supposed to own the adjoining pearl
ranch.
Also. the pearl isn't going to be a real
pearl valued at s324,607. 1t is positively
not going to be guarded by six armed
men. When not in actual use. the pearl
willvbe parked in the property room.
In the cast supporting Holt are besides
Burton and Miss Dreamer. Ann Schaef-
fer. Jean De Briac. Edwin Stevens and
Willard Louis.
The New York herald., 1922-07-16
Screen Actors Lemon
Crop Nipped by Frost

Joseph Bowling, screen actor. who
played the title role In The Miracle
Man." once decided to retire after many
years on the stage. as actor and pro-
d0cr, and purchased a lemon grove In
southern California. The first, last and
only frost In the district nipped his
grove and. as he says. 1t looked as II
a fire had gone through II.
II tried for a couple of'years to bring
II back he said. but was about ready
to quit when a well known film producer
saw me one day and asked me to come
to work. This was my first screen ex-
perience and I've been at IL ever since
THE great role Of my career was. of
course The Miracle Man. one of the
greatest Of pictures and one which came
at psychological moment. There i
worked with Thomas Meighan and Miss
Betty Compson. as every one will recall.
Now. oddly enough. I'm back with Mr..
Meighan and for the first time with
Paramount. I'm playing n sort Of refined
rural character. made up like Uncle Joe
Cannon. The play II If You Believe
It, It's So,' and Mr.. Meighan has the
stellar role.
Speaking of The Miracle Man. Il
was one of the most difficult OF parts.
Virtually every sense that liz used on
the screen to create a character was alb
sent--the sense OF sight, speech. &c. To
convey tho spirituality OF the character
was n real task feel n good deal Of
satisfaction In what I succeeded in doing
with very hard role"
'1f You Believe It, IT'S So," which
was selected by the late George Isoanc
Tucker as the picture to follow "1he
Miracle Man." has been the feature at
the Rivoli the past week, and will be-
gin second week at the Rialto to-day.
The New York herald., 1922-07-16
Attractive Sights
At Suburban Parks

The bathing girl contest which Is to
be held at George c. Tilyou's Steeple-
chase Park. Coney Island. on Monday,
July "a, is attracting much interest.
Entries have been received from over
zoo fair swimmers representing Con-
necticut, New Jersey. Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island and New York.
The Luna Park circus Hs again In
great demand this summer at the var1-
GUS fairs and fctes of society. and the
management have secured the services
OF Miss Diane Gordon OF the Ziegfeld
"Follies," who acts as hostess at all the
fashionable resorts where these events
are held.
Motion picture stars who are exercis-
ing their art in studios adjacent to New
York have decided to hold regular old
time outdoor frolic on Monday and have
selected Pal'sade Amusement Park as
the scene of their hilarity.
At Starlight Park. In the Bronx. dur
ing the summer vacation school children
of 10 years or less will be admitted free
at tho main gate II accompanied by
adults. any time up to s o'clock In the
evening on any Of the five week days
from Monday to Friday. inclusive.
The New York herald., 1922-07-16
American Manager Gets St
John Ervine's First Com
edy, Mary, Mary, Quite
Contrary" "andWillPre-
sent a Famous Ameri-
can or English Star
IN the Title Role

off broadsdes
\A/ David Belasco
a
a fall
public
frong
in
his shopping on the Continent
Mr. Belasco
combined fall promises
be the
achievements
his tendency be
grmly realistic
them The Magnanimous
sketches this be the fst
time he has alow his pent o a foibes
send Mr. Belasco
had preferred
in
that he would wait
o
s well is
with light
And while
Campbell
Ann
andN Australia 1t
coupled with nesse
experience
dsconnuance the mdweek matinee OF
Of
will typical child
Of the theater' never s a
The New York herald., 1922-07-16
CoburnS in Moliere
Comedy at Columbia

In celebration of the Moliere tercen-
tenary, by invitation and under the aus
pices of the Institute of Arts and Sci
ences and departments of English and
comparative literature and romance lam
guages of Columbia University. Mr.. and
Mrs. Coburn and their company will
give lie Malade Imaginaire' ("The
Imaginary Invalid') in English in the
university gymnasium on the evenings
of July %. 81 and 20. with matinee
July 20.
"The Imaginary Invalid" was pro-
duced for the first time in America. as
far as is known. by Mr.. and Mrs. Co
burn at series of matinee performances
at the Harris Theater in the season OF
l916-1917. 1t Is broad. simple and ele-
mental, and il Is in the spirit of rollick-
ing farce that Mr.. and Mrs. Coburn and
their company interpret 1t.
The New York herald., 1922-07-16
College Players to
Give Six Performances

The Washington Square College Play
ers of New York University. under the
direction OF Randolph Somerville. an
nounce that their third season will con-
'sist of six subscription productions. be-
ginning in October with a revival Of
George M. Cohan's Seven Keys to
Baldpate." to be followed by Moliere's
"Tartuffe." For another program the
players have manuscripts of new plays
by Malcolm La Prade and Pierre Low
ing and by two students of New York
University, Adolph Meyer and Sawyer
Talk. The director will consider manu-
scripts of both short and long plays by
writer's outside the university for the re-
naming programs.
The programs will be given at the
New York University Playhouse. new
little theater which Is being fashioned
into the remodeled university building at
Washington Square.
The New York herald., 1922-07-16
FAVOR ANCIENT DANCES.

PARIS, July Is (Associsted Prs-.,.-
French dancing masters have started a
movement to revive the old picturesque
dances dating from the seventeenth cen
tury, which. they say. are the only ones
that go gracefully with the old styles
IN womens dress which arc coming back
into favor.
The New York herald., 1922-07-16
FRENCH BAR ESPERANTO.

PARIS. July 15 ASSOCIATED Pre5s) -
Esperanto has been barred from French
The international lam
guagc. favored by a great many French
societies, chambers Of commerce and
similar organizations. has lost caste
with leading French educators, because.
they declare, 1t is ono Of the favorite
mediums for spreading Communistic
The New York herald., 1922-07-16

her genuine criticism and, reaching down
In the stage garden, pulled from the
vines a papier-mache string bean and
a tin cantaloupe for souvenirs. Then he
plucked from the grass mat fourleaf
clover and gave 1T to Gladys for good
luck.
The New York herald., 1922-07-16
New Colored Revue
Weeks Only Novelty
MANnAV

FORTY EIGHTH S T Il + L 7
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. colored pro-
duction, The Plantation Revue"
will be presented by Lew Leslie,
who conceived and staged the two
acts. The negro cast includes
Florence Mills, Chapelle and Sti-
nette. Shelton Brooks. Edith Will
son and u. s. Thompson. The mu-
sic and lyrics are by Roy Turke
and Russell j. Robinson.
The New York herald., 1922-07-16

lobbyist, is once more planning to be
rampant as n producer He has his
mind all made up to present new
play called THE Warning" for which
Thomas +. Fallon will be willing to
answer any curtain calls for author
1t is n dramatization of novel by
Wadsworth Camp entitled "The House
of Fear" and is said to have an al
together new idea in ghost plays, cal
culated to raise the audience out of
their seats and leave them simply
pulsating. It is expected to open in
the middle of September, and Robert
Edeson and Helen Ware are now the
reigning favorites for the leading roles.
Mike, who achieved eight new over
coats out of his first production, "rhe
Short Cut" even though it proved to
be more like short circuit. is looking
to the future with considerable optim-
ism.
You never can tell how long an
actor will keep up good show Of
youth on the stage. and Back to
Methuselah' seems unnecessary for
many III tne tnedtTlCdi pIOleSSlOll.
Last season a prominent Juvenile who
was featured in one of the successes
was sc years old.
He Is quite an able stage director,
but he has a weakness for dragging
horses into show at the slightest
provocation--or without any at all.
He likes to introduce other animals
and scenic effects into his spectacular
productions. but horses are his stand
by: when in a pinch he always falls
back on them.
He was putting on war play and
insisted on putting in an airplane, life
size. The manager demurred but finally
surrendered without striking a blow.
Then the director suggested that it
would be a grand idea to have horse
come on. dragging a cannon. although
II was In the front line trenches.
Say" exploded the manager. II can
stand stage full Of airplanes. but IL
you dare bring on that horse I'll tic
you to his tall
The horse went out.
The New York herald., 1922-07-16

william Harris, Jr., is to open the
Ritz Thcater this fall with Miss Fay
The New York herald., 1922-07-16

George S. Kaufman is away In the
country fermenting ideas on Merton
OF the Movies" which he is dramatic
ing for George c. Tyler i'm collabora-
Hon with the inevitable Marc Con-
nelly.
The New York herald., 1922-07-16

Arnold DAILY, who is now out OF the
impending play "Thc Monster" Is
aiming to keep cool in vaudeville. He
has asked Helen McCaffery. play
broker, for sketch suitable for the
two day and for himself
The New York herald., 1922-07-16

During the customary rest OF
players during the summer she Is rest
less. eager to be up and at rehearsals
again. When rehearsals arrive she
is tireless at them, doing scenes over
and over until the early hours Of the
morning. Occasions have been known
when David Belasco has had to order
her to stop work and to go home In
cab before she tainted from too
much enthusiasm.
The New York herald., 1922-07-16

Mike Goldreyer. the demon publicity
The New York herald., 1922-07-16
AND THE PLAYERS -BELASCO SHOPS IN EUROPE
Paris Soon to Get
Many of Its Plays
From Authors Here
Edgar Selwyn Declares Best
Dramas Are Being Written
in This Country.

Special Gable to THE NEW YORK HnRALp.
Copyright, 1922. by THE NEW York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-09

AL. Strong are entertaining Mr..
Strongs son, of Cincinnati, this week.
Charles Paddock and family and
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Tibbetts attend
ed the revival meeting at the NJ. E.
church in Liberty, Sunday evening.
Ethel Coleman called on friends in
Liberty Tuesday afternoon. Mr.. and
Mrs John Gels and little niece, Mary
Margaret Smith, spent Tuesday in
Brookville the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Reisert and Mrs. Rosenberger.
a sister of Mr. Gels. Emmett Rile
and family entertained at dinner Sun
day: Ohie Rile and son Herbert, Of
Hamilton, Iona Gale of Indianapolis.
Lizzie Officer. of Liberty, and James
Rile . The Missionary society meet
Thursday with Mrs Willis Sanford,
near Cottage Grove. Mr.. and Mrs.
Elmer Fosdick and little granddaugh,
ter, Nora Smith, and Victoria Blunt
ing of Liberty, spent Thursday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Ridge, and Mis-
souri, Stanton and daughter Jessie.
Herbert Barnard and family were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. VIII GreggeT-
son Thursday. Edith Keelor was a
| guest OF friends in Cottage Grove
! Wednesday afternoon.