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The New York herald., 1922-12-04
JERITZA TO SING TITLE
ROLE IN 'THAIS' REVIVAL
Opera viii Be CiUen at Met.
ropolitan December II.

Giulio Gatti- -Casazza, general mana
ger OF the Metropolitan Opera House,
yesterday announced that nis promised
revival OF "Thais," by Massenet. will
take place on the evening Of Thursday,
December II. The opera has been mu-
sically prepared and will be conducted
by Mr.. Louis Hasselmans, with the stage
direction in charge of Mr.. Wilhelm Won
Wymetal The chorus has been re-
hearesd by Mr.. Giulio Setti and the
dances arranged by Miss Rosina CALI
New scenery has been designed and
painted by Mr.. Joseph Urban. and the
costumes. designed by Miss Gretel Ur-
ban. have been made by sii7ie. Castel-
Bert
The title role oc the opera will be
sung by Nine. Maria Jeritza. the role OF
Athd@dei by Mr.. Clarence Whitehill and
that OF Nictas by Mr. Orvil!c Harold
The New York herald., 1922-12-04
LAST CONCERT For CHILDREN,

The third and last concert in the
Sunday series OF miniature musicales
for children was given yesterday in the
Punch and Judy Theater Miss Mary
Craig-Pigueron. soprano, sang Two
groups OF songs as a forerunner of a
part of the program, which was given by
the Marionette Concert Company and
devised by Miss Caryl Bensel. soprano
who. with three other artists. were the
marionettes. Flora, Ann and ChH Part
ing stage drapcries revealed diminu-
tive stage with tiny grand piano. The
puppets, who were making their first
New York appearance, gave list OF
piano solos. songs and duets. Chp gave
Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes" by
cambridge Crist. Many children were
in the audience and a spirit OF happiness
prevailed. The series. as a whole. has
given pleasure and bespeaks success for
n future series. IL given. by its director
Charles Drake.
The New York herald., 1922-12-04
CONCERT At METROPOLITAN.

At the usual weekly concert at the
Metropolitan Opera House last evening
the solo singers we're Miss Elizabeth
Rethberg, Nine Marie Sundelius, so
pranos. and Curt Taucher. tenor. The
prst named received the greatest amount
Of applause for her singing OF 'IseIse.
leise," from Webers der Freischuetz."
Mime. Sundelus substituted for Miss
Marion Telva, who was Ill. and sang
"Depujs IA Jour" from Louise" Mr..
Taucher sang the Prize Song from Die
Meisterslnger."
Miss Trpa Rubinstein, violinist.
played Bruch's G. minor concerto and
some shorter pieces. The orchestra gave
the overture to Nicolaie Merry Wives
OF Windsor" the ballet suite from Mas
senet's "fe Cid" and the Hungarian
march from Berlioz's ''Damnation OF
Faust" Mr. Bamboschek conducted.
Miss Rubnsteln's performance OF the
familiar concerto was narred by some
roughness OF tone. and style in the al
legri. but she played the slow movement
very well indeed.
The New York herald., 1922-12-04
GIVES SECOND POP" CONCERT
City symphony Orchestra Assisted
by Miss MeIlfsh.

The City Symphony Orchestra, as
sisted by Miss Mary Mellish. soprano.
gave its second pop" concert at the
Century Theater instead OF the Man
haitian Opera House yesterday afternoon.
Miss Mellish sang "Depuis le jour- from
Louise" and the Jewel Song from
Faust. Dirk Foch, conducting the or
chestra. offered Tschaikowslky's Nut
cracker" Suite, the entr'act from THE
Jewels OF the Madonna" Schubert's
''Marche Militaire,' the andante canta-
bile from Tschaikowsky's string quartet.
No. /, and Weber's Invitation to the
Dance"
Miss Mellish sang her arias well. Her
voice did not show to advantage in the
Jewel Song and there was some laci,
OF feeling and smooth legato noticeable
in both her offerings. But her high
notes were full and lyric in tone and
delicately shaded. The orchestra has I'm
proved. The strings need drilling and
lack OF unity was apparent in the pizzi-
cato yesterday. But the quality of tone
Is much better and consistent improve
ment may be looked for In the future.
a large audience applauded generously.
The New York herald., 1922-12-04
THE REVIEWING STAND
By Alexander Woollcott

probably. fine and deep distaste for
everything theatrical and a real horror
OF becoming one OF those recognizable
actory fellows who strut through the
world talking about themselves-th
typical self-important player who. like
Mr.. Wopsle, would sit with you till
two in the morning, reviewing his
success and outlining his plan Ito
begin with reviving the drama and
to end with crushing it: inasmuch as
his decease would leave II utterly be-
reft and without chance or hope"
John Barrymore's very debut on the
stage was made with his tongue in his
cheek. It was no awed and prGyerfu.
youngster who quaked in the wings
but laclladaisical comedian who had
just dropped in. II was In some little
town in Pennsylvania. where Ethel
Barrymore was playing in Captain
links" and where her trying younger
brother had been seized and thrust
into q tiny role suddenly vacated by
some actors illness. He was not only
incorrigibly facetious with his oppor-
tunity on that occasion but fairly over
whelmed his sister, who. as she was
whiting in the wings 10 take her cur
tain call after the second act. was con-
siderably taken abacli to see the new
conner calmly taking over the stage
and bowing with tremendous gravity
TO an astonished audience. Thereafter
Barrymore drfted in the theater until
the night in the early part of 1916, when
with the production or Galswortny
Justice" he seemed suddenly TO grow
up There are those who will tell you
that he took this step out of the gut
ter OF trivial truck in response TO the
advice and faith OF his friend Edward
Sheldon, but we suspect that ms
grandmother had more 20 do with It
Certainly there were In the overtones
of that memorable and electric eve
ming ancestral voices prophesyinE
Hamlet" but the imp was not yet
baffied. He was on the watch that
hazardous night when Barrymore.
having played his first tragic role. at
tempted in Peter Ibbetson" his first
crave romance. The imp was on tip
toes at that crucial moment when the
idyelorn I5betsot. standing alone. had
to lift the Duchess's bouquet to his
face, gaze off into the distance where
an invisible orchestra was playing
Schubert's "Serenade' and murlnur
Amour" If. at that moment. any
one out front. overcome by the spec
tacle of this zany OF the theater thus
transformed. had laughed we think
that Barrymore would have winked.
cooked an appreciative eye at all the
wiseacres in the house and sur
rendered at once. And we should have
had to do without the best Hamlet OF
our time.
The New York herald., 1922-12-04
NINE. CALLI-CURCF IN
POPULAR SONG RECITAL
Makes Final Appearance Be-
fore Rejoining Metropolitan.

The usual scenes were in evidence at
the Hippodrone last evening when
Nine. Amelita Galli-Curri gave an
oher of her popular song recitals. The
auditorium was filled and hundreds sat
on the stage. The applause was always
warm and there were demands for ad-
ditional numbers. It was made known
on the house programs that this was
Nine. Galli-Curcrs last song recital be-
fore she rejoined the Metropolitan
Opera company. which she would do as
soon as her season with the Chicago
Opera ended.
The sopranos program included airs
from Bizet's Les Pecheurs des Perles'
and Meyerbeer's "L'Etoile du Nord," the
valse from Gounod's Romeo ct Juliette"
and Shadow Song from Meyerbeer's
"Dinorah.' Manuel Berenguer played
the flute obbligati and Homer Samuels
the piano accomplishments.
The New York herald., 1922-12-04
Barrymore.

barrymore.
Most OF the fault that has been
found around town with the revival of
~ Hamlet" in West Forty second street
slrould be compressed into this: "All
sf'ack and no play makes the work a
Ariull But. there, it doesn't
peQuite jen
~ Tn all Barrymores reading OF the
str0ie there is no part so characteristic
OF himself as the little FLIP he gives
TO the we'll trod advice to the players.
Nou will find 1t in the line where
Hamlet records his objections TO over
acting, which though 1t make the
unskillful laugh. cannot but make the
tudicious grieve" When he comes to
that final phrase, mischevous and
ironic CLEAN wrinkles in his eye. his
voice grows owlish with mock gravity
and he all but pokes the Player King
in the ribs. II is the old, unconquer
able levity in him rebelling TO the last
against the solemn folk who, with fur
rowed brow. sit "judicious" in the
theGter and. when things come tardily
off. indulge in so Drama Leaguish q
rite as "grieving' about it. Really the
theater lies hidden behind his reading
or that speech.
That he is playing Hdmlet at ali
is because blood is thicker than water
He was born into this world the heir
apparent OF the American theater.
with three generations of players
back of him and such endowments
such qualities of mind and mask as
life gives sparingly a few times in a
hundred years. II he did not claim
his inheritance at once, IL it was not
until recent seasons that he really
tried to use earnestly the gifts that
had been heaped all around his cradle,
it was because another force in him
fought always for control There was,
we suspect, a wicked humor that
teased him if he so much as thought
seriously of the stage-an imp within
him that Uttered disconcertlngly If
he so much as started forward TO
mount a lighted platform and say to
all the world: Behold mel" 1t was
this which led him to shun the stage
door at first and try his hand rather
as an artisan impulse that did not,
to be sure, get far beyond his draw
ings of nightmare cartoons to Illus
trate the early editorials of Arthur
Brisbane in the EveniH0 Journal long
ago. The same impulse, by the way
sent his elder brother overseas to
work for some years in the Latin
Quarter. Lionel Barrymore not 80
much wanting to be painter. we
suspect, as wanting desperately not to
be an actor. In their resistance to
their manifest destiny there was,
The New York herald., 1922-12-04
PROF. PHELPS TO SPEAK.
Daughters of 1912 VIII Hear Lee.
ture on contemporary Books"

William Lyon Phelps, professor o.
English literature at Yale, will speak to
members OF the Daughters Of 1912 on
Contemporary Books Friday morning
at IL o'clock in the ballroom OF the
Waldorf-Astoria. Augustus Thomas will
introduce DR.. Phelps and several leading
writer's and editors will act as a well
coming committee. Among those on the
committee are Nicholas Murray Butler.
Robert Bridges. Carolyn Wells. Charles
Dana Gibson, Brander Matthews, Oliver
Herford. Fannie Hurst. Robert Under
wood Johnson, Henry Sydnor Harrison,
Sophie Kerr. Jesse Lynch Williams.
Louis Evan Shipman and Eleanor Gates.
The New York herald., 1922-12-04
FRENCH vIoLrNIsT IN RECITAL,

jacques Thibaud. the distinguished
French viollnist. returned here yester-
,Iay after seasons absence and was
1,eard in a recital at Town Hall. a
large audience took evident delight IN
his program. 1t consisted OF Salmon's
a crrangement OF Neracinrs minor
sonata. Bruchs G. minor concerto, Hue's
ssFantaisie' in c. which served TO fur
,ish a good display OF modern French
music, ana a group OF shorter pieces.
'rhese pieces were Kreisler's transcript
tion Of Rimsl1y y-Korsakov's Hymn TO
the SUM-" from Coo a or" the two
rTvhibaud arrangements OF wieniawskis
ssaltareila" and Spanish Dance" by
Cranados, and In closing Sarasate's
.Zigeunerwcisen."
Mr.. Thibauds playing had that tech
ricsl finish, charm and elegance OF
etylc long associated with his work and
which are qualities marking the finest
types from the great French school OF
>iolinlsts. When MIR. Thibaud appeared
first upon the program the applause
which greeted him lasted several
minutes. Charles Hart was at the
,iano.
The New York herald., 1922-12-04
"BooTLEGGERs" TO LONDON.

Madison Corey, producer of THE
Bootleggers." at the Thirty ninth Street
Theater, has completed negotiations with
William Morris. manager Of Sir Harry
Lauder. for the immediate presentation
of the play in London. The plan for the
English production is said to have been
inspired by Sir Harry Lauder as anti
prohibitionist material and tho Scotch
comedian will bear half the cost of the
presentation. The name of the play
will be changed in London to $50 This Is
New York"
The New York herald., 1922-12-04
FINALS roR "CHAUvE-soURIs.' >

The fourth andSfinaI program Of Ba-
lieffs "Chauve-S Souris" will start at the
Century Roof Theater on Thursday eve-
ming. January 4. Announcement 10 this
effect was made yesterday by +. Ray
Comstock and Morris Gest, under whose
auspices the Moscow Art Theater begins
its first and only engagement In New
York the following Monday. This settles
the rumor that tho "Chauve-Souris"
would run on forever
The New York herald., 1922-12-04
sCHoENBERG PROTESTS.
Objects to Play Being Produced
Here Next Month.

Special Gable to THE New YoRK HERALD.
Copyright, 1923, By THE NEW York HERALD.
VIENNA. Dec. 3.--The friends of Ar
mold Schoenberg, whose Pierre Lu-
maire" is to be produced In New York
January 81, say that Schoenberg is pro-
testing against the performance. The
reason is that the book has not yet been
published.
Schoenberg is passing a fortnight with
friends In Salzburg.
The New York herald., 1922-12-04
; PLAY LEADS HER TO WED.

The matrimonial scenes in up She
Goes at the Playhouse seem 10 have
led one of the chorus to marry. Doris
Green was married on Saturday morning
to Henry Herzbrun. an attorney. but re-
turned in time for the matinee perform
ance.
The New York herald., 1922-12-04
rurLHARMoNIc IN BROOKLYN.

The Philharmonic Society OF New
York gave the second Of It's series OF
sunday afternoon concerts yesterday at
che Brooklyn Academy OF Music. with
.Joscf Stransky conducting. Alfred
cortot, the visiting artist. was heard In
schumann's concerto for the plano In A
minor. both hts playing and that OF the
orchestra being well received by the
laSge audience.
The New York herald., 1922-12-04
THE NEW MOVIES
By Robert E. Sherwood

RIVOLI-Elsie Ferguson In "OUTCAST."
adapted by Josephine I.ovett from the
play by Hubert Henry Davies directed
by Chester Withey with a cast which
includes David Powell. William Powell
and Mary Maclaren.
The New York herald., 1922-12-04
AL KAUFMAN QUITS BERLIN.
Departure Sewers Film Relations
With America.

Special Code TO TIE NEW oRK HERALD.
Copyright, 1899, by THE NEw York HERALD.
New York Berald Bureau.
Berlin. Dec. 3.
Al Kaufman, "the American movie
czar.' as he is called here. left for Paris
to-day. The termination OF his activities
here is a severe biow to the German film
industry. as it breaks off all screen rela-
tion with America. His company has
spent hundreds OF thousands of dollars
encouraging the production of German
films.
The New York herald., 1922-12-04

sTRANp-'LoRNk DooNE." a film
version of Il. u. Blacimore's novel;
directed by Maurice Tourneur. with
Madge Bellamy. John Bowers and
Frank keenan, In the cast.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-29
Paris AdUertises Merits
On Vine Drinking

PARlS.--Do Americans in Paris
need to be urged to have a drink?
The associated wine producers OF
France evidently think so. They ad-
vertised widely in English language
newspapers recently the merits of
rouge" and "blanc."
These Advertisements welcome
our American friends" 10 1.-The iib-
erty Of our land" and 10 Our ripen-
ing vineyards"
'"rhe polu and the Yank. shoul-
der TO shoulder in the trenches,
shared one with another the rations
of their home land" says one I'D
vertiscment. They exchanged wine
for chocolate and were well satisfied
with the trade.
Thousands and hundreds OF thou
sands of Americans have followed
them since the days OF the armistice.
and they. too. have found nothing
hArmful-nothing immoral--nothing
unhealthful in the normal customs of
Wine drinking handed down to the
world from Biblical days.
The American soldier in France
liked our wines--the juice OF the
grapes OF France. nutured In the soil
OF France, ripened under the sunny
skies Of France. The custom of wine
drinking with meals appealed to him
lit was different, It was not saloon
revelry, It was nourishing food, clean,
pure, healthful. harmless"
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-29
Aged Operator
Taught Edison
The Morse Code
Veteran Telegrapher Asks
for Retirement; Served
GO Years on Wire

VIsAL1A. Cat. oct. 2s.-Request
that he be relieved from duty MS
manager OF the Vicalia office OF a
commercial telegraph company, II
granted. will sound go" for the
oldest operator In point of service IN
the United states. For J. G. ward,
the man who taught Thomas A.
Edison to telegraph has bcon at the
key practically continuously for 60
years. Sj years years in his present
position and an operator in Visalia
sincoISGg.
Ward taught Edison telegraphy
when he was agent Of the Grand
Trunk line at Mount Clemens.
Mich, and Edison, n newshoy on the
trains of that line. Young Edison.
then 1G. years younger than his
tutor. rushed to tho key desk when
ever the train pulled into the station
and stayed until the whistle blew.
learning only letter or two at n
time until he had mastered II.
That was in 1862 and the electri-
cal wizard was a master nt the key
when the Civil war called Ward 70
the Union army as an operator for
General Grants staff After the
war. ward came to California with n
commercial company. going into Sl-
IBERIA for construction work when an
effort was made to construct n land
line across Alaska and cable the
Beh ring straits. The venture was
never completed. Ward returned TO
Sacramento and thence to Visalia
whore he has remained ever since.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-29
May Dust 2 Conductors.

With the head official of the O.
u. G. stating that Walton Joined in
February. 1917. and the explana-
lion Is understood to have been asked
from Witt. who placed the date as
1902. He will also he asked 10 ex-
plain the statement as to Walton
having Joined at Laredo. In the face
.of the letter from that place. II Is
stated that charges will probably he
filed in the order against Witt.
Vance and Upton, three conductors
Nho are said to have been instru-
mental In securing admission for
walton, also for expulsion of Wal
ton; but that the proceedings have
been postponed until after the cleo
ton on account Of the desire not TO
have It charged ss political capital
The inside story is as related by n
conductor who claims to he familiar
with the facts, IS about as follows:
ut is supposed that in the last
part OF 1915. or before February II.
1917, one j. q. Walton was n con-
ductor for day or more on the
Ringing line, During the time j.
w. Upton was superintendent OF the
line. j. c. Walton was q civil
engineer located I'm Oklahoma City.
and in the spring Of 1917 he decided
10 become n candidate for Commis-
sioner Of public works. A few OF his
friends decided that he should he a
union man. and / am informed that
a member OF the o. Il. G. at Okla
homa CITY and a friend nf Tipton OF
the Ringing line. went to Tipton and
II was agreed between the two that
the records OF the road would show
that Walton had ihcen I'm service on
that line as n conductor"
Walton Never ON Ringing Road.
Statements have been obtained
from w j. Stoneburner, who was
with the Ringing road and now
president of the Ardmore Paint &,
OF Products Co, from Walter
Archer, now with the road. from II.
NJ. Levy, who was then conductor
on the Ringing line and is now
superintendent OF the Miami Belt
railway. and from others. TO the ef-
feet that Walton wac never employed
on the road.
Wits statement that Walton
Joined at Laredo Is directly CONTRA
dicted by the head office OF the O.
r. C, at Cedar Rapids and by the
Laredo letter. The head office re-
ports that he was initiated in the
oklahoma division 476 in 1917, at
which time no records have been
found to show that he was employed
by any railroad.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-29
WALT0NITES CAN'T
AGREE WHEN JACK
JOINED THE 0. R. c.

CONTINUED PROM PACE ONE.
ncy .. II. g. building, Cedar Rapids
Iowa, as follows
Please wire me 70 !. G. walton
division 47B. still in good standing
also date he Joined the order"
10 this. MIR. whitney replied by
wire:
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. II.
~. G. walton good standing
Initiated February II, 1871.
tSigupdl &C. T.. WHITNEY"
Bum Denies Report.
This telegram seems 10 have blown
wits claim ns 10 date far into tho
water. Futthor a letter from n con-
ductor at Laredo, Texas, who has
been there fer 2G years. and has been
chief ot division 3gg several times
has been received here. and explodes
the claim that Walton was or IL a
member there. Division 3gg is the
one which witt says Walton Joined
In 1902. This letter reads as follows:
Laredo, Texas Sept, 10, 1879,
MIR. w. w. williams.
"Oklahomh City. Okla.
Dear Sir: Replying 20 your let
ter about J G. Walton and his hav-
ing run train on the Mexican Ma
tional railway out Of Laredo. Texas.
ahilf w tlfIV III lNfN anu
went TO work for the National rail-
way and was with Il continuously
until the strike in 1912, and since
that time have been In the real estate
business aud have known about every
conductor that worked for the COM
pany during that time. and / have
no remembran Of anyone by the
name OF j. q. Walton having worked
here during those years. However.
10 Is possible for him TO have been
here for a short time and my not
having kncwn %: u. | have been the
chief OF 500 several times and am
now its chief. although not In active
service
70 be sure about his having
worked here. | have made inquiry
of several OF tho boys who are still
here, and from one OF them | was
tod that he did remember OF a party
by the name OF Walton running a
train herefor n shortwhin. but on ac-
count of some family trouble he did
not stay long. our records show no
such man az having been a member
" this division. The conductors on
This division were mostly made here
and therefore very few changes
were made. it also being considered
he best division 10 work on, and |
feel sure ~ no worked here IL was
Tor a very short time, as no one
seems 10 remember anything about
him except the ono mentioned above
Hoping that you will get at the
'acts. and II he Is nm imposter, cx-
pose him 10 the fullest. am,
Yours fraternally.
(Signed) r. 4. BrNN.
e. G. Div. 399.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-29
DiUOrCe DriUeS
Man TO Death
OUer Niagara
Price of Honor Is Sleep of
Death Says Note
Left Behind

NIAGARA FALLS, oct. 2S.---
Finding OF a mans coat and hat
and papers near Cont Island
bridge today indicated that John
h. Lcnmln Of Lancaster, Pa, COM
mitted suicide during tho night
by going over the falls.
a letter addressed 90 Mrs. Helen
Leamau said.
May God forgive me. but there
Is no other way. Your happiness
requires you 20 be free.
"Fame. fame. is choaply earned
by tleet,ng breath.
but the price OF honor Is the
sleep of death"
with the letter was a newspaper
clipping stating that MTa. Helen
Leaman had filed application for
divorce from John L. Leaman.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-29
Republican Candidate Entering
The GubernQfOriai Home Stretch

n. m; Oknrche. .. m; Caiume'
9 y m, Union city, p. M; FL
Reno. z 80 y. m,
Thursday Nov Maud. 1915
n m Wanctto. l:30 .. m. Tccum-
sch, 4 y. M Shawnee. y. m,
Friduy Nov 3--All day In Okla
homa county.
Saturday Nov Am day In
Oklahoma county.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-29

FnWnCC tOnntY--In going over
the county with the various pre-
clnct committeeman will say that
never saw the republican party OF
Pawnee county more harmonious
than they are today. 4 great many
OF the committee think Fields will
carry the county by 1000. I would
gamble little that no will carry
IL by not less than 500. lie IL go
ing to poll a heavy vote among the
ladies and they will cast heavy
vote In this county this fall. as we
are making "A thorough canvas on
registrations. A great many demo-
Gratis In this county are going TO vote
for Fields that are not saying any
thing about Il, I think the silent
vote of this county will mostly go
20 Fields.