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Evening star., 1922-03-05
Fay Banter Talks.

"During the three years East Is
West has rum" Miss Banter con-
tinued, "the cast has changed ire
Quently, and consequently my reac-
varied SO I haven't tired Of the role.
! consider The Willow Tree was my
best play, but I could never nave
played in 1t as long as have In East
Is West it would have killed me. II
is too strenuous, too exactins, out
did love it,
As Miss BANTER continued talking.
an interesting bit of information
crept out, namely, that she Is really
an "old-fashioned' girl.
Il belong before the war" she SAID.
"for l don't understand what things
the modern trend. psyche ANALYSIS.
new thought and all that sort OF
thing. 1 don't understand the modern
fiapper, with her rolled stockings,
bobbed hair and we'll stocked ciga-
rette case. ! just don't belong in the
world of today. guess.
derstand," Miss BANTER said. and
that is the manner in which the stage
is conducted. The theater If called
profession. while it rs ANYTHING out
that It has no entrance REQUIRE
nents. no examinations, no IDEAS no
ethics, and inexperienced people. u
publicity through some scandal. can
Immediately obtain the best parts.
Eventually they may be dropped. Dut
the harm is done, they have hurt inc
theater and the hard-working. con-
scientious actors who are giving tne
best that is in them, in an enoeaVor
to raise artistic standards.
81 began acting when l was Tour
wears old, but did not attain to any
degree of success until five years ago.
'I have walked from one manager
Office to another. hungry, and begging
for chance at understudy parts. only
to see some one who had absolutely
no training or experience get them.
When was eighteen l could act nVe
times better than I can now. 1 know
It. for I had all the confidence IN the
world. I would have taken the roie
Of Lady Macbeth without the slight-
est hesitation or concern. 1t is olner
ent now, for that exuberance o!
youth is gone. Do not think that
am discrediting my work, for love
acting. and wouldn't do anything else
for the world. but I do think the
present conduct OF the theater is not
generous to the great actors and ac-
tresses who have worked all their
lives to perfect their art.
"As for the future? Well. want 10
remain on the stage for Few more
years. then go in the movies for two
or three, and then retire"
ELENORE DE WITT EbY.
Evening star., 1922-03-05
The Lloyd-Wood Family
ARCHER. was q favor

NfATHILDE ARCHER was q favor.
40 Ito entertainer in England many
years ago. and when she settled down
to q happy married life and raised
eight children 1t was but natural to
expect that at least one would fol-
low in mothers footsteps and WOO
fame behind the footlightA
When seven Of the eight decided
upon . stage career It was surprise
even to the good mother. Thus came
tho Lloyd family. Of which Alice, tho
we'll known comedienne, Is the most
celebrated.
While Alice IL perhaps the best
known on this side Of the water, her
elder sister, Marie Lloyd, has thou.
sands Of admirers here. Daisy Wood.
Rosie Lloyd and Maud and Sidney
Wood also have appeared in America.
although not in the last decade. Two
other members Of the family. Grace
Lloyd and Annie Lloyd, are English
favorites who have not yet crossed
the Atlantic.
The family name is Wood but Alice.
Marie, Rosie. Grace and Annie ali
adopted Lloyd as q stage name With
the exception of the brother and sis.
ter. Maud and Sidney Wood. who have
always appeared as team, all the
sisters have won their regulations as
single" entertainers.
Alice Lloyd has appeared in Amer.
lea both in vaudeville and musical
comedy. Many will remember her in
Little Miss rixft" ana 'The Rose
M8IQs A~a. n n1GnAs
Evening star., 1922-03-05

THE modern Tnagte'@ OF motion pic
ture making involves no end OF
ingenuity.
There used to be time in the his
tory of the industry when an that
was needed for a picture was a park
bench, an interior kitchen set. such
as used in stage plays; fancy drop.
perhaps. some sunshine and actors.
Now. with complicated scenarios call
ing for scenes in every section OF the
United States. to say nothing Of for
eign countries. a research department.
art department. architects. interior
decorators and experts Of all kinds
are called in to work on the cinema
production.
These technical experts have brought
to the screen every country under the
sun almost. Let the locale of the
story be in Thrums. Scotland. Sir ]. NJ.
Barrie's birthplace. as it was in "Ths
Little Minister" starring Betty Comp
son, and Thrums is built. Perhaps
the action of the story takes place In
a beautiful French garden. as in
Forever" the Paramount adaptation
of Du Maurier's classic story, Peter
Ibbetson" The art department built
the garden on the studio stage.
Not long ago. at the west coast
studio, a reproduction of street in
Paris, Rue Macabre. was required for
The Green Temptation" another
Betty Compson picture. The result
Evening star., 1922-03-05

FAY BANTER. dainty and winsome
in her role Of Ming Toy" in
East is West" retains those two at
tributes off-stage. although her ap-
pearance is so changed that one can
scarcely believe she is the same per-
son who portrayed the little maid
from China. In the first place; her hair
Is blond, and she Is typically Anglo
Saxon, and then she looks rather tall
er. too. However. she has exactly the
charming personality one sees in her
stage creation of Ming Toy fasci-
mating, vivid and quite unsophisti-
Gated
Miss BANTER Is young. not only in
years, but in heart. and she fairly
bubbles over" with enthusiasm about
certain things which especially in
terest her. Last weeks snowstorm was
the first she had seen all winter, and
she could hardly wait ito get out and
walk around in it."
Just think she said. ct is the
only snow I've seen all year. and I've
been having the most wonderful time
this morning, watching IL falling.
We've been on the road all winter.
travelling everywhere from here to
California, and it's been bitter cold,
snowstorm. At one little town in Ne
braska my hand was frostbitten. and
l was terribly worried about il, and
in fact i don't think it's all we'll yet,
for every time the temperature drops.
it acncs. The boys in the company
laughed. at me. but they all blew on
the hand, trying to make Il warm.
IT'S rather hard travelling around
continually. sleeping in bumpy. cold
trains. and I'm glad we'rc returning
TO New York for awhile. There are so
many wonderful things TO look for
ward tc for l expect to see some of
the new theatrical productions. and.
best of ali. I'm going to hear Heifetz
play at AeGlian Hail.
When asked about her play, East
is West" Miss BANTER said:
'tOf course l should like to have d
new part some time soon, and yet l
love my role of Ming Toy it is such
a marvelously adaptable one. For
instance, l can be awfully tired out
and pla:- 1t, and people will say Poor
Little Ming Toy. she's such IN appeal
ing little thing. we feel SO sorry for
her"Or 1 can be full of life and energy
and their impression is What viva
,cious little creature she is, so bright
and gay" Then again I can be in per-
fectiy hateful mood and eyerv enc
SAYS, Isn't she mischievous? What a
fiery. fascinating personality: So you
see it really makes no difference how
1 feel. l can portray the part success
iully.
Evening star., 1922-03-05

THE great proscenium painting
from old Daly's Theater. New
York. and the medallions of Shakes
peare and Moliere as we'll. which were
inserted over the boxes, have become
the property of Margaret Anglin.
The painting represents Roman
festival given in celebration OF an inn
perial victory the second century after
Christ. particularly appropriate at
this time in that the representation
of the devastation of war on one side,
balanced by symbols of JOY and peace
on the other. is reminiscent of our
battlefields in France with their stark
horror and desolation.
Holding the center Of the big can
vas is a Roman Marionette show with
the women popuface as an audience
in the foreground. To the extreme
left is a pageant of drama with blind
Homer and his Tyre as the outstanding
figure. Another pageant of literature
with Dante's figure (copied from Giot.
to's Dante) holds the left center Of
the picture. while in the background
the STATS Of the legionaries. orna-
mented with gaudy. picturesque SYM
bols, loom up conspicuously.
At the extreme right Virgil is pic
tured and right center Diogenes with
his lantern appears in the scanty
garb of the Stole philosophers. Here
Evening star., 1922-03-05
ny EJ.E MORE DE WITT EBY.

BY EJENORE DE WITT EBY.
nROBABLY every one who saw Fay
I BANTER in East Is West" last
week at the Garrick marveled at
the number of beautiful Chinese Co.'S
tunes she wore. In every scene she
appeared in a different one. and in
the last act alone she changed her
garb three times. Brocaded, and en-
broidered satins in varied color tones
and combinations were used in the
development OF these attractive little
Jacket and trouser suits. and each
was cut on slightly different lines,
proving that oriental costumes are
not always as much alike as the
westerner fancies.
Miss Banter. curled up in a chair
in her hotel rooms. and dressed in a
distinctly American neglige. told the
writer some interesting facts about
herself and her costumes
Il really do think my Chinese suits
are exquisite" she began, "and it
seems surprising. but two of them
are the original ones that l wore
on the opening night in Baltimore
three years ago. One is the pro-
logue costume and the other, the
last act one. of mauve satin. I'm
awfully superstitious about them.
too. because I just know they have
Evening star., 1922-03-05
Hoover, Fisherman.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

from the Ph1lAdelphia Ledger.
Secretary Hoover, with his prob.
lens of feeding and healing a mis-
ordered world, may quote distfn-
guished precedents for going fishing.
Pack up your troubles in your old
kit bag" was the advice Of the war
ballad. The fish basket and the bait
box are good places to store ones
complexes. Freudian or otherwise, in
time Of peace.
Daniel Webster, Just before the i'm
mortal reply that did for Hayne, went
fishing.
Grover Cleveland. when an embrog-
Ito bussed about him and furrowed
his brow. sought the iridescent calm
Of Busxards Bay.
Theodore Roosevelt rejoiced to get
in q skiff and row out Of range Of
Hill. His expedition after the devil
fish In southern waters gave him his
technique for his combats with the
trust octopus on later occasions.
The noted fisherman smon6 states
men OF the Ksystone Key nun state was ss Matt
than surf fishing. Attired in hip
boots and tarpaulins, he would give .
day to get q bite. After he had been
out pursuing the tArpon on one Of
his Florida trips with Ben Sooy. his
silent skipper. the plum tree in Penn
roots ~ wire from his piscatorial
retreat.
Attorney General Dausherty--it
takes one wAltonian to evaluste an
other says Hoover is quiet when the
Ash are biting. That 10 the perfect
tribute to the ideal Temperament
From such sessions Of profoundest
silence oracular wisdom emerges.
Hnoyer may be relied on to excogitate
ana then to DO the wise. right thing,
haoause, with an old slouch hat pulled
oyer his brow. he sits for hours think
sne and fishing. There may be nary
q iierle of the line a.stfeam. but you
mns{r,'t think there's nothing moving
in his mind. =.
Evening star., 1922-03-05
Genius viii Out.

TO briefly sketch the barest high
lights in Margaret Anglin's color
full career. it is necessary to go back
TO the house Of parliament in Ottawa,
where the infant Margaret was born.
Her father was speaker of the house.
and it was customary for the speaker
to live in the parliament building.
Coming from such distinguished
family. a social rather than q stage
career had been planned by the Ang-
lin family for their blossoming daugh-
ity in reciting pieces" in the Convent
of the Sacred Heart. in Montreal.
where she went to school, her father
instructed the nuns not to allow his
ties for dramatic expression.
But, since genius will out" de-
spite all efforts to suppress it, Mar
garet, twelve years old. unexpectedly
arose without invitation at the grad
uation exercises. which her parents
were attending, and delivered Q scene
from Shakespeare, to the astonisn-
ment of the sisters ana others pres.
ent, with such childish eloquence and
to recognize his daughters histriontc
talent.
erward. when Margaret Anglin was
DlAYlTk lSdQlHS ToiSS I'm thC 1SihPA z
Stock Company and her parents
came to the theater to see their
gifted daughter act for the first
time, her father still opposed her
ambitions and sat through the en-
tire performance with his eyes
tightly closed. loath to recognize the
fact that his daughter had selected q
stage career. And In all Miss Anglin's
brilliant successes which followed, he
never saw her on the stage.
Margaret Anglin's professional de-
but was made in shenandoah" when
she was sixteen years old. In follow
ing out her dramatic aspirations it
was Margaret's mother who had
brought about the possibility of New
York and a stage beginning, in spite
of her fathers opposition to 1t.
After Shenandoah" Miss Anglin
played leading roles with James
O'Neill. Richard Mansfield. p. H.
Southern and with the old Empire
Stock Company In Mrs. Danes De-
tense she had definitely attained a
major success. In "zira." shortly
afterward. she was recognized as q
fuII-f1edged star. Co.starring with
Henry Miller in "The Great Divide"
in the memorable role of Ruth Jordan,
Miss Anglin scored nationwide sue
cess.
s with "The Awakening of Helena
sRitchie" she assumed managerial -.
sponsibilities Chen almost unheard OF
Evening star., 1922-03-05
Miss Ina Frederick's afternoon
fr0eIk OF peach-colored Canton crepe.
worn at keith's.

Vk RcWOAsCVAVIV3 SuhNVAA SkC1Cs
worn at keith's.
however. was the Russian dance.
which she performed on huge tam
BOURNE.
Her costume, which is illustrated
was elaborate in the extreme. with
its combinations OF georgette and
satin in vivid designs and colors. The
blouse was Of delicate orchid geor-
gette. with a slightly rounded neck
and fiaEing bell sleeves. Then there
was a loose jacket Of tan, stamped
with brilliant color pattern and
edged with deep purple, as were the
blouse sleeves. A tiny apron at the
front was also of purple. with a bor-
der of contrasting tones. and the
wide knee-length skirt was of green
satin, with bright bars of color
circling 1t. Miss Pennington's head
dress was ablaze with seQuins in dark
tones of purple. red and green.
Miss Ina Frederick. who is appear
ing at Keith's in q sketch entitled
shopping" wore two very handsome
gown creations. one Of which Is pic
tured at the right. The material was
peach-colored Canton crepe. and the
applique design was done in. black
The blouse. which was cut with a
bateau neck and short sleeves
showed an apron panel at the front
and q wide cape collar at the back
The skirt was composed Of separate
panels. with a large apron fold at
the front. and the gifdle was quite
plain. without tassel or bow orna-
mentatiOn.
Evening star., 1922-03-05
A Harp Wonder.

ONE Of the most interesting fea-
lures Of last summers tour of
Sousa's Band was the playing of
Winifred Bambrick, the remarkable
young harpist who came. out of
Canada recently and took New York
by storm at her debut recital in
Aeolian Hall. Under the baton of
the march king the unfailine tri-
her q foremost place among the liv-
ing virtuosi of the harp. A singular.
almost phenomenal. combination of
power. technical truth and tonal
fiexibility are said to distinguish
her playing. No swift arpeggio. no
sudden succession Of chord no run
Of scales, is too much for ner won
derful wrists, her dazzling technical
readiness.
She knows her classics as few
living harpists know them, and is
also q progressive, q modern, q yery-
much-alive artist
Evening star., 1922-03-05

for a woman) and became her own di-
rector. manager and producer. Since
that time Miss 'Anglin has held q sig
nificant place in the managerial field.
selecting for production not only the
best in English literature but the
greatest masterpieces from the class
les.
For the Greek plays, she won in ac-
tual figures an audience Of more than
. million people In the country, after
every Broadway manager had shud-
dered at Euripides and Sophocles and
condemned Attic drama as "imprac-
ticable,"- dead" and utterly impos.
sible" Not only has Miss Anglin
made an artistic success Of the Creek
revivals. but they have proved finan-
cially sound and practicable, although
she undertook the first Greek play
without a penny Of capital behind her
and with no manager to advise or di-
rect her.
Evening star., 1922-03-05
4 Memorial Masterpiece.

again in the background the soldiers
spears are apparent. One soldier who
has emerged from the crowd to watch
the marionette show with his lady
love. stops to pay the oriental in
charge of the show (puppet shows at
that time having been familiar
form of amusement in the orient for
many years and brought into Rome
always by orientals.
Garibaldi, an Italian painter. is re-
sponsible for the composition. which
has been rendered in brilliant reds
and blues with the traditional gold
background of the Italian school Of
the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
and strongly influenced by the early
Italian masters. The medallions Of
Shakespeare and Moliere are by E
Grivaz.
Since the opening week Of The
Woman of Bronze," when Miss Anglin
(who was the last lessee of Daly's) set
her heart on the old DAILY curtain.
which fell to dust as it was removed
from the frame, the actress has been
determined to have some memento OF
her memorable years there and now
feels that for the disappointment Of
the curtain full reparation has been
made by the proscenium painting
which was judged last week by ex-
perts who viewed it as an invaluable
relic and an especially fine work OF
art
Evening star., 1922-03-05
Voice and Musical Comedy
"MUS1CAL comedy, even Of the
AA present day." says Charles Win
ningef, gives opportunity for the ar

SMUS1CA1 comedy, even OF the
AA present day." says Charles Win
ningef, gives opportunity for the ar
tistic touch.
II believe in musical comedy not
only a. q means Of entertainment but
as an excellent substitute for the new
moriDund stock company system. the
passing Of which 10 being famented
~ the crittes Of the drama" says MI.
Winninger. In certain respects, musi-
cal comedy Offers greater or better
opportunities In q season or 80 to
master technique, or rather 1 should
say the Dig essentials Of . technique,
which might require years of stock
company apprenticeship.
THE great lack Of our English-
speaking stage ~ the actor who has q
good voice ana knows how to use IT.
speaking voice. I mean. Il 10 impos.
stble to make the young actor Under
stand the necessity for voice culture,
ana he has no business Supplying at
any stage door unless he 1lae had the
beneflt Of . thorough course in sing
ing under the tuition Of q first.cIass
singing teacher.
ITO succeed on the dramatic stage
or in the pulpit or on the piAtforn1. it
is essential that one be able to project
onA's personality into the audftorium.
and there 10 only one way OF doin =
that, through the human voice. No
spark Of genius, Of charm, or al phy-
oica1 beauty wifi avail in the absence
Of flexible speaking voice under per-
feet control
Evening star., 1922-03-05
| Miss Fay Bainter's dainty Chinese
Garb worn I'm "East In West"

brought me good luck. Although the
prologue suit IA SO worn that it's
almost in tatters. l make my maid
patch and sew 1t together. for I tell
her that the minute 1 discard those
original costumes the play will close.
ITS funny about Chinese suits"
Miss BANTER continued. They seem
to make every one who wears them
look small. People think that 1 am
quite tiny and I'm really not. I be-
lieve you could put a 500-pound
woman in one Of those costumes and
she'd look the same size that I do.
Also, they make one look young, for
every one thinks that Ming Toy is
about sixteen and lots of people even
send me dolls
/. Miss Bainter's costume. which is
sketched. consists OF jacket of light
biegs silk, with an elaborate en-
broidered design in peacock blue and
dark tan, ana loose trousers Of pale
mauve satin, striped with blue and
yellow. In her hair she wore a wreath
of dainty white flowers and q band
Of red cord. from which dangled a
long silk tassel. Tiny oriental slip
pers completed the outfit. :.
Vivacious Anne Pennington returned
to the National last week. with
George Whites Scandals" During
the action of the piece she appeared
in a South sea dance, as "Delilah"
in a burlesque on the opera. and as
Columbia" in a Panama canal tab
leau. Her most effective number,
Evening star., 1922-03-05
BY CHARLES GARTNER.
FIFTEEN years ago motion pictu

FIFTEEN years ago motion pictures
were q despised plaything., Man.
ayers Of vaudeville houses used them
as "chasers" in order to empty their
theaters and fill them again with q
fresh audience. The pictures were
crude and uninteresting. Poorly
made French comedies and one and
two reel American westerns" form
ed the chief screen products of the
day.
You probably remember these old
westerns" They inevitably con-
sisted Of soldiers At a frontier fort,
q pretty girl, q villainous Mexican
or halfbreed- renegade, pioneersmen,
a gallant hero. Indians and Gatling
gun. The climax was always q
thrilling battle between the settlers
ana the Indians, with the hero bring
inr at the last moment the gailoping
soldiers, who rescued the heroine and
aettIers in q cloud Of dust. These
pictures were frequently made in
three or four days. One man direct
ed, acted - eameram;n,n, man ~ and s "dou- :
sary. When exhibited. the f1lm was
fllsd with fiickering streaks. known
A "rain." Occulists threw their
hands up in horror at the sight of
The movie theaters of those days
were nickelodeons, where one could
Zee a program OF the westerns"
and perhaps French comedy. The
thssts.s were ..,'n small d,.ty poorly rs vent. mt.
pie. in those days, took the movies
Seriously. They. considered pictures
ping pong and typography. They
were mistaken.
One man--Adolph zukor-had faith
enourh in their future to introduce
them into the chain of theaters which
he was operating with Marcus Loew:
Mr.. Zukor made an EFFORT to present
sible. He saw that his theaters were
clean, the Aim in good condition and
suits convinced him that in the mo-
tion picture lay one n Hf the
the rnakfnR Of pictures could become
Ien art. He trisd to- convince the
Evening star., 1922-03-05
4 Sunburst of Successes.

Blanche Ring up in electric letters
over the door of the theater and Mr..
Frohmans offer was declined with
thanks.
just one song after another famous.
while at the same time building a big
reputation for her travesties Of ia
nous dramatic roles. In The Jersey
Lily" she sang 'Bedelia' into the
hearts Of the public; while in ..u,aits H,s
Me Around Again. Willie" to the
world In 1.-The Midnight Sons" with
Lew Fields. she made Rings on My
Fingers and Bells on My Toes" the
song hit of the season. while in 1T
Happened in Noordland" she scored an
Mime Dupree's role in The Music
Master" In The Yankee Girl she
had all the world singing "Yip-I-
Addy." while Why Is the Ocean So
Claudia Smiles" in which she sang
it. And in vaudeville she gave fame
to I'D Leave My Happy Home For
You" They're All Out of Step But
Jim," Bling. Bang. Bing En- on the
Rhine" and many other song hits. In
garet Anglin in The Great Divide"
was the talk of the town. In 'The
Great White Way" her travesty Of
Margaret Ellington in THE Thief" was
the laughing hit of the season. In
Nobody Home" she burlesqued Nazi-
nova in war Brides" while more re-
Gently she and her husband. Charles
Winninger. gave remarkable imita.
tion in THE Passing Show Of 1918" OF
John and Lionel Barrymore in "Fhe
Jest" Miss Ring as John. In this. too.
she scored with an impersonation Of
Fay BANTER as Ming Toy in East Is
West" A list Of Miss Rings successes
would make this story endless.
The Rings take kindly to the the
ater OF three sisters Of Blanche, two
are on the stage - Frances (Mrs.
Thomas Meighan, last seen in up
stairs and Down." and Julie. who has
just completed two years engage
ment in up In Mabel's Room" Cyril,
their brother. is with his brother-in-
f,rr ;v nj