The New York herald., 1922-03-19
Did You Hear?
About the Society Girl on the
Stage and Ziegfeld's Anti
Marriage Order.
ny LUCIEN CLEvEs.

i MoAN1 tHc yOuItIS dHu ubtuoeuh
~ who decorated the stage dur
ing the first act Of the last
division Of Back to Methuseiah," seen
last week at the Garrick Theater. was
a handsome young woman In a red
tunic who played the cello. She is
tall and blond and her beauty Is Of a
distinctly Polish type. She Is making
her first appearance on the stage.
Miss Helena Adamowska, for such
is her name, Is the daughter Of Joseph
Adamowsh, the famous Boston musi-
clan. who was for SO many years q
member Of the Boston Symphony Or
chestra. His wife, who was well
known as pianist, was Antoinette
Szumowska. Miss Adamowska, who
has just decided to follow the stage
as a career. is a goddaughter Of Nine.
Helena Paderewska, wife Of the IA
nous pianist. Her mother was one
of his first pupils. Miss Adamowska
is a niece OF the well known violinist,
Timothee Adamowski. who was also
connected for a long time with tho
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Miss Adamowska might have been
amusing herself stiIl In Boston society
had 1t not been for the entertainments
organized for the Polish charities dur
Ing the war. 1t was then that she
| first showed her talent for the stage.
| nA No tiVn I'D
at the Cort Theater by Nine. Sembrich
for Polish relief.
ZieEfeId VIII he stern.
So many OF the budding talents col
lected by Flo Ziegfeld for sally or
the Frolics are carried away by do
| terrnined suitors that Mr.. Ziegfeld has
| determined to be very stern about the
matter In the future. He wants the
| young women OF his artistic cohorts to
| keep their minds on their art. He means
to impress on them that they arc on
gagged by him to look after tho affairs
Of art and not affairs Of the heart.
Mr.. Ziegfeld has therefore announced
officially that hereafter marriage will
be looked upon by him as automatically
bringing to an end any contracts that
may exist between him and the distan
wing Of his company. He does not de-
sire to see the young women Of his
organizations too much occupied with
their domestic duties TO give their best
to what the public expects OF them.
The public has come, moreover, 20 sx-
pect so much OF a ziegfeld chorus girl
that the manager regards II as Job
enough for any girl to attend TO her
duties on the stage.
The Stock In weakened.
The stock companies In the various
| cities OF the country have been t.vated
with scant lIberality by the theatergoers
In their zones. Indeed. more than one
/ of them which has always contrived to
go through a successful season for some
years past. has been compelled to close
up shop prematurely.
Even the repertoire companies which
| have established names throughout the
area in which they appear year after
year TO comparatively small but regu-
lar profits. have for the first time
found their clients Indifferent A num-
her of them have folded their tents to
await more favorable mood In the
public.
A Storm In the Dark.
George Broadhurst's play. The
Storm" which has been condensed for
melodrama and gone through other
processes that mark the lapse OF the
popular drama, is now to enjoy another
incarnation. A negro company In pre-
senting II in the cities that have an
exclusive theater OF this kind.
The Theater BfIfnguaI.
The Fourteenth Street Theater. which
began its history as a playhouse de-
voted to drama in the French language
and was called AZ the beginning the
Theater Francais has not been able 20
escape from It's obvious dos I'M. II Is