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SEos angclc5un0aij amies. 32 SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 16, 1923. PART III. NEW YORK SEES SOME BIG HITS ORCHESTRA IS GIVEN PRAISE WHO'S WHO AND WHAT'S WHAT A Department of Information Regarding the Pictures and Their Players MELODRAMA IS LIFE Star "Arizona Express" Contends Decried Form of Art, is Condensation of Everyday Occurrences Th status of th melodrama aa sn expression of dramatic art hat been, a much discussed question of recent Yet In the realms of Greek drama, Shakespeare, and other masters of dramatlo expression pf.rrv la force "MEET THE WIFE" A RIOT I i- Knock- cm-Down Methods Don I Lessen Interest; Censorship of Stage bt an.nr.nT fiirr.rrs Puhlto Tf'dtrr-r Correspondent NEW TOF.K.

1 0. It was suggested at th end tha rri" letter In this one-sided "correspondence that "Meet th Wife" la an musing how. Th detail are now forthcoming. In apil of th fact that a full biography of th author ef thla comedy appeared In th rapiTB, on ha th suspicion that he Is other than th author Cf "Th Torch Bearers" and thla la dua not to aom almllarltlM of plot and treatment, but to tha fact that both plays vara produced by tha expressing life as It really Is. (Continued from 27th Tag) vtous occasions ft had attended the Friday afternoon and th Pati urdav evening concert!) they wera the first concert, of tha season.

Tha orchestra had had the ad-vantage of several public appearances, and much rehearsing, when I listened their playing a few dava ago. What a difference! The Thilharmonlc was an exceptional orchestral unit In the autumn of 1921. It Is now one of the foremost to bo found anywhere In the And It Is thla fact that I to th. citizens of 1 tamn company and In the aama way, Los Angeles, many of whom mayjhanks's manager demanded a fifty the moral atandard of the com not have henrd as tnany sympnony socletlea na I have In Europe, as well as th United States. I'Um lnn.Ko.A.1 atrtnothnpSS and sonority of the string; the lm- Much to my surprise, the ab-sn- of Alison Pwlpworth was not fat.il, for Mary BoUnd showed 'fi" rriflnc comedy, and, In addition, 1ld some.

Vita of neat acting, and prnst aw ford not hla Imnllar aeif too much and helped provement In the brafs and trie Tn and bigger aurprls wood-wind sections, and the wft( (h, runi0r tnat n0dolph Valen-holKhlened co-ordination among fPntln0 t0 mnilt two more pPtlJros the various ohnirs of tha 'h, hnr- rr yumftun j.ayers-Iasky. I)y tha melodrama has been a means Such is th contention of Tom Buckingham, now engaged in directing tha sqreen version of Lincoln J. Carter's melodrama, "Th Arizona Express." at the Fox West Coast studios. "Th melodrama is a pithy, thrilling cross-section of life," contends Mr. Buckingham.

"Its thrills and exciting situations are attained both by emotional and physical development and expression. The ancient Greek dramatists packed their plays with thrilling action. Shakespeare's "Macbeth' and other masterpieces ar melodramas. "Melodrama the term Is a misnomer. Itorlglnated more than 100 years ago in England when songs were Introduced into a certain type of drama.

This type became known as melody-drama. The abbreviation of the compound word made it melo-drama. Passing through years of various intrinsic changes In form, the term became associated with the abnormally thrilling plays at one time so popular on the stage. MELODRAMA IS LIFE "It Is not, however, a visual or auditory tonic for the Jaded nerves of a weary public, It Is; of lnmnselv. 1 have piy own, and su a deleterious erfecl upon Pitiion or iionilc, tho of.

such and such a person. I'l" produrers on rot nqr-" it'll Without that proof, all the rest l-'ilne, so wilt pass 'hat. excellent contersalwn. 'The play la with ha nOOM snOW VS cv rail te.hr 'h- mono a-emt to he "l.at.gh or rieasanter matters I hava for f.r cm- 'o long been an admirer of the nr MAnjonin Kid Thomas. Hollywood.

Billy Sullivan has certainly coma to th front within th last year or two as a pugilistic charmer, Judging from th letter received from those following the "Leather serial. P.ut in view of the fact that you "hav him cheated tor look and hav had 1U0 battles in th iinti. I see no reason, wny you stiouiun't tpeak up in your una ueha.il. 'I her in only one way to nel into th ninm, and in. a is by calling around at th various studios bright and early in uiu mornings ana ukiii fur-a luit.

If they are in uvuti of a uoxer und you come up to luulre-in. -ins, you will eventually, in ail probability, be gHn a trial. Reginald Denny was formerly a star in the abuv serlAl, but gave up tne part, 1 believe, to appear in ilobail Henley "The Abyntual Brute." Mrs. Leona Los Angeles. As far as I have been able to team the Idea of presenting "Faust" on the screen has been abandoned for the time being at least.

It was announced at the Pickford-Fairbanks studio a few months ago that Mary would transfer the classical old drama to the gllversheet under the supervision of the German director, Ernst Lubitsch, but "Rosita" waa later substituted. D. F. Del Monte. Alice Joyce portrayed the role of Mary Turner in the first film version of Bayard Velller's melodrama, "Within the Law." Norma Tal-madge, as you know, recently revived again the old stage play In celluloid.

I don't remember the first production and regret 1 do not have at hand a few comments which were made at that time. Alice Joyce Is undoubtedly a re-il actress, as wss evidenced by hr performance In "The Green Goddess." I also hope her pictures in the future are not so far apart. Elmer Thoenlx. Lon Chancy Is not a hunchback In every day life. Neither Is deformed In any way.

His art of contorting his body Into such weird shapes confined strictly to pictures. There are many other artists who have achieved success In enacting the "Illusion" of a. hunchback. A few of those whom I call to mind are: George Hackethorn In "Mer-ry-Go-Round" and other productions: John Barrymore on the legitimate stage, and Harry Mes-tayer. A.

TC, Los Angeles. The last address I had for Eddie Polo was In care of TTnlversal Film Corn- tnwk von and: 11 Tt. ii-r loVn that ho t.chnmu w-k i The. haidlv a of i cscv and vet everything la asree-i tHnnmnd r-M and broad thing I mean toroml in ti en--e of easy to not in th" moral sense which beer, afflicting 'he New York theater lately. I and jet no en resorts them.

There is a certain violent rouch-downright quality, about tho i.roduction, and nona of your nonsense about art. The result, asi I've just said, i good enough. lU'SKMBM GUAM Essentially this Is the same f.lay as "Too Many Husbands" that not an Impossible accumulation oft had tho larger part on the Christ-thrilling situations. It is life, life mas program given in the school's as we live it every day. theater Friday night.

Every child "How many times have people jrrom the youngest pupil to the In an automobile taken a chance nad a p(lrt ln the Christmas on crossing ln front of a street maviat rhrtiiimg.tr vhihit little masterpiece by Pomernet Maugham which aa act-1 produced An Knemy of the J'eo-cd v.nh and beauty a few Pl. one of the livelier Pleces r.f jcars apo, and efmplv didn't go, the Thscn repertory, made notable car or a train, rather than wait until it passes? This, as it could he shown In pictures, sandvviahed in hetween plot development, would be melodramatic. "How many times have people been Indiscreet in writing letters and then hoping against hope that thev wonldn'f he usert to In. criminate or mix them up In ai lawsuit or any other kind of un pleasantness? "Life is melodrama. I repeat, but on the stage or screen it Is the condensation, the Intensive pollshlng of cause and effect.

"When you analyze melodrama, what do you find? That the difference between it and other forms of the drama is that the melodrama actually employs mechanical means to assist in producing a big climax whereas the other forms of drama do not. Nowadays, having trained many of the screen's the mechanical means have been leading cinematographers. Mr. Ly-so toned down that there is little Ions is now photographing "Happi-diff crence between melodrama and ness," Lauretta Taylor's second drama 1 Metro starring picture. ipany.

Ha completed his engaga- merit nun iiiom, ngwever. "O'rrni month ago and is now on a personal tour through Mexico. His last serial for t'nlveraal was entitled "Do or VI:" Mr. Polo waa born in Ban Francisco. Ilia professional career included several year on tha stage, vaudeville, musical comedy and the circus, respectively, before entering picture work.

Arthur Los Angeles. Omar Whitehead, who played th role of Abraham Lincoln in "Wild Bill Hlckok," may reached by mall at 1042 Del Mar street, Pasadena. I was Interested to know that you and Mr. Whitehead played In stock companies together (the 10, 20 and SO-cent variety) yeara ago. Doesn't It give you a feeling of envy to se him making such forward strides In the cinema world? Even though he plays only small parts.

It seems to me It would an Incentive for you to put forth an extra effort In that direction. It Is not because Mr. Whitehead appears In a BUI Hart picture particularly that he deserves "honorable mention," hut because of his own Individual work. He la also appearing at the present time in Mary Pickford's "Rosita." Willis Los Angeles. The name of Douglas Falrhank's former wife Is now Mrs.

James Evans. She married shortly after her divorce from Mr. Fairbanks. Doug Fairbanks, lives most of the time with his mother, I believe. Mrs.

Lorenxa Venice, Mar-Jorle Rambeau has returned to New York where sh expects to appear In a new star production. I haven't her personal address on file, but sh can be rachd through A. TT. Woods, theatrical producer. New York City.

Myrtle Los Angeles. Robert F.deson 1 married to Marr New-comb. Miss Newenmb. you will remember, w-as formerly leading woman at the Majestic Theater. Mr.

Edeson devotes most of his tlm to nlctures. On of r-ont annearanees wss In "The otlent Partner." a Paramount nro. docflon. featuring Owen Moore and Leatrlc MOTTfSAV WALLACE FNGGEP Finis Fox has engaged Morgan Wallace, who played one of the principal roles In Griffith's "Orphans of the Storm." "Dream Street." and "One Exciting Night." for a featured role In "The Woman W'ho Sinned" with Mae Busch, Cullen Landls and Irene Rich. iilMM- (Continued from 27th Tag) theatrical history how that itn of tha biggest Broadway iticcarsea hara been alow to catch tha publlo fancy.

Two big aurprlaea hit Brodway thla weak of which Ln Angele has doubtless already heard tha first, that Famous riayera-Lsky would not take tip their option on th services of Douglas Fairbanks, came as a shock aa everyone thought tha boy did amazingly well In his first Howover, 1 understand that young Mr. Fair uny spin on ma pronta or tn pu ture. The answer ha got was "try and get It" or words to that effect. TIIE VAI.EVHXO AFFAIR "oing he will settle arnica div a n'sp' that promised to stay In I mny monhts. No definite announcement of this has been made because the lawyer on both side have not actually finished drawing up the contract.

However, tha deal la sure to go through. Forrest Halsey ha been assigned to do the scenario and Mrs. Valentino Is said to be interviewing actors, director and whatnot for the production. Mr. and Mrs.

Ya)cn. tino are leaving for abroad this week but they will return In less than a month to start production. The picture In all probability will be made at the Long Island studio. No expense will be spared and It Is said that Paramount hopes to make It one of their biggest productions for the coming year. They mill look on Valentino as the biggest box-office attraction there Is.

The Distinctive Picture Corporation has Just made what looks like th screen find of the year. This Is Lennre Hughes, who dances wiih Maurice at the Talais Royals. Photographers have long looked' upon Alls Hughes as one of the most Interesting camera subjects among American girls, hilt curiously enough, no motion-picture producer ever thought to give her an adequate screen test before. Albert Parker engaged her a week or so ago to play a. small part In support of Alma Rubens In "Blood and Gold," but when her rushes were run he was so enthusiastic over hor that the scenario was changed to give her more to do.

Good news travels fast, apparently, for hardly a day or two after her first rushes were run other directors were mentioning her as a possible candidate for big parts. There are many California film players visiting Broadway Just now. Owen Moor arrived a few days ago. I understand that he Is looking about for a stage play. Another Callfornlan who Is soon to be seen on th New York sta? Is Olga Orey, formerly of ie Frank Kgan Company.

Clara Horton, the little blonde of the 'Fighting Blood" pictures, is In New York. She has signed up in a picture for the Cinema Artists' Corporation, whoever they may be, and Is considering an offer from Al Woods to appear In "F.asy Living" on the slagn. A READ I NO MATCTl Colleen Moore's visit to New York was concluded with a big luncheon at the Rltz given by First National. It waa a Joyous affair. Kach guest was given a copy of "Flaming Youth" and asked to get up and read a passage at random.

There proved to he a kick on every page. In the midst of the excitement over the startling lines In the book, Richard Rowland announced that he had already bought the screen rights to Warner Fabian's next book, which Is yet to be written. It will be called "Sailors' Wives." Metro haa been spending a lot of money on stories the last few delays. They have bought "Wife of the Centaur" and the price Is said to have been 125,000. In addition to this new novel they have bought the film rights to "The Girl Patsy," an old play in which June Mathi once starred.

The loss said of the new pictures on Broadway the better. There Is "The Dangerous Maid," with Constance Tnlmndgo, which proves that Constance's delightful personality cannot be hidden even under a dull story nd tons of costume. Some of the reviewers nominated this picture as the worst of all the costume plays, but I am sure that I have seen much worse ones. "Our Hospitality," with Buster Keaton, Is another cruel blow. There are wonderfully quaint and funny bits but they are few and far between, and the long waits are soporific.

"The Shepherd King," a F.ox spectacle, is Just terrible and onco a Fox spectacle starts out to te terrible It becomes simply Incredibly had. The, Slave of Desire" Is better than any of these but it Is being received at the Capitol without any enthusiasm. Carmel Myers and Bessie Love do all they can for it, but the director was dead set against them. He took a fantastic story with wonderful possibilities, and hammered It to death. I almost forcot that there was i on more Drm spot in tne wees, nrOEraiTlH.

amici ni'iriMin "The Acquittal. It Is ripping good melodrama and Claire Windsor looks her loveliest In It. That 1 Rood recipe for a knockout melodrama. Just a few shocks end surprises and Claire Windsor. The combination Is perfect.

STORK HOVERS NEAR Royalty In Angeles Prepares for Visit of Mythical Bird Trainers and veterinarians are making preparations at th Universal City no for a very unusual and interesting event. For the stork Is hovering over th cage of Ethel, the big wrestling lioness, star of chapter-play thrillers and one of the veterans of th big pack of "cats" at the studio. The new arrival at the oo is ex-pected 1n about two weeks, according to Charles Bv Murphy. oo superintendent. Dick, big African specimen.

Is Ethel's mate. The lioness herself Is a Universal City native. She was born In the zoo, the daughter of Queenle, another big lioness, who la still alive. Ethel was raised on the bottle and rrepared foods as a cub. and cared for by the wife of a former trainer at the xoo.

She Is now one of the largest specimens ln captivity. The assumption Is that th new arrival will also be raised on the potti. mts win givt- in n.r distinction of belna the only tecond "Take th pictur I tin making 'The Arizona It 1 called a melodrama, and I admit that such it Is. The story, however, is developed by emotional situations with tha mechanical effect lit tha end used In a logical, natural way, To me, it Is a melodrama because It is a condensed, intensely polished cross-section of a period of time in Lie lives of several peopl wherein the action moves swiftly and excitingly. "The daily papers bear testimony to the fact that swift and exciting and dramatic events happen lit the lives of hundreds of peop'e every day.

I have never undfrstood why melodrama, as It la understood and" screened to day, could be a moot question as to whether or not it is an expression of dramatic art. Most emphatically, it Is." The characters moving )n Mr. Buckingham's production of. "Tha Arizona Express" are portrayed by Pauline Starke, Evelyn Brent, Anne Cornwall, Ha 'old Goodwin, David Butler, Francis. MacDonald; William Humphrey and others.

CHILDREN TAKE PART IN CHRISTMAS BILTJ The children' department of the Wttllis School of Dramatic. Art Leading dance numbers were given by Peck Twins and Evelyn Adams, private pupils of Ralph Wrsy, and. a 'jompany of students trained by 1xa" 'dance SVdi''tS ftrt farp add''1 the SUCCESS of the entertainment. Next Saturday night a company of Wallls Players will present the one-act drama, "His Phantom bweetneart. tor the W.C.T.U.

in tne Denlshawn Theater. Miss Marion King and Lyle Stanton tak- lng the leading parts. TRAINS CAMERAMEN Chester A. Lyons, although only a young man, is one of the veteran cameramen of 'motion plc- tures and has the dintinction of hi til 3 4' munity la to measured, nor who In to he couriered iho possessor of th average moral taale, My own solution Is hcnutltully aliriple and wholly (unworkable. Ail I ask 1 that tha accuser bring proof actual proof that and such a piece has had aurh shows of the pa at from I' 'o which was tn one I r.w.

picking up the oth- "1 of that the anno tncernent of a new fne by the original trio cornea a i anawer to a prayer. Wodehous. liolton and Kern how the spirit respond to that maple combination, I wonder whether the excellent Robert Milton will be pruadd to stag It again. Th title, "Sitting Pretty," la of pood omen. And Mr.

haa, I hope, made so much money out of foreltrn pro-dit'tlon that he can afford at lenat aa good a production of thla one aa he cave thn earlier piece Jh.cn and Maeterlinck carried off th Intellectual honors of the i r. In 'he week the Rnlln Tetera-Jane owl production of 'Telleaa and Meiisande" atranro to discover that it la for the first time in Kn-Klih In New Tork! Hollo T'etera made the Maffa acts and la the leadlne man, the only one of our ataee delcneri who aluo acta, as far as I know. rif this play and Martin Brown's "The Lady" I ehall report more fully next weefc. know Martin Brown as th man with the greatest memory for popular aonssfor he recited word and music of about 300 of them to me a year aifo on an ocean liner and seemed to find nothing unnatural In his memory. Of course, he used an old favorite, "Pown In the, City of Sighs and Tears," In a previous play, and may have been working up material.

Also he worked dn a play on hoard ship, a thing never accomplished before. Rut aa Mr. Woods has a mania for changing the names of his piece. can't say whether "The Lady" Is the same one. iv rAssix The three narrymores were contemporaneous for only a few nights, Kthel departing as Lionel crime In.

John, with a three-week schedulo, Is to he seen on the rond In "Hamlet" prerenlly. fiwste Loftus developed a cold, hut has recovered and. as she observed keenly, has probably added another half-dozen to her admirable Imitations, The rtuth Draper recitals aren't exactly theater, but they ara entertainment. So alao a performance of Ptrawinsky's "Renard," led by Leopold Slokovvskl, which Is a ballet and ought to be done soma day aa a ballet. It wan given for orchestra, and voices and was so violently applauded that it had to be repeated.

It was also, I understand, broadcast, so that the whole world knows about It now. Blinn Had to be Two-Faced to Fill Roles The klnc of a thousand characterisations. This Is the title that might be applierl to Holbrook Bllnn, who states that he may have played more than a thousand, but there have been ao many that he has long since lost count, Tn his appearances on the anenk-tog stace and th screen. Bllnn has played every snrt. of a role, from the lowest type of mankind to the blithest, representing characters In ever? period of ancient, medieval and modern history.

Is this artist an Interpreter of royal persnnaces, his work with Mary Pick ford In as the King of Spain, stamping him as the prototype of kincly expression. Mr. Blinn on the speaking sta.ee appeared a Louis IV in "Mollere." Napoleon In "The Duchess of Pantzlc," while Pan Franciscans will recall his portrayal of Maebeth. In New York he played Lord Kitchener In "The Hard Man," and In "Becky Fharpe" he was the Marquis of Stevna. The list of plays in which Holbrook Blinn has enacted the leading role reads like a chronicle of the best plays in the history of the drama.

It would take pages to list them. During the filming of "Itoslta." however, he had his troubles. He was playlre- in the stag production of "The Bad Man" at the same time, the latter with A mus-tach. th former without. This meant that he was required to ob tain a fals mustache which exactly duplicated the one he lost thrcueh the ravages of the razor.

Photographs were taken of him. plus th mustache, which served as a pattern for the new creation. "Roslta" starts Its ff'h week at Orauman's Mlllion-Pollar Theater tomorrow. EDDIE ISN'T HAPPY F.dward Everett Horton 1s playing to enthusiastic audiences in Oakland at the Fulton Theater but he Isn't happy. "I've got the Southland in my blood.

Lived there too long to be happy any other place. Besides there really Isn't any other place to live but Los Angeles." COLORFVL ROI.n Martin Faust, well-known char' acter actor, recently seen in "Under the Red Rohe" and "The Silent Command." will have the colorful role of Spike Poyl in Allan nh h. met. of tha brasvs. as con-i trusted with tone formerly present.

Then there was a vitality In the playing which made me frequently sit up; also tho preservation of balance between each of tho aeetiona which madf for a nice dlNtrlbutlon of tone quality throughout. In other words, seldom was there too much of strings or too much of wind instruments or percussion. For the most part I because the shortcomings paled before the mass of excellences) the Philharmonic appeared aa a highly polished musical instrument that knew very decidedly what It was about. Nor should one forget the rending Conductor Roth-well gave Brahma's Fourth Symphony, nor the admirable accompaniment he provided to the equally admirable performance of Iiohnanyi's Violin Concerto, by Albert Spalding, 1 ould not. In the circumstances, refrain from breathing a silent message of congratulation to William Andrews Clark, for his achievement, nor from mentally envying the los Angeles public (not to mention thoe others of Pasadena, fun Diego, Long Beach, Sntita.

Barbara, nml the remaining communities that are visited by the Philharmonic) for the privileges which ate theirs. On day Mr. Clark will be pointed to as the most conspicuous figure In musical history who has, single-handed, promoted a vaM work. From what he has thus far done already eclipses all that the late Col. Henry Lee Higglnson did for the Boston Symphony.

It was on Monday, December 3, that I listened to reports made bj the Philharmonic's advisory committee, and waa made acquainted by Chairman Avery McCarthy and R. H. Ballard with what Is being done to promote the patronage of employees of firms Identified with various Industries, Then I learned that within a very brief time there had been sold 17.000 single seats for distribution among these employees to attend the remaining Philharmonic concerts of tho 1923-1324 season. AN F.IXKjrEXT TESTIMONIAL Could there be more eloquent testimony of th civic pride which-obtains In Los Angeles? Business men are no longer willing to confine tholr thoughts and energies to the purely industrial or commercial. They realize that when a city has attained a certain commercial growth there Is needed, ns a stahllzing force, a development of the cultural.

The community goes forward as a community In proportion to Its nll-'round development; and that metns It Is likely to become one-sided If there be lo much of one element and too liltle of another, Los Angele is now believed to contain 1,000,000 residents. It is adding to their number at the rate, I am reliably informed, of something like 2000 souls each month. These newcomers to say nothing of the 1.000.000 now striving to promote good citizenship must have aesthetic development. Food, shelter and clothing are primary necessities, hut next to them, In this day and age of the world, come literature, miiHlc, drama and the other line arts. For an understanding of one or more of the arts in unquestionably a force operating In two directions: for the enjoyment of the Individual, and the betterment of his welfare.

I noticed, at both the Philharmonic concerts I so recently heard, an Increased Judiciousness In tho bestowal of applauf-e. This was prima facte evidence that the pa trons are becoming more discriminating music listeners. There was such an assemblage, on Friday afternoon, ns one might expect to find at any of our eastern orchestral concerts, and the same Is true of Ihe Saturday-evening assemblage, Los Angeles Is demonstrating Its appreciation of Its Philharmonic; Orchestra. There can no doubt as tf that. And yet I believe there are still many people who will want to hear these concerts when It is difficult to secure eats.

At the rate they are being subscribed for they are likely to be at a premium with in another year or two. When this happens It must be a matter of several seasons before there will be created patronage enough to Justify putting on another Los Angeles Philharmonic series. Wherefore I mention Jhe matter as a piece of information. Because, and before very long, the Los Angeles Phll-harjnonlc ticket will indeed be precious. ATTUNES ITER MIND IN VACANT PLACES "The great open spaces, where a man'a a man," have fallen Into disrepute of late, hut they hav on faithful champion In Winifred Dunn, scenario editor at Metro's Hollywood studio, who Is now adapting "The Shooting of Dan McOrew" fr th screen.

This pictur will he produced by Saw--yer-Lubln for' Metro release. Accordinr to Miss Dunn, the best way for a screen writer to formulate his first outline of a storv is to flimb Into a car and drlv a little bit out of. the city into the "open spaces," where every brpeze and every ray of sunshine seems to help develop an idea- Only In Southern California is such a procedure possible, says Dunn, and whenever she feels that she may be going a bit stale In her office work, she resorts to this natural freshening method. PLEASES MASONS At the puhllc installation of officers for Signet Chapter at Masonic Hall last Monday evening Florence Carr. private dramatic pupil of Miss Msrts Oatman.

gave nrnrrin of moholozues and rendiriB-s jroonff which "Old PfM rad'ngs jimong which "Oicj ptu nd "Mr First I I ifi'" x' Thw In, Spurned a WonwnLovc! I I lili II I iij'! (Ill A-V WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM? SEE THIS THROBBING PICTURE OF ONE SIDE OF LIFE VOU Vi 1 i-ijjpl if) 1 Mropresenls Jj pjijkjiyi teldPremfer 1 feOlWlfw Victor Schertzlnaer's Production I Hob.rt If fill stfy, Nov- lis-, 1 I IffllB Conducting I I vfe22 Loew's State Concert I ill I 5 A rche3trR It )Wk I -1 Best Music in Town! TS Dici B(M si 11 fikmti 1 1 iMm A husband an" .1.,., Th. ifn mart 1 again. The husband returns. The two husbands are equally anxious to-be rid of the wife. In Maugham's play tit English Icg.U technicality Intervened, and the play ended with still a third husband.

In the American, home and beauty triumph, and tha second husband is out of luck. To this has been added quit a dash of "The Torch Bearers." The wife is a literary lion hunter and she bags the biggest lion of all, only to find that he, is her wandering spouse. The Jokes about art and, letters are not nearly ao broad as they were In "The Torch Bearers," because the literary man haa to be made into a moat agreeable character. But there Is an arty young man. who is a fool, In love with the daughter by her first marriage of the fake literary woman; and there Is herself, an utter fool If there ever waa one, with a malicious meanness toward her men, with a low cunning in the way she Invents ailments and excuses, and with a eort of abundant attractiveness which none of the met) present can quite resist even after they've ben married to It.

The first husband skipped during th San Francisco earthquake fire; the second one tried It, after he learned the truth, In the Kaat but the fire simply wouldn't assist, and the curtain descended on htm casting about for an excuse to go "West, young man. The lines are funnier than the situation, and Mary Boland la Just ripht. All the slamming about of 'Ptgrams, which are not very good fpierarns, seems fair enough, and. although the mind Is at rest, the chow Is good. THEATER BAJTIXO Nothing I can say will be Important in regard to the latest newspaper sport of baiting the theati-rs, but this Is all the rage now and seems to be more Important than any production In the Itself.

Every day one hears that four plays are going to be witnessed by the police or by some ministers cf the gospel, or by a specially appointed committee. And every following day there Is something In the) -paper about how fine tha plays are and what a pity that they ar spoiled by indecencies. I have been told on high authority that the soiled spots have been washed clean, and on equally high authority that they have not been touched. I have no Idea whether theater business Is getting better or worse as a result, of all mromoTlon better, 1 suppose, and sine the new idea Is never to mention the names of th plays, only to describe them and the prist lea In them, I fancy that a food many quite Innocent shows reap -the benefits of these attacks. 1 confess wholly because it has been my experience that as soon as a producer gets a Questionable review rr scene In a review or even a whole questionable play, he Is so impressed with the material that ha considers it entirely unnecessary to make the production worth looking at.

That is the few things which are resliy offensive in moet cases, been use they are artistically unfit. Apart from that, no steady patron of the theater that I know has ever objected to the things shown In the theater, and nearly everybody feels deeply that not a single one of the proposed remedies Is workable without earrlflctrg the whole principle of freedom. The last gasp is always pelf-censorship, which concedes the principle of censorship while it effects nr.thing In practice. I venture to think that if a 'realty offensive fhmv were produced in New York there would be public manifestation against it, I fancy that audiences are not nearly eo depraved as they are said to be, and that a goodly proportion of waik-outa wculi quickly put an end to the life of a piay or show which actn. ah'y offended egalnr.t the moral serine.

If there is a theater supported bv such vulgar antY depraved people as are Implied In the newspaper reports. I do not know where it Is. I do not say I wouldn't go there. SOME FRAXK-STOKEX The newspaper row continues, and I believe that policemen have appeared at various theaters and asked for "Inconspicuous seats" hoy different from a prize fight It all Is! It should be remembered that there are a rumber of serious plays Jn New "York, too; and that or two of these are of frank-spoken: and that none them panders to any low taste. Em no cr.e tn.

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