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War Brings a Trend Toward The Occult Carter Back After World Tour and Escape From the Hun The appearance of the magician Car? ter the Great at the Belmont Theatre has double significance for New York City. It is the first time that a presti? digitator has played here, except in the varieties, for six years. And it marks the inauguration of the Belmont Thea? tre as a permanent home of magic in New York. The metropolis has never had a thea? tre devoted exclusively and continu-; ously to conjuring. London has its home of magic in St.

George's Hall in Oxford Circus, formerly located in Egyptian Hall. Paris has several times had a home given over exclusively to the art of legerdemain. If Carter's plans are successful, other magicians will be invited to be guests of the theatre. Through history we find the art of magic playing its part. The Bible fre? quently refers to the magicians, wise men and sorcerers.

The Book of Exo- for instance, refers to the ma- iricians of Egypt imitating certain miracles of Moses by their enchant incuts. The priests of Egypt, Greece ar.d Rome resorted to magic Their i principal illusion was the throwing of I spectral images upon the smoke of burning incense by means of concave metal mirrors. Magic played its part! in Persia, India, China and through the lev East. The ancient Romans gave frequent exhibitions. The Oracle at Delphi was a skilfully contrived bit of necio mancy.

The Egyptian statue of Mem-j which uttered weird sounds at i sunrise and sunset, was another adoit ly contrived work of the priests, and in the Middle Ages we find Merlin, who was contemporary with the Saxon invasion of Rritain in the latter part of the fifth century. The art of magic survived the bar barism and ignorance of the Dark Ages, and reappeared in the so-called modern Italian school of Jonas, Andro letti and Antonio Carlotti. Yet in good Queen Elizabeth's reign con? jurers were classed with ruffians, blas? phemers, thieves, vagabonds, Jews, Turks, heretics, pagans and sorcerers. The real era of modern magic dates back to the beginning of the nine? teenth century. J.

E. Robcrt-Houdin attracted the attention of the world with his fantastiques at his Temple of Magic in Paris in the '40s. Magic attained a remarkable popu? larity in England in the '60s, with the appearance of John Nevil Maskelyne, who achieved his f.rst fame by invent? ing a wood cabinet in which persons disappeared and reappeared. Maske? lyne, with a fellow magician named Cook, opened London's home of magic in Egyptian Hall, orginally in Oxford Street. A number of notable ap? peared during the last decade.

Buatier do Kolta was a London sensation at Egyptian Hall. In succession came such sleight-of-hand experts and con? jurers as Blitz, John Henry Anderson, Heller, Herrmann the Great and Keller. Every great war of the world's hisX tory has been followed by an unusual interest in magic, spiritualism and other so-called phenomena. War, with its grim toll of death, brings a trend toward the occult. All sorts of fan? tastic stories are told in Europe, such as the one of the spirit of Joan of Arc rallying the French in the early days of the war.

Throughout the continent spiritualism is arousing keen interest Carter was playing a special engage? ment in when the Kaiser's war machine started to rip its way through Belgium. He barely escaped to Paris with his company, part of his equip? ment and his trained lion. He has just returned from an eight-year tour of the world. The New Miller Theatre Henry Miller's Theatre is at 124 to 130 West Forty-third Street, just east of Broadway. It was the intention of MY.

Miller and his architects to pro? duce a building of unusual and indi? vidual appearance. Ground was broken ever a year ago. The building, includ? ing the stage and dressing rooms, as well as the decorative schemes, curtain and furnishings, were designed and supervised by Paul R. Allen and Harry Crcighton Ingalls, architects. Many of Mr.

Miller's ideas are embodied in the structure. F. Burrall Hoffman, now in the army, was associated in the early studies of the building. The decorative painting, curtain and hang? ings were executed by Unitt and Wickes. The Georgian of the building is in Persian red brick, laid Flemish bond, trimmed in white at the doors and windows, as well as with a crown? ing cornice in the same tone.

Win? dows, which have not been associated usually with the street of theatresr are found on the second and third The offices are on the mezzanine and the rear of the balcony on the floor above. The interior of the building has been treated as were ihe quaint old English painted rooms of the Adam period, which produces p. more interesting and intimate atmos? phere than one customarily finds in the average playhouse. The color che me is old ivory, picked out in gold ieaf and colors. There is an impres ion of warmth and cosiness, yet the seating capacity of the theatre is nearly one thousand.

The seats arc in brown wood with figured blue tapestry upholstering. The especially woven high pile Axmin ster carpet, which covers the entire floor, has a black background with a pattern in colors, a radical departure -from the one-tone carpets used in nearly every other theatre. The bal? cony runs far out into the house. The hangings, upholstery and lighting 1 fixtures have been designed and ex? ecuted with a feeling of elegance and individuality. One particularly notice able feature of the decoration is the manner in which the panels of the in i terior doors and face of the balcony I and gallery fronts have been treated.

These panels, painted by hand, are in the delicate design and coloring of the Adam period. The stage is equipped with the most recent and complete counterweight system in the country. In fact, this i is the only theatre wherein a cyclo rama and side tab sets can be oper? ated together by a counterweight sys? tem. The counterweight system is worked entirely from the stage floor on the prompt side. This practically eliminates the need of men in the fly galleries and the usual stage sig nailing and calling.

The lighting is I as complete as science can make it. Ventilation is accomplished in the most modern way. Fresh air is forced into a plenum chamber into the orchestra, i.nd from there it finds its way to the auditorium and through mushroom vents, one of which is placed under each seat. The orchestra pit is arranged with louvred openings in the top whereby the sound is diffused throughout the house. One novel feature of fhe or chestra is the installation of a choral 1 cello, which is operated by the pianist in the pit, but which will product I music at distant points of the build 1 ing.

For instance, one unit of chimes has been hung above the ceiling of the auditorium, and when in operation will 1 sound like the chimes in some distant belfry, the sound coming through the perforated ornamental centre portior I of the ceiling. Another unit has beer placed in the lounge downstairs, anc I instead of the usual discordant bel! the theatregoers will be reminded ol the approaching rise of the curtain bj soft strains of LEO CARILLO AND INEZ BUCK MARION LAKE Eurasian Dancing Girl in "Cheer Up" Laura Crews Theorizes on Work and Play Has a Plan to Stem the Tide of Agricultural Desertions Every one is agreed that a person must have so many hours for play, so many for and so many for work; but very few arc agreed on the num? ber of hours one may play, or work, or sleep. Some would play all the time. Some are drones and would sleep all the time, while there are exceptions who welcome twenty-four hours of Neither if exaggerated is good i for the human body, and Miss Laura Hope Crews, who appears in the Shubert production of "A Pair of Petti coats," at the Forty-fourth Street i Roof Theatre, has outlined a schedule which will work out well in anybody's case. Miss Crews is at the theatre from 8 to 11:30 every night except Sunday, twice a week she has matiness.

These are Miss Crews's official hours for work, although she spends many more hours working when she is not at the theatre. I'art of the time which she devotes to play is in reality what I other people call work. At present I she is writing a play during her hours off stage. Th'T is recreation to Miss Crews, although to many others it would be labor of the hardest kind. She is a firm believer in eight hours of sleep for everybody.

Unless the body and mind are rested they will 1 not perform the duties required, and, in Miss Crews's opinion, it takes at i least eight hours of sleep to rest the I body. If a person performs very i strenuous physical labor nine hours' 1 may be necessary. "There are times," says Miss Crews, "when mental work is a rest for the body. If a person has been doing very strenuous work, and his body is there is nothing as resting as some problem to work out with the mind. That is the reason a good book is often resting.

A book soothes the mind, and I at times induces sleep. I have known people who became so tired from their efforts on the stage that they were unable to sleep for several hours. I have also experienced this difficulty myself, but now I know how to remedy it. At such times I read a very dry book, or work out a difficult problem in mathematics. One or the other is bound to produce results.

"Physical labor is very fatiguing, especially if one is not accustomed to it. Last summer I did some work on my farm in New Hartford. I went; right out in the garden with my hoe and worked for five hours in the morn- i ing, as hard as I could work. For the first few weeks the morning work was all I could stand. Gradually, however, my muscles became accustomed to the strain, and I was able to work part of the afternoon as well.

As the summer i wore on 1 could get up at 5 o'clock in tbe morning, work until 7, and then after I had breakfasted 1 could work on until noon. Then after a light i lunch I was able to finish the after-' noon on the farm. Needless to say, when nightfall came I was able to ac-1 quire sleep with little effort. One never needs sleep producing drugs? after a hard day's work on tho farm. "However, too much work of this kind makes a man sluggish.

1 believe, in plenty of recreation. It would lie much better if farmers stopped work, for three hour? during the day and played baseball. This would rest their I minds, give their bodies something' different do, and they would sleep! easier and take greater joy in life. With a programme of this character wo would not have so many boys Ichv- I ing the farms for cities." Marie Dressler to Work for Liberty The third Liberty Loan drive started officially -yesterday when Marie Dress? ier, on the steps of the Capitol at Washington, delivered an address in be? half of the loan. Miss Dressier was selected by the Hon.

W. G. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury, as a repre'sentative of the theatrical profession. Charles F. Horner, of the Treasury Department, acting as director of the speakers' bureau, addressing Miss Dressier, said: "1 appreciate, as does Secretary McAdoo, the patriotic spirit that im? pels you to give your time to this great work.

It is the. many tine Americans who are serving in this way. without hope of personal reward, who are doing so much toward making possible our success in the big war. "If you will leave it to me I will get in touch with our various organi? zations to work out a schedule and itinerary." Miss Dressier will speak in Phila? delphia to-day; in New York City to? morrow; in Buffalo, April in Cleve? land. 10; Detroit, Chicago, 11! anc 10; Milwaukee, 11; Minneapolis and St Paul, and 17; Omaha, 18; Kansas City, 19 and 20; St, Louis, and 22; Cincinnati, 23 and 24, and Louisville Yearning for True Local Color Fills Soul of Wm, Hodge William Hodge, who is appearing ir the Lee Shubert production of "A Cun for Curables" at the Thirty-ninth Stree Theatre, is just as native as Mail Street, bay windows or griddle cakes There is no veneer about him, no af fectation.

He is just a natural fellow such as can be found in scores of smal I towns and villages throughout th country. Hodge is a man who is ac customed to broad spaces, broad vision and a broad life. "Why must our managers continuall seek the barren fields of Europe fo material for stage entertainment?" asked. "We need only to look about to see what a promise for the futur the land of our birth holds for And the field is practically untouchec One or two playwrights have ored to put the life of certain section of the country upon the stage, notabl Alice Brown in 'Children of the Eartl and George Ade, who has humorousl presented phases of Middle Wester small town life. But the playwrigl who understands and appreciates Amei ican small town life is yet to come, th man who can get into the very soul America ami dissect and present fc our pleasure its aims and ideals.

"If any one will stop to think he wi realize that there has never been single play presented on our stai really represintative of the small tow and yet our small town is essential! and distinctly American. It has bee onth-ely disregarded as material for tl stage. "I say entirely, although a few our dramatists have made attempts this direction, because they have pr sentcd the small town as Broadway lieves it. to be. Of course, incorrect end absurdly, with fearfully cxagge ated characters and impossible situ "I have attempted to portray certa types of Americans truthfully.

Th? are beginning to call me the typic American actor. Perhaps I am. Pc haps I have succeeded because I ha known these types so well. I happi to know small town life pretty we having been born and raised in a litt town a few miles from Hochester. lives of its inhabitants are intense interesting, absorbing, but they a America)? people to the core; and, we sonic day," concluded Hodge, "I ho to play a figuro that representati of the typical small American town the East.

But I guess I'll have to wi for the Great American In Vaudeville Kosloff Company, Rooney Bent Company, Herman Tim? bers Company, Kouns Sisters, Ben Welch, Collins and Hart, DeLeon and Davis. Jackson, Lillian Shaw, Bert Levy, Three Dooleys, Ben Welch, Orth and Cody. and Schenck, "Sub? marine F-7," Ponzello Sisters, Mullen and Coogan, Mayo and Lynn, Art Im? pressions. Leonard Com? pany, Ryan and Lee, Lee Kohlmar Com Dany, Russell Ward Company, Frank Fay, "Mars via Wireless." Aflame," White and Haig, Joe Jackson, Elinore and Williams, Mack and Walker, Joyce West and Moran, Gallerini Sisters, Bol linger and Reynolds. LOEW'S AMERICAN.

Bicknell, Thomas and Henderson, Chick Family, Nevins and Gordon, La Mont and Wright, Francis Morey Company, Har? ris and Manion, Russ LeYan and Sully. In Brooklyn ORPHEUM? Grace La Rue, Van and Schenck, Clark and Hamilton, "The Weaker One," Jas. Ilussey Company, I Flanagan and Edwards, Girl in Moon. Tucker Com-1 pany. "Camouflage," Frank Westphal, Misses Chalfonte, Guiran and Newell, Gardner and Hartman, Brown Sisters.

I Japanese Composer With Michio Itow Another series of dance recitals will be given at the Greenwich Village The? atre by Michio Itow, Tulle Lindahl and Toshi Komori on the Sunday evenings of April 7, 14 and 21, at So suc? cessful were the recitals given in Feb? ruary that numerous requests have come in for a repetition of the series. However, for, the April recitals the Japanese artist has arranged an en? tirely new-programme, which will thus be given for the first time in public in New York, with new settings, costumes and properties, some of which were loaned to Mr. Itow by the Brooklyn Mu? seum. A feature of the recitals will be the music, played in each instance by the composer himself, and in two of the dances the music will be furnished by i a Japanese singer chanting a classical poem. Two Americans will figure on the programmes, Charles T.

Griffes and Lassalle Spier, besides Leo Ornstein, who will play his "Wild Men's Dance," interpreted by Mr. Itow, and Koscak i Yamada, the foremost composer in Ja pan, who has just arrived in Besides contributing three works, Mr. Yamada has dance and several original melodies, which Mr. Itow, Mis? and Mr. Komori will present jr" Yamada is a young Japanese and composer, who left Japan graduating from the Imperial Acsrt of Music in Tokio to study fot 1 years in Europe.

There he opera called "The Seventh Tenia a18 a Japanese subject, which was for production in the Schiller in Berlin in the summer of 1914? the spring of that year Yamada left, Japan to collect fostumes and erties for the production of his and while there the world war out. Realizing that musical active Europe was to be indefinitely pended, he directed all his en.hT toward enlarging the musical Japan. In the fall of 1914 he ore-aEL'? the Philharmonic Orchestra of the first band of native players ized to perform the classical and em music of the Occident, with as conductor. The first concert voted entirely to Mr. Yamada's work the composer conducting.

The quent concerts, given with the regularity of our own symphony certs, have been devoted to the and modern composers of Europe. Hi? own works include, besides the symphony, a work for chorus and or? chestra, two symphonic p.ems, a dant? suite, a song cycle and numerous piMo compositions and AMUSEMENTS AMUSEMENTS AMUSEMENTS AMUSEMENTS NEW YORK'S LEADING THEATRES ANO SUCCESSES FMPIRF B'ww st ClTlrl-VI- Matinees Wed CHAULES Ers. 8:15. and in her Greatest Comedy Triumph by It. CYRIL KKIOHTLEY, E.

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