The Brooklyn Citizen from Brooklyn, New York • 11

THii Lil-OOivLYN NEW BRIGHTON THEATRE. "THE WOMAN GOD CRITERI0N-THE GOLEM." j. AT THE CAPITOL THEATRE. Klranov Paint la "I lie ImI Walts, at Ccnturr, Lillian Mona Acs Hi Million, I'oiiey liuu. Anita gtewart In "Aiming tlie Wind," at New tllrk Nlmilil.

I'hrllu Pavah la "Or, Passe By," at (larrtck, N. V. in WMffjTjn FlTftrp at Keith Center Jane Leo at Keith's Bush nick. LIFE" AT THE RIVOLI. Excellent Musical Programme and a Benda Mask Dance.

William A. -Brady's own photo-play production, "Life," made from his popular melodrama of the same name which ii i mi i mi in i jffi iPTTTP 8 erne from "The Woman God ai Brooklyn Strand. Center Aliya King In IiIwIIm' Night at EUingc, N. if. HOTEL SHELBURNE CROWDED.

Sophie Tucker Appear in Repertoire of Songs. Sophie Tucker is pleasing large crowds each evening at the Hotel Shelburne, Brighton Beach, with her large repertoire of songs, which she sings in her own inimitable way, changing her songs nightly to satisfy the requests of her audience, who cell for comedy songs, RUUIITIW, nUU Call lUr CVUIVUV enjoyed a long yua in New York, will is indisputably evidenced In the an-be the feature of the Rivuii Theatres nouncement that he will enter upon programme. The play was written byhe last week as the Vagabond June Rceel of Fun and Beauty" Announced. The New Brighton Theatre' eventh 'innuol "June Bevel of Fun end ilcu uty" will occupy the tage of the 'cennside piayhouae during the week. Ilile aunnnera allow ia expected to sur-maa all ita predeccaaora, wiili A1 Her-nan, the Black laugh" and comedian Greenwich Village Folllca," ts-ii'L'iiill engaged ns ita graud Jester, and William Sea bury aud hla of I selected to diaport tlieniBelres in urtherauce of the festive spirit Herman nua just completed a trans-ontinentHl tour with the original "Follies" company and lie is primed for the 'righton event with a budget of new I lories that New Yorkers will heat; for Ihe tirst time.

William Heubury and ills fair oasis-nuts will appear in Frivolies," de-cribed as "a musical rainbow" aud Mortal in ita display of feminine I'lilebritude, brilliant costumes and jlaborate settings. Seabury's dancing lull bo tho feature of the turn, but here will be numerous specialties con-libutcd by tbe Hope' Hlstera, Rose tone, Beth Gannon, Sybil Ramona, jylvia Vardcu and Joe Kichman. I Eddie Bussell will add to the revelry, Ippearlng with Peggy Parker --in a I uisieal conceit entitled VA Will and a Vay. Bussell is seen as a yonng at-irney, while Miss Parker plays the de of an equally young and attractive idow, left with a fortune by her aged uaband. Mury Haynes will make her Brighton chut in a series of exclusive comedy mgs.

Phillip Charig, a pianist of rare i Imique, presides at the keyboard dur-ig Miss Haynes' renditions, ltusscll 'and Devltt, acromedians," nd two other features yet to be an-uinced, will complete the list of Revel ts. There will also be the customary reen topics and news view. 10RENCE MOORE HERE. tll Top a Brilliant Bill at the Orpheom. Florence Moore, famous Broadway miedienne and star, will come to B.

eith's Orpheum this week to top a II of more than usual brilliance. Miss toore la making her first appearance in imleville in a number of seasons, and present limited engagement follows onerous legitimate successes scorcd iii series of New York comedy hits. 81m ill offer that original brand of uproar-us humor which has gained for her ubriquet A. Planet of Mirth1 in the ilky way of theatredom. Menlo Moore and Macklin Mcgley will esent Doc the lightning change list, in "Flashes a lightning revue fun.

fads and fanciea, with Polly alker and Bud and Jack Pearson and bevy of beauties. Solly. Ward nd bis mpony, including Marion Mom wril seen in a ludieroua comedy in one act titled "Babies, and the Cameron 8is-re' Dorothy and Madeleine, will offer dainty terpsieliorean conceit, richly iKt'd and costumed. Val and Ernie Stanton, English from America are own for a rth-nrovokinK nutirc. b'1 ointi 'lie testing Swede; Churlca Forsythe lams, offering a imme- the Two Vanderbilts, In a ver balancing turn; pictoriri (he Orplicum tictoriai complete the bill.

THE BABY GRANDS" ne sad Katherine Lee to Appear at the Bttihwiclt. lane and Katherine Lee, The Baby anus," will top the bill at itbB Bushwick title week, following ir country-wide tour. The, Lee chil-n are generally recognized aa the ntest kiddie stars of the stnBe and con Assisted by William 1 hinney, will be seen in person in a medy in four scenes by Thomas J. nv culled The New Director. Jane Katherine will display those personalities that formerly wo le fnmo for them in the movies.

Vl Lydell and Cnrlcton Mncy, prime oritia with Bushwick audiences, are for their side-splitting comedy tch of old soldier life in Pe roral mmuiitics, called Old Cronies. Lij-ii Shaw, famous singing comedienne, 0 enjoys the sobriquet The Arch-emy of Gloom. will present a series character typea la song. She i. the cinator of her particular style of en- loraenWriglit and Renee Dietrich, lie Somewhat Different Singers, will hoard in an f.

tractive programme of Palo anil Palct, Les Bouffons iisical;" Frnwley and Louise, in 1 ven A. by Jack Lait; raaer I Bonce, in a variety offering, Wa-ir and Prinocton. offering A NovcI-I in (vcling;" and Bessie At-I, "On Pur-fise Roof:" Topics of and the Bushwick News Plc-iuI will round out the bill. BRIGHTON BALLROOM. Decide to Enlarge It I Capacity.

'he management of the Brighton Ball. at Brightoa Beach subway stall, haa decided to enlarge the seating 1 lacity to accommodate 600 more pie. They will renovate the front I southern porches, both of which rlnok the ocean, making it one of tho cut and most magnificent ballrooms the Atlantic coast. Secause of the successful programme en the past week, it W'as decided to itinne the special weekly features, is week's programme will be: To. ht at 11 prompt, "Ilesltatioa Walts itest; Monday, Cottage dnesday, "Exhibition Night," when are invited to participate; Thursday, iccial Contest Night." I DEKALB THEATRE.

i Man Worth Wbiland Gypiy Blood" Billed. special hill will be presented for approval of those who visit the De-ib Theatre this week. For tile first bigiuiiing Mondn.v, there will be a i't vaudeville, excellent comedy, he News and a big feature picture, Sian Worth While." lor the nd linlf beginning Tliursdnv. llle. I'ntlie imii, aiiollirr 1 i fiatme pntme will lie pun nUii lolu N.gn in' "l.il'.

Photo-Dramatic Production Pome to Brooklyn "The Woman God Changed," a photo, dramatic production, the vogue of which has spread through the United States, comes to the Brooklyn Mark Strand Theutro to-duy for a' week's engagement, widely heralded for the1 intense story It tells of tangled lives, Tho picturt has aroused Interest throughout tlie country for the great attention It has been given in many newspapers Jieeuuse of the clever and fearless method utilized id -telling the story npou the screen of the girl who ruled Broadway until, goaded to desperation, she makes a wrong move and is forced to a small island lit the Babanins. Managing Director Edward L. Hyman has been urged by many patrons to obtain the film for 'showing at the Brooklyn Mark Strand, and be was' only able to engage it for tbit week after milch negotiating. Inasmuch as exhibitors everywhere) are bidding for it. Seena Owen and K.

K. Lincpln are the chief acting principals, but the cast also carries such names as H. Cooper Cliff, Paul Niche Ison, Joseph Smiley, and Templar Saxe, all pluyers of high ability, Robert U. Vignola directed the making of the production, and its most seiisntional scenes were photographed in the Bahama Islands, There is a steamship wreck which ia the height of realistic screen endeavor, and a court-room climax which is enthralling. The Woman God Changed" Is a protoplay romance of Broadway and tile South Seas.

It is a splendid story, written by Dona Byrne, a fumous fictiou writer, dealing with the rare for pleasure of a Broadway dancing girl who sacrifices a career to become the common-law wife of a man without conscience. Seena Owen plays the part of the dancing girl, and there is much leeway for her emotional capacity. How she flees to tbe lonely island after a murder charge, only to bs trapped by detective who becomes ennmored of her, makes for a story that moves as swift as any that has been transferred to the screen this season. While "Tbe Woman God Changed" is a photoplay attraction of such magnitude that it should serve alone, other screen events have been chronicled for the Brooklyn Mark Strand for this week, including the showing of another of tiie series of outdoor films known as "The Adventures of Bill aud Bob." This new one is known as Outwitting the Timber Wolf. The comedy screen number is another screen version of Fontaine Foxs popular cartoon creation, "The Tooberville Trolley." A light musical extravaganza.

The Princess Pat," has been arranged. Georges DuFranne, tenor, will sing. "All for You: Lillian soprano, and Kathryn James, contralto, will be heard in For Better or for Worse: Jackson Kinsey, baritone, will sing Neapolitan Love Song," and George Kiddon anil Dorothy Lane, dancer, will appear in a combination tango and fox trot. The finals will be tbe singing of Lora Is Best of All by Miss Poll, accompanied by tlie Mark Strand Mixed Quartet and backgrounded by a dance interpreted by George Kiddon and Dorothy Lane. The Mark Strand Symphony Orchestra, Alois Reiser, conductor, will play "Wiliinm Tell" as an overture, while Edward Napier ond John Hammond, organists, will play "Petit Fantasy on the grand organ.

Miss Poll, original prims donna of The Chocolate Soldier." will be heard in a special singing of Love in Springtime. Next weeks screen attraction at the Brooklyn Mark Strand will be Anita Stewart in Sowing the Wind. AT LOEWS METROPOLITAN. Thomas Meighan to Appear in While and Unmarried. Thomas Meighan, in White and Unmarried, another great crook story, will be seen at Loews Metropolitan Theatre Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Meighan appears at crook who reforms when his nncle leaves him half a million, and goes to Europe to kill time. He started something In Paris that the Apache underworld tries to finish. Love, deviltry, dash and danger are the principal ingredients of "White Unmarried. The famous burlesque favorite, Harry Steppe, assisted by Dick Lancaster in "Bunanaa. and "Tid Bits." a musical eomedv oddity, will head the vaudeville bill.

6thers will be the Four Fantanos, Beck and Stoe and Pcdrick and De-Vcre. William DeMillet production of Ed; wnrd Knoblocks "The Lost Romance," with Conrad Nagel and Louis Wilson, Jaek Holt, will be a big attraction from Thursday to Sunday Inclusive. As in all De Millc's pictures, this is produced with ail artistry, naturalness and human appeal possible, story of a million married lives, throbbing in the hearts of one wife and one husband. The Crescent Comedy Four, offered by tlie Avon Corned- Four in one of their big successes, "The New Teacher;" Black and O'Donnell, in a popular song revue and comedy bits: Frank Dutiel and Richie Corey, the Kitaro Japs, and the Hilton Sisters will be on tlie vaudeville programme. FRISCO AT HENDERSONS.

A Vaudeville Bijf of Chtt and Speed Arranged. Frisco will appear this week at Hendersons, assisted by Loretta McDermott and Eddie Cox in as neat a bit of divertisement as one could nsk. Lightning nd Dodson must be related for they both have the same characteristics with comedy for a side-line, but, oil, how ho enn dance. The planb capers of A1 and Fannie Stedman arc well known to lovers of vaudeville. The name alone serves as a guarantee.

Jack Conwav and company in a new comedy act, "The Cellar; Walters and Walters, the Three Bobs and the Brighton form a bill of class and speed and seu-soued to the vaudevilliaus' teste. BRIGHTON BEACH PARK. Carnival Day" will be celebrated next Saturday at the Brighton Beach Bntha. This day will mark the inauguration of tbe regular band concerts, directed by Harold Stern, and of tbe rocking-chair movies in the evening. Butli ill be dally feature tbe remainder of the arn son.

Also, on Saturday aflcrimon. the Yale championship Rvrini-nung roluv mill fiini-v lining tea in will iinko tlmr ouiv Nim link appi-iiranc. In tote lloi mart on tin ir lour of tin" I a Without Benefit of Clergy Adapted' to the Screen. With Kiplings "Without Benefit of' Clrrgy" as the feature attraction, the return engagement of the celebrated; American violinist, Sascha Jacobsen, a new Mack Bennett Comedy, the appear--auco of Joseph Shecbun and several1 other distinguished soloists, the program st the Capitol Theatre next week holds forth much promise In the way of entertainment, James Young directed and Robert Brunton produced Without Benefit of the first Kipling story done by Puttie. Miuute attention has been given by tbe producers to every phase of tlie production, including the mount mg, the selection of types, the costuming and the action of tlie pluyers down lo the uuuutest gesticulation.

The sets were built from designs furnished by Kipling, who also prepared the script, "Without Benefit of Clergy is one of the most appealing love stories tiie world lias ever seen, and reflects Kipling's intimate knowledge of nafive aud official life in British India, with tlie scenes laid mainly in the ancient city of Lahore. It tells of the pathetic story of two persous who were as far apart birth and training as the North and South Poles a white man and beautiful young Hindu girl, yet who loved one another with a perfect love. For the leading role of America, Brown Eaire, the winner of the Fume and Fortune" contest of two nrs ago, was selected. Miss Fairs ia mly 17 years old, and her extraordi-nry sculptural and classic beauty and jper-delicato sensitiveness especially fit icr for the role of the dusky pathetic little Hindu uiaidep. Thomas Holding, plays tlie part of the British engineer, her lover, and Evelyn Selbie that of the laconic mercenary mother.

Others in the cast are Otto Lederer, Nigel de Broulier, Boris Karioif and Philippe de Lncey. A scenic Rtudy of India from the Kineto Review; a new Mack Sennett comedy, "Astray from the Steerage, and the Capitol News complete the film, features. RIALTO APPEARANCES. David Powell and Marjr Glynn Are in' the Cast. "Appearances.

a Donald Crisp production for Famous Players iLasky British Producers, from a story written especially for the screen by Edward Knoblock. noted dramatist, will be the feature attraction at the Rialto Theatre. Manhattan, -this week. David Powell, one of the best known of American leading men and now one of tlie-most 'important members of Paramounts stock company in Great Britain, has the leading role. Mary Giynne, leading woman, is an attractive British screen star.

Other important members of the cast are: tffhrn Burton. Mary Dibley, Marjorie Hume and Percy Stand in ZiXnarL Prepared by Mar-garet Turnbull. 1 18 Prey. concePtlon and exeen-11 18 a drama with a touch of satire on the modern desire to nnr a fro" a the expense of the future. Its photography will prove a revelation to those who wer skeptical about the British climnto as a place in which to make photn-plays.

Some of the loveliest of old British country estates were used us settings. A Buster Keaton comedy. "The nU.ntfd..HoU5'" wblcb has del lighted th Criterion audiences for three weeks with ita cl-nn, and delightful humor, will be in ttro Rialto programme for a week. A scienlc and the Rialto Magazine wiii the film part of the bill The music programme at the Rialto will have as its chief numbe-selections from Gounod's "Faust" an overture. Betty Andersen, oqe of the most popular' singers of the Rivoli-Rialto-Criterron group, will sing "Annie Laurie." and Cesare Nesl, tenor, will elng Donna Mobile, from Rigoietto A.trl;,.CYmposd by Seydel, Db fr the first tirnft1 in the Rialto by Sascha violin; Paola Gruppe, cello, and Mr Seydel.

harp. The organ solo, will be Anton Rubenstein's "Kam-menois-Ostrow." MOVIES AT Tk Twice-Born Woman Vill Presented. Beginning on Wednesday evening tf this week the Hippodrome, through arrangement entered into betwee Charles Dillingham and the Sonora i il, Corporation, will begin a supplanienis. summer season with moving-pu policy by giving the woride pn presentation of The Woman," a Malcolm Strauss man plioto-drama. I The story of "The Twice-Bor-Women is based upon the Biblical hi toiy and tradition of Mary Mag-tub Mr.

Strauss, who in addition to promi ing the picture aupervised the has created a picture of rare am-beauty. It was more than fonrt. months in the making, the prmui scenes being made in Southern I nun Egypt, and in Palestine, where full a vantage could be taken of architeemr geographic and histone settings fur period it portrays. Back of the am taking of the picture are several y. of research, undertaken with the" pose now that "The Xw i Born W'omun" should be the grrui-dramatic and artistic feature of its the world has known.

The role of Mary Magdalene is pl" by Deyha Loti, a French dramatic ress, and more than twenty thon-r people and two thousand ammaL i eluding horse, donkeys, sheep, camels and elephants, were used in i production. For this presentation scenic setting has been especially ms for the vast Hippodrome alsge, a Nnrka Rousksya, a dancer who has concluded a South Americau tour three years, will msks her North A -lean tiebut. The musical aetimg ranged by Edward Howe, will be pi by a full symphony orchestra. The Twice-Born Woman" will presented twice daily, at 2 m. fu 1 p.

including Sundays, with the plat house In charge of the rev i. ecutive staff, which assures the i courtesy and attention ss n-patrnna durirg the regular i -pci ia aunur will be vogue. Artistic Triumph From Europe to Be Produced Here. The Golem, regarded in Europe as the greatest artistic triumph in the motion picture field, will be presented for an extended engagement by Hugo Ris-senfeld at tlie Criterion Theatre beginning to-day. The photoplay ia the ork of Iaul Wegener, one of Europe's foremost actors, who wrote tlm scenario, directed and played tlie title role.

As a work of art, nothing to compare with it has come I nun abroad or this country, according td those who suw tlie picture in Europe aud the few who viewed it in Mr. Uieneufcld's room. Stage settings that surpuss anything ever tried before, laith in massiveness and in beauty of conception and execution, direction tli.it mukes of the story a gripping and coherent and acting that is of a tjpt almost unknown in pictures are promised by the American sponsors for the picture. Hugo Kiesentcld has been working for weeks preparing the music that is to be worked into the orchestral accompaniment for The Golem." The- picture is based on famous Jewish mediaeval legend. It is a sort of Frankenstein story, laid in the ghette of Prague Bohemia, where a fumous Jewish rabbi is supposed to have created til's clay Idol, imparted to it spark of life with aid of cabalistic rites and theu used it to gave tbe Jews from exile end destruction.

To match this picture musically Mr Ricsrnfeld and his aids hare aearebci the libraries of Hebrew and Jewisl music of that period the tliirteenti century and the early fourteenth. It-ligious chants and popular Bongs, air that go back to the early days of th Jewish dispersal, and modern composi tions by famous Jewish writere oi music, all have been worked in to make one homogeneous whole. Id addition to the score Mr. Riesen-feld will present a prologue which wi I have "Eli, Eli," the most popular Jewish air of modern times, us its main theme. It has been arranged by Josiah Zuro and will have among the siugers Emanuel List, basso, aud Jean Booth, contralto, who sang- the same number during the presentation of Humoresque;" Charles Garden, teuor, and the Criterion Ensemble.

In the prologue to tlie picture there will he a passover scene for which special music has beeu written by Lazar Saminsky, considered tiie world great est authority on Jewish music. A danse masque by May Kitchen Cory, with three different Benda masks, will" be another feature of the music programme. Miss Corys work in the Apache dance at the Criterion for the past three weeks und her interpretation of Liszt's "Love Dream" have been received with great praise by press and public. Scenes of Prague, where the story ot The Golem" is laid; aPrizma scenic and the third of the Series of Tony Sarg'g cehoons will complete the film part of the programme. SOWING THE WIND.

Anita Stewart in New Photoplay at the Strand, Manhattan. Sowing the Wind, the next attraction at the Strand theatre, in which Anita Stewart will emulate her recent marked dUposition to step forward rapidly iu the realm of th photo-play by departing from baten path far as characterization is concerned, i aa adaptation of Sydney Grundy's stage play of the same name, directed by John M. Stahl and supervised by ita producer Louis. B. Majer.

The cast which will be seen in Miss Stewart's support" is notably strong, including such brilliant players ns Ralph-Lewis, James More, rison. Myrtle Stedman, William V. Mong, Joseph Swkkard and Ben Deely. The Skipper's Narrow Escape, a new Toonerville Trolley" comedy, "Skipping the Pen, an interesting care toon, which was announced for presentation last but the showing of which was deferred because of the restrictions due to the length of the feature film and the Strand Topical Review are the other films which have been compiled by Managing Director Joseph Plunkett. The premier of Andromeda and the Storm King.

an overture especially arranged and orchestrated for the Strand Symphony Orchestra by Ross Jungnickel, which has also been held in abeyance because of the lengthiness of last week's photo-play, will be the musical treat of the week. This composition. which will be conducted by Cart Edouarde and Francis W. Sutherland, will be embellished with scenic and lighting effects. An introduction to the feature picture has been prepared by Director Plnnkctt.

A vocal soloist, and an organ solo, March Hcroique (DuBbi-M. by Frederick Smith and Herbert Sisson will also be heard. THE QUEEfy, OF SHEBA." Photodrama' Begins Its Eleventh Week at the Lyric. "The Queen of Sheba," at the Lyric Theatre, begins the eleventh week of its phenomenal engagement Since the opening night this big William Fox super-screen spectacle has been attracting crowds. It will continue at the Lyric Theatre until the middle of August when Mr.

Fox will present The Queen of Sheba" in Chicago, Boeton and Philadelphia. On next Friday night June 24, Tom Mix. the cowboy star whir helped J. Gordon Edwards stage the chariot race scenes and who supervised the handling of over one hundred horses in the scenes, will appear in person at the Lyric Theatre, see Ths Queen of Sheba" from a stage box, and between the acts will make a speech to the audience. MONKEYS MONEY.

Paying with something of no value is to pay in monkeys money, an expression mostly heard from the lips of people who have spent much time in France. An ancient ordinance in Paris is riven as the source of expression. This aw imposed a toll upon any animal crossing the Petit Pont (small hridirei on the way to the city. As it happened to be a showmans uioneky, an exception was msde. The toll-taker considered himself, as representative of municipal authority, sufficiently paid if thp monkey exhibited his tricks.

Rnbciais, in eemphficatioq of this! expression wrote this: "Friar John bought him two rare I pictures an original by Master hltarhs Chnmois. principal painter to King We-ristus; and he paid for them in court i-dnon, with monkeys money Icon go de grimace). 1 ballads find popular number! intermit- Thompson Buchanan and Mr. Brady, aveI? Monday night, at tingly. Miss Tucker is assisted by her together prepared tbe photo-play.

Hudfn. Theatre- The sudden Five Kings of Syncopation, who are jbcj jiower Arliue Preti' Red La decl810n terminate the prosperous vocalists of ability as well as clever Rocque aU(j i a Naldi have the lead- rev Yaf of h.ls Phenomenally suc-musicians. The popular Comedienne haa je rojeH NjUi wi1() made her ce8Hf.u aatirical travesty, which a wardrobe seemingly as endless as her debut the dundngldrl could ave been continued very repertoire of songs, as she appeurs in a "Jkyil and Hvde" in whidi John Profttably several months, brings 1 1- 4 1 "4rr''V if-- A rene from 'The Golem, at Criterion, Y. Center Laorette MrDermott, at Henderson's. NEW SCHOOL OF WRITERS.

Special Training to Come for Anthors of Scenarios. That there will soon be a new school of screen writers, especially trained in the art of telling stories on tbe silver-sheet, has been prophesied by Robert U. Vignola, who directed the latest Cosmopolitan production, "The Woman God Changed," which begins a week's engagement at tbe Mark Strand Brooklyn Theatre to-day. "For years," Vignola, 'll have heard the old established fictionista lament the results of the sereeu transitions of their work. From the producer down to the cameraman, everyone was accused of willfully butchering their stones.

Moat of the waiters stt to-day are not in sympathy with the problems of motion picture production. Uf coarse it is true that on many occasions certain liberties were taken with atones bought from the authors, 'but, it is equally true that many such stories, so changed, were big successes because of the alterations -that bad taken place in the studio. Vignola tells about the arrangement the Cosmopolitan Production Company made with Donn Byrne, who is the author of "The Woman God Changed. We explained to Mr. Byrne, he said, that his story contained excellent material for a scren play, but that certain necessary changes would be performed before bis tale was enacted by the cast we had seleeted.

At first," Vignola said, Mr. Byrne was reluctant to submit his story to the hands of the scenario enter, but we promised to consult him at every point whre a change would have to be made. By means of this co-operative arrangement the author watched his story from the moment it went into the hands of a scenario -writer, until the time we photographed the last scene on the Bahama Islands. On the Sunday that The Woman God Changed." opened at a Broadway playhouse. Mr.

Byrne felt as confident as the producers that The Woman God Chanced" would be a big success. Our confidence was justified bv the reports snd the criticisms in tlie following days papers." Acrording to Vignola, the time is not far distant when screen writers will first sene an apprenticeship in the large motion picture theatres of the country. Only in the theatre," he says. Has one the real opportunity of gouging the tastes andwlesires of ths public. Ordinary theatregoers have not the same opportunity of guaging a play's possibilities as tlie man who lives" in theatres and studies the whims of an audiences, day after dav.

It is interesting, to one so inclined, to study the manner in whirh an audience will respond to a picture, during the matinee, while in the evening, during tfte showing of the same picture the atmosphere of tbe theatre ill be frigid. "Theatre men g.iage the success of a play or a motion picture, over a period of time. In other words they arrive st an average of what is desired by the public. Screen writers of the near future will in ail their work, be compelled to study the public through the logical medium of the theatre. PRICKLY PEAR IN AUSTRALIA.

The kind of cactus which We called the "prickly pear has become a first-clsss nuisance in Australia. It grows very fnst, spreads with great rapidity, and forms masses of vegetation so dense thst the clearing of ground once occupied by the plant ia accomplished with the utmost difficulty. Incidentally, it renders the land unavailable for agricultural purposes. In response to urgent request, our Government ia sending to Australia certain insects that prey upon the pniklv penr. Hope is entertained that til tnn do eooucli damage to discourage the soreid of the laitns plague tn th it pi of the woild Ilnl.idi Iphm LediteC.

Barrymore Dlaved the title role Dlave a aimilar part in Life Others' in the rest are: GilmoVe Lward jjeejer Geoffrey Stein Effingham and Curds Cookscv fc The melodrama has lost none of Its exciting and tense scenes in tlie filming. If anything, the more elastic medium of tbe screen has given more appear- anceasof reality to tlie escape from Sing Sing and the other stirring episodes which in the spoken version had much to do with tbe success of the piece. A llntTOMnl Aninnri antitlaJ "CwvS who me success or tne piece. A Universal comedy entitled "Society i I ii Monro Orphetra, Center Betty Blythe ia "The Queen of MiebaV at Ljric, N. GEORGE M.

COHANS FAREWELL Bids Good-bye to Broadway as the Vagabond Saturday Evening. George M. Cohan's determination to retire from the managerial and producing end of theatrical endeavar an urulm.ely end one OI tne most dramatic offerings in the 018 American stage, "Th Tavern -originally written Cora Dick Gantt, as a mod- i00.8 and haa nt1f wfla0Ii Cohan and produced under his At antl City. I 1 run of "lne nv inn with Arnold Daly in the Shermnn presented the pieca t0 Patronage. Mr.

Cohan 5 ldea of an experiment unique In the theatre that of a re- grown-ups amusement park. In Babyland there are fifty special attractions for tbe little ones and almost every amusement device in the park I Dogs and tbe Rivoli Pictorial will com- aT bn n.e by Uj-andon Tynan and John Meehan, and an engagement of four months In Chicago, where another, company headed by plete tbe film part of the programme. Hugo RieScnfelds music programme to Rivoli will have as its over- for- ture Liszt's "Thirteenth Hungarian Rhapsody," orchestrated by Erno Ra- pee. Frederick Stahlberg will conduct the orchestra. Myers" and "luios- yival of the play, a fortnight follow-eaitl, will be staged by Mr.

Broadway run of thirty-odd some number presented at the Criterion weas- himself in the stellar a few weeks ago was one of the charming bits on the programme at that Having indubitably achieved the house. The masks, designed by T. 'greatest histrionic success of his Benda, show Oscard as a dude, Misslcareer ln whimsical romantic Desha as a sad maid and Miss Myers'1- George M. Cohan will bid good-a the frivolous young girl. The sad bjr ld Broadway as the nga-maid captures the loncKoiue dude nd bond, Saturday evening.

June 26-then tbe frivolous girl entices him away from the original captor. In its first presentation it proved a delightful entertujirhient. Edouardo Alba no, baritone, will sing an aria from the Barber of Seville: Professor Ftrmin Swin-nen will play as the organ solo, Mascagni's intermezzo from "Cavalleria Rusticana." Babyland at George C. Til.vouz Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, ii now open for tjbe little ones who accompany, the to the THE LAST WALTZ." fferent gown at each performance. Arthur Lange'a Santa Mouica Orchei- tra gains favor with Shelburne patrons each passing week not only with danec enthusiasts, but with lovers of high- -1" cinss raasic who appreciate the onusual ability of this combination of artist and the superior type of music they furnish.

An innovation of the past week was an Irish number especially arranged by Mr. Lange, a medley of oldtime Irish air THE BROADWAY WHIRL. Song and Laughter at the Times Square Theatre. "The Broadway Whirl, at tlie Times Square Theatre, is proving a veritable whirl of song and laughter. With Richard Carle, Blanche Bing, Charles Winninger, Winona Winter and Jay Gould, ably re-enforced by two-score of other dancers, siugers and comedians, there isnt a minute when that most comfortable of playhouses isn't echoing with laughter or applause.

In additiou to the long list of stars and principals, Mnnager John Henry Mears has been particularly happy in tbe selection of an all-girl chorus that sets a ucw standard for youth, beauty and vivacity and helps greatly to make "The Broadway Whirr one of the liveliest and tintv-liest entertainments of tbe summer season. SELWYNS SNAPSHOTS. No Vacant Stats Reported at the Selwjrn Theatre. Nora Bayos, Lew Fields and De Wolf Hopper begin their fourth week in Seiwyns' Snapshots of 1021 at the Selwyn Theatre to-morrow night, abetted in this stupendous conglomeration of fun aud nonsense by a large company of famous entertainers, including George McKay, Ernest Lam-' bnrt. Lulu McConnell, Ruth White, Alan Edwards.

Phil White, Grant Simpson and forty snappy steppers composed of tbe most famous beauties of Broadway. Since Seiwyns Snapshots of 1921 began its engagement three weeks ago there has not been a vacant seat in the Sclwvn Theatre, which proves the gratitude of the public for a revue which is saturated with delightful travesty and snycopating melody. AT LUNA PARK. Of all the attractions at Luna Park, tlie one which has excited tlie most comment is Ametas sensational Fire Dance, and there is much conjecture among the audiences which pack the Daughters of Fire" theatre, as to Just how this wonderful illusion is created Capt. Higgins, the tire chief at Luna, statca that in all his eighteen years' experience he lias never seen so realistic performance, and insists on keeping one of I.mm's firemen on each side of "the singe during the dance.

Mine Aim lit hns inni'c arrengements to remain at I. mm Park" the entire season, niter nh'iii ie "ill nonuieme tom to tlie cc.iHt null tho it. F. Iv.iih cir CUlt Musical Production Runs Strong at the Century The Last Walt," the latest-Oscar Straus operetta, with Eleanor Painter at tbe Century Theatre, bus met with one of the greatest receptions eTer accorded a musical production in the history of the theatre. Tho response from the opening night onward, was immediate and enthusiastic.

The critics were loud in their praise for book, music and production, and were unauinious in calling it the musical sensation of a decade. The story, too, is extremely interesting. A young American uaial lieutenant, Jaek Merrington, on leave of absence in the mythical kingdom of Van-dalin, saves a young Isdy from humiliation at the hands of the Priuce Regent Tbe Prince immediately throws him into jail. With the aid of the young lady, he manages to make his escape, but, fearing tlmt he may cause tbe girl to be jailed in his stead, hr voluntarily returns to "his prison. There, with the help of his orderly, pugnacious and resourceful gob.

lie outwits the Prince Regent and finally carries the youug ladv off with him. The east supporting Miss Painter, who sings the pnina, donna role, includes James Barton, Walter Woolf. Eleanor Griffith, Harrison Rrockbank, Florence Siorrison, Hurry Fender, Clarence Harvev. Isabelle Rodriguez. John V.

Iiwe, tv'idvs Walton, Giuran and ircnerite, fed Iirrame, ltex Cart- Tniiofhv iriing Rose, I' uni Marcella Swanson, Rntli Mma and General Charles 0. Cordon lh'1 1 'I lionnis Tin re i an uuu. unity tliereilter popuNrty known oj "Chinese aUsactiie he, mi us Gordon." has been duplicated on a smaller scale for tbe kiddies. Here the kiddies may enjoy themselves, while Ms and and Uncle and Aunty enjoy the rides aud slides of the park. As a special feature for Saturday afternoon, July 2.

a direct wire ia being arranged so that complete returns of tbe international boxing match between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier will be received at Steeplechase aud be announced at various points about the park. Announcers will be stationed in both tbe outdoor and indoor pool, in the theatre and also tlie pavilion, and from the moment tbe boxers enter the ring in Jersey City, every feature will lie announced immediately at Steeplechase. TAIPING REBELLION. What is known in history a the Taiping rebellio was an insurrection of a section of the Chinese which originated in lN'tl) and was not suppressed until IStki. Tlie rebels were under the leadership of a turn) who declared that ha was divinely commissioned by heaven establish a universal peace, though bis real object was to overthrow the Mau-ehurian dynasty at Peking.

The rebel chief, the Detroit "News" recalls, was named Hung Siutsunn, who began life as village schoolmaster. Branching out, he styled himself "the heavenly king" and his dyifasty "Taiping, or Great Peace." For a tune the insurrection was one iff formidable dimensions, hut the rebels were finnllv defeated, lantolv through the assistance of Irenes led lv.