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WITH THE PLAYS AND PLAYERS IN CHRISTMAS
By LAWRENCE REAMER.
, nilTIU'Di: KINGSTON ill on1
uncommonly finished and In
tclllgcnt actress not utisug-pintivi-
"f Genevieve Wurd, who Is
)ar older than the clever Inter
preter of Catlt'-rtne the Ureal, but
u still not too ol il last spring to
Hue ft em her rctltement nml net the
..rutin- noblewoman In "The Daskcr."
Mils 'Kingston Is realistic In the very
lo.'t sense of the word. Her diction
U admirable, her action eloquent but
nstrulncd' and her gamut easily com
prehends dramatic ns we!l an humor
o'Ji outbursts. If who In deficient In
Any of tho qualities which she might ,
rtd In othor plays, that would seem
tii He In the expression of deep cmo-
t.on. mui mero are no sucu demands .
m her present programme, or whether (
.14 the Empress of Russia or Ertnun
twie, the. masquerading: English
lady's maid, her acting is delightful. ,
She has the technic of her art nt her
lingers' ends.
T&ere was a cruelly Indifferent and
meagre audience at Maxlne Elliott's I
Theatre on Monday night This Is all I
the more Inexplicable In view of the I
utility of Shaw to do what the mana-
cm call "draw." Almost no other
playwright now active In tho theatre
makes the same appeal to the public '
as he. Whatever his work may bo In 1
the long run, It Is at least sure of n '
hearing. Many other playwrights
would be happy to possess the same
sympathy from tho public, but un- i
fortunately euch consideration ts re- ,
terved altogether for the dramas of
Shmr, The mere announcement of i
hie name Is sufficient to assure large
audiences for at least a week or two.
Audiences faithful to Shaw not only
tarn out In numbers but they aro nl
waye, prepared to snicker loyally.
It took eomo loyalty to keep those
wbo did turn out on Monday snickering ,
with any enthusiasm. Ono of tho dull-.
tt scenes ever known to the con
temporaneous theatre used to rnme In
the second act of "Fanny's First '
llay," when the boy wns put on the ,
tablo and rolled about by Ills family.
It tuts one of thoso episodes Intended
to be humorous that failed to com
pletely as to Impart to every spectator
a personal sense of mortification at the '
irtiolly piffling event of tho effort.
There had been nothing 105 several
years so completely futile from the
pen of Shaw or any other dramatist
worthy of tho name. Hut It has nr
rived In "Great Catherine." When
Miss Kingston was compelled to tickle
the prostrate Leslie Austen, the Im
potent struggle for fun could not more T
completely fall. Attain the spectator
iiels that sickening sense of s?rsonal
disappointment that such n playwright
as Shaw could he responsible for the
(lily episode which ends "Ureal ('nth
irlne." Leslie Austen, as tho young
Kngllsh officer, laughed Immoderately
because it was his business to when
ever tho sovereign stuck her ton be
tween his ribs. Rut tho rest of the
audience was solemnly silent.
Much In "Great Catherine" Is enfer
talnlng, and such lapses as the dulness
of tho final scene nnd tho long drawn
out drunkenness of PuUomMn do not ,
altogether deprive tho play of its pleas-
ant interludes. Yet the sacred name'
of Shaw is altogether necessary to
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IWJ 1 J U IJIDJO is rU .lillVjl. 11; jrwiir !
tbout Shaw all tho Ibsen cult seems
to have been Inherited by him now that
the burden of carrying on tho old
mania became too strong that the
perfect Shavian would by bored to ex-
tlnctlon rather than admit that the
Master could be dull. I'erjiaps even
The Inca of rerusalem," In which the
genius of Shaw soars so high as to
achieve such a brilliant Hash of humor
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the rise and fall of a mustache by 1 fill Investiture of tho present perform-, tlmo hero "A Kiss for Cinderella" by
means of a string concealed In the , ance it Is not possible to say. Hut the ?nn0 B taAi.mB
wauteoat of tho lnca perhaps rvrn means rnther triumph over the mate- j M R TJn(1on waif. Sir .Tnmes
' its pclmen of Bhaw's humor does rial ln this piny. That might be said rols Woven the old Cinderella story
no- rven tore the faithful! 'of nny other production o tasteful I Into a tale of extremely modern ln
" "rr m wiii. , .., nr nxrforni. stnnres, nnd for tho heroine he has
j and skilful iu. tho nionne. of perform-, c)mracfpr fla(, ,0 0B ,ouch.
"i'jnly the few representations at ( jng this llttlo play! 1 inK nn(1 PXqulslto ns It Is fantastic and
11 li'ti- theatre far down town did not 1 Down a flight of stoop steps all thn ! imaginative.
. h.nii tin. ntiblln Interest in two tilavs i
t v 'ho greatest ring!lh jilnywrlght of
t e iinv. So there must be some other j
M.i-on tlmt kept thu public away from
1 et eai 10 when theso two pieces and
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THE MIDNIGHT FROLIC.
Tho new feature of Zicgfeld
Mulnleht Frolic on the roof of
tliu Now Amsterdam Theatre is
Officer VokeH and his inebriate
to;.- Don. The established fit
Noritiej include Villium ,Rock und
1 rancc. white. Kddic Cantor,
liinl Millmun, Claudiua and Scar
let, Sybil Carmen, Adelaide Bell,
Lawrence HajTieei. Alice Thomas,
.Mabel Kerry und Jud Hrudy's collies.
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Lord lunany's "The Queen's Knc-
mien'
were acted within reach of the
thcutrcgutng public. Lord Dunsany
will soon have to beg to bo saved from
his friends. Certainly he could never
have desired all the cackle and flutter
that his little plays lnve produced.
Tho larger port of this overboomlng,
which Is bound to react most dlsad-
vantageou.ly on the Interesting thea-
trt of the Irish writer. Is the result
of tho pllgl Images to the newswper
oltlees made by n grave and prema-
turely aged young manager who looks
U-nlgnly on thu world tlirough a pair
of spc-tncles. and most conscience-
lessly Imposes on the good otlkvs of
his friends on behalf of an Itinerant
theatre In which ho owns a fractional
interest. Much of tho Dunsany boom
iu in h notlvlv nt thu vniithful
' ' u u v w -. rf
Impresario.
So there Is Inevitable disappointment
on tho part of thoso who might find
only delight In the poetic and Imnglnn-
tlvu beauty of tho text had they not
been misled by the hopeless overboom.
Ing of this uiithor's plns to expect
much mora than they In reality contain.
"The Queens Rncmles Is very slight,
What it would be without the bcaiiti
VELLOW OACKET
)i.irnrtoi- enter tho dungeon In which
tho queen Is to feast and drown her
rnemles. The design and painting by
Wnrn-n D.iV.er nn-1 Howard Kretis Is
uncommonly cffeitlM-. Then the
dresses by Aline liein-deln and Uuth
Delke bring Kgyptlun Ideas of decora
tion more completely Into accordance
with our own than most artists are
capable or doing. Hut It Is Dennis
Sullivan, who is neiu uy inu jiru
grnmmn responsible for the lighting,
who has covcied himself with the
greatest glory. Ortnlnly everybody
who knew euoiigh about tho piny to
reallr-e that tho end ciimo with tho
overflow of tho Nllo Into the dungeon
must have trembled lest the failure of
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SHIRLEY KAYE
such an elaboroto effort would dam-
ago the splendid Impression made by
the rest of the piece. But nothing of
the kind happened. Mr. Sullivan did
libs work so well that ho may ultimate,
ly bo able to represent tho apotheosis
of tho last act of "Ooetterdaemmer-1
ung" which notmdy has yet succeeded
In doing In spita of the eflortsor ail Hie
Huehnetechnlkdlrektors In Germany.
When the signal came for the dumb
servitor to unlooao the gates leading
into tho river, the nudienco saw I
through tho aperture moonlight t-hlm-
m nng on in wu.t. 1 neir ...
markable use of lights the waves seem
to begin to fall over tho lower level of
tho window. Then tho sound of water
railing n volume wuu us rusn on.i
splatter filled the ear a the darkness
blotted out the FCeno. Hut the Imagl-
notion had been Immensely stimulated
bv the original means of solving a
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PLAYS FOR XMAS WEEK.
Vnllve nml 1'nrrlun 'oeltle
He M-eii.
Mlllu), Adams wln begin her annual
engagement at th Kmplro Theatre to
morrow night, piesentlng for tlm first
In Mls Adams's company are Nor-
man Trevor, Morton Helten, David
Torrcnco, HoIjt' IVytnn Carter, I'red
Tyler, Dallies Anderson, Wallace .liu-k-
soii, Kathei'lnn lb ooli, Angela tigdeu,
Ada lloshell, M nulo Leslie, Tin odora
do Comb, Mli lam liapHstn, Kllzuliclh
Kennedy Kdlth Alib.-n and others.
" ten only. etendlng to twenty-sK, nnd
Klnw Krlanger will present l!Me censing only when thu Harris Theatre
Ferguson at the Hudson Tlieatro had been acquired for evening as well1
Christmas night In "Shirley Kaye," alas for matlneu performances is in
comedy of to-day by Hulbert Footuer. I dubltubly responsible for tho matinee
Miss Ferguson was last been In New mania now disclosing Itself at various ,
York at tho Now Amsterdam Theatre I Mroadwuy playhouses. Manager after.
as i'orflo In Sir Herbert Tree's revival
of "The Merchant of Venice." For
several years past sho has been Identi
fied with plays of n fi-iIouh note, such
ns "Margaret Schiller" and "Outcast."
In tho present Instance she returns ln
a distinctly up to date play of Amerl-
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YVONNE GARRICK AT
THE THEAT?& TRANCA1S
can life. In "Shirley Kayo" .Mi-s
J'ergiion, enacting the rolo that gives
tho play Its title, Is shown as the
spirited daughter of an old New York
family. Thn scenes aro laid (11 11 smalt 1
colony on Long Island. Shirley Kaye
has a will of her own and a knack of
achlevlmr whatover sho sets out to ac-
achieving whatover sho sets out to ac
onmnllah. Wniv hVim nMnltm 1li roiiM
! tery of a difficult situation Involving 1
I high finance nnd bow sho siicceu.-fiilly
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'tho four acts. "Shirley Kaye" is a
play of contrasted Cistern and West-
urn types. Klaw ft Krlanger buve sur-
rounded Miss Ferguson with a com-
pany including Leo Maker, William
Holdeu, Mis. .Inclines .Martin, Kitty
Hrown. Ilonald Hyrnni, Corlnne lliirker,
Georgn ltackus, Kthel Wliuhrop, Vic
tor llenolt, Helen lh'sklue, Houghis
I'atcrson. William I.eimov and Law
rence Wood.
Arter nn absence of two years and a
half from tho stage Adolf I'hlllpp, the
well known author and cunipie-or of
"Alma." "Adelo," "The Midnight .1 Hi I"
and "Tho Hlrl Who Smiles," will up
lear on Mondny at the York1llo
German Theatre on Kast Klgtity-slxlh
street. He will net the principal pan
In his latest musical comedy. "Sadie B'' "111 nm Tuesdays, rhumlays. Krl
from Riverside Drive." ! 'ln' nt M- ,ini Rturdny n
Mr. I'hlllpp will be assisted by Mlzl 10 A' M' r-e ow act plays will
Glzl and an excellent company of ,1-glvn at each performance "Kdltha's
players, including Kmll licrla, Lotte
Rngel, Wllllo Frey, Kugen Hohen
wnrth, Dora llregowsha, Louis Feist.
Lleschen Schumann and others-. "Sa
die from niverslde Drive" is Mild to bet
fnpnler than Adolf IMilllpp's "Alma,"
which was also created at Highly
sixth street when Adolf I'hlllpp man-
1 aged the Winter Garden 011 Klghty
slxth street.
"The Yellow Jacket" wns given to
thn world through the medium of 11
mntlnco performance nt the Fulton
Tlieatro four years ago, Mr. and Mrs.
Cobui n reintroduced thn play to New I
York also through a matlnen perform
anco nt the Cort Theatre Nnv. 9 Inst..
I nnd It will bn by means of a mntlneel
to be given this Christmas Day that 1
tho play will Inaugurate Its reoently
acquired possession of tho Harris The
atre. Through 11 seqiienco of unusual
nnd therefore Interesting happenings
"The Yellow Jacket" lias thus estab
lished u close alliance with the con-
venlent matinee, Tin- success of Its
lliatllteo series lit the Colt Tllcilie ,1 '
series limited In the original i-lau to
manager, Incredulous nt tint that tin
publlo could bo Inlcreslcd siirtleimiih
In any play to snatch nfiernnuns nnd
even mornings from busy days, has
made actual though reluctant ac
knowledgment that tho play Itself Is
the thing that tells, nnd that Its pres-
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NOCA BAVE.S, WHO 15
5INGING a the ELTlNfjE
THE.ATRE
entatlon can successfully bn separated
from tho trammels of customary man-
agonal meuioiH.
1'ull pro islou for all classes of mat-
I Inee goers has been ninilo in the plans
for tho Harris Theatre, wliero in addi
tion to thu Saturday afternoon per
f m malices, at the s.imo prices as those
tor i'etiiiig, there will be civen
111.1t itiecM on Wi'diie.ilas mid 'I'liurs
ila.s al poimlar prices. 1 if course,
in.'tlnecs will be given 011 both Christ
mas and New Veal's days.
Tho holiday matinees for children,
which Alice Minnie Herts. Katharine
Lord and Jacob llenlger havo nil
uounced for Christinas iipd New Year's
weeks will begin tho day after Christ
mas at tho Cohan & Harris Theatre
""g'T. n
dramatization of Frances
A PLAY A WEEK.
GAHRICK - "I'atnchon." n
comedy in four nets by Maurice
Hpiineiiuin nnd Felix Uumiesnil,
will be presented by tho Thentre
Frttncnis. with Yvonne Oarrick in
the lendinpr feminine role nnd
I'niil Leyssnc in the role of the
younp husband. Clnude Benedict
will play Patachon. On Friday
"L'Alibc Constnntin" will lie pre
sented. IKVINT. PLACE "The Sev
enth Day," by Schnnzer nnd Wei
isch, with Mnrpnretc Christinns,
Arnnkn Kben, Grete FclsinK,
Kduurd Kepler, Christin Hub and
Hanns L'ntorkircher in the prir.ci
pul purls. Children's matinees of
dramatized (irimm fairy tnlo
"Fran Hollo."
HANDHOX "The Hello of the
lK-ai-h." Merlin musical comedy,
with Kllen Dnlossy, Knethe Her
old, I k-i ir. Linpri-n nnd Krnsl
Hobfl't.
STANDARD "Tho House of
Class," by Mux Murcin.with Mary
liynu mid others of the original
company, will be the Christmas
week iittnu-tion, with Christmas
Duv matinee,
IIKONX OPKUA HOUSE
.1 11 1 in 1 1 F.ltinpre in "Cousin Lucy,"
musiciil comedy written by the
lute Clmrles Klein, will come to
The llfonx for thu holiday week
with his original compnny and
$10,000 wardrobe.
HuJgson liin'nett H story of tho name
name, "rno Traveiiitig Man," a mira
Tt-.tiiiK in, 1 iimu-
clc play by Lady Gregory, and "Merry
Idyl" n fantasy by
fantasy
Three plays represent
a variety of Interests that will appeal
to children of all ages und to young
tifnn1n nnl rrnvnnnn u wnll. Tin I
plays aro presented ry an all pro-
ressionai company, including Mary rrl
Shaw. Otto Kruger. Caroline New
combe, Uronweu Chubb. Dorothy dtles claimed the honor of
Nichols, A. Alphonse, (Serald lrlng. l,ln Tomer's blrthiilaee. Ther- is
Rdward Sedan and Vrvd Martins, j ,hs "mo tincertalnty concerning
There Is one child In euch play and An"11 "''Id", although tho actress pro
these parts are playe.1 by Ilenee Relss, I ,?li,s thot Phe ,,or" onl' 1,1 ,'"r1''
Constanco Bernstein and Arthur Lo Iosltlvfly nowhere else. Ilea her
V!en. I wn words In rather violent protest:
When tho crook play it spoken of "No- no 1 w,fl ot bPrn Upl
as a modem and perhaps degenerate f10"1 nor ln Indiana or Warsaw. 1
thing) the old playgoer smiles as llRVO b,,n Bskw1 1,11,1 '"""o uuestlon
he thinks of "Kdltha's Burglar." so oftcn thttt 1 a"" become at tlmeh
"Edltlui's Uursjlar" as nlaved nt the
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Cohan it Harris ln a dramozatton
lances Hodgson llurnett's story
the sjuno name. K, H. Hothern and Tlsio ,
uesno played it as a three act play at
tho old Lyceum Theatre In 1SS7
"Little nislc" Is now ploying grandes
ilamcV Pella Tox nppeared In It In
St. Louis and tho middle West sev
eral yearH beforo that. Joseph Qrlsmer
In his youth romped up and down the
I'aolUc coast btirglarlng and reform
1 lug six nlRhts a week and two motl-nei-s
fur "qultr some tlmo." Ilobert
Milliard, now .11 comfortable middle
1 ug, was the youthful burglar at 01.0
time, ami John ltarrymor, who Is Jiti-t
getting tired of Juvenllo roles, must
havo been ono of tho youngest of the
burglarious brotherhood. Tho secret
I of the jveiennlal popularity of "ndltha's
1 llurglnr" was well put by Otto Kruger,
who will play tho part this time, when
he snld It was a imrt aiiillenoen n-i
J bound Ui like, because people would
rather seo on the stago a tad hoy who
became fjood than a boy who hud boon
good all tho tlmo. Add to that tho
fact tlmt the reformation Is effected
through tho faith of a child and the
long llfo of "Kdltha's Burglar" needs no
further explanation.
TWO COMING CINEMAS.
Cirent PromliM of the Tin Im
portant I'lrtiire Pin; Thli Tt'rrk.
Itnsed on t he llfo of the Immortal
.loan of rc. a motion picture produc-
j Hon In tin parts entitled "Joan th"
Wolll.lll." dllecled by Cecil I!. o
I .Mllle, with Ceiiiidine Fnrrar In the
role of Juan, will begin an engagement
of indefinite length on Monday night
In the, J Vrty-folirth Street Theatre,
Although Miss Farrar 11 year ago
acted In three short photo plos
under Mr. Do Mtlte's direction at the
Lasky studios, "Joan tho Woman" will
mark her tirst appearance as tho star
In n cinema drama of length sutllclent '
to comprlso on entire evening's enter
tainment. There Is timeliness about the story
of Joan of Arc. as it has been ro
i-orted frequently from Franco that
public Interest In tho Maid of Orleans
never was so Ueen ns nt the present
moment. Although the story of "Joan
I tin Woman," written for the screen
by Jennie Mael'hersou, has beon care,
fully guarded, It Is said that Mr. De
Mllle and Miss Fnrrar havo touched
upon this feat urn of modernism In ' without his supervision crew smaller
relating one of tho most fascinating ""id smaller. Finally the last of the si
stories of medlicvnllsm. I r seven glovo makers who worked
All the scenes of tho picture were in thn shop worn gone. Then my par
made last summer In California, Miss "tits opened up n ivstniirnnt. U senned
Farrar having spent mow than four I lo serve no other purpose than to en.
months in the motion picture oniony. 1 mo to stay about In the kitchen
As to the historical accuracy nf cn
tunics, nrinor, heraldrj'i building and
tho personnel, that portion of tlm
production wns ln tho hands of Wil
fred liucliland, formerly of tho artistic
staff of David llolasrn.- Mr. Iturldand
nnd Mr, le Milln for two years have
worked Mdo by side in the Lasky
stnillns, and the assembling of material
lor "Joan the Woman" cniistum-d litln iiiumier after sihooi. not tin
many months of that time. plumes, tool; tin m limm., nnd at night
Nothing more stilklngly portrays i w curled them, In the morning I
the lavlshness with which "Joan the carried them back to the ijniutler mid
Worn. in" bus been stHged than men- hurried off lo school. Then I woiKe l
t lou to the members nf the cast. Tho
hero is played by Wallace Held, who
wan the Dmi Jimc In Miss Farrur's
Hint production of "Carmeh"; Hnbart
Itoswnrth as l. lllrr, Theodore Rob
cits ns rviMcfinii, Itaymond Hatton ns
KUw Clunlrn VIII., Charles Clary as
.! Trrmntitltt', Hugo It, Koch ns the
iic ui Ihtriniii'lii. H. It. Carpenter
as .nonet d'lrc, Murjorin Daw as
luithcvlnt', Jonn'n sister, and William
F.lmer ns (Inn Totene.
"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under
THE PLAYS OF THE
MONDAY Empire Theatre Maude Adnms In "A Kiss for Cinderella
by J. M. Barrio.
Hudson Theatre Elsie Ferguson In "Shirley Kaye," by Hulbert
Footner.
Harris Theatre "The Yellow Jacket," with the Cobourn company
from the Cort Theatre.
Cohan & Harris Theatre Matinees for children; "Editha's Burglar"
and other plays.
the Sea," an eight part feature photo-'
1 drama of romance und thrilling udven
( turo based upon .lules Verne'H fascl
, natlng novel of thn tame namo origi
nally jmbllsliel over forty years no,
I will have tt.i ili-.-t New Vorlc showing
j at tho Broadway Theatrci to-night
1 when It begins un engageineut of In
Meflnlto length under tho management
of tho Universal Kllm Miiuufncturlng
Company, which produced tho picture.
'Verno'fl story, which ut tho tlmo of Its
first publication w.13 conslderod highly
j Imaginative and qulto linpossilblo, has
to do with tho daring deeds of his hero.
Captain Nemo, who uboul thn time of
our civil war Invented a oubmerslble
craft with tho purpose of avenging a
personal wrong. The vessel became
the terror of tho ocean, und In this,
tho first subsea photo drama ever
produced, the scenes open with the
iksspatch of a United States frlgato to
I destroy the "monstor." Tho frlgato
j Is sunk by Captain Nemo, who reticues
j tho only surviving four and keeps
I them prisoners, not. however, without
showing every courtesy and displaying
to them tho mysterlm of tho deep. I
Here follows on Intlmato nerles of J
' scenes of the wonders of tho non. 1
There ts submarine vf nutation waving
, In tho currents, hunting jnrtlea walk
ing freely upon the bd (if tho ocean
defying tho terrors of man eating
( sharks, the rescue of n peurl diver
from tho clutches of a giant octopus
and many other exciting exploit, the
photography of which wan madu pos-
1 ."Iblo by tho wonderful Invention of de
vices by the Williamson brother.". Tho
picture takes on Its romantic trend In
scenes laid on tho "Mysterious Island,"
where ti young officer of thu United
States aerial service lauds owing to
an accident to his dlrlglblo bulloon
and meets a beautiful prlnccsa. The
two nro eventually rescued by Captain
Nemo, who recognizes In the princess
his daughter, who wus abducted conic
I years before.
Th picture concludes with graphic
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. thousand people wen- employed In tho
malting of the picture.
WHERE WAS ANNA BORN ?
The rtr DUeUe Sny
It U'n
wmu tny cnil jx-evisli. 1 havo l.en
asked If I was not lorn In Voland or
London or Alsace-I.rriilne. Whv
should I have i.oen l-irn in nnv one of
MoryRyatv
Tkt Houje, of Glass'
Pl.t. Vy Ira Kill it.Ji.
those places? My father and mother
wf living In Tarts. I was born In
I'aris. Vollal that Is settled.
"My father was a glove manufac
turer In the Fourth Alondlsscinent of
Paris,. We were not rich, nor were we
at tho time I enn first remember very
poor. iien i was :i years oiq tnv
1 father leeumo ill. The (;love bu- nes.-
and t-isto all tlm good things and learn
how they wero made. The lessons
were eii.vllpnt. 1 am mill a good
housekeeper. When 1 have no conk
I can myself prepare my dinners,
"My father's health grew wnruo and
wo .became poorer nnd poorer. At last
t had to 'find work, it was (1t clean-
tug nnd curling plumes, I went to tho
in a simp wnere ve mane tur caps
Thern It was 1 used to sing the snugs
I had learned at home."
Miss Held t"ld of her filter'" death
and of her mother hcroming nu Invalid.
Sho thought of some relatives In Lon
don, and limy moved there, They h-ul a
little room In a building net door ..
1 the Priiices Theati e. mm dav ns ah
passed, mm of the m iiiuuoi kuowliiu
I "'a' '"'r mother was ,-t si, u usin i
her II she did not want lo (-o on thu
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"My mother was too sick and in too
great need to object. She allowed mo
to go on and Join thu chorus. I re
ceived flvo shillings a night Very Jlt
tlo It wns, but u fortune beside n fmno
11 day I had earned by curling filumef.
"In thoso days," the actress went on,
"I was lnrgo for my ago and I worked
very hard In tho chorus. I nlwayilv
know all tho parts In an opera before
tho rehearsals were over. The man
agers noticed this otid gavn mo llttto
parts to play. Then. Just ns our bur
dens began to lighten, my mother il'td.
Anna Held
Itt. "Follow Me '
83;
Tho coinpaiiv wlili h was playing at
the I'rlnci-s went to Holland. I
travelled with it. After our engage-
""""t Ul,,r" '' '"-"'H'lcs returned to
Lnn-lon, but I r.-nmlned In Amsterdam,
"lmriiuf clmnsonctt.-s in tho muslo
halN. From Amsterdam I went to Itot-
lerdim, where r snug for s-veral
months Then I visited Chrl-tlanla,
Tho Hague nnd tho larger cities of
Germany.
"From the time T started pinging ln
Anterdnm I mnde my own living
nnd I wns only Ki jears old. When a
yenr older I felt that It was tlmo for
ui" to advance on I'irls, Though I
expected obstacles I found none, t
Pang nt 11 Konul .mil later at L;i
Scala, where was -ug.igel for tho
reviews, And all tin- tlmo 1 was work
ing hnrd r tool; dnsing lessons frmn
the teaehei of C'.ilve and bad diction
lessons from another famous teacher.
Soon I received an offer to sing at th
Ta'ace ln London. I sang French
songs. Mr. I'lumpton. one of the di
rectors, asked me to slrg an Hngll-h
number and irui-p l for me ,i Ti
tle ong I hud sung nt the Wlntcrgnr
den, Hotlln, under Hie title of 'Won't
You Com" and Play Wi. Mo'."
"Mr. I'l'-rcli Xlegfeld, Jr., and
Charles i:. i:niis weie n the I'nl.ieo
i in nigbl ind he.u l ic -, - j- It T'ln
next morning tin y calinl my house
and iisUcd nif if I w.m.eil to co tit
Anierlen. I nked tlu-m wb.i' 1 thought
was a prohibit Iu price, '.ut t'lcy a -cepted.
and to Ainer!i-a I came 'A
I'arlor Mateb' wis urovbiofd nnd I -Ting
Won't Von i 'omi ind 1 l. Wl Me?'
"Since flu n 1 il -i ut. m il ii this
tint -i i .I ii. i ii i to - i i''iys.
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Current Productions.
Mor, "llcr Soldier Hoy";
Hamlliox, "Die iSchiieuzc votn
Stranile"; Hclnsco. "Littlu Lady
in Hluu"; Hootli, "Uetttnir Mt-.r-ried";
Bramhall, "Keepint: Up
Appenrniii'es": Casino, "Follow
Me"; Century. "Tho Century
(iirl"; Cohan. "Come Out of the
Kitchen"; Cohan & Harris, "Cap
tain Kidil, Jr."; Comedy, the
Washington Siiuaro Players; Curt,
"rp-itnifs uml Down"; Criterion,
"Major PencU-niiis"; KltiiiKC,
"Clu-aliug Cheaters": Empire, "A
Kiss fort inileicllii"; l-'ortv-eiglith
Street. "The Thirteenth Chair";
Fulton, "The Muster"; (itiiety,
"Turn to the Right"; C,hrrick,
"Pntnchnn"; Globe. "The Hnrn
of Life"; Harris. "The Yellow
Jacket": Hippodrome, "Tho Hip;
Show"; Hudson, "Shirley Kaye";
IrvinR Place. "Dt-r Siebente
Tni:"; KniekerboeUer. "The .Music
Muster"; l.ntle, "I'ii-rrot the
Prnditrnl"; l.ongncrc, "NothinR
Hut tho Truth"; Lyceum, "Mile-n-Minute
Kendall": Manhattan
Opera Douse, "llen-Hur"; "lax
ini' Elliott's, licrtruile Kingston
Players; Neighborhood Piny,
house, "The Man ieil Woman";
New tnsti-niaiii, "V.i-m Spiinc
iiine"; I'iirk. "I.itile Women";
Playhouse, "The Man Who Cnnio
Hack"; Pi-'iici'-s, l'oiuunuteau;
Puni'li and iluilj, "Treasure Isl
and": Kepuhlic, "(iooil Gracious
Annubi-llf", Sliuliei t. "So l.onp
Lt-tly": Thlrt -ninth Street. "Old
Lady HI": Winter Garden. "Show
of Wonders."
Motion Pictures Hroailwuy,
"Twenty Thousand League-, Un
der the Sen": Liberty, "Intoler
ance"; Lyric. "A Daughter of the
Gods"; Fort"- lourtli Street, Ger
aldiiie I'm i u i i- "Juan the
Woman,"
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