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Dramatic I Doings I and Those Who Do I Them
By GEORGE H PICARD P1CARDNew PICARDNcw PICARDNew
New York Dramatic Correspondent CorrespondentN CorrespondentIN
N this season of conspicuous dra dramatic dramUe dramatic ¬
IN matic misadventure it is a pleas pleasure pleasure pleasure ¬
ure to record the fact that farce farcepure tarcepure farcepure
pure and simple slmpletarce farce that is iswithout Iswthout iswithout
without any motive save to induce the thefree thetree thefree
free exercise of the risibilities rlslblUUesls is ex experiencing experIencing experlencing ¬
periencing a decided boom While so somany somany somany
many ambitious dramatists have been beendriven beenrIven beendriven
driven rIven into the profoundest depths of ofpessimism otncsslmlsm ofpessimism
pessimism by the failure of their prod product product product ¬
uct to effect a lodgment in public es esleom esteem esteem
teem the halt dozen creators of the themirth themirth themirth
mirth provoking confections which are areconvulsing areconvulsing areconvulsing
convulsing the town are hjghly opti opt
ROBERT EDESON STARRING IN INA INCIA INA
CIA A MANS A MAN MANmlstic MANmlsUc MANmastic
mastic in n regard to the future of the theAmerican theA theAmerican
American A stage stageIt stageIt stageIt
It appears almost to be a return to toth tothe tothe
th the < j Box and Cox period The farces farceswhich fnrc farceswhich s swhich
which are now contributing so ma materially materIally materlally ¬
terially to the joyousness of the New NewYork NewYork NewTork
York public are notably simple in con construction constructIon construction ¬
struction are charged with humor that thatrequires thntrequires thatrequires
requires no guidebook for illuminationand illumination illuminationand UIumlnationRnd
and employ few persons In their th lr pres presentatlon presntatIon presentation
entatlon The fun which Is frequent frequently ¬
ly of the fast and furious kind is pro produced produced produced ¬
duced by means of situations which whichare whichare whichare
are highly improbable but not ass assamusing ss ssamusing ssamusing
amusing on that account accountOne accountOne accountOne
One ofWlhe latest and best of these thesegloom thesegloom thesegloom
gloom dispallers dlsp JJers Is The Inferior Sex Sexnow Sexnow Sexnow
now being exploited by Maxine Elliott Eliiottat Elliottat
at Dalys theater This Is a so called calledfarce caUedfarce calledfarce
farce comedy devised for Miss Elliott Elliottby ElUottby Elliottby
by Frank Stayton an English play playwright playwrIght playwright ¬
wright who is comparatively unknown unknownIn
In this country For a long time Miss MissElliott MissElliott MissElliott
Elliott was Impatient to unfold this thislaughlet thIslaushlet thislaughlet
laughlet before an American audi audience audience audience ¬
ence but circumstances were not on onher onher onher
her side First of all the extraordi extraordinary extraordInary extraordinary ¬
nary success of her brotherinlaw brotherinlawMr
Mr ForbesRobertson In uThe The Passing Passingof
of the Third Floor Back made it im impossible ImpossIble Impossible ¬
possible for her to occupy her own
comes down on his shoulders To start startthe startthe startthe
the contestants a man Is stationed at atthe atthe atthe
the jump off with a flag with which whichhe whIchhe whichhe
he signals to a bugler at a certain certainpoint certaInpoInt certainpoint
point indicating that the track below belowis belowIs belowis
is clear clearAt clearAt clearAt
At the signal that everything Is IsO IsO
O K K the competitor rushes from the thehilltop the11UJtOP thehilltop
hilltop down toward the little raised raisedplatform raisedplatform raisedplatform
platform a descent of about 300 feet feetwhich feetwhich feetwhich
which is very steep The rush gives giveshim glyeshIm giveshim
him a tremendous impetus and when whenhe whenhe whenhe
he reaches the projecting ledge to shoot shootoff shootofl shootoft
off the platform he makes a a huge hugespring hugesprlnS hugespring
spring all the time whirling his arms armslike armsllke armslike
like a windmill to keep his balance bal nce as ashe ashe ashe
he jumps Into space spaceWhat spaceWhat spaceWhat
What Skeeing Is Like LikeSkees LikeSkees LikeSkees
Skees are very simple Instruments InstrumentsThey instrumentsThey
They consist of narrow strips of wood I
I
4 r kA < 4 m mMAXINE JJ
MAXINE ELLIOTT ONLY WOMAN IN THE INFERIOR SEX
trolmen and at a given lven signal sl nal those thosehusky thosehusky
husky promoters of the public welfare welfareemerged wcICareemerged welfareemerged
emerged from their concealment conc alment In the thelobby thelobby thelobby
lobby and proceeded to eject the illicit illicitticket Illiettticket Illicitticket
ticket mongers from the premises To Tomake Tomake Tomake
make his victory complete Mr Morris Morrisstationed Morrisstationed Morrisstationed
stationed pickets at all the approaches approachesto
to the American with orders to Inter
Skee kee Experts Tuning Up UpFor UpFor A
For the National Tourney TourneyIn
In Coleraine Mien Feb 19 and 20
By TOMMY CLARK CLARKXPERT CLARKEXPERT CLARKEXPERT
XPERT skee jumpers in Min Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota ¬
EXPERT nesota Wisconsin and MIchi Mlchisan MIchigan Michigan
gan are now oiling up their theirlimbs theIrlimbs theirlimbs
limbs in order to be in firstclass first firstclass firstclass
class shape for the coming national nationaltournament nationaltournament nationaltournament
tournament o be held In Coleraine ColeraineMinn ColeralneUnn ColeraineMinn
Minn Unn Feb Fe 19 and 20 This event Is Isalways Isalways Isalways
always eagerly ea erly looked forward to by bythe bythe bythe
the devotees of that fascinating winter winterpastime wlntepastime winterpastime
pastime of the Norwegians In this thiscountry tl13country th s scountry
country who gather In thousands to towitness towitness towitness
witness the wonderful flights of the thecompetitors thecompetitors thecompetitors
competitors on their spruce blades bladesAll bladesAU bladesAll
All the crack skee jumpers of thecountry the thecountry thecountry
country will be on hand to take part in inthis inthis Inthis
this tourney which usually winds up
the season and when the contests contestsstart conteFtsstart contestsstart
start new jumping figures are ex expected expecte ¬
pected Extra inducements have been beenoffered beenoffered beenoffered
offered to the jumper who will equal equalor
or excel the record breaking jump of
144 feet made by Ole Feiring In Du
luth Minn recently Until then Oscar
Gunderson of Spokane Wash held the therecord therecord d
record He made 136 feet at Chippewa
Falls Wis last year yearSkeo yearSkeo OIr OIrSkeo
Skeo jumping calls for great daring
The man who competes in one of these thesecontests thesecontests thesecontests
contests must have great suppleness supplenessand supplenessand supplenessand
and an abundance of courage for the thesport thesport thesport
sport Is as dangerous as high
diving divingHow divingHow divingHow
How Skee Tourneys Are Run RunConsiderable RunConsiderable RunConsiderable
Considerable expense Is Incurred In I
holding a tourney of this kind The Thewooden Thewooden Thewooden
wooden structure which is erected at
the top of a hill costs many hundreds hundredsof
of dollars Hundreds of loads of snow snowarc snoware i iAro
arc dumped along the course to make makethe makethe makethe
the grade approximately uniform
The riders are started from a point pointon pointon pointon
on a slope 33 degrees from the hen horfontal henzontal I Izontal
zontal and coast past a point where wherethe wherethe wherethe
the slope Increases slightly sll htJy to the thejumping thejumping thejumping
jumping oft place There the mo momentum momntum momentum ¬
mentum Is so great reat as to Impel them themforward themforward themforward
forward in a flight through midair to
land In tho soft snow beyond be5 ond and an if ifthe Ifthe lithe I j
the distance of a mans jump measured measuredfrom measuredfrom i ifrom
from the platform to the spot where
he h > touches Mother Earth is the
great grertest gre greatest t tpst
est he is declared the winner winnerUsually winnerUsuaJ1y winnerUsually
Usually then are more than a hundred hun hundred ¬
dred competitors For weeks cclta before beforethe beforethE beforethe
the great contests the members of the thevarious thenrfous thevarious
various clubs throughout the west busy
themselves practicing so that the com comppitors com1pltors comeitors
ppitors eitors on the day da of the national nationalevent nationalevent i
event represent the best the lut luthave ut uthaw u11 u11hl1e
have haveStakes hl1eStak haw
hawStakes
Stakes Stak < < s are areset set five feet apart for the thebenefit theh thebenefit
benefit h > nefit of the judges of the contests contestsThe contestsThe contestsThe
The distances covered by the jumpers jumpersare
are measured In a manner similar to tothose tothose tothose
those used on a football field After a ajump ajump ajump
jump Into the snow on the course Is Israked fsraked s sraked
raked which keeps f It t loose so that thatth thatthpre thatthere
th there < re is a downy bed for the other otherumpers I Ijumpers Ijumpers
jumpers umpers to fall into even If the man manI i
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cozy coz little playhouse without precipi precipitating precipitating ¬
tating a family row Again there was wasnot wasnot wasnot I
not a single one of the other thirty thirtynine thirtyI thirtyInine thirtynine
nine first class theaters on Manhattan ManhattanIsland ManhattanIsland ManhattanIsland
Island which could be had for love or ormoney ormoney
money until after a long and weary wearyperiod wearypertod wearyperiod I
period of suspense a very Chesterfield Chesterfieldamong Chesterfieldamong
I
among managers withdrew an attrac attraction attraction attraction ¬
tion which had made good and was wasassured wasassured i iassured
assured of a long run to make room roomfor roomfor I
for Miss Elliott and her playlet playletThe playletThe i iThe
The public accepted the sacrifice sacrificeand sacrificeand sacrificeand
and so also did Miss Elliott The pub public public publie ¬
lic has not regretted Its action nor has hasthe ha3the hasthe
the lady lad who was as capable of Inspiring Inspiringsuch InspIrIngsuch inspiringsuch
such an outburst of managerial chive chivalry chlvaIry chiveairy ¬
aIry tiThe The Inferior Sex one of the themost themost themost
most daringly original and delicately delicatelymanaged dcJJcate1ymanaged delicatelymanaged
managed literary tidbits ever brought broughtto i ito I Ito
to this thl market is as clever as it is ismirth ismirth
I
mirth provoking There Is only and onawoman ontJwoman andwoman
woman in the play and only three or orfour ortour orfour
four speaking parts What an oppor opportunity opportunfty opportunity ¬
tunity for that one o womanIt woman womanIt oman
I IIt
It may be affirmed truthfully of Miss MissElliott j
Elliott that she grasps the opportunity opportunityadmirably opportunityadmirably
admirably It had been understood understoodall I
all along that she was one of the few fewwomen fewwomen fewwomen
women In the dramatic profession who whocould whocould whocould
could well afford to do without the thereputation thereputation I Ireputation
reputation of being geniuses even es especially especlalIy especially ¬
pecially talented that her more than thanabundant thanabundant
I
abundant charm of person was sum sufficient sumclent suMdent ¬
dent However that may be she has hassurprised hassurprised hassurprised
surprised everybody by her really ar artistic artistic artistic ¬
tistic Impersonation of that only wo woman woman ¬ I Iman
man In Tho Inferior Sex From Fromstart Fromstart Fromstart
start to finish it Is a n situation which whichdemands whichdemands
i
demands the most delicate treatment treatmentand treatmentand treatmentand
and Miss Elliott evinces rare tact and andintelligence andinteJJlgence andIntelligence
intelligence in its development She SheIs SheJs SheIs
Is certainly a living refutation of the thecharge theharge thecharge
charge against womankind implied in inthe Inthe n nthe
the title cf her play playMore pla3More playMore
More than this she has made It ap apparent apparent apparent ¬
parent that she Is a woman of the themost themost themost
most amazing courage What other otherAmerican otherAmerican I
American actressa actress a Frenchwoman Frenchwomanmight Frenchwomanmight Frenchwomanmight
might have done it Itwould would have ac accepted accepted ¬ I Icepted
cepted conditions which prescribed pr crlbed the thewearing th thewearing
wearing of a single frock during an anentire anentire I I
entire play and a tier very simple frock at atthat atthat atthat
that That Is precisely what Miss El Elliott Elliott ¬ I
liott does for matters so shape them themselves themselves ¬
selves that she couldnt do otherwise otherwiseThat otherwIseThat otherwiseThat I
That surely surel is real heroism In com comparison cornparison ¬ I
parison the woman oman who enters the
lions cage in full view of the audience
is a mere pretender pretenderThe preten pretenderThe er erThe
The New York public Is not unap unappreciatlve unappreclatlvc unappreciative
preciatlve of an act of derringdo of ofsuch otsuch ofsuch
such magnitude Miss Elliott deserves deservesall deservesaU
j all she Is getting and there is every everyreason everyreason
j reason to believe that long after The
Passing of tho Third Floor Back over overI
I the portals of o her pretty theater in InI
I Thirtyninth street she will be con convincing convincing ¬
I vincing the New York public that she sheat sheat
I at least does not belong to The In ¬
ferior Sex SexIt SexIt
I 1I 1 It has been claimed so o long and so soinsistently soinsistently soI
I insistently that the sidewalk ticket ticketspeculator ticketspeculator ticketspeculator
abolished speculator nuisance could not be abol abolished ¬
ished that the recent successful at attempt attempt attempt ¬
II tempt of Mr William Morris to rid ridhimself ridhimself ridhimself
himself and his American Music uslc hall hallof hanof hallof
of the Incubus deserves appreciation appreciationMr
1 Mr Morris orrls is a man of action Intoler Intolerant Intolerant ¬
i ant of mere theory and ready at all alltimes allUrnes alltimes
times to take the Initiative He made madeup madeup madeup
up his mind that the sidewalk specula speculation spcculai speculation ¬
i tion In front of his theater should come cometo comoto conic conicto
to an end and at once announced his hisIntention hIsIntention hisintention
Intention of getting on the job jobWhen jobWhen I IWhen
When the open air ticket merchants merchantslearned j
Ilearned learned of the justly Irate Mr Ir Morris Morrisproposition Morrisproposition MorrisproposiUon I
proposition they did not take warning warningbut warningbut warningbut
but assembled In full force at the very verynext verynext i inext
next matinee performance and began to tosolicit I IsolicIt
j solicit trade from those who
were en entering entering entering ¬
tering the American The proprietor proprietorwas proprietorwas proprietornos
was ready for them He had taken the theprecaution theprecaution theprecaution
precaution to send to the nearest sta station station station
tion house for a supply of extra pa
II SCENES AT RECENT NATIONAL SKEE TOURNEY ON HOLMEN HOLMENKOLLEN HOLMENKOLLEN HOLMENKOLLEN
KOLLEN HILL NEAR CHRISTIANIA NORWAY j jTho IThe I IThe
The skee tournament held annually on Holmenkollen hill near Christianla ChristianlaNorway ChristianIaNorwa ChristlaniaNorway
Norway Norwa brings together all the expert jumpers of King Haakons country countryHere countryHere countryHere
Here a crowd of about 30000 gather to watch the exciting sport sportNo sportNo sportNo
No 1 shows men leaving takeoff on Holmenkollen hill hillNo hUtNo hillNo
No 2 shows expert gliding down Incline at terrific speed speedNo speedo speedNo
No o 3 shows jumper experiencing a bad fall
pointed and curved up In front and are aregenerally aregeneraJly aregenerally
generally six seven or eight feet In Inlength Inlength inlength
length and three or four Inches in inbreadth Inbreadth inbreadth
breadth At the center under und r the foot footthey footthey footthey
they are about an Inch thick leveling levelingoff levelingoft levelingoff
off to about a quarter of an inch at ateither ateither
either end The undersurface Is flatoften flat flatoften fiat fiatoften f
often with a grove along the middle middleand middleand middleand
and is made as smooth as possible possbleThey possibleThey j jThey
They are fastened on or the feet by b a loop loopfor loopfor i ifor
for the toe fixed near the center of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the skeo and a band which passes from fromthis fromthis I IthIs
this round the heel of the shoe and andwhich andwhich andwhich
which can be tied very tight tightThe tightI tightThe
I The motion employed in skeeing has hasno hasI basno
I no resemblance to that employed In Inskating Inskating inskating
skating While the men are movingthe moving movingthe movingthe
the skees are always alwas kept parallel and andas andas andas
as close together as possible and are arenot arcnot arenot
not lifted from the ground like the Ca
iept ept all endeavors of the routed huck hucksters hucksters hucksters ¬
sters to dispose of their wares waresMr waresMr arcs arcsr
Mr r Morris has demonstrated the fact factthat facttha factthat
that tha t th the lobby and sidewalk ticket ticketvending ticketendlna ticketvending
vending endlna business may b be brought to tosudden a asudden asudden
sudden close What are the other the theater theater theater
ater magnates ma natell going ol to do about it itMr itI
I Mr Fred C Whitney Vhltne seems to have liavei havenadlan havenadlan
i nadlan snowshows On fiat ground groundthey groundthey round
1 they are kept gliding over the snow snowWhile snowVhlle snowWhile
While being driven forward by alter alternate aJterI ¬
I nate strokes from the hips and thighs thighsthe thishsthe thighsthe
the body is s thrown forward In each eachstride eachstride eachstride
stride An ordinary skee runner Is Isexpected Iiiexpected isexpected
expected to maintain a gait of eight or ornine ornine ornine
nine mites an hour tour for any length len h of oftime oftime oftime
time The longest race on skees the
distance being nearly 140 miles was wayrun wasun wa warun
run un In less than twentyfour hours hoursests hoursrests hoursrests
rests includedNorway Included IncludedNorway includedNorway
Norway Is the place for one to see seeskee seeskee seeskee
skee sport In fact nearly every everyone one
arrived at the very apotheosis of man managerial managerial managerial ¬
agerial inspiration Ills inventive genius geniusit
it is nothing less than that rare en endowment endowmentbas endowmenthas ¬
dowment dowmentbas has provided the Casino with withan wIthi withan
i an attachment which no other play playhouse playhoufte playhouse
house has ever had hadan an inhalatorium inhalatoriumNow InhalatoriumNow InhalatoriumNow
Now the Casino has been the scene of ofmany atmallY ofmany
many a novel experience but it has re retravels reI retravels
I
travels on the spruce blades School Schoolchildren SchoolchlJdren Schoolchildren
children soldiers business men can be beseen beseen beseen
seen almost al 1St any day during the cold coldwinter coldwinter coldwinter
winter months gliding through throu h the thevillages themages thevillages
villages or cities on their skees skeesIn skeesIn skeesIn
In hunting expeditions the skee skeeplays skeepltys skeeplays
plays a very prominent part Small Smallgame SmallgRme Smallgame
game abounds and a hare bunt is one oneof oneof oneof
of the favorite sports as It Involves a
great deal of speed on the part of the theskee theskee theskee
skee runner No one ever dreams of ofusing otusIng ofusing
using a gun on these occasions As Asthe Asthe Asthe
the fox Is run down In England so isthe Is Isthe isthe
the hare run down by the hunters on onJ onj
J
malned for Mr Whitney to confer on onit onIt 1 1t
it t a distinction which is absolutely absolutelyunique absolutelyunique absolutelyunique
unique uniqueAfter uniqueAfter uniqueAfter
After six months wear and tear in inthe Inthe inthe
the prolonged run of The Chocolate ChocolateSoldier ChocolateSoldIer ChocolateSoldier
Soldier the voices of the members of ofthe atthe ofthe
the chorus began to show signs of de deterioration deterIoration doterioratlon ¬
terioration The music of this delight delightful delightful delightful ¬
ful confection Is almost on a par with withgrand wIthgrand withgrand
grand opera and an is correspondingly ex exacting exacting ¬
acting It came to the knowledge of ofMr otMr ofMr
Mr Whitney that many of the young youngwomen I Iwomen Iwomen
women of the chorus and several of the theprincipals I IprincIpals I Iprincipals
principals were finding it necessary to totake totake
take special treatment from throat ex experts experts experts ¬ I
pertsSo perts pertsSo pertsSo
So the idea of the Inhalatorlum took tookpossession tookpossession j jpossession
possession of Mr Whitneys up to date datethlnkery I Ithinkeryu Cthinkery
thlnkery He made mado up his mind to toestablish toestablish I Iestablish
I Ithe
establish a private throat hospital In Inthe inthe
the theater and when it was ready he heinstalled heinstalled I IInstaUed
installed in it a specialist and trained trainednurse trainednurse trainednurse
nurse This dramatic Inhalatorlum Inhalatoriumwhy Inhalatorlumwhy inhalatorlumwhy
why not notis Is a n dainty affair made en entirely entirely ¬ I Itlrely
tirely of white enamel all its furniture furnitureand i iand jand
and fittings of tho most modern anti antiseptic antiseptic ¬ i iseptic
septic construction It has become the themost themost I Imost
most popular feature of the Casinos Casinosequipment Casinosequipment Casinosequipment
equipment and its beneficial influencehas influence influencehas j jhas
has been demonstrated clearly The TheImprovement j jImprovement i iImprovement
Improvement of the chorus singing has hasbeen hasbeen i
been marked and there are no more moreawkward moreawkward moreawkward
awkward absences due to Irritated Irritatedthroats irritatedthroats i ithroats
throats Hereafter the Inhalatorlum inhalatoriumwill InhalatorlumwJl inhalatorlumwill
will wJl accompany UThe The Chocolate Soldier Soldieron SoldierI Soldieron I
on all his travels travelsA
A more recent novelty Introduced by byMr byMr byfir
Mr Whitney seems to suggest that the thechorus thehorus thechorus
chorus girls millennium is In sightLed sight sightLed sightLcd
Led by the desire to add to the physical physicalfitness physicalfitness physicalfitness
fitness of his singers and Incidentally Incidentallyto
to obtain from them the best work pos possible possible possible ¬
sible Mr ir Whitney hltney has hit on a scheme schemewhich schemewhIch schemewhich
which is certain to make him the most mostpopular mostpopular mostpopular
popular manager in America Realiz Realizing RealizIng Reallzing ¬
ing that his chorus did not secure the theoutdoor theoutdoor theoutdoor
outdoor exercise eXercf e necessary to produce producethe producethe producethe
the best results he ha har arranged with witha
a leading riding academy to have the thegirls thegirls I Igirls
girls given lessons In equestrianism equestrianismtwice equestrlanlsmtwice equestrianismtwice
twice a week under the direction of a acapable acapable acapable
capable master When they have be become beiome beome ¬
come ome sufficiently proficient they will willbe willbe willbe
be permitted to ride daily in the parkTalk park parkTalk parkTalk
Talk of managerial enterprise enterpriseThe enterpriseThe enterpriseThe
The recent intelligence that a New NewYork NewYork ew ewYork
York millionaire millionairename name not yet di divulged diulgedIs divulgedis ¬
vulged ulgedIs Is going to endow schools of ofdramatic otdramatic ofdramatic
dramatic art at Harvard Yale and Co Columbia ColumbIa Cokttnbia ¬
lumbia Is provoking much discussion in intheatrical Intheatrical Intheatrical
theatrical circles As far as heard from fromleading fromleading fromleading
leading members of the profession are arenot arenot areriot
not In sympathy with the project John JohnDrew JohnDrew JohnDrew
Drew for instance voices his opinion opinionas
as follows followsCritics folloWsCritics followsCritics
Critics like poets are born not notmade notmade notmade
made A man must have eyes that see seeand seeI
and a mind that knows the significance significanceof
I
lof of what Is seen but a little erudition eruditionexcept eruditionI eruditionetieept
I except In rare cases is apt to make a ayoung aI ayoung
young oung critic pompous and cocksure cocksureEarnest cocksureEarnest cocksureEarnest
Earnest sincere fair criticism the actor actorwelcomes actorwlcomes actorwelcomes
welcomes for in some ways wa s It is a truer truerguide truerguide
guide to development In his art than thanthe thanthe thanthe
the response that he gets from his au audience audience audience ¬
dience He has a right to complainhowever complain complainhowever complainhoeer
however of o the flippant critic who sac sacrifices sacrifices sacrifices ¬
rifices facts to scoring points This Thiscritic ThIscritic Thiscritic
critic Is now gone out of fashion and andIn andIn andin
In his place is the man who tries trle hon honestly 11onelt1y honestly ¬
estly to report what he sees ees from the thejudicial thejudicial thejudicial
judicial standpoint One of the best bestcritics bestcritics bestcritics
critics I ever knew once told me that thatif thatIt thatif
if he could tell the facts about a bad badpiece badpl badpiece
piece pl e he never ne er needed either satire or orwords orords orwords
words ords of condemnation to make his hiscriticism hiscriticism hiscriticism
criticism strong and stinging And Andactors Andactors AndI
I actors would rather take blame from fromsuch fromsuch fromsuch
such a critic than praise from a gush gusher guher gusher ¬
er A school of criticism might teach teachyoung teachyoung teachyoung
young men a great deal about tho his history history history ¬
tory and traditions of the stage and andabout andabout andabout
about the historical Interpretation of ofclassical ofdusteal ofclassical
classical roles which It would be well wellfor wellfor wellfor
for them to know but the great danger dangeris
is that of a little learning What is ismost IsI ismost
most needed is a right feeling a right rightinstinct rI rightinstinct ht htInstinct
I instinct that will guide the man when whennew whent
new situations confront him himTHE himi himTHE
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THE LUCKY BATOn BAT BATOn BA BAI
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I On the opening night of Otis Skin Skinner SklnI Skinnor ¬
I ner as Lafayette Lafa ette Towers in Your YourHumble YourI YourHumble
I Humble Servant at the Garrick the theater theater theater ¬
ater New York a bat appeared from fromthe fromthe fromthe
the scene loft He chose a quiet scene scenein sceneIn scenein
in the third act when his entrance entrancecould entrancecould entrancecould
could not be overlooked After several severaltheir seeraltheIr severali
i their skees and when reached dispatch dispatched ¬
ed by b a short club The wolves rein reindeer reIndeer reindeer ¬
deer elks and other large game are aresuccessfully aresuccessfuJl aresuccessfully
successfully pursued on skees with withthe wIththe withthe
the difference that powder and lead do doduty doi
i i duty Instead of a club clubOrigin clubI clubOrigin
I I Origin of the Sport SportSkees SportI
I i Ii Skees were first known to have been beenused beeni beenused
i used in the thirteenth century centur Eight Eightcenturies EightI Eightcenturies
centuries passed before the trappers trappersthe trappersthe trappersthe
I the lumbermen and woodchoppers of ofAmerica ofAmerica ofAmerica
America learned the vast ast superiority superiorityof
of the skee over the Canadian snow snowshoe snowshoe snowshoe
shoe In a century centur more the latter latterwill latterwfU latterwill
will be looked at In museums as the theclumsy thecJumsy theclumsy
clumsy implement of the bygone age ageWhereas ageWhereas egeWhereas
Whereas some years ears ago only a few fewScandinavian tewScandlnay13n fewScandinavian
Scandinavian experts made a scanty scantyliving scantyJIving scantyliving
living by selling their product to en enthusiastic enthusiastic enthusiastic ¬
thusiastic countrymen skees of all allqualities anqualities allqualities
qualities may now be found at any anyplace anyplace anyplace
place during the winter season seasonSince seasonSince seasonSince
Since its introduction Into this coun country country country ¬
try several years ears ago skeeing has be become become become ¬
come immensely popular especially In Intho Inthe inthe
the west where there Is lots of snow snowAt snowi snowAt
i At the tournament held In Duluth DuluthMinn Duluth1Ilnn DuluthMinn
Minn last year there were over 8000 8000spectators 8000spectators 5000spectators
spectators presentNearly present presentNearly presentXearly
Nearly all of the great jumpers In the thewest theI
I west are native born Norwegians who whohave wlIohave whohave
have been In America not longer than thanfour thanfour thanfour
four or five years the skee movement movementhere movementI movementhere
I here not having attained any headway headwayuntil hcadwa hcadwaI headwayuntil
I until 1900 when the Red Wing and andIshpemlng andIshpemlng andIshpeming
Ishpemlng clubs were formed Most of ofthem 01them ofthem
them are men who work as day labor laborers labori laborens ¬
i ers at other seasons of the year ear Ole OleFelrlng OleFelring OleFeiring
Felrlng the American champion is a ateamster ateamster ateamster
teamster and Gustave Bye another ex expert expert ¬
pert jumper an odd job man manLIFTING manLIFTING inanLIFTING
LIFTING BAN ON FRESHMEN FRESHMENIn
In suggesting that freshmen have havetheir havetheir havetheir
their old prerogative of trying tr lng for var varsity varslt varsity ¬
sity slt athletic teams Harvard university universityseems unherslt unhersltseems universityseems
seems to have hit on a pretty good Idea IdeaThere IdeaThere ideaThere
There Is no reason why first year ear men menshould menshould menshould
should be debarred from competing for forthe forthe forthe
the big teams The rule keeping them themout themout themout
out during their first year In college collegewas colJegewas collegewas
was made when football otbaU was radically radicallyreformed radlcal1yreformed radicallyreformed
reformed several years ago agoThis agoI agoThis
I This rule was made to stop the prac practice practice practice ¬
tice of college athletes quitting one college col college col1ege ¬
lege for another supposedly because inducements in inducements Inducements ¬
ducements were made to particularly particularlyskillful particularlyskillful
I IsldllCul skillful performers to make the change changeSince changeSinco changeSince
Since the rule has been made It is isnoticed Isnoticed isnoticed
noticed that it has elevated the morals moralsof moralsof moralsof
of college sport but at the same time timeIs timeIs timeis
Is rough on the freshmen If opporents oppo opponents oppoI ¬
I rents to Harvards suggestion declare declarethat decJarethat declarethat
that the abrogation of the first year yearrule yearrule yearrule
rule would be a step backward and re restore reI restore ¬
I store the detested condition of other
swoops about the smoking room of the thePrentice thePrentice thePrentice
Prentice mansion he went out into the theauditorium theauditorIum theauditorium
auditorium inspected the gallery and anddisappeared anddIsappeared anddisappeared
disappeared as mysteriously as he had hadcome hadcome hadcome
come Mr Ir Skinner was fa intensely cha chagrined chagrined chagrined ¬
grined at the titter that ran through throughthe throughthe throughthe
the house feeling that the scene had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen
been made ridiculous After the play playhe playhe playhe
he was complaining to Charles Froh Frohman Frohman Frohman
man that his theaters should be made madebat madebat madebat
bat proof when hen William Gillette who whowas whowas ho howas
was present said Stop That bat Is Isthe isthe isthe
the luck of the Garrick theater The Thefirst Thefirst rhofirst
first time he appeared was during the thetelegraph thetelegraph thetelegraph
telegraph scene on the opening night nightof nl nightof 1it 1itot
of Secret Service The good luck thathe that thathe thathe
he brought me hell bring Lafe Towers TowersYou TowersYou TowersYou
You wait and ape Mr Gillettes Gillettesprophecy Gillettesprophecy Gillettesprophecy
prophecy has come true and fortunate fortunately ¬
ly for Mr tir Skinners peace of mind he hedid hedId hedid
did not have to wait very long to find findIt findIt findit
It out The new play won in a canter
FERDINAND GOTTSCHALCK FA FAMOUS FAMOUS FAMOUS
MOUS SIR ANDREW AGUE AGUECHEEK AGUEI AGUECHEEK
CHEEKJOSEPH CHEEK CHEEKI CH EEK EEKJOSEPH
I
I JOSEPH JEFFERSONS MANTE MANTEIn MANT MANTIn
In Jeffersons latter days day after b he had hadleft hadleft hadleft
left the stage he sent for Francis Wll Wllson WHson Wilson
son Young man he said you 00 have havegreater haegreater havegreater
greater powers than you suspect su pect You Yoviare YOllare Youare
are a true comedian You have the art artof artof artof
of tears as well w n as the art of laughter laughterIf
If I could nominate a successor for the theplace theI theplace
place I have tried to fill upon the theAmerican theAmerIcan theAmerican
I American stage it would be you OU It Is 5sneedless Isneedless isneedless
needless to say that If Francis Wilson Wilsonneeded W1lsonI
I needed anything to stimulate his ambi ambition ambI ambition ¬
tion and Industry it was as these words wordsfrom wordsfrom wordsfrom
I from the dean of American actors A Adecade Adecade Adecade
decade has passed and now It Is recop recopnized rfCO rfCOnlzed recogi
i nized that Jeffersons prediction is well wellon wellon ell ellon
on the way way ay to fulfillment In The TheBachelors TheBachelors TheBachelors
Bachelors Baby Francis Wilson has hasj hasnot
j j not only shown that he holds the keys keysof keysof keysof
of laughter but also the keys of fineand fine fineand tineand
and touching sentiment s ntfment He Is In fact factsucceeding factsucceeding 2lt 2ltsucceeding
succeeding to the place so long 10n Ian va vacant V3ant vacant
cant ant by b Jefferson And the fulfillment fulfillmentdoes fuUUlmentdoes fulfillmentdoes
does not stop there for Francis Wilson Wilsonhas WIIIonhas Wilsonhas
has found in The Bachelors Baby a aj RI aplay
j I play that seems destined to be to him himwhat hImI himwhat
I what Rip Van Winkle was as to Jefferson Jeffer Jefferson 1etcerIon ¬
son Jefferson was the author of Rip Ripalmost Ripalmost Ripalmost
almost as completely as Wilson is the thoauthor thlauthor theauthor
author of uTh The Bachelors Baby and andi an andeach < l leach
i each actor fitted himself with ith a 2 part In Inia Ina inis
ia a way wa that another playwright could couldi
I i not well have done doneyears doner doneyears
r
years there Is a way to give justice toboth to toboth toboth
both sides sidesPermit sidesPermit sidesPermit
Permit legitimate college freshmen fr hmen ti tirepresent t trepresent torepresent
represent varsity teams which hich extend exter1the exterlthe extendthe
the maximum life jfe of college coU e competition competi competition competlI ¬
tion to four years but do not allow an anathlete anathlete anathlete
I athlete coming from another collRplay college colleltoplay collegeplay
play until he has been at his second seconduniversity seconduniversity econdunlerslty
university for a year yearTHE yeart yearTHE
THE ONE BACK FOOTBALL GAME GAMEThe GAMEThe GAMEt GAMEThe
t
The question of the legitimacy of the thaone th6one theone
one back game at association football footballhas footballhas ootbaHhas
has been brought Into consideration bythe by bythe bVthe
the action of the referee In the recent recertsensational recetsensational recentsensational
sensational match between Liverpool Liverpooland LIverpoolnnd Liverpooland
and Newcastle United tnlt d at Anneld In Inthis 1nthis Inthis
this game Liverpool gained a victory victoryby victoryby Ictorvby
by 6 goals to 5 While the Liverpool Liverpoolforwards Lhrpollforwards Liverpoolforwards
forwards were keeping up a persistent persistentattack persistentattack persistentattack
attack In the second half one of the thaNewcastle thftNewcastle theNewcastle
Newcastle backs repeatedly adopted adoptedthe adoptedI
the time honored tactics of moving movingforward movingforward movingforward
I forward so as to put them off side sideThe sideThe sideThe
The referee went so far as to warn warnthe warnthe warnthe
the player pla cr to desist from his off side sidogame sldogame sidegame
game gameNow gameNow gameNow
Now there Is nothing In the laws nf nfassociation orassociation oft
t association football to prevent a full fullback fullback fullback ¬
back from standing where he chooses cttooeesThe choosesThe cl s sThe
The disposition of the field i is purely a amatter amatter amatter
matter for the captain of the sled to tosettle tosettle toi
i settle If he likes to play five half halfbacks hat hatbacks haltbacks ¬
backs and a goal 08l keeper with no fullbacks full fullbacks fullbacks ¬
backs at all he Is at perfect liberty to todo todo todose
do dose doseA so soA soA
A referee Is not Justified In speaking speakingto
to any defender who takes up a t posi posltion position position ¬
tion to put opponents off of side or out outof outot outof
of play playWHERE playWHERE playWHERE
i
WHERE SOCKER IS POPULAR POPULARExact POPULARExact POPULARExact
Exact statistics are not available be because bpcause because ¬
cause they the have never been collated collatedbut conatPiii collatedbut
i but It Is not an exaggeration to assert assertthat assertthat assertthat
that every eeI week In England alone from rom
7000 to SOOO socker matches match fl are play played played played ¬
ed of which not more than 3W 3G are he between hetween hetween ¬
tween professional clubs There are arefewer areewer arefewer
fewer ewer than 6000 professional players playersbut p1aer p1aerbut playersbut
but there are something like a half halfmillion haIrmllJlon halfmillion
million amateur players and there therewould th therewould rp rpI
I would be many many thousands thous nds more It Ifgrounds ItI itgrounds
I grounds could be be found for clubs to toplay toI toplay
I play upon The London Football V Otbal1 as association 8isoclatlon associatlon ¬
sociation furnishes an object lesson lessonthat leaonI lessonthat
that compels attention This Thl is the thelargest theJarget thelargest
I
largest affiliated association In the theworld thuworlel theworlcl
world Its membership roll numbering numberingi
i 1400 to 1500 1 OO clubs clubsMore clubsMore clubsMore
More than two years ears ago 5SOM i > > per persons lersons perSons ¬
sons were present when Chelsea met metWoolwich mt metWoolwich > t tWoollch
Woolwich Arsenal but this record andall and andall anda1l
all others for a league le gu same Ame were left 1rtfar leftfar eftfar
far behind recently when some omf 700fO 700fOsqueezed iOOIosqueezed 04t0squeezed
squeezed into the ground round including inllu inc a alarge alarge alarge
large number who rushed the gates
t