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.,.j>T IV EIGHT PAGES
SUNDAY, JULY 8. L917
PART IV EIGHT PAGES
IN THE THEATRICAL TRENCHES
BROADWAY AND ELSEWHERE
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more widely re
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- :? Herbert
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JTtieo? ? i:kc'1
??m had 1 height, power?
. in ex?
* * ;._. noticeably
a-a-klN* ? i held la sa
Znt by t?an\ ' ' *??*
J ?m ?hi :' ' ?areefnl,
. -,.P;y unlimited
Saf? -e Thomas
on.
aeattaly ? ' ?*? !4*-''' of
spent si veral
'...-. a film ot
he would
on the bis
lead i ?rooW r? '
Hf hid taly a r it period in which to
eei tated a
..-?'psce. Bol Sir Herbert worked
Mana? boort a day. and the picture
pitted - '
Ittaraiag * S * produc
... ?? ;;- b?? in >a
keareal three weeks. The opening was
nt we,k o-T .
... '.Vom ont from
kl? labors ar.d travele, he, nevertheless,
?ehaOlM . oil day ar.d most of the :. gh1
? KM er.tire week. He supervised
(Ttry detail of music, scenery, <*os
hSM laghttag, diction and ensemble..
Arr.i.'ii*-.* '-? ' Itill have energy
-h to ?top a rehearsal to shift a
to'.-red pair cf itaehiafl from one side ',
I ? ?:-er for harmony's
aha
Durir.g this tatirt week Sir Herbert
?ri? v.- .- ?ed almost constant
:?? by n-.s??: and newspaper
No matter how busy, or how
T-iry, he r.ever refused to see one and
?>8T? hsd ? live subject to discus?, a
rcui story to relate, or a bright
- ? to ccr.tr.:'.'e. He unders'ood
the American attitude toward news,'
and had an American actor's instinct
for publicity.
Sir Herbert, appeared at countless
is, banquets and meeting?, and
i ready ?ind cheerful participant
at all times. He couid always be count?
ed upon for a snatch of Shakespeare
or a well-phrased plea for the AJlied
Ht liked particularly to recite
I certain speech of Fal.-taff as Hamlet
v. "uld do it. and a certain speech of
Hamlet as Falstaff would do it. Not
Infrequently, after bis performance at
night, he would rush in a taxicab to
some hotel or theatre to take part in a
charitable event. And there wasn't i
dramatic society in town which had
not been addressed by Sir Herbert
Beerbohm Tree.
Tree will certainly figure prominent?
ly in the dramatic history of our time.
as there have been few actors of his
versatility. On one afternoon last
April a year ago, he appeared in four
characterizations from Shakespeare,
Macbeth, Falstaff, Richard II and Mal
vollo, a most remarkable performance.
Sir Herbert was a veritable chameleon.
Alike in stage physique and in dra?
matic psychology, he could change with
absolute completeness and absence of
effort. ,
It was as a manager, however, that
Tree most displayed his American char?
acteristics. His notions of dramatic
art were primitive in simplicity, his
taste ran to the melodramatic .recall
his production of "The Merchant of
Venice"), he liked to put on "big" pro?
ductions, and he was generally success?
ful.
Losing Sir Herbert Tree, the .stage
loses an able leader, an indefatigable
worker and a charming personality. In
speeches which Sir Herbert delivered
here on his last visit, he was fond of
saying that Shakespeare was England's
greatest ambassador to the 1'nited
States. It. is equally certain that Sir
Herbert was one of the pleasantest and
most acceptable ambassadors that Fn?**.
land sent us in recent years.
Margaret Wycherly, who gives one
of the season's best performances in
"The 13th Chair." spent four weeks of j
last year on the Chautauqua Cir?uit.
"It was this way," said Miss Wycher
ly, who is English, but not the least ac
centeil about it. "I was loafing on my
vacation when I received a hurry call
from some English friends to help
? them out, as one of the company was
ill. The play was 'The Merchant of
Venice,' in which, curious as it may
team, a knife is responsible for some
dramatic suspense, just as in 'The 18th
Chair.' although, to be sure, it is not
suspended as high.
"Playing Portia in a tent has its
drawbacks. The adults all occupied the
rear seat?, the front rows being re?
served for children. Everything would
go along all right until the 'quality of
mercy' ipeech, when, quite sub?
consciously, the children would begin
to recite the lines with me. It was like
a popular song on the vaudeville stage,
where the audience joins in the chorus.
fci?oc Street
Street
Livingston St.
Elm Place
BROOKLYN ?NEW YORK
STORE CLOSES AT 5 P. M.?SATURDAYS AT NOON
2,000 Extra Fine Blouses, $1.29
Values to $3 and More
A SPECIAL PURCHASE of some 2.000 Blouses brings tu one of the best sales of the
midsummer, not only in actual low price and fine values, but in diversity of styles
and beauty of designs.
These are summer Blouses, made of fine batistes and voiles, beautifully trimmed
with fine laces, with panels of embroidery, with the newest styles of collars, some with
jabots, aj] smart, every one fresh, crisp, new, adorably smart.
I women will appreciate the character of the voiles, the laces, the embroideries and the
"ne Bttl one will be impressed by the atmosphere of smartness which informs these styles.
rive ample variety of choice. None will be sent C. O. D., none reserved for mail
or tdeph me ? - ?
Kecond Floor.
V
6,000 Pairs Silk Gloves, Special 50c
ALUES UNMATCHED mark this offering of fine white tricot silk Gloves in the pop
iwo-clasp style at 50c. a psdr. All have Paris point backs, self color, with
ible finder tips.
: articularly the finish of these Gloves as well as the generous design.
Main Flor.r, Bond Str-et.
35-lnch Half Silk Pongee, -59c a Yard
BRILLIANT, LUSTROUS and above all things, in the height of fashion, this offering
hall silk Pongee at 59c. a yard can result in but one decision in the mind of the
0 wishes to be well dressed and at the same ttme conserve her purse.
Por Pongees are fashionable, and half silk Pongees at 59c.?when they are such Pon
t&* II these aro fine expressions of the season's styles; .'55 inches wide.
?eoaM near.
American and Foreign Cretonnes
16c a Yard for Regular Values to 25c
HOrsAND YARDS, part from our own stocks and the balance secured from
lireri at a special ligure. Immense variety of pretty patterns and
rings. All remarkable values at 16c. a yard.
INDIA UMBRELLAS
$1.50, $2, $3, $4 for Values $2.50 to $7
J"?' I THK CLOSE of thfl year tor many Umbrella manufacturers, and is a
- in time ivith the makers of the famous India Umbrella. Introduced
? e Loi M Store and launched on a successful career that represents
' ol millions of the Umbrellas in a few years, naturally their surpluses come to
us for distribution.
$150 for $2.50 India Umbrellas
II ?if American taffeta
India Gem Suit Cist
rn, ?h.. i
U for $6 and $7 India Umbrellas
er,.,, ilirlj- iia-iiiiv.il,.- Umbrellas,
' : taffeta:
; , . ' lort; fancy Mr,;
.?I U . th vrry wide
?*? fcave i! '" i ' ':! ***??* ?un tad ram colon
,v** ?POrtl loop li,r,dlrs
$2 for $3 and $4 India Umbrellas
'.overs of best grades of (,loria with an attrac
! .?? Utort men I of sport loop handles and carved
missions, a few men's si/rs with appropriate
bandlet.
$3 for $4 India Umbrellas
I -ijti Rain Umbrella for women; covers of line
quality Upe edfje taffeta silk in Mack Oily, with
sports loop handles.
I-? -. Floor, ?one ati-a*???
Anne Pennington, inimitable dancing atar of the "Folliea," from a aketch by Raphael Kirchner
"The tragic thing was that they all
knew their lines so well that they made
me nervous. For if I faltered for a
moment they looked at me so reproach?
fully that I became panicstricken.
"We encountered a stage-struck
Newfoundland dog one night. He had
been w'atching the performance inter?
estedly with his youthful owner from
one of the front seats. Finally, unable
! to control himself any longer, he ran
[ on the stage and offered his services to
Launcelot 'Gobbo. Gobbo stopped his
speech long enough to persuade the
dog that the stage was no place for
him. Reluctantly the dog departed. But
at the end of the performance he came
around again to bid us farewell. We
p?tted him and comforted him, a:.,l
when we finally ???%?< I }?, ni goodhy he
had apparently resigned himself to bis
fate. But I don't know. I have a feel
ing that dog is going to run away
some day and ask Mr. Belasco for a
i*." _
There may have been nothing in a
name when William Shakespeare, the!
well known author-manager, was a big
maa in the theatrical Bold, but our
| resent day managers seem to think
differently. No manager really amount.!
to anything these days unless be has a
theatre or two named after him. In the
fall the public will be greeted by three
new theatres the Solw] n, the Henry
Miller and the Jack Norworth adding
to the already lengthy list of the She?
bert, the Cort, the Morosco, the Cohan
& Harris, the Belasco and Daly's.
Four theatres in town are named
after actors the Booth, the Garrick,
the Maxine Klliott and the George M.
Cohan.
An expert in heredity assure? us
that none of the theatres are ever in- j
fluenced by their names; it's their en?
vironment that makes them or breaks '
them. Which leads up to interesting
speculation regarding the names of
the two nexv Shubert theatres one in
Forty-fourth Street and t'other in
Forty-fifth Street which are to open
in the full, ami are as y?t unehristened.
We suggest Shubert the Second and
Shubert the Third.
A little group of Irish actors now in
this country are making tentative plans
for a series of special matinees to be
given the coming season at one of the
New York theatres. Plaga taken from
th? repertoire of the Abbey Theatre,
Dublia, will be given, and the matinees
Will be on days which \?rill not inter- '
?ere with the regular engagements of
th?* players M?un!ays, Tuesdays and
Fridays, presumab!;.. Prominent among
those xvho are furthering this move?
ment are J. M. Kerrigan, for eight
years a memhrr of the Abbey Theatre
company and who is now a membef of
, the cast supporting I.aurctie Taylor in
"Out There," and Whitford Kane, more
recently seen in "Hobson's Choice" and
?'Justice." If the plan goes through
Miss Ethaa Magee. of the Abbey com- ,
puny, will join the organization, and
.1 ", possibly, Saia Aligood. who will
arrive in New York late this summer, |
after a long season in Australia, where
fhe pliyd "Peg."
Miss Margery Maude has conti'led to
all of her frien?ls that her forthcoming
marriage, an event which is scheduled
to take place with'ii the next two weeks,
xsill mean her permanent retirement
from the stage.
The sail SOWS that Helen W??tley
will not be with tho Washington Square
PI yera ??*? year is balanced by the
good news that she bs I engaged
for "The I as-.i," the new p'av bj Vil -
tor Mai"
This is a true l.konoss of Eddie thl
Canto**, black""..,*. 1 rome?lian of the
"Folia good friend and tal?
enteil colleague W. ('. Fields, the ten?
nis oxpert, has -ketched him between
rallies.
Mr. Cantor ?pends most of bis time
off the stugo practising a song entitled
"Minnie the Mermaid Cnder the Sea," i
while Mr. Fields is afimating Will
Roger-', .a,',-.. *',.r the movies.
Advice? from S..n Francisco stato
that Henry Miller and his associate
player- have been appearing in a new
Galsworthy play, entitled "A Bit o'
Love." The principal role was rs?ayed
by (). P. Heggie, who will be prominent?
ly featured in the play, if the Western
presentation gives any encouragement
for a pretentious production later.
"Anthony in Wonderland," the play in
xvhich Charles Hawtrey has been suc?
cessfully appearing in London, will be
tho next piece to be presented in Cali?
fornia by Mr. Miller. There is but
little question that the las*, named
piece will eventually roach Broadway.
NOW ON THE BOARDS
DRAMA #
FORTY-EIGHTH STRHCf."The ISth Chair"
PLAYHOUSE ."Thf Mnr. Who Came Back"
COMI-1DY
?;AII-:TV.'Turn to the Right"
MUSICAL
KEW AMSTERDAM."The El gfeM FeUieo"
COHAN A HARRIS. 'Hltchy-Koo'
WINTER GARDEN."th-> r-*.??irc- Shew mi i:?i."
MEvV AMSTERDAM ROOF."Meven-thirtv Frolic"
PRINCESS."Oh. Boy!"
rtT?
BRQOli^m,
THE WEATHER FORECAST?Tomorrow Fair.
j Store Opena 9 A. M. Cloae? 5 P. M Daily. Private Subway Entrance, Hoyt Street. |
? Fine Sale of Discontinued Patterns
and "Cross-Joined" Whittall Rugs
It provides ,1 largo quantity and variety?o{ Rugs from probably the most ccl.'hratfd mill in
America.
We hold the Salr a xveck later than ?SUol, because, owing to freight delays? some of tlir* -lii}*
iii?*iit.s did not reach us on time and xvt* would not offer an incomplete assortment for the sake af
merely holding i tale.
Hut WC mak?* up for the dclav by prices th.it arc /our*' in ?V?**SB ) >>'k, variety and desirability
of the Rugs considered.
Possibly the **BOSt interesting feature of the Sale is an offering oi
186 "Cross-Joined" 9x12 Ft.
Whittall
Rugs
Mies?* Rugs came to us directly from the Whittall mill. They MHlsisI of the vamp!*" Sections
from which the s.il?**in?ii take their orders (instead of carrying about the full Rugs). When
patterns are dropped, these sections are matched end joined into B*xlai ft. RogS, which, xvith the
exception of a cros-senm, are just 1 ike the regular fhcll ft. (ugS. Mut there is a vast difference
in the price. These Cross Joined Rugs are offered for .'CI I .'i per ctnt 1? *>?* than the usual prices
for the regularly made Whittall Rutrs and they xvill atford you all of th?* furnishing and wearing
qualities of tlie regularly made rugs.
These "Croas-Joined" Rugs Come Exclusively to
Abraham and Straus
Quantity Grade Price Quantity Gra-Je Price
60 Anglo-Persian Wiltons.$55.00 27 Teprac Wiltons.?$35.00
.T> Anglo-Indian Wiltons.$47.50 <> Peerless Bcxly Brussels.$25.00
4!) Royal Worcester Wiltons... $39.50 3 Durham Wiltons.$47.50
$00 Whittall Rugs, All Perfect, Discontinued Patterns,
at Less Than Regular
Room Size Anglo-Persians
Regularly At
|?.S< I i-jj-jj :r, ft. ?:*:* $21.50
^75 6 % 9 ft. J0.7J "?9.50
4.25 ''?M"': 11. M.7J MJt
C12 ft. 66.50
Small and Medium Sizes
Regularly At
Anflo-Persians, r*r.x54 in. S8.50
Angfo-lndlsns, 27x54 in. :*5
Royal Wor?;exti,r. 27x54 in.... 6.50
Teprac. 2 7x5-1 in. ? :;
Anglo-Persisn, 16x63 in. i*r* 10.00
200 of the Famous Hartford Saxony Rugs
in Discontinued Patterns at Less Than Regular Prices
27x54 in., regularly J*. at $5.75.
36x36 in., regularly IMS, at $5.00.
4Hx7**i ft, reg rat $19.50. 1x12 1 , regularly $75, at ?69.60.
1x9 :'t., regalarijf |47, at $3J.C?. ?xl! f*., .- . . 17, at $75.?X>.
I%x9 ft, reg. $44.65, al $35.00. ?"-.xi >.. lt., reg. $110, al tSSJOO.
MsM in., regularly |12, at $8.50. s^xl'.i'-, ft, rtg. 170, a- .<5C.OO. 11*4] IIM, ?*- f?bJO?X
Misses' $9.98 to $12.50
Lovely Summer Dresses at $7.50
Most unusual little Dresses si this price, secured iy s maker's mid Summer rrtodr, clearing.
'?lowered x?iil?s and Summery looking effects m one-color tinted voiles Mad xsitii deeplv
tucked lull skirts and |intiv collars. Also -mart Shantung coal Dresses faith pleated skirts and
.??art tie. Sir.es 1 l. l?i. 18, also It, 15, IT.
Foulard and Taffeta Silk Dresses at $16.98
The all navy taffeta and 111" dotted foulard models both combining Georgette crepe lavishly
in charmingly youthful fashions, as seen In much higher-priced garments.
Misses' Favorite Tub Skirt Styles at 98c. to $2.98
In pkiue, gabardine snd novelty cottons.
? i
Women's $2.95 Blouses at $1.95
Hundreds upon hundreds of Blouses to choose from in this mid Summer < learan??. Striped
?repe de chine tailored shirt Blouses, demi-taflored crepe de chines, Georgette nepe Blouses irRfa
ligh-collar net jabots, and lovely voile Blouses trimmed xvith filet and other fashionable lares.
There are many that have heen extraordinary even at .*. ??.''.i.
Away Qo Our $2 Voile and Organdy Blouses at $1.29
Those i*n xvliieh si/e ranges are broken.
Splendid Assortment of Blouses at 94c.
?A nv>r. C-ntr?! Bull?*ln|
Women's $3.95 White Pumps, $2.95 a Pair
When good-looking, splendid w? ?ri?iir Shoes like these can be had for this pri? ?* today, rvr-rv
woman xvho can apprei'iate xvhat a ran* economy is offered should take (advantage amply.
A special feature <>f this?* arhite Ostend cloth Pumps are their white ivory soles, usually ob?
tained only in high-priced footwear; beels an* the fashionable and comfortable I aban I.oui*..
A complete size range.
? * ' ?' I ill llnf.
$1.89 Navy Blue French Serge, $1.39 Yd.
ai inches wide. Rich shad* s of navy blue. Firmly woven, all-wool grad?-.
98c. to $1.39 Silverbloom Dress Fabrics, 68c. Yd.
.34 inches wide. Mixture of mohair and cotton. As cool as it i? charming. In stripes of earn?
ing widths in soft color combinations.
79c. Navy Blue Sicilian, 59c. Yd. $1.75 Black French Serge, $1.29 Yd.
SO inches wide, tirmlv woven and has lustrous > ' inches arid?
finish.
$1.25 Black Mohair Briliiantine, 98c. Yd.
K? inches wide.
$1.49 Black Voile, 98c. Yd.
.'?i inches a ide.
79c. Black Mohair, 59c. Yd.
.-.????? A : , ??? 9? t
27 Styles in Women's White Skirts at 98c
Picture in your mind this aride number of interesting Styles to choose from, in gabardine, corde
line, repp, linen; white and sports-striped and sports-pattern??<".
Each Skirt as good as any that might be found at .-'I.'.'.l and .fl?"
Velvet Corduroy Skirts at $2.75 ?
Remarkable! One style in narrow wale, bij; buttoning down the front. An?,th?r in wide wale,
with belt through loops.
An Extraordinary Group of Skirts at $3.25
Including Skirts of "Printzcss" make. Novelty striped gabardines and cordelines.
Sec?n.1 floor, l.Vntrai Itullllrf
Boys' $1.95 to $3.95 Wash Suits, $1.29
Here are 1,940 of them.
Suits that are equal in every way to thoM we gold txvo weeks ago at the MOM prie.
Trench, Oliver Twist, Aviation, .lunior Norfolk. Sport and Middv stxliv
Made of linen, crash, repp, p-alatea. kiddie ?loth and madras.
Good colors in solid and pretty stripes. Some with xvhite collar ami h?*lt. Also white in plain
?r with colored trimming. Si/.rs 3 to 9 years. seconi floor. lahrareaara* ?tr-*i. Baal MMtaa