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Singers Join
In Applause
For Damrosch
Oratorio Society Goses
Festival Amid Scenes
of Great Enthusiasm;
Conductor in Hia Glory;
Delivers Long Speech
Madame Schumann - Heink
Substitutes for Tetrazzini
and Is Well Received
By H. E. Krehbiel
Tha Oratorio Soeiety'a festival of
music at the 71st Regtment Armory
came to an end yesterday afternoon
with a concert which dilTered from the
ordinary Sunday "Popular" only in
the fact that the chorua was on hand
and after opening the affair with "The
Star Spangled Banner" repeated the
fine hymn "Laud Ye His Name," which
mtrked high water at the Rachmaninoff
concert last Wednesday evening.
This ?as to compensate for the losa
from th<*. sehcme as orlginally planned
of thp "Inflammatus" from Rosslni's
"Stabat Matcr," for which Mme.
Tetrazzini was to have sung the aolo.
JInve. Schumann-Heink, who was tha
anbstitute, sang tho scena (recitative
and rondol "Ecco il Punto" from
Mozart's "La Clemonza di Tito", in
place of the air from "Les Pecheurs
di Perlcs," and a group of six songs
in place of the air from "La Perle du
Bresil."
The audience greeted Mme. Schu?
mann-Heink enthusiastically, and if it
deplored the absence of the tonal pearla
which Mme. Tetrazalni would have
acattered had she been present, did not
dcplore, as it ought to have done, the
lack of beauty, tasto and style which
marked the singing of Mozart'a music.
Miss Hoffman at Piano
The songs which Mme. Schumann
Heink sang to pianofortc accompani
ment were "When Two Lovors Are
Parted." by Secchi, and "The Homo
Boad," by John Alden Carponter; "Have
You Seen Him in Frar.ce?" by Ward
Stephens. "Taps," arranged by Paater
nack; "An Indian Love Song," by Lieur
ance (the violln obligato played by
Kipa Fletcher^. and Arditi's "Bolero.
Katherine Hoffman played the aecom
panimonta. The concluding number of
the program was the last movement
from Hnydn's "Farewell" Symphony,
during the performance of which the
players gradually extinguished their
lights and departed, leaving at the last
Walter Damroseh in his glory, though
not alone, for r.nndreds of ehorlsters
shared the stage with him.
Artistically the festival literally and
metaphorically had gone out like a can
dle in the wind, but there was an after
rnr.th of enthusiaatic demonstration.
The' multitude cheered. The singers
sh-iwered the conductor with flowera.
A wreath was placed in hia handa.
Mme. Schumann-Heinl: Joined her voice
with a thousand other voices in sing?
ing "Auld Lang Syne," and Mr. Dam?
rosch made a long speech, in which he
said that the audiencea of the week
had dc monstrated that the love of choral
music was not dead in New York, and
in reply to the critics who* had inti
mnted that some of the music had
failed of an artistic purpose becauae of
tJie immensity of the festival room,
argued that under eertaln conditions
good might flow from aueh perform
ances. Thi? was the signlfleance of his
arguinent, not its words. And ln an
ecstatic mood the crowd dlepersed.
Two Other Concerta
In the evening there were concerta of
alrnost festival dimensions at the Hlp
podrcme nnd the Metropolitan Opera
Housi\ which ditfercd from the 71st
Regimer.t affair only in the charactar of
their offerings.
At the Hinpodrome the chief attrae
tion was Miss Rosa Raiaa, who also
snng a Mozart air and sang it quite as
inartistically as Mme. Schumann-Heink.
The air was "De vieni non tardar," from
"Le Nozze di Figaro." It waa the first
of a group of three clasaie alrs which
the singer reeled off in a singularly
ahort-breathed fashion and with aaton
ishing disregard of musieal taste and
sentiment.
Tho other two were Buononini's "Per
la Gloria d'Adorarvi" and Durante's
"Danza Fanciulla." Mr. Rimini, asac
eiated with Misa Ralsa In the Chieago
Opera Company as well aa the concert,
sang "Largo al Factotum," from Ros
smi's "Barbiere," and as he sang
louder than the lady he was rewarded
with louder applause. It became evi
?ient now that dynamics were to be the
measure of success with the audience,
which had also discloaed an inaatiable
appetite when Miss Wlnifred Byrd
began the concert with some pianoforte
aolos; so when Miss Raiaa opened the
flcodgates of her amazing voice fully
m ' Tacia la notta placida," the glad
?lome noiae made by the audience ln
the hall of military evolutions in tho
afternoon was fairly equalled.
The two singera brought the first
part of the program to a close with the
duet "La ci darem la mano" from Mo
zart's "Don Giovanni," in which tbe
barytone stubbornly and eonaiatently
refuwrd to show regard for the pitch
'n vhich the soprano was singing and
the p.anoforte playing.
Tnere was no orcnertral music at
this concert, but there was at the
twtnty-ftrst Sunday concert in the
Metropolitan Opera House and also
aorne vioin playing by Miacha Elman
?wnich pleased the audienee mightily.
The Rin^ra were Mias Rosalie Miller
and Clarence Whitehill.
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West Pointers at Columbia
100 Cadets Drill on South Field
and Attend Chapel
One hundred cadets from West
Point, comprising the Academy choir,
*i?<ted Columbia Universlty yesterday,
and after drilling on South Field pav
tieipated in the vespe* aervicea at the
chapel. The cadets were headed by
Captain Crittcnberger and P. C. Mayer,
tfioirma-iter.
Co'or.e; William Barclay Parsona,
?ho commanded the :ith Engineers in
E*Pef? ***4 the leaaon, and President
?Mcholtis Murray Butler of the univer
?'ty made a brief addrtas. Tho Wost
ul? 8an& ?n ?nthem and joined
?wa the regular chapel cholr in tho
^ymnB. Captain Raymond C. Knox, ?f
'?Jlumbia, in hia aermon warned Amerl
?*?? not to exchange their old prin
"plas of peraonal liberty for aociallstle
'egulation.
m .
Southcrn Editor Retiree
BrRMTNGHAM, Ala? April U.?
*'ank p. Glaaa, editor of "Tbe Blr
"jsnfcharn News," and viee-president of
m Pirnriingham Newa Pobllssflng Co.
?*? ttn years, has retired. Vietor H.
nana-n, publlaher and majority owner
*? *h? paper, will boeome editor.
*r. Glaaa haa sold his interest ln tha
WMr to Mr. Hansoa.
The retiring editor** actlvity in
n*w?pap*r work extend* over forty
jrar* He was ownor and editor of
rn? Sotma Tlmoa" and half-owner and
RpUMsa manager of "Tho Montgomory
Advertiaer" before taking up hia lat
9* p'/at. For tho laat two yeara he
B? been prealdent of tho American
^?"?pap?r Publlshors' Aasoeiation.
?-SrvvJ*w ??? ??**? no a?nona???ant
m *i* t uturo tflaaa,
Lady Astor's Guest Betrothed
Miss Louise Oittemore
Daughter of Mrs. John V. Dittemore, of Boston* whose engagement has
been announced in London to Captain Noll Digby Johnson, of Tun
bridge Wells, Kent. Miss Dittemore recently was a guest of Lady
Astor. The wedding will be in London July 2.
Taos Artists' New Work
At Exhibition Pleasing
"Aspen Grove" and Other Land
scapes Reveal Deviation
From Old Moods
By Royal Cortissoz
There ia an agreeable disappoint
ment awaiting visitors to the exhibi?
tion now open at the Milch gallery.
Three members of the Taos group are
rtpresented, the group with which we
associate ideas of blazing contrasts in
local color and hard, dry outlines. The
three give us the old familiar effects.
But to our great delight Mr, Victor
Higglns also unexpectedly deviate3
into another mood, the mood of his
"Aspen Grove" and four or five other
{ittle landscapes. He proves what we
have always maintainea, that the Taos
artists could do something besides the
atrical ailhouettes if they choae. Mr.
Walter Ufer is similarly venturesome,
and in 6uch sparkling pictures as "A
Morning Ride" and "Taos in Snow"
profitably escapes from his customary
convention. Mr. Ernost L. Blumen
schein has had impulses in the same
direction, but is on the whole faithful
to the old mode of delineating Taos
types. That old mode is undeniably
bold and vividly rcalistic. All three
use it with skill. But we hope the
hints of change in the Taos hypothesis
will be followed up.
At the Durand-Ruel gallery there is
a collection of twenty-four paintlnga by
modern Frenchmen, all pld friends, who
are represented in some Instances by
familiar pictures. Manet's "Devant la
Psycbe" comea back, a gloriouB bit of
tcchnlque, and with it there returns
hiB brilliant eketch, the "Marie Colom
bler." There are four works by Degas,
among them a masterly little drawing,
the full-length of a woman, and a new
thing, the "Portrait of Mme. de Nittis,"
which is one of the finest examples of
his looscr manner. There is a number
of beautifui paintings by Monet, in
eluding one of the light blond can
vases from his Rouen series, and room
is made, of course, for Sisley, Ronolr
and Pissarro. Two examples of Andre
hold their own in the company surprls
ingly well. The gallery is full, natu
rally, of light. But it is amusing to
observe the mellow patina which the
ImpresBionists have taken on with the
passagc of time.
The MuBeum of French Art is hold
ing an exhibition of French portrait
engravinga. The collection of more
than a hundred nrinta covera the aub
Ject from the sixteenth century to the
present day.
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Three large exhibitiona were opened
yeaterday. At the American Art Gal
leries the R. Hall McCormick collec?
tion of eighteenth century British por
traita and landscapes waa brought for
ward. The Anderson Galleries pre?
sented Mr. Charles Huard'a old and
modern drawings, a number of Whlat
lef lithographs lately received from
London and a group of ninety-six
drawings by Renotr. At tbe Fine Arts
Building waa opened the annual show
of the National Association of Woman
Painters and Seulptors.
Bus Men Vrite on 'Courtesy'
the big green buases that rumble up
and down Fifth Avenue are ilrm be
lievara in eourteay. At least, that ia
the opinion of John A. Ritchie, preai
dent of the Fifth Avenue Coach Com?
pany.
Easaya on the aubjects of eourteay,
written by the eonductora and Irlvara
of the buaaea, have been published in
amall booklets which will be dis
tributed on the buaaea this week. The
esanya were submitted in a contest
conducted by President Ritchie. Tha
booklet is entitled "Fifth Avenue
Coach Men," and e%ch copy eontainn
photographs and reo?fda of eonductora
Carnegie Fund Head
Wants Colleges to
Render Accounting
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Too Much Money Is Spent in
'Imitation Research,' Says
Report; Would Lift Ban on
Married Women Teachers
Great sums have been expended by
American colleges and universities upon
"imitation research" and before ap
pealing to the publie for new fundB
on an en'ormous scale they should ren?
der a statement of the results of their
cxpondituros in the last twenty-five
yearB, says Henry Smith Pritchett,
president of the Carnegie Foundation
for tho Advancement of Teaching, in
his annual report made publie to-day.
Blaming such expenditures in part for
low salaries, the report says:
"Much of that which has gone on
in American universities under the
name of research is in truth an imita?
tion of research, and upon it great
sums have been expended.
Salaries "Dilutcd"
"College salaries also have been
diluted enormously by the tendency of
most collego faculties and governing
bodies to bid for students by extend
ing the curriculum over the whole field
of knowledge, a process which means
great increase m the number of
teachers and the conscquent leveling
down of salaries."
The teaching of undergraduates in
some great institutions,according to the
report, is poor, because in the sharp
competition for the reputation sup
posed to come to a university from
carrying on research the obligation to
teach haa become less and less realized.
In many institutions, Dr. Pritchett
r.ays. important branches of study are
taught by ill-prepared and ill-paid
teachers, and security of tenure results
in indifference and inefficient teachers
being highly overpaid while good men
fire underpaid. The average salary of
the college professor ir. the United
States and Canada is probably larger
than the average pay of any otner
professional group, the report says,
although of the 1,000 colleges in the
United States and Canada fully half
have no means to pay salaries beyond
a bare living.
Would Lift Marriage Ban
Removal of the "meaningleaa ro
striction of the teaching profeasion to
unmarried women" is aujtgosted. "To
teach well," saya the report, "ia the
privilege of maturity and experience.
It is the prerogative of men and women
of affairs, of fatherhood. of mother
hood. What have immature girlw to do
with this except as they prepare to
make it the main object of their lives
irrespective of. marriage?"
By the end of its fourteenth year, on
June 30, 1910, the Cnrnegie Founda?
tion had distributed $7,000,000 in re
tiring allowances and pensiona to 852
persons.
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Bauer in Pleasing Recital
-f
Piano Program Charms Aeolian
Hall Audience
The excellent artlstry of Harold
Bauer is well establlshed, and lt was in
no doubt as to the high quality of en
tertainment offered that his ndmirers
gathered yesterday afternoon in Aeolian
Hall at his second piano recital of the
season.
The gifts which have endeared him
to the muaical publie as a chamber
music player of great dislinction con
tribute no less to his eharm in recital.
The beauty of his tone, his skill in the
niceties of phrasing and his sense of
the.proper balance of parts are unfail
tng.
Brahms's Sonata In F minor, fol?
lowed by pieces in the olden etvle, a
few of the less often heard Chopin
nnmb^rs and a groun of pieces in the
modern manner, including music of
Franck, Debussy and Rnvel, made up
the printed program, to which, at the
inslstence of the large and onthusiastlc
audience, Mr. Bauer added several en
cores.
G. B. Smith Afds Alma Mater
The committee which is raialng $250,
000 to build an alumnus hall for Man?
hattan College on the new site over
looking Van Cortlandt Park announcod
yesterday that George B. Smith hnd
contributed $5,000 and promiscd $5,000
more for every $60,000 the committee
obtained from otner sources. Mr.
Smith waa graduated from the college
in 1884. Other alnmni hava givan
$86,000 ao fat.
Secrets of Navy in
War. on View at
Marine Exposition
Show That Opens To-night in
Grand Central Palace Will
Include the Paravane, Foe
of Hidden Moored Mines
Navy devices which have been kept
secret are included in the extensive dis
play the Navy Department will have
at the National Marine Exposition,
which opens to-night in Grand Central
Palace.
Secretary Daniels announced in
Washington yesterday that th.e exhibit
will include models showing the cvolu
tion of naval ves3els, some of the war's
developments ln ordnance, a special ex?
hibition by the 6th Regiroent of Ma
rines and a full-aized paravane, one of
the war's most carefully guarded inven
tions, which is being shown for the flrst
time to the public. The ship models to
be shown ir.clude the following:
The Holland, the first submarine in
the American navy; submarine S-2, the
latest model of submerBible in the
navy, and the Maintonomah, represent?
ing the old monitors authorized at the
time of the Civil War.
Two Vermonts Contrasted
The Vermont, one of the old "clip
per" ships, showing all the rigging of
the masts identically as this vessel op
erated many years ago, and the present
battleship Vermont.
Model of the Connecticut, one-half
shown >n section and the other half'
a full model, by which can be seen
the various quarters, machinery, ammu
nition holsts, otc.
The Maine, showing the famous bat?
tleship as she appeared before her de
struction in Havana Harbor.
The battleship Wyoming and the bat?
tleship Pennsylvania, one of the new
dreadnoughts.
The torpedo boat McCall, a Bub ehaa
er, a mine sweeper, an Eagle boat and
the auxiliary yacht Corsair.
Another intereating ahowing will be
that of twenty-flve- amall models of
various vossels of the navy and mer
chant marine showing the appHcation
of the camouflage used during the war
Ordnance matorial to be shown in
eludes: A triple torpedo tube taken
from one of tho new destroyers, with
one of the latest type torpedoes, and
anti-aircraft guns, shella ranging from
1-pounder to 16-inch and aamplea of
powder charges for each, together with
depth charges, automatic guns and ma
chino guns.
Wlreless Dlsplay To Be Extensive
Thero will be exhibited a complete
outflt showing radio telephone, radio
compass, sound signaling devices and
Oircraft eciuipmer.t; also a clav reiief
model of the water front of th'o Stato
of New York, revealing tho use of tho
radio stations and the menns of aignal
ing vessels to give them their direct
position.
All information concernlng para
vanea was kept strictly confldential
during the war. Thia is an English
Inventlon, used to protect vessels from
moored mines, which waa adopted by
the United States upon entering the
war. Paravanes are towed from a skeg
fitted on the forefoot of the vessel
about on a level with the keel and run
thlrty to forty yards out from tho
center line, being held away from the
ahip's side by the action of the water
on a plai;e which Is set at a slight
angle with tho body of the paravane.
The depth at which the paravane
travels is eovcrned by the rudder in
the tail, which is controlled by a hy
drostatic valve and spring. The mine
mooring when caught by the paravane
towing rope is dragged into the saw*
toothed cutter on the head of the de
vice where it is almost instantly cut.
The mine then riges to the surface and
is destroyed by gun fire.
Admiral Benson, chairman of the
Shipping Board, and Secretary of C0m
merce Alexander wjll open the week's
ceremonies at a luncheon , to-day at
Pier 86, West Forty-sixth Street. Major
August Belmcnt, chairman of the Ns.
tionsl Marine League, will prcs-.d^.
The cxposition will be formally
started at 4 o'clock. Members of
the Senate and Houso Commi-.teea on
Merchaut Marine .?nd Fisherics nnd
1^0 v.tli known ram will br present
on this occasion. A fiag will be run up
as the party enters the building ani
buglers will sound a salute. The Pal
ice vil! be opened to the goneral puh
lic at 8 o'clock, rr.r] the night will be
esp*cially devoted to shipbuilding ex
hibits.
The National Marine League will
have its annunl dinner at 7 o'clock
to-morrow night int he Hotel Commo
dore. Every night at the exposition
will be devoted to a special phasc of
sea-going ships and their appurte
nances. Wednesday will be engineer
ing night and Thursdav travel night.
Friday will be fuel night, and on Sat?
urday night tho Merchant Mariners
will have the right of way.
Scores 'RecT Deportations
Before Church Forum
Francis F. Kane Tells Ascension
Audience Each Case Should
Be Reviewed
Francis Fisher Kane, formerly
United States Attorney for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania, who resigned
his post in protest against recent raids
on radicals and deportations, spoke last
night at the Church of the Ascension
Forum. ?
He criticiaed tho extent to which the
government had enfroced the espionage
law and urged review of the case of
every imprisoned radical to determine
whether or not he, or she, should be
releaaed.
Mr. Kane said that the first espionag'j
law was necessary, but that the courts
in construing it had made it dangerous
for a man to speak his mind about any
law of the nation, whether or not he
had any intention of defying or at
tempting to cvado that law.
Ho sai(1 that during the raids on the
Reds" many were taken who were in
nocent of any thought of striklng
against the government in any way
Some of these, he asserted, were not
eyen aware that their names had been
placed on rosters of radical groups
until they were arrested.
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Roosevelt's End Hastened
By the Dej^crf Quentin
Nephew Tells of Colonel's Grief
When His Son Was
KUlcd
Captain Monroe Robinson, of the
77th Division, son of Mrs. Douglas Rob?
inson and favorite nephew of the late
Theodoro Roosevelt, told an audience
at the Bronx Union Y. M. C. A. yester
daj afternoon that grief ovor the death
of Quentin and sorrow at his own fail?
ure to be permitted to go to France
combined to hasten the Colonel's death.
Captain Robin3on was called upon to
speak in plaee of his mother, who at
the last moment was prevented from
addressing the Y. M. C. A. Ho took as
his topic the one Mrs. Robinson had
chosen for harself, "The Great Heart
and Moral Courage of Theodore Roose?
velt."
In telling of his last talk with his
uncle, he said:
"Ho had done everything in his uower
to aid me in getting to the front. He
tokl me In that last conversation:
'Monroe, I am glad to see you go. You
know where my heart ia. If you get
killed you will have performed a noble
service to your country, and if you aur
vive you will have done your duty.'"
Bedtime Stories
A Queer Friendship
By Thornton W. Burgess
So greater blessings come to you
Than friends yovfve proven tried and tru?.
When Jimmy Skunk met Farmer
Brown'a boy in the Long Lane that
leads to the cornfleld he received one
of the greatest surprises of his life.
Yes, sir, he did. It was the first time
in his life Jimmy had met any one who
wouldn't step aside for him. Even
great big Buster Bear always stepped
out of Jimmy's way when they hap
pened to meet, and was most polite
about it. .T! nmy couldn't think of a
single person in the Green Forcst or
on the Green Meadows who didn't
politely step out of his way and treat
him with the greatest respect.
So when Jimmy saw Farmer Brown's
boy ahead of him in the Long Lane he
paid no particular attention to him.
He expected to see him get out of the
way. He had met such two-legged
creatures before and never once had
they failed to get out of the way and
do it in a hurry. So when Farmer
Brown's boy stood still right in his
And suddeniy Jimmy began to wondet
if perhaps he wasn't the one who
should be afraid. But faur is some
thing Jimmy knows little about, ao
ho kept right on. But inaide Jimmy
<,there wa3 born, right then and there,
very great respect for Farmer Brown's
boy, more reapect than he had for any
bo.dy else of his acquaintance. When
he was near enough to sniff at the
shoes of Farmer Brown's boy and still
the latter did not move Jimmy was
I filled with understanding?they were to
be friends.
Presently Jimmy went on a little
way. Then Farmer Brown's boy went
on down the Long Lane toward the
com field. Having nothing better to
! do, Jimmy followed after a little. He
i found Farmer Brown's boy digsing in
| the warm, brown earth. Presently Jim
| my found a fat, white grub Farmer
< Brown's boy had turned up. Jimmy
became interested at once. He followed
He atamped his feet angrily, and .
way Jimmy was ao aurprised he didn't
know just what to do.
He stamped his feet angrily, and
Farmer Brown's boy merely smiled.
Then he raised his big tail. Every -
body knows that tnts is a warning,
a dangcr signal. Farmer Brown's boy
merely smiled more broadly than be?
fore. Then Jimmy was tempted to
shoot that little scent gun he carries
and which every one ia ao afraid of.
He would teach Farmer Brown's boy
a lcsson.
But after a minute Jimmy thought
better of it. It is a matter of honor
with him never to shoot that little
scent gun unless he la in danger or
thinka he ia. Thia two-legged creature
appeared harmless enough. He simply
stood porfectly still. Perhaps he was
too scared to run. Thia idea tickled
Jimmy. So ho lowered his danger sig?
nal, hia tail, you know, and ambled
tvlong straight toward Farmer Brown's
boy.
But aa he drew near he saw that
Farmer Brown's boy wasn't scared.
The look in hia eyea told Jimmy that
Farmer Brown's boy merely smiled
along behind and presently found an
other white grub?a fat one. Then
Farmer Brown's boy picked up some
thing and tossed it over to Jimmy. J
lt was still another fat, white grub. ,
So a qucer friendship was begun.'
Jimmy Skunk was smart enough to'
know that Faimer Brown's boy was not'
afrald of him. and, at the same time,
would do him no harm. Farmer Browr'a
boy was wiae enough to understand
that so long as he did nothing to startU
Jimmy he wouldn't so much as think
of U8ing that little scent gun.
Sharp eyes soon diacovered what was
going on and soon the word was all
over the Green Meadows and through
the Green Forest that Jimmy Skunk I
and Farmer Brown's boy were friends
and neither was afraid of the other,
and ln the hearta of all the other little [
people there was a new respeet for
each.
(Copyrlght, 1920, by T. W. Burgeaa)
Tho next story?"Old Mlster Trouble
Geta Jimmy Skunk."
On the Screen
Anniversary Week Ia Observed
at the Strand and Rialto
Theaters
The Tribune reviewer attendcd two
birthday parties yesterday. This is an?
niversary week at the Strand and the
Rialto theaters. the former celebrating
its sixth and the latter its fourth an-1
niversary. Congratulations are in or-1
der for both, but hardly for the way in j
which either entertained their birthday!
guests.
As an odd coincidence, at both the-!
aters two well known authors, the late
David Graham Phillips and Owen John?
son, suffered mistreatment. At the
Rialto, where Violet Heming appeared |
j" "The Cost," a picture adnpted from ;
Phillips's novel of the same name, the I
injury done the author was compara
tively mild. The "cost," about which
there is sc much to do, was, as far as
we were able to ms.ke out, the price a
woman pays for marrying contrarv to!
tho advico of her parents. Pauline
Gardner, who is married secretly tol
John Dumont, discovers a bit too late '
that Dumont is not what he appears '
to be. I
In the background is the figure of?
the virtuous but discarded lover, Hamp
den Scarborough, who is waiting with I
the patience of high morality for Du-1
mont to stumble on the primrose path. I
Let the details pass. Scarborough and
Paulino meet, after the providential
death of Dumont, to arrange the de-'
taus for the next wedding.
, A Mack Sennett comedy, entitlcd
Gee Whia," wanders in an aimless and
iruitless search for humor, with the i
ad^?d irr'tation of innocuous title3.
The musical features of the program
did much to make us forget the trivi
ality of the film offerings. The over
ture is Liazt's "Les Preludes"; there
is? as nn organ solo by John Priest,
the "Concert Overture," by William
Faulkes; there are as pleasing vocal 1
solos, an aria from Flotow's "Martha."
sung by the tenor. Martin Brefel, and
"Ah fors e lui," from "Traviata,"
sung by Grace HolFmnnn.
At the Rialto we had been* the wit
nes5 of a fourth birthday, and it was
natural that there was a certain limi
tation on sweets. But at the Strand,
where it was a sixth birthday, there
waa evidently no limit placed on sweet- I
nass. In "The Woman Gives," from the
novel by Owen Johnson, Normal Tal
madge, with the aid of some title writer
who oweaa great literary debt to the '?
author of tha "Elsie" books and the1
talented soula who wrote tho books that
fill our Sunday school libraries, ahows
us juat what it is to have all the
morality thero is.
Tho story is much lilco tho one of the
picture at the Rialto, so far as es
aentials go, with the difference of a
little twist at the end. As Inga Son
derson Miss Talmadge rescues a aup
posed genius from the disintegrnting
after effecta of discovering that his i
wife is one of those who only "take" j
and do not "give." In the proces3 of ?
saving the genius from opium and
Johnny Walker Inga risks her own '
happiness, for her fiance is desccnded '
in an unbroken line from Ot'nello. ln- i
cidentally, it was more or less a pity
that this latter day Othello did not fall '
to with an eiderdown pillow whtsnever
ho saw a flt of eloquence coming over
-nga.
To get back to the story, after Inga
has saved tho genius she proceeds to
tie herself up for life with this mnn.
who is subject to fits of jealouay. With |
fits cf jealouay nnd of rhcto?'j in the!
samo family it wr.s as weil that tho I
picture did not pursuo the story into l
tho married life of the gtundi-'oquent \
\ov\ ra. ?
The musical program :it the P.ialto
acts as a counter irritant to the dewis
tating effect of the pathos of the titles
of "The Woman Gives" and the gen?
eral inslpidity of the picture. The evcr
popular Russian Cathedral Quartet
sang Russian folksongs; the orchestral
number was Enescu's "Rumanian
Poem," and "I Hear Thy Angel Spirit" |
was sung as a duet by Malcolm Mc-1
Eachern and Eatelle Carey.
Such an overeupply of sweets at both i
theao birthday parties makes the con- j
gratulationa coming from one who has j
tasted the syrupy offerings a trifle
weak and insincere. These two feature ,
pictures brought back the image of the
gir! of the nursery rhyme who, "when
she was good, she was very, very good
- and when she was bad, she was hor
rid." So it was with theso two pic?
tures.
There were saintly figures in both
and there were diabolical figures in
both, but there wero no human figures.
There was a great and celestial bright
ness in each picture, and there waa a
hellish dsrkness in each picture, but
there were no half liffhta nor soft
shadows in either. Both were as ru
mote from art or realitv as is a frosted
postal card of the Woolworth Towe'r "t
night. Both were as mawkiahly sweet j
and unwholesome as the French pastry I
of a one-arm lunch. If this ba tho art
of the movies, there is solace in bur
lesque.
"Treasure Island," the second screen
adaptation of the work of Robert Louis
Stevenson to be seen here in the last
two weeks, was presented yesterday atI
the Rivoli. In it Maurice Tourneur
has preserved all the thrills of tho
romantic tale of fterce pirates, mutiny,
sea battles and buried treasure. Lovers
of Stevenson will not be shocked by the I
director's treatment of one of the au-j
thor's most popular stories. Unlike hisl
recent production of Joseph Conrad'a
"Victory," he has not found it neces
sary to distort, interject and generally
rearrange in order to produce the ef
fects desired for the screen.
"Treasure Island" itself is rich in
material for the screen without the
necessity of deviatinjr from the coursc
set by the author or chan^ing his story
to any great degree. Mr. Tourneur is
to be" complimented for not trying to
"out-Stevenson Stevenson" and for tho
skiil he has shown in reproducing on
th*? screen the most exciting and pic
turesque parts of the story. The cave
scenes and all the battle scenes be?
tween the pirate crew and the English
men who headed the expedition in
search of the buried gold were done
with a realism which sent chills down
the splne and gasps through the dark
ened theater.
Skirley Mason plays Jim Hawkins,
and she makes a very pretty, very in
nocent and resourcefu.1 and clever nero.
Onee or twice when fierce pirates are
about to cut her throat open with
vicious-looking knives she does not
seem to show enough terror, but gen?
erally her performance is an excelTent
one. Charles Ogle as Long John Sllver
gave one of the best screen character
izatior.s that has been seen in a long
time and Lon Cbaney makes a really,
bloodthirsty pirate. In fact, the whole :
pirate crew bas been drawn extremelyi
well. Simply to look at their forbidding j
countenances makes one willing to walk I
the plank without a whimper. "Treas ;
ure Island" is well worth aeeing.
Charlie Chanlin in a revival called
"Work," "Der Freischuta" overture, the
Rivoli pictorial, "Evening in a Tavern."
sung by Emanuel List; "Flow Gently,
Sweet Afton," sung by Betty Anderaen,
and an organ solo complete the pro-1
grara.
The Stage Door
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"Alice in Wonderland" will be pre
sented this afternoon at the Little
Theater. To-night at the Fulton Thea
ter "The Bonehead" will have its pre
miere.
At the Piymouth Theater, Boston, to-;
night the Shuberts will present Arthur
Richman's play, "Xot So Long Ago."
with the following east: Eva Le Gal
lienne, Sidney Blackmer, Mary Ken-1
nedy, Thomas Mitchcll, Esther I.yon, j
Gilbert Douglas. George Henry Trader,
Leatta Miller, Margaret Mosier, Harrv I
Huffman, Beth Martin and Mollie >
Adams.
To-day the Hippedrome will celebrate j
its ftftoenth anniversary, having been
opened on April 12, 1905. The birthday
parade down Fifth Avenue. the featurc j
of former celebrations, will be omitted. |
Tom Lewis in "Pertinent Pointers on
the League of Nations" and Solly
Ward and company in "Babies" have
been ndded to thia week's Palace Thea?
ter bill, opening to-day.
Lee Shubert announced yesterday th.it
E. H. Sothern and Julla" Marlow'e will
give their spring lestival of Shake
speare's plays nt the Shubcrt Theater
the four weeks beginning Mondav nig-ht.
April 26. "Twelfth Night," w'ith Mr.
Sothern as Malvolio nnd Mias Marlowe
as Viola, wiil open the season, being
playod the first week. "Hamlet" wm
be presented during the second week
and "The Tarning of the Shrew" dur?
ing the third week, while the fourth
and ftnnl week of the engagement will
be devoted to repetitions of the throe
plays.
The engagement of Thoda Bara in
"The Blue Flame" at the Shubert will j
termlnate on Saturday evening, April:
24. Her tour already has been ar
ranged as far ahead as May, 1921.
The first engagement of "Tho Paasion
Flower" on tour will be in Montreal
late in May. It is to remain at the j
Belmont Theater until that time.
F. Ziegfeld jr. haa changed the name
of the Nine o'Clock Revue to the Nine '
o'Clock Frolic.
"East Is West," which recently
passed it3 five hundredth performanc*
at tha Astor Theatar, is to be produccd
in London on May 24,
William A. Brady has cabled from
London that the produetion there of
"The Man Who Camo Back" was a
successful on*. Mary Nash is playing
Marcelle, the role she originated here
The Jules Eckert Goodman melodrama
was presented for tho first tinve in
London on Thursday night last at the
Oxford Theater.
Veronine Vestoff, Russian classical i
dancer, who appeared in this country i
with Pavlowa, wili present "A Life
for the Emperor" at Camegle Hall
Saturday evening, April 17. He will
be assisted by Sonia Serova and the
Vestoff-Serova dancers.
Colln O'More, who is playing in
"Lassie" now at the Nora Bayea
Theater, will give a serlea of special j
concerts during the run of the play
in New York.
George White announcea that he has
engaged Lou Holtz, I.eater Alleu, and
Georfjri Blckel for the new version of
his "Scandals," scon to be seen in Ne?-r
York.
James K. Hackett In "The Rise of
Silaa Lapham" opens for a w?k'.< en?
gagement to-night at the Ford Theater,
Baltimore. Following this engagment,
Mr. Hackett will return to New York to j
commence rehearsals of his own j
produetion, "L'Aventurier," by the
French dramutist, Alfred Capus.
William H. Wellman and James P. j
Sinnott have associated themselvea for
the produetian of pl'iy?. Their initial i
effort, which will be placed in rehearsal
within a few days, is Willard Mnck's |
"Pokor Ranch." Wellman and Sin?
nott are making their produetion
through arrangement with A. H.
Woods.
Going on To-day
DAY . j
Amertean Museum of Natural Hiatory: ad
mission free.
Metropolitan Museum of Art; admlaslon
25 cer.ts.
Van Cortlandt Park Museum; admlaslon
free,
Aquartum; ndinlssion free,
Bmnx SSooUigtnal Park; artmleelon 25 cent*.
New York HlHtorlcal Society and Museum;
arimlssion free.
Central Park Zoo; ndrntsslon free.
Convention of the American Paper and
Pulp Association. *vVuldnrf-Astorla, 10 a. m.
Convention of the National Paper Trade ?
Association ot the United States, TiVal
dorf-Astoria, 10 a. m.
Openlr.R of thu National Marine I.eague of j
the V. S. A. Exposition at Orand C*n- !
tral Palace. I.unohoon aboard Ameri?
can ship in New York harbor, 1 p. m.;
formnl opening; of exposition at 'Irand
Central Palace, 4 p. nt. ?
Luneheon of tho Long Island Press Asso?
ciation. Hotel Astor, 1 p. m.
Industrial Show, 23d BeKlruent Anr.ory,
571 Kulton Street. Brooklyn. all day
Meottns of tha First Church of Divlne
Sclene. Waldorf-Astorla. 2 p. m.
NIGHT
Shlpbuildlnff Nipht at the National Marine
T-eague Exposition. Grand Central Palace,
S p. m.
Fashion Show to be given under the aus
ptces of the American Committee t: r
Devastated France, Hotel Commudorc,
U p. m.
MeiitmB of coliege women to form a
Ho iver club, Women's Unlverslty <*iuli
8:15 p. m. Katharlno B. Davis to pre
slde. Speakers ara Kathleen Norris and
Kdward Eyre Hunt.
Lecture by Hon. James W. Qerard, former
Arr.bassador to Germany, at Albany
Helghts Patriotic League headquarters
St. John's Place and Albany Avenue'
Brooklyn. 8:30 p. m. Avenue,
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