The evening world. Newspaper, November 20, 1908, Page 23

Friday, “Salvation Nelt’’ True to Life in the Slums. BY CHARLES DARNTON. | T'S always interesting to lear from one who knows, A tenement-house tn- Spector who knows the ums from cellar to skylight had this to say of "Sal- vation Nell” after seeing Mrs. Fiske's new play at the Hackett Theatre “I elmply stared with astonishment. The play is so remarkably true to life M1 the slums that 1 could hardly believe 1 oy he Cherry Hill scene struck me as nothing less than a masterp with those fire-escapes giving Mt the last touch, 1 could almost imagine f going my daily rounds. Only the old, famiilar smells were missing. I have seen other at empts to put tene- ment-house life on the stage, but this is the first time I have been able to recog- nize {t. The author of ‘Salvation Nell’ must have camped out In the slums when he was writing his play, for the characters are as real as the picture that the! @cenic artist has painted. I don't pretend to be a critic, but I know Tenth avenue and Cherry lil by heart, and {f you care for my opinion you may take| ft for what it ts worth, “It fs by no means unusual to find the men and women were counted by | Saloons on three corners and a mission) the comptometer system as they filed on the fourth, and sthing could be/out, and the result was—women, 1,431; more typical of these saloons than the|men, 75. At the night performance the ‘Merry Christmas’ written in soap on|count showed—women, 886; men, 620; the bar mirror. Then, too, the differ-|and the words of the actora were not gence, not to say the fine distinction,| heard so clearly as at the matinee. ‘The between T. avenue and Cherry Hill| explanation given is that the long hair | fa shown er [have never of the women, thelr more voluminous | ween a ar Street dress and millinery fill the auditorium | except alc front. Cherry to a greater extent than the garb of | Hill ts r " 1f I may/the mere male, and thus ald the dis- | use the t Its life is more intimate. tribution of sound." It is a de sort of dis-| yos? | trict, w »pulation that | coe Bives its streets y ty a rude Joyousness. @oscopie gayety } with surprising fa: act of the play. like an Engl re mys on and a certain | HEN Miss Scheft comes to the ts swirling, kale W Knickerbocker Theatre on Nov. | b reproduced % Mr, Dillingham will confine the lust the sale of seats for all performances rry Hill fs more/to the box office, He declares he| ho slum than any other will do this no matter what mey we have In New York, It {s less ‘pro- be the action of the Board of Al- fessional’ than Tenth avenue. The /dermen on the ordinance to prohibit Play reflects the Ife of both districts | ticket speculation. Even now the apecu- fin ai strikl y realistic way, and I lators haven't eve ything their own! €an't see why any one should object way. A Brondway cigar store has this | to it because it is real." sn swinging in the breeze ‘Theatre 67000 lee erG the funny tales the ‘vir-| TCKets at Cut Rate a Judge," othery SL FROHMA Hness tn President of »» | atic sketch; Miss Marie Cahill, and isn't he supporting you properly?” | “Oh, yassah. 1M @way, sah. He a ‘8 pretty good dat|— ty; Miss Ethel Barrymore, in a dram- ‘ ling with other prominent artists, «ib me a dollah orce) iin tie ARIE CAHILLS card of thanks "1 dunno, Jedge. : M Batchelly los’ my t to the critics, published in last tain fatr-haired, blue-eyed member of uffering fraternity to remark: the only actress on the stage nd swear) who can’t get it In the neck—she hasn't HAT do you know about this? W Charles Dillingham ts willing to go before a nota that it’s the gospel truth. F Particle of dust from his sleeve, he | casually remarked “Women theatre-gorrs, It has just been > Gemonstrated, gr improve the acoustic properties of a hall, If you) Wedding-Ring Story. Want to hear to t best udvanta, Vist a playhouse wl ‘8 women pre- n, dominate in the audience. The ex preacher of that name, to pray ment that leads to this conclusion was! each evening under a certain oak tree @arried out Jast Saturday at the Stude-| jn ase faker Theatre, Chicago, where F Scheff {s preparing for her adv Bew York. At both perform “Whe Prima Donna’ Miss Scheff played, his accustomed route to the tree. Thera} to the capacity of the house, 1,50. Nat|was another path by which he might Roth, manager for the little Madame,| go in safety, Remembering his dream, | rgeon felt sorely tempted the next it to take the route in which Satan | ome and address will be furnished ca to: iE was the habit of Rev. James Spur- luded wood tn Honeywood itzi | Park. One nii eon goes, that S \t he dreamed, the story an pepared and threat- noticed that at the matinee perform nee the house held more women, ap-| was not. But this woul Parently, than he ever seen to-|tulate. ‘Trembling in s made his way by the path in which qether before at m theatre. Standing | the danger lus. Ie reached his goal in for a minute in the aisle back of the safety and in prayer and song returned Mat row of seats, he was struck with | thanks for, delivery from peril, When $3 A nes of every | LIS prayer had ended he rose to return the clearness and resonance of every | Ti Ht eith Yay a piece of sold, gold | Word spoken on the stage, and he re-! “as large as a curtain ring.” All in- marked to the house manager that this| auiry failing to discover an owner, retained It, and when he married be to capi- ery limb he | WHat HAVE You DONE WITH (ROSIE WHERE IS \Yy APRON? and a unique and Interesting four-hour’s Mas’ Sat'day night.” Y BROADWAY LOCAL STEP LIVELY. 5 Sunday's papers, moved a cer- | grandfather of the great / | nees of ened to tear him In pleces if he followed | Was the best performance of “The Prima | |? had hi vite’ veddi: Donna’ ever, given, Out of curiosity his curious finds se HP® made from The Jollys’ Bull Pup #& #& & ss «The Evening World. NARS Tenement- House In- es | ,4YHy : ior Decl: Yy \ specior Declares Uy yj = T omit FIND My PANTS” i) Tae — Daily Magazine, November 20, 1908? By T. 0. McGill S For instance: He said that that that that that mar Rare ibrar "it [takes © pretty clear thinking part of J a tovabive thes \\ se each word, but usually some of tiem do {t. The first t a cone PZMGHOOHTDIDODD HEDOIOCDEC I SOOO0D * Sayings of Mrs. Solomon § © Being the Confessions of the Seven Hundredth Wife. TRANSLATED By Helen Rowland, 3 EARKEN unto me, my daughter, for I have dwelt long H in the land of Filrtation; yea, I have known much men. And, behold, there {s come among us a feminine thing called the “love p 6." which weareth @ p -boo shirt= walst and manicureth its natis, It liveth on the fruits of its Indore and doeth {ts hair in a curly pompadour, It dwelleth In the downtoy ofMice and devoureth the husband therein, while his wife Is abroad on a t | hunt, Yea, tho huband that looketh upon it ts lost; his speech beconreth ¢ when he dictateth letters unto It, and his Nincheon turneth to gall tu tls mouth if Mt eltteth not opposite him. Unto his wife he calleth tt “a stenographer; but unto Mis mien f s ho catleth tt “a pe Yet unto ftw face he call enteth this, he regarfeth it coldly and seeketh anot to It | Yea, If he attempteh to hold its hand and it saltl ri" he th it | head of the firm for insubordination. | | But ff It accepteth his advances and his wife | how 1 t bitterly against it, saying, “The won ald te Is ve pirate? Verlly, verily, Lam as @ fy caught upon the st ra in the snare!" And if his wife replieth sneeringly, “Yea, thou ART a bt BC was Thy fault that thoy didst ylve mo cold coffee fo it lo thy locks In curl papers!’ Yea, he {sas a smal! boy that stealeth the mat and howleth when they burn his fing But a confirmed t reth not the y f the love pirate and |elsteth her with one Unto hin Huespare ¢ jand whether her hair be curly or straight 1s no par tl ; lor, That 9 Parsing the Word ‘ That. E of the chief amusements of teact sramma y sh class, writer, “Is to see thelr Bt f cons: ns tt Is possible, you know, second an adjective ne fifth an adjective. Is it per ectly plain to you? without belng tn t exaggerated is the which sults a great fie and this Includes just that ure, together e big revers turno and the Jare found in Directoi }models. 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SYNOPSIS OF PRHVIOUS INSTALMENTS, | So they were grateful enough that Philip Selwyn has left the army because|,, 7 ha wife, Alice, untustly divorced him to |t2¢ Edgewater tragedy lasted th.m for- tharry Jack Ruthven, @ cotillon leader. Ne. |t¥-elght hours, and on the forty-ninth turning to New York, Phiilp falls in love | they forgot tt, with Etleen Errol, ward of his brother-in- | law, Austin Gerard, Elleen loves Philip, but In woclety It was about the same, not enough, she mays, to marry him. Her| Ruthven was evidently done for; that brother, Gerald, ts involved in debt and in threatened disgrace by Ruthven and by a mewly-rich social climber named Neercard. the spark of mere vitality might linger for years in the exterior shell of him Philip pays the boy's debt. Allxe bec: familiar to his wor@ concerned that er support at @ insane. Sabltatus, ‘these expencitures “uve up all | world no more, Interost in him wa Pina to aiterce Allee. Piliin threats Boot Rathven should the latter pu lamiases the hope of murrylug Elen, Sut of his old ite "and evoies himself to | /8% away: Pilze,_Dileon snyly cuntogice her love for! As for Selwyn, a few people noticed which holds him to Allx pon Ruthven Koes to. t Shere Auxo and ber ts ule jeroke, for laid aside with the perfunctony finalit with which the memory of Alixe was Now tat ‘ixe ia insane his presence at the services; but even ures are installed apne am 19 nurses are Installed |that episode was forgotten before he Ruthven @ pay left the city, #ix hours later, under an invitation from Washington which ad- mitted of no delay on the score of CHAPTER X111. private business or of personal per Ars Amoris. pexity. For the summons was per- mpl A fi ale i ee lotted the human mind in which | © to wonder at anything, In New Mork the lmit is much less; no tragedy an hold the boards as long as that where the bill must be renewed three] over went, But the formality of his times @ day to hold even the passing at-| sienco was no mystery to her; and her tention of those who themselves are| repose was silence as profound as the eternal understudies in the continuous | gtiliness in her soul. But deep into her metropolitan performance. It 18 very| young heart something new had been @enately for them there t# always plen- | ner delicate lips rested one on the other prised and conchided the entire cere- mony of his leave-taking. Later he wrote a great many letters to Eileen Erroll—not one of which he MO. A rise W. ¢ ASE Kelly, 1s telling at the Colonial D the Actors’ Fund of America, ts Theatre this week Is one of an old co arranging the annual benefit: {n gred woman who comes into “Judge penaif of that institution, It will take | pe row B ai police court anh eskaenoc iipiacolat thejlr Theatre on Fri- C9 1) GID O CUMS Sen) ae afternoon, Dec. 11, and, as on pre- band. - pa on qn_j Wious occasion, many features in the Sa ane Monte wieclstiate, Orie 1a TO”, Of Hem onerset, plays and) other ae, ey. magistrate, “Has he’ noveltles will be offered. Among those en ni re ho have so f a 2 pen eee 7, Who have so far agreed to appear are et Peace a oe bicg| Miss Blanche Bates, in @ one-act play; Lit hea a a out’ Miss Billle Burke, in an original special- Kis hald froo de winder—dat's whut I'd Le r. Willlam Gillette. Negotiations are expensive for the newspapers, but for | born, faint Are, latent, unstirred; and fay ef trouble in the Ove boroughs, and A Toward the end of March the spectal | with Gerald and Hileen there had forth | little of this sentiment apparent. Bu Aulantle fleet commenced testing Cha-| where Selwyn was concerned, from the osite In the vicinity of the Southern! very first days of their friendship, h Both main and secondary | were employed. been aboard the tlagship for nearly a | service vattleship squadron of the move northward. he continued north- vashington; but it was Appropriation cers tain next session, Am on iny way to Ne Austin in his house, A Revelati. gas By Robert W. Chamh a Kanon tS THE YOUNGER SET -- ‘ite eceen PODOPOVGDEL9O99O9EH92299- 90909000 0OD09908. (Copyright, 100T, by Robert W, Chambers.) an occasional catastrophe elsewhere to) her white fingers, often now interlinked, Jings with others he avoided tt; jeally on his guard to avold any ex- In April the armored ships lef: the | pression of that affection, Once he had and began to! done so, or atte A destroyer took Sel-| frst arrived from the Philippines, and wyn across to the great fortress inside |; made them both uncomforta the Virginia Capes and left him the During his stay there was almost con- | stant firing; ward as fer as he verge ¢ & shy source of s0! And now, as up the front at telegraphed ed his heart and $99 L5OOD046404069OO8$5-94494H 1.05 64999554290 PEOIDODODOVOD IDG FOODIE DOM tide mark! G E1- jleen for thinking around at the linen-shrouded furntty And the kids? There was in Austin a curious sub-) {nstinct with the | streak of sentiment which seldom came exquisite tension hushing body and soul | to the surface except whe in breathless accord as they waited In| diate family was involved. In his deal }Good business! his imme- sald Austin; “gad')that G! ve pught It was yo |had always felt in his heart very close Selwyn had|to the man whose sister he had mar- ried, and was always almost automati any room for me apted to, when Selwyn | I didn't tell her | the kids would ana Wileen ave wyn caine leisurely | we'll run down s, Austin, awaiting him feverishly, hastened to smooth the What do you say sald to Eileen of uxorial yexation drying her pretty eye: to seize upon this mome Selwyn said tating before age and gray denly come over of consciousness that m florid jocose mask over his features, and walked into the room, big hand Austin has tho’ extended, large bantering voice undis- which was now |.urbed by the tremor of a welcome Aismantled for the summer, telephoned | which fil Nina at Yilverside that he had been de- | piling his eyes tained and might not be able to grace the festivities which were to consist cf ernment at last, have you? Took ‘em @ neighborhood dinner to the younger set In honor of Mrs. Gerald. But he said | airy? nothing about Selwyn, and Nina did not} “Sure thing, suspect that her brother's arrival in New York had anything to do with Aus- tin's detention, h of life lay me near Yet in his face and tn his bearing he somebody to fll tn st Craig girl vm though at his deeply sunburned temples "So you've stuck the poor old Goy- for Austin said with amused and at the same Ume fretful emphasis devil you keep the youth tn your and figure I don’t understand! I'm only forty-five~that's scarcely older than you a@ all in—forts, fleet and the marine cay- her little At deftly continued her vitice en route, who | Inr said Selwyn, laughing in the crushing grasp of the big fiat “How are you, Austin? Everybody's | waistcoat! And look at my halr—I mean ccotemctanny ntmey. | a the country, I suppose,” glancing where the confounded ebb has left the And look at she “He dida't say, Can't you think of « second girl to get? Isn't tt vexing! ' 1 the Of course e's nobody left—nobod Atron ever in the country, Do yor ; ic know, I'll be driven into let Drina i fit up with us!—for st f ma: |», i ; ni j @ | Drinn can o} ul 1 so Mt har 1 that t ; 1 ted tables in th ' rly ha t ubove th i ir reserved for her t t 4 | For Nina had waited as long 4 1 0 \ ver 1 , as there ware t ata ta fv t t t Boot 1 Eileen, ou 4 dand t t o fe anil ou d f er on | A Jolly informality made up for Aus: icra | Un's shortcoming; Gerald and his 4 eon ead oA.) she |dride were the centres of delighted cu ~ fol- |r from the Minster twins and t js and Evelyn Cardw al her intima And the younser Dray-|§ mores, the Grays, Lawns and Craigs were there in force-—-gay, nolsy, un- embarrassed young people who seemed { ' by Louin Ju cim ip mex World. | i