The evening world. Newspaper, January 2, 1909, Page 9

BOO UO OOO COOCOOUEE| AL. H. WOODS SAYS MELODRAMA WAS HARD HIT BY THE HARD WS ms HAT has rod to the popularity of popular-priced melo: | drama? Where {s the long-haired and longer-suffering heroine who was wont to Interfere with the running time of the Canvas. Back Express? Has any one heard anything of Bertha, the) LightRunning Domestic; Nellie, the Beautiful SideStepper; Béna, the Emotional Typewriter, and other favorites of a once Impression- sble public? Their old haunts know them not. Read the theatrical “ads” and you qwtT) find your old friends missing, They have gone away from here. Good @id melodrama seems to be as dead as the old year, Along Broadway, as you may have noticed, “stylish” melodrama with silk Mning or ethical em- broidery is going I!ke the proverbial hot-cake at $2 a seat, but {n the sido streets melodrama has gone to the dogs or the moving-picture man. Tima | was when four or flve theatres above the Bowery killed off a new set ot | villains every week, yet now there {s not one north of Grand street to give | them so much as a hiss, | When Al H. Woods, the melodrama magnate who has a double-breasted | house on Riverside Drive, was asked to expla ce of Theodore | Kremer thrillers and Owen Davis shriekers he anchored himself to a large cigar and answered: of new shows Just no but I'm | Dead? Moron Your Life! s send out “Tho King of Bix: “Hard times have hit melodrama a It's a play based on the career hard— t's the answer. Bu fo f that fellow He who mur a yourse thir hat inch do you remem- melodrama {9 ad. Not There's some of tho paper You can't kili a thing U much ive years & across the room and stood {@'& dose of hard time W nt Hthographs, ple ge b oO work adr " he excialmed, pick- back to t old pl int 4 ed “three eet.'” ced theatres. A ar ) e ft i nt t something ft ” and 0 people er n ‘ at this. ¥ se he explained, W sitting: the table to col- | she has had worked there American Theat supers Mr, Wooe at ft, and isc restored It t took out Nat f sew iets wi u rite ¢ he argued, our busi: s the w ple who 1 tres tha turne: Btreet 1 r {moving pictu kept on running Theatre dropped out of the game for | another reason. Melodrama never paid ) there, because the L trains made more er t tird avenue racket than the actora could e to / make. People may not m a of an L. n 1 turbed byt ft when ‘ The Star Theatre ts t pictures, and the Ame: ] the vaudey houses, the matter that the 8 American {3 s0 enormous Grama couldn't be made to 1 show week.” He pressed a button and agked the youth who appeared to Btate- ment.” Workingmen’s Prices, “There, do you ree that @haking out a sheet of figures, “Well, I opened the Grand in July with price vanging from fifteen cents to a doilar. Bor nine you the ast weeks {it played t) a loss ‘Then I changed the ices to t Swenty and thirty cents, s ttme the he nas had only. one | g week. It was simply a cas ‘ down to workingmen’s pr wee? Last year I had t tions on the read, and t eighteen, Here's what t he said, taking up Putiing his finger on this cheerful s ; | mary: ‘ ‘i another Gross profits to date... ok as thor " ' § CTT: Bue fear , I “Does that 4s dead?” he Til tell you worst y T've ever back nine only thing that has felt the hard ti \ ‘ ; I know of one two town 1) téll anyt 4A son way, for a t money may be near few attract aske by but you mus membe at we've r s adout seventy theatres all told in Ne was ar ut York City. You hear of the succes: v fv you never hear of the fat Let me | di tall you another thing ducing 4u bad in Pittsburg, Tha H And, believe business | 1 3 luck—t in Pittsburg this year.” Ie The wnera thought of Pit ca I him to smoke Ik) @ furnace Coils of Prosperity. : “ast year,” he recailed, “we were a! making so much money t} ° rahe ARE stopped to think w wes comin I - reed With mo St was a case of drunken } t perliy, so to speak, Everybody jumped | 4 1 F Andie | fm, and some of the producers of melo-| 9 1i¢ it I'M build a thea- | Grama have ‘gone broke’ There are |; ( PERN th | too many theatres throughout T epuntry. A town that had suppe one theatre was expected to keep : going with melodrama. Ne r it town of that sort will have 16r melodrama and the othe 7 {ag pictures. I'm not doing much in the | 5 PDODOOODOTON IHW Hints for the Home | Salmon cutlets O one can of salmon add \ spoonful of le fulce, salt and one a shiuce, t tones, skin apd shape Ike cut! rail outlets in them, oT dread crumbs, Aintil brown, = earon! in small, Bae areal toast two cup full with £ two eos on top. Be ag over all Barr with orem serve vour Betty Vincent’s Advice on Courtship and Marriage what wa (oe HOW at I am being can I find JONESS. lense nunars a Pit out if m ry A Harmony / way to find affections. nt t How to Propose. and think tion. I tin: out the true state of her r The Evening World Daily Magazine, Saturday, January 2, AL. H. WOODS, MELODRAMA MAGNATE heir to a comfortable sum. lady comes from a family good station, I am a bit pi the proper course of proposing as Tom of a bashful ni Can yi re, ne your ® her dati nount of fine spe at, though your NHCOFECOOODIICOSG LOD IOGE {1 first duty of every man Ia to discover himself, Many men go through this vorld without awakening to an appre- elation of the latent talents that th possess | Livery man has as his birthright one talen’ | Unfortunately men too often intstake | themselves, force themselves Into false | jchannels and turn out misfits. | The man who most accurately takes | |bis own measure stands tha best chance Lincoln discovered that jan fnjurtous possesston, ‘never be greatnes: It is not Intended that one man should | be master of many arts, He who alms to excel in many things | generally fatls In all, Tl have been a few exceptions—a very Rules are proved by the exceptions. § neare Wrote plays. Had he attempted to paint a Madonna, no doubt he would haye failed Raphael painted a Sadonna, Had he misjudged his talent and In- | raatility ts since it can | elsted upon writing plays no doubt his | efforts would have been futile. | Each of these tnasters knew his own | pacity. | Fach aimed to excel fn one line, Centring one's powers on one object what counts. Some men change thelr minds as often ag they change thetr shirts, Such men never achleve, | The man of one Idea ts sometimes a bore, sometimes an inspiration, It all depends on the man—and the idea, It Is a great thing for a man to dis- | sapgmmnnenerinenee poenaae 4) opcrieaaaiaie: Centralize Your Efforts And Then Hew to the Line By John K. | early reaaee roam, © CTR TR Le Baron Henry George was a gentus, but ho drifted, It took him @ good many years to zet acquainted with the capacity of Henry George. fad he diagnosed himself earlier in Ife he would never have made the fatal error of entering politics, That has been the false note in many lives, diverting from the main purpose and resulting In @ hapless wreck. The ship that keeps close to tts course My fiat to reach port. any a talented life has been wasted an 0 false estimate of parents. Many a tiresome preacher might have , made a successful cobbler, Many a mediocre lawyer might have Dean & master mechanic, It 1s a greater benefit to manking¢a ‘make a good pair of shoes tham ¢e preach a poor sermon, Whistler's parents Intended him én @ soldier, Discovering himself, be chose.” the more peaceful calling of ¢he, erties De Foe's parents chose the minietsy for thelr son, but young (Dentel, while he Knew not what he wanted to éa, made up his mind net to be @ | preacher. He tried war, but was only en indi ferent soldier, He tried business and failed, Then he discovered his talent, Bie was, however, fifty-eight years of age before he wrote ‘Robinson Crusoe” That {s the tragedy of life It requires great excellence nowedayw to excel, It 1s, therefore, especially important for young men to take thelr own meage ure early In life, Discover your bent—give your talent a chance, f cover himself early In life, | Hew te the line: —---—- -—- wa ——E | HODIOS DODODO 000 0000000U) i} recat Don’t Invite Him, |? Letters T hat Let Off Steam : uzzled as to Jear Hetty. 6) OULD It be 0) fo to Invit na ’ rn (9) |W Oseutnern at ete Read Siliy When We Cool Off § H. J. knew ver vell last eel I Daye ® Tear Min estar ier e CEs eve er INS By Gertrude Barnum. 3 es ru nor corresponded since last KN MOC OOK = ae 0 O00 AROREODEOOOOD It Is best to walt for the ma first step toward renewl: 1 WILL INFORM HIM OF HIS \You P Rov [LY THAT You HAVE | {the 1908, by Robb; ee named Dus rk 4 ise by nil — CONCLUSIVE sven (& Sy A Romance of Mystery, Love and Adventure. Merrill Co.) INSTAL ME Califo: in” Londot oa CHAPTER XVIIL (Continued.) An Tixciting Chase. thick 1 Cnt IT osw srieak- me, And then, {shment held Dorothy, wick and Stryker spe the mechanician, mo the adventurer, NTs He securely eously the whirled about, the floor ar his dexterous tleshy wrists: him. ack and tripped The mechante laugh ing him, nderson, Done by that blind as a bat!" while yet thelr own aston- Kirkwood, Brent Charles, ad suddenly upon | less, he shook violently before him his thick handouftet mechanician 1 eagerly ryker at fingers Jan with a contempty strode bac to ¢ the twisting > captain's collar as he jerked him us 1 unwhile whipping off his gog- hand upon 8. from Bellows, or Calendar, or Crumb- endar, mi mottied fingers tore nev | gies; ‘and clapped a hearty uteh; eventually Ne 80t /the adyenturer’s quaking shoul “Well he erled, “And are you still y hands delved into es He ‘ : sailing circles around the men CEs hen basins To PAWS Scotland Yard, Simmons, or ging tn earth, To Kirk- eS stone, or whatever name you prefer to » towel fell upon tho table— | Sail under?” aolled hearing on ite, “E think,” put In the clear, OI ace the fon in indelible cents of Brentwick, “we can consider aden > Anvers.” A that matter settled I have here, my ti ath mug ot & Carthenware |Man,""—nodding to the adventurer as he ldropped to the floor with a crash, A|took up the black leather wallet,—"l ainveacahidlahfoee the mia manu-|have here a little matter which may ture c the 2 and into clear up a’ lingering doubts as to your ntwick's tered alarm clock |#tanding wht yu may be disposed ithe le te abused c at present to entertain ring va as it fel! by He extracted @ sip of car a pen bag o remainder was— at arm's length, laid it on the tai *s; 8 ro edge b ath turer's eyes. Jen glot aps a| The Intter, er it for hade overripe, therefore the more aros|a moment, breathing ily; then athe straightened back, adventurer ripped out an oath, | jaughed tly wit ur "sulready | he raged in fury, “Done and faced the detective HF 999OO09OOG94-00O 4 THE BLACK BAGe wt infernal ; "replied the detective ‘tiny | There followed two metallic click na | Calen ravings were abrupted as if! eos his tongue had been paralyzed. He fell pace, flabby jowls pale and shi ponderous jaw dropping on his breast, mouth wide and eyes crazed as across | RIXY was pomposing a “scorcher < 3 1’ will inherit y soon and with itance, and for this teas [ iy Pore na itemaate come engaged to her, My salary hat you feel safe in asking her to) nt to send him an invitation to the vone lates thet ‘ , but with iin @ short time I will fall‘ marry you, dance, heart, who had fatled to meet a; : her at an appoint- od time and place, Oy By Georgs ae op Peggy was lend . ng a sympathetic ear as she sqraped KIND FRIEND, ALLOW ME ; time to cut it out, like to be free long one good Nek at that My friend, you get yc and I'll squeal on him the face. That's "You'll have the t telegram from the late this afternoon, say! of a smoked fish and set the con- densed milk out on the window sill of their attle room, “Fortunately,” ‘Trixy was reading from her screed. “Fortunately, very atten- To STATE THAT Two NEGATIVES MAKE AN AFFIRMATIVE = THERE FORE WHEN You say" LAINT GoT_NO OTHER Goin" @LNI NUDE BARN OME you-that the high qualities I thought were yours had no existence except in my !magination.'" "My! But you can handle the pen! You ought to go In for terature!” |" T shall endeavor to forget the whole unpleasant chapter of my acquaintance with you. And now good-by from your | once devoted’ '’—something very Ike a! sob cut the eplstle short, but a broken up down to mail tt." LOVES A LOVERS” BAH 3. | HAROLY THINK | CARE TO PERUSE THE 800K FURTHERS | votce wound Peggy looked uneasy for a moment jand then held out her hand for the | note. kl | ‘Let's see how It's spelled," sald she to gain tlme. Running her eyes over the contents, she added: “I wish you had t pr looking statlonery. It seems kind of and out to use serappy blue paper and a crumpled vhite en- Kesides there isn't but one M {magination, Why don't you watt In By Bout Author of Pri oe But I woul What I don't st * contended belleved {t would never matter. zh to get Kirkwood, “ts bh ee ed Cale | But tt did. By her wish, [ went back t, Mulready. |endar that he couldn't g venge by erica; We were to see what sep- him, | p & his chi gainst Miss Calen ion would do to heal tha wounds I'm blue tn) da Dorothy. nn had caused. It wag a very nh?” Mr. Bre ck elevated his ish experiment. Your mother dled fine white eyebrows and sat islely ore T could return, | ved a He levelled a forefinger at the There fell a silen ‘ain broken by police | At first glance tt ¢ yed the father After that I was In no the younger haste to return, But some years ago, ey'd picked up Mr. Mulready with an na He pi er twisting came to London to lve. I communi- Hall: and were hol them on stis- we out allen t An ordinary t 1 the old el, asking Peers 7 turning to : ardboard, tt to see you, It was refused in wieck—"they were opening negotiation as foilc which precludec bJec Paar rf ari he ; which precluded the subject seemed in such a the diamond merc by me: I was informed din attempting to see it I persis! away the remains, Jack | \@ was there, and tive. sn't ilke some others. He Is | 80 bred. I was quite satisfed t will hit home," sald Peggy | And that T have been {dealizing | “I am going straight till morning and get a swell dove-col- ored sheet of notepaper and an @ |velope to mateh. You haven't got any |stamp, anyway, *n4 t's ewfully cold out to-night." After further persuasion Trixy finally consented to take the advice and crept ‘into bed, At length, curled in her friend's comforting arms, she relaxed her Ink-stalned fingers and closed her tear-stained eyes in slumber, The next morning she was awakened by being wrapped sharply on ths nose with a special delivery letter. She jreached for It excitedly, and clutching hit with eager hands, read; “You directed to the old address (force of habit, I suppose), and they forwarded the letter to Dick, and I |never got It until just now—midnight. Phone me the first possible moment. The suspense has been flerce. T thought you had thrown me down,” Two excited girls careered !p fancy | dances round and round the bare iittis room. “Thank goodness I didn't mail that scorcher! “I suppose you never suspected I was Playing for time?" |" “How's that?” | Pexwy explained: "“Somé day when I | get my trunk off the road I'll show you |a bundle of episties that I call my ‘steamer letters,’ because | let off steam writing them. They are letters I kept {over night ‘till I'd cooled off, and so I never sent them." (She paused to filck vhe tears from her eyes.) ‘I once learned that It's true that the pen {s mightier than the sword, and also sharper, and sometimes {t cuts things up 80 you can never put the pleces together again.” —— Kites for Locusts, HE Molteno (Cape Colony) farmers have hit upon a novel plan for dealing with locusts. A farmer has Imported some eagle Idtes for the purpose of scaring locusts from the | crops. is Joseph Vance, “The Brass Bowl,’ “The vate War,’ Etc. PF FFIOHESDOOHF9OS-OOGOHO-OOG00H09OO00OO9 fe wels; naturally the most valuable item n list, the most easy to convert Into cash, » ... The man Mulready we do not place; he seems to have been a shady character the fat rogue picked up mewhere. The latter's ordinary line of business was diamond emuggling, though he would condescend to almost anything {n order to turn @ di®honest penny, . . “That seems to exhaust the subje But one word more. . . . Dorothy, am old enough and have suffered eno ugh to know the wisdom of seizing dear, happiness when one may, My. a little while ago, you did a very deed. Under fire you sald a igeous, womanly, creditable Philip's rejoinder was only nobility to yours. , ,. 1 goodness that you two youngsters won't let any addle- scruples stand between your- ‘inn do hope to sveond ou, you would be disinherited, selves and—the prize of Romance, your roused, We're sending for ht i pipes a aeritey | inallenable Inheritance!” Miss Calen ) you can make ae Sear Oak Very Bn er yon. Abruptly Brentwick, who was no mind easy ‘our fewels OG RUG LN ‘me ly, L admit. * * * One/longer Brentwick, but’ the actual Cal ky easy Senate | ldihetoreio see how endar, released the girl from his er have them back ew days hin youth. brace’ and hopped nimbly toward th “Well,” the enturer delivered his z ay wn to @ quiet “Really, I must see about that 81 vit 7 I wh to @ qui peroration, “I certain RIN poet MACUVLIS not to disturb you 1" ie, cried. “While it's per- o hear tt y T ta i ( ar aa) true that Charles hee about It's to hear wouldn ure ine & out, We must be getting on plaining to deal, any other way : explaining £0 ri call you when we're ready to He paused, looking h ile dupes sear Bt 1 the door crashed to behind him. over with a melancho! then, with ay t Ehad|* + Ramiinnartal i handle eth ' t Between them was the table. Be- a ae ; yond it the girl stood with head erect, 1 and Brentwick, "So ih t and wei € ; r 's glimmering on the lashes of * he said thickly; and turned, with t s to i eyes with which she met Philip's the detective's hand und: $ arm and, | into t fa f nig 4 tee aze wo fearlessly, Aeseranaled by KET a f othy! . . . You did not mean tt, ccompanied by the ily c dear?” Stryker, waddled out o! ) i was a sion of tl ey laughed, a little, low, sobbing Brentwick nodded, tw! If-satis- | lttle 1 e sound of a chair pushed eT laugh that had {ts source deep tn the Quite LUD TAT chodled UDe Port init aioe rata yg eiurill eau lsat . hidden sanctuary of her heart of a a 2 . phe child ald; “neat, I call it, too.” His old eyes wo, I os inte “EL meant ft, my dearest. . . i rightened with reminiscent enjoyment 5 tt you'll haye a girl #0 bold and forward, Inspiration!” he crowed soft fi who wait till she's asked but nape ion rowed M Ny throws herself into the arms of the non piration, pure ar she loves—Phillp, I meant it, ey wits for ful : word las ot THE END. me about 4 fh i, poe FS = stor-ear. ‘Then, in a flas f i \ 8 nnn ne D 1 talked with Ct ye : meee |) “Phe Barrie: Rex Beach's me {s really Charle t { powerfl romance of love and e bye—ov ‘a \ i love | (adventare, will begin tn next ruples about b e ' Monday's Byening Worlds watied the artiauc details, your mower, Iy| there Was so much excitement about the | gwen se A alec wee