The evening world. Newspaper, May 24, 1913, Page 9

"i \ os\( | af u ll ; Belasco Declares Standard o spend who wants to think himeelf @tage director and sit in front at r hearsais. He knows as much about tx stage as the chauffeur who ie waiting of the old days who worked night after night by the light of a coal-oll lamp to learn the parts in which they 1 THE EVENING WORLD, f Theatre Stop and think of the great actresses) agencies, od, There's a lot of hokey-pok- eylom about it. mean a cheap ata: who can be fo "oO day. wife. SATURDAY, “A Cocktail at the Dressmaker’s? Of Course!” Has Been, Lowered by Season’s Work| Says Mary Shaw---“That’s MAY THe maps HAVE 24, 1918. Woman’s Latest.” od - for him outslde. ‘The firet to suffer from so-called stage management of the most incompetent sort is, of course, the public, which goes away disgusted. But the evil doesn't stop thera What about the actora?”’ became famous, 1 hate to see tl young woman losing her head. Ti mere fact that she may be playing a pretty part well means nothing, gives her no reason to believe ahe has a future on the stage. For one thing it curtailed a to town. It cost me fun ‘The Good Little Devil,’ and as goon as the receipte dropped below that Agure I brought the engagement “ILET THE REPORT GET OUT THAT IWAS i “ THE YOUNG ACTRESS HELL'S HOLE SHOULD THiww. LESS OF. TURKEV TROT INES 7] er ed bate "OURS TAGE’IS LIKGA BOX: OF STRAW BERNE — AFEW GOOD ACTORS AT THE TOP AWD ALOT OF INFERIOR ONGS MN DeRweaTH”? ewered. “But tt has been tke @ dreath of fresh alr blowing through the theatre and & bas brought out people who hed hitherto looked upon the playhouse as is Hard to Keep Up With the Artful Tricks of the New York Woman—A Nudge to ‘Madame,’ Her Modiste or Milliner, and It's a Drink Behind the Screen.” “Ifan Honored Patron Turns Faint, Why She Needs a Plays Shovelled on the Stage and Poor Acting That Has Resulted From| Incompetent Direction— Some Good Advice to the Young Actress Who Should Wake Up and Realize Her Opportunity. By CHARLES DARNTON. 'N putting up the summer awnings the abode of the devil. Occasionally, of he “But quite aside from that it course, Jaushed. we do a red-hotter,’ ia not an easy matter to imerest biase New Yorke: Sherry’a, let us say, in a fairy play. 1 they have ohiliren they send them !n| the afternoon with the nurses. Obvi- the two unusual features of this) season have been the children’s play and the crook play, And quite as ob- the crook play came at the paychological moment. Such @ moment always counts. With a play ét’e just as it is with a fellow who is courting & girl—yes or no. The time will come, Playe witl be given here only during the holidey eea- ously, viously, TI believe, when children’ eon, just as they are in England. Inci dentally, I think London owes us 4) Gebdt of gratitude for supplying it with who have dined at HERE ju: these New York women. they'll drink it. Miss Mary Shaw. Not, oh, most decidedly not, Dlographical confessions! "Really, have always had @ reputation for re- Shaw. ‘And I don't eee why it should Stimulant—and There You Are! Added to the Bill for Hat or Gown.” fer’t any way of keep- ing up to the artful Cae 1 they want to drink a little cocktall If they want to smoke @ little cigarette they'll emoke it. They not only want what they want when they want t, but, by hook or by erook, they succeed in getting it. If you have any doubts, listen to the confessions of aute- i spectatility,” smilingly answered Miss But the Price Is the limite of the excise law, no pay te Gpeniy taken for the beverages @s- pensed. If an honored patron turns faint, a atimulant is offered her—that de allt Ho: the price of the drinks 48, of course, added on to the purchase orice of hat or gown. “In the restaurants and the dining rooms of even the more conversative hotela many women take wine or other Intoxicants quite openly with their meals. And the feeling of their men- fotke, with regard to this practice, seems to be changing. Not long ago I saw @ party of several men and women in @ Broadway restaurant taking a on the theatrical! season David new plays thie year. totter now, just because I want the| Goudie round of cookteile before their ‘To eay that drinking an@ Belasco was drersed for the “Do you think apne se grate | new professional woman's Ladino ‘There wae @ pretty young wo- particularly when carried t> . I wondered. Two year he hadjoften ha ful to America for anything fortably equipped as any woma: man of about ninetean in the party, end are bad for the health is to ascume @ \ fob, He had on his working| I wi years ago he had often happens that an attractive part/ ft), to Amorice for anytieee when |or any pretensions in London sean of Sbest marina 59 See et oat Sertasity soieas bewien wal told me about their love of leisure at/is built up for her—‘gagged, as we their clubs, and I sincerely hoped they : weren't “In for it" again. It was a re- Hef to hear him add: that ehe, per! And by that, of course, fT mean ac-|o¢ ing saying, for hei jen a6 well. Imagine the sort of/hope lies in stud; training they receive at the hands of] Taye th, iat, my proud young stage yt eat te oe now Hom |beauty! No matter how you may feel : . an Y ai, What can we hope for from auch Hott hu, couldnt ake, beter @ school of acting? Already our stage Bense,” is Ike a box of strawherrica—e few | °2,value coming trom David ies 00d actors at the top and o lot of rege eg epetvorrdiad adel Inferior on underneath. And just now there i# an appalling lack of cap- harvest for the actor, but it hae helped clothes—a pajama coat with a but- ton off at the neck, just like yours; trousers that brought back visions of David Warfield in ‘The Auc tloneer,” a dressing-gown with rope J enough to hang an author found guilty of writing a bad play, and shoes in which an actor could walk This means that from Schenectady to Troy with the greatest comfort. He was thorough ly et his ease until he saw De ‘| erty. an English manager accepte an Amert- can play he does so because of neces- He has either got to take it or bolt his door, This feeling extends throughout Europe, The only use a European has for an American te the use he can make of his do! But the fault lies right here at home. Ameri- cans don’t build up, they tear down. Faddiom in at the bottom of it all, It demands that art, at least, must bear the European stamp. All our great painters, musicians and other artiste Miss Shaw's matter-of-fact statement that drinks and cigarettes would be procurable in the restaurant of the f@bout-to-be-founded club has raised « commotion. And Miss Shaw is the more urged her to drink the two: Manhattans. the toy automobile whieh conveyed the) it rather dificult to condemn either = strictly moral greunds? And @eoms to me that women, as well | men, ahould be allowed to freely astonished at the talk because of her smokes from one person to another. He encouraged the more dangerous habit amine these pursuits according to ti fancy and te judge for knowledge of the various expedients to which Now York women resort in their efforta to “enjoy lit “Why is it any worse to order a glase of wine with one's luncheon than to help support @ buffet at the drese- maker’ hop? inquired, “In a number of the fashionable dressmaki: and looked askance at the comparative ly tnnooucw one. Bhows masculine consistency, doesn't it? His young wife finally yielded, but she remarked, fotto voce, that ehe'd have her puff by- e did when he waa things in the dressing what ia best for themselves, ma “The home woman, with all the combs | forte of domesticity about mer, 1t hard to realize that many women are leading a different sort of Ufe because of the work which ts F upon them to perform. But “ ! are obliged to go abroad to be ao . T cannot think {t fair ) ee he Pphpur ‘ bh able young women to take the places of ni ony for the moment, since it | nowledged. As for the American play-|and millinery establishments it is] “Women very often smoke a cigarette! ball in a tea cup. mentioned women svend hs aan jean to say you're G01N6) those who are passing on to gray haira| threatens to damn him artistically. Not | wrgnt or producer, he very little| perfectly possible for any member of|in these rooms when they go to teave| same and it savos appearances Geau-|t? govern their lives according te to sketch me? If I'd known that/or losing their pretty little waists, |t0 be sulded intelligently means death | scouragement on the other side But| the intimate clientele to obtain her fa-/or remove thelr wraps. Thus they|tifully, 1 myself have dined at a hotel| rules and restrictions which her Gin I'd have togged up.” Those who held the affection of the|t? the young actor and the young ac-/inig doesn't cause me any bitterness,|vorite cocktail or highball whenever |make up for the deprivation of not be-| where the cocktalls were served to the Th public because of thelr youth and their] tress I have spoken of them particu- r the American stage for|she asks for it. @he touches madame's| ing able to smoke in the dinning room. ere was no help for it. Be- ¢ aol ( ' I believe @ American stage for | a . «| women in after-dinner cot ‘ / J Ke Be |talent are advancing—and I admire| larly because the future of the theatre | 4 erica: elbow and is promptly led behind aj They are of course permitted to do eo] “Now, why jaeco in a make-up new to the pub jam! honor them for having won their| 4epends upon them. for the situa- “Then you're not going to give up in| screen where she quenches her thirat|in a number of the small restaurante| o » at @ woman's club, w! no | b: > pe ) what hen & lic dropped helplessly into a chair spurs y hard work—but where are|tion generally, it certainly does not! aasoairt? at her leisure. In effect, these shopsjand in some hotels. But there ere wo-| many women seem to want? Of courre|an will she wili”—despite rules gag and threw up both hands, The|t%e!" successors? The young woman of |#eem gloriously bright with promise |” «Nor just yet,” he lau phe | aintain buffets, and, to keep within men who feel o bit diMdent about avail-|there are some who say thet, while restrictions! ct 4 yet,’ is y 5 le hext moment, with his usual readi.('%¢ *8&° should wake up and realise| when you can get a ticket to the tho-| ocr ig I'm now at work on four new wy . 5 her opportunity, She should think leas |atre with a package of cigarettes, It] "oquctions for next year. But per- os 3 | ness, he tackled the job of review: of turkey-trotting and teas—playing|1s no longer possible to run a play Lely ould keep that to myself. You Ly gd \ the shoulder came this jolt: Supposed to be doing. She can learn! that is, !f you do It I mat Hor ‘tal, and I* i] le roves oN A! “Of first significance is the fact that | Stet deal in a year if her head | are sold out to socletles at special r been having lot of quiet fun hearing ‘ r he etandard of the: theat i Hs isn't too big for her bonnet. Let her or prices are shaved at certain ticket people say "Poor Belasco _o— The girl was sobbing, for war, you soldering pot, and with @ look of scort “Bob may be looking.” Then anal | I tewersds ta tower than ¥ hove ever | : HD house was Cull, the audinnce| knw: | hell. Bhe didn’t look at Jim, /at the almshouse Keeper they go R. U.|came the tinker. | Neither , | . @ ever but Jim loo . Robert gave his ying: “Tins to mend, im, hing H known it to be. Plays have been shov- Souirrel rae ri 1 Park oe Ane ty bar ane darling bis gold watch and chain, and| Meantime there's a digression, Jim hes ree oe we elled on the stage, the direst rot has quirrets and Kiddies Win the Battle of Centra ark. Nembun peste then the good-bys had to come, That| gets home, with his arm in a sling, and | They had no pote or pans for the been offered to the public and poor casts a He aald that he hadn't intended to Don't get the shells on th waike or] UmbUs Clnle. ee nag neon| Mae beautiful. The girl clung to the| tells girlle that Robert ix missing.|man to mend, 20 ho went bie shave made a bad matter worse, Of OU can feed peanuts to the squir-| that far, anyhow. Although pea grass—or, London Bridge will be falling | wiieq off, in which Ubertien had been » BOBBING, and the band didn't) More sobbing, and you can see that Jim | way. \ course I am speaking generally, There rela in Central Park: df vou pat | ake them lazy, still It was the pleas-| down, falling down, and off to prison | tayo, with reality, Imagination and play “Annie Lauri Jim i girlie, who te have been exceptions, as every «i0 the shells into your pocket, or| Ute of the people. But!— you must go—sure, pop! geography. Then came @ real peach, The scene faded, eg ae was white hatred and wrinkled, an@ cess, Sad-ey. 1 fun, prett; ris and pretty Be “a then came an unprecedented number of | gig, catheter tan abreengiee| No Auto S eding for President Wilson ore bial i 1 DO SA FIR HAN DOES, Bp yd BAe RAEI reared ew gebenr) BB AE te eee ine eee failures. One of t dest ginnin , teed per , Sh | Private box, tleket holder, her whitened locks and Bob \ ever known has had one of the worst |tittie eadion huve anced Me peeaieyet . jane shen eae: ee: eset of the ever!" ‘The ‘tes hee’ that followed was| “Ha, ha, ha! Ho, ho, ho! He, he, het | back und recelves the crack om | |e [ite Kilaiow have anzed hopelemaly st and Secret Service Men Very Much Approve.:™ netic sone preceded » spiaan ang] Aro¥ned im the pot pourrl of war. cares from all pasta of the boty coco Instead, | Nov. shiver: Pre ahaa wae ay ha) nuts, and neither kiddy nor squirrel ing everything which might affect the |a splutter of the electrical fittings, and aren GRGR OYA (AE UNE ue ani A Se me 2 Xe blow that took r failure at the door of “too 4 - bresident' h i outh— re other, y lakey theatres.” Mr. Bolasco ceciaro WPOSER RESIDE WAN i ARACDHAT WILMON dnvhe! Jil nae eka er taste rete lime Phe srype sprees tial as the) again. But why digress? Itobert, t "Get the hook,” came from another, ; *It te not a question of theatres, If] egiut went Ah aie merece |S fellows a chance to bre Ear lanla vine cieriaicaine) at re vid rer that wounds good hears, the gallant and Celthfub sot phot yin he whisper, nivel Bow: we jeag ned e edict went forth that there must no ene be , ver d r . , tha junds h ory, ‘ = 7 = . we had in New York ono hundred the-| more littering of the park walka and again,” said one of the squad|rate, I like the Wileon way bette girl in the gallery to her ngs and lost his memory, When! he tinker and hin as The kind old lady nursed the 4 i , : f r ' 2 é ecoats asked him what his name | poared up and smut and dirt stati atres giving good productions Uiey'| grays, peanut shells came under the| ° S#:ret Service men who accompanied! And all the time President Wileon|thing romantic, I'!l bet." aki ha GNGAE’ hin haa Phan they. peat in the foreground, hf ned would, I firmiy believe, find hearty sup- | Araes under the) the President from Washington re-|rode through New York or Jeraey| © sure," sha shook his head. ‘Then still carrying the pot. They got a job|*"4 while he is lying in her meaning of Utter, The nurses couldn't Y| “Sure” he said, then resumed Bis! shook their heads. The shake was well’ bed and watch: port, because Interesting plays, Well explain this to the Kiddies, and the| Cent’ when he came up to preach jury | streets {t was in moderation, No traf-| chewing gum. aiekaa, : from a very rl, and right there| ye! and watching her do t wcted, woulif increase the appetite of| qmail boy pouted and said, “Tnover | Fetorm to the New Jersey legislators, | fe policeman or bicycle oop would ever!” wigs) way the frat caption om the| ‘Tne tights want ‘ vg |the feat tinker falls over and dies in Vislon of long, ano the public for the theatre It 18! was a thon of a gun.” “Vor a fellow who docan't vare for| single him out ae @ violator of the! tm A Srey gir all in white and| on rte eee ant, it and then sppeere@ |the arma of our hero and the young) Pore tee, tne non poor productions that drive D!¢| ‘The little four-footers climbed up on|fding about the country at top peed | @peed ordinances, fluffy things, stood at the old garden| sii) fying. 1 ontined inlates voles, ledy,, hap we hegin to get down to better, pe ane ge away from the playhouse. A man |the fences, and protested co the passers: | !t'® quite a relief." gate. We koew she was waiting her|and Itobert, very gaunt and very #ads|Oith the dace: ne eee eres | norrows @ aut from Jim, them. aa who goes only to be Geappeinied ner Untony they went througa| “You knew when Col, Roosevelt was Must Go In at I. lover, and she didn't have tong to wait.| came in to get hin discharge papers, He with the date back to the love of the lena finally NTRS Wont HO ARR a the » Yoys and men, they | President and also when Judge Taft was DULT residents of Richmond| Robert was the dashing fellow's n couldn't tell what hin name was, so they! «good God!" same from the body of | 2O*M# ike @ Colonel She falls eat! Rete ee often unanM ita thie Cents Rae ten aise endea A toe Wilke House: the Presidents sop Heights, new St, Louis County |and he came to break the news to ner|ent hin to the almshouse, he'bouae je Body Of) nis neck, and in India oa a o often Uses, a feuis Ir protests did not go unheeded. | always had to ac h rate 0 municipality, must not be in the|that he has enlisted with the graye. A] ‘The plot thick Our hero went to] “Dont , i. The band plays at ’ fee rare than enytalns else, that hurts of Central Park h anaes: baw ob Haossyels and Judge) streets after 11 o'clock unless they can along and the gallant young / the almahouse, hut he didn’t wo in, He] an oe S108 amy, Hae ses teestnee tre, Ge of ou Tammany: they aft used to complain against slow | give @ proper explanation for their late | him #2. Wain ay foolish Gs bb lboheds. Thilo F Caeviled @ elder end the ‘a boo a s.. wasn 4 than Murphy, ‘Thelr | speed. Tt was sways ‘push along 8 lt an ordinance recently provides.| Don't laugh at this, Maybe he owed|along camo the tinker. Wasn't that] house was ti ‘ When I Get You Alone gag en a produ. sl friends welt to the front for their| faster, pleas nae spe | ty ; fs : a an uproar, with » 5 - arpred et ue apa (bo Uie, TreBe ta Be eS je nder {fteon yeare of age) it tol, And don’ that K lean’) clever? Gi, hone piaywrinnte arel of laughter sweeping over It. ae yaaa She :queation a ot t ommissioner ws at's changed now, Presl-| must be at home by § P, M. Another /anything to do with ( . It} clever, clever people. They didn't throw! Well, the: im, stil) 1 thig play?’ The choice pro’ tis! Stover; they rang his telephone. They|dent Wilson doesn't care for high 9 5 still proposing to MODERN PUGILISM, ; prevides the marshal may |hes lots, That's the wi urprise| that tinker in there in the first act Just! the lady, and holdi 5 upes some fellow who has been ser demanded that they be allowed to feed| speed. And it's a lot better for us 0 adults to help you sometimes in these movies, Woll,| for calor. eo! Ho was one of Licl on tim cttaberta, aading the watch) Pather—I can't understand w! a curtain up and-down. Then there ‘s the squirrels again, fellows, It'e bad enough to bave to on who asserts Robert came with his regiment and Jim, |real actors, le sald that he would take | got too insletents ahe ‘would pall tho| "ant, t2,be ® prise, enter,’ tie maa with more money than be can And so, the Commiasiones selented. 0 asserts he can- cam: a . 01 @ | wot too insistent she would pull the) gon—Ea: keep keyed up to @ bigh piteh watch- ais Tmsade, was next in command care of the Bere and be handed him hie ute f ——tie waseh on bim, eo much as te sey: ne ight—Judge