New York Clipper (Oct 1915)

14 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER O^ober 16 THE NEW YORK CITY THEATRES am ATTRAOIONS, "THE BARGAIN/ ■ASIOR —'Hlt-the-Trall-HolUday." flftli week. BOOTH—E. n. Sotbern, tQ "The Two Virtues." second week. BEUAfiCO—•The Boomerang,- tenth week. CASINO—"The Blue Paradise," eleventh week. CANDLEU—"The Uonse of Olass." seventh n-eek. COUEDT—"The Bargain," second week. COHAN'S—EUle Janls, In "Mies Information," lecocd week. CENTURY—"Ned Wajbnm's Town Topics." fourth CORT—"The Princess Pat," third week. ITOLTON—"Some Baby," ninth week. GI>OB£—Montgomery and Stone. In "Chin Chin" (second season), ninth week. GAIETT —"Xoung America," seventh week ; fifth at this house. HUDSON—"Under Fire," tenth week; HARBIS—"Rolling Stones," nlntb week. IIirrODROME—"HIp-EUp-nooray," third week. LONGACRE—"The Girl Who Smiles," tenth week; seventh at this house. LYCEUM—Marie Tempest, In "Rosalind" {ind "The Duke of EllUcrankle," fifth and last week. LYRIC—"Two Is Company," forrth week. rL.A.YUOUSEJ—Grace George, In "The New York Idea" (revival), third week. DCPUBLIC—John alason and Jane Cowl, In "Com- mon Clay," cielith week. NEW PRODUCTIONS, EMPIRE (Monday evening)—William Gillette, Jn "Sherlock Holmes" (revival). FOHTr-EIGHTH STREET (Mondav evening)— George Fawcett, In "What Money (Jan't Bny" (see review). IRVING PLACE (Wednesday evening)—"Lch- mann's Kinder" (In German). WINTER GARDEN (Thursday evening)—"A World of Pleasure" (reviewed next week). SnUBERT (Saturday evening)—"Alone at Last" (reviewed next week). AT THE PICTURE HOUSES. strand.—^Thls week's picture attraction Is "The White Pearl," with Marie Doro In' principal role. Aoademy of Mnalc.—"The Little Gypsy" Is the feature this week. KalekeFbocker.—Last week's program is re- tained for this. Including "Old Heidelberg," Frank Kecnao, in "The Coward;" Baymond Hitchcock, la "Stolen Magic," and Eddie Foy, In "A Favorite Foot" Broadway Mary Plckford, In "A < Girl of yesterday," Is this week's feature. n^l- (Elmer P. Rogers, mgr.)—A capacity r^l^CS audience ruled at the matlnec per- * *" formance, Monday. As a feature this week Is the Palace Theatre's own FAI.T., FASHION SHOW, featuring Bmllle Lea, conceived and produced by May Tully, had Its first showing. The reception was remarkable, each one of the grU as they appeared being liberally applauded, urlnff the action of the display UIss Lea gave a demonitratlon of her dancing ability and made the bit of the entire performance, (New Acts next week.) The BAGOESCNS. In joggling and comedy that went over with a bang. The comedy Is done by the male member an^ It broagbt roare of laugUter. HABRY AOL^B and ANNA ARLINB, In their old act, "A New Idea," didn't go as well aa nsnal, ownlg to the act being 30 well known here. Thor need something new. The American debnt of LUBOWSKA, a dancer In classics, had an auspicious opening. She of- fered three well arranged dancefl, assisted bjKwo young women. Her best was a Peacock Dance." (New Acts next week.) CICCOLINI. with an entire new routine of songs, began his second week and went over big- ger at this Mcaday's matinee than he did last week. "Until" rendered In EtigUab, vas his best number, EDWABD ABELES and COMiPANY presented a new dramatic classic by George H. Broadhurst, entitled "Self Defense." It showed Mr. Abeles !a nn entirely new role, and hla success was Instan- taneous. It Is one of the best playlets the Palace has shown. (See New Acts next week.) KATE ELINOBB and SAM WILLIAMS, In their successful and original absurdity, "The Hunter and the Hunter-ess," had no complaint to make at the reception accorded them. JAMBS HDSSEY and JACK BOTLB. In "The New Chauffeur," sang and talked themselves to success. MLLE. MARTON VADIK and COiLPANY. In a series of lyric dances. cIoi<>d. and on acconnt of the lateness of the program suffered. It Is a splendid little offering, and Mile. Vadle Is a most capable dancer. Jack. Forty-clffhtb Street (Wm. A. Brady, mgr.)— On Monday evevnlng, Oct. 11, Geo. Broadhurst'.! new play, "What Money Can't Buy," was produced by a company headed by Geo. Fawcett. Other well known players In the cast are: Anne Ueredlth, Edith Campbell Walker, Sydney Shields, Mrs. Bnss Whytal. William B. Mack. Prank Eemble Cooper, William Deverenx, Calvin Thomas and Robei't Catn. Colonial (Alfred T. Darling, mgr.)—Billed for Oct H and week: Fox and DoUv. Claude GUllo?- water and company, Craig Campbell,' WUla Holt Wakefield. "Cranberries," the Sharrorks. Ueeban'a dogs, Natalie and Ferrari, and Delmore and Lcc. somi On acconnt of the holiday, Oct. 12, a number of Bevlewa and notices had to be omitted from this lisue. Comedy (Art. I<lgfaton, bua iqgr.)— The Bar- fiain, a drama In four acts by Herman Seheffauer. Produced bv the Messrs. Shubert on Wednesdiay night. Oct. V|. lOlB. with this cast: Sarah Lusskin Dorothy Dounelly Sam Lusakln Forrest Wlnint Rebecca Lnsskln Josephine Victor Simon LassUIn Loals Calvert Leonard Bcrlbner Eugene O'Brien A Young Mnn Charles Mather A Little Girl Blanche Bums Louis Bcrlbner John Flood Synopsis of scenes : Act I.—iLlvbiK room of the Lusskin home. -Evening. Act II.—Interior of Simon Lnsskln'3 pawnshop. Same evening. Act III.—Same as Act I. The next morning. Place—Jewish quarters In the East Side of New York. Time—^The present. "The Bargain" Is the first stage work of a Jewish Shylock," and produced In our own middle West by A. H. Woods, as "The Modem Sbylock." crested a most favorable Impression on the above date ■when, as a Shnt>ert offering. It was produced undrr Its present title, with the cast originally engaged by Mr. Woods. The theme treats of tho Intermarriage of the races, and It was because he believed that theatric coers were not Interested In this problem that Sir. Woods gave the.play up, "The Bargain" Is toe first stage work of a Jewi'sh newspaper man now working as a war correspend- ent for a London paper.' Although tho scenes are laid !n the East Bide at New York City the Eng- lish metropolis was the scene of Hs first perform- ance. It stayed on the boards of the Lyric, London, for twenty weeks. Mr. Scheffaner gives In this play great promise as a' playwright. Although his plot Is not new, it Is Intensely Intereetlngv The characters, espn- cUlly those of the Hebrew pawnbroker and his daughter, Bebecca, are all flndy drawn. The first act Is rather weak, but the second and third are very Impressive. The laet one holds the Interest m spite of the fact that It is unconvincing. The main character la Simon Lnaaktn, a Jewish pawnbroker, who places honor. Justice and his religion above everything In the world. He "had married a second time, but has two grown up children by his first wife, who Is dead. Because he Is orthodox the other membera of his family consider him "behind the ttmes." Hia son turns out to be a thief, not only robbing his employers hut Bteallng a necklace from the pawnshop; his daughter, Hebecca, I9 la love wlUi a gentile -who had betrayed her. Tie old Jew. overcome wi^h disgrace, orders his children from the hoq«e, and his wife, nnder pretense of "being deeply wounded because of his cruelty to his chUdren," leaves him Jn order to go npon the stage. Six months later, after Simon had been llvlug alone In the ^hop, the wife, dlaappolQtod in her theatrical desires, retorns, tbe eon repents and he forgives thaffl both. He also forgives nts daughter, who Is to marry bor Gentile lover. He wovid wish thpin loy In th«tr marTled Xlla. bnt he cannot give the daughter his blessing—that would be against his religion. Tho play Is uncommonly well acted. Lonis Calvert, who created the role In London of Simon Lusskhi ,haa been especlallv engaged to nlay It here. He makes the old Hebrew pawnbroker an tmpresBlTe llgare. Big actne In vHere he discovers that his daughter bad been betrayed by a Oentlle, iras played wltt) deep feeling, w w«a Also fine In tho acena wltero the fat£er of hie dan|^ter's lover trice to bargain with him. - A highlv artistic performance was given by Josephine victor as the daughter. The part calls for acting of a deep, aensrtlve natnre, and this 3'oung and talented actress proved a good selec- tion Tor the role. Torreat Wlnant, as young Lusskbi, made his role stand out. Dorothy Donnelly, as the theatrically Inclined wife, save her role &e sympathetic treat- ment It demenaed. Both Eugene O'Brien, as the Gentile lover, and John Flood, aa his father, handled their roles well. "The Bkrgain" looks lllie a winner. Kelcey. WASHINGTON SQUARE PLAYERS. The Washington Square Players, who organised last year with the Intention of developing new and artistic methods of acting and producing, be- can their second season at the Bandbox Theatre Oct. 4, continuing their policy of presenting four one act plays. "Fire and Water," a comedy of the war, by Hervey White, started the program. The chaiice meeting of two Frenchmen and two Germans at a little secluded glen between the opposing lines, end their friendliness, unbiased by their profes' slonai enmity was the (heme. The action moved too slowly, bat the comedy wae well brought out. . "Night of'Snow," by Roberto Bracco, and trans- lated from the Italian by Ralph Boeder, was an nnlnteresttng, morbid and most Inconsistent play. Ralph Boeder, who played an Important role, mane It more dismal, and the play fonnd no favor what- ever. "Belenn's Husband," by Philip MoeUer, a bright and lively burlesque on the elopement of Helen with Paris of Troy, was a welcome offering and relieved the extreme depression cansed by the '""?Tae°intIct," a Yankee fantasy by Percy Mae- kaye, with Lydia Loilbkova In the cast, was thoroughly enjoyable and waa given a good per- formance. Lydla LopokovB was the saney and captivating Julie Bonbenr, and delighted the andl- encB wlthner cute ways. She made up for a good deal that was lacking In the rest of the program, and that was no Uttle accorapllahsient. SmiU Cohan'a (James Jay Ilrady. mgr.) —iUta /«- formation, a comedy, wItU songs by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Qoddard. Songs by Jerome Kern. Produced on Tuesday night, Oct. 6, bj (Hiarles Dillingham, with this rust: iMtb. Cadwaider Annie Esmond Joan Vivian Rosbmorc Jock Cadwalder Howard Estabrock bob Dunaton Bagene Bevcre Ewlng Freucls David Todd Dennis Glliicuddy Francis D. Mc(3lDa Michael Biesnehan Frank Balngor Senny Leayltt James Marie Julia Bruns Messenger Boy Albert Lsnisou Jules Bancburt Melville Ellis Francois Pychere Maurice Porkoa Elaine Foazane Irene Bordoni The Crystal Header Paulette Antolne Iladean Thomas De Vassoy Dorothy Maisdvn Diane Oste A Poet Reynolds Sweetlond An Artist Albert Stnan A Sculptor Frank Furlong A Nihilist Smoad Alvo'-'l Dot Elsie Janls Visitors at Fychere's The American Ooiid at Fvchere's Stiiopsis : Act I.—^The Cadwalder Home in New York City. Act II.—Uob's Apartment In Paris. Act HI.—At Fychere's Altdu.'ght Restaurant. Paris. Staged by Robert Milton. Elsie Janls, one of the few American actresses who has captured London, was given a warm welcome on the at>ove date by a brilliant audience —a welcome that must have warmed her heart. Her play la very hard to classify. It Is, perhaps, best described aa a mixture of many kinds of entertainment:. It was evidently built expressly for her, for It gives her abundant opportunities to ehow her great versatility. She appears during the action of the piece as a tough messenger boy, a bashful maiden, a -Gor- man maid of all work, a French crystal gaziT, and a Piccadilly Johnnie, and last, as her own ' sweet self. Bach of these Impersonations arc cleverly done, and her >Oerman and French di:i- lects are almost fiawless. She did her -best work as the French crystal ^zer, and the applaus<^ which followed this Imiiersonation ■was loud and sincere. Of course, she s^ang and danced. Ilrr eccentric dance In mal4 evening dress was ekr- fuUy and gracefully dons. This daoce captun^il London, as It will New York. She also has a walt^ In the, iast act, called "Drign Serenade," tUu' was BO artistically cxcnitrd that she was coai- pelled to rrreat It more tlian four times. Miss Janls, whose wonderful talents have made her a star when she was a little more than a school girl, gives the touch of the artist to every- tblQg she docs, and in "Miss Information" She is the busiest little actrcas on Broadway. She assumes so many different disguises be- cause die plays the rblo of a detective, W4 doubt, however, tbat, with all her cleverness •a a Staoo detective, ohe eonld find the plot of '^Mlss Infotmatlon." We couldn't, so the reader will have to let it go at that. The first act offered no musical numbers, and there are only two In the second. The l^et act la fairly saturated with pretty melodies. Maurice rarkoa was a positive delight both ns actor and singer. Be sang with esqnisita style "Banks of the Wye" nnd one of Jnlia Sanderson's songs from "The Glr] from Utah." I cannot recall th9 name of UHe song, but IFarkoa, who sang It la French, scored heavily In It. 'Later In the evening he sang with Miss Janls a catchy song called "Some Sort of Somebody," ?.Bd won tnany encores with hla boIo, "Conetilnt .over" the words of -vhlrh were written by Ar- thur wimpei'ls and the tunefnl music by Herman 'Ftnck. Mile. Irene-v Bordoni, formerly of the Winter Garden, was also a great favorite with the au- dience, her beauty ond her big beautiful eyes and charming gowns exciting much admiration. Her hest song was "A Little Love, But Not For Me," and she rendered It well. She also danced >vlth much grace. Howard Estabrook, who has made great etrldes- in his profession In the last few years, is Miss Janls' leading man, and played with skill and polish. He has an engaging personality. David Todd was amusing as a '^synthetic di^ tectlve." Vivian' Bushmore and Diane Oste, twn very pretty actresses, were encceegfnl in small roles. In the ctfe scene, which was the "set" of the last act, Melville Bills played the piano In a bril- liant manner, and the Clayton Sextette (known In this piece as the American Band) famished fas- cinating dence music. There are not many chorus girls In "Miss In- formation," bnt they are all picked beauties, who dance sracefully and atng veil. Their gowns, designed by Mr. Ellis, are gorgeous. Mr. Dillingham has glveq the play a production that is not only handsome, but one of good taste. Irvingr Place (Rudolf CSirlstlans, mgr.)—r"7)os fifcktou in Pdltn" ("The Castle In Poland"), u comedy In three acts by Frits (Sruenbaum and William Sterk. was presented nnder the stng<- management of Rudolf (}hrlstlanB. The play ho-: had a euccesaful career, owing undoubtedly to the fact tbat the scene of the action Is lalil In the heart of much fongbt for Poland. Tli>< plot Is a nixtum oompotltum of patrloth' heroism on the part of Austrian officers and sol- diers, overdone sentimentality and risque sltuj- tlons, and so spare that It Is too "Uttle" even for the short three acts. However, the acting was so exceedingly clever that It made up for the s'lort- comtngs of the play, and the audience left tlio houAe feeling that it had received "its money's worth." Arnold Korff gave another splendid exavple of bis accomplished art and found a charming, well versed partner In Jenny Vallcre,