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V , S 1 t - 41 " Jif" 'f , i the pen of John L. Hobble. Is a merry,
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- '' ' - - - " , IV, , 8 ' A - ' , , U j, l J III A ilve children in add'tion to the re-
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U - - jt'' x I If ' ' A recruited by Director Gilbert hold
frJJ?s: : y 'if- v if ACAjL tPI iiighlaxders headliners
BT LEONE CASS BAER.
THE years roll along and the ris
ing generation seems to prefer
its vaudeville with rah-rah and
Jazz. In New York a week or so ago
when Fritzi Scheff was singing her
famous "Kiss Me Again" song, some
of the audience were not even consid
erate. They even spoiled the efforts
of the little Viennese to please those
who really wanted to hear her. No
one has ever sung "Kiss Me Again"
like Fritzi Scheff sings It, despite the
train of Imitators who attempt it.
Emma Carus, clowning comedienne,
has bobbed her blonde hair and had
It dyed red.
May Yohe, known- the world over
through her romantic marriage to
Lord Francis Hope, who was owner
' of the famous Hope diamond, will
. make her last public appearance this
week not before the footlights,
which 'brought her fame and several
husbands, but at an auction house In
Fifth avenue, where she will super
vine the sale of her most precious
possessions, mementoes of better
, days. After the sale she will seek
' seclusion with her husband. Captain
John Smuts, cousin of General Jan
Smuts.
A few months ago the former mu
sical comedy Btar returned to New
York, after an experiment at farming
In southern California, hopeful that
once again she might reign on the
stage. She admitted yesterday that,
while the managers were friendly
for old times' sake, they made it plain
that younger faces, younger forms
and younger voices were making hits
these days. So the one-time Lady
- Hope has renounced her right -to
things theatrical. Plans call for a
long journey to South America with
her husband to inspect mahogany
forests.
Two of the sale offerings stand out
as mementoes of the greatest mo
ments of the actress' life. They are
the photograph of the late King Ed
ward, with his autograph and "To
May, 1898," written upon It, and a
robe worn by Pope Leo XIII. and his
present to the dowager duchess of
Newcastle when she became convert
ed to Catholicism. The dowager gave
May Yohe the robe as a wedding
present.
There are several fine bronzes from
Peep Dene, Dorking. England, long
the home of the duchess of Marlbor
ough; a tapestry present to Miss Yohe
from the first president of China,
Yuan Shi Kai, when, as the wife of
Putnam Bradlee Strong, Miss Yohe
was living In China. She eloped with
Strong, then an army officer, while
the wife of Lord Hope, an act she
now says that she has always re-
- Kretted.
Mr. and Mrs. Lennox Pawle are in
New York from their home in Lon
don. Mr. Pawle is to appear in his
original role of Hrook-Hoskyn in a
musical version of "Pomander Walk."
Kussell Janney made the new version
and it is to go into rehearsals now
that Mr. Pawle has arrived. Mrs.
Pawle was Dorothy Parker, and her
father Is Louis N. Parker, who wrote
"Pomander Walk" and "Disraeli."
Broadway's quick and enappy re
tort to Professor Frederick Starr may
anuse that learned anthropologist to
Vish he had kept to the broader, more
eonventionnl aspects of his science
Instead of discussing the relative
pulchritude of American girls and
Llberlans. to the disadvantage of the
former, before a class of co-eds in the
University of Chicago.
Kpeakmg lev Broadway, Florenz
ZlKfeld. America's greatest beauty
si-t"ut; Leon Krrol, who gathers Indi
vidual beauties into pretty stage bou
quets, and George Kessler. who puts
them on Canvas with paint out of a
tube a learned and lucky triumvi
rate would like, first, to know
whether Professor Starr hasn't been
looking at beauty through smoked
glasses. But If he Insists that he
hasn't, if he maintains that, seen with
the naked eye, the Llberlan belle
should make one feel more Spanish,
so to speak, than a beautiful Ameri
can girl from the "Frolic" or the
"Follies" or "Greenwich Village Fol
lies." the answer is imply: "Every
man to his own taste, professor" and
they'll bet that leaves him flat.
"Did this professor ever see a high
class Broadway musical show?" asked
Ziegfeld. "Did he ever see Avon Tay
lor, Kay Laurell, Marilynn Miller?
Did he ever see any of the 26 most
beautiful women that ever lived, all
younger than 23, now rehearsing for
an after-midnight entertainment to
be held throughout the winter no
further from Times square than you
could heave an elephant by the right
forefoot a show which modesty for
bids my mentioning by name? It
can't be that he ever saw a beautiful
American girl, or he wouldn't have
said what they say he said.. I hope
people won't take his word without
making some personal investigation
of this Important matter. Anyone
desiring to be shown is invited to call
at my place of business. The line
forma to the right at the box offlca;
tickets are from $2 to J4."
Whereto Kissler added the thought
that there's nothing beautiful about
monotony; "and the Llberlan com
plexion certainly is . monotonous."
Grace Valentine has gone into
vaudeville. She is known to us on
this coast for her portrayal of Daisy
in "Lombard!, Ltd."
In London the Dolly sisters are in
two reviews at the same time. They
are appearing all through the pro
duction of "The League of Notions"
at the Oxford theater, and then dash
over to the Pavilion, where they ap
pear in the laat scene of "Fun of
Fayre."
A note of Interest is the announce
ment of Thomas Wilkes, owner of the
Majestic, of the opening of the
Thomas Wilkes School of Dramatics
In Los Angeles, under the direction
of the veteran trouper, T. Daniel
Frawley. This new school is going
to he more or leas of a charitable In
stitution to develop talent for Wilkes'
many west coast houses. No person
having any sort of. showing of talent
will be refused admittance to this
BchooL In addition to Frawley, a
notable staff of teachers is being
organized. W. Ivan St. Johns, a well
known figure in the film industry, is
to be in charge of the business end.
The Baker theater will put on
that delightful musical play, "Linger
Longer, Letty," which was the sec
ond of the "Letty"- pieces and fol
lowed "So Long, Letty," with which
Charlotte Greenwood was so long as
sociated. Marjorle Foster will, of
course, have the Letty role, with
Mayo Methot as Nancy, her twin.
Vera Gordon, the moving picture
star, whose playing of the mother In
"Humoresque" is one of the sensa
tions of the cinema world, is the
headliner of the Orpheum show which
will open at the Heilig this afternoon.
Miss Gordon in person and her com
pany present "Lullaby," a comedy
drama written especially for the
movie star by Edgar Allen Woolf.
The playlet has laughs as well as
heart throbs and was built to show
the dramatic talent of Miss Gordon.
Jim Toney and Ann Norman In "You
tickets are from 3 to 4. .fc , .& t ' V 'It - - ' I A Tom Brown's Troupe Appear at
Whereto Kissler added the thought fyf ". w i.; j - ....r-mjy X ' i"' fc-Kl
that there's nothing beautiful about t f ? - '.':;'K? X ' V 4 -J :. ": ' B I I Hippodrome This Afternoon,
monotony; "and the Siberian com- C V Vi .j" 4. - ift i n i -T X E ' V 1"HII
HOBBY OF SELMAR JACKSON
IS PIPES, AND MORE PIPES
Popular Leading Man of Baker Theater Stock Also Prefers Clean
Drama to "Bedroom Farce" of Vanishirsg Popularity.
PTh1
Ja
IPES, and then more pipes, ar
the chief concerns of Selmar
ackson, popular leading man
with the Baker Stock company, for
if there Is any one thing: In his happy
young: life that Mr. .Tack son cherishes
above another it Is his pipe. How
ever, after puffing: at a rare and
motley assortment of pipes during
the two seasons he has spent at the
Baker theater. Mr. Jackson Isn't quite
sure which "hod" wins most favor.
The fact is, this actor, off stage, is
widely reputed as a pipe authority.
He can pick a pure Italian briar out
of any smoker's collection and he has
been charged with knowing the first
name of the man who made it. Yet,
given a seashore setting on mild
summer afternoon, -Mr. Jackson will
draw as much real joy from a corn
cob as from a fine meerschaum.
There is one huge bougii of briar
among all the rest, though, that must
win the palm. Mr. Jackson admits
that it is too big to be carried and
has to be crated from place to place.
With that old hod, which will hold
tobacco enough for an entire eve
ning, is a relic of rest periods at
home, where he tan load the pipe,
plant himself in a deep easy chair
and there find contentment that the
philosophers describe as "absolute."
Some day when Mr. Jackson quits
the stage to join the ranks of pluto
cratic ex-actors in the ownership of
great orchards and meadows, he may
write a book on the selection and
care of the pipe, for he is very strong
for the theory that a pipe yields in
the joy of emoking in exact dere
for the care it gets.
Certainly he gives them all the care
they need, for he has them in such
vast array and variety that he need
not smoke one of them more than
once a month. It would seem. His
dressing room at the Baker is a com
bined receptacle for pipes, profes
sional cosmetics and wardrobe, with
the pipes still very much In evidence.
And his apartment looks even more
like a pipe ahop.
Mr. Jackson acquired the pipe hobby
about the time he went on the stage
at the thrilling age of 19, and he has
been steadfast to the hobby through
very active years in vaudeville, tour
ing dramatic -companies, motioa pic
vv X?V (:. f mm v l- l , . -4 i a , ; . SI I I special aiiraciion, iom crown I
yssZ7 l- ' ? a: 'If.
Know What I Mean" are the added
attraction of this show, and the third
feature is Maurice Diamond and Hlen
McMahon In "Snapshots of 1922." This
show vAl close with the afternoon
performance next Wednesday.
The Hippodrome will have for its
headline act the Six Musical High
landers, a pretentious and entertain
ing act.
The Lyric will feature that fun
combination. Al Franks and Eddie
Wright, in "The Blue Elephant."
VERA GORDOX
HEILIG
Star of Filmdom Will Headline
Home and Mother Sketch.
Vera Gordon, who scored a tremen
dous success if the role of the mother
in "Humoresque," the Fanny Hurst
moving picture, is the neadliner of
the new Orpheum show. Miss Gordon
will make her first appearance at the
Heilig this afternoon and her Port
land engagement is for seven shows
four matinees and three nights
concluding with the matinee Wednes
day. The added attraction Is the re
nowned comedy couple. Jim Toney
and Ann Norman, and the third
feature is the act of Maurice Diamond
and Helen McMahon, "Snapshots of
1922."
Although Miss Gordon has been1
'It
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Se Invar Jackion, Baker actor,
who In pipe ronnoiitwar.
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tures and stock companies,
his great delight.
They are
On the opposite side of the score
board, and radically different in sub
ject, are bedroom farces, the pet aver
sion of th.s handsome chap who has
been delighting Portland theater
patrons with his clean-cut character
Interpretations during the last two
Baker seasons. The bedroom farce
school of drama Is taboo with Selmar
Jackson, and he makes himself under
stood on that subject In no uncer
tain manner.
"Imagine any normal person pay
ing goojl money to see a lot of
salacious foolishness in the guise of
drama paraded across a theater stage,
when there is so much of the good
and, the clean and the honestly enter
taining in the world!" he proclaims.
"It just isn't reasonable.
"The producers of this questionable
drama will tell you that the public
demands such risque entertainment,
but the producers are wrong. They
g-av their patrons on, or two- ot
TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 13,
? i y " -J - -. veJ ,v
achieving artistic success In the
drama for many seasons It took a
silent hit on the screen to win public
recognition for her artistry. Vaude
ville determined to bring Miss Gordon
back to the speaking stage and com
missioned Edgar Allan Woolf to write
her a home and mother sketch in
which she would be the central figure.
Her Orpheum vehicle is "Lullaby," a
comedy dramatic playlet of heart
throbs which gives her every oppor
tunity to show the talent that made
her one of the most sensational hits
in the moving picture world.
Jim Toney and Ann Norman are a
standard .act in big-time vaudeville
such things and the public responded
because it offered a cfcange some
thing new, at le&st. that must be in
vestigated. Then tame the deluge.
Every producer went in for that
peculiar breed of unpleasantness
broadly characterized as 'fhe bed
room farce and the public was forced
to take it or leave it.
"Your theater audience today is a
representative body of reasonable
folk who demand all the pleasures
that their purses will allow and
ranking high among available pleas
ures is the theater. The public took
the flood of unseemly stuff because
nothing else was offered and not be
cause it liked such things. You'll
notice that the pendulum is swinging
the other way and we are getting
from the big producers some of the
most decent things they have ever
given us.
"Another thing. I don't believe
you'll find one actor or actress in
10,000 - who would select a role in a
'bedroom farce' in preference to a
part in one of the better type of
dramas. Stage folk are, after all, just
like all other folk and they have
no more desire to present such stuff
than the mass of people have a de
sire to witness It."
.Meanwhile Mr. Jackson has been
pitting merriTy at a wicked black
stem, wasting countless matches be
tween daubs of makeup. Finally, a
neat tie nattily adjusted as the last
detail of preparation for his appear
ance, he sinks comfortably into a
great arm .chair that occupies a cor
ner of his dressing room and settles
down for a real smoke.
M r. Jackson doesn't boast of a
theatrical family. Indeed, he and a
brother now playing stock In the east,
are the only members of this particu
lar branch of the Jackson family who
invaded stageland. Both of them are
finding much satisfaction in their
work, and especially is the Portland
player pleased.
"Who wouldn't be." he questions,
"in a country like this and among
people like we have here?"
Mr. Jackson came west for the first
time when the Baker called him, but
he has been getting more typically
western ever since. Last summer
following the close of the Baker sea
son, he motored through California
as far as Tia Juana, and return.
"The prettiest thing I saw on the
whole trip, and the most welcome
sight, was these green old mountains
of Oregon." he said.
The fact that Mr. Jackson is with
the Baker players is proof not only
that he likes Oregon, but that he
prefers stock drama, for he has tested
the mettle of traveling companies, of
the pictures (having made pictures
for Fox and others), and of vaude
ville: yet he returned cheerfully to.
the stock stage.
and one of Broadway's greatest
comedy drawing cards. This couple
has not visited Portland for several
years and in their former tour they
were the big hit of a stellar show.
Jim Toney has a style all his own. he
is a great judge of co.medy values and
Miss Norman is a perfect foil for his
comicalities. Maurice Diamond and
Helen McMahon also have attained
great popularity in big-time vaude
ville, and like Toney and Norman they
have not been west for several
seasons.
Other acts of this show, which is
one of the most promising ol thfi
season, are Joe Bennett in "Darlc
Moments," Charles Harrison and Sy.
via Dakin in "The- Three of Us," a
musical absurdity with Billy Hoffue
at the piano; Miss Robbie Gordf,ne,
the celebrated artists' model, in ciiar-
acter studies and poses from old
masters and original designs; the
Rios, in a novelty surprise; B'athe
News, Topics of the Day and Aesop's
Fables, accompanied by the Oroacope
showing Oregon scenery in color, and
the concert orchestra under direction
of George E. Jeffery.
RARE FARCE BAKER FEATURE
"Linger Longer, Letty" Will Hold
Boards, Opening Today.
Complications in situation and In
line that lead only to fun have been
woven together by no less an author
ity on fun than Anna Nichols Into
"Llnerer Longer, Letty." that happy
farce that has been prepared by the
Baker Stock company for presenta
tion during, the week, opening with
the matinee today.
. "Linger Longer, Lelty." is the fun
show originally produced on such a
jplendddly successful scale by Oliver
Morosco and introduced in New York
tor a long season pj-ior to a triumph
ant road tour and its eventual release
to the Baker Stock1 company. Director
Gilbert .declares th-e piece- is one of
the most difficult bits of comedy the
Bakar company has attempted, be
cause it is so entiTely dependent upon
the capacfies of its portrayers. Yel
he has directed every, energy toward
making it one of the company's most
successful offerings for the current
season. '
The new show gives to Miss Mar
jorle Foster the role of Letty Larkln.
who Is the isometlmes Innocent caus,
of half the woes and a lot of th,
laughs that mark the action of the
production. Selmar Jackson will pre
sent a characterization of Jim. a lov
able chap who hasn't long been out of
the flapping trousers of the navy gob.
Letty's twin sister, Nancy, will be
a study, for Mayo Methot, while Ran
kin Mansflield will play opposite her
as Walter, lately an officer in the
fighting army of the nation. lo
play lis In no way a war drama, how
ever, nor does it resort even to the
uniform in its costuming. Jane Gil
roy will play the part of Mayme, and
Lore. Rogers will impersonate Mrs.
Brewster. Mr. Larkin's part will be
enacted by George Webster, while
Leo Lindhard will be seen as Lazelle,
"William Lee as Colonel Wells, and
Guy Kibbee as the butler.
The story revolves around the loves
of Letty and the comedy that such
affairs must Inevitably create when
they get all mixed up. But Jim, true
to the best precedent, wins the joust
1921
w.ftli. love, displacing Walter and turn
ing that young man over to the mat
rimonial Intentions of Letty's twin
SCHUBERT'S "BLOSSOM TIME"
ONE OF CHOICEST DELIGHTS
Howard Marsh Pleases New York Audiences by Well-trained Voice,
and Personality Is Winning.
N1
EW YORK. Nov. 5. Following
the orchestral concerts of the
previous week, those of last
j week were somewhat modified, but
within that time, extending from
Thursday night, the first Philhar
monic concert ot the season, until
and including a week from that night,
New York will have had a spicy
variety, consisting of the second visit
of the Philadelphia Symphony orches
tra, under, its own conductor, Leopold
Stokovskl; the same orchestra, under
the visiting conductor, Richard
Strauss; the Boston Symphony orches
tra, with which that week will close,
in its first appearance of this season,
and Wralter Damrosch's Thursday
afternoon concert at Carnegie hall.
Mr. Stransky was given an enthusi
astic hand upon his appearance, and
he invited the orchestra to arise even
before a note had been sounded. The
programme was beautiful in Beveral
particulars, not the least of which
was the presence of John Powell as
first soloist of the season In a hugely
Interesting work by Daniel Gregory
Mason, and the exceedingly beautiful
symphonic poem, "Isle of the Dead,"
by Rachmaninoff. Besides these was
the Beethoven Fifth Symphony, with
which -Mr. Stransky opened, and the
"Mastersingers" prelude, with which
he closed.
Mr. Powell is one of the finest pi
anistic talents given to the world by
this country. He is a man of deep
insight, of high Ideals, of poetic fan
tasy, and he has an all-encompassing
technical equipment which is capable
of extraordinary dynamics, as well as
of great climaxes. The work of Dan
iel Gregory Mason made a heavy
draught upon his technic, not so much
from the bravura side as from Its
Inner complexities A piano fugue
is one thing, but a fugue built be
tween piano and orchestra entails a
master mind as well as fingers that
know how to respond to the brain.
Mr. Mason is not -unknown in the
orchestral world, but it is the first
time that his name has appeared upon
a Philharmonic programme, notwith
standing the fact that he has beer,
presented by the Philadelphia, Boston,
Chicago, Detroit and New York sym
phony orchestras. His chamber music
has been presented by the Knelsel
anx, the Flonzaley quartets and oth
ers, while among the pianists Osslp
Gabrilowitsch, Josef Hofmann, Percy
Grainger and others have acted as
his representatives.
Perhaps the most dramatic material
that has ever come from his pen and
brain is the cycle "Russians." which
created much excitement for the su
perb Interpreter. Reinland Werren
rath. The work heard Thursday eve
ning and repeated Friday afternoon
lSone of great fluency, freedom from
midnight oil, and interesting effects,
and while he might be expected to!
reflect the French school, having been'
a pupil of Vincent D'Indy, he baa as
Highlanders, composed of four excel
lent instrumentalists, dancers and
singers, according to advance re
por'.s, will be the headline at the H'p
pMrome beginning this afternoon.
Adding to the pleasing effect which
the act is said to make are stage set
tings and attractive costumes. Pri
marily this troupe of entertainers
makes its special appeal on its per
formance on some score or more dif
ferent instruments, which Include
wind, reed, string and brass. A bag
pipe band Is one of their offerings, a
saxaphone sextet is another. As
incidental entertainment they, sing
and dance.
Grace Ayer and her brother, who is
a midget comedian. Introduce fun. it
I is stated, into a roller-skating nov
elty spiced with a dash of reckless
ness along with skill. The midget
brother is a tumbler. He accepts
every offering to hit the stage with
some part of his anatomy except his
feet.
A burlesque of an Apache dance is
said to be the screamingly funny
windup of the dancing act of Mor
rlsey and Young. In addition to their
dancing this pair have eccentric com
edy. Hart and Evans are heralded as
dance specialists. They promise a va
riety of steps that are far away from
Idiom of his own and one that marks
him among the best writers of his
period. Mr. Powell played the work
as he felt it, with sympathy and
understanding, perhaps pride why
not?
He was much applauded In the
evening and afternoon. Rachmani
noff has done some revising of the
score which was Inspired by the
Bocklin picture, too well known to
require the description which will
bring it back to the memory of those
who know pictures. It is a beautiful
work and has a drawing power be
Not the least attractive inheritance
coming to the Philharmonic society
witn tne aosorpuon 01 me ianuui
Symphony orchestra is Lawrence Gil-
destined to make as important a place
for himself in this field as Philip Hale
has done In connection with the Bos
ton symphony programme book.
Among the interesting features of
the Monday night performance of
Pavlowa and her Russian ballet at
the Manhattan, at her seventh annual
premiere was the presentation of a
silver loving cup to the famous dancer
by the National Children's Service
club. This club, of which President
Harding, Mayor Hylan and Governor
Miller are honorary members, was
organized to promote art dancing
among talented chllden and to give
them the opportunity to develop. The
children who were selected at the
ballet and toe dancing exhibitions
held In Carnegie hall last season were
grouped on the stage when Dr. Royal
S. Copeland, health commissioner, pre
sented the cup to the Incomparable
Pavlowa.
Pavlowa audiences, like the opening
nights at the opera, may be expected
to be among the season's most bril
liant events, and the opening at the
Manhattan was no exception to the
rule. There was some disappoint
ment among those who had known of
the sensational success enjoyed by
Hubert Stowitts. a last season's find
of the great Pavlowa. who elevated
him to her side as dancing partner.
Whatever it may have been that pre
vented him from coming back with
the company. It still is a great pity,
because he had extraordinary talent
and especial charm. However, Mme.
Pavlowa had In the already familiar
ballet "Choplniana," with Chopin
music orchestrated and arranged by
Glazounow, Laurent Novikoff as danc
ing partner. A delightful novelty was
"Fairy Tales," in which Mme. Pav
lowa also appeared herself and pre
sented -for the consideration of the
enthusiastic audience which com
pletely filled every niche in the house,
Mme. Victorina Krigher, a Russian
danseuse from the Imperial Opera of
Petrograd. The music by Tschal
kowsky was beautiful and Theodore
Stler, the ever-faithful conductor who
has for ten years led the Pavlowa
music through to great success,
the conventional, many of which, ax
their own creation.
Jack Lyle, hobo comedian, who mas
querades under the billing. "The Beau
Brummel," Is said to have a Una of
gloom-chasing chatter and (ong.
BLVK ELKPHAXT' LYRIC RILL
Melange of Music and Comedy Is
Feature of Xew Offering.
Imagine Ikle Leschinskl'a qualms
vhen he is accused of bigamy simply
oecause an oversealous friend, trying
to get Ikle out of an entanglement
that threatens to heap upon him tha
wrath of an Ind'gnant wife, has
mixed up the Beveral girls in the case.
That gives at least an idea of the
strenuous complications that sur-roui-.d
Al Franks in "The Blue Ele
phant," with which the Lyric musical
comedy company will entertain Its
friends during the week, opening
with the matinee this afternoon.
The over-zealous friend in the case
is lny Blotz. impersonated by Kddle
Wright, whose antics as Dutch
chaiacter comedian are rapidly gain
ing wide popularity for that young
man among Portland theater-goers.
It all happens when Ikie, visiting in
New York, encounters the demure
maid who accosts him as her lost
unc.e. Under the stress of her pro
fessed hunger Ikie gets into the Blue
Elephant, a notorious cafe, where
things start popping at once when a
light .opens full tilt in an adjoining
toom. Ikle's girl, who is Violet
Woods, rushes from the cafe.
' In the meantime Mr. Hodge, whose
money Ikie is try'ng to draw into
an investment, is checking up on
Ikle's character. Hodge will be im
personated by Jewell Lavelle, who Is
returning after three years' absence
to the Lyrio company. Later on
Hodge decides to visit Ikie and the
"wife" he met at the cafe. He meets
a "wife" alright, but It happens to
be Ike's true love and a complica
tion ensues that requires every ef
fort of the Lyric company and the
big rosebud chorus to get him out of.
The new show also will introduce
Miss Anna Chick, who is the new
character woman, making her first
appearances this week. Dorothy Ray
mond will be seen as Alice Darling,
Howard Evans will be Harry Mc
Arthur, in love with Alice, and Blllle
Bingham again will be a vivacious
maid. Song and dance numbers ar
tanged for rite chorus and for the
Lyric male quartet will prove of spe
cial interest in connection with tha
new show, says Director Franks
brought out many of the charms and
graces of the different settings of
well-known fairy lore. Nothing Mme.
Pavlowa will ever bring forward will
displace the famous "Bacchanale." to
Glazounow 'music. It is like a breath
of spring whenever It comes, and for
solo dancing one might better call It
"floating," the ever fresh and beau
tiful "Swan" of Saints Saens will
hold Its own. There were numerous
other features of interest which sur
rounded the attraction of the star
performer, but nothing ever can be
of greater interest than Pavlowa her
self, no matter how rare a dancer
she may place at her side.
.
The feature of the Tuesday night
concert by the Philadelphia sym
phony orchestra was Alfred Caeella.
the great Italian exponent of modern
music. Casella had a sensational
success In Philadelphia Friday aft
ernoon and Saturday night when he
conducted his own thrilling "War
Films," heard In New York mora
than two seasons ago by the New
York symphony orchestra under Wal
ter Damrosch. It is a masterly work
and has all the temperament and
dramatic feeling of his country, to
gether with a higher aim and a mors
scientific basis than were known to
the older Italians who were frankly
devoted to grand opera and to noth
ing else. He was also heard in
Philadelphia as pianist In a Mozart
concerto, which revealed a classlo
sense, a fine balance and character
istics that made It seem difficult to
connect with the fervor and burning
intensity of the "War Films." In
New York he appeared at the piano In
his own composition entitled "In the
Depth of Night," a poem for piano
and .orchestra, originally written for
piano in 1917 and rewritten during
the past summer, completed accord
ing to the composer at 12:15, August
8. 1921, at Capri, this being his most
recent work and performed upon this
occasion-for the first time anywhere.
Casella is one of the most signifi
cant figures among the young Ital
ian writers who have put behind
them the traditional grand opera
forms. In an interview with the
writer Casella said that it might be
that any of the composers of this
younger school might write an opera
but it would not be along the lines
which have so completely drained
every phase of grand opera as ft is
known that nothing is left. "Even
the streets, the trees, the running
water in Italy, are dramatic and sug
gest theatrical fervor, but it must
be something totally new in form and
in every detail because ever) thing
that can be done in the old form fa
exhausted." It has been noted that
his music leans toward the French
school, which is possible, for he was
educated almost entirely In France,
where he was a pupil of Louis Dlemer
in piano and of Gabriel Faure in com
position at the Paris Conservatoire,
but he is passionately devoted to
Italy, for whose art he gives his
best as composer, condsictor, teacher,
pianist, critic and propagandist.
When in Rome he Is leading profes
sor of piano at the Santa Cecilia
academy and he has contlbuted to
many periodicals in his own c-untr
and elsewhere, having served as mu
sical critic for "L'Honm Libre." His
tour in this country is among the
most important musical events of this
season.