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SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS: SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL
"FOR HER SOUL AND
... BODY"
yA N I) F. HUE Y I) K N FYLES Sizzles
* Through Hisses and Rag-time of New
Cecil Spooner Bronx Special and Then Writes
Corking Criticism for Sunday Express Photo-
play Fellows Dig Up "Quo Vadis."
(By Vanderheyden Fyles.)
NI;W YORK, April 26.—Well, well, well; what an invaluable invention the
American "department store" is! Ever ready for every want, be it a
cook store or a Corot, a bodkin or a bicycle, a can of baked beans or a grand
piano. About fifteen years ago, the proprietors of one of these emporiums in a
Western city invaded New York, building and stocking a similar huge store.
The essential point at starting was to make the public understand that the
salespeople were ready to fill any order, to as readily accommodate the cus-
tomer who had thrown an old shawl about her shoulders and hurried over for
a paper of pins as she who was shopping tor an incubator. Among the arti-
cles exhibited at the "grand opening" was a trained elephant, ready to be
wrapped up and sold across the counter, so to speak.
piano, who readily played everything I
uBlu.il for, adding quite the sweetest
smile imaginable. 1 ain sure none of
the twenty-two aonga 1 bought will sound
half so pretty without that smile. I
don't know whether I would ever have
recalled Mr. Noyce* tragedy, and that 1
am a dramatic critic first and a sea-
going vocalist afterwards—but that 1
happened to read the lyrics of one of
the ballads. How I came to do such a
thing, I cannot tell. I just did, that's
all, and the words reminded me of Mr.
Noyes verses—they were so different.
So I hastened back to the Vassal- girls
and Sherwood Forest, only just in time
to see the final curtain fall and to ob-
serve that all the leading characters were
either dead or dying.
I nder these circumstances, the only
criticism of the tragedy I feel qualified
to give is: Uli, Noyes; oh, Noyes!
THIRTEEN years ago this very week
two plays made from Henryk Sien-
kiewicss's novel called "Quo Vadis" were
produced at leading Broadway theaters
on the same night; presently a dozen
more were clipped from the book and
acted here and elsewhere through the
country, but not one was as thrilling as
the photoplay of the same tale that now
comes from Italy as a novelty. The
spoken drama would not have dared been
so. Eighteen or twenty lions turned
Into a vast arena In the sunny, glaring
center of which a group of Christian
martyrs await dt^ath, would be a little
more than most of us would care for in
a theater. But graphically acted by
thespians and beasts, and in a great
prena the sight is as pulse-quickening
and inspiring as any spectacle I have
ever seen. Previously the acted narra-
tive has taken us through more than an
hour of Bienkiewicx's highly colored tale
of Roman splendor and debauchery and
of Christian faith and martyrdom, so
that the men and women and little chil-
dren who are to be thrown to the hungry
beasts for the diversion of Nero and his
court are human individuals to us, not
vague figures In a background. If it
were not that the pictures form a very
reverent and impressive rehearsal of a
noble story, I should say that many of
those about to be torn limb from limb
are known to us personally. Thus are
the awfulness and pity of it made more
poignant. It is painful enough to see
the first followers of Christ's disciples
huddled into loathsome dungeons, sick
and suffering. Then come the Roman
guards to drag apart those dear to one
another and to prod them into the am-
phitheater. Presently we, too, are there.
The sky is cloudless, the sun is hot, the
pit of hopelessness is vast and glaring.
Thousands upon thousands of people
move about in the tiers of seats, many
leaning over the high balustrade, eager
and impatient from their points of
safety. Nero, accompanied by Poppeae
and their court, arrives in state. He
takes his place, surrounded by royal
pennants and by gorgeous draperies, far
above the sun-baked ground that thirsts
for Christian blood. The molderlng
martyrs emerge from their dark dun-
geon. They blink blindly in the unfa-
miliar glare. But soon they see the hope-
lessness of their surroundings. The
guards drive them to the lar end of the
arena, below the emperor's box, where
he may see each detail of their suffer-
ing A blind old man arises In their
midst, and they wait for death in praver.
A MOMENT OF HORROR.
From our end of the arena we see
them only as a huddled mass. The
guards depart to safety, heavy iron gates
swing behind them, only Christians are
left for food. A great chain is drawn up,
lifting a door to corridors below. Pres-
ently a lioness head appears, then her
great graceful, lazy body drags into
view. More follow, and still more And
like their prey, the beasts blink In the
sunlight. The sijfpense is terrible. Then
a lioness smells human flesh,and then
another. But they are in no haste—what
should they fear? Suddenly, with long,
graceful strides, they start down the
arena all together, toward the huddled,
praying group. The scene shifts to the
royal box. The sensual, flabby fare of
Nero leers downward, as his watery
eyes gaze on the scene of carnage. Then
the scene again shifts. We see the cen-
ter of the arena. But now only Hons
H| UT times have changed, and our
™ wants are not so simple as In those
days. Not long ago, a large store here
exhibited an aeroplane in a showcase,
where but yesterday a fine line in teeth-
ing rings had tempted weary mothers;
and now, a rival offers Its customers a
five-act tragedy in verse. Not in the
book department, mind you; but acted
right out on a temporary stage. And,
what's more, every part played by a col-
lege girl, guaranteed the genuine article
or your money refunded. Nor was the
tragedy one of Shakespeare's or Sopho-
cles', or Maeterlinck's. Nothing second-
hand—all new goods. The play was, in-
deed, no other than "Sherwood; or, Robin
Hood and the Three Kings," by Alfred
Noyes, the English poet, who made such
a noise on Ills arrival In this country,
recently, about making poetry pay. In-
asmuch as he spread broadcast pictures
of himself Tennysonianing little connets
on a typewriter and telling newspapers
how much money could be made out of
the manufacture of ballads Browning
had forgotten to write, It seems not In-
appropriate that his first tragedy to
reach the New York stage should not
nave been wasted on the stately audi-
toriumof tlie erstwhile New Theater,
hut should be. "rendered" first just back
of the cotton-goods counter.
Unfortunately, I can't give you a
straightforward account of the story of
the play. 1 had so much shopping to
get through' The drama started well,
with Robin Hood and his band of out-
laws making merry in Sherwood Forest.
And there was a ballad I liked very
much, set to charming music by East-
wood Lane:
"K,night on the narrow way,
Where wouldst thou ride?'
'Onward,' I heard him say,
'Love, to thy side!'
'Nay,' sang a bird Above,
'Stay, for 1 see
Death in the mask of love
Waiting for thee.'
'Death? What is death?' he cried,
'I must ride on,
On to my true love's side,
Up to her throne.' "
Pretty thing, isn't it? I thought so.
Indeed, I took my shopping list right out
and made a note to buy several yards
of Noyes' poetry, to drape the library
shelves They look so bare and plain
since the Waverly Novels and Wrilliam
Black, in sets, went out of fashion. And
J can't possibly afford any more of these
Swedish or decadent French poets, in
morocco binding, with all the expenses
of the summer coming on.
PLUNGE IN CAN GOODS.
Well, 1 was getting on very well with
the romantic old tale of the gallant
Uobin Hood and the lovely, artful Maid
Marian, not to mention Richard Coeur
de Lion and Prince John and funny
old Friar Tuck, was really having as
pleasant an afternoon as 1 ever spent
in a department store. But It came over
me like a flash that l had no end of or-
ders to place In the can-goods depart-
ment. So I got right up and without
another look at Blondel (Miss M. Alden,
\'assnr '12), who was singing, or at
Richard Coeur de Lion fMIss M. Fuller,
also of the class of 1912), who was not
hurried out. it took me a long time to
get through my grocery list—can goods
are so essential In the spring! At least,
] have heard more than one good house-
wife say that. But in my case, the
canned stuff was toward a short cruise
several of us boys ar« going on Up
amidst the food there were so many
pretty girls in yellow and white booths,
with colored jellies and other things to
sample, that I forgot all about the Vas-
•ar girls and Mr. Noyes* tragedy of old
England. 1 felt sure three or four acts
must have passed me by, but fairly con-
fident that a moderately Tennysonlan
education in my early youth—more than
•ked out by Reginald de Koven and H.
C. Rai ns bee--would enable me to pick
up my Robin Hood play, with ease.
But on my way back to the theater
the strains of the "Robe-c K. I.ee" fell
upon my ear-. It came over me like a
wave—what would « cruise be without
"close harmony.' So 1 hurried to the
sheet music, department. There I found
a most affable young woman at the
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OPEN THE WEEK TODAY
ffalr of net
1 and white
•t of child-
circle
aperle
former
Miss Amelia Bingham at the Plaza in "Great Moments From Great American Plays.
and lionesses move about it. snarling,
sometimes at one another, as they gnaw
on bones and tear away such bits of
ragged garment that still cling. %
ragged gurment that still cling.
cation; no child old enough to under-
stand their lesson should be prevented
from seeing them—and that includes you
and me, as well as the little ones. Many
of the pictures were taken Jn famous
Roman highways, a company of excel-
lent Italian actors fill Sienkiewlcf's fa-
mous characters. It would be Interesting
to know whether the young man who
plays Vlnicias, the chief person of the
fable, Is related to Krmete Novell!, lea-
der of the Italian stage since the retire-
ment of Salvini. His name is given as
A. Novelll. He Is well built, handsome,
resembling William Faversham in Ids
togas as Marc Antony, and Is obviously
an actor of ability.
In addition to the interesting story of
"Quo Vadis" and to the super-interest-
ing reconstruction of old Rome, the
photo-play is alive with Christian feeling
in its noblest, most impressive form Of
these scenes, the most unforgettable
shows the Applan Way of 1,900 years
ago and now. Two figures trudge along
the road. They are Peter and Nazarius,
leaving Rome, in the belief their work
is at an end theft. But as they walk,
a figure forms out of the morning mist,
and gently blocks the path. And looking
up, they fall on their knees before it,
for it Is Christ come back. "Whither
goest thou, O Master, ' queries Peter.
To which conies answer: "If thou de-
sertest my people, I shall go to Rome to
be crucified a second time." And as the
two men arise, and turn backward to
retrace their steps the gentle figure
once more vanishes Into mist.
POOR Cecil Spooner! Time does hang
so heavy on her hands. With two
performances every day and a new role
each week and after as much as a week
or ten days' vacation in the year, she
hardly knows what to do with herself.
So she writes plays, Of course, lots of
ug do that, but we don't get em pro-
duced. You see, so few of us are the
bright, particular pet of a large section
to get out. The son interferes and pro-
claims her as his wife.
Hi3sas; rag time, and the curtain again
vases o* flowers, with white bear rugs
for carpeting, and liveried servants mov-
ing nolFeleSklv about. And what does
.Miss i>ordori lo in the midst of ull this
luxury.' 1 mm oh i forgot to mention.
Why, she sing* l(er first song is 'The
Land of My Own Romance," from "The
Enchantress"; her second if an Irish bal-
lad with the refrain "As long as the
shamrock grows green," and sin ends
with "I'd Rather Be Kissed 'Neath the
Mistletoe Bough Than Be Kissed 1'nder
Any Old Tree at All " In the melodious
warbling of this sentiment she is joined
by a voung woman sitting In the audi-
ence, who stands tip and sings right out.
These girls, these girls!
TI|K NECKKN, a poetic drums iu two
acts and five see ies, by Elisabeth (J.
Crane. Lyceum Theater. The cast :
Sven. OJnnul Cunt/.en; Itrlta, Kate May-
hew; Toa. Alice Newell: Iti^u. Alberta (in I-
lrtin; Sigurd, Krnest Weir; .lau, the Ne<u-
iii Laurence Eyre; Lenuari, William 11.
lost, Astrid. ICditb Yeager; a Monk.
George rurrle; Torvnld, George Cameron;
bvanlnld, Kettle Ford; First Maid, Emily
V. Lawsbe; Second Maid. Isabel Culder;
Village Youth. Marion Karnsluiw; Child.
Enimett Lawshe.
"The Guilty Conscience." a one*act skir,
by Robert II Davis, Lyceum Theater.
The cast: lie. Thomas F. Tracy; She,
Alberta Gallatin; It, William II. Post.
DO YOU know what a neckeu Is? Coins
on, now; be truthful. I admit frank-
ly 1 did not kuow until I saw Rll/.iibetli
(i. Crane' play railed "The Net-sen." Nut
that 1 anw really much the wiser after
having seen.lt. The drama Is dark green
and "pontic'' and sluiply eanuot bear to
lei us know what it is .ill about. Numci
ous peop'e grope their way around a dark-
ened stage, unburdening themselves of
lengthy lines, iu verse; and each pursued
by his or her especial light. One actor
1e bathed in the glow of a green calcium,
another iD a blue, another in a red; the
effect being not uullke a drug store win-
dew. animated. The necken, who Is picked
• •Ht of the darsness for us by a OOld gftNQ
light, is a Swedish water-sprite; that is,
I suppose he is Swedish, if water-sprites
have any nationality, as Miss Crone telli
us the play is founded on a Swedish le-
gend. it is. as a matter of fact, strongly
suggestive of De la Motte Fomjue's "t'n-
dine."
The Necken is hopelessly addicted to fid-
dling- When not occupied in this amiable
pcftlme he Is. apparently, h servant in the
household of a farmer. IIIh playing has
bewitched the daughter of tliat worthy
man. (Hhe. Just by the way. wears a
deep blue calcium on her fair young brow.)
When she learns thai toe man who h:is
an.used her love is not mortal, she is fear-
fully wrought tip, And she remains
wrought up for live nets. At one time
and mother, as the scenes pursue their
course with Elizabethan weightiuess and
languor, the farmer's daughter plays pas-
sionately on the violin, which the necken
obligingly lias left behind him when re-
turning to his watery home. Finally, in the
moonlight, the girl wanders to the moun-
tain stream iu which lie lives. The sprite
«oines to the surface of the canvas stream,
by means of a trap-door and a stepladaer.
Thereupon he talks a great, great deal
The burden of his blank verse argument
Is that he desires the girl to descend Int >
the stream and there to live with "him. But
she has memorized n good deal of solid
poetry on her own account; and. if phrased
a little differently, the sentiment of It, is:
' 'Mother, may I go out to swim?'
Yes. my darling daughter.
nigulng foi :tin
good eoi'ld nc.M
member, It was
imaginative lirit
Arc at the sink
Whereupon mn
and showed tha
nig-headed, by b
Miss Keune. Su
Cl.orry. the -n-t
Fl:-gg Inn I mad*
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or. James
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and
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do
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Katharine Buttltt
and then offered them at :i,i«? Inn Mt>
Cuslli- wits about to be "knocked down"
foi til when her husband i d l - in
partner hurried down the aisle, pi •• ^tln-':
•'Here, she's a good wife and worth much
more. I'll take her for fifteen.' He did
not get the ••hamv, howevt r, , -• his litis
li.ndU solicitude sent the bids up tu
"She Is yours; you deserve her. said the
attenuated Wrnon, handing ihe picture
across the footllglils. Then it had to he
l'uuded back again to secure ,\h Flagu's
signature, h. which he added a Iw.ppi
comment 'ibout the young, wonderfojiv
graceful couple, who had been delighting
tin audience with euough styles of "tr>ts"
and "tangoes'" in shock Mayor G. ynur
Into thinking he hud received another bul-
let In his neck. "I know what you are.'
said Flagg. "You're Castles In the air."
Hermann Sudermann's brief drama. "Ti e
Faraway Princess." h:u! never been acted
li New York before, unless, perhaps. Ir
German. Kxcept In Ihe >iiulhirli\ oi
tltlew It bears n/> relation fo l-Min uid 1!<><
land's "La Princess Lolntolne." Indeed,
its sad. poetic story is riihei suggestive
of thai other beautiful German romam-
"Old Heidelberg," with Ih • situation i«-
versed. In this case It is ,-j fairy tale
princess who, Incognito, meets a youth
who hns fallen In love with her picture;
tut she must renounce him beeausc of !n.
rank. Iu the end she offers him an artificial
rose, remarking bitterly thai make believe
sentimeut Is the only sort that lasts. Rut
the young student refuses ihe flower and
hugs Ids dream to his heart Margaret
Wycherley played the princess with deep
poetic feeling, her rich, melodious voice
(Hiding to the music of the lines And
interest also attached to the small part of
n waitress because In It Margaret Howe,
Mlfe of Woodrow Wilson's nephew, uia V
her debut on the stage.
Another item of the afiorii.>i>n that -ilu:
elated Interest was the final ad of "Madam
•V William Elliott, who has been off
the stage for two years, having goue Into
inanageineir us a partner of his fath r
In-law. David Belasco. lvappeard in bis
old role of the ardent vninig attorney \\lt »
pleads for the life of a drink-sodden mur-
deress. not knowing she is bis own mothei.
The part is one to attract any actor, and
Mr. Elliott; plays It with tenderness and
winning, boyish charm. Sharing the hon-
ors with him was Jane Cowl, making her
first appearance In the title role The
pari wiis written for Sarah Bernhardt, who*
incredible as it seems, did not foresee
the Wide appeal of Ihe play. So she re.
Jet led It, letting .Tine Hading gel the op
portunity that would have been almost
b'eal for her at her present age. Later,
after Dorothy Donnelly and other Ameb-
ian actresses had played "Madam X." Mine.
Bernhardt did adopt it into her repertoire.
Miss Cowl, sacrificing her rich beautv to
the demands of the role, brought out all
the harrowing pathos in it. r#Minclng suf
frngettes, ant is and mere men to a mutual
flood of tears.
and
ter i
the actress. The
with the banker
iition after com
audience is scren
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king
falls
lighter, and
i t Ion arises,
K with laugli-
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evenings enter-
ets, but Manager
worth while to>
worth while to'
and he
BKL CANTO
There is u pretty full
talnmeut in these two a
Spencer thinks If it !s
plume" al all il is
■ plunge with u v<
adrled an act of which much that Is flat -
lering has been said. It Is the Del Canto
trio, three young men with beautiful
voices, who appear in Immaculate dress
and sing the best of music, with just,
enough of popular airs to add variety to
their offering. The act has been con-
-lder-'il good enough In other cities to
head the bill, but, appearing with two
such gieat artists as Amelia Bingham
and llaltou Powvll, they cart gracefully
submit to being placed last.
rises. The couple are penniless, his hard- " Hang your clothes on a hirkory limb;
hearted father refusing to do anything; " 'But don't go near the water.
... .1 s i ,. ... i 4 K, nli T#,.i I li fl i'.il*an t a n .«• I * i r t*
for them. Nevertheless they "have each 1 Tn short, Ton Is averse to a watery
other." She returns to the stage, while honeymoon. But the grass green necken
he gets a job as a taxlcab driver. Not i"* ' J A~"
an unnatural employment for a finan- ,
a taxlcab driver. Not | tempts and leers and talks until the maiden
seems about to take the plunge, so lo
Mm Bingham Heads
Big Plaza Program
Amelia Bingham Is too well known to
the theatrical world to need any hit.o-
ductton to theater-guem, and her appear-
ance at the Plaza Theater at the matinee
cler'i" bon. With a little diligence and
economy he mlsht have bought out the
old man, but he get* Into a smiashup and
lo.scs his mind.
lllsvs; rag time, and the curtain risen
for tha last time. Ilubby, having dis-
appeared, Kate has been "renting on the
other side." On her return, she visits an
automobile race track. She recognizes
the winner an her husband. But he does
not know her. Ills memory, you nee.
evaporated along with the all in his taxi
tlrrs. That, however, presents no diffi-
culties to a Spooner. Cecil dresses once
more as the dancer; naturally having
brought her vaeht club dress with her to
the races. She and her father-in-law.
now repentant, re-enacted the scene of
harsh dismissal from the club—which, as
you foresee, bumps hubby as hard a« the
taxi smashup and restores IiIb memory.
(<ener.il forgiving; many curtain calls,
and the dlspersement of a happy audi-
ence after an evening of just tile sort of
play they wanted.
IT IB quite "the thing," these days, to
gush over Mathllde Cottrelly. Not that
that fine old actress has suddenly become
a greater artist than she has been for
the last thirty years or more Hut as the
dominant, serene and noble Jewish
inothe.' In "The K'ive Krankforters," she I
has the best rol;' thut lias fallen to her j
lot In two decades, at least, and plays It
as well as one could wish. .So a great ado
is being made over her. and we are hear-
ing a good deal about her "early tri-
umphs. After a long period of speaking
to the public only through her work, she
suddenl) finds herself the center of a
horde of Interviewers. To one she talks
about a woman In an opera company she
once neaded. who «as also the daughter of
a cook employed by the venerable mother
of the house of Rothschild, whom she
herself Is now impersonating To another
reporter she tells how she has longed to
Play I lie part from the moment she read
the comedy, in German, more than a year
ago; but that, having given her word to
speak. However. Just III time, a church
chime rlugs, and To# is saved by the
rih!'/* „nu*. 1H lil"| aiiother manager, «hc thought she would
matciiless daillng of that extensive, grow- t v . abandon her ambition, until the
ing borough of New York called the1
Bronx—whatever pleases her lo do is
sure to be welcomed as "cute" and "just
called the | jntPr(Pr|n(r piece obligingly proved a fail-
ure M,d to a third press man she gives
too sweet " So why aliould she not while
away an idle hour, now and then, by
dashing off a play, and act right out
In It?
Little Miss Spooner s lalest outburst 1*
somewhat luridly entitled "For Her Soul
and Body." Htlll. that Is not what
troubles me about It. The difficulty goes
much oeeper. It would be simple to con-
fess that 1 am at a loss to say whether
It Is the same Cecil Spooner play, re-
named and doubtless touched up, that I
saw on the hottest known afternoon lust
summer, except thut If I am mistaken I
would seem to be Implying a lack of
orlglualitv in Alias Spooner's muse. Yet
It may only be the force of the authoress's
personality creating an Inevitable re-
semblance In all her work, or, perhaps,
her keen knowledge of her audiences'
taste. And. anyway, did not Shakespeare
repeat himself?- what Is his early comedy
of "Two Gentlemen •! Verona" but
Borneo and Juliet" In the rough? And
have we not Henry James, at 70 years
old, still Industriously rewriting his mas-
terpieces of literature? Evidently, only-
death will stop him unless. Indeed, being
a brother of the late l'rof. William James
of Harvard, who assured us he would
return to eurth If possible, Henry James
purposes coming back from the grave to
"Improve" Ills style In "What Masle
Knew'" or "The Sacred Fount." Perish
the thought! It leads on to visions of
l'oe urlslng from the ground to add a
"last touch" to "Annabel Lee "
But all this Is wunderlng a long way
from Cecil Spooner and The Bronx. Be-
sides, I am not at all sure that "For Her
Soul and Body" Is the same plav 1 hrolled
and slsiled through last June If It Is, It
should always be acted In April. Fancy
such a title In August' Kate Warner
(Cecil Spooner) Is a professional dancer,
though you can see by her name alone
that she Is, at least, a nobler woman
than lie! co-worker, Florence Marlowe
In short, to borrow Fverett Shlnn s ad-
mirable phrase, Kate Is more sinned
against tlmn-usunl She has a had. bad
guardian, who hns. served a term In
prison for another man-Kate's own
father, no less. I-Stelv, he has I wen
busy leading a wesk young man, • mil-
lionaire's son, on the downward path
through dissipation Now. lie Induces the
youth to marry Kale, assuming that the
father will buy him off at a handsome
figure tor bringing about a divorce be-
tween the voung folk
Hisses; tag time In the entr'acte, and
the curtain rises .again The scene Is a
yacht clul. A dance Is In progress.
Kat>—gay llght-heartrd sprite that she
la-Is requested, b) her husband i father
Hull..n
company.
Powell. "Henpecked
Plasa Theater.
Henry'
a sainple of her cooking!
As a . Umax to this amiable, if rather
unreasonable change of attitude toward |
an elderly actress who has been umuiig
us many years, a special performance
was arranged, at Ihe Casino, for her re-
appeirai.ee In an operetta she Introduced
to America on the saame stage twentv
Christian Influence, tile leiupter sinking
to Ills dntup home unatteude.l.
ALL of this was made known on a
rnlliv nfteinoou by Sydney Hosenfelo
trul Ills National I'Vderatlon of Theater
Clubs. If It turned out to be rather more | Mail
nine years ago. Of course, Mme. Cot-
trelly does not undertake her old role
But lor that matter, the atage in ques-
tion has undergone a change, too, having
been lowered from the second story to,
approximately, the street level, after a
just i.appens that that dowager Is ex-
tea voars ago. In the old, old days, when,
as manager as well as singer, Mme
Cottrelly produced "The Beggar Student."
alio played one of the cuquettlsh daugh-
ters of the noble, but Impoverished, house
of Palmatlea, now she Is the mother. It
just happens that that dowager Is ex-
actly the revers". 1n character and cir-
cumstances. of the old woman of Frank-
fort, dinging to her simple home In Jews
Lane In spite of the enormous wealth ac-
cumulated bv her sons and urged upon
her. The rich Jewess Is gentle, wise, lov-
able and unassuming In her manner, dress
and attitude of mind; the penniless coun-
tess is haughty, hard, disdainful! Hungry
as she and Ivr two daughters are. wj|h
their laundry hill unpaid, und only one
handkerchief among them, the noble-
womat) Is still as proud a creature as a
peai'O'.'K, or a queen,
Whlc'i leads us to a word or two about
that singer's reappearance- pausing ouly
to remark that the change of character
offered no difficulties to an actress of
Mme. Cottrelly's resources, that a groat
ado was made over her st the matinee. In
which masses of flowers, DeVVolf lioppei
and some tears took pari; and that. In a
graceful and affectionate little speech,
she said, referring to the fact thut she
had gone hack thirty years for a single
afternoon. "Tonight I will be thirty yars
older, on another stage, though no one
need wall that long to see the trans-
formation."
Lillian Russell better look to her laurels
or Kilty Gordon may supersede her ss s
lending lecturer and wife She has al-
ready takon a step In the latter direction
by reuniting with her husband, the Hon.
Henry Beresford. brother of l/trd Pedes,
and an, day she may step forward and
tell us How to Live One Hundred Years
-snd Ole Young Having completed her
tour In "The Enchantress," she hss gone
Into vaudeville for one week Also, Into
a new gown. That Is. partially Into It.
Miss Gordon would not be herself with-
out her famous back exposed Melville
Kills, designer of gowns, discovered It
•bout iutir years ago, and Mm Bernard
than Impressive, ibe effort lo
produce ,i plav . ouceived In an iinagluallvi
mood auil milieu with some literary grace
Is highly lo be commended, Mure su.'-
cess, however, was gained by a sat I re In
on*' act by Hubert II. llavls. which cnnie
as mi aftcrploce. It was railed "The Guilty
Cousiience." Slid was designated as "an
I iu itt Ion of the current style uf dramatic
literature " The characters were He, She
and It, and tbe scene n ruuni tu a New
York hotel. He auil She were man and
wife, a couple of luccesiifiil ".rooks |
Wlieu he an open door and a diamond
necklace on tbe other side of It- well, he '
ccnldn't just make bis bands behave. Hut
the house dele,'live gets after blm without
delay. Just In time Mr. He slips tlic neck-
lace to ills wife, who drops It down the
front of her corsage Now. Mr. It, ilie
detective Is one of Itiose uien who lias
evolved a theory and Is fairly Itching to
i'pplv It. Ills theory Is "psychological aug
gestlou " lie places a palrV'f iiaudriifrs
on n table, hellevlug ind announcing that
"a still, small voice of a< i-usat Ion vv It li In
the guilty person will impel blm or bet
tc walk right up and put them ou " The
noiusu become* hysterical, admits she has
Ihe Jewels, mill does actually walk over
to Ihe table and handcuffs herself. Thus
exonerated ihe husband Is allowed tu go
today and for the remainder of the week
will, of course, be greeted b\ crowded
houses. Miss Bingham Is one of the
greatest emotional actresses on the stag.-
and her work In vaudeville has met with
as gr at miccess and appreciation a.- It
did when she headed her own compair
and played in a number of the lust offer-
ings ever given on the American stag,-
Her (ngagement in "San Antonio is her
first on tl«- Majestic circuit, as .she mine
directly here after a successful loin of
the Orpheum houses, ending at New
Orleans. Manager Spencer of the Plaza
was willing to bear the expense of hei
appearance liere aa an experiment and
his enterprise resiilled in the great star
being brought to Texas From here It is
likely that she will plfty the other Texas
cities on the Majestic . Ircult
APPEARS IN GREAT SCUNK.s.
Miss Bingham will appear in an original
Idea of her own, entitled "Great Moments
From Great American Plays." It is the
crucial or vital monpent fr.uu throe of tie
plays In her repertoire, and on. of these
"The Modern Lady Godlva. ' was written
, by herself. The story of each play is
, briefly lol<l, then follows the climax of
tile play, acted with the same force and
lmpreislveness as when li formed an
entire evening's entertain
In Miss Bingham's support ate Lloyd
Bingham, Miss Lisle Leigh, Miss Will
Weil and Buresford Loveti
tier engagement at the Plana Theater
in San Antonio will mark her debut In
the South In vaudeville, und those fortu-
nate enough to see her during her week's
engagement at this popular playhouse
win hpvo a privilege and a pleasure ac-
corded few, for Miss Bingham Is one of
the world's most admired actresses
"HKN-PKCKED HENRY COMPANY.
French musical farce of the daintiest
and most dellcloutly appetising variety
Imaginable will hold the slog.- for the,
greatest length of time, when llalton
Powell In the funniest musical comedy of
lec.ent years, Hen-pecked Henry" will
make his Initial bid for favor here
With Mr. Powell is a very large com-
pany of farceurs. Miss Rita Lawrence,
claimed to be one of the most perfectly
formed young women on the American
stage, will appear In the role of ihe
vaudeville queen who 'mulcts Henry foi
champagne suppers and dressmaker's
nills Ionise Willis, in the character of
Bowser, the absolute dictator uf
[limi DATES SET
Applicants for Positions Under Gov-
ernment Take Civil Service
Tests May 9, 10 and 11.
✓
Not Up has bfen received at the lo^al
Pont Office announcing civil service ex-
nniluationg to be held May 11), *J1 and 24.
KxamlnatlonH will begin May 19 for tb» >
positions of logging engineer and hydro-
electrical engineer.
in neither of these examination* la it
required that candidates appear In per-
son. They may apply to the United State*
Civil .Service Commission at Washington
any time before noon on May IN for tbe
special form which candidates are required
to fill out in lieu of an open examination.
In both examinations the candidates will
judged largely on three things: Educa-
tion. training and fitness, and practical
experience.
Ou May 21 an examination will be held
at the Federal building for the positions /
of drainage engineers and assistants.
The duties of the position will consist
of making surveys, plans and reports upon
drainage projects
Eligible* will be open to appointment
at salaries ranging from $1,200 to $2,000
per year.
Tbe fitness of the competitors will b«
Judged from educational qualifications and
practical experience.
On May L'4 tbe examination will be for
the purpose of filling vacancies In the Han
Antonio Post Office to the positions of
clerks and carriers. Applicants for tb«
position must have reached their eight-
eenth birthday and shall not be older than
4.r> *
The examination will cover spelling,
arithmetic, letter writing, penmauibtp,
copying and reading addresses.
.Male applicants shall be at least 5 feet
4 Inches in height and weigh as lnucto as
liir» pounds. There are no requirement®
for women as to weight or height.
Married women will not be admitted to
the examination unless they are divorced
or are separated from their husbauds sod
are ^supporting themselves.
SLAYDEN SPEAKS AT BANQl'ET
He Would Compel Nations to Submit
to The Hague.
Sta/f S|»e< lal lo Tim EiiiiW.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April M -Repre-
sentative James \i. Slayilen spoke at the
annual banquet of the Conference of In-
ternational I.aw here tonight oil "The Re-
1 latlon of the interparliamentary I'liion
to International l.aw He told how til*
roiu t of The liattue arbitration of Inter-
national disputes was established through
the work of the Interparliamentary I'n-
ion. of which Mr. Slayden Is a member. *
"The machinery for the rational settle-
ment of international disputes being no*%
provided, and mainly through the work
and Influence of the Interparliamentary
Union, said lie, "it only remains to edu-
cate the public so thai adlpision of all
governments will he compelled."
Twelve to t.raduate at Martindale.
Special 'fc'egram to The Fxpr*»n».
SAN MARCOS, Tea., April JJ.-T1H
commencement exercises of the Martin-
dule High School will be held on Friday
evening. May 1«, at 8:30 o'clock, at tha
First Baptist Church The address to
tbe graduates will be delivered by C.
T. Gray of tbe Cnlverslty of Texas. The
following will receive diplomas; Missea
hula Marrov Lucie Posev, liOUise Lnw-
soii. Mary Yrlander. Mabel Armstrong,
Louise Lee. N iih Fuller. Myrtle Jennings,
Heauiah Ballard, l*ols Jennings. Messrs.
Robert .lenninga and IjOuIs Vest.
her household, has M part for which she
is particularly gifted Miss Willis has
scored a great success, and Is Mr.
Powell's fir»t aid In the comedy line.
Theo JHtdson leads the singing contln-
The Powers School
0l Kxpressien and Dramatic Art
Princes* Theater building, presents itfl
students In "A Rose of Plymouth
Town." Royal Theater, Friday night,
\lav 2. Admission ".V and 30c.
or Kitty Gordon, hloi I" «et « *"">1 «inrt i.y
ZZ2ZZZZ
Tznznnni
l nuti/utim
utaklng an emotional pleit for forgiveness
U the Miiiug detective, she finally delves
down into her sown and prod men il«t» .
Jewel case. Itut It Is empty Then tber*
1» not even honor among thieve* It. In
ril>tu*t. sets off In hot h.iste to try to
overtake He. And. keeping up her pre
tense of hysteria until the detective Ik ou»
of earshot, the wife then redive* into her
givtu and hrlnii* forth >he 'Itsmmida and
telephone* ber bushsnd where they can
meet in safety.
AMT1I.R of everything, from Hermann
Hiidernianti to ihe Texn* Tommy, went
to make up a Iodic, diverting matinee *t
tin Itelssco Theater for the belief li of tbe
w« man suffrage cauae Doris Keen# started
the hall rolling with a yIb*uous defense of
ni|lltane\. where othei method* have fulled
to secure ihe desired re< omit Ion 'The
iinimsvlnatlre British mun l« fo Ham*
for sll this.'1 the snld and Ineidentsllr II
lustrated the faet that a suffragist ma?
he very feminine mid beautiful to look at.
whatever stern thought* are golna through
t er hrsln "Men ' she went on. "can't se*
the sfdr'tuat side of the xtiffrsge contest
the splendid courage, the hopes, the faith.
Hie romance. They strip It of Its sis
alficihce. They see only th« tawdry, the
Tke Distinguished American Actress
Miss Amelia Bingham
Supported bv w Metropolitan < oinpsn) of Miner* le
"Great Moments'From Great Plays"
Halton Powell
With a lompany •! Maalcal Comedy Stars la
"Henpecked Henry*'
A Comedy thai Pal the Rye la Riot
The Bell-Canto Trio
Claaay Singers ol Claaay Hoags
tuau.tiN m atin mi 11*11.v r.x«nrr «t nba v.
t»*ATO » HWKIVtn
ftltfct* and »«ada> matlar*—tkr, Mr, Mr, tie.
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