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HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1913.
1,1 SUM
Alan Dale Finds It Minus the Star
but He Is Willing to Admit
That He Did Smile.
By ALAN DALE,
Special Correspondent of The Sun
day American.
IX)NDON, Aug. 7.—On© swallow
may not make a summer (though
I believe it does), but nobody will
deny that one “star” can make a
play. Therefore, if that one “star”
should be out of the cast (as often
happens in London) it is quite
likely that the play will lose its
exuberance. I saw “Oh. I Say!”
at the Criterion Theater when Mr.
James Welch was out of the cast.
1 couldn’t ask for my money back
(1 had been kindly presented with
a pair of stalls), so I sat through
a star-less “Oh, I Say!!’’ and paid
far more attention to the play than
I should have done.
Londoners don’t mind a bit when
the actor or actress they pay to see
takes a little vacation and an un
derstudy goes on. (You learn this
from a slip always inclosed in the
program, when it is too late to
repine.) Londoners are used to it.
I don’t know what had happened
to James Welch. Anyway, It was
his understudy, H. Langdon Bruce,
who played the part of the bride
groom in "Oh, I Say'!”—a partic
ularly arduous role for an under
study to tackle. I divided my time
feeling sorry for H. Langdon Bruce
and for myself—particularly for
myself.
“Oh, I Say!!” must have been a
scorcher In its original French of
Henri Kersai and Albert Barre,
w’hen it was called "Une Nuit de
Noces” (A Wedding Night). It had
to be adapted Into London by Syd
ney Blew and Douglas Hoare.
What they had to do was to “wed
ding-ring” the affair, or at least, in
a question of equivocal relations,
to suggest that the two were “en
gaged.”
The little Knglish word "en
gaged” covers a multitude of Paris
ian iniquities. Marcel, the hero of
the piece, Just married to the beau
tiful Suzette, meets in the foyer of
the Hotel d’Angleterre at Beauvais
the scintillant and corruscatlng
Sidonle, to whom he has been “en
gaged ” You smile as the word
pops out in its Anglo-Saxon hum-
hug. You are perfectly well aware
what the adapter has done, but you
look around you at the ornate and
bare-shouldered British matron,
and you quite understand why
Marcel and Sidonle were “engaged.”
That is really the gist and the
gust of "Oh, I Say!!" The usual
farcical use of lies is resorted to,
and when I tell you that there are
four doors in the setting-—all of
which bank—you can see your
play. Everybody is pushed in at
one door or other. Everybody else
rushes in at another door. The
most popular remark made is "You
here?”
Each, seeing the other, cries “You
here?” I daresay you have heard
the remark before In French farce.
Half of the French farces wouldn’t
get over the footlights unless you
heard that lovely query, “You here?”
Sometimes it is only “You here?”
More emphatically. It is You here?”
In cases of desperation It is “YOU
here ?”
However, I’m not going to pre
tend that I didn’t smile at “Oh, I
say!!” for it would be foolish pre
tense. I did smile. It has Its funny
moments In spite of allusions to
pajamas, keyholes, disinfectants,
and so on. Once get into the mood,
and in spite of reason one laughs.
"Laughter,” says Professor Henri
Bergson, "always implies a sort of
secret freemasonry, or even com
plicity, with other laughers real or
imaginary. How often has it been
said that the fuller thd theatel 1 ,
the more uncontrolled the laughter
of the audience!” There was a good
deal of laughter at the Criterion
Theater, and whatever one may
write, in ail cynicism of this cut-
and-dried farce business, the piece
HAS caught on. In my humble
opinion, what “Oh. 1 Say!!” needs,
and what I am told Mr I,ee Shu-
bert w'ill give It for U. S. A., is
music.
Music dulls noe’s sense of logic
What appears banal and trite and
far-fetched In a straight farce Is
accepted without question when a
bit of music happens. With a cho
rus of pretty girls chirping "Oh, I
Say!!” it wouldn’t matter very
much what I DID say. So there
you are.
I can’t tell you what James Welch
did with the farce, but I should
imagine that It belonged to him.
There wen- two very pretty girls in
the cast—Miss Sybil de Bray, who
appeared as the bride, and Ml»s
Ruby Miller, who was the maid.
Then there was a very clever ac-
tress. rejoicing in the name of Mar
guerite Sclaltiel. who Is, 1 fancy.
Norwegian, and wl*o is quite likeiv
to be heard from again. There were
many others, who had to rush in
and rush out. and get banged in the
doors. They had to work hard f«>r
their thing: and if they were no*
merry they were at least activ
little things!
It is a long time since,we httv
. ad a dose of real French far
even in London, and the Engli-
'•ub!ic has taken kindly' to “Oh. I
Say!!” even without musHc. Th
piece is very short, indeed. r.hUrh i-
dlntlnctly in its favor and it say."
what It to say' with llghtnim
rapidity Anyway,.It is estab-
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Dance to Feature Forsyth Bill
•be* +•+ ' +•+ +*•!• +•+
Emma Bunting to Open Lyric
Mrs. Grace DeMar, pretty vaudeville actress, who will be
a feature on the Forsvth bill this week.
Dixie Diva Wants English Opera
V • V
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Atlanta Visitor to Sing in East
Miss Lois Ewell. Memphis girl and niece of Captain Ed
ward S. Gay, of Atlanta, who will make her grand opera debut
in New York. •
\\1 .rllTKoHIJ RANK believes in ad-
\Y vertising. It has brought him
distinction, and, being scrupu-
I loiihly accurate in making his own an
nouncements, he has equal faith in
the announcements of others, but he
is not so sure now.
After his return from England,
where he went on professional mat
ters, he decided that he would join the
great army of flesh reducers and
sought the advertising columns of the
daily press. One advertisement in
terested him especially. The adver
tiser boldly announced, “Fat folks re
duced, $5.” And, while Mr. Kane .is
not fat, he decided that if the adver
tiser's proposition was good for fat
folks it should do for him, so he in
vested.
“Well, what was the result?" *i
Bert French and Alice Eis to • Present “The
Dance of Fortune” Here.
Mandy gasped and rolled her eyes.
“’Deed, no! Reckon you all better
get somebody' else. I don’t know
nothin’ about takin’ care of any ani
mals!”
* * *
Mollie McIntyre, who was the
Bunty in the special Western organi
zation of “Bunty Pulls the Wirings,”
has returned to America after a va
cation at her home in England. Sue
expects to appear in a musical pro
duction this season.
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Among the attractions under th"
management of producers affiliated
with the Messrs. Shubert w'hich will
be seen during the Coming season are
“The Family Cupboard,” McIntyre and
Heath in revival of “The Ham Tre'V’
Lillian Russell, Anna Held, Emma
friend asked after he had related his Trentlni, “High Jinks,” “The Purple
Bert French and Alice Els, in “The
Dance of Fortune,” will be the head
line attraction at the Forsyth dur
ing the week starting w’ith matinee on
Monday, and there will De six ether
features, including some of the best
known entertainers in modern Keith
vaudeville.
The headliners are perhaps the
greatest dancers in vaudeville. Five
years ago, when they were simply he-
glnners, they appeared at the old Or-
pheum and danced the “Vampire.
They created a sensation in the news
papers anil in every gathering that
crowded the vaudeville theater twice
Leaving Atlanta, they sailed almost
Immediately from New York for Par
is and spent three years in the larg
est cities of Europe and then lined a
long return engagement in Paris,
where they studied new dances. Re
turning to America a few months ago.
they were booked by Hammersteln,
and’ created a new sensation for the
Victoria Theater. . . ,
They are going to dance their best
success, “The Dance of Fortune,
here It is wonderful, according to
people who know, it is sensational,
according to the newspapers, and It
is a wonderful drawing card, accord-,
lng to the New York managers. Miss
Kis is a decidedly pretty, girl, the
perfection of grace and charm. Mr.
French is a dancer In a class by him
self. t/nd the act promise* to live up
to Its wonderful reputation here in
Atlanta,
As an extra added feature the man- j
agement has secured Willie Weston
and Mike Bernard. This act Is un-|
like any other in vaudeville. There
are two stars in one act, either of
whom could and would be a head
liner for any bill. \\ lllie \\ eston is in
a class by himself as a character
singer. He sings his own songs, and
.therefore, they will all be new. Mike
Bernard Is the leader of all comedy
pianists. He is the acknowledged
champion ragtime pianist. Together
the “team” makes an act that can
not be duplicated. It is a drawing
card for any theater and will be a
great Forsyth feature.
Pretty Grace DeMar will make her
first appearance in Atlanta. It Is nat
ural to call an actress pretty. For
some reason or other, a vaudeville
comedienne Is always pretty, and In
this case it is a fact that Miss DeMar
is one of the prettiest girls ever to
face an audience. She is an artist of
ability and will exhibit some gowns
that will he models. Miss DeMar is
classed with the big acts of modern
vaudeville, and it is predicted that
she will become a genuine favorite in
Atlanta.
Kennedy and Rooney will offer a
singing and dancing oddity that
promises to have much to do with
the hits of the week. This duo.
though one of the big features in
vaudeville, has never leen seen in
Atlanta before, and Is more evidence
of the fact that the Forsyth manage
ment is going after new records.
Foster and Lovette will be hits in
their act, and the Nikko Troupe, two
men and a woman, who hall from Ja.
pan. will show stunts that will be
thrilling.
experience.
“He did It all right,” Mr. Kane re
plied.
“How much did h^ reduce you?”
“Just as he said—$5,” was the rue
ful reply.
• • •
M AUDE LESLIE ran across a typ
ical Southern negress in New
York recently, and when the
warm days came and they were fol
lowed by the hot ones, which gave
way to the sweltering, Miss Leslie
concluded to hie to the mountains,
take a bungalow and live a primitive
life for a few weeks. To the end
that she might have more time tj
live such a life she approached Man
dy, under which cognomen her new
acquaintance sailed, and presented
the plan with its allurements. She.
did not omit the purling brooks and
the golden sunsets and all that sort
of thing, you know, and Mandy was
interested at once.
“Would you like to go away with
me this summer and keep house for
me?”
Mandy was sure she would.
Road,” "When Dreams Come True,”
“Kiss Me Quick,” “The Bird Cage.”
Blanche Ring, Pavlowa, Gertrude
Hoffmann, Polaire and Lady Rich
ardson.
* • •
Sallie Fisher, since her recent mar
riage, has become an ardent advocate
of matrimony and was recently n ir-
rating the joys of married life.
“But,” expostulated her friend, “you
see, all the best men are already mar
ried.”
“Yes, that’s so,’’ admitted the prim a
donna. “But, you know, they were
not the best men until they were mar
ried.”
* * *
An aspiring young musician visited
Homer Lind when that excellent opera
singer was in the English production
of “Parsifal,” and begged a criticism
of her work. Mr. Lind received the
young lady in his music room and |
iistened attentively while she dam- 1
aged his piano. Finally, at the con
clusion. she turned to him with a
beam of satisfaction.
\“Now that you iave heard me, look
over my music and tell me what you
Suppose I get just a bungalow. Do prefer to have me play.”
you think you could take care of It| “I should imagine it would be don-
nicely by yourself?” 1 inoes.” he replied.
War Drama “Movie”
At Grand All Week.
A spectacular war drama, “Vic
tory,” made in Cuba with the aid and
permission of the United States Navy,
a stupendous production in five reels
that will appeal to all Atlanta, will
be the attraction at the Grand mati
nee and night all of the week, start
ing with matinee on Monday. There
will be daily matinees at 10 cents for
the best seats, and the night prices
will be 10, 15 and 25 cents. Reserved
seats will be sold for all perform
ances.
“Victory” is a thrilling story of love
and war that will continue for nearly
two hours. It has been passed by
some of the greatest critics in the
land and has the written indorse
ment of officers of the Navy Depart
ment. It shows Secretary. Josephus
Daniels; Admiral Badger, command
er-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet;
Commander Benson, Lieutenant Com
manders Bassett and Butler and other
famous people of the Navy.
Emma Bunting to
Open at Lyric.
At the Lyric Theater,/ commencing
with a special matinee on Labor Day,
Miss Emma Bunting, a favorite ac
tress in Atlanta, will play a week’s
engagement, presenting “The Circus
Girl,” a three-act comedy, by Sydney
Grundy. Little Miss Bunting is so
well and favorably known in this cltv
that the mere announcement of her
approaching engagement will un
doubtedly be hailed with enthusiasm
by her friends and local playgoers.
“The Circus Girl” is a play in Miss
Bunting’s repertoire which is new to
this city, and is described as a rol
licking farce, with a part for the
little actress which suits her dainty
personality to perfection. It was first
produced in England at the Globe
Theater, London, where It enjoyed
great vogue for a long period, and was
also played at Daly’s Theater, in New
York.
As on previous occasions. George
Whitaker will be Miss Bunting’s
leading man, and others in the sup
port are Eva Sargent, Jack Ball. Sam
(\ Miller, Jessie Harcourt, Louis
Dean. Leslie Webb and Vera Town
send. It Is promi^d that “The Cir
cus Girl” will receive a first-class
production.
Berlin Depends On
U.S.for Opera Stars
Emma Destinn and Olive Fremstadt
Among Metropolitan Singers in
German City.
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN. Aug. IK.— 1 The extent to
which Germany is becoming depen
dent upon New York as a source of
supply for Its operatic talent is shown
a#ain this year in recent productions
both at Berlin and Munich, where the
Wagner festival is in progress. The
leading stars in both cases were bor
rowed from the forces of the Metro
politan Opera House.
The appearance of Emma Destinn
at Croll’s Opera House here has been
the most important event of the mid
summer season. At Munich the
heaviest roles have fallen to Olive
Fremstadt, w’ho sang the part of
Isolde at the inaugural performance
of ‘‘Triestan’’ Monday night.
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Misses Eda and Marguerite Bar
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music teachers of Atlanta, are spend
ing the summer at their old home in
Indiana. Miss Furlow Anderson, an
other well-known music teacher,
chaperoned three of her music pu
pils, Misses Evelyn Hunt, Dorothy
Harr&Lson and Frances Greshman,
for a month’s stay in Waynesville,
N. C.
Niece of Captain Gay
Should Not Be Reride
Believes That Glassies
red in Alien Tongue.
Over 300 Ragtimers
Pining for America
London Music Halls Crowded With
Idle Singers Scheming to\Raise
Steerage Fare.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON. Aug. 16.—There are 30(1
or 400 homesick Americans in Lon
don. They are music hail artists who
flocked over here when ragtlrhe
brought about a trails-Atlantic boorr.
Th"v came first class, talking of
three-figur • contracts, and now they
are scheming to get cheap passages
home disguised ae» Polish emigrants.
The trouble, of course, is that the
music hall stage has been glutted
with American turns.
Grand opera in English, the dream
of thousands of patriotic American
music-lovers, has found one of its
most capable disciples in Miss Lois
Ewell, a young Southern singer, of
prominent connections in Atlanta.
Miss Ewell is a kinswoman of Cap
tain Edward S. Gay, whom sh e has
visited in the course of her tours.
She has been extensively entertained
in Atlanta', where* she has many
friends.
Upon M ss Ewell’s return recently
to New York, after a period spent, in
European study, her arrival was ac
claimed joyfully by the Eastern
newspapers. Here was an apostle of
a new order of opera; here was a
singer whose voice gave promise of
achieving for her fame and a fol
lowing, to establish the fact that the
country's native language is a music
language—a fact long and often dis
puted by the fastidious followers of
foreign opera.
That Miss Ewell can sing well is
known to New York, whose* popu
lace followed her in light opera and
in the productions of the Aborn Opera
Company before she went abroad to
study. New York’s welcome, then,
was not altogether a matter of spec
ulation.
Miss Ewell has been engaged to
sing in a repertoire of thirty operas,
including all the world-famous
operas, whose consistent production
in their original foreign language has
aroused resentment. The company
which has her services has announced
that it established the English opera
repertoire in response to numerous
demands, and that it is ready to
The Atlanta Conservatory of Music
has issued a beautiful year book, in
which Mortimer Wilson has an inter
esting foreword. Mr. Wilson has ac
cepted the general directorship of the
Conservatory and will devote much
of his time to the work outlined for
the year.
Mr. Wilson came to Atlanta several
months ago to accept the position of
musical director of the Philharmonic
Orchestra, which was the outgrowth
of the Atlanta Musical Association,
with Mrs. John Marshall Slaton as
president. His association with that
organization has been the means of
greatly advancing the standard of or
chestral music in Atlanta and he will
continue as director to the Philhar
monic Orchestra.
Mr. Wilson is a composer whose
work is generally known in the United
States and has added to his popu
larity.
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A quaint revival of an old custom
will be the reception and soiree to be
given by the faculty of the Atlanta
Conservatory of Music at the Cable
Building on the evening of September
10, at which time members of the
faculty will participate.
The reception will be held in the
big hall, after which the guests of the
occasion will be invited to visit the
various studios, where refreshments
will be served.
Reception-soirees were at one tiuie
•very popular in the Old World and
are about to become a part of the so
cial life of the musicians in this city.
Those taking part in the entertain
ment will be Miss Annabel Wood,
Mrs. Grace Lee Brown Townsend,
David Love, Hunter Welsh, Alexander
Skibinski and Mr. Pauli.
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The following musical program will
| be rendered at the First Baptist
Church to-day. under the direction of
J P. O’Donnelly, organist:
MORNING.
Prelude.
Te Deum, Chapman.
“I Need Thee Every Hour,” Read—
Mrs. Peyton H. Todd.
Postlude.
EVENING.
Prelude.
“I Will Magnify Thee,” Rogers;
“Watchman, Tell Us of the Night.”
Neidlinger—Mr. Drukenmiller and Mr.
Elates.
Postlude.
prophesy success for the experiment.
Miss Ewell probably will sing in
New York all next season, and from
the success that greets her perform
ance will be drawn the conclusion
whether opera in English will be
made an institution.
Miss Ewcdl is a native of Memphis,
and is a niece of Gilbert Raines,
editor of The Memphis News-Scimi
tar. She is connected, also, through
other branches of her family, with
some of the most prominent folk of
the South.
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