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Show H DRAMA m The month at the Theatre closes with Blllle m Burke In her starring tour In "Love Watches." 1 Captivating, charming Miss Burke has not (been M l seen at the Theatre since her engagement a year M or more ago with John Drew In his comedy sucess m "My Wife." Since then Mr, Frohman has given the m young actress her own play and after a season B with it in this country sent her to London where B she closed early last spring a record-breaking run. H Few actresses have climbed the ladder of success B so rapidly as has Blllle Burke. From an actress B practically unknown two years ago she has devel- B oped Into one of the most popular stars of today's B stage. B Miss Burke will be seen at the Theatre next B week In "Love Watches," Thursday, Friday and B Saturday evenings, with a matinee performance i Saturday afternoon. 1 "Love Watches" is an adaption by Miss B Gladys TJnger of the work of two clever B French playwrights, M. de Flers and M. de Cailla- B vet, and it is said to give Miss Burke many more B opportunities to fascinate and charm her audiences H than she had in "My Wife." In this piece she m plays the part of a little French girl, fresh from a M convent who falls in love with her cousin, pro-. m poses to him and marries him. Then, when she B learns that he has been, a flirtatious young rascal, B she grows frightfully jealous and tries to do a little B flirting on h6r own account by way of revenge. B The supporting company, a strong one, Includes B ' Vernon Steele, Ernest Lawford, Maude Odell, Kate B Meek, Muriel Ashwynne, and Stanley Dark. B B Harry Corson Clarke, who had the distlnc- B tlon of being the only American In "The Dollar B Princess" company in England, has returned to B Now York and is loud in his praise of the treat- B ment he received abroad. Clarke was a great Hr favorite here in the old stock company days of m the Grand, and the following, as reported by the B Dramatic Mirror, will be of interest to his local B friends: H "Think of It," he says, "when I joined 'The B Dollar Princess' I found they furnished every- B thing I needed. Everything, mind you shoes, B stockings, underwear, collars, a valet, and free B laundry. I couldn't spend a. cent for anything I M needed on the stage. Don't think I was an ex- B ception. The same thing was done for everybody B in the company, principals and chorus. What B would some of the American managers think of B that? The chorus people get only two pounds a H week, and they save half of it If they want to. B They live in lodgings in the various towns B every fellow has his favorite place to go and M when we would arrive at a town the chorus men B would hike for their 'diggings,' each with his B golf club and his football costume as part of his B personal baggage. Bj "And the traveling! There's another point B some American managers might object to. We H, made our jumps on Sundays, by special tram. j Each compartment was posted with the names B of the people to occupy it, and we had the H same compartment every weelc Some flowers B Mrs. Clarke left in the train one Sunday night l were still there the next Sunday. Some kind HI soul had put themi in water, and although, they wM were withered, the evidence of loving care was w there. They had a restaurant car on the train, B and at lunch time we were all served In our com- B partments free. Do you wonder I liked it? H "They are dear people so polite, so dignified, H and such good follows, from stage hands to man- H( agers. Before we went to England Mrs. Clarke H, said: 'Remember that the civilization over there H is several centuries old, and don't you try to WSj, change their habits.' I didn't. But I did get the Nv i people in ,r company Interested. In the history of the places we visited. They became conscious Ufa that Richard III had assembled his army in Nottingham Not-tingham and that Sir Henry Irving died in Bradford. Brad-ford. We made up excursion parties and saw the country together. They were all so friendly to the only Yank In the company. "With all the low salaries in England, the actor can save more and live better than he can here. And they thlnld nothing of a trip to South Africa or to Australia. When any of them spoke to me about coming to America I advised them to stay at home. To me, acting in England was a delight, both in the music halls and In tne big musical company. And I wish the servants In New York could learn to be as polite as they are in England." , ' the congestion at , the entrances formerly ej - -perienced by those who come in late. The orchestra or-chestra has also been augmented by the addition i of two well known artists, making it as well equipped as any foody of musicians outside of the big cities. . Next week's bill at the Orpheum includes Margaret Mar-garet Realey and Co. in "Witches and Candle Light," a one-act play by Pauline Phelps and Marion Short; Bob Mathews & Herbert Ashley in their new laughing success, "Held Up;" Six Amer- lean Dancers; Frank J. Conroy, George Lo Maire and Co. presenting "A King for a Night;" "The Girl Behind the Veil," and Charles D. Webber, eccentric juggler. Miss Billie Buike, who will be seen in "Love Watches" next week It is rather a peculiar commentary in American Ameri-can vaudeville that foreigners supply the best entertainment. For Instance, Sam Watson's Farm Yard Circus Cir-cus and Griff, assisted by George, supply enough entertainment to make the price of admission a joke, for what they do is worth a lot more than the schedule. Griff's wit Is the most original line of stuff that has been heard on the stage of the State street house this season, and Watson's circus demonstrates to an unusual degree what a little patience on the part of a human being in dealing deal-ing with the intelligence with which most animals ani-mals are Imbued can accomplish. The others who complete the 1)111 ar? Beth Stone, the toe dancer, the Musical Johnstons, Harry Richards, Dorothy Daley and Adele Ferguson, Fergu-son, Herbert and Willing, Walter Schmidt and Lizzie Mulvey. Manager Sonnenberg has been greatly complimented compli-mented "by his patrons for his thoughtful ness In arranging for an additional usher on Sunday evenings to direct people in the lobby, avoiding "Texas," at the Colonial, has been an unusually attractive play since the opening Monday night. J. Maudlin Feigl is responsible for the story and she has evidently seen the best and the worst of the Lone Star state. In telling a rattling good story she has sacrificed one or two situations to the call of the melodrama, but in the main, "Texas" is a clean, live play of the southwest and is competently acted by the presenting pre-senting company. The Arlngton players in "Raffles," the Bungalow Bunga-low show for this week, make a distinctly better Impression than in their Initial appearance locally a week or so ago. Mr. luce In the title role gave a clever and striking interpretation of the part. He Is well supported by Miss Crelghton, and while there Is a lot of room for improvement in the work of the other members of the company, they assist in making "Raffles" entertaining. Tomorrow night the Arlngton players take the ColonHaUfor a. week's presentation of George Ade's satire on student life at the typical American in fp land college. "The College Widow" is the farce that first brought George Ade into prominence as a playwright, play-wright, and so true did Mr, Ade draw the situations situa-tions and characters that the play's repetition an- Bl v. H Hferii II -IB Margntct Fcaly, at the Orpheum next week nually seems but to enhance the wealth of its fun. The Arington company will be Increased to about hfty players in presenting "The College Widow." Giulio Gatti-Casazza has secured for the Metropolitan Met-ropolitan Opera house the rights to Jean. Nonge'B opera, "Quo Vadis," which is based upon the novel of that name by Henry Sienkiewicz. The Bungalow offering for the coming week will be "Hello Bill," a comedy in which Alfred. Swenson, with a company of local players, "will be seen. Mr. Swenson will bo remembered by those who saw Eugene Walters' remarkable play, "The Wolf," here last season, as the young American Amer-ican engineer. Mr. Swenson won many friends L and a fine reputation for himself by his work in this drama. In "Hello Bill" he will have a role to which his talent is well adapted, and his company will number competent and experienced experi-enced players. |