understanding.
serions American
lessons in act¬
the Moscow Art
ng an English
in the Russiar
ky, having been
edy wherein his
might display
nas, prescribed
arth“ as athe
S#characters of
e, preffered ad¬
ian acting, and
the play, is the
The
Theater.
h.“ being an item
*' Moscow reper¬
in Russia thanit
neient playgoers
hat once upon a
che Hearth’’ was
bouts as Abie'
practicing The
under the baton
ss Kathlene Me¬
R.*), Whitforc
mmett and Gil¬
of“ The Hero'
Nazimova in the
ey propose to
e Cricket on the
is and then to
e modest, won
band of intel!
ne of our more
s, such as Miss
Miss Winifred
tient with these
rth“ plans and
Still, we re
1.
that any Ameri¬
by contact with
ans. Among the
the Russians'
nat good actors
no doubt, for
play in.
Quits Mate
March 8.—Anita
ure actress, and
h Cameron, di
o disagree for a
art, Miss Stew.
a storyThe
ublished to-day.
ting a divorce,
sure my hus
no corespondent
none. If I ever
all make all the
motion picture
know the truth
heaters
ntKing Lear’
rtbis afternoon.
ar in Pasteur
Vlose to-morron
Street: Theater.
has been seen at
iday nicht.
vacation trip to
w at the Broad¬
en for the 250t
ently announced
Concert,“ sched¬
the Playhouse,
in of five Pullman
s will carry John
sical production.
4lo, where it „
lenter on Monday
hanged the titl
ion at the Biion
orker“' to h
der which it is
It opens next
he vandeville
TORK
S. 20IL.AST 3
W
Police From Performance
Otto Kahn will not attend the per
formance of“Reigen“ arranged for his
entertainment by the Green Room Club.
e will, however, lend his support to
the Green Room Club to the extent of
accepting the invitation to be present
at the dinner in his honor, which is
be held at the clun on Sunday night.
This is the interpretation which
Broadway set last night upon the letter
written by Mr. Kahn to John S. Sum¬
ner, superintendent of the Society for
the Suppression of Vice. In the con¬
cluding paragraph of this letter, which
is a reply to a letter protesting against
theReigen“ performance, addressed
to Mr. Kahn by Mr. Sumner, Mr. Kahn
writes:
#I do not desire to participate in anf
function which runs counter to the
susceptibilities and the moral senti¬
ments of any substantial body in the
community, whose motives are entitled
to respect, and, without wishing to be
understood as passing upon the merits
of the case, I purpose to act accord¬
ingly in the present instance.
Expected to Compromise
This outline of Mr. Kahn’s position in
the“Reigen“ controversy was accepted
last night by those nearest to the
situation as indicating that Mr. Kahr
would attend the dinner, the invitation
towhich he already has accepted, but
would exereise his individual privilege
of declining to be present at the per¬
formance which has been so harshly
criticized. Mr. Kahn declined to ex¬
press his intentions for publication.
A further development in the situa
tion yesterday was the announcement
that officials of the Green Room Club
had begun an action for erlminal libe
against Mr. Sumner.
he compt#r#sturt uf Nr. Kahn's iel¬
ter 15 Mr. Sumner is as follows:
beg to acknowledge receipt
vour letter of the 7th instant.
1 have not read the play to which
vou refer, and it was ouly a couple of
lays ago, upon my return from Flor¬
da, that I was informed that the din¬
ner to whichsthe Green Room Club
some weeks ago did me the honor of
nviting me, wasyto be followed by
A
performance at the Belasco Theater.
Vou will doubtless agree with me
that well intentioned persons may dif¬
fer as to the fitness of a play for pro¬
duction (especially when the occasion
is not a public one), the true test
being not so much the subject of the
lay, as its spirit, tendency, dialogue
and treatment of situations.
Douhts It Could Be Offensive
The Green Room Club, as I under¬
stand, is an erganization composed of
leading actors, playwrights and pub
licists connected with the stage. It is
affiliated with the Actors' Order of
Friendship, which has been in exist¬
ence for orer half a century, and of
which Edwin Forrest, Edwin Booth,
Lawrence Barrett, Joseph Jefferson
and other eminent artists were mem¬
bers. I am informed that for nearly
twenty-five geurs it has been the cus
tom of the club to have one or two
annual dinners, followed by a perform¬
#nce given by and to its members and
guests. I am entirely certain that
these gentleien would not undertake
a production which is justly subject
tothe priticism of being “of a sala¬
cious and objectionable character.)
However, I do not desire to par¬
ticipate in any function which runs
counter to the susceptibilities and the
moral sentiments of any substantia
body in the community, whose motives
are entitled to respect, and, without
wishing to be understood as passing
upon the merits of the case, I purpose
oact accordingly in the present in¬
stance.
Libel Proceedings Begun
Criminal libel proceedings against
Mr. Sumner were started vesterday for
remarks he is alleged to have made in
a
letter asking for police action
against the performance of“Reigen.
Application for a summons for Mr.
Sumner was made before Magistrate
Ryttenberg in the West Side Court
vesterday by Harry Saks Neckheimer,
of 1540 Broadway, the club’s attorney.
Harry Reichenbach, a member of the
committee which is arranging the per¬
formance, made the complaint, which
was set over to this morning for fur¬
ther hearing.
Meanwhile preparations for the din¬
LEADING THEATBES AND
New Amsterdam Theatre at 3:
Mr. Summer deseribes Reigen' to
in his letter to Inspecter Bolan.
Mr. Reichenbach saw“ Reigen' when
it was presented in Berlin in May of
ast year. He admitted that there
wer: riots, but he said that the riot:
were started by students who could not
gain admittance because of the limited
capacity of the theater and not because
of any objections of the play.
N. Y. Symphony Forsakes
Futurists for Classics
Program at Carnegie Hall Ie
Featured hv Mme. Sigrid
Onegin as Soloist
No bait was offered to novelty seek
ers at yesterday afternoon’s concert of
the New York Symphony at Carnegie
Hall. Turning his back for the nonce
upon the futurists, Mr. Damrosch pre
sented no more revolutionary name
than Debussy on his list, and he is
rapidly becoming a classic. Mozart
Schubert, Beethoven and Liszt were
the others.
The soloist was Mme. Sigrid Onegin,
whose radiant personality and glorious
voice were, as always, a delight. An
air from Mozart’s" Titus' and three
Beethoven songs were her numbers, in
all of which she sang with beautiful
tone and expressiveness and won warm
applause
The principal orchestral number was
Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 in C, re¬
nowned for its “heavenly length.)
Its
suave beauty is undeniable and was
not obscured yesterday, but it was not
given with the pulsing rhythm and ac¬
cent that are needed to make its length
scem entirely heavenly.“ There were
times- wienstierensyngrase ##it flom
became cloying. The second movs:
ment was, however, delightfully done
and the whole met with a warm re¬
sponse.
The other orchestral numbers were
theAfternoon of a Faun'' and Hun¬
garian Rhapsody No. 1.
Chaplin’s First Sketch Quits
After 20 Years on Boards
From The Tribune’s European Bureau
Copyright, 1923, New Tork Tribune Inc.
LONDON, March 8.—After having
played at the music halls throughout
Britain continnously, except for a few
short intervals, for the last twenty
years,“ Humming Birds,) the sketch
which afforded Charlie Chaplin his first
stage part, has finally been withdrawn.
The sketch portrayed a'scene in an
old-time musie hall. Charlie took the
part of a drunken “toff“ in a box, and
it was in this role that he began to at¬
tract public attention.
TO-NICHT
WN F NTNRRDN DATN UT 2R
After chen Theatres
7
CORTEZ
and PESel
etthe
Ambassacor Grill
Park Abenne at Filprkrst Stiser
These Famous Continen¬
ta Artietes are presentins
themost vivid, pietur¬
esque, and emotional se¬
riesof novelty and societz
dancss ever seen in thia
comtry.
½ Ambnssador
Park Ausn#e al Fisthehrn Streer
SUOCEBSEB“
Wat 12
St. Cec
negie
Vork p.,
Society
was n0
Americ.
brough
Stock a
hearing
dered
Tne
sympho
and a
Mahler
chorus
siderab
Choral
course,
a length
period
utes' we
wouid
blessed
Charity,
To one
deadlz
becomin
fusion,
ength.
New
MATINE
THE
AMBASC
Tessa
Season's
A44ih:
MUS
SAL
With
49th :
Lau1s
PLAYR
BIGGES
TRI
BIJOU
Bepinning
Bros
the
74
Loute
BIJOU TH
23671
8
Al.
HERE!
LPLTMOL
NATION
00
N
Na.
SEA
REPL
ANNE
Slld v1.
LONCA
ETR
u
MORO
A SPLA
FLURL
JESSE L. I.,
Nothing,
great triale
the pion
serions American
lessons in act¬
the Moscow Art
ng an English
in the Russiar
ky, having been
edy wherein his
might display
nas, prescribed
arth“ as athe
S#characters of
e, preffered ad¬
ian acting, and
the play, is the
The
Theater.
h.“ being an item
*' Moscow reper¬
in Russia thanit
neient playgoers
hat once upon a
che Hearth’’ was
bouts as Abie'
practicing The
under the baton
ss Kathlene Me¬
R.*), Whitforc
mmett and Gil¬
of“ The Hero'
Nazimova in the
ey propose to
e Cricket on the
is and then to
e modest, won
band of intel!
ne of our more
s, such as Miss
Miss Winifred
tient with these
rth“ plans and
Still, we re
1.
that any Ameri¬
by contact with
ans. Among the
the Russians'
nat good actors
no doubt, for
play in.
Quits Mate
March 8.—Anita
ure actress, and
h Cameron, di
o disagree for a
art, Miss Stew.
a storyThe
ublished to-day.
ting a divorce,
sure my hus
no corespondent
none. If I ever
all make all the
motion picture
know the truth
heaters
ntKing Lear’
rtbis afternoon.
ar in Pasteur
Vlose to-morron
Street: Theater.
has been seen at
iday nicht.
vacation trip to
w at the Broad¬
en for the 250t
ently announced
Concert,“ sched¬
the Playhouse,
in of five Pullman
s will carry John
sical production.
4lo, where it „
lenter on Monday
hanged the titl
ion at the Biion
orker“' to h
der which it is
It opens next
he vandeville
TORK
S. 20IL.AST 3
W
Police From Performance
Otto Kahn will not attend the per
formance of“Reigen“ arranged for his
entertainment by the Green Room Club.
e will, however, lend his support to
the Green Room Club to the extent of
accepting the invitation to be present
at the dinner in his honor, which is
be held at the clun on Sunday night.
This is the interpretation which
Broadway set last night upon the letter
written by Mr. Kahn to John S. Sum¬
ner, superintendent of the Society for
the Suppression of Vice. In the con¬
cluding paragraph of this letter, which
is a reply to a letter protesting against
theReigen“ performance, addressed
to Mr. Kahn by Mr. Sumner, Mr. Kahn
writes:
#I do not desire to participate in anf
function which runs counter to the
susceptibilities and the moral senti¬
ments of any substantial body in the
community, whose motives are entitled
to respect, and, without wishing to be
understood as passing upon the merits
of the case, I purpose to act accord¬
ingly in the present instance.
Expected to Compromise
This outline of Mr. Kahn’s position in
the“Reigen“ controversy was accepted
last night by those nearest to the
situation as indicating that Mr. Kahr
would attend the dinner, the invitation
towhich he already has accepted, but
would exereise his individual privilege
of declining to be present at the per¬
formance which has been so harshly
criticized. Mr. Kahn declined to ex¬
press his intentions for publication.
A further development in the situa
tion yesterday was the announcement
that officials of the Green Room Club
had begun an action for erlminal libe
against Mr. Sumner.
he compt#r#sturt uf Nr. Kahn's iel¬
ter 15 Mr. Sumner is as follows:
beg to acknowledge receipt
vour letter of the 7th instant.
1 have not read the play to which
vou refer, and it was ouly a couple of
lays ago, upon my return from Flor¬
da, that I was informed that the din¬
ner to whichsthe Green Room Club
some weeks ago did me the honor of
nviting me, wasyto be followed by
A
performance at the Belasco Theater.
Vou will doubtless agree with me
that well intentioned persons may dif¬
fer as to the fitness of a play for pro¬
duction (especially when the occasion
is not a public one), the true test
being not so much the subject of the
lay, as its spirit, tendency, dialogue
and treatment of situations.
Douhts It Could Be Offensive
The Green Room Club, as I under¬
stand, is an erganization composed of
leading actors, playwrights and pub
licists connected with the stage. It is
affiliated with the Actors' Order of
Friendship, which has been in exist¬
ence for orer half a century, and of
which Edwin Forrest, Edwin Booth,
Lawrence Barrett, Joseph Jefferson
and other eminent artists were mem¬
bers. I am informed that for nearly
twenty-five geurs it has been the cus
tom of the club to have one or two
annual dinners, followed by a perform¬
#nce given by and to its members and
guests. I am entirely certain that
these gentleien would not undertake
a production which is justly subject
tothe priticism of being “of a sala¬
cious and objectionable character.)
However, I do not desire to par¬
ticipate in any function which runs
counter to the susceptibilities and the
moral sentiments of any substantia
body in the community, whose motives
are entitled to respect, and, without
wishing to be understood as passing
upon the merits of the case, I purpose
oact accordingly in the present in¬
stance.
Libel Proceedings Begun
Criminal libel proceedings against
Mr. Sumner were started vesterday for
remarks he is alleged to have made in
a
letter asking for police action
against the performance of“Reigen.
Application for a summons for Mr.
Sumner was made before Magistrate
Ryttenberg in the West Side Court
vesterday by Harry Saks Neckheimer,
of 1540 Broadway, the club’s attorney.
Harry Reichenbach, a member of the
committee which is arranging the per¬
formance, made the complaint, which
was set over to this morning for fur¬
ther hearing.
Meanwhile preparations for the din¬
LEADING THEATBES AND
New Amsterdam Theatre at 3:
Mr. Summer deseribes Reigen' to
in his letter to Inspecter Bolan.
Mr. Reichenbach saw“ Reigen' when
it was presented in Berlin in May of
ast year. He admitted that there
wer: riots, but he said that the riot:
were started by students who could not
gain admittance because of the limited
capacity of the theater and not because
of any objections of the play.
N. Y. Symphony Forsakes
Futurists for Classics
Program at Carnegie Hall Ie
Featured hv Mme. Sigrid
Onegin as Soloist
No bait was offered to novelty seek
ers at yesterday afternoon’s concert of
the New York Symphony at Carnegie
Hall. Turning his back for the nonce
upon the futurists, Mr. Damrosch pre
sented no more revolutionary name
than Debussy on his list, and he is
rapidly becoming a classic. Mozart
Schubert, Beethoven and Liszt were
the others.
The soloist was Mme. Sigrid Onegin,
whose radiant personality and glorious
voice were, as always, a delight. An
air from Mozart’s" Titus' and three
Beethoven songs were her numbers, in
all of which she sang with beautiful
tone and expressiveness and won warm
applause
The principal orchestral number was
Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 in C, re¬
nowned for its “heavenly length.)
Its
suave beauty is undeniable and was
not obscured yesterday, but it was not
given with the pulsing rhythm and ac¬
cent that are needed to make its length
scem entirely heavenly.“ There were
times- wienstierensyngrase ##it flom
became cloying. The second movs:
ment was, however, delightfully done
and the whole met with a warm re¬
sponse.
The other orchestral numbers were
theAfternoon of a Faun'' and Hun¬
garian Rhapsody No. 1.
Chaplin’s First Sketch Quits
After 20 Years on Boards
From The Tribune’s European Bureau
Copyright, 1923, New Tork Tribune Inc.
LONDON, March 8.—After having
played at the music halls throughout
Britain continnously, except for a few
short intervals, for the last twenty
years,“ Humming Birds,) the sketch
which afforded Charlie Chaplin his first
stage part, has finally been withdrawn.
The sketch portrayed a'scene in an
old-time musie hall. Charlie took the
part of a drunken “toff“ in a box, and
it was in this role that he began to at¬
tract public attention.
TO-NICHT
WN F NTNRRDN DATN UT 2R
After chen Theatres
7
CORTEZ
and PESel
etthe
Ambassacor Grill
Park Abenne at Filprkrst Stiser
These Famous Continen¬
ta Artietes are presentins
themost vivid, pietur¬
esque, and emotional se¬
riesof novelty and societz
dancss ever seen in thia
comtry.
½ Ambnssador
Park Ausn#e al Fisthehrn Streer
SUOCEBSEB“
Wat 12
St. Cec
negie
Vork p.,
Society
was n0
Americ.
brough
Stock a
hearing
dered
Tne
sympho
and a
Mahler
chorus
siderab
Choral
course,
a length
period
utes' we
wouid
blessed
Charity,
To one
deadlz
becomin
fusion,
ength.
New
MATINE
THE
AMBASC
Tessa
Season's
A44ih:
MUS
SAL
With
49th :
Lau1s
PLAYR
BIGGES
TRI
BIJOU
Bepinning
Bros
the
74
Loute
BIJOU TH
23671
8
Al.
HERE!
LPLTMOL
NATION
00
N
Na.
SEA
REPL
ANNE
Slld v1.
LONCA
ETR
u
MORO
A SPLA
FLURL
JESSE L. I.,
Nothing,
great triale
the pion