The Cambria Daily Leader

STAGE & STALLS The Felini'oel Dramatic Society pro- poso performing the Welsh drama Bed nu'r Proftwydi" at the Amman- ford Public Hall on Saturday, January 17th. Mr. Douglas Newman, a well known member of the Swansea Amateur Operatic Society, has recently taken over the duties of advertising man&ger to the Grand Theatre, Swansea. "G; psy I.Jove" nas done remarkably good business in Swansea this 'week. Tlie policy consistently adopted by Mr. T. Byrne, the manager of the Grand Theatre, of bringing only the best com- panies in the chief London successes to the town as again justified. :j(: Mr. Eugene St ration, who tops the bill at the Swansea Empire next week, hat; been nominated by the Committee of the Variety Artistes' Benevolent Fund and Institution as president- for the ensuing year, and he has consented to occupy this iinpoitont position. Sir J. M. Barrie's famous fantasy "Peter Pan," one of the most remark- able plays ever written, will be pro- duced at the Grand Theatre, Swansea. This will be its first visit to the' district. There are over sixty members in the company, two-thirds of whom are juveniles. The Welsh players will leave South- a.mpton on Wednesday next en route for New York, where they have been engaged to produce "Change," the new Welsh drama. It is not improbable that they will al&o produce "Little Miss Llewellyn there. Theiir first appear- ance before an American audience is awaited with great interest in theatri- cal circles. Those who saw "Oh, I Say" at the Grand Theatre, Swansea, must have been struck by the remarkable resem- blance, both in stature, feature, and style that Mr. Frederic Bentley (who played the leading role here) bore to Mr. J ames Welch. He is now deputis- ing Mr. Welch with great success at the Criterion, where the resemblance has been much commented on. ;X- >25-. A myrioraina without a, lecturer would be nothing. From the earliest days of the old Poole's Panorama, lie man who accompanied us on the won- derful journeys round the world, ncs always* been a prominent figure, Mr. George Beaumont who fills the role at the Albert Hall during this visit of Poole's, is very popular with the audi- ence, by whom his perfect enmink-aiinn and clever description is highly appre- ciated. # Continuing their tour of the world, the Qu;nlan Opera Company are leaving Australia for Canada, and the United States. On the return of the company to England next autumn, Mr. Quinlan will give a short season in the provinces, and will present in English Wagner's "Parsifal," D'Albert's, Tiefland,'>Und Ferrior's "Monna Vanna," in addition to the twcnty-nine operas already in the company's repertoire. Mr. William J. Sarauellj the Swansea baritone, is one of the pr'pcipals of tho company, and has achieved groat personal suc- cesses during the tour. I it dfc Mr. Ian Colquliduu. ii-lio plays the I innkeeper in "Gipsy Love," is the possessor of a magnificent bass voice. He has often appeared at the Swansea Empire, singing patriotic songs. He appeared in pantomime twenty years ago as "Demon King" in "Dick Whit- tington," in Leeds, and some years later at the London Alhambra, intro- duced Lesafte Stuart's famous number "Soldiers of the Queen." His principal hobby is gardening, and he is also the inventor of a patent mangle, which in the space of thirty seconds can be turned intif a most useful table. Pro- fessionally, he has never ;bc-eil heard to better advantage than in his present part. t The host of friends which Mr. Frank Gallagher made when he acted as assis- tant manager of the Swansea Empire. will be pleased to learn that ho hap been appointed manager of the Pontar- dawe Pavilion, and will commence hip duties on Monday. Mr. Grahame Jacob, manager of the Yfitalyfera Play- house, has been appointed manager of the Carlton in Swansea, and lie will be succeeded by Mr. Charles Booth, who is now manager of tho Pavdion. Mr. Gallagher wastin Swansea for six years. Since leaving Swansea lie has acted as manager for Mr. Wallfcer Melville, after which he identified himself with the Fred Karno sketch companies. He has also been connected with picture shows in the North of England. Mr. Galla,- gher is a Prime of the R.A.O.B., and was given a hearty reception at the Dr. Logan Dahne Lodge (Alltwen), and Dyffryn Tawe Lodge (Pontardawe) on Monday and Wednesday eveall-uas re- spectively. WHAT'S ON NEXT WEEK. Pantomime production of more than the ordinary magnitude and importance may be looked for this year at Sw-aii- sea, when Mr. Leslie Moireton and Mr. Guyton Heath present at the Grand Theatre on iUonday next their (Am&t- mas pantomime, The Babes in the Wood," which has had a successful season at Woolwich. A splendid com- pany has been engaged, the scenery, comprising nine beiuiulul stage pic- tures, is really exquisite; the costumes are unique examples of richness of material, skilful colour blending, and eloquence of design. The music has been selected with care by that ex- perienced chef d'orghestre, Chevalier le Grand, who lias embodied in his score a. u umber of the most successful melodies. What would a pantomime be without its principal boy and girl, and where could finer ideas of both be found than. in Bold Rob Hood and Maid Marian f The oast includes Miss Olive Sparke, a sprightly "Robin Hood." She i,s ttn accomplished vocal- ist, actress and dancer, and possesses great personal charm. In Mitsw Kath- leen Severn as "Ma.id Marion" will be -iound a. pleasing foil for Miss Sparke. Miss Severn is a well-known musical comedy leading lady, with a dainty method and piquant style. The wicked uncle, otherwise the "Baron," bad and bold," will be played by the well-known eccentric comedian, Mr. Sinclair Holden. Tho "BaroncKs" will be Mr. John Geran t, a trufy suitable represen- ta,tiv^ It is given to a few oomedians to play a pantomime dame without dis- playing some (slight vulgarity. It may be safely said Mr. Gerant is one of the few. Mr. Kennedy Allen, the producer and stage manager, will play the part of "William tho Page." Ho has a world-wide reputation as one of the mast successful laughter makers of the day. For the two robbers we naturally look for a goodly share of the fun of the pantomime. There is considerable moaiurc of aatisfaction in learning that Messrs. Hiaa-ry Cooper and Charles Piston have b<!en engaged for these parts. For the aU-important part of the Un bes, a, veritable capture has been Miss Dorothy Edwards of LibHe Peter in "Passers By" fame will play "Jackie," and Miss Lydia Williams will play "Rosi(& Finer exponents :>t juvenile parts than these two children do not exist. Miss Marguerite Ooaiah plays the Fiumy Queen Miss Lilian Burwood, the retloubtabie Will Scar- let, and Mr. H. Spawson as Jolly Friar Tuck. Them will be a. special matinee on Thursday and Saturday for children at reduced prices. Miss Olive Sparke, Who plays "Robin Hood" in the "Babes in the Wood" pantomime. Tho attraction at the Theatre RoyaJ, Swansea next week is to be one of con- siderable interest. Cliarles Reade.'s g'-eat novel, "It's never too lato to mend," is to btl" presented in drama- tised form. Mr. Melville is responsible for the produciuioM, which emsuaes a good sound production. The play I brings to the front each character in this remarl able story with cc-iiiiiieiiil- able accuracy, and amongst the lajgo | Glst of Ixiiidon artistes .oilJy en gaged we find cur old favourites, Mr. Harry Collingwood, and Mr. Francis Fverard. It is well-known that tho j author of "It's never too late to mend" was the mefUlS (through his book), of bringing to light the ugly and cruel practices carried on in our prisons at that time, and undoaibtedly the publi- cation of the book and the subsequent j production of the work on thr- stage at Drury Lane, were the means of bring- i in,fr sibout a complete i-e.|ormati^iTi. Little need be said about the staging, of the play, except that it will be (ion in true Melville fashion, correct in every dtail. each Beene a masterpiece of stage craft, and each character will be givot-i a correct impersonal ion. # » Memories of melodious coon songs and wonderful dancing will be revived by the announcement ot another visit to the Swansea Empire of Mr. Eugene Stratton, the famous negro comedian. He has for years past'occupied a niche of his own in popular favour, and he is not likely to be easily displaced. He will be heard in several new songs, but he will allSo include some of the old ones which helped to gain for him the affeetiou of audiences all over the world. The popular comedian relatey an amusing story concerning a recent appearance he madfJ at one of the jmpires in a certain big town in the North. Near the h^H WR>Sčt cOOJs-sl"fP, and one morning as Mr. Stratton and some of the other performers were' standing outsjjle the stage-door, the proprietor strolled across in a leisurely manner, and casually said: "I say, Stratton, yon might come across this afternoon and sing a song or two to the! missus and and have a cup o' tea. We never go t'Empire!" Mr. Stratton. i who has been blacking his face for 42 years, is the man who introduced the I coon song into the music-hall. Before he went on the variety stage, in 1892.; he wag Moore and Burgess's principal corner man. Other important engage-! ments for next week include Molly' Wells, the chic comedienne, who will tie j assisted by her author-composer, Frank Ma-yban; Jock Whiteford, the versatile II Scottish comedian Alfred H. Went, tIle. famous patrol pianist; 11 That Boy Pam,' a clever juvenile entertaineil; Ross and Lewis; and Happy Tom Parker. I m At the Castle Cinema. on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, a. splendid programme will be screened, Among the star films the following will be in- cluded: "A Shroud of Silolv," a stir- ring Russian drama in two parts. Baulked of his life's desire, the for- gotten lover on his return exacts a ter- rible revenge of the woman who hais de- ceived him. He begs hn to take one last sleigh drive with him. She con- sents, and together they drivC for miles then lie turns his horses into the great forest, and abandons her amongst the snowdrifts. She screams for mercy, but he gives her none, and alone, out in that great wil dea-ness, she meets death in her shroud of snow. When Brothere go to War" is tlia title of a splendid drama, portraying a &tory of a brother's self-sacrifice. A captain leairns that his mother is dying, but fiiido3 con- solatioji ill his brother's sweetheart. whom he marries. When tho i-notber; dies she leaves all her property to the captain, and to her other son an old amber crfts. Later, in a war, the j captain and his troop aire captured b\ his brother's army, and he is condemued ? W l if?'ll the eldei- to be shot. Howevei*. when tlie elder brot her learns of his brother's plight, he aifls him to escape, and, taking his place before the firing party, pays the j penalty of his action. The Silent Warning" is a thrilling Kalem drama A wonderfully clever Vitagraph novelty is Extremities," played by hands and | foot in an extremely ingenious manner Billy Boy as a )Tec Y' is a very enter- taining comedy, featuring a. very elever juvenile actor. IV]fHm Wants a Quiet Slcan." a fine comic, played by M. Prince, and Pathe's Animate] Gazette and Topical Cartoons" are amongst other excellent films. e A film of considerable liistoris inter- est will be shown at the Oxford Electric Theatre on Monday, Tuesday and Wed- nesday next The story is entitled. Jowphine a nmgni&o&ntly staged drama by the famous Film D'art Co., of Paris. Many o ftho principal actors from the Ive-t Parisian theatres take part in the drama, the acting being of a standard of excellence. Other pictures of interest will be "The Rail- road Detective's Dilemma," a stirring nin exceptionally amtisiuig film by C\-Coryf,c)nallv fdni by charming comedy by FI-iEoli Omil minds the step," a comic pioture by Gaumont and "All on account of Daii-y," a siide-aplitting comedy by Lubin. Tliere will be an entire change of programme on Thursday, Friday a.nd Saturday.

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THE. HOME CORNER] (By MARGARET MURBAI,.) I I was to be photographed. Ordin- arily it is an Qrdeal that I dislike, for I have never had a really successful re- sult. By successful I do not mean that I want to look nice-looking: the camera only pourtrays what is before it, but I do want to look other than a fawn in- tsipidity. Its no use; being fair, I in- variably come out as a neutral drab negative photograph without vitality or intelligence. But this time I took hope. I was going to a photographer who Willi an arti-st, and also a woman. The boy was also to be photographed in a page's satin suit he had. We were to be re- splendent, I in my fine-st feathers, and he in his fancy dress. We arrived ■breathless, anticipatory and somewhat vain of the success mv hour's prepara- tion had produced My friend hurried towards us in a gown that looked like a modification of a Grecian tunic. "So good of you to come," rbh6 murmured. "It won't take vou long to get ready dear, will it." X let my cloak elip from me to reveal my very latest fi-ock-it isliiny thing in blue satin—my chef d'oeuvre" as it were. She gazed over it. "Very sweet, dear," she said, "off with it." I looked at her in astonishment. She pushed me into the dressing-room, and helped my astounded self to dis- robe. "Shiny satins never make the skin look nice," she commented. "It's a mistake women make. They don't study the effect of the material on the skin: Something white, soft and filmy is. best. It softens and doesn't give the date of the photograph awav. Hard materiaLs snoil the tone of the photo. Besides, women don't need to be photo-, graphed figure length. Its never suc- cessful unless they are in fancy dress. So few stand well, or let their hands fall naturally. A white neck rising out of a tulle bei-t-be, a half-tender, half- smiling expression, and hair not too tsever?y arranged—-th&&o things make 61 e f y th4,ng,% ma k e for a I)ict-ure- # By this time I was in a isoft white loose gown, and she was deftly pinning a draping of musliny sttiff vound the curves of my shoulders. There was an artificial rose fastened in front; a ribbon in my usually tidy hair was tied at the side, and thus prepared I was told to sit with my back to the camera. "Turn your head to the left and say brush,' was the next com- mand. Thjs done, I wa.s taken after- wards full face. "Say brush' again," I was ordered. Then I was free. "Why 'brush'?" I asked.. "Because the sound opens the Hps to the best advantage; relieves them of a strained look, and the occupation of saying something takes away the know- ledge that the sitter is being photo- graphed." She was very unwilling to take the boy in his page's suit, but did it to oblige me "Now into this tunic," she cried, "and trundle this barrow across the room. Stop when I say and look at me." With ruffled hair and socks all anyhow the lad went off, looked up half laughingly a,s s he called out to him, with the result that that photograph is a living representation of the child, whilst the fancy dress onu pourtraya him as a wooden doll. Take the children naturally," she said. Mothers bring them here in thoir best clothes. I take a sitting to please them, then by d/eprees persuade their mothers to sHed their clothes till they are practically in their birthday dress. Then give them something mischievous to do and you get a reaj photo/' "Should women make up to be photo- graphed?" I aftkeiL her. "It all depends," sko said, Powder, for in- stance, tones down the shiny hard skin, a little carbon pencilling brings out the eyebrows of a too fair wom?i. whilst a little carmine MakDs the I;p6 full and wft lookIng. Don't be grim. Don't emile too much, Both are unre&I. Actresses as a rule make up to be photographed because the public wants to buy them as they know them in the limelight, not m they are really. The effect of the make-up is to hide defect's and to accentuate good points, but for a, woman who wants to be shown a8 she really i-S, make-up is not necessary. Any touching-up the photographer will do—often too flatteringly, we are told by the friends of our clients—but never by the clients, themselves." What am I to do with my girls ? j| Isn't this tho cry that many mothers utter to-day ? Semibiy, they decide their daughters must cam their o*n Jiving. The old fallacy of repressing the J girl's nature through keeping her from contact with the practical facts of the work-a-day world is exploded. Girls no longer need stay at home, working patiently as underpaid servants, whilst waiting for .4 man to come along WIlD will graciously condescend to marry them. Girls now-a-days claim as their heritage tha right to maintain them- selves, and to work shoulder to shoulder with men for their bread. Gradually, all branchoj are being opened out to them. A modest, capable girl can fill any situation, and command not only a good solary but respect for herself and praise for the worth of her work. The 1 ordinary channels are already over- crowded. An ambitious girl is not con- I tent with being a typist, a shop girl, unless in its higher stages, or 4-1 nursery governess, who one day is ranked with the servauits and the next day patron- ised by the family. Of course, we always have the teaching profession— well paid, with good holidays, but much too hnrd work except for the mentally alert and physically strong. Nursing c"Ms for special adaptability, patience, and sympathy. It is poorly i paid afterwards, and few holidays. t With capital, you can strika out as zin architect, or set upas a doctor women can cure bodies but by law cannot yet in England practice as lawyers. You have in your own town a successful example of an ambitious om-tiiiiie designer, whilst of course lady tele- graphists are numerous. This worK is nafcber nerve trying, and, us the hours are irregular for meals, unsuitable, except for .,he robust and those A-:th excellent digestive systems, i But have you ever thought of being a lady sanitary inspector ? This branca its net overcrowded. The entrance ex- arninatioa is quite easy. I guarantee that any average girl trained at our local Municipal Secondary School could pass it without special preparation. A knowledge of hygienic laws relating to ordinary living is necessary, whilst several Acts ot Parliament formed the only work which I had to learn outside my ordinary school curriculum when I prepared for the examination. The hours are regular; the pay good—as good and better Than many grades of teachers. Presently promotion will be possible through an additional examina- tion and report of good work. Thot-e who have influence can get their daughters promote-d: rapidly; in lact, J the plums of the lady inspectorships go by ciloice and not by examination. These persons are, however, situated at London, and act as inspectors over the ( general-staffs. Lady factory inspectors I, ana 8chool nurses are also being wanted, but in a qualified nursing institution or hospital is required for the latter. I am sure our courteous head sanitary inspeotor would be ciiy too pleased to give iiiformi»twi to any parent who had a. capable daughter of eighteen for whom she is anxious to find a suitable profession. A letter direct to the authorities in London would also bring you not only the information you require, but a list of towns with the date., of the next and future examinations. I have net the address by me, but any good directory would give it to ycn. Of course, children's parties and fancy drens balls are prevalent now. But they cost money. If women would only be satisfied to clothe tlie little ones in frocks in which they could romp to their hearts' desire without fear of destroying their costuntes, the children Avoula be happier, and the ;parents considerably richer in pocket; but women do not team to be able to outgrow the petty habit of outvieing each otrier. 'I'lieir children must have the finest cjothes, their houses must be the grandest, and thela, own clothes the ■ most costly. It is this contemptible coulp<titiou for outward show which partially kills the heme Ife, for it b,ii,rs nothing but trouble, debts, and somet'mes serious sickness for the j ovei burdened husband. To return to our parties. A lady is sending her little girls to a dance in costumes which cost her practically nothing. They are dark, elfish children, and the mother has decided they shall go a.s j Early BritonsOIla as a girl and the other as a boy. Parted hair hangs down roughly over merry, brown eyes. A little short brown petticoat is on the girl. All the clothes are pulled off one shoulder, the brown neck and shoulder being quite bars, Thrown ovor the other shoulder is a small foot rug from the bedroom—soinething like a largo hare or fox. You see them in any shop from Is. IUd. upwards. The legs, feet, and arms are devoid of cover except for quaint paintings in blue, I-ed, and yellow on the skin. These designs come off easily if grease paint is rubbed on the skin first. Bundles of twigs carried under the arms finish a most picturesque, cheap, and unique costume. A different arrangement of the rug for the boy, more definite and larger markings on the chest, and any quaint ehaned implement made in cardboard and pointed lead colour, with, wooden handle would do. If fear lS felt for the. bar.e feet, small sandals I 'CiCfth or plaited straw could be worn. After the surfeit of expensively-dressed similarly-costuored children, these two look natural, striking, and thoroughly Jw ppr, for they literally have nothing on to spoil, and the little expensive ¡ adjuncts of shoes, stockings, gloveg, and hair ribbon^ are avoided.