Even Mr. odd moments 'Op o' Me Thumb, as and looks as tnougb he might have ashamed of me! But I don't blame The play is said to be well written be seen by many people. Amanda had once styled herself, would been a handy man about a fish market him. I'd 'a' been ashamed of a little and contains a great deal of local at- Clyde Fitch's reputation as a play- - inch THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL." take the shirt from Its shelf, unwrap it or a first class plumbing establishment. 'Op- o" Me Thumb like me, I guess, if mosphere of the most pleasing sort. It wright is not proof against sixteen - ' ' "THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. and gaze fondly at it for long intervals. After a, few minutes, however," Green-smit- h I'd 'a' been somebody else." has been equipped with unusually ef- dramatic shell failures. One Saturday before a bank holiday, softens and Invites Amanda to go Arthur Byron appears as Mr. Green-smit- h. fective and expensive settings. The headed -' when Celeste and the rest had departed driving with him on the bank holiday. Mr. Byron is realistic. All the cast engaged is a strong one, by , . Albert Chevalier.t Edward after dilating on the good time they Her trouble 'worli, disconsolate little deaf people in the audience sit up and Morgan. I dropped in at the Circle theater a were to have oh the following Monday, face and she chat- look happy as he lets loose his lines' It seems quite the practice nowadays brightens instantly, a to a initial In few nights ago to have another look at ADA REHAN who should appear in Mme. Dldier's ters gleefully about the surprise she with what the horsemen would term give play its performance Albert Chevalier. This unexcelled im- - IN but Horace Greensmlth will give her arch enemies. Her joy, "no recall" start. The other members the particular section of the country dis- laundry deal. personator of eccentric types has like that of most of the rest of us, is of the company (they all do well) are,1 with which the story happens to covered the secret of success. This se- cret Is summed up in the following CLASSIC PLAYS legend: "Keep on improving. Don't lei well enough alone." Chevalier has been on the stage doing the same things long STORY OF "'OP O' ME THUMB." enough to wear out his welcome undei "A GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA." ordinary conditions. But he is mora popular than ever. The people that laughed at him and wept with him ten years ago are doing the same today. From Our New York Dramatic Corre- of the fact that she is a penniless or- Why? Because, while excellent enough spondent. phan, has a mission in the world. She a decade ago to "get the money," ha A DA REHAN'S revival of classic conveniently gives her associates, Clem, has not failed to add little touches here lk plays at the Liberty theater Celeste and Rosie Jordan, fellow starch and there that make "Dear Old Dutch," Is one of the well patronized "Old Kent Road" and "Mrs. 'Enry 'Aw-kin- s" features of the hour. Miss seem even better than ever. Rehan opened here with the AugustHn Daly version of "The Taming of the Strange, but True. Shrew" and followed with "The School It is strange, but nevertheless true; For Scandal." that an actor who scores a success bj In "The of the Shrew" Miss reason of a certain kind of acting will Taming or fiv Rehan repeated her artistic success of a often be "roasted" severely four year ago, when with Otis Skinner as years later when ne duplicates to th co-st- ar the- most minute point the original per- she at the Lyric - appeared ' "7- 7' formance. is be- ater in several Shakespearean revivals. 2 Why this? Simply cause standards of criticism have im- This season Miss Rehan has Charles a 1 .Richman as her support. This 7 firs &e&rk sm proved during those four or five years principal iijtPi the not. still capable actor, whose starring venture i& and actor has He stood last year finished disastrously for him- while the critics and the public went self and managers, appears entirely at Scene from "'Op o'MeDwmb! ahead. Perhaps the actor would ay: home in the difficult roles apportioned "There! People deride what they to him. 7S used to praise back in 1895. The publio doesn't know what it wants, and it will Miss Rehan's Best Role? "Mrs. of never be haopy till it gets it. . I gave a Wiggs the Cabbage Patch" of Bob Acres Miss Rehan is also to revive "The was given its inaugural in Louisville, performance just exactly A f now as I gave it in Chicago during the Merchant of Venice" before spring. because the famous cabbage patch war. I move admirers are of s located in the suburbs of the of Spanish made every single Her the opinion that llE City as I did then, I am Colonels. Now we have "A Gentleman tonight just yet . her playing of Portia is quite the best silence where I then ' thing she has ever done. From Indiana" slated to open In the greeted by got in ad- of Indiana. Several more in- deafening applause." In Miss Rehan's company are, capital his words the actor convicts him- dition to Mr. Richman, Oliver Byron, stances might be given. Possibly the By box office man can true self. He repeated after several years William Redmund, Fulton Russell and give the expla- a identical one ol Miss Fola La Follette, daughter of the Fola La nation of the matter. performance with Fol- Follette years before. Therefore he has become governor of Wisconsin. Miss La ns one of those monotonous ma-chi- lette made her debut with Miss Rehan. The Late Mrs. Gilbert and tiresome, ;; "Granny."' actors in other words, a some -- living She has ability and will doubtless I It is a fact not generally known that automaton. There are scores of 'era improve. s;All ;7 the late- Mrs. Gilbert did not appear in too. vf these days The supporting company as a whole and sal soda experts, opportunities to "Granny," the play she was using when Is fair, but not one that induces lauda- shine as leading exponents of the con- "1 she died, in the ordinary way. The tory hysteria. versational art of which low bred fem- truth of the matter Is that her manager, A Reminder. inine witticism is a branch. Amanda's Charles Frohman, presented "Granny" By the way, do not forget about Chev- "'Op o' Me Thumb." life is made unbearable by their bully-ing- s. to Mrs. Gilbert as a testimonial in rec- alier. He will not get the automaton It is not often that one sees so effec- They have admirers who fre- ognition of her long career in his com- habit if he lives to be eighty-seve- n. He tive a bit of acting as that of Maude quently take them out for holiday trips. panies. All the profits from the play has kept pace with this rapidly advanc- Adams in a little one act play which Amanda, minus these valued adjuncts, were the property of Mrs. Gilbert. In ing world as few other actors have done, she now uses as an afterpiece for "The fills the void by telling a fictitious story addition, Mr. Frohman bought the play yet he is not even in the "legit." How- Little Minister." about a certain Mr. Horace Greensmith - as as Lady Teazle outright from Clyde Fitch. As "Gran- ever, he may be soon. He was once in The playlet in question is entitled who had showered jewels and promises Portia School ny" was only to run twenty weeks, it "straight" drama with John Hare, and 'Op o' Me Thumb." Frederick Fenn upon her. Mr. Greensmith had left a 'Merchant of Venice for Scandal has been stated that Mr. Frohman had Chevalier says he has in his trunk a and Richard Bryce, ' Englishmen, are shirt (a linen shirt) uncalled for for to pay Mr. Fitch a price higher than play in which he thinks he can make a the authors. Charles Frohman two or three months. When he returns, the seems that it is a sac- success. picked so L AS KATHERINE ordinary. It up the piece on his last trip to London. Amanda would say, "Notice how Amanda becomes Ethel Winthrop, May Galyer, Margaret rifice for a playwright of Mr. Fitch's Chevalier is again touring the United " I will be treated." almost speechless TAMING OF THE SHREW He will In 'Op o' Me Thumb" Miss Adams grandly with joy, and by degrees she manages Gordon and Violet Rand. prominence to write a play for a fair States. remain here until plays the role of Amanda Afflick, a to tell Greensmith how he had figured sum of money unless the author is spring, giving his enjoyable impersona- poorly fed little (of course she is little That Precious Shirt. in the life of the laundry. Greensmith, "A Gentlemarr From Indiana." guaranteed that the production will be tions of unique characters. if Miss Adams plays her) worker in a In the meantime Amanda would wash with all the scorn of boisterous young short lived, for "Mr. Horace," as she Booth Tarkington's successful book, kept on the boards a stipulated length laundry in a poverty stricken neigh- and iron the priceless souvenir every manhood, tells Amanda that she is a terms the his "A Gentleman From Indiana," has been of time. It is certainly lucky for Mr. visitor, finally changes some re- borhood in London. day, although Greensmith did not fool and is highly indignant at her pre- mind and leaves her abruptly. dramatized by the author, and the play Fitch's reputation that of his Amanda ('Op o' Me Thumb), In spite know that such a girl existed. During sumption. He is of the laboring type "Oh," she sobs, pitifully, "he was will be produced in Indianapolis. cent plays did not last long enough to 1

' to It is all very well to make an asser- ner, Parker, Egeberg, Piening, Par-dell- o, arm and possibly grapevine one of the wrestlers, and they all know how or a Bothner. When combating a tion that jiu jitsu from a strictly com- Leonhardt or the Cuban Wonder Jap's legs. Again, the Jap must come avoid it. Against a novice it works to trained athlete the jiu jitsu man has a to box- so to his The attacker an op- far different customer than when he 1 petitive viewpoint is inferior would simply continue the upward close opponent that the latter perfection. grips ing and wrestling and to let it stand movement of the arm as Mr. Jap raised could dexterously execute a leg trip. ponent's near arm, turns his back to his experiments with an overfed and un- for what it is worth. Columbus said it and, with a sudden swing that no one This would tlrow the latter oft his bal- victim, draws the arm up under his derworked policeman- - or .with a blond-haire- jiu jitsuT1 that the earth was round and was call- could withstand" "under the circum- ance, leaving a favorable opening. armpit and presses the hand (palm up) dry goods clerk. ed a fool. Proof must always be ad- stances, would encircle the attacker's over his (the attacker's) forearm. By Many Holds Arm Breaker vanced in favor of an assertion that in- neck with a chancery hold before the The Fighting Hand. forcing the hand downward a painful A Talk With an Expert. credulous people may deride, and, hap- Adam's apple, blow 'had halfway reach- The wrist breaker cannot be execut- strain can be caused, making the vic- The writer had a long talk recently pily for the writer, evidence of the in- ed its mark, or he would drop the mo- ed on a clinched fist unless the owner tim willing to follow in any direction with Higashi, reputed to be the clever- C U feriority of jiu jitsu in the sense men- ment the wrist was grasped and secure of the latter is woefully weak. It is desired. The method of obtaining this est jiu jitsu expert now in the United (Tn And Others tioned is had.. arm. States. He it was who trounced Explained readily a waist hold with, the free The Ajax, simple dropping of the chin would pre- the champion strong man of the Great- vent the intended blow. a good er New York police department, which 1 An Important Jiu Jitsu Trick. Surely wrestler can drop his chin two inches numbers upward of 15,000 men.: WRESTLING We will now consider various of the "How did throw asked. holds and show that before even a wiryj lightning quick Jap you Ajax?" I leading jiu jitsu sends a hand- - a distance of at least "Oh, I go up to him, an' I take my they would not prevail over a master of I " or three feet! What would the boxer do? hold, an' say, 'Now I have got you.' European American styles of self "Did he to from get- defense. First we will talk of the ma- He would simply, bring his free fist try prevent you ' IU JITSU. the mas- around in front of his body as the jiu ting the hold?" Japanese mode of sprang. Hundreds of Japs were neuver in which the Jap steps to one no. He let me it. self defense, is a ters of the as as 200 be- an jitsu man grasped his other wrist and "Oh, get Then he occupying art early years side, grasps opponent's near wrist, in break it. He could no break an" wonderfully prominent position fore Christ. Indisputable evidence of forces it out to the side at a angle deliver a powerful jolt the latter's try it, in mer right solar plexus, which must necessarily I throw him hard, because he get mad the sporting world. Its the truth of this statement is had in to his upright body and with his (the me. I no mad ever. I let its and alleged demerits have been sub- ancient now in free hand strikes a violent blow be "wide open." Furthermore, remem- at get other manuscripts possession Jap's) ber that in order to reach nec- man get mad always. I try to make to an amount of the point -- jected discussion that ef the mikado of Japan. Furthermore, on the victim's Adam's apple. For, the him so. That ne. When he lose indicates strikingly the great interest any one who knows anything about jiu sake of argument admit that the Jap essary for the obtaining of the prelim- help taken in is well inary wrist hold the Jap must, beyond head he is easy." by the public this importation jitsu aware that it includes was quick enough to step to either side - all come of the lis ' 7-r- from the."warrior factories" of the mi- holds are used of his to the question, within range r x many that by every opponent and get wrist or wres- V There's the Rub." kado. wrestler of today, holds that are allow- hold. (That is a concession, however.) boxer's right left fist. Also the "Aye! The burden of comment on able in are Also he is able to tler would have ample opportunity to j.- The solution of the jiu jitsu problem jiu jitsu, every way. Examples the admit that straighten the for a lies in the last remarks of or, as the Japanese say, jujit, has to do arm lock, the flying mare, the back the arm with but one hand (another drop at Jap's legs either leg the Jap. with relation to wres- cross waist back a like or crotch hold. This combination waist Ajax let him get his grip, a sort of Lan- its boxing and heave, buttock, hold, concession). Now, wrestler and neck blow is one cashire tling and with the probable result of a heel and arm and leg grapevines. Gotch, Jenkins, Hackenschmidt. Both- - grip considered of style strangle, and then Higa- contest the most effective in jiu jitsu. shi downed him. Getting the grip is in which a jiu jitsu expert op- or posed either a boxer or a wrestler. I the litle joker that makes mars the am now to contest Another Maneuver. entire system. Not one Jap in a hun- referring a in deadly dred will be able to obtain his desired earnest, one in which each man sought Another popular movement with the to disable his hold on a first class boxer or wrestler antagonist; not a mere Japs is to grasp a man's coat fapels without the exhibition bout, such as has formed the with both hands, implant either foot repeated trials, and by basis of time he does get it he will be in no con- discussion of late. against his abdomen and fall back on dition to use the floor, dragging the victim with him it advantageously. over It is interesting to note the opinions A Thorough Investigation. head first and throwing him the of famous masters of self defense: The writer has made an impartial in- Jap's head. In the first place, neither a vestigation of has seen native boxer nor a wrestler wears a coat in a jiu jitsu, bout or'a, either. The would What Jenkins Says. Japs execute all the holds and more jersey Jap Tom wres- complicated maneuvers included in the have nothing to grasp but smooth, Jenkins, science for is as rounded muscles. Furthermore, the tling champion, says: jiu jitsu indeed much "Jiu is no match for of a science as fencing and has stud- Jap could not overcome a wrestler even jitsu. wrestling ied if the latter had on street clothes. As at any stage of the game. Few of the carefully books and magazine and best holds can be obtained when a man newspaper articles galore. The con- the jiu jitsu demonstrator reached for- Is ward Mr. Wrestler would simply drop is in action. The Jap would lose in clusion arrived at that either a wres- nine matches out of ten." tler or a boxer of recognized like a cat, seize the Jap's legs, pin his ability knees together and roll him around the would prove superior to the cleverest Bothner. jiu jitsu expert that ever ate a bowl of block if necessary. The boxer would George rice or drank a cup of sake. knock away the hands and jab the Jap George Bothner, world's champion under the car or on the jaw. Any ath- lightweight wrestler, says: "I'd to Has lete would be quick enough to knock like get hold of a crackajack Jiu Jitsu Merit, But away the foot projected into the stom jiu jHsu man. I've studied the game, Do not misunderstand me. There is a ach or to kick from under the Jap the and I'd take chances with any of them. great deal of merit in jiu jitsu. I have foot resting on the floor. Suppose for I'd come pretty near killing a jiu jitsu talked with men of national sporting argument's sake that a Jap caught a expert in ten minutes. I won't make fame who have said: "Jiu jitsu? Huh! somnolent wrestler and drew him head any restrictions. The Jap that takes A fake pure and simple. The Japs over first in a merry somersault to the floor. THE" JIU JITSU NECK BLOW A COUNTER AND A STOP FOR IT. me on will have my permission to break here have got the American public 'on What would the wrestler do? He would any of my bones that come handiest to the run.' Fake, fake, fake! The peo- give himself an added swing while in To block the above maneuver the defensive man can easily put up his free him if he can do it. I'm ready with a ple will 'come to life' before long, and midair, much to the Jap's surprise, and hand (in this case his left) and ward off the attacking hand as it moves toward good Side bet at any time." it will be a case of 'back, back, back,' gather momentum sufficient to carry his neck, or he can duck his head sharply to either side, thus avoiding the not to Baltimore, but to Japland for the jujit man over the wrestler in turn. stroke, or he can lunge forward and deliver a body blow with his left. He Wrestled In Japan. theirs." The uses of the principles of nonresist-anc- e Gus Johnson, champion middleweight That sort of talk is unreasonable and are as familiar to wrestlers as to wrestler of "I no useful In a practical way only when hold is such as any wrestler or boxer Germany: spent four extravagant. Jiu jitsu is fake in jiu jitsu cracks. combined with a twist of an opponent's could circumvent. The attacker leaves years in Japan meeting the best of any sense. In its own particular sphere chin. In this case the man himself to several their wrestlers. I couldn't a match is As a means over- jiu jitsu open grips, blows, get it unequaled. of Wrist Breakers, Etc. leaves his legs and waist entirely un- blocks and counters. with a jiu jitsu man at any price. I powering a slow moving person, no The wrist arm breakers and A wrestler would Jiu state is a know I could defeat any one of them. matter how er he breakers, protected. instantly jitsu experts that there strong heavy may be, shoulder dislocators are easy to com- see the advantage offered. In fact, a spot in the back of the neck which they If they were allowed to use all their it cannot be approached by either box- bat. It is noticeable that every one of great fault in the Japanese science is hit and cause either instant death or tricks I' could use the strangle, and I ing or wrestling, but when a jiu jitsu these movements requires the use of the lack of attention paid to the lower prolonged insensibility. Doctors say or any other good man could slap one man enters the roped arena with either both hands in 6f Like Greco-Roma- n blow affects the ob- of the on a as or their execution, while part the body. that this medulla strangles Jap quick as a boxer a wrestler of ability that is but one hand or one arm is attacked. wrestlers, the sons of the mikado do not longata, which, being supersensitive, he could spring an arm breaker or a Another story. Therefore the Jap must suffer the dis- seem to look below a man's waist line like all nerve centers, cannot withstand neck twist." advantage of facing one free hand, for points to attack. A wrestler thor- accentuated shocks. Well, the writer is Jiu Jitsu Oldest of All. which a clever opponent could put to oughly familiar with catch as catch can willing to offer a liberal reward for Hughey Leonard's Defi. t Other men, in addition to crying fake, good service. When the Jap attempts methods (all well known mat experts the name of any first class wrestler or Hugh Leonard, wrestling instructor have said that jiu jitsu is merely a sys- to break an arm he grasps the wrist are) spends as much time in develop- boxer who would let an opponent get of the New York Athletic club: "Jiu made of old one use of his both in offense behind if terms of do tem up wrestling tricks THE FAMOUS JIU JITSU ARM BREAKER HOW TO BLOCK with hand, straightens the arm ing the legs, him, the the bout jitsu won't against a clever wrestler. that have been discarded as foul by outward and at the same time pulls it and in defense, as he does in studying permitted blows of a description nec- I am willing to go on the mat right latter day mat authorities. Never was AND HOW TO COUNTER IT. up and brings his remaining hand the use of his arms and trunk. essary to affect the nerve center under away with the best Jap arm breaker to ; a more ridiculous statement made in sharply down under the elbow. While consideration. Foot work itself would be had. Jiu jitsu was never meant to the history of sport, and I have heard When an opponent seeks to break an elbow joint in the manner shown in doing this Jeffries, Fitzsimmons, Cor-bet- t, "Come With Me" Perhaps. almost prove a sufficient means of es- use against wrestlers in a match con- in my time some wonderful remarks the photo the defensive man can prevent such an end by bracing his right elbow McCoy or Ryan would have " The famous "come with me" trick cape. Besides, the Jap is "up against" test, and it will never be a success in anent athletics. Jiu jitsu was undoubt- (the one endangered) with his left hand, which is free, or he may lunge jolted him- into insensibility with the much exploited by jiu jitsu exponents that old bugbear, close quarters. He is actual competition unless between op- edly the root from which nearly all oth- quickly forward and deliver a heavy blow on the attacker's solar plexus or on free fist. The wrestler could step in, is nothing more or less than a varia- menaced by a dozen different offensive posing jiu jitsu men." : er defensive and offensive systems his short ribs. obtain a strangle hold with the free tion of the familiar arm lock used by all moves when within range of a McCoy FREDERICK R. TOOMBS.