The older and experienced dealers in many
eases act. as big brothers to those just
starting, heartenlnjc and training, stimulat
ing and staying them to the point of suc
cess."
The association is working to have muni
cipal regulations altered so that news
stand licenses shall carry with them the
right t <> place a smalt shelter at the en
trance to the subway for protection
against weather.
Wallack, Daly and Frohman, Chiefs \mong
His Directors, W rought for Advancement
of the Stage---The Last Named Man
ager Elevated Drew to Stardom
mortalized to tome extent for posterity ?>y
?he films, since motion pictures had even
pdvanced so much of recent years that they
seemed to be catching up with the stage
and could be termed an art in some cases
without damaging that term.
"At first," he said, "came the era of the
crude, mechanical movie, that was usually
nothing more than a chase, a confusion of
waving arms and legs. Nothing like char
acterization was attempted. That was the
custard pie phase. Then came Mary and
Chaplin and Doug. Now we seem to be en
tering on a period when such men as D. W.
Griffith can produce pictures that are really
worth admiring. 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
was a splendid example of the cinema. And
?not to advertise my own family in the
slightest?Lionel Barr.vmore was very im
pressive in the film version of 'The Copper
head.' I saw him in the stage version, but
's'hen it came to transferring Augustus
Thomas's play to the films T had misgivings.
"Well, they did the procession of the G.
