Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1923, Page 10

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (., MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1923 AMUSEMENTS NATIONAL—“Barnum Was dupols. Her sister, Kitty, somewhat slenderer, contributes to the fun by her jibes at the other's pondefous- Dess. They occupy the' stage for a While and ‘keep the audience laugh- ing heartily ~They appear frequent- 1y throughout the revue, which would be indeed dreary without them. The earller part of the hill 1s made guardian, batles for her life and hap- piness, . + Photoplays. { fort to the perpetuation of her favor- like youngster, who dances to her- te role. if with her rough and tumble of | The two reasons revealed with ad- alr swirling In rhyth | mirable force the great progress |ivin: made both in the development of |/ photography and of the artist, who has added to her Joyously { youthful magne in ity that ts compellin kinner's boots on suc! viish church oy’ o } semblage greet- | costumes expected of a big show are RRIER! 133G F STREET We Start the New Year With a Tremendous Sale of FURS Stock reducing before we close up our business year, and cutting prices on the highest type of Furs as never before. Furs at these prescat prices are not only bargains but good investments. 830 13th St. N.W. The shades in your house, to be cor- rect, should harmonize with the deco- rations. Made g to Order Prices wmoPITIL LOUZ~E s Henderson’s, Standard for Quality Established Over 50 Years. James B. Henderson 1108 G Street—Main 7675-7676 WE WISH OUR PATRONS A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR —and take this opportunity of thanking them for their patronage during 1922, which was one of the most successful years we have ever had. s ] 3, Paperhanging, Painting it \nmb>:m fouz~ T (TR = Wahington Sarly ! . { Right.” ! “It 18 to laugh"—not in the more subtle sense of the French idiom, but in whole-hearted American fashion, If a visit Is made to the National Thea- ter, where “Barnum Was Right” a be called “farce-melodrama, authors, Philip Bartholomae and John Meehan, have wrapped up. | thelr comedy, a mystery story, in { which a gunman, & detective and real and false jewels have their part. Pis- tol shots ‘and the almost demoniacal desire for hidden treasure which over- takes a middle-aged business man help to furnish the touch of melo- drama. An “easy mark” is born every min- ute—to phrase politely the oid show- man's famous remark-—and the au- thors have seized upon the credulity of human beings as the basis upon which to build a farce that has some screamingly funny situations. The producer, Louis I. Werbe, has gath- ered an excellent cast, in which are found Donald Brian, Marion Coakley, Nell Martin, Lilyan Tashman, Spencer Charters, Elwood F. Bostw and others. Donald Brian, sans dancing and sans music, muy strike the fol- lowers of his light.ooted career as unusual, to say the least. It is said that Mr. Brian's ambition Is for act- Ing parts, pure and simple, and last night he demonstrated that he has more than an infectious laugh, that he has good judgment of the values and sureness of touch, even though the part assigned him is rather lim- ited. “Barnum Was Right.” Hidden treas- ure—who hasn't thrilled at one time to the thought of piratically gathered Spanish doubloons, “pieccs of cight !mu the like? A manor house, reach- ing back into the days of pirates bold located on Long Isiand furnishes the scene for the treasurc hunt. An idea that fortunc may be made out of the fortune hunters is evolved from {brain of a scion of one of America wealthiest families, mined to cut loose way in the world “Barnum was to business, ar chrewd operator needs only to play upon that particu- lar weakness of m. { make all the money he wishes, Mixed up with the old ldea of hid- den treasurc is the young man who is theory is that has come to the conclusion that in- herited wealth—when it comes by the hundreds of millions—is all wrong Not because of any particular views on sociology, but because he was in France in the A. E. F., difficult to mix with his_“buddies” when he returns hom The young man Is Fred Farrell of 2 ed by llvllnahl Brian. F as a waiter in a Lon, Island hote when he falls in ln\";\ with S\!\'l]\ Locke and she with him. He confides in her his shame of his. inheritance and determination to cut loose. This makes a hit with Sylvia, but not with Samuel Locke, her father. The up- shot of the disagreeme t betwe Locke and his that the tter takes over the old 3 owned by Locke, and sets himself ‘'up a hotel there, s Judicious advertising of 2 pirate g Story. And there the story seekers of hidde: easure arrible Wops.” g Nuts” and other: re entangled in the lure of th reasure hunt, A scene in Sylvia's bedroom i o Manor House hotel at midnlrhtnnlr?- sents really the climax of the farce, it it can be said to have one. Cer- tainly it is amusing, with Neil Mar- Cuttle, the treasure-hunt- Ing _professor, who has found, not gold, but golden champagne in the cellar, emerging from the huge chim- ney, while the “Terrible Wop,” George Mack, Jured by the _bottle of laughing waters which the profes- comeg from under ivia. new farce, i opening the new year. | Perbaps the new production should | along with | But to get back to the theme of | lacking. 1y a road production. GARRICK—“Give and Take.” The problem of capital and labor, which is almost as old a plot inspira- tion as the triangular love story, is the basic idea of the comedy, “Give and Take,” which opened at the Shu- bert-Garrick Theater last night. Al- | though tre plot is trite enough and the situations are very simple, the! play held the interest of its firs night audience and caused consider-| able comment and laughter. There are several truly humorous situations that a-e original in lines and Incidents. Many of the speeches, however, savor strongly of the kigh school type of |s arguments for interscholastic debates. All the old reasons and a few new ones on both sides of the question are preduced more or less effectively. The settings are simple. being the interior of a factory office, with a per- fectly ghastly whistle that blows every few minuteg in between bits of dialogue. The cakt is limited to six Individuals, who all do their best to give lifelike interpretations to their parts. Norma Lee, as the pretty, loyal heroine, is most attractive, and it is to be hoped she may return to this "ity In something really worth while. Robert W. Craig. as her lover in the Incidental little Iove story of the play, 1s quite satisfactory, although he wears too much make-up about his eyes. Sam Mann as Albert Kruger, however, carry off the laurels of the production Mr. much-hounded capitalist, who is forced to try out industrial democ- racy in his factory. into_a very hu- man personality. and Mr. Mann makes a real jndividual of the comlec char- acter of the old foreman Charles Dow Clark and Douglas Wood give their smaller parts satisfactory char- acterization. The story is of the struggles of this small capitalist against indus- e | cumbing to when it comes | e s 1 and women to|in harmony. |a bit more complicated and_finds it | £0, D1ay- } Irish is working | en would-be son-in-law is | 4 trial democracy In his plant, his suc- ideas of his college- almost ruin and his eventual success, overcoming all ob- stacles. Dr. Coue's very familiar ad- vice about “Every day In every way. is rather overquoted, yet it adds 1y to the comic coloring of plav. with which it is distinctly If the plot were only instead of being so palpably a string of comic situations put together upon a slender thread like so many knots this play would be one of the most interesting of the strictly American comedies of the year. bred son, h PRESIDENT—“Abie’s Irish Rose” Tn comes the new year with “Abie’s Rose” continuing to hold its seemingly hypnotic grip on Washins. ton playgoers. Already having brok e record in popularity in local al history, the famous comedy ation from the pen of Anna Nich- 19 began its sixth week's consecu- tive engagement last night at the President before an audience that testified by Its un: i intense appla an established suce “Able's Irish H s without a doubt a popular entertainment. The past five weeks, in which it has s tracted thousands—some but others two and even three times nly emphasizes its irresistible app and demonstrates decisively that the President Players are cellent account of their ability. Much in the way of commendation already has been written and said about the quaint comedy, but there is room for additional deserved for it is has a_moral, and its three acts are ‘crowded with many irresistible noments why the play is Start the new vear with a hearty laugh—see “Abie’s Irish Rose.” a play that tells a| I i | “Daffy Dill" is very evident- | up of vaudeviile. gave some Interesting exhibitions of balancing, which were well received. Allce Lawlor was compelled to return to give additional syncopated mel dies. band” number. 3 p.m., Reeves. Before w Stepbe and O'Nefl presented a ! Z dislogue which remined one of Weber | L0o's Columbla T and Fleld in their best days. ! “always | given with a snap_ that prevente e serious moment. " Syncopation” 5 ['r amused with their shim but their their comedy. was full of the New Year spirit and gave them generous applause. theater was well filled, with peop! who appeared Inclined (o enjoy « day with three performances. ut 8 and earned the right morning. STRAND—Will Stanton & Co. Five good vaudeville acts and an v excellent plcture provide amusement at the Strand Theater this week. The bill is headed by Will § in a musical and Then.” S Rosalind Ma; leycorn,” George Sidnev as Jacob Bauer and |tion of a consistent imbiber of strong {spirits prior to the tim {tion, and throughout play: Sidney develops his role of thelof'a “drunk” with much i Running sgecond, is ddie Tanne: finally turned and ma Mae Simms {1t to the {merits of “the quite new. This n COLUMBIA—Mary Pickford, | Kested itself wnen “Tess of the Storm Conntry." | the_ligh ne comedies and o | = Mary Plckford, in a re-creation of | of Mary Pickford’s whole career, 98 of the Storm, Country” was!' never has it so dominated her welcomed by her séreen public at cater yesterday foreword The De Koch trio It was : | biessing little children, she ked the aisle of a crowded church with a dying baby in her arms and “sprinkled” it at the font while the shocked minister Jooked on. The she ' general mood of Te however, is ef- that of a laughing, raggedy Fanchon- : |up price on your work. n : ying, |} better ‘than | their audience playing was a film p But - ambitions re desired to give her most devote Paint Dept.. 1114 Hth St. Erlebachesr Twelve-Ten Twelve-Twelve F St. The Evidently quite u numb. vare that the curtain w d o'clock to allow for erformance. 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Instead they found the always populer Frank Tin- ney In a mild little musical comedy. entitled “Daffy Dill” Like the can- non that surrounded the noble 8ix hundred, Frank was to the right of | | them, to the left of them, In fact, was everywhere, and what success the show achieved can be attributed to this clever funmaker. Just for old time sake, Tinney fe permitted to appear In the first scene as a colored boy, but thereafter he is Tommy Dill in white face. His orig- inal, halting way of telling a joke has made him famous, and he contin- ues this style throughout the play He has many imitators, but there is too | lof the bill at the & Belas The undertakin is composed of ten incidents and in- cludes comedians and pretty girls, a combination that al proval of the audien, plause given last night is a criterion the entertainment was an entertain- ment. 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The scheme works nicely for the friend, who wins the girl jsought by the millionaire, but as the marriage {8 performed under an as- sumed name, it is finally nullificd, and everything comes out all right. With book by Guy Bolton and Oscar Hammerstein, 2d, and muslc by Her- bert Stothart, “Dafty DIill" should rate among the top-notch suceesses of the seasom, but there seems to be | | something lacking that was difficult to locate In one night's inspection. The music {s bright in_spots, “Two Littlo Ruby Rings,” “T'll Bufld a Bungalow” and tho peppery “Fair Enough” stand out as the best and most catchy of the songs. Mr. Tinney's supporting company 18 fair, Guy Robertson, Josephine Ste- vens and Mary Howard belng among the best. 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