The evening world. Newspaper, December 11, 1913, Page 23

oS but a so: i \ “aboard for Dixie.” It was this song theot Snitz — _ si gle aja “High Jinks” Very Largely the Merry Murray. | BY CHARLES DARNTON. IMES {t pays to walt. At the eleventh hour last night “High Jmks," S Uke @ dinner when the speeches are over, became entertaining, But, on second thought, this tan't the whole truth of the matter that @etathed us at the Lyric Theatre long after the hour when musical comedy should be put to bed, for just a were yawning widely and wondering whether the subway expresses were atill running, ‘Tom Lewis rose to the occa- m—one of those French hotel dinners that flow with gallons of blue ocean on the back-drop, and, by putting one word with another that had no connection ‘whatever, coaxed out the laugh that had been ‘n hiding throughout two cheerless acts, I don’t intend to say anything against musical comedy, for the very good reason that everything that could je sald @zainst it was said long ago. Rut and this ts merely @ contession—for two acts last night life seemed a sad and empty thing, though by no means noise- less. Take my word for !t, the welkin rang according to all the traditions of Musical comedy, and what's more it echoed everything we had heard be- fore. Frankly, it was very bad. To make !t worse the alr was heavily laden with perfume that seemed to be @n unnecessary evil of one of the to give even the long-suffering and extraordinarily tired business man a. gramme, where advertisementa in- evitably cast thelr sweetness on the expensive air, I discovered that this perfume had heen wafted all the way. from that lower part of town where the black cat once presided over a Inexpensive and equally good dinn But why revive old memories, espe- Ally when they happen to be redolent, of-well, never mind, | Quite aside from perfume, here were two acts calculated to throw any | Mileaheth Murr ullenica Into a comatose condition. As i iiea, 4 defense, apparently, as, s phe, there was a near-waltz, ee to w h the orchestra gave the lost, reverberating touch. It only re- mI fil manipulator of the bass drum stick to drive home this ear- | © Jeader of the orchestra went right ahead ag though nothing ening-—-but all T can say pr Him is that his ear for music ts of tie) enulifioy oor h U-hittin Variety), Sotue one wid take him into @ corner | @pd talk to hima ' ¢ he er uproar to his record. | Up to this resounding hour Manager Arthur Hammerstein had achieved | « Bothing as a producer except to reduce musteal comedy to ity common level, *Here you have the truth in black-and-white, Then canio the disconnected dinner ‘ay as Adelaide Fon: # time to ad x Ey ‘*S’Matter, Pop?’’ » #4 & songs. The combination was enough| AH, LAY OFE TuaT STUEE! WHATCHA Givi US ANYWAY ? dull headache. Glancing at the, pro-4 speech of Tom Lewis, which was essentially an Individual effort. Mis humor had nothing to do with that which Leo Ditrichsteln and Otto Hauerbach tried | 40 put {nto the provecdings In th | r sad capacity asx authors. Rudolf rom! ma have written all the music—and much sot it was tuneful-yet something te me that into the old tm er) Murray didn't come comedy game with roskirts, A year or more ago this Intah songstress burat into jetine a Broadway the- atre—and if I'm not mistaken tt was the Broadway, where some dire afta was being pe ated did my be to call manayerial attention to her *value as a mus comedy divinity For that '© what she is, and she proved Mt again last night when she sang “All that made "High Jinks’ very largely “matter of the merry Murray, and to _ help out the of the company the “clever Elizabeth brought into action all the men at the table who could dance. ‘The ist, but no means the least of ghere, was Ignacio Martinett!, whose feet still have the spring of youth In “them. Let me listen to say the same Edwards, though he wasn't nearly 80 funny as the face he put on Tom Lewis as Mr.\J. J. Jeffrey ia-part. As for Tom Lewis he lad to walt for his turn, and when it came he $e put the authors of “High Jinks” completely in the background. That even a musical comedy part can be overpla was proved by Robert Pitkin, who was pettively epileptic ax a doctor, Miss Mana Zucca sang well, om but too Faaiz—f you can take one with the other—and Miss Blaine Hammer. ee Wein, though pretty and spirited, had to rely on the chorus to help her out Aeoewith her song in the las: a It j< one thing to be brought out and quite # Another to come out. But of Miss Murray there i be no doubt. While Slaten was vulgarized for two acts, she succeeded in the end in making ‘tligh {2° Jinks a good entertaining Betty Vincent’s Advice to o «To Get Acquainted. "igs ted }9 responsible ae nw " ' c f the bride attend to avails Dagirl whom 1 ave very often” woot her brothers, but Som» an introduction! | 0. G." usked a J sliould think (ie oovious plan was | YouNe lady to marry me ant at first rmeeh® get better acquainted with the] She said the engagement nilaht # ‘brothers wid taus procure an introduc-|moeunced at Christmas i aha stcld Stton, me her mother objected YR. M." writes: "IT am about to be Warrled and wish to know if it fs the! Do you think she really cares?" Dridegroom's place to pay for music, or| Probably she wants to be sure before if the bride's parents should do this.| she binds herself—a very sensible a er bg expenses is the pridegroom | titude, ‘he Old Doctor," owner of @ mineral spring snatoriutm, dice, tearing the establishment to his the Uttle E seapegrace grandson Dick on condition that Dick “Venue. H within one week alter Tick cannot be of the roar g feomey to the an actress, who je rach of promise, « @ sanatorium, bo “theognita’™ y Store muvvper for te gucwia whi Pierce's diot plan. A Cupboard Full of Rye. gmmm | TRANGE, 0 webs, and yet been an amphibious ttle creature most of Ite dear girl, our wan an env: 1 Thoburn fs a rascal, but he is to open it. nt of mankind and @ philos- “Dearest Minnie,” the note ed to my own } mateh yours In of the great neer, things that match the lo curious thing, 1ts When you're t and admire the and ¢ | fe at Roosevelt, ty tui Fabas overt wh. r faces and eat dirt “There is nts nature, and vt kept a sum @ 4) remember nt of hum ) our going | ra ner moment Introduce tes so fast. She ts always nice to | Just me, althou 0 nh | al Kh not given to mushiness. rl taaileh 8 Geld aha rae my flighta of “As the man sald when he sat down “If you want the on the fypaper. You're going by truth, Thoburn is going to have @ par- heart, Minnie, and no! ty~a' forbidden feast, Jo's going to and jn this toms heady win," | tancy."_he objected, The Evening World Daily Magazine, Thur ust WAIT TLL You ES THAT Boy OF MINE He's SomE SMART KID BELIEVE ME. HES UP ON EVERYTHING, up To DATE EH? THEN SLL MAKE HIT ocr HIM WELL WEEE MY LITTLE MAN, You Look LIKE A VERY SMART LAD. | SUPPOSE YOV'LL WANT some wooK OF POEMS OR ESSAYS The Fanniest sday, December 11, 1913 . SMATTER Por WHAT WA L-] THAT 1316 (ar @. RBumP Just Now ~ (ILL GEND Him IN AND LET You TALK To AM DW You MAKE A HIT WITH HiM jory of Amerca's| By Mary Roberts Rinehart Greatest Woman Humorist the Plaza, to Sherry’s and 1 be bullled sbaxast Then [ dow't care how # At’ £ watd despondently. die quickly than by inches,” “Die!” he sald. mins my gt hit him on the head.” chewing gum jari ages gone I ghoved it back Into its plac CHAPTER XXVII. It was by the meraat chance that w that he had ‘lipped @ small white box inside. knew I was being @ ailly old fool, but 1, looking MY heart beat fast when I took it out ‘ and looked at it On the lid was written wianced at it, and I “For a good girl,” and inal hink of said, “f had them m e through that nd f think t & fist Uke And gince, in the w g match each other! he wala. a way? Barnes." for me,t saying $t, but hea apine, And same token, the second time.” ally about N. Bef love you—mot the *t Btop writing {tH."* ing. ‘That's W ness, but IT was a trailing hia like as and stewed edge of the stand N's Kone past thirty bef kets her first whether to thank providence ut she'N pretty sure to anake elt to the dining car, Minnte, «and he si WIL you=won't you and hungry You-won't you—will you any reason for feast, one My plans," 1 sald, “L prom: 4 doctor to s toking.”” by rouse again the sleeping dogs of appe- tite, and send them ravening back to 4 und jan restauranta on Sixth going to take them up on a high mountain and show them ere coutimuoisly tut wines and delicatessen of the earth, and then ask them {f they're going to ing boiled beef and Burnes, the i stand 1 my heart "Do theyte It with hin eyes on 1 I couldn't speak, but I nodded and ull that afternoon I could nee th wouderful smile that lit up his face as he went out, It made bh looking, Oh, there's nothing cial) to be hungry for tt, and not spoiled your taste for it by a bite here and a piece of @ heart there, beforehand, a0 to speak, Misw Cobb stopped at the news on her way to the gymnasium. & homely woman at any time, her bicomera she looked like a soup Under ordinary circumatan feen the puffa from se and have asked what cust wad suid me they didn't match, in breath, Bu else on her mind, She padded her ym whores, and forgotten her legs, Minnie?" n he doen I'd rather ta lt of It tied, Julia Member, our friend Plerce ts also a stu- ing Dick for dent of human nature, He's thinking ft out now in the cold plunge, and [ a if Thoburn's skyrocket hasn't got @ atick that'll come back and He had been playing with one of the and when he had to the co! for once # “May [ speak to you, asked, ‘You mostly do, red puffs from Mra, Yost's window down tn Finleyville, Just under them ope. I could scarcely seo Llove you, I feel like # damn en knows {t's . P, 8. —Stiil love you. It's easter it now either I had to keep calm and attend hing inside itz powder. Every few min- they dw stes I'd reread the letter under 14 the more I read it the more excited IT got. Whe hed for my hand again, but I we heater "I'm not lend Tt would hav ove letter she isn't sure othe man, “Where's the Sunmers wo: 4. to the news stand on ith the lee cutting gang ‘ok by the place, and I'm ut with my new puffs og the back of my head and my jetter in my pock: Wasn't euxy to discourage, Thoburn shouldered his pick and, headed by Dr. utters started out In single file, As they pasued the news Barnes glanced at me, and imost stopped, if you've waited long hav had ao: ter | “Ad T anid. new ul important, Ming! Do you muppo: ao that, re nanter, the gym. Shete ina gym wult out of her and aha looks tovel Hfumnph!" retorted Miss Cobty you love Miss ughter, don't yor Lake a sister, "Tm not f “Well, decetved.’ ‘I wonldn't have it," T answered, Th wota Stared &t me over it 3 Cobb," bla yet." what do you call this mall package on the ci TRET HIM IN, ALWAYS MAKE A HIT WITH A SMART Boy. [ints for Christmas Shoppers ery here, black treachery."’ one long thin forefinger at the A bomb?" I asked, step “What ix it? re than once tt had occurred to me yalty around sometines press drivers, in Miss Cobb showed that having atch?’ he asked, that creature took over the letters and 1 missed one that beautiful one in verse, beginning, | leave It to the re ‘Oh, ereaturo of the elender form and) Package until Chris +\bels, showing Sa mm almost melted away.” “I'm not wurprined,” T natd. “And #0 last night, om out, oodness knows aoe eee lanohe Mondy ard, T went| Mm the inside wrappings of the pack- We did not find my | age, stampa in the largest possible denomi- when the Sum- through her room, precious minatve from Mr. we did find these, Min with a pink sili stocking I waid, mockingly. 8 ed around | to reach the home f whe repeated solemnly. nie, [ have felt It ail along von Inwald t# the prince himself” Oskar | have: And, more than jaking Mesperat Mins Sum-| written in one it mpeak'ng, An muddenty i anaeaia WAN mudd eyes sround wa she always she was exetted, “I'm in such of ex-I see you bought Verhaps you will lend them If we arrange for a country ‘They do They th Mira Cobb “They don't look natural o anybody believes that the Lord sent you hair tn ee rows of pipes the throat ar Miss Cobb waa othe counter and as it ta, tt instantaneous water- looked at Miss ing them," I aald firmly. been like lending an en- erent ring, to my mind Was not offended. She went at once to had brought her, and ‘ent over LY shy ead right hand beaide thos hernelt a CHAPTER XXVIII. Lore, Love, Love. Vif we hadn't nnings almost lke you Wouldn't want to see her something in th was an alr of subdued excite ment during the ree “There's treack- the spring house, aod @ good wit of Romances of Models, & “ By Famous Artists Onpyrieht, 1015, by The Hrewme Publishing Co, (The New York Kvening World) No, 5.--Henry Hutt and the Fair Shoplifter. ROUT ten of twelve years ago,” began Mr. Henry Hutt, the artist, in relating the romance of one of his modela, “ re- ceived an order from a maxazine to 1 trate a story of which the heroine wan a shoplifter. As I was planning the pictures [ casually mentioned to Jimmy, the model I was using, what the charactor of the girl in the story wae like. "A shoplitter!! sald Jimmy, who the next moment added: ‘Want me to get you the genuine article to do the trick “That seems hardly poasibl thin’ aln't Impowstble, hands on ft. And T knows" with fin a “IN git my own girl for you If you awears not to pipe her off to the eop- Pers, nor let on to her that you know what she's up to.” “Having been assured that his sweetheart would be secure from the police fo far as I was concerned, Jimmy prepared to go for ‘Ted,’ who, he said, wes t home, ax sie never commenced her Gay's work until the shops were so crowded that she ran no risks of being detected In her shoplifting proolivities. Jimmy returned in about a half hour, accompanied by ber, Her name was Theodora Hawkin ‘Ted in kame" shouted Jimmy, ‘She't do tt as a epectal faver,’ “Retore me stood a beautiful young girl, dressed in very expensive clothes of which every detail was in keeping with the fashion of the day; the long, full ekirt, the baggy sleeves and the bloused waist. No doubt the voluminous folds of her gown made a good place in which to secrete her loot. “Ted did not utter # word, but looked at me with narrowed eves, as ff aearch of nome algn of enmity. At the slightest sound she would steal @ quick look In the direction from which {t came, and like a cat she watched eveny move- ment of mine, ‘One of the tiluatrations was to show the arrest of the heroine, and fer o model for the policeman I sent for a broad alx-footer and hired a policeman’s uniform for him. He came to the studio early one morning and put om the rented rig. I began to aketoh him while we waited for Ted to come, “Sho entered the studio and when she saw the model apparefied in the Blue uniform, the helmet in his hand, Ted, white with fear, uttered the moan of a trapped animal and made a run te the door, ‘The hunted expression and her Attitude of terror were just wiat # wanted for the picture, I went after her and pulled her back, “‘Lemine go! Lemme go!" ahe wailed, ‘You've put the coppers wise—you've trapped me, I ain't going to be sent up for somethin’ you ain't got on me!’ ehe cried hysterically as he gased at the paeudo officer, i “1 had no end of a time assuring her of the mistake sho had made, Then Jaughed and cried, partiy from retlef and partly a the Joke on herself. “The very evening of the ‘copper’ episode Jimmy came to me with a happy look on his face and told me that Ted had decided to give up shoplifting and marry him, The fright the bogus ‘copper’ had given her was enough to decide her to keep atraight, “She won't have all them rich clothes that she's used to,’ sald Jimmie, ‘but 1 always telin her they don't eut no toe with me nohow. I lke my goll for her- welf and I Hien her straight, She's going ‘round to t more posin’,’ “And ao happened the reformation of Ted, the shoplifter,” T answered, Jimmy, if you knows where te lay your Crnyriaht, 1015, by The Ure Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World), IT admonition to do your Christ- ranging from 6 to % cents, Outelde T mas shopping early te cordially | packing boxes can also be purchased in indorsed by postal and express| All sizes from 6 cents upward, and Ie- | carriers and ex-|Velw and tage can be bad in innwmer- the post-ofices | “I ona Lyi parcels should be matted early, WrepG4 | thai the usual excelsior or crushed pa- securely and addressed plainly.” | Ber. 1t is merely narrow etripe of red, ag done your sli & early YOU) xreen or white crepe paper, and a box n wend your gifts away to-day and| containing @ tiberal quantity can be pur recipient nt to open the | chased for % cents, 1s, Artistic la-| ‘The observance of @ few rules will aus upholding alobylate delay in transportation, Have warning finger, read, “Do not open until! the parcel weighed at the oMfes, and in Christmas.” ry come In packages of | case of the post-oMoce stamp It with the % for 10 cents and can be used for waal- | full amount of postage. To facilitate | tho handling It te advisable to have the ka as well as ma ly the way, if you want your present | nations, olka in Kurope by | ‘The name of the sender shoul always Christmas you had better get them off on] be written on @ parcel, Dut this is ea- the steamers sailing no later than the) pecially imperative during the busy 12th, Most: European steamship tnes | hol! nm, when e the dest och Christnas sailings up to] equipped system will send an occasional De {for Great Britain this will] parcel astray, and your address may lve ample time For Bermuda gifts | ald the tracer tn locating {t more speed- should go on steamers suiling during | 1 the week of I 1 or the friends in In using any of the various Christ- Panama you must have your parcels on! mas seals or labels be careful how you stearners golng out Dec More care | apply them on the outside of your pack- should be given to the wrapping of par- | age. Remember, all sealed parcele de els, Fan en for gifts are being mand first class postage, and your care- offered tn atl shapes aod sizes at prices vas may delay the gift. anded. “Do you know that bas found out in aome way » Mr. von Inwald is? And » 4 o'clock gossip edition aays r father haw given his consent and, and buy a diadem or tever you are golng to wear, right she suld, in @ choked vatee, « to me, “what of ft? 4 Mr. Pierce do your best out? * T couldn't Delleve my ain't you a bring it a Our what vite mt, They ears, You made father well. He's ao p- pleasant he'll do anything—except leave this awful pl [ M Aer “Well, of all the ungrateful: people” h Riera si), and then Mr, Pierce came h Meee ate eee iD had @ curious way of stopping aan Net here ATS Swhigas: her, as if she Just took ie the wWint cut of his salla, 80 to apeas, ’ Denar eee ng off hia hat, She was very 4 y KON yur nose fen't re insisted. "And, eves He always ow, you say you never have wo 4 stopped sudd about two feet vod away, { wish you woull let ma alone, to @ay. Because the extra- turned her back to me. ary thing he wanted to may was y have a cold if I always on the end of his tongue, z to think of something i scene a Shae i}