The evening world. Newspaper, September 26, 1914, Page 5

4 ie aca ate sy -FEATURES OF THE ALBERT MONARCHS OF THE MINGS fgrin Be nn sen ea Oa Ue ~“avanrne py apd a8 POPULAR S) |} William Fox's Get Acquainted Coupon FOR EVENING WORLD READERS EXCLUSIVELY Drama Plays, Vaudeville, Film Plays The New Policy—The Modern Idea “Tipping the Winner” Is Like Playing Horse BY CHARLES DARNTON. F anything can save the unregenerate of thig restricted land from bet- ting on the races it is “Tipping the Winner,” the farce called a comedy that was trotted out at the Longacre Theatre last night. Not since the days of Maud 8.—who took to the track instead of the treadmill of the stage, you may remember—have I seen a play so gentle and yet so unkind to human intelligence. If at any moment last night o paternal or maternal person had tiptoed down the aisle and uttered the old- time admonition, “Children, children!” it would have been all over with the play. At first glance it seemed as though Rollo—Little Roll rolled @ boop across childish that came out very well in the the play, but on second glance it appeared that George Rollit thor of the sportive affair, Just why this juvenile nonsense was “adapted for America by Richard Norton” {s more than I can understand. Witb all due respect to Mr. Norton, he has merely succeeded in putting the burden of the silly plot on the shoulders of two American girls basking, or gasping, in the chilly atmosphere of an English aunt. One is in love with a captain who gests musical comedy, the other with @ young doctor who is awaiting an opportunity to get in his doadly work. The young men haven't enough mo: to pave their way to the altar. But the girls quickly solve that Uttle problem, Nothing could be mare simple. The housemaid has cap- tured a grocer’s boy, who “plays the ponies” so successfully that he keeps her in hats, and though far from home the American girls accordingly grasp the idea of becoming professipnal tipsters, Coached by the house- maid, they advertine their knowledge of horse racing in a pink-tinted sheet, and by making the captain's rooms their headquarters during his absence they have only to wait for their golden reward. You may not believe it, but money orders pour in untfl the place overflows with them. A clothes- basket can't hold the returns from that little advertisement. The flat resembles the Bank of England on @ windy day when all the windows have been left open. Everything comes to “The Major”—as the advertisement was signed. Even “The Miracle Man” himself could not have worked greater wonders.. The happy girls send for hats, dresses and champagne, ané pay for them out of the basketful of money odres. Everything is lovely until trate victims come to protest that the tip teleg~aphed them) gave the name of a horse that was “scratched” the day before the race. ‘The Scotch uncle of the captain whose rooms have been used for the en- terprise arrives just in time to be “tipped off” as “The Major.” Then the nephew returns and announces that he has been promoted from captain te major. The police, who have been called in, pounce upon him, of course, and all this leads to still another act of final explanations. The dear little bookmakers didn't mean to do anything wrong—and aa luck would have it, their horse wasn't scratched after all, but went right in and won the race! “Tipping the Winner” seemed like playing horse. It recalled child- hood’s happy hour, before plays and racing had come into the homestretch of imagination, Here and there it proved anrusing, but, on the whole, it was impossible. For racy humor it depended almost entirely upon Molly Pearson, who gave the housemaid a Cockney accent and a suggestion of the humor that made her “Bunty” delightful. But “Bunty” could be re- called only by a great strain upon the imagination. Edith Taliaferro gave a vivid and pretty picture of the little American girl who was keen for making the course of true love run smoothly, and Margaret Greene, as the other girl, ran second attractively enough to merit the distinction that pink was her color. In his righteous indignation, Ethelbert D. Hales was amusing as the Scotch uncle. Rita Otway contributed a showgirlish bit that won a laugh in spite of the fact that it was no less than three thou- gan4 miles from London's Gaiety Theatre, and Regan Hughston and Wil- fre@ Seagram worked desperately to win the American girls who gave the tip to a trusting public. But “Tipping the Winner” 1s so childish that even the very, very young may consider it ridiculous. New Flays for Coming Wee. “The Hawk’ to Be Brought from Paris by William Faversham—Ruth Chatterton Will Make Her Stellar Debut in “Daddy Long Legs" —"The Law of the Land” Ie George Broadhurst’s Latest Play—‘“Consequences,” an English Comedy, Deals With Mixed Marriages. Character is Judy, a pretty little drudge in a bleak New England home for foundlings, who has big day dreams, but few hopes, One day a visiting trustee becomes interested in bring “The Hawk” to the Ghubert Theatre on Monday evening. The play ts from the pen of Francis de Croisses, It was trans- lated from the French by Marie Zane Taylor and adapted for the American stage by Mr. Faversham. tise modern play, with its propee ind io Mile, Gabrielle Dor- or car sel in the role ection. From the foundling’s home created at the Ambigu Theatre in|Judy goes to a fashionable college for Paria. Others in the cast supporting ‘girls and there the romance of her Mr, Faversham will be Conway life develops. ‘Tearle, Frank Losee, Wright Kremen | Henry Miller bas etaged the play Herbert Delmore, Grace Henderson, /and given his young star a company Pauline Whitson, Elige Oldham, Mer-|that includes Mabel Bert, Ethel Mar- codes de Cordoba, V. L. Granville, !tin, Gilda Leary, Cora Witherspoon, Richard Dix, Harold Meltser and (Mrs. Jacquen Martin, Margarct Say. riaee hae reo, Edna MoCauley, Gladys Smith, “Daddy Long Legs,” a dramatiza- (Charles Waldron, Charles Trow- tlom by ree Webster of her story of braete Barty, Dodd om half a dozen that name, comes to the Gaiety Thea- |obtldren who appear in the orphan- tre en Monday night with Ruth Chat- HO . 6 6 testes tp the principal cela This Geerge Brosdhurete ‘letest play, we FAVERSHAM will chance, She does not know the name ¥ Jud: and decides to give her al® aT THB Academy of Music, 4th St. and Irving Place USE THIS COUPON. EXCHANGE AT BOX OFFICE Tere so ae s Coupon ¢ i. 150. Geant of Matines “ gheve Orch. Fleer (Even.) “ (Bvenings) Good Only Sept. 23, 24, 25, 28, 29; Oct. fet. “The Law of the Land,” will have its first performance at the Forty-eighth will be Julia Dean, George Fawcett, Milton Gills, Walter Craven, Charles Lane, Harry Liliford, George Graham, Master Macomber and Ethel Wright, ee e “Consequences,” an English com- edy-drama, by H. F. Rubenstein, which was produced by Miss Horni- men in Manchester and then taken to London, will be presented at the Com- edy Theatre on Thuraday night. The play deals mirthfully with the idea of marriages between Jews and Gen- tiles, Benjamin Lipski meets Rosa. lind Collins, daughter of licitor, at a gathering of suffragettes. Lipski falls in love with her and succeeds in gaining the approval of her parents, ‘The girl then overcomes the preju- dices of the Lipski family. But at the last moment the lovers themselves balk, and the best man and brid maid announce thelr intentto: Among others in the cast will be Mary Servoss, Saba Raleigh, Winifred Har- ris, Fania Marnoff, Elliott Dexter, Hubert Druce, Horace Braham, Gas- ton Mervale and Leonard Mudie. . ee e@ Next Saturday nigh. Kiaw and Erlanger will give a special perform- ance at the New Amsterdam Theatre of the musical comedy, “The Little Cafe,” and the entire proceeds will be turned over to the American Red Cross. In the company will be John E. Young, 1a Franc Edna Mun: and Tex 1s Guinan, “The Misleading Lady’ Grand Opera House. ‘Seven Keys to Baldpate” will be) the attractl at the Bronx Opera House. “The Marriage Gam: at the Standard Theatre. Billy Watson brings hi to the Columbia. ‘Th e to Hurt! At the “The Revue of 1916. “The Girla From the Follies” will be at the Olympic. Evelyn Nesbit and Jack Clifford will dance at the Jardin de Danse, beginning Thuraday night. VAUDEVILLE ATTRACTIONS. At the Palace Theatre will be Rob- ert Edeson in a tabloid comedy en- titled “Apartm 309," Clark a Hamilton in “A Wayward Conceit, Fanny Brice with new songs, Gus Ed. wi and his Song Revue, the Fays and Coleya in “From Uncle Tom to Vaudeville,” and oth The bill at Hammerstein's will in- clude Elisabeth Brice and Charles King in @ new act, Conroy and Le- maire in a Mexican novelty, Mrs. Tom ‘Thumb, Bert Les! the Courtney Sis' » L. Wolf Gilbert song writer; Daisy Harcourt, Karmi, Indian conjurer, Sylvester Schaffe: the versatile German vaudeville star, will head the | bill at the Colonial, where others will © Ruth Roye, ray will be seen ‘Big Show” Show" comes ime singer; Mrs. Gene Hughes in “Laay Gossip,” Paul Morton and Naomi Glass in t and ‘The pectacular % in “The Mall ‘arrie} luropean scenic novelty called “The Edge of the World, James Diamond and Sibyl Brennan in “Nittynonsense,” Charles and Fan nie Van in “A Case of Emergency,’ k, chameleon comedian the Royal Theatre will musicians, gymnasts; ‘9 _mus! ly he Bride * Dunbar’s Nine White Hussars, Tom Graves, | lie in @ new sketch, | FEMININE CHARM IS } FEATURE OF NEWEST FRITZI SCHEFF PLAY) “Pretty Mrs. Smith” Made At- tractive by Star and Char- | lotte Greenwood. | “Pretty Mra, Smith,” the comedy ‘with music at the Casino in which Fritzi Scheff is revealing her piquant Personality to better advantage than she has done in recent years, 1s unique for its feminine charm. Not only is Miss Scheff seen in her most attractive light, but by way of con- trast in eccentric comedy Charlotte Greenwood, with her amazing arm: and legs, is inimitable. In othe: words, here are two women so far out of the ordinary that their perform- ances are a delight to watch. As @ novelty “Pretty Mrs. Smith," with its equally pretty songs, Is an entertainment calculated to appeal to those who enjoy a change from musi cal comedy to a play with music that makes a point of telling its story Like Miss Scheff and Miss Green- wood, retty Mrs. Smith" is dis- tinctive, — = No New Carman Witness. District-Attorney Lewis J. Smith of Nassau County denied this morning that he had found another eye-witness to the murder of Mrs. Louise Batley, who was shot on June 30 at the office of Dr. Kd- win Carman, at Freeport. Mr. Smith jsald that he thought he had suffictent evidence already, and would rest on this evidence. AMUSEMENTS. OPROMES Bre, 8, Oth Av..43-44 sta, Diy. 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