The evening world. Newspaper, December 31, 1914, Page 5

© THE NEW PLAYS @ | “Secret Strings” a Crook Play With a French Accent. BY CHARLES DARNTON. FTER all, there's nothing like a good cup of coffee—or rather a cup of ood coffee—to polish off a dinner and brighten up the family jewels, Everything depends upon the purity of the brand. The drugged demi- teese is not being served this scason. ‘This is true in France, at least, judging from “Secret Strings,” Dlay with a French accent produced at the Longacre Theatre last night. The @ crook eeffee was a long time coming, but it finally arrived in the third act and took immediate offect. Talk about the English teacup-play! It was knocked into bits by the power of coffee in Kate Gordon's polite thriller, Down and out went the Count and the Countess, together with Victor, the true lover—-and all of them in fancy dress, Fancy the Count as Henry of Navarre, and the Countess as Marie Antoinette, and try to picture their agony over coffee that THE EVEN ING WORLD, Boy Scouts, Out in Force To- Aid Penny Lunch School Fund apparently didn't agree with them. As you may suspect, it was all a plot. But I havea't the heart to tell the rest of the plot. It wouldn't be fatr to Miss Gordon, nor to you, if THE CURABLE STAGE OF TUBERCULOSIS case of tuberculosis passes threugh 6] Deacon Brodie he walked right into Exclusive Bontell Creations Exclusive Dupree Models Velveteen Lounge Robes 4 t hi - * igi . . Plenty of me te be cured if the Diay of hin talon, and wan perfectly Crepe de Chine Undergarments Original — Corsets Crepe de Chine Negligees treated before the incurable stages over-linow the typer Tren joe tae Ge Dainty Chiffon Undergarments also Chiffon Boudoir Gowns | Sr var Wer evar Chiba Sib bud bk a elie mean Pussy Willow Taffeta—Original Brassieres ° Lace Tea Gowns it ple asi . Se antereon, Geceaiee In Threat. tees Innocent young wite into his ‘scheme, \\ Georgette Crepe Undergarments Albatross House Gowns | y te jeonses or rather he sent head : . 2+ ; . Gea ta oxoert te Gibsons op opeeial x7) A5t a8 Companion tc the--well, let. us China Silk Undergarments Broche Dinner Robes Light examination. say the Countess. Jeannette was quite Aiscovere the very eariiest siens of or lung trouble while the disease is yet in its ourable stage. Investigate his Oh, Baptiste! vealed: Rene Marquenne, but dishonest parents, was the evil genius of it all. Graphically, Rene described himself as a soldier of for- tune, Literally, he was a crook. This is a vulgar, common term, I know, to apply to a French adventurer with a passion for diamond necklaces and rings and things; yet the fact is that Rene ranked as an accomplished first- story worker. Like Raffles, he moved in the dest soclety—at least he thought he did—and after Planning the jewel robbery in a “den of thieves,” for all the world like our very old friend born of poor unhappy about it all. even enjoy her dinner. In her simple French way she didn’t love her hus- She couldn't sHURSDAY, DE fweatment and find oat your real condi-| band, turning to Victor as her heart's = — tion by expert diagnosis. desire, But she longed to “save” the MISS VERNA Leone PAGE GRNEST Gamsis Consult Dr. Anderson, Specialist. Coa- e@ttation and examination are given with- out charge at his office, 30 Woet 11th 6. man she had married. How ehe went about it must ane secret for the Famous Gamble Concert Party Added to Strand] er Ran GAMBLE CONCERT PARTY TO AID PENNY LUNCH FUND BENEFIT AT THE STRAND, Company, \ ie BONWIT TELLER & CO, The Spacily Shop of Orgiratond | FIFTH AVENU Day, the ry + Communiqué The Annual January Sales of That Differ From All Others AT MARKED PRICE REDUCTIONS Lingeri Corsets French Hand Made Lingerie E. AT 388™-.STREET This Shop Has Now in Course of Preparation Lingerie, Corsets, Negligees I a ne Se ~ ected Negligees Exclusive French Models Velvet Robe de Chambres days, 11 to 2. good of the i y be said, advertisment In The World on™ SALES BEGIN SALES BEGIN (formerty weet 224 6.)," “*” Te"S/however, that she made a rather bad| Benefit Programme for To-Morrow, Harlem Day— |\{=————————— SATURDAY SATURDAY \ifenre~Delly, 10\to 4; Monday, Wednes. |!00,0f tt, for though the ardent crook to Raise Fund With Indoor Baseball JANUARY JANUARY rites penne tl Pca Bar| —eade he Noes nee] Bronx to Raise Fun cor Base ECZEMA COVERED of gun-play, he got away empty- TOT TELSES handed. Thereupon Jeanette went to Victor’s arms—and we went home. There was a great deal to admire in the vivid acting of Lou-Tellegan By Sophie Irene Loeb. as the desperate hero who, according ym ings for children to enjoy the wonderful pro; me at to all the laws of the theatre, der Rohe brasil tte bf joy nderful programme a served a better fate. He put both skill | the Strand Theatre. = and force into his work, while his Each child is admitted for 10 cents; adults, 25 cents, SECOND Game—Evening World Idea Spreads, You can buy Victrolas on most liberal terms at FAGE AND SCALE 8 Itched Terribly. Spread to Ears, features were eloquent of the Ernest Gamble Concert Party will appear to-mor-| Could Not Sleep. Cuticura Soap Pernuardt during the peara ae ig row morning, and “Cinderella” and funny pictures witt} aad Ointment Completely Healed, ured as her leading man. Miss Mary de seen, ee = Nash did the best work of her carecr as the distressed wife, Miss Jordan has succeeded in giv- ing Lee GH « (oibeontd Larry ot here, though it cannot eat she? has shown uncommon skill in pulling her dramatic strings. At the same time there are su:- Prises in “Secret Strings”—and these I leave to you. have prepared for SATURDAY, January 2, 1915 Saturday morning Emanuel Goldberg, one of the most remarkable bow violinists itt appe: programme. Mary Pickjord will oppear in person Saturday morning. Mothers and children urged to attend the last two Performances, the proceeds of which go to create lunch service in the public school. A large audience was in attendance this morning | 0 at the Strand. The Boy Scouts came in a body, as well as hundreds of other boys and girls from all over the city. This {s also Brooklyn Day, and hundreds of Brooklyn children were in attend: ance. Several benefits are being given in Brooklyn, too, the proceeds of which will go to establish penny lunch service in the schools of that borough. Among the attractions of the pro- gramme to-day was the juvenile per- formence of Shakespeare's “Midsum- mer Night's Dream" given by Miss 235 Bay St., Rochester, N.Y orz0ma HIPPODROME| Casi a Weak" Wei! Win ure Bway & 40th St. Beas EMPIRE fot as DRIVEN LYCEUM3},2" #5," u Mate, Today, Pr. & Sat Elsie Ferguson ~ Outcast fway & #Kth at, Mat, at 2.15, watered constantly, pimples broke out around It. These pimples broke and Inc Thurs, Ne ey k terribly and bled. It thor [3 apread to the ears which SS ve were awollen thick and hard, and broke out all over =), tho sealp in small botls and AJ crusted. ‘The whole face Was red and swollen with a yellow crust which broke emitting water. It ttched and burned eo that the child tried to scratch er ew and that ecemed to spread the trritation. | COMEDY?! She did not sleep much an she could not || te * AJ , sleep on her ears and she was very cross and || TO JMR f fretful. ‘The hair became so crusted that we | Bad to cut {t off, and it was getting worse | 7 ty {Meh J PER OUR ens. © im, will be, paid te alt ¢ ue AY fad eae ARFIRLD. Caskey Be MONDAY EV! TO %, a ake fer evening Accounte by Mall apn / | ‘epen reanest. Eva.e! CASINO fii7 New Amsterdam \i, WATCH YOU the benefit of the School Children’s Lunch Fund. He is considered by critics as one of the coming artists and his appearance Is due to the courtesy of his teacher, Ovide Musin. He will play Moszkowski's “Souvenir Sallie E. Hamlin as Puck, Miss Mar- rig vistes fetead day. It Gnally covered tne whole Pee 5 ee 4 3 _ va Con- 4 bow. face and scalp. An Extraordinary Clearance Sale of er <7 yin ind. oatt Con" | INDOOR BASEBALL TO AID FUND MAS ss sot we rau nee ne CITIZENS’ SAVINGS BANK IN BRONX, Another benefit for The Evening World's Penny Lunch Fund is to be an Indoor baseball game between the Second Battery, N. G. N. ¥., and the Bronx Cayug: ampion of be County, at the armory of the batt One Hundred and Sixty-sixth St } and Franklin Avenue, on Sunday af-! ternoon, at 2.30 o'clock, things that would cure the child were Cutl- cura Soap and Ointment. Two boxes of Cuticura Soap and Ointment made a com- plete cure in just eighteen days, Now she bas @ splendid growth of hair.” (Signed) | Mra. Frederick ©. Northorst, Jan, 31, 1914, Samples Free by Mail Although Cuticurs Soap (25c.) and Cutt- [66 AND 58 KOWERY, COR. CANAL OT § SEM Al. VIDEND, ats was loudly applauded for her splendid impersonations of Harry Lauder. The children were appropriately costumed and are all talented. The last two mornings of these benefite, when every child is admitted for 10 cents, will be to-morrow (New Year's) and Saturday. Women’s Suits, Gowns and Separate Skirts at sweeping reductions from former prices. Joe Weber! rater” CUMLES PROUMAN presenta OTISSKINNE N HIS GREATEST TRIUMPH, cure Olntmen i " Included are FAMOUS CONCERT PARTY FOR] ,ii® committee, in chargo inclutos aa dealers throughout the veri eenee |t | Lhe Silent Voice INCESS wexny a NEW YEAR'S EXTRA. ery, Harry J. Fink and Charlee Seas canes eee SA ye tt fe a 0 0 iv of the big at ions of the =| Russell. t 5 . ls Covert Cloth Suits reducedto : $48.00 Sas at sive bia atirections of ¢ The soldier boys will have Al Wil-|“oetemm Deve f, Besson ty liams, of the New York Giants, pitch. ing for them, with W. Gough of the Montclair A. C. catching, and will line Up as follows; Byrnes s. 8., Al Schaef- er 3b, McEnery If. W. Gough c., Kelly 1 Y. Schaefer » Al Wil- is or A. Schweitzer cf, in rf, Bronx © Schacht of the Chiffon Velvet or Karakul Suits reduced to » « + $38.00 Three-piece Cloth Suits reduced to 28.00 Silk Gowns, for afternoon or evening, re- duced to. . $18.00 cent Party, which appeare at the Strand to-morrow morning. The company le well known on college and concert stage throughout the United States and Europe. For several seasons they toured this country and Pi ja under the ment. Each auspices of the Go eran doing the twirling f During these wintry days u need a player-piano, for $250 and installation we will instal one, which we 4 f “1915 f De Mate betore January 10 will be em titled to interest from Javuary 4, 1018 sh WALLS, Preideme, yugas will have Al Newark Internationals rari 4 Vy SUN V Ires de Fream 3 . . . . member is an a Kennedy of Solon eotonioe ae ein lly guarantee, inside your The Midnight Giri ierneg. vl Mr, Gamble, by special request, Wi!l | ine up ga folly if H ? ¥ Week—-Lew Flelde. Hi a i 6 ne Np as follows: 3 silent piano. L Nest We tid | Tailored Separate Skirts reduced to 4.50 sing the famous “Bandolero’ x08, Toit oantre foi ae. let GAIETY i 6 ee ASTOR 4zu 4,40 51 \ ji ase; 12, Kei , F a to f the company, will play the Romance | Goodbody, third base: Mace gt KNABE RUTH CHATTERTON ||| ‘Hole Broadway! N..W. Cor. 14th St. and ath A Also Tailor-made Suits of cheviot, gabardine Pepe yp i ed a lca Yao, second base; Kuret or Schwarta, id Richmond or Sava, righk “Iron Man” Suhre, the crack pitcher for the Cayugas, will be held in readiness to assist 1f needed. Joseph I. Berry, Major of the Bat- tery, will toss out the first ball, and Dick Rudolph of the Boston Braves will officiate as umpire on balls NOMEDY vERST RR ne?- COHAN “IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE” HUDSON (i, OPENS IO-NIGHT 27% ‘THE SHOW SHOP’, Fifth Avenue Daddy Long-Legs at 39th Street : Ey A 20, 2,20, [FOUR PERCENT er annum on all sume from $5 to $9,00@ Li entitled thereto mann, th by EPR ed ae Besides these attractions the usual morning performance of “Cinderella” and funny pictures will be given. To-morrow, New Year's, is desig- nated as Harlem Day at the Strand or cloth, reduced to $12.50 LONGACRE Wash “SECRET STR NGING “EA R} Penny Lune! anc Poet ane oe b A 3 for the benefit of th h. | Sttikes, while Thomas J. Fallon who DEAFNESS ee rete —S—— Fund. Several principals and teach | originated the curve ball in profes- Steph ott FOR SALE. era have arranged to bring entire! sional gamos, will do the omen OL HARRIS Sanit ine eat ‘ classes for this performance, the base line Ih t iwTHe,, fy ‘ ' ‘Alderman William Duggan has a ington’ we : been hard at work perfecting arrange- Mats, Toma te fat ments for this performance, and. is FULTON™*« 5 ie putting forth every effort to have! ienws of carine for all the 1 ‘ we One or two of the Harlem schools | school children in the Brong tnt ite Waster Pred oukl Acut ; ours of rr ratio equipped with the penny lunch service|the idea started by ‘The Evenings ‘AT ALL ORI Mats Today, Fi Mats ‘Shays ¥ have in course of preparation figpes rine Wont 25¢ euatareiecienee ana ie iter dopa oS He is heartily in accord with All motion picture exhibitors DEAL, Myan a id's plan and who gave the proceeds of Mon. phe Farm No section so day's matinees to the School Chil. dren's Penny Lunch Fond ng __ AMUSEMENTS, urged to have their checks in by The Great January Sale of THE SONG? SONGS 5 . ‘Have 5 o'clock ¢ 30 that publica” 5 ah $8 FRANKLIN a tion of the same may be mad REPUBLIC yz 44's by TRENT VEAWELIY Guaranteed Oriental Rugs Tee Saturday. there being mo pusiices AVATHKD, “a B N CREDIT On Saturday's programme | tion of The Evening World to. OUs— 00 Pap Easy Weekly or Monthly Payments Unist, Emanuel G of remark morrow (New Year's Day), oy Ht a How all ‘Useds Usarestont. Lowest comprising over 15,000 Rugs, separately | able talent, will appear ant piay tor sp -_ : selected In the Rug marts of the Orient by GETS BACK HIS WAR MEDALS. io ice B. Altman & Co.'s New York buyers, and Company butane oy fie Rondenbers MONTGOMERY & STONE 4) pl, now to be offered at our advertisements— Fortieth Street, wears two German war read * a Box To-night,” Constipation, Headaches, Bilious- neas and Indigestion—Get a Box To- medats as @ watch fob. With them are tho bronge crosned snbres of an old-time |B Prussian cavalry ofcer. The Aecorations were won and worn by Mr, Rohdenberg's great-un: ¥i OLYMPIC TANGO aries AT. Berzeen tremendous concessions from the usual prices, MMERSTEI Blotches and Sallow Details of this Sale will be announced later. ‘To-night bitter campaigns between Prussia, and . 5 Pha w gn trintman Pay "the Woh. node | SRRMGRE Boe NEAL RAPH i: PORTA OUND AND REWARDS. , oG PILLS eet eee Mace at gS, aeons . 7 SRG Avenwe - Madison Avense ay, me ' EALTTS REVBY OF, 18 are : : - 3ANDBOX (3: owes isa tiaheg Geto bes lornight, ie, Ute the Bex, end R&G Pills, 208 Centre tN. ¥ when fa ee et