The evening world. Newspaper, January 2, 1915, Page 5

Se ee oe om eran - Eni cideamatncas " ag i remee ere Tyeny me x ehetebal: +ixeRaY ‘. 1015. ‘ bs ’ ia i ME OF THE WOMEN STARS WHO WILL SHINE IN THE VARIOUS CITY THEATRES DURING THE ¢ THE NEW PLAYS e “The Show Shop” Chock-full of Fun and Stage Folk. BY CHARLES DARNTON. ROTA Tad ead aie! saint Rm at F YCU'RE looking for laughs js 4 my advice and drop into “The Show Skop,” by all odds the best {.nd brightest work James Forbes has dene The fox the theatre. It is better than “The Chorus Lady” for the simple rea- | 8°84 for @ Christian!” Lekenghedhe have ot Foyt that it is more natural and betrays iittle, if any, straining for effect. Dainty little Patricia Collinge plays| new two-act burlesque called “The Retty prettily and makes her work in -|in “Heaps of Hilarity;” Nan Hal- Shentres in this city, Chicage and Phila- “The Show Shop" in chock-full of fun and stage “alk who act like human | “A Drop of Poison” really interesting. | Man from Rector.” As ite title tm-| 2 TOPE, Sgam Barton, trainp William Sampson and Olive May are | plies, the piece depicts scenes familiar firm dissolved man; beings. In fact, this play at the Hudson Theatre, which may de described | human and amusing as the old stag. |t habitus of the Gay White Way. | comedian; Mme. Adelaide Herman in Mr Ja something more than farce and something lees than comedy, is just one|era; Ned A. Sparks, as the stage |The cast in headed by Princess Luba musical number, and Sprague and| He started to 2 moms Jaugh after another, especially for the first two acts. Theso are really re- | manager (‘“director, if you please!”) | Meroff, who has the assistance of Leo! MoNeece, rolier smarkable for the number of clever lines they contain, The rest of the piece |!ooks and acts as though he would | Stevens, Helen Jessie Moore, Frank good, though not quite so good, largely becau: dress rehoarsal which ia so long that the weeriness “simulated” Krembs chokes deservedly over a/and Bohlinan. One of the features of | Long Tack Sam Company of four- actors cts across the footlights. Not only eh: ulated” by the | curtain speech as the author, and! the performance is « cabaret show. three characters who later pop Into & Dox te eittnis scene bé cut, but the | Kana Aug wine a laugh or two by her} The Murray Hill Theatre ‘vill have fon, of the play within the play-the stars, proud none aaae bartormance | sofewhat exaggerated performance | “The Gay Morning Glories,” with | mime, with the famous male model, , the 3 mannger and the humble author—onght to be prevented fr self-satisfied jot, a stenographer. Daisy Harcourt as an added attrac-| J. Edwin Crapol. The bill will also f ‘om becoming part For that matter, Mr. Forbes's play | tor include the Courtney Sisters in new of the audience, for they serve merely as a distraction. Actors should keep | '* @ bit exaggerated. But who cares| “The High Light Girls” will be eeen {heir place in the theatre—and that's behind the footlights. The amateurish | 8 long aa it is funny? And it would | at the Olympic. [ending man might better be trusted to make “A Drop of Poison,” the play |MAKe even @ theatrical manager} MOTION PICTURE Ee races, haters, ‘Two new offerings will be seen at matters when the general excellence in @ play of this kind, though the @ four-part film melodrama eee of the entertainme considered. |S¢F has a number of bad plays in his |name of an actress in the employ of h spirit points the Every incident of a theatrical pro: [DME but now that he in *put to the] the Selwyne is dragged in at, ono moot gon ‘tl R. JACOBS 1S. DEAD duetion 1 a onfidence leaves him. In Mar: laurice wi ager with « big opinion of nimacit to [the funniest moment of the ‘play, to| that Belwyn & Go. are the producers. | pecans Sythe mathe, ee summa | TER. Jacobs, at ee ee eaee a the timid little ingenue with her for- |, mind. he confessos ho isn’t sure | What? Weil. anyway, in “The Show | reel comedies, “The Hmoking Out of | { midable MOTHER, just as everythi he can pick a failure. Bhop” they have a big winnor. Hella Butts” and “Billy's Wager,” Is Pohearsed from, Scuba (y eing | “An satire there ia nothing to equ oo t and a two-part drama, "A Daughter calle.” “Shrink, Betty, BRINK!" [this admission. It hay the disad of Israel,” will supplemont tho fea- y he Joined shrioks her wise mamma as the in- | Wnoleshows You wey iat wate Plays ‘or the ST EI of the Golden weet, ihe. re, i ody, experienced star practises tho art of e of the sted Btrest. invigorates woatbores ead the going ta happen. The bad play is, of fide, thenise Fs Groen Bet ‘ gracefully receiving a tribute-te her jcourse, Pronounced a great succes by ; pera aes Hapoel ber obs ‘ tor id i healthful asea oo e New York newspapers, To their , : wal foe eorats ot th stag ore re |dlomay ety ang’ terrank aneicar| Coming Weehk|srtacivae there, vl alee te es —— pe pm rare eve hole'bag !fnd themselves Broadway favorites. ‘ travel and scientific studies. VAUDEVILLE ATTRACTIONS. Carl Jorn, the German tenor, hitherto associated with the Metro-) politan Grand Opera Company, will appoar at the Palace Theatre in Ger- In tears she comes to his rooms with a suitcase. He is h , he y peuple speak a language the public “compromised”—it 1s the only way to, Brieux'e “Maternity” at the | peg gi eal re Pa cet pa get her mother's consent to thelr mar- | Princess Theatre on Wednes- ", bs, abo riage. jonsense!” cries that hi theatre that the public doesn't know |dame as she sails in with barely» G2Y Dight at a special performance a : — these days, and when it comes to|giance at her anxious child, who has fF newspaper writers. Other por: ! TN as mish French and Italian 2000 CHOICE cugisity the average person would {her arms about the bad actor's neck. , ermances will be under the ausplees. songs, ‘There will also be Evelyn | SEATS te. y leap at a chance to go “behind | Here Mr. Forbes has a little fun with | of the Purpose Play Society. There Nesbit in ballroom dances, with scenes.” But there is one bit of {a situation he once treated seriously.’ will be matinees Thursday and Fri-! Jack Clifford; Eddie Leonard and|itWO BIG SUNDAY CONCERTS. BEGINNING MONDAY MATINEE, dialogue Mr. Forb’s ought to sup- |The mother merely strokes the aleeve gay for women members of the! Mabel Russell in songs and dancer press, if only out of respe:t for a/of her gorgeous brand new coat and Bickel and Watson with thelr fun: calling that necessarily means a great | bilesfully remarks: “lan’t this a beau- | 40clety only, and the Saturday night’ Gorman band, Nellie V. Nichola in deal to him, He might better sacri- |tiful piece of fur' It is only when performance will be the first in the) new songs, Bird Millman in ber fice a laugh than have one of h the determined youth declares he will , regular series. In this play the author! slack-wire exhibition, “The Volun- be ‘ VATS cy characters ask “Are they married” |tell the whole story to newspaper re- | vr Goods" dealin with |teers,” and Dorothy and Madeline ro <— and another answer “No, just co-|porters who are waiting outalde that Cameron in a dancing novelty. BICKE “AN starrin Heading the bill at the Colonial In Jusiloe to the author, however, it take Mr. | will be Blanche Walsh in a version of 4) BRAN vi WOOK Hing must be said that all the charac! . jut for heaven's | Bennett will play Julien Brignac, the! Clyde Fitch's play, “The Woman In bove reproach. No ds ike go quietly,” ur Rosenbaum, Adri the Cane.” Others will be Sam Chip eaihiazs tose w muere devoted cout : who has arrived in all the glory of a | Provincial politician, and Adrienne | itt Gitty Marble in “The Land of on than old Johnny Brinkley and his/"ew silk hat. “If this gets out Wwe | Morrison will have the role of the | oye." Hilly Gould and Helle Ashlyn, | |} ——2 adh A EWERON = good-natured wife, late of “The House [are ruined, “The public won't pay | if rae Rob Matthews presenting ‘In Dream: | ri of @ Thousand Prunes” and living on | two dollars to see @ man make love! yi crea Danse de Follies will bet pat Le Mont snd bis, cows ARL eres — teh chain when | to - Oy jer an , a | le thty come to Ttosenbuum's office in| Ad this frankly commercial man- one onde entity for tie neg (Clark in “Marooned,” Ruiph Dunbar's | Tho Roiidens Metromntien Geund Game Genes search of an engagement. As for Bet-| ager George Sidney is the funniest | Necessary pI ‘Zegteld Midnight | Hell Ringers and Mile, Lupita Perea, | ty, whe is so completely under the|thing in the show. | With his frst musical diversio Pro idl A 7 ted Ti . | aerialiat. eagle eye of her fearsome mother that | appearunce in a so-called Broadway | Hill) mon MMs pe presented Tuan, | va ‘Tanguay in charactertatic oor rich youth who wanta to production he scores « hit as big aa} yi? ‘y ible | songs will be the chief attraction ut tearry her is debied a moment alono| that iuade by" Barney Bernard. in| Vienna: Ned Wayburn te reaponaible | seems wun ee te ett “will uleo in: with her, The amusing gide of their| “Potash and Perlmutt Mis scene | jyrica, { Louls Hirsch and Dave|clude Doyle and Dixon, eccentric Ditter-sweet romance is seen when he|in the Palace Hotel where he orders | geamper for the tunes. With the|dancers; Clark and Verdi in an Ital- _ ‘Tom 4 OITMAR'S MOTION PICTURES horrors of one-night stands. The piay|over with “The Punc Kitty MacKay" comes to the |Gray, song-writer Regina Connell! ° mined Betty shall dassle New York| unwilling actor wh his work. ly ow Fields in The High Cost of Loy. | humorous trickster, and Roberta and 4 tre wil! offer 1" Will be the |. ; « Helasco, t's only # bit, but Belasco | compare with the stage varie attraction Bt tha Urone Oneen Mean ation 4 Lam THE JUNGLE Sag eae Betty on Broadway immediately in| that ca’ the helpless niring Hert Erroll in semsnine iinpe company in order | sandwiches and beer preparatory to | «7ieyfeld Girls” will be Ray Cox, Will{!an apecialty, Burr and Hope in “A ee OF. comes to grief in Punxatawney, but|fun in itself. Grand Opera Houne in “The Lollard;” Four Antwerp WILD ANIMAL LIFE before retiring to domestic life, bobs| One would have to go further than | ing " Hears = embodier ing . bert and Ernest Ball in songs; Hoey A a it Be a iu Ina mote st earner ia eauailed oniy by her Muié |“ HAPPYLAND GIRLS" tt bee, thareater parediats: Plana Hi PL RL Re i a aa ar @ eure-fire failure. _The tute mana- na- Rosewbaum t to » exclaim “ity what a “The Girls fom Happyland” will tions; the Lancton- joins um mm be near her, and experiences the| breaking the sad news that it is all | wWoat and othe Lady, a Lover and a Lamp the resourceful mother, who is deter-| gives a capital ‘The Standard Theatre will have |Giris in @ musical number; Jarrow, arrow, The mogt marcia exibition of animated photography A RR Sw Sy me up smilingly with @ contract from | the Bhi Books to find 4 mother to Potash and Perlmutter Rosenbaum $5,000 if he will “star” |ity to. outline a ¢ pirat fe Hetty | POR COLUMBIA THEATRE, ' #80 404 Kdwards ta “Of wi DITMARS'S “ANIMAL MOVIES AT WALLACK'S THEATRE _ 4th MONTH 33"= MANHATTAN; Pere te ~VNot a Punch Merely, But a Wallop” Phew THE HIGH Cast William A. 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