The evening world. Newspaper, February 21, 1916, Page 12

About Plays and Players PRESS AGENT has just brought to our desk a state- ment to the effect that « new comedy, “although risque, is go- ing to be a bie success.” We'll bet tt ‘won't be a big success tf tt te brazen, in ie troatment of the #ex question, and we're no atickler for reform in the drama, either. It is our opinion that the suggestive element on the) stage is unnecesary and almost ol variably unprofitable. Especially ts| it @ detriment, in the long run, to a comedy. A drama may oall a apade &@ epode, and m.ke mo. y at it, but it won't win unless the sex feature te wubordinated by a big heart in- torest. And now let's see why. An openly riaque play will fail to attract at least bait @ million people right here tm New York. While many girls will wip away to the theatre to see a play of this sort, there are thousands of girls who won't, not to mention the young men and older people who will avoid it. To prove our conten- tien, we point to “Sadie Love.” It was funny, but a woman in ft went DB @ honeymoon with four or five men. It all worked out immocently enough, but despite the efforts vf Marjorie Rambeau, one of the most able young actresses in Amerioa, the play did not bring big financial re- turos in New York. Shortly after this play closed, ite management opened “The Cinderella Man” at the Hudson Theatre. It Proved to be clean, sweet and other- wise wholesome, and the theatre isn't big enough to hold the crowds that want to see it. “Common Clay” is an example of the sex drama with the eart eppeai. in this play the latter ale- ment reiegates the risque to the rear im @uch @ pronounced manner as to make it incidental, You may argue at “Twin Beds,” which ts till mak- img money, is risque ik isn’t There's nothing rieque about it but its name. If you don’t believe the Play without the brazen sex element i@ the one that makes the big money, ask somebody who knows to tell you what “Peg o' My Heart” and “Within the Law” cleared. HATTONS PLACE A PLAY. Prederic and Fannie Hatton, the Chicago dramatists with the New York jeanings, came to town the other day and brought « Mas yg od their wares along. Almost the it crack out of the box they placed a yp deals with the sex question to a certain ex- tent, and this means the Hattons have rearra: their ideas about play writing somewhat. They ueed to say they would never touch on that subject, but they've gone and done it. “Years of Disoretion” and “The Great Lover,” tho latter being the product of their collaboration with ne aoe ae ite star, are examples their art—examples any family addicted to the play-writing habit might well be proud of too. NEW PLAY FOR MI88 ADAMS. Maude Adams will appear in a new gomedy by J. M, Barrie next season. The dramatist has notified Alf Hay- nan, General Manager of the Froh- an Company, that the play will be ready in plenty of time, Miss Adams will remain at the Empire untt) March 18 and then spend the re- mainder of the season touring the! pert, but he drot the “bert” when| Local No. 1, will hold its annual bali| cluded the beauty, “I had to tell that principal eities in “The Little Min-|@ boy in order gon people think|at the New Austerdam Opera House] guy I wantad some good liver. 8 Home and Comic Page “S*’MATTER, POP?” > a MUSEUM FREAK, ARLING, 15 SOMETHING) Wit AN EXTRA — 4 PART, USUALLY P ALURIGUY’ FRANK AY BANE. READY TO ROLL YOu IN DAS SNOW ~ COME ON! wid Him IN THE SNOW SO ®EAT IT. DANGONIT ! = WANNA EAT SOMETHIN ' DIFFERENT SES FOR A CHA SOMETHIN’ FOREIGN —THATS ME—uUM-mt of THE EVENING WORL INSTANCE,A™'. CAT write FIVE Feer, A CHICITEN Wer Two HEADS a“ ad “HT KNOW ONE! MetduTy P.uiP Why MARS, “PLUMP TELL ME WAITER —HAVE .. You GOT” FROGS-LEGS WHERE. ARE THEY 1 wonneR 2=-? -? D, Monday, February 21. 1916 we é ~ MAYBE 1M-LOOKING »\ ON “THE WRONG HILL FOR EM; ITS “RHEUMATION "THAT MAKES ME WALK & Like “THs ! 8p Ke, Al Jolson's first name is really Al-| The ‘Theatrical Protective Union,| ‘Bon what?’ And, on the level,” con- ister.” he was a big, rough guy. on March 11, ‘There will be three “HEN THORNTON FELL. Jim Thornton was walking along tm front of the Palace Theatre re- cently when he slipped on the toy sidewalk and sat down. An actor-in- waiting, loitering in’ the theatre's|th® Cort March 6, Josie Sadler has|man Tharpe may have the leading| “Major Barbara.” lobby, hurried to assist him, but Mr. Thornton stopped him by putting up one han. fa where we all flop.” Gossi delphia to say that a man doesnt Oliver Morosoo's musical pli ‘So shape. d. musical show, will go into the Park “Hold!” he said dramatically. “This tig 29 cag Leola Lucey in the prima na. role, From Chicago comes the news that | "nis. Long Letty!” has caught on in great] spring, ‘This been added to the cast. role, “The Road to Mandalay,” a big —_— AN IGNORANT MAN. Joe Chadwick ue fi Phila- chorus forces thought she had learned long ago and decided to use the word Gladys Hanson has gone to Chicago] need a gun to shoot @ ton of coal in| occasionally just to register class, to act in a film version of ‘The, the cellar. Havoc” for the Essanay. Edna Baker, now playing a leading| companies playing “Alone at Last'’'| Street. Now let her tell tt role in “It Pays to Advertise,” has|on tour. Marguerite Namara will be! “I told the man I wanted some bon} “I give it up,” “One is usually hard to get up and gave me tho once over and answered: the other usually hard to get down.” been re-engaged by Cohan & Harris for next season, Graco Livingston Furnias play the] To-night, “The Blue Envelope” will open at|Gamut Club put on recently, Nor-| Friday evening se will be, een in formances this week the bill will be “The Earth.” FOOLISHMENT. One of the beauties of the Ziegfeld A Witle boy named ‘maw a pohi the meaning of “bon vivant” not BS Wine ncteener MISS GEORGE'S REPERTOIRE. dues huaking “oige Over dn ea Grace George 18 now Presenting all ‘4 th jays in her yhouse x Tires” pias iis| Tosnight, to-morrow. matinee and ike Bump, Herat Kes r She tried it first in a meat market on] FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE, The Messra. Shubert will send two] Kighth Avenue, near Fifty-second “What is the difference between a in one and Jobn Charles Thomas in vivant,” she said, scornfull: the other. = e hill and a pili? FELLOW CLUB MEMBERS \ | CANNOT BEGIN TO Express MY — FALLING BACK To THE GAS ATTACK. SECOND LINE OF DEFENSE TO ESCAPE AN ASPHYKIATING DOOOOGOTHHHOOHs thornton Fishe By Hazen Conklin. Some men ane He knew that she would thank him not, } And minded not her scorns He offered her h bway scat To keep her off corn, When wifle has her innings hubby ' learns ali his outs, A boy named Tom was plucked from life Before hie yeare were ripe; He stole behind the barn to smoke His father’s oorn-oob pipe More than one ‘war bride” ts now a “divorcee’—and some of their husbands are still paying alimony. | So thoughtful le an editor That sometimes he don’t think, And dipe quite absont-mindedly Hie paste-brush in the ink! The reat “call” hubby sometimes gets after the “oompany” goes home. | VERNACULARITIES. Bil was @ Poor Prune who Feil, Hard for a Swell Chicken who was Some Class, He had a Fat Chance with the Old Man, but He should Worry, for the Dame was All His, ‘To the Old Bird Bill was a Lowbrow |and a Roughneck. To the Wren ho was a Handsome Devil who could Dance like @ Fool. They Blew the Works and were Hitched in Jersey, It was a Jolt for Mother, but it was a Knockout for the Old Man. But the Doll was All There for Bill until Ham-and palled on her Swell Mob appetite, when sh gave Mot! @ Ring on the Wire for a Bid for some Home Fodder. Mother gave her the High Sign to Horn In and Daughter blistered her feet Get- Ung There. And after her Come- Back Daughter Stuck. Bill made @ grandstand Play and Chinned about having been Handed a Lemon, but it was only a Stall. Cut In with a Big Noise about i be Old Birds for Alienating Affections and finally Shook Down the Old Boy for @ Roll of Hush Money, After the Divorce Bill Beat It back for the Dance Joints to Try a! Which a! @DBDDOHHDOSGDDHDODDHDOGOVIGHBOGDOHWIGGWGPHO®PGHODSHADIGOGIDOSO. THE PERISCOPE just what is a “dog pound?” H, U. H. So do I. I’m not eure, but I think {#2 @ pound of sausages. Bilitor ‘The P Editor “The Periecope:" Bice od I'd write and tell you how disappointed I always am when I don't eee your jokes in the ‘eriecoye’ Tam a young man of steady habits. I don't smoke, chew, drink, swear, flirt, go to the theatre, gamble, play cards or go out nights. I want a Job. Can you give me a recommendation? 8.1. 8, You don't need a recommendation. What you need 4s an education! Maybe you don’t read ‘em right? By C. M. Payne | DOODOHODOGHOIHDDOGOHODOHDODHGODHOGHDGGOIGODOOSS: g § KID IDEAS GPOHODDHOHDGHOGHOGHDOGHDOGGOGQHGOODOGDOIGOOGOODIHIWOOOSS By Ferd G. Long OF Course Ei WILLIE, YOU REMEMBER THE STORY = Sure I Do - BuT You NEVER LET ME Touch THE HATCHET-oR T MIGHT A DONE SOMETHIN’ To BRAG,| ABouT, Too! earn. 106 Pree Patan Co. OFF reana REACT @ODHDDWP/GIGOHA®WW)/OODOOOOSs QQODDODO®HOOOGHPGHPDHHHDDHHASS 9 THE GREAT DOT ® OOO CORO FEMAMMSEROMBBAMARAOOAAEOTOG MYSTERY DODAGDODOVOOGVOODDHODOOSOOs | remarked to the proprietor, u C “Wouldn't do to shoot answered the proprietor, keep t'other barrel to collect _pmeals and ipdgingl’ DODDODDOO®DOOHHHOOOOMNL (Copyright, 1016, by the Wheeler Syndicate.) CHAPTER PORTY-FIVE, |ARLY in the morning, Sie daybreak, a squall came up and \™ the boys gathered on the deok. “There is no danger,” the captain shouted, \ the deok and struck a mast. When the wind died down at sunrise they found a ———— (Join the dots with a pencil line, be- ginning with dot No, 1 and following them in numerical order. Chapter forty-six will be printed Wednesday) —_———— His Reserves. N Englishman, who stopped A over night at a Western Aceri- can hostelry, noticed that ve stead of ringing a bell at, meal thme the proprietor went to the front deer and fred a double barrelled shot Later in the evening the Bnglisti somnmented on the strange proc hat's a novel idea of yours,” i" ¥ Eo corinen f eo generally fetches ‘em around rte © to say grace.” admitted the Englishman. |] urdon the question, .why ou discharge only one barrel? Shaner | ss |