The evening world. Newspaper, April 14, 1917, Page 9

Drink, Disease and Dope Serve Two New Plays ttisher toaiia Temperance Wave Sweening Over the Country May Excuse Arnold Daly's Thirst for Brandy in “The Very Min- ute”’—"The Knife” Plunges Into the Underworld and Sug- gests the Need of Spring Housecleaning. By Charles Darnton. O we go to the theatre only to S00 the weakness and depravity of humanity? Two plays of the to € aN 4 NAUDE ADANS 2 VI ZIEGFELO;S MiG NiGHT FROLIC we | “The Very Minute” and ee 4 have much in common. aa | Tn other words, drink, drugs and dis- ar. ease have been made to serve our a | stage in the course of a week. This #.. view of things theatrical does not, to * be sure, offer a new aspect, We have eo become accustomed to plays reflect- ¢ ing the dopths of life, Ca 3 OHN MEEHAN, the author of the ~~ J play that Mr, Belasco has brought ay = — out, is something more than a +4 sveasT Theatee roe preacher, even though he does i 4 himself to a temperance sermon. The U 7 Pay iad bea ae ch k pctien voting BILLY AT NEWSIES’ SHOW. 3 of "Ten Nights in a Barroom,” yet at Will “Have « Talk With the Bore” ¢ the same time Belasco probably values . in the Hippodrome. ) it as a move In the direction taken by vo} ‘The newsboys’ big beneft show at the ' the temperance wave now sweeping AcADamy OF MUSIC, Hippodrome to-morrow night will have . over the country. It is only a ques- ne Billy Gunday tm the all-star cast of en- ees tion of time, perhaps, when the cor- ‘THE THIRTEENTH CHAIR’ | ‘**ainera, | He promised to-day that we ner saloon, with its glaring lights, will be closed and the making of drunk- ards will cease to be a profitable busi- ness, That is neither here nor there, however, in @ discussion of the theatre, with its artistic aims and its sordid shortcomings. OURTEEPN years ago, at the Academy of Music, we were treated to “Drink,” a melo- drama in which the late Charles War- ner indulged im delirium tremens and vivid acting, Although this play was he would appear and “have « talk with TO STAY THRU SUMMER | ine poys” after his tebernadts sermon, aT aN The benefit ts under the auspices of ‘The Treasurer of the Forty-eighth | an the New York nye sar eee A AED Tse Street Theatre, where “The Thirteenth | theatrical etars will A. =~ Chair,” Bayard Velller's melodrama, | the fund to maintain the. Newtons RIALTO THeethe [starts its twenty-second week on | Summer an the pregremens val Monday, received @ letter yesterday je from Denver, in which the writer asked if tt was likely he would be able MARY CUNNING oul trio ON w Yor Pa Aug iat aT _ 1s * nv to New York in August. “ PAN He SRR betas wAouse. am extremely anxious to see it,” went on the writer, “and I hope that Miss “THE WANDERER” perenne ane Harrison Hunter will taken from the French it offered a| ——— ENTERS TWELFTH WEEK way Me peers il the wah od convincing study of the English |=rne very Minute.” Behind Daly's a great deal. A surgeon| “The Wanderer” at the Manhattan ‘workman who finds his way too easily | acting there is always brain, Most of|may have a bald spot and go about A pig WR ed eihoar THEATRES —_—— Opera House will enter upon the to the nearest “pub.” In it Warner|our actors are merely talking ma-|»!s Work with perfect assurance, But | twelfth week of its BIRDS FIND THEIR WAY chines, I am quite aware that Daly is one of our most talkative actors, But invariably he makes you feel that he knows what he is talking about. He has the rare gift of making an author's words sound like his own. the actor who plays a surgeon and a lover at the same time, and wears & toupee, 1s open to scrutiny. More- over, when a surgeon subjects human beings—no er how depraved they may be—to his experiments, he ts drawing a long knife, bet: borg 4 and the big playhouse in fee 7 fourth Street continues to be to ite utmost limits. The i . formance of “The Wanderer’ wi! given on Wednesday, April 2%, and will be marked with appropriate cere- monies. When one consider the enormous size of the Manhattan TO DANCING CARNIVAL} In the new and beautiful epring decorations of the Dancing Carnival at Grand Central Palace are 200 crows and @ large number of spotted wrens. They took down from the leaves and -—~SONCERTS AND MUSIC, Indeed, he turned this trick on Ber- branches and perch on the rims of nkcYeke "RALPH iawn KIDNEY TROUBLE port EES COMEDY THEA, To-m'w (Sun.) Aft. ot 8, Mr. Heary Dater, of Troy, N. Yu it {Eunice P rossor & McCORMACK | ven anoun ar tie Brew oso BATS OUTAINABLS. | MANHATTAN OPERA sittin OTR, PLAYG, = * HOUSE WM ELLIOTT. FRAY | AND MORRIS GEST Pre See | wafer CMR COMMENCING AOA _ The 6 Year-Old Bar, ark BABY MARIE OSBORNE WANDEB FHEATRE J “TOLD A AT T TWILIGHT” ov The iy Ne FULTON SNtbeAT 30 CHARLIE CHAPLIN — f cab de one 4 RTENAY: i COLUMBIA BURLESQUE] American Theatre and Roof throush-| Now Appreciates The Powers Of Gantnota WAL. Yocmsree Aiea & “FRUIT-A-TIVES” ee A OE me POUR Ree ye REROS found a medium for his graphic, hu- man acting. Arnold Daly does more than this In —— NG House, Avril 17, YOu § much as 1 admire the work of |Opera House, which seats 8,500 poo- i maga arrer S ok Sear ae _ORPHAN GIRL PERN de Sor, She, obnole, seen of his ideas and his skill as a mriea ret some idea of the enor- ae Jon mouen' At iy lon, grou that he was too lazy, or toodnditfer-| playwright, I must say that “The|mous popularity of thie play may be| «nae TEMPTERS” ent, to make @ journey to @ country| Knife” was repellant to me, Others | obtained. ‘AT OLYMPIC THEATRE CARNEGIEHALL Sunday 6.15PM that hailed him with understanding| have described it as “thrilling.” TOR VAUDEVILLE ‘HE. How She Was Cured. Had) white mngiand was still trying to! mough fairly sensitive, 1 tailed to| PROC : THOS. EG A N zz, make up its mind about him. On this| fee} a eingle thrill, The only moral AND LOEW FEATURES|\ “The Temptere” will be the attrac- TKNOR Headaches, Dizzy =" score, Shaw must be called an in-|tno play suagesta ta “Beware of for-| a tion at the Olymple, Tn ecdition to hall - ” it Proctor’s venue | tl Awful Pains, Coul: roar, «+ Seal Rover beiamle $9 ter | tune-tellerel Rasy patriotic spectacle entitied “The Gall LIAN 1A sive dim for amiling into my face one| why should the underworld, small,| Theatre the first half of the week Nation.” Th includ tate, tit Nort Not Work. day and saying that he could see no| despicable and evil, be brought into | Will ladiude “ine Dream Gerda’ 5 & chorus of twenty-four wile Feason why he should come to| view on the stage? Drink, of course, | musical, offering; Jack Arnal oy | — bey an girl, and when | America, {s @ more or less common course. But|/and O'Donnell in “The Parcel Post- 7 oe isthe ah had to a ati from th ch.” Mabel Burke In new songs and SAVED FROM ears ol sup- —- “dope” and disdase, e view- | man,” Ma 5 , ‘ren ‘4 port myself, but I B® may be thankful for the fact point of the Tenderloin, cannot appeal |Charlie Chaplin in_his latest photo (a ‘would have such that Arnold Daly 1s still alive|to healthy minded piaygoera. Our play, “The Cure Proctor Twenty. sick spells every and—if he is true to bimself—| stage has come through the winter | th: tree But a| Street Theatre and One Hundred and month that I|kioking, Only miracle, apparently,! With ® fairly decent record, Theatre will offer + spring housecledning will do it no, Twenty-ffth Street Theatre w would have to|saves him from drinking himself to) farm” vaudeville and moving pictures, stay at homelgeam in “The Very Minute” He —_——-— The Rigoletto Brothers, Chin: from work, snd I! tosses off a0 many ginaves of brandy |“‘THE GLOBE TROTTERS,” |masicians,, scronuit sod, uee soito Ie Tals |t the Belasco that Bellevue seems rea nro h out the week, Julian Rose, Hebrew . med iy pear wholly alochotic em! A new burlesque in two parte wilt | comedian. will be an added attres, hibition that keeps us interested. The | bo presented at the Columbia The-| Loew's New York Theatre and, Root My sister told me|author of the play tells us plainly |atro,. The first section 1s called “The |Charlle Chaplin in “The Cure’ will My how much Lydin |that he believes @ fine mind is worth |Globe Trotters” and the second | be shown, Monday and Tuesday. and Pinkbam's Vegetable Compound |gaving. But there ts little to justify | “Trotting Around.” It was written Compensation” on Wednesday and had helped her, so I began taking it by B, K. Wells and ts in eight scenes € it the assumption that Francis Cra: ‘Thureday. | result Is I am now in good health |ner ie a teilliant man. tHe 18 des 34 that carr the spectators to various —— never “4 inte interes! ind ‘you may. pubileh aay Teeter tp | mane by Mr. Daly—that te all” |iKmericas While. there ip he alaim |(MAN WHO CAME BACK’ made for a connected story, it Sen goer f oe geod wae 5. “ H KNIFE" presenta aim. |that the performance is full of amus- MAKING A GREAT RUN ing scenes enlivenc y vaudeville } do."—Miss MARIE SCHMELT?, 84 culties to ite chief actors, | oe ucities and musical features, The | ‘The Man Whe Came Back” ts now Gardner Cond Troy Hill, N. 8. Pitts- 1 have still to s0@ & oon- | cast embraces Frank Hunter, Eddie| the third oldest of all the entertain- burgh, P: vincing doctor on the stage, A sur- | Swartz, Georgo Hickman, Elsté Lave-| mente in New York, the only two This ae old root and herb rem-|ge0n 1s even more perplexing to the! Gau, Pere Sentiand, ea te Ware, | ahoad of It being “Turn to the Right’ edy has proved unequalled for period: playwright and the actor, for he is | Hougina Mclvor, Jack Hayden and | Snd_"The Big Show.” | ‘The drama by feal suffering of young women, {t|a specialist of training and skill. In Gus Goodwin. Eee F ry Bet, & and now 1D its Pete oa Whey. Seenee to restore | nis manner there ts a quiet authority, —— eighth month it te’ going stronger ki hat “ ud than ever, This week, with matinees Write the Lydia E, Pinkham Medl- voena ts he Hee Te SHE” AT ACADEMY, on Wednesday and Saturday, it will happens to be fitted for bis jon cine Co. (confidential), Lynn, Mass. an actor to WITH VALESKA SURATT)| make its total number of perform- for free advice if you need it.—Advt. ances 283, William A. Brady presents it with @ good cast headed by Mary MR, HENRY DATER, in “THE CURE” (Beg. Monday) Beginning to-morrow the Academy , " - REX BEACH CAPTURING wf a . REAL ESTATE FOR SALE— REAL ESTATE FOR SALE— | of Music will present @ film version | **™ ERASE ants eae 0 Ere be aos CROCODILES IN COLOMBIA a ar ee bie 8, QUEENS, of "She," produced by William Fox. |“‘] 7B DEEMSTER” FILMED ¥ of INCOMPARABLE restoring po’ of these wonderful cena: bre ilo He|| RIALTO. ORCHESTRA On Monday Charlie Chaplin's latest aughmaker, “The Cure,” wil be| FOR BROADWAY THEATRE : le | added to the bill, Hall Caine’s novel “The Deemster" ruit-atives | Sho 18, 8 Bhoto dramatization of | nas pen made into @ photo play that | When be was ill and sufferin , and is in ee, ae | fascinating story of ‘Bgyptlan mis. | will be shown at the Broadway ‘Tho- | eee iy ~ anny itt eek ANE 2: of reine ic . | atre, beginning to-morrow afternoon. 658 tt Ave., Troy, N. Y, remery ‘| ed Me Bore ih tel eces | Derwent Hall Caine, eon of the au- pril 20th, 1016 While” } aves -Who-Must-Be-Obeyed, who|thor, ie the star of the production “I have been a sufferer for years retains ber youthful appearance by | Other members of the cast are Marton | with, Kidney Trouble and Constipor bathing in the Flame of Life. Swayne, Sidney Bracy, Albert Froom, tablets made from fruit knows—because he tried “ BURLESQUE, YOU Can Buy a Bungalow On the Waterfront In New York City With Your Vacation Allowance | an VAUDEVILLE. FPROCTOR'S “ ion, I tried ‘*Fruit-a-tives’ about « (ALM BVELs © PHUTO Bis pursd K. Barnes Clarendon, Alexander Hall. | "0" BAsTER JU BLL wept Dorehot” with Stuart Holines | James Lovering, Ben fund | month ago, and with almost Immediate Doth GH ag vette tn ne For as little as and a Fox film comedy. There will | Thomas O'Malley. results. The Kidney Trouble bas disap Voth | FPS be ub also be the Fox Pictorial and the a peered and the Constipation ip fast re, | 33 Ko. ) Vere. Coste cal Digest, together with a musi!-| sryppQDROME’S SHOW leaving me. HENKY DATER, *100 SHS) | Sas BeSc At dd Ave mmé, in which Autumn 1” Is the greatest Kidney st, will participate, NEARS 400TH MARK| pemsiy tw the world, ‘sul ie. equally | , ‘ Thursday week when “The Big Show” fied by Buby Manie Osborne in “Told| reaches ite 400th presentation. ‘The at Twilight,” the feature picture that | current spectacle is more varied than will be brought to the Rialto Theatre. | any of its predecessors in ita five seo D. F. Whitcomb has created a tale of | Yons given up to circus feutures | & joyous child who melts the heart of |@quatio novelties, skating diverttsne- the orusty old militonair xt door,| ments, modern minstrelsy and musi- and in 80 doing saves her daddy from | oal comedy, | disgrace. 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M. 0, 15, Be ‘ GEORGE WALSH in “High Pinance” | New Photo Featu Roof } i Loew’sAmericanRoof fats The Motion Picture witha New and o Big Thrill! HE, of principals. Charlie Chaplin All Seats Reasrved i his latest bit of clowne | Every Eve.8.15 Pie ag: Same Write for booklet of photos and details, or, better yet, will be shown Monday afternoon| “gleeping Fires," with Pauline OEDUAE PAL MROSE t 3 Take the L, J. Ratlroad (Rockaway Division) to Broad Channel ‘ © remainde > Ww ThO| weederick as the eter, will be the| Rk Rete 3 & From 33d St. o Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn. B,R.T. Care in Summer. of jhe Salisbury expedition | niet photo-dramatic feature at the| * ie “Botan. id bis fellow expl -| Strand, This ts a detective play with vt: turing monster crocodiles a a love theme. g Henry’ tory, aT wre eC. Office on Froverty, lombia. Important events will be pic. | “Friends @t San Rosario,” will alse be | Ly FR nf mt, Magy Tors. + 1616 Hammela, tured In the Topical Digest. Mile, | be revealed on the screen. The musi- aut i) epeer Co Tramie. 2 Prone 48 Conant Andoya, suprano, will be @ feature of ca) programme will include @ aumler He Uoy ai techie PS lil the thusical programme, of sololsta, ven ’ ok 4--— —— ~ Per |