The evening world. Newspaper, August 29, 1918, Page 12

Sa a ero ere recs ve 7 a a a ) r “American Soldier Husbands | : i wo THE NEW PLAYS e | For French Girls Means | “Where Poppies Bloom” - wo : a ee ea A War Play for Privates Greater France l'o-Morrow | “Isle of Beau i on the Marne BY CHARLES DARNTON ae TOINETTE D'ARTAGNAN, French| THES BATHING PLACE OF PRETTY FRENCH GIRLS FROM PARIS, WITHIN SOUND OF THE] Q wroms an iva ia tuionn tandve & me ean cn Views of Dr. ANTOINETTE D'ARTAGNAN, French| BIG GUNS, HAS BEEN NAMED THE “YSLE OF BEAUTY” BY AMERICAN SOLDIERS, courtt against the German butcher who hae imagined thar hevean Physician on Furlough in New York After Win-| FOR REASONS WHICH THESE PHOTOGRAPHS DISCLOSE. Boe tke minee meat of the worl, and curiously enough, "Where Poppies i ( i i oom,” the\ play at the Republic Theatre, emphasizes this fact more than | ning High War Honors, Open Discussion of } any other phy that has been a product of wartime. Subject Which Will Be Continued by a Series of THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1918 | 4 . ‘ . THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1918 If you happen to ge to the play that Roi Cooper Megrue has taken Peace? “se ) trom the French of Henri Kistemaekers, it may occur to you that “Where ~ | ; ; y A ? w= 4 ‘ Oppiee Bloom” is a war play for privates. The t hi yeni World. an) © heroine, the near-hero | Articles in The Evening | af, At, hae nd the remote villain are merely figures made of curdboard, They strike \ & 4 ff te, La heroic attitudes but they never strike fire. FRENCH WIFE WILL HAVE— ‘ SS Tp 5; ] Hbline is no excuse for thrusting | spy who is the father of her ehild, “The best Kusband in the world—kind, affectionate, || oo fe wt . brembi ir Hogan eb hE Maid aia AL pl ie io | ¥ ; 8 jodrama in more or|is hor chaste lover en the old generous, loyal as the continental man rarely less question, fort the very good rea-| French triangle is given a new turn. ? ‘ son that this commercial product of| It is ail very well for Marianne to de : AMERICAN HUSBAND WILL HAVE— ' the times was probably never meant) clare that her son is all French, but “A splendid, practical wife, a helpmate, not a mere to he's so-called star play. Ali theltauts are facts in aplte Of war beneficiary, who will be her husband's ‘partner.’"’ honors go, naturally enough, to an| A chateau that has beon shot to English “Tommy” sand an American| pieces affords u dramatic setting for AND FRANCE WILL HAVE doughboy, both of Ywhom are so hu-| the play, and the amiable slings and “A wonderful race, finer than all American or all}! hes that they sophup your interest | arrows exchanged by the soldiers who : 4 t for ail the world like a pair of| make it thoir neadquart 6 the merican strength, bigness, endur- |! 1 p make hci headquarters give th | French children—A ry bis ‘the 9 a 9 s doves.” 1! | #Ponges. First of all, Percival Knight] play real interest, It duesn't matter ance blent with French quickness and nervous force. stands out as the Iwst actor in tho|that the German spy puts his hand company when he cocks his eye at|through a hole of his prison and 5 hall the situation, and then Will Deming| throttles a French guard who is evi By Marguerite Mooers Marsha }comes along with thesAmerican spirit| dently writing to his wife in English : rose ng Co, (The New Yo Wor that chokes our throats as weil as’ yur; We must make allowances for melo- Copynent, 1018, ny The Prose Publishing Co, (The New York Prentng Work) it as’ uur | LEANOR, Beatrice and Janet, three Hite maids from finishing school, | transports drama, But it is worthy of note that : ther reason why they just must go to France to bathe 1 So far as these two ready-made German spy is killed by an Amer- ) have found another r hie’ GER wattata Kui AY Genel ‘ngbters are concerned, Mr. Megrue|tcan after the scoundrel has attempted somebody's brow or play the planola in a are Au has done very good work. But he| to shoot the French successor to Bis } those big-eyed, frightfully chic, fascinating French girls are planning te BAD CARN LaS Pauw POE LG: evnen| Wiles aioclione marry al! our nice men whom the Boche doesn't burt, and never, never let of Kistemackers—and the name must} A shell finally bursts over the them come home! It's a fact—two French newspapers have published it be accepted for what it Is worth—tu| chateau and knocks it sideways, but SOMETHING must be DONE! make the play exciting melodrama,| Miss Rambenu isn't knocked out by ‘That. of course, is our point of view for it is more a matter of words than|any means. Sie gets on her feet ahd ’ devoted as we may be to our Ally action, Talk triumphs ower deeds, |declaims with ail tie fervor she has r\ Conceivably, the French see with Marianne, arrayed in. ostentatious |given tu the acts that have gone bo- other eyes the unmistakable flowerin: !mourning, believes that her German | fore. rnational romance husband has been killed fighting for| Miss fam! 4 is strenuous, but un- Of the newest inte the war wedding between the French France. Obviously, sho Js alone in| interes ing. Lewis S. Stone remains \ feune fille und the American boy in | her belief. We have haw! plays injunmistakably American as the Ger- | khaki. More than one such wediing, which Paglish and ‘A.weriean women| man spy. As [ have said, Percival \ according to trustworthy reports, bas fouid the # married to Gor-| Knight, as the English soldier, and | . tightened the bonds between Krance mans, But a woman of Fmnco—per- | Will Deming us the Awerican dough- and the American Expeditionary | ish the thought! However, anything] boy, are the wholo flower show of Force. French writers now urge that may go to make up a play, and 4 “Where Poppies Bloom.” the Franco-American household re cordingly, Marianno doesr’t lose a| Mr. Megrue should rewrite the play main permanently in France—to tho moment in throwing over the German | with a biue pencil. benefit of its future census reports. La Patrice needs, as never hefo marriages and more children. “Will American Susbands for French girls help to solve Wrance’s problem of repopulation?” 1 asked a fistin- To an Ancient Horse I {x Dobbin, tottering old wreck, more You spavined, spindle-legged nag, | | We offer oats. Come, eat a peck, ch woman physicla, Dr. | Decisis Aringean, who Is taking | be Or even take the whole darned bag a furlough in New York #fter winning i ‘ou scrawny, one-eyed limping brute, { @ handful of French and Belgian dec- | We scorned you at the Flivver's dawn. on erations for her magnificent patriotic 4 We callously gave you the boot service in war hospitals. She is one } And sneered at you when you were gonc. of the very few French physicians We said that gasoline outclassed ow to be found in America. “Mar- ea eos between your soldiers and the H best that any horse could do, e You bony relic of the past, We hoped that we were through with you. | You're older, Dobbin, than you were ) women of my coun‘ry will be a won- @erful thing for Fr )" Dr. D'Artag- nan replied earnestly, “The men of 4 @ | France—well, you know they arc When last we turned you out to grass. | | gone. And those who are left are You're almost ready to inter— { . —-—* om f shattered and broken with the awful | “Ow a ae PARTAG A But here's a crisis, and you'll pass \ strain of the last four years, Tie Ah, well, the buggy's dusted out, f d women are worn with walttPs and husband’y partner in his shop, bank The rusty axles have been greased, — | working, yet the pressure on MOSt Of Pestuurant or farm work, and the! 1 ‘The harness oiled, and no doubt them has not been such but that they two work together. People are in | i You'll do three miles an hour at least. will recover. eh 1 to thin of the French woman We thought we knew a thing or two, i} “With French men it is different. a» voted only to frivolity and But Mr. Hoover—he was wiser. / 1 think that many of them, even if plea That isa mistake, Every \ So now we must appeal to you, they marry, will never be the fat where, in every country, you will 3 You knock-kneed corpse. Gott strafe der Katser! of children. Or, if they have chil- find the people of the demi-monde : . i scl dren, the latter will show signs of the but the true French woman ts ad- Photo copyright by Kade! & Herbert : ee ais is - Jong drawn-out agony their fathers mirab| She s not even make up ‘tinea 4 i \ Beet autaree will ia weak | har facomtiin: wernsn, of New: vere} ‘ce B ° 99 Brig t Lines From New Shows. Neer ected’ tefore (nsit | aud estlamicn ete tie pest tartan Ls t en 4 0 ucile g birth. painters I have ever seen.” added Dr. “KEEP HER SMILING. “The union of fresh, young Ameri Artagnan, with a twinkle : 5 RAPELY—But never mind, Henry! You got the right dope! Go on! i pul ; Pha MMainnnee Caicenl Hy ite: id Fi laitres Yonve Li 3 pe! ont! can men with reach wena La Mo Bleanor, Heatriee and Janet, you The Newport Caterpillar Club Incites the Rapid Fire Waitress to a Riot of Conversation Work like a horse for em and some day dey’ll reward you—— { create a wonde € ‘ had better Ic our make-up bo: . , var wwRY—' strength, bigness, endurance will be pefore Johnnie « nak m = bane By BIDE DUDLEY. Sau Led . “ . | blent with our quickness and nervous | yniess you want to be compared un. | CMM, IIS. YT Iva tain Oo ithe Caterpillar Cadi nd she has{ isin, although they might be classed} “Well, that sure got me indignant GRAPELY—Wi¢ a nice wreath o' flowers—"Rest in Peace force, That will be the physical re-) favorably to the natural roses of IN'T society wouen great| {gured out a plan to have her forces| with snakes, However, that ain’t}to her. I give her one look and sa; emenoneree sult, Temperamentally, our viVaCst¥ | pranc ae’ fadettes?” asked Lucile,{@ttack the enemy before they ean] neither here nor there in your and|‘It seems apparent that your brain] © BRACKETT—Get Truscott! and gayety should give ® sparkle 10) Nationally speakir concluded the Waltress, as the} Mobllitize and dig in, The war cry is| my young lives leaks, I'd see a stone mason right HENRY—Mr, Truscott won't be down again to-day, sl: ti your fine, sober Pe sera A he |the French woman physician, “inter-| Friendly Patron pulled his little bag|to be ‘Let No Guilty Caterpillar E “As | was saying, they got points} away before you lose what little you BRACKETT—He won't! Why not? bea children ee Mapes would be| riage between my country and] of sugar from his pocket cape,’ and the Cadets are to be in-!for the huntresses, and when one] got. HENRY—He {sn't feeling well. i a amariee all American or all French | %°4"* Would increase their affection! spray do seem to have many hob-| structed not to spare any quarter and| gets 1,000 she receives a nice pin} “That sure provoked her. She just BRACKETT—No? What's the matter? al children born in France, The for:ner enh a a salt ran . a bles,” he replied. “But what brings|to take no prisoners, en the chil-] with the letters ‘C. C, C' enscalloped|took a piece of apple pie and HDPNRY—His wife's had twins, would have to De BCCUs Od Oa et en nin oan new. thea, | them to your mind this morn dren of Newport have been called tojon it. That means she ts a ‘Cham-| slammed it down so hard it bent. climate, The latter would be in-brat | reotincs ure go strong they can hardiy| “Caterpillars!” the cause, and all have swore to}iion Caterpillar Catcher,” and, of) You see, Lily and I often have BLAND—Well, there's nothing like a wife to keep a man moving. France is an old country, Even with | oo tor eee) AGalarsiianat Jcourse, it is a designation into so-| trouble because she won't keep from BRACKETT—Yes, and I've seen men in my time that an extravagant animals the fusion of two strains “Sure! Don't you never give the ety, too, | understand it’s all going} making incomplimentary remarks wire pas moved into the river—or up the river. produces better results than paca ine ene Reever lit, ihe | to end with a caterpillar banquet at}about me, She'll get no more cater- ea site ‘i . , and a greater people (han . : ~ volety \ he once in ces ; . a pa breeding, he fein the Mnion ct Ww T ennis-Court Marker; yap It ou key which the 'C, C. C.'s' will be guests of | pi bas news from me. MBRRIWEATHER—Extravagance? Henry, between you and me and 6 : “Repopulation,” added Wr. D'Ar Juich y ade, 1 got to be a dar for | male bad ‘or the caterpillars te A ae Par ‘ Daign?” | stravagant wife to her luxuries you'll find she didn’t get them just for | y s ere os The ovtety anti i ae e atro} erself. tagnan, “is the great problem which PTER tryin * | you, ' | ih Amaia atd i herself. France faces after the war. For at : { { 1,{ Women of Newport have formed a Bay, you sald cocoonfal when} “Now, you brought up & leading HENRY—No? : ara tit Ned |aquestion in my mind,” replied Lu- Jo! W \ least a decade. in recent years, the a ple bumemado arrange: | club to) } aterpilla Honestly you dropped that remark,” replied | questior ; y nd, x MERRIWEATHER—No! Why did my wife buy that car? To make mo. birth-rate of France was less than non, with a Jthere don't seem to be any limit to jLocile, "IL understand Caterpillar) cle, “If it hurts you. to have me). out in the air! Why did your wife buy that plano? : her death-rate. There has been talk broom and bucket {their fads and follibules | Commander Vanderbilt has told the) sep on your pet corn, why shouldn't HENRY—Why did she? i of giving a Frenchman more than one of whyjtoy . B| «po you mean they're going to] cadets to treat ‘em rough. 1 was|it be a iittle painful {f you were a MERRIWEATHER—To make you dance! } wife when peace comes, That never gio or (eit caterpiiiars as a sport? | | telling Lily, the tow-head at the ple caterpillar to have a society lady HENRY—But I don’ } \ will work out, PEAY DAOAUES iw togray we | «say, listen, friend and fellow cit Jcounter, about it this morning, and,| crack down oats you with a shingle MERRIWBATHER—You will. f penant Letty ot ee eee prect n! Could you twist that thought-| snuff out the light of any caterpillar |of course, she had to interject a lot) 4nd mash you Into the next world — } people, partly becaus 0 an an nexper | i at aytant ra PAT amie th ed some y. > > w, } 4] me man for herself—she does it The marker wus {lump in your bean to auch an extent) that dares come out Into the open.” | of fool dialogue that handed tome 0 HOLD STILL DeAR- : MYRA (telephoning)—Hello! Is this Mrs. Winston-Pierce? Well, this i! want to share him. Anyway, Ido not jade of two half ;that you could see any sport in ex The ladies evidently mean to ex-| the victims & mood tans All “TLL BLAP IT > fs Mrs, James Merriweather, Yes,...I just rang up to find out what color { think the best children come from . + . cuting caterpillars? | hope you ain't! terminate the pests,” “ ‘Suppose,’ says Lily, ‘that one of | you're going to wear to-night. You always have such smashing gowns, ! j plural marriages. sirips of wood: 1¢ | got the idea that it is needful to slip} “They sure do. Why, they're even} (hem Newport socia ladies is nina Know it would be absolutely hopeless for me to try to— Whatt—- More children we must have, how poy, toy rhe j up on the wild Little custard roll and | offering prizes for the most scalps,|to a society demi tasse and a@ ca as Why, tonight! At Mrs Henry ‘Trindle's You're not going? Well! And ever, If you Americans would marry sirips wore cleat Jshoot him before he pounces onto) just like the old Indian slouches out] pillar drops off a tree onto her nec | thought Polly told me that you—— Oh, now I remember—it was Mrs us it would be splendid!” ed at interva 1 and rips you limb from lim: | in Indiana used to do to the Pilgrims.|her being in evening duds, W'.1:} Otis, she-—— What?....Ob, yes, she'll be there. It's going to be quite an “Would the marriages be hippy?" I that the opening ‘burger. All the caterpiiars 1 met] ‘This is how they're going to do it.|then—must her beau take a whack at | affair, I understand,.,.Yes....Thoy’re coming, too....What?.... You're sugKested er nm then 7 \* yen | lived out in the rh rbs of | Hach caterpillar scalp will count one|it where it lands” i} going to wear blue? I'm so glad Mine's pink. Goodby! “Surely, averred Dr. D'Artagnan, was 1's in wide }the city was very careful not, tol point. ‘Then if you smash a cocoon} “Now, that was sure @ fool ques: | aes Oe aati bas : “It is well known that the American The tennis court ske any attempt to bite me. Oh,| you met five points. |tion, Everybody knows those social ™ i" musbend ‘le the best in the world ares were laa a a! You certainly are lapsi What's a Livers people go to their whoop:te-doo af-| OLD SHIPPING RECORD. LUNCHBURG” POPULAR, { kind, affectionate, generous, loyal as marked of ac + | duzieal | “The papers didn't say, but T think| fairs in automobiles, 1 told Lily ao, HB earliest known manifest of O many collations of sandwiches, the Continental man rarely is. It line, attached | i fever tunic ke cianali Minn hea datas llikeauarimant lanArisam eatery Slowlaltha Gateroll ‘a vessel clearing from the port coffee, &e., have been served to perhaps is not so well known, but 1s ground, as a cu ; } “But, as Ee oeRtnent; cMmatie | tA cae te RSE PEDE ARN | BBS: SAR Gh harnask whan (Ol solitea sol alent thine it @anla ot New York bears the date trainloads of hungry troops pass- | equally true, that the French woman the mark Bins | wont on, “the Newport society ladi ise, b hat'’s only a guess. I/lar going to get onto her nec hen rae, you mig 1626, The Arma of Amsterdam car-/ing through Lynchburg, Va. by the iB if @ splendid wife, and what you p roug are going to put the kibosh | didn’t stud igology when | went| she's In one of those closed toupays?'| be elite and lovely to have a beauti ted away in that year 7,246 beaver patriotic (Women of that Southern would call a practical wife. She is. marker, with a broom mmed oft caterpillars. Our friend, Mr \t , 1 and | suppose caterpillars “*Maybe the automobile leaks,’ she} ful social dennisen flatten you, but I] sying, together with other skins and rade hae dubbed” the aoe ry eaver the mare beneficiary. Sbe is ber | suitably.Popular Mechanica Vangerbiil, bes been mads chic? of! com that branch of inseotar | gaye Cond tb weuid de aruel” @ quantity of timber, unghburg.” ae F &