The evening world. Newspaper, September 18, 1918, Page 18

| THE Fast but NCE again those ecialists in Fanny Hatton, true to f certain impetus at the Morosc: devices as divorce, coektalls and cigarettes for women. After the play had been going tor® an act or three a darkey servant ox- plained that people in the South who hit the pece are called “walk-offs.” Although the term is neither en- lightening nor of any value to the world in general, it has served the Hattons for the moment. To me It seems as dashing as an old shoe that is lugged in to give a fresh turn to a stale idea. “Th k-Offs” is a fust but artificial comedy in which the taming of a shrew is accomplished with no apologids to Shakespeare, Im this instance the taming process is applied to a New York girl who, ike her brother, leads a parasitical existence, while the Petruchio of the Proceedings happens to be a young Kentuckian who sets himself up as @ modern Simon Legreo, Not content with haviag Kathieen as a-good com- ym in making the rounds of New he snatches cigarettes and NEW PLAYS . “The Walk-Offs” BY CHARLES DARNTON Artificial sophisticated comedy, Frederic and rm with “Ihe Walk-Ofts,” given a » Theatre Jast night by such innocent Edmond Lowe made the most of the irritating part he 1, and Carroll McComas flung high in the oment she had finished her supposedly poor working 88 McComas gave herself to tions that robbed her of the I charm she possesses, She ts @ pretty and clever actress, but she ds a stern stage manager to whip her into sh ‘ Speaki ape, Fania Marinoff left little to the imugination as an artist's model, She posed as a dryad w her bare legs, #0 far and then lent herself 4 it were, in a t fell short even Miss Marinoff f work in the earlier lay, only to be undono hibition of herself, A young man continually tottering under a load of alcohol is not an édi- fying spectacle, yet it must be said| that William Roselle, as a penniless) victim of divorce, walked off with the play, He was so funny from his first did a neat part of the by the later covktails from her lips until he be- comes an insufferable boor, Certainly no one could accuse him of being the life of the roof-garden party thut the familiar guise of a costume more absurd than master- ful in long-winded tirade that makes one yearn for the fall of the curtain on the second act, yet this doesn't stop him from displaying very bad manners when he finds himself drink to his last that he kept the audience close at his uncertain heels, Roberta Arnold helped him along as| the divorced wife who straightway t out to marry her very dear Schuy” a second time, The programme throws a certain Ught on the play with the note: “Time—Some time in 1916." Per- haps the Hattons wrote “The Walk- | Offs" when the world was younger | a ghest at the roof-garden affair, than it Is to-day, | ond ee About Plays and Players DUDLEY OW that his play, “Lightnin’,” written in collaboration with Winchell Smith, {8 an assuned success, Frank Bacon has started out to conquer more worlds, Mr, Bacon and Freeman Tilden have placed with Smith & Golden for production a new comedy drama from their pens enti- Uled “Five o'Clock.” It is based on a magazine story called “The Defec- tive,” by Mr. Tilden. When Mr. Bacon, who has the printipal role in “Lightnin’,” took bold of “Five o'Clock” he wagn't sure that “Light- nia’ would be the hit it has proved to be, So he wrote @ nice fat part in “Five o’Clock” for himself. Now the role will go to some one else, as the actor-author isn’t going to be through with “Lightnin’” for many moons, “POTASH” IN YIDDISH. William Morris is to lauheh “Pot- ash & Perlmutter” in Yiddish at the Joxington Theatre Sunday afternoon. Delegations of ish soldiers and sailors will gee the show Sunday night. They will be addressed by Secretary of State Hugo and prob- ably Gov, Whitman, ADVICE FROM DAD. "6 Sh ee be §—% terror, Teg des fs To ‘mats one 00, ies Soten on tee te "ss with Duilet bore him Listen, children! If you like to draw, liere’s a way to win a prize. Hert Levy, the whistling cartoonist at the Hippodrome, has decided to offer three awards for the best pen pic- (ures drawn by juvenile patrons of the big theatre. One will be. $100, another $75 and the third $50. Draw your picture and send it to Mr. Levy The prizes will be awarded probably duce three full length plays also. One is “Seven Up,” a farce by Alta May Coleman; another is a musical com- edy and the third a comedy called “Evvie Spreads Her Wings.” LOVE WORKS WONDERS. Enrico Caruso, the film star, and his young wife were sitting near a piece of scenery at the Famous F - ors-Lasky studio the other day await- ing his turn to act. A couple of car- penters were making a deafening noise pammering on the scenery and it provoked Director Jose. Approach- ing the newlyweds, he said: “My! Isn't this noise terrible? It's driving me mad.” Caruso jumped to his feet. “What noise?” he asked. CLARICE KNITS, Little Clarice Snyder of the “May- time” cast at the Broadhurst The- re saw Isabel Vernon knitting a sweater for a soldier between scenes the other day and became deeply interested. Miss Vernon gave her a lesson in knitting, and the next day Clarice appeared at the theatre with yarn and needles, She began to knit before the show started, saying she Intended to make a soldier a sweater, After the first act she was discovered with her yarn all tangled up. jow's the sweater coming on?” Miss Vernon, ess I'll make a sock for a sol- dier instead,” said Clarice. During another intermission Miss Vernon found her sorely perplexed over her work. “What's it going asked Miss Vernon, “I--1 don't know,” replied Clarfee, with tears in her eyes. “Oh, Miss Vernon, ain't this war awful?” to be now?" GOSSIP. | Ruth Lee has been engaged for the role of Winifred St. Albans in “May- tune. fore being drafted,” writes K. P, 'd like to say there iva baker on Avenue named Bunn,” rt Edeson will shortly produce a play of his own writing. Helen Driscoll will have a leading role, There is to be another stock eom- pany ut the Castle Square Theatre, Roston, under C, H, Allen's m - at a morning children’s entertain- ent to be given by Mr. Levy at the 1D. ANOTHER FOR HAST. “They Come Back," a new play by Britten Austin, novelist, is to be pro- duced by Walter Hast and presented in a Shubert theatre. WALKER'S ACTIVITIES. Stuart Walker is #6 send his Port- manteau Players out again with He is ‘to pro- several new playlets. ‘MARLEY, 24 IN ‘DEVON 24 IN. “Never Too Old to Learn” POPULAR MUSIC Tae Sina N OP EATING Soamne, F290 aba $3 week, WINN SCHOOL OF EOPULAR } Musto, ment Doris Kenyon impersonates twin | sisters in Louis Joseph Vance's film | story, “The Inn of the Blue Moon.” | Al’ Jolson may visit: Washington | soon and sing “Tell That to the Ma- rines” to the, Marines. They have in- | vited him. Douglas Fairbanks js to appear in Ja film version of “Arizona.” Augus: tus Thomas filmed this play. | Hilda Carfing, who has been dancing | jin the West, has returned to Broad. | way. | Nan Masonville will |son in Spokane East, She intends Ing and go abroad, J. B. Cort, son of Jobn Cort, has come to York from Seattle. He will manage his father’s theatrical companies Mabel Ferris, co-author of “An other Man's Shoes," is the wife of Lee Keedick, the lecture bureau man ager. Kk and come | ake up nurs. trustees of the fund for the welfare of the 165th U, 8, Infantry will conduct a big benefit’ perform- ance at the Hippodrome on Sunday evening, Sept. 22. Clarence Hibbard, black face enter- tainer, will join the Merchant Ma- rine for the duration of the war, Wilh Moore Patch has engaged | Vera Michelena for the prima donna role in “Take It From Me," A THOUGHT FOR TO-pDay, When a travelling man tried to tell Pete Moor of Wellsville a joke about Sai neisco, Pete said it was too far fetched. FOOLISHMENT. | bus, | ‘tick tm the bottle, FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. “Mose, did you take that bair tonic?" | “Ah stabted to, sah, but It done up- | yan em Ab bad to quit it,” ie iM weil I tore aunt EPHA HAS A BETIER DHX NER HAN SHE “DID LAs T- 4 Yrow 3B Do, Foxks, DINNER S ALL READY. COME “RIGHT IN Time T was ~—— sa 5 “THiS 15 For ‘Ou, MARY > ote 3 WELL YOULL STALL Him OFF, THIS MONTH -xM OUT! YEZZANMR. LITTLE” AN’ IM GONNA RAISE Your DAWGONrT? {T NEVER RAINS BUT IT, PouRdS! 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