The evening world. Newspaper, September 20, 1918, Page 20

Fat TRE — Ret A Tonic for “Tea for Three” BY CHARLES DARNTON wHY Do You A@twavs Forcer re T snoutp sank You b GET TiRED OF MY REMINDING. You of THAT ALL The TIME AND FOLD Your. Theatregoers E must take off his hat to Rot to Maxine Elliott's Theatre last night Mr. Megrue is, according to the programme, “indebted for certain epl- odes to a play by Charles Slaboda.” But that doesn't matter, The inter- esting fact is that Mr. Megrue has Drought to a jaded public an uncom- monly clever comedy. A dail husband ts, of course, an Gocepted fact, especially if he hap- pens to be a more or less tired bul fees man. But bis wife is another Matter. A woman looks for amuse- Ment just as a flower turns toward the sun, and a man devoted to real estate transactions can scarcely be @onsidered an entertaining compan- fon, He may be successful, yet he @emains dull, This is the point of Mr, Megrue’s enlightening and en- @ perfectly innocent luncheon with @ men who makes equally pure love fo her, Ho ts & physician whose Practice doesn’t bother bim. But in- side the sugar coated pill, rolled about @areleasly, there iy tho soul of the rue lover. Robbed of the woman he @dores by the real ostate dealer who Jacks imagination, he is willing to take the crumbs from the tea-tablo @t her home, But the jealous hus- Band denies him even this small com- The lover-like friend therefore off a photograph of the , and gets himself into a VEN the most expert Frenchman devoted to playing on the triangle touch to the old device in “Tea for Three,” the comedy that came Cooper Megrue, who has given a new as a delightful surprise. | aroused, only to be sent away with yellow roses for his wife who is on her way to the bachelor retrea' But he comes back with such ainister purpose that the two men draw lots to decide which of them is to kill himself within twenty-four hours. The doctor draws the black cross, and his suicide is announced the following afternoon in a news paper brought in by a maid. Now, the doctor has written to a journalis explaining his plan of getting out of the world as quietly as possible, and the news of his exit ts printed in a single copy of the paper, for which he has paid eighty-odd dollars. | He walks into the home of his friends, as you may guess, wh they are bitterly mourning his | Tho husband, only too glad to mal him welcome for life, realizes he has been nothing more than @ suapici fool. In other words, the triangle, taken | from the French, is made quite harm. | less, The friend, awkwardly de-! scribed as ono “who has his angle | that the triangle can be square,” does make love to the wife quite frankly, | yet he respects ber position and ac- | cordingly gives her a senso of perfect security. For a moment the seeming | tragic turn of events puts the black | mask on comedy, but it falls to the ground, as may be expected, when the light-hearted friend drops in for tea on schedule time. Arthur Byron mado the friend much more than a philanderer and gave full play to a sonse of humor; Fred- erick Perry acted the distressed hus- band admirably, and Margaret Law- rence was allogother charming as the wife who kept herself as pure as Dewrrahs 17 Craps Pebtehing Ca_(_Y_ Proving Wertt> JOE’S CAR r WELL- (VE BEEN READY I TLD OLSEN “TO. FIFTEEN MINUTES AND RING TH DOOR BELL AT WAMTING FOR (OU! WHERE'S SEVEN THIRTY AN ITS. THE CAR? EigHT Now —! - DAWGONNE HIM! READY? oF course fm & READY — 'M JUST WAITIN FoR. You! we'LL BE LATE Joe t her husband that she had with Ethel, but as Ethel she tells falla flat on her lips. goes to the doctor's his suspicions are baking powder. Well written and well acted, “Ten for Three” is a tonic for theatregoers Decnuse of its freshness, its humor, and, last but not least, its common sense. a. BRADY bas takeo over the control of the Belmont, Theatre, in West 48th Street, originally the Norworth. The oon- struction of this house was promoted year ago by Jack Norworth, Sam Shannon and Ed Rush. It passed into of Joseph Moran and Lyle D. Andrews, and it is through an ar- with Moran and Andrews Brady takes charge. “Crops Croppera,” the Iden Payne com- at the Belmont, wil) fold its slip away to-morrow night. . iy will announce what he will the theatre soon. It ls a very Uttle house and, with a good show, should do a lot of business, FREAKS AT THE HIP. ‘The freaks of “Mr. Barnum,” at the Criterton, bad a day off yester- Gay afternoon so they decided to see “Everything” at the Hippodrome. Headed by Tom Wise they went to the big playhouse and, in the circus @oene, sat on the bleachers with the stage audignce. In the group were § living skeleton; Daddy Price, the favorite old clown; Zulieka, the snake charmer, and Emma Mor- (mana, the fat lady. All were pleased. “BY PIGEON POST.” Ziegteld jr. has bought the American rights to “By Pigoon Post,” an English war play by Austin Page, and will present it in New York in about five weeks. The play has bad FEEEE Feige U @ long run at the Garrick Theatre, | London, with Madge Titheradge 4 the leading role. Sixteen carrie: Pigeons are used in the play, bu the: All be no chickens, despite the fact it will be a Ziegfeld show. MISS HEMING'S CHOICE. Alfred Heming of the “Maytime" cast, at the Broadhurst Theatre, 1s the father of Violet Heming of “Three Faces East,” at the Cohan & Harris. Several actre whom was Miss Hemi MARLEY 24 IN DEVON 2% IN. COLLARS (CLUWETT PEABODY & COLINC.TROY WY. RRP Pel RACES CO OBT\INVBLE AT ALL T out Plays and Players. By BIDE DUDLEY IVE “TRIED EVERY WAY “To SEE WOTS | |) DoN’- BUT "S'NO USE —){ WiTH THAT BIG DAME cussing the merits of the mere man| |) AN’ CROWD IN Me wav! ly when [eo Gare hel aaaaiod -HEY! SAY! WoT “For which actor in the olty have 16 17 2 you the greatest admiration?” “Ob, there's no question about that,”’she replied. “For tho gentle- Lond who plays the auctioneer in time.’ When papa heard of it he was A BIG “TRUCK LOAD OF "MILK" SuNree | MY GOODNESS — WOT AN’ AWFUL MIND ‘OUR OWN BUSINESS ! ME HATES SPY ROLES. Henry Clive, an Englishman, who left vaudeville to act in pictures for William Fox, has bad only German spy roles and ho says he's sick of! them. Alex Yokel, the publicity man, quotes Henry as saying: “If someone would get me a part that was not a apy role I'd feo! like kissing them square on ‘the beak.” “Why?” asked Mr. Yokel. “rm full up on spies, I hate spy Mr. Yokel wag slightly abashod and osked no more quizzes. FRASER AS BEN HUR, Klaw & Erlanger are busy pre- paring to instal “Ben Hur" in. the Lexington Theatre, Sept. 80, Robert W. Fraser is to have the title role this season, Monk, the equine actor, will be in the race scene, He has been a member of the "Ben Hur’ company ever since the play was first produced, Med TA\S POOR Fis HAS Just E! Some PER RES ag MONEY Pace WALL PAPER! OXI TH TIE) > T1S AN O1D,OLD STORY- eos Gor! — MATES! TAKING BACeTA DON'T WoRRY-HE DUPLICATE WEDOIN: WON'T WEAIT PRESENTS ANO EXC GING LONG JF WOOTSIE WHAT YoU DON’T WANT FoR CAN PAVE NES WAAT ‘rou Do} WOULD Yeb CARE, OR. A LIBERTY GOND As & BONUS? TAE Auro Ex CURQIN In The Obs -~ FOR A NEW ONE 7 IF A MAN GOT CAN FOR TEN DOLL ARE WOULD You CALL IT AN x CHANGE? Pan Wy Prd HAVE rey P. u AL THAT OLD Boar @mnan walker , Whitesie' In fn emits Back THE ETUeeree IRONY, Soot eee oa Babe ee ee ip “i & i YA TH etal Serene 4 Frank A, Keeney has resumed mak- ing Catherine Calvert films, Olcott is his director, The war song contest will be held at Proctor's Fifth Avenue Theatre Tuesday evening, Sept. 24, Shelley Hull became engaged in a discussion of the higher dramatic art | with Louls Mann yesterday and went home all tired out, | Harry Gibbs and Edina Colwell will oon a new vaudeville sketch “Treat 'Em Rough.” oebe Foster and Arthur C, How- rd have been engaged hy Edgar acGregor to appear in “Phe Dislo- sated Honeymoon,” Zoe Rarnett has resumed her orig- inal role in “Miss Springtime,” re- placing Mloaste Hope, who has tonal- I. _ John Cort has engaged Gertrude Vanderbilt, through Chamberlain | Brown, for a leading rolo tn “Listen Lester," Z David Herblin has signed up as leading man with a stock company Sidney which will play the A’ oe uditorium, Tunis F. Dean has been engaged by David Belasco as manage: “Tiger Rose" company. Latha SUCH IS FAME. | A Pittsburg, Kan., man writes the Famous Players-Lasky concern to ask | who is the star of the new film| “Prince Cosimo,” | His letter shows, j that he is laboring under the imoras- | sion that Caruso is an automovile, A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. Every time that Perey Whippt Wellsville takes bis girl out Haina | he tells ber that foo | he od will win the FOOLISHMENT. Home te good fall use It, FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. Bumstead’s Worm Syrup % “What gender is Echo?"