The evening world. Newspaper, October 29, 1918, Page 18

Le Eee ee re —F7 7 CULPA So far the etage is concerned 1 | | Wrights it is a bit shabby. To carry Mt to the bitter end in the Sheatre | Mappily, “The Big ance” is war) ‘with humor, the saving grace of the | eas with a snille on their faces, yo tatke @ than of the materia! found in " Buta memory ov far as Lhe tnea- 2res are concerned. The playhouses in Boston are aguin open, as are those in Baltimore. Chicago will permit the theatres to reopen Thursday and ; Washington’ will follow suit next Montiay. It is expected that the] j | Philadelphia houses will be in opera- to glory that must Bo the result of val-| jant service when Mars knocks at the/ sta ® NEW PLAYS © “The Big Chance” War With Humor BY CHARLES DARNTON_ VERY man ought to be worth bis salt these days. This is the idea sug- | gested by Grant Morris and Willard Mack in their play, Chance,” given a big welcome last night at the 4th Btreet Theatre. the war fs an vld-story.~ In otter | game that hé coos” to Sing Sing for| Words, a8 tho. plaything of play-| forgery and leaves her to face the] |fortunes of war, Happily Larry changes from @ remittance man | “The Big! for her, @ fighter in ‘the Canadian Army) and comes out of the fray with the| ge door. The Big Chance” is a sim lyet it drives straight to the hes Accordingly, ‘the girl in nature, wa’ As the girl who drives.two or threo loafers to the front, Mary N inspiring, but vociferous, She kept| her voice at high pitch, even when she was speaking face to face With | the youth who had gone wrong, Miss | Nash is a clever, sensitive actress, but as a working girl she was inblined to overwork. Willard Mack way wholly in char with « brogue that would pass muster in Dublin, and ie made every word he had to way score a point. Incidentally, he ga fighting boys who have crosged the | Nash more thun one good smack en) the back. However, nothing can kill) Now and then it takes a girl to) the Irish! would mean an ggg against it.! acter as Larry, Anna Mack Berlein--in spit | mixture her name suggests- trousers, ‘This is the job that Mary| ital as Mrs, Malloy; William Delano has to finish after she has| han was a jovial iad in the trenches, worked as a factory.giri in New Red- | #84 John Mason gave his impressive ' ford and made her way to New York. |” Tie youth who has lured her to the! than # fighting chance with play- white Kghts is such an amateur at the goers, ish induenza soap willbe nothing] Theatre, watching me, mi ersonality to an occasional sceno. “The Big Chance” deserves more About Plays and Players By BIDE DUDLEY T now looks as though the Span-| while I was playing at the Salt Lake} notice 2 ma ell, like to know your ident! % tlon again néxt week, if not sooner.| Whe, are you? Incidentally, a reaction in patronage is looked for immediately. Business ‘with some of the houses along Broad- “I'm the house detective,’ he said. | ‘Hope I haven't offended yout’ “And,” concluded Miss ‘away wont all my plans to squelch sway has beon so bad it has been al-|* ‘Jobnny.’ Most pitiful, HIS TROUBLESOME FRIENDS. ian, bas been making personal ap-| pedrances in the Loew theatres here. In’ one house two women tried to ‘might, alone. } - nq AVERICK “RHYMES, ~ | | | ag te So ite ate 1 gamnet undtrtand 1 You fx tue ines ¢ Regina Wallace, of * With her, sister. ior four ycans Miss Wallace ‘has been promising the sis Broadway engagement they would have a more, expensive flat. The other day the sister said: “Regina, now that you're | ‘Friendly Eneinics,’ remember your} promise.’ oye pensive flat next month,” replied the actress, pag goody!" said’ the si continued Miss Wa. Gy landlord has raised. our rent,” ca “PLAUSIBLE ENOUGH, Leuls Rosenberg went to the Win- Garden cpncert Sunday vixht hile ‘there’ he mét-« young woman Who had a toothache. r Al Jolson dane eleven’ sowg*, Mr, Rosenberg} Qsked (tho. young jady pow ebe Uked the comediun re TL forget {had the Loothahe,”” she | * seplieds And then a moneny later: es.” Yow!. Surt him again, quick, 4 psa." \ RECORDS "ARE WANTED. People who have phonograp!) rec- . ords they can spare ure requestod to take them to Carnegie Hull to-nig} and ‘give them to M@jor Gen. Be’ the Soldiers and sailors. Mme. \chu- {mann- Heink will be thkre to s.ng| he Star Spungied Banner HE WAS NO “JOHNNY.” Edith Helena, prima donna and vaudeyv star, was entertaining wom driends at her bome at Dyke- fvans, N. Y., Sunduy, when the sub- Ject of stage door “Johnpics" came ‘I never was bot! by the said Miss Helena, “because 1 never attention to them, One ver, | thought I was going 4 wind hard, ui A ace dai th medall.ons, The Columbia Amusement Circuit | wold $1,021,550 On vung | 2 550 worth of Liborty bonds, place Building, can te! $. T. J.—You probab} \Gueriie, Don't know where SAYS SISTER FLORENCE! Florenee Nash,. star of “Remnant,” Smiling Billy Parsons, fim@ome- | Sars, sua: the marriage of her sister, t really was made in We don't feel as though we'd lost a sister, but rather that ° ‘ Adis him, but his friends gescucd him. | brother—and we've gained a ‘He's going caged to that theatre 'to-| one." Ahem! Maybe’ Sis would like one too, I've always GOSSIP. Much theatrical talent will be ia! evidence at the suciul session of 4. VP. ! | 0. BE. No. 1 Sunday night. . Jerry Vogel, well known in popular song circles, bas joined the army as a private. KEEPING HER PROMISE, Munaging. Director kde} lendly Bo-| strand {s iil eméos,” lives in a modest upartmen:| in his place. Winthrop Ames The Boetrothal” " ter that when she oblained a good| sbavert tiers New 4 epee ov, fter two w iT? shade trimmed wi which sum the Columbia 0, nd wcene w the Hippodrome yoslerday, Thoy used stilts, Rita Hennessy, a litte Irish chorus airl, stepped into the leading womas's | Neing space and a souvent Hallowe'en — celobration night. Mr, Nathan is saving Loney a false-face. ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. Dhaler—Wililam she is A THOUGHT FoR To-pay. # Every time I dance with a fat orchestra plays half encores, FOOLISHMENT, Grom was & young woman narod Mane 10 WES Heh & cAAdi, awoet dame, From 1 THE CHESTNUT ‘s the matter with this ia Mow stole his wife Visttor-Who was can- Two or three times a day 4 the Lvlei iebpy + Finally be approached id tried to open a conversation. , it iun't Often that a-tono woman stops here for a W hn I'd I’m Edith Helena,’ I snapped. Max Spiegel is sec ving | announces that of iliness Goorg | Hassell, the comedian, has to the cast of "The Passing | 1918." Grace Vajentine is in from Chic weuring a new velvetatour e'ro going-to have a mora -ex-| jan th’ tlekle-toe | on Brothers introduced new feature in the Te th the Mercedes Vaudevitle now playing the car: od her stipend Lovey Haskell wrote Mu than of Terrace Garden Dance i!- asking him to reserve hin tor (ut the insane asylum)- pt crazy because an- the violent fellow Who stole the ! 1g G ple pi R, t goes} siraight. She culls upon the men} about her to do their bit, and thay | respond so reudily that she achie a victory of the utmost sentimental Even # youthful broker, al- ys “broke,” joins the ( forces and recalls a German w | who had hit him on the head w ‘anadian \beer mug. There are other |touches that give the play a humor jous turn | ash was ve Mise 6 of the EB. 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