The evening world. Newspaper, October 31, 1918, Page 20

COMIC Thursday, October 31, 1918 PAGE © THE NEW PLAYS ® | UNCLE EZRA Wit ‘fou PLEASE OPEN THs GATE FoR Me t “Glorianna”™ Delightful | With Eleanor Painter | BY CHARLES DARNTO T'S a dit’ surprising to find Wleanor Painter in the role May Irwin played four or five years ago, but withthe music Rudolf Frim! has given to Catherine Chisholm Cushing's old comedy, “Glortanna,” at the Liberty ‘Theatre, serves as very good entertainment. Miss Painter, necessarily, lacks 4 the robust humor of Miss Irwin, an4,| happens to be both slender and grace- fe the supposed widow who goes to! ty). Moreover, she is by far the finest Boston by way of helping her triend, singer to be heard these days on the musical comedy stage, Her sense of humor is another matter—a really serious matter, Try as she may, she can't be funny, But her voice more than fills the space left by Mise Irwin, ngs #0 charmingly that she jorianna” delightful. Here prima donna of light opera, \and she gives to musical comedy the | training and distinction of an art | When hearer forgets Mra, dull story and finds that i# rich and clear. Miss Painter \ repeats the success whe scored in Fi YE6-BuT Wor | “Princess 1 mi's music in| ka ¥. a so tuneful and enlivening that it] [5 Peon 0° eae fo) FLeanoe Parner as Wivow PEnnineron || | makes you feel one good song de- serves another. Incidentally dorianna”™ is the beat cing show on the boards, Kren © wonderful midgotn, the Krgotti re as light as a feather, and nrobatic feats have a touch of art quite apart from the world in which gymnasts perform their sturfts and Wells | work as da | guerite St. | know their way about the stage with very clever feet, Joseph Letora sings he makes the least of the funniest|well; but Alexander Clatk, as a Line in the play, “Let's go back to| woman hater, is so noisy that hiv New York, where nobody loves any- | strenuou attempts to be funny eug- | gest the necd of a muzzle, pody.” The original play was tool "thy chorus girls are young and and altogether "Glorianna”’ Hooverizing days, LUIAM A, BRADY has ar- About Plays and P By B IDE DUDLEY tol | the Plays and Players column of The New York Evening World that Mr. levy was conducting @ drawing con- ort McLaughlin, based on several of the poems of the lato James Whitcomb Riley. Among the characters which —————__—___ f elie An Eh WELL, VGoTTA EXPECT A faraway fous |p JPUNCTURE Now AN’ THEN = \ MAVERICK RHYMES. |] \.WE PICKED UP A NAIL! Old Mower Hubbard. ye went to the | test’ for children and she wished to will appear aro the Raggedy Man, Little Orphant Annie, Jap Mill Get her . 'Lizabeth Aan, Au 4 P . Squire Hawkins, ‘Lizabeth Aan, YN ha ee im sorev' Mary, “Doc” Sifers, Phillip Flash, By y= Skins Jeff Thompson, the atte ughter Patience and Jim Johnson. | « DIPPY DOODLEUMS. | Johnson's story as told in the play} “Oh, mother, what have we for] is the story of Mr. Riley himself. The | dessert?” scenes are laid in and about the little ‘ town of Greenfield, Ind. where the poet studied law, painted wrote ditties, “Home I after the Riley poem of tl “Prunes, baby—nice stewed prunes. . I'm so sorry. I hate aprico’ ‘Now, isn't that distressing? When Mother went marketing to-day she thought her little boy would just love rome pineapple for dessert.” ! ANENT MISS COWL. “Hut, dearest angel, you know Belwyn & Company announce that | peaches make ime il. Did the dea Jane Cow! will the Selwyn Theatre | old happy de r not tel you to for tho entine sed Ww she fin- | deny me plu 4 ishes with “Infompation, Please,” her! Prue, he did! P my cunning ent vehicle, Ble will hy a new | eweetum way You whovid \ . not have an-rindl pickles "Oh, these doctors! One day thes BY WAY OF DIVERSION. say one thing and the next the very | When Father wins at poker: he's| same thing, halt must be | T will not puch a jolly joker, He whistles merry Melodies and telis us life is guy. He wwears that Ma in pretty, and golly, | but he's witty. Oh, Puther's pleasant eompany when luck has ¢ t baked apples. “Very well, pettic since you are so naughty Will not take you to see Sing Ning. very well! Rut Mother! WOOTSIES GIVING way. It's di when} where all the vocalists come from Lookin CHARLIE! ‘To smile old L esa TOSTSIE ALL AE ; bles and GOSSIP. LESSON In ORDER- OVER! HE CHUCKS ; Se Max Dreyfus has recovered trom | +INESS AIS DUDS ALL OVEN ‘ dabitavon &) 145 ites. u THe PLACE! ' a re #03 George M, Cohan an. nH, Tar i ; devil's living in, Oh, players, if ae Lepalth ecmnne , 4, fou're able, while sitting at the table] Grete intern vite Ars frou sus Pur L ( Fi Pathe: ie! a 2 EA } * ‘ With Father, paint a picture of a) Doris Kenyon will go South soon to Ihe PROPER PLACE ay ee Or home that quakes with fear. Just let the poor old sinner come back to us make scenes for ber next film, YOU WONT MAVE So} MAUCH TROUBLE in), light.” The influenza is delaying her. a winner. We'll pay you w NE arnt Gteaine * R Xo ans NON! Erte) Jose to him, though it may cost us| show of 1918," has been made @ Cap. ! LIS eens ‘ hg e Cap- er. . tain of the Reserves H a . 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