The evening world. Newspaper, November 7, 1918, Page 20

© THE NEW PLAYS oe | “Little Simplicity” Conventional Musical Comedy RMING, red-hatred girl who sings with a clear voice and goes about the stage gracefully is the chief joy of “Lattle Simplicity,” the musical comedy at the Astor Theatre. Carolyn Thomson, of a lark, is so girlish that she wing admiration. The book and lyrics by with the voice 2 she sings so well that she should never have any difficulty in finding a Rida Johnson Young are dull beyond) place on the stage. words, and the music by Augustus) Barratt, except for a pleasing waltz wong, is lacking in spirit and molody. tunes were evidently/ time to time. Most of the round out by hard labor. Miss Thomson is quite simple until ehe makes her way to a Y, M. C, A bout in France with all the afrs and olothes of a prima donna, At other times she is freo froin affectation, and “Little Simplicity” 1s conventional | musical comedy aided by the Cam- eron Sisters, who dance cleverly from Marjorie Gateson also shakes a glever foot, and Carl Gant- voort makes the best of his rather poor songs. Charles Brown works hard to be funny, and Stewart Baird talks and sings in the usual musical comedy manner. About Plays and Players By BIDE HE expected bas happened. Mr. and Mrs. Coburn have arranged to bring “The Detter ‘Ole up into the Broadway district from the Greenwich Village Theatre. The production will go into the Cort The- aire on Monday, Nov. 18, and con- tinue there indefinitely. Just what will Lecome of “Fiddlers Three,” now at the Cort, has not been announced. ‘The Coburn show bas caught on sv empbatically down at the Greenwich Village Theatre that a larger capacity is needed; hence the move to the Cort. Mr. and Mrs, Coburn will con- Unue as os of the Greenwich Vil- Jage house and will put another pro- duction in it whon matters can be arranged to that end. “FLU” RULES END. Tio Messrs. Shubert announce that, the restrictions on theatres having beon lifted as @ result of the wane ef the influenza epidemic, smoking will be peratitted again in the lobbies and smoking rooms of their houses. At the Winter Garden it will be re- sumed all over tho house, Curtains are to rise on the old schedule. A QUICK ONE. In one scene in “Nothing But Les," at the Longacre Theatre, William Collier and Frank Monroe a prank and then stick thelr heads out of adjoining windows in the back of the set till the laugh dies away. While their heads were out the other eve: Mr. Collier $ ee, yhen wo go down stage you ask me what that noise was.” Mr. Monroe did so and the come- dian replied: “I think {tt was @ fly ver.” The new jest “went over big" and ‘now both men are around claiming they can write plays while they act them. AND OUT HE WENT. me There arc some dark scenes in “The Unknown Purple,” at the Lyric The- @ire. The auditorium is darkened while the purple ray 1s getting in its work. The ventilation rules last week kept the doors of the theatre on the 434 Street side open. Now the gun is loaded; shoot. During one of derk scencs an @xpressman stumbled through an ‘open door and dropped @ big trunk in the auditorium of the house. | "is they anny- missed the address he was secking and beat it in confusion. He re- turned for the trunk after the per- formance and the house manage made him pay a war tax for entering ‘the theatre, ITS “HOME AGAIN.” W. A. Brady has ch: the title of fis James Whitcomb Riley play to “Home Again.” It will open at the Playhouse Monday night. WE DON’T DESERVE THIS. ‘Theda Bara has returned from New Orleans, but is that any reason “Brooklynite” should send us the fol- Towing: ought. hi Mn, ou Theda Ware Wiah' that [the chance could get To write you & sceuario, THE DEAR OLD SUBWAY. Ralph Kellard thinks the new sub- way system ts fine. Yesterday, after his performance in “A Stitch in Time,” at the Fulton Theatre, a persistent youth called and insisted on reading Mr. Kellard couldn't get m, 80 he sald I'm going to Brooklyn, Come along and we'll look the manuscript over on the subway.” Together they went to the Times Square Station and the actor adroitly n a crowd from a shuttle} He said later that he intended eard of thanks in the Sub- n. HE STUCK TO IT. re T. Kelting, a» young car- living at No, 311° West 48th met with un aceldent a year crippled his drawing hand he would never a on the stage of the Winter ertainment of men Je a big hit GOSSIP. decided to con. tinue in ‘Theatre indefinite Al Jolson and inbad” fiaturday er engagement at the Selwyn broke the lish Casino's record for receipts twice, once night and again election DUDLEY have @ Seattl sterdam Roof later. William Furrium acted as a walter at the Lambs the other evening and dealt ‘em off the arm for some wounded pol- diers. There were not enough ofthe other waiters to go round, TAe Cameron Sisters of “Little Sim- ight at the New Am- plicity” are to dance for the boys at the Pelham Bay Naval Station next Monday, Who said the life of 4 sailor was a hard one? Tho British Bureau of Information tras loaned the management of "Free- dom,” the flim showing Gen. Allenby entering Jerusalem. ited at the Century. Edith Wynne Mattbison, who is to appear as Light in the Winthrop Ames production of “The Betrothal,” mays she will fot be with the Shakes- peare Playhouse this season, i} The Stage Women's War Relief bas arranged for the soldiers, sailors and marines to Hee “Back Home” at the Playhouse, and “The Better ‘Ole” at the Greenwich Village Theatre, Sun- day night. Lawrence Cebellos will sail for Lon- don soon to sta) the disappearii canaries and the) bottle mystery, now in the Victory Revue at Healy's Golden Glades. Leon Gordon ‘hus been asked to dramatize Mrs. LeBlunc’s book, “The beri of the Tiger.” Mr, Gordon is ty jo the work and it will b to Oliver Morosco, LF aes Joseph Welch and George Kinnear, @ new producing firm, are to stage a new musical farce called “Blossom Tithe.” The book and lyrics are by Frank E. Bailey and the music by Josef Polzi. It ls being exhib- ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. Fiatbush—She was born in 1861. Flecken—Don't know La Delle. Phil—See Lea Herrick, Knicker~ bocker Theatre Building, Sutter—You evidently mean Rock! and White's revue, called “Let's Go,” | at the Fulton Theatre, some months 5. A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. A Greenpoint lad named Arnold! Says be knows how apples get ‘nto dumplings, but be can't understand | how peaches get into those tight gowns, FOOLISHMENT. . ing woman named Oukes, by crak ot eer 7 ie a» of her wails ‘Was: Goodnem, tie men are all sosle!"* FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. “The man who kills time" .- sHeneuthe nea NOTHING DOING. ILLICENT had enjoyed herself tremendously at the exhibition to which her mother had taken There was only one thing more Sz] she wanted to do, and that was to| | [>] go for a trip ty one of the gon- dolas that floated | her. lake. Her motbor Was, therefore, ~———————"} very much sur. | | prived when they lrrived at the lana- ing stage to ses a look of te: o over the child's face. ae Te ae “Why, Millicent,” she said, “what’ the matter? Don't ‘you want ose on the lake now?" be I don't aald dedi}; “and 1 won't!” | hy mo! ar’ You’ 0 ight-| enn hy Bol Ge re not fright | 1 see, Tam, Look what it says up! | Over th y 0, s , | rip around the lake. d n land Leader, i HIS ENGLISH, MERICAN | tourists who A shaky as to the: i nch have often been ombarra by | eigen} Millicent, de-| | | aro eure tudied phrases bring forth from French sips, Just now the tubles frequently and the French man or woman is pure nied by the du- are turned, -|ent American vernacular, "at the 44th Street | An example Yankee ‘Trooper—Purly voo Knug- mademoinelle? French Maid- ¥ Ab valry Isetle. Yankee Trooper—Good work! Bay, could you put me wise to where I ,, brincipala of “The Midnight could line UP against some good cats re and iu this burg?—Whiladelpuia Ledger, | | men of the U, 8. S. Seattle to-night and E COMIC PAGE |\Thursday, November 7, 1918 LITTLE “MARY MIXUP” / Aan. te obi Pho, (WELL WAY BAW! 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