The evening world. Newspaper, February 18, 1919, Page 20

COMIC PAGE Tuesday, February 18, 1919 LITTLE MARY MIXUP ie : It’s Really Conservation From Mary’s Viewpoint! Fs ® THE NEW PLAYS © “The Royal Vagabond” A Typical Cohan Success By CHARLES DARNTON SDoES For “BoTH | ARE NT ‘Su pREerry OH, No, You SEE “ 5S x ; SEE, EXTRAVAGANT — BuTTER } ( “TRE Same Piece oF ‘ SOME <BuTter — THEN A LiTTLe Jam |) AND TAM ON THe same PIECR OF ey Nessa a f 4 IMPLY by “guying’ comic opera and putting new life into old masical numbers, George M. Cohan made “The Royal Vagabond,” trotted | out at the Cohan & Harris Theatre last night, a thing of Joy. ‘The book and lyrics by Stephen Ivor) ey and William Cary Duncan,|most delightful musical play of the beason, Siet the music by Dr: Anselm Goetze. |""Gne of the funny things about the prince who went in for being &| @vernight if it had not been for the | vagabond when a revolution threat- fuch of satire and gayety that Cohan ened the kingdom was that hen |himself called upon to take trombone @B¥e to the work of those extrava-|jisasons, Though desperate blasts @eatly-named gentiomen. From first| from the trombone were not heard, $ last—and especiaily in the first act |the idea camo over the footlights Uke thi C3 |a fresh breeze of humor. A prince) is so-called “Cohanized oper | who is supposed to take the throne Gomique” proved to be delightfully) with a working knowledge of the @haractoristic of its unfailingly clevo |long-jointed horn might readily defy | Four good books as a typical Cohaa| scene carried off with all the cere- mmccess | mi pomp Cree aot wath Fresh treatment ws en stale opera, and instead of playing Die Sy having the shekouper he trombone Frederick Santley sang But it was the singing @e barber, the apothecary and other women that counted most in @aailiar types give away the whole | the score. sa Kosta was charm- . {ing in voice and person; Grace Gow before it had fairy starte’ Tenor also won the ear as well as TONIGHT —S0 PUT | Byen the chorus maidens wero botli|the eye, and Frances Demarest sang | ON YOUR RUBBERS @emmunicative and informative. The] with excellent discretion, Dorothy AN’ EVERY THIN’ # fren! hic! | Dickson and Carl Hyson, Gladys Zell ness with which the different) joy yina Pierre (who tumbled over @Baracters took the audience into their | 4 wall with neatness and dispatch), @enfidence was not only surprising|and a beauteous, graceful dion: @@4 amusing, but it completely dis-| creature named Mary Haton made the dancing numbers delightful. Rob- @mmped criticism, and by this clever linson Newbald, as 4 singing come- @evice old-fashioned comic opera was| qian, added to the fun of the per- Brned into a novelty that kept well-| formance, and Winifred Harris was iis not only the tallest queen ever seen Beeeened theatreguers laughing he | in ¢h parts, but she spoke the @BAldren. In its original form “The queen's English admirably, Even the Royal Vagabond” would probatiy|chorus girls—as beautiful as their fave seemed like a back number, but |costumes—made themselves under- stood, #o that altogether “The Royal With its Cohanesque satire and its en-|Yeenbond” left nothing to be de tunes it quickly became tue | sired. MY DEAR TH’ AIR a Ml AN’ KEEP “THid “MUFFLER” 1® VE A TIGHT ‘ROUND Your NECK ! A LIL EXPOSURE OFTEN LEADS To .A COLD AN' THAT “TERRIBLE You CANT BE “loc CAREFUL WHEN ‘YouR “ LIFE INSURANCE PAYMENTS About Plays and Players By BIDE DUDLEY eee is to be a series of “Cappy ; soldiers, sailors and marines, nearly E Z — ee, UD = Gunitant | Ricks” plays. Oliver Morosco, |All of whom saw wervico tn France or Runs “ Like a Sewing Machine’ You Push Hard Enough! ; producer ho first one, be- | performance to-night for service men | [corns wi rev Peticien Ca (HY Erming Word) Beves that there is enough material|of ‘A Sleeploas Night’ at the Bijou the Peter B. Kyne stories to fur-| Theatre, unanimously congratulate Mi Edward H. Rose, author of the | Wo, vesPoed we are eure, the re ie 7 HE TRIED IT OUT AN HE ti me ; Hed Play now at the Morosco Theatre, will Ariny and Navy.) Gpdapene to you, (T RUNS LIKE A SEWING MACHINE — SAYS (T'S IN FINE SHAPE! SOE: WHAT MAKES THE 1D LIKE? T KNoW=dJus — ‘o include a new play, entitled ; PAFtY—The Boys.” F) SR iis (oar How FAR'THAT BIRD Bread Line,” for Leo Carrillo. BY WAY OF DIVERSION. ’ 7 one is being written by the pro- Said Silas McGuggin, in Pee- | te an aie ULAR ; TH'Guy series that would be very pop-| 204 wPon your achievements in Paris:|1 | JOE —“TWIS CAR Is A. LITTLE DARLING! Pe HOE SGD . DAWGONNIT ! he others. Other plans of Mr.| Mrs. Wilson and the Presidential “DOESN TIT? ¢ — ENGINE SPLUTTER so? S DROVE? THis’ Car, ' % pe r-author himself, Paul Harvey, weeple's store: “The boasts of \T ( , YESTERDAY HI f to be in the new Hatton play, In| 4 praggart get me pretty sore. Bearcat"! = \ ; Which Grace Valentine will be fea-! qaig morning I heard Uncle sido ae fared, and Mr. Morosco announces he . Bil eend four companies on tour in| 7immy MoSwett explaining how Please Get Married” next season. fine he can play the cornet. He parade did 50 much talking I turned up ART ON STAGE ART. my nose, Says 1; ‘You're a Arthur Hopkins will speak to the] wonder, I'm led to suppose, pl of th Vas Rite, ot foogbke And then I explained how I play the vi'lin. I made Jim- noon on the & r tion. T vill : mme of their own play ‘evening. 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FORGET OR Do ’ OFF IF HE HAO!) c TAKE “Tr ——— Se Jett in the soldicrs’ box and epent| you a’-playin’ one night jest last “You Spoor! 1 - VF I bal Re! _minutes autographing Pro-| week," said Grandpa McGee, | —_ | MINUTE Hens | f OKsLusAl : : an “so I'm fitted to speak, I — Where l cer Bones } COSMO ISA GIBBS. | thought ‘twus a couple of cats i ees vA STATIONS Gane our! cary AN lip Gibbs, the war correspondent, ; Le j ( N TAS ‘ Ph: ip Gibbs, the war correspondent.) in @ fight. No eapert could do CETATION WAY Line bed Li oho 9 Hamilton, the playwright. Mr.| ‘>that feller was right." Old made a trip to W WAKE YA ington yes-| Silas frowned deeply and said: < y to see his brother's new play.| wyou: dal.” ‘The playwright’s name is} “You're a fool, 4 man might as | Really (osmo Hamilton Gibbs—sort| well play a piece for a mule." | @ Aisappointing, of course, yet rather! With that he went out looking | Mbstantial ’ terribly mad. Said Grandpa: | A NEW FILM CONCERN “That's right! Them there “Albert Capancili, who has been di-! praggarts are bad.” © \gecting Nazimova in films, is now at the head of his own picture-produc ~~ company, formed by Adolph Onso GOSSIP, stars will be June Caprice and] Venita Fitzhugh has gone to Lon- | ighton Hale, Pathe will do the re-|don to appear at the London Hippo Teasing | P rything’ began its twenty- | THE BOYS TO WILSON enth big Week at the Hippodrome wire- | Y 2 O19 last mining engineers | Tiess Tech Co. at the Galety to- Noreve wence morrow afternoon, |, The Strand employees will tender . T wha mins ek ae topay -) * ° Joe Plunkett @ beetsteak dinner to-| GRINDSTONE GEORGE “Family History,” Page 756! sin 1 ‘The | “Hobohemia” players were | ruests of Catherine du Pont at her! matinee to-day at the Greenwich dent: One thousand Make the beds and do the “ NOBopy — -—<———. —— | — “| a | — oo dishes while Village ‘Theatre. 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