The evening world. Newspaper, February 28, 1919, Page 24

Sas COMIC PAGE Friday, February 28, 1919 By CHARLE The author of the play, Leighton Graves Osmun, made the best curtain e@peech of the year by backing off the stage. Miss Rambeau remained a @reature of emotion. She represented | the maternal instinct without apolo- | gies, It didn't matter that Madame | Renee had what is called « “past.” | She gave herself to the silly prac- toe of “reading the cards.” Now this ’ Practice, as you know, ts a challenge to intelligence. Out of our plays we @yeet get something better than card Miongers. But, thanks to the acting of Miss Rambeau, there was interest im her characterization of the fortune- ® THE NEW PLAYS © “The Fortune Teller” And Marjorie Rambeau ‘A N actress who can act in a more or less simple way puts her fingers on the heartstrings, and this feat was performed last night at the Republic Theatre by Marjorie R. | the role she was playing and gave | that she became conventional toward S DARNTO ambeau in “The Fortune Teller.” teller. In half-choked tones she brought out the human quality of the finest performance of her career first act of “The Fortune Teller.” Her acting recalled the old days of Ada Gray in “East Lynne.” Miss Rambeau had the play quite in her grasp, though it must be sald the end. As the volunteer fortune- teller, Eleanor Montell commanded | jattention, Hugh Diliman, as the hero, was weighted with the name| of Sergius. Moreover, the second and third | acts of “The Fortune Teller’ are not; Jin the cards. By BIDE ICHARD LAMBE) R his musical vei tin Daly's A Night Off,” into rebearsal next week. The Mitisic is by Hugo Frey. In the cast Will be Carolina White, Harry Bul- $F, Elizabeth Murray, Percy Pol- look, Mary Milburn, N. Murray Ste i phén, George W. Howard, Tom I n- bi atricia Delaney, Ruth Terry Grant and Wing. Mr. Lambert retain the original title. RT will put jon of Augus- | SPEGGY HOPKINS SNOOZES. In “A Sleepless Night,” at the Bijou, Pesgy Hopkins leaps into a Very comfortable bed. Last night, ac- | cording to a report we received over the telephone, she dropped off to slgep and Ernest Glendenning, who | plays her sweetheart, was somewhat | e@ibarrassed when she substituted a —— a it necessary to shake Pegsy to wake her up. When she opened hér eyes she sat up in bed, yawned gracefully and asked where she was. Now listen—why was Peggy like @ Chinaman? er—Because she slept on her itis tinataattarenrn ited ‘THE ABSENT VILLAIN! Oh, what has become of the blood thirsty villain, Who used to go strutting through ev'ry real play, Whose terridle actions and threats put a thrill in The drama of old—oh, where is he ete a ee =_— =) today? © Bow fercely he'd rail at the down i. trodden lassie, TSWAUe we in the gallery hissed with great vim; oh, how he hated the hero s0 Classy— “Phe dig-hearted fellow they always |) py walled Jims miss you these days, Mr, Villain, J really deliove if you'd only return @rect you with joy and agree not to hiss you; could carn. it's no use, though, for me to be yearning For you to come back to the stage ~ of to-day. Fow've quit the “Tegit,” with no © thought of returning; films scem to have you; you can't get away. A PLAY'S BIRTHDAY is the anniversary of “the A. H. Woods piuy Louis Mann and Sam Bernard @tarring at the Hudson Theatre. year to-day the comedy sin Atlantic City with its pres- cast. Hesides the N-w York com- , another, hee by Lew Ficids Charies Winninger, is in Phila- fa, and there are companies in m and Austral friendly BROTHER KNEW. yn Hubbell, director of dant ‘Terrace Garden Dance Palac' d to their little child The 'US apple-pie with that ‘‘melts’’ on your and a filling juicy and it’s Sawtay apple- Just use your own recipe in place of butter or other ning, use Sawtay. tne toft—Sewtay contatn: 13k opis with Sawtay for richness. About Plays and Players feyely biond snore for a line she| © should have repeated. Finally Ernest |) | My fuit approbation I think you | | | | DUDLEY brought out a picture book. One page! showed @ zebra. Mrs. Hubbell asked the litle girl what it was. The child hesitated = and ber seven-year-old brother edged up. “Penitentiary horse,” he whispered to his aster. _ | eyvrey = A REAL POET. vast twenty-four hours we received “Jane” and “Jasper” rhymes from the following named: Irving of Brookiyn, George Ayer West New Brighton, ; Allen Street, | nttle of Scranton, gleman of Brooklyn, Karl Dart of Flatbush, Al Lehoff of Brook-| lyn, Etta Mallock of New York, Harry| Wald o} Daniel Kanes cf No. 6 w York; Irvin) Slotsky kiyn, Al Carlin of Harlem, Thomas Finnerty of | Brooklyn, Alec Why of New York, Marty Dee of Brooklyn, Larry M. of Harlem, Harry James of Brooklyn, | ‘agman of 66 East 107th Jew York; Steve of Platbush, Merrell of Flatbush, Louis | Wagenheim of Brooklyn, Samucl Ginshing of No. 199 East Third Street, New York; P, Kramer of Brooklyn, | Florence I of Brooklyn and Hope U. Likeit of Brooklyn, Other rhymes have been sent in by Miss Billy Muni | of the Bronx and Exwin Nicander of | “Keep It to Yourself.” They're all wonderful, but since the editor won't; id another page to the paper for our special use, we cannot print them. — | THAT SUMMITT GIRL. About two dozen poets have sent us| “Summitt” rhymes. The first one in| was written by O, 8, Eskridge, a} sailor, Here it is: She'd a beau, this fair lady of Sum. | mitt, | In the navy; he sent her a grommet, She said: “Ain't it grand! Did he make it by hand, Or buy it or steal it or bum it? | | | ‘Then H. A. K. a dentist, offers tnis| one: | Made Rosa two plates; they looked fine. Pearly white teeth_how they shine! he's not paid for them yet, And I say with regret She's cating with teeth mine, that are | “COME ALONG” READY. Headed by Hdward Royce, the di- rector, and Frank Jackson, the “Come Along” company, seventy strong, will | leave to-morrow morning for Atiantic City, where this new musical comedy | will have its first performan Apollo Theatre Monday way will be rll repre: opening. Among those who wiil be present issMare Klaw Gossip. ‘Tamict” will be played at the Plymevt® Theatre for men in uni- form Sunday night | “Going Up" will begin @ week's en- gagement at the Bronx Opera House on Mareh 17, ‘The first of the special matinees of akuntala’ will be given at the dreenwich Village Theatre March 2 The entry list for the canary show |TAINT A MemBer! at the Globe Tuesday morning will close to-morrow night. Mrs, Mark A. Luescher will be a judge | |! We hear that the choruses of “The Velvet. Lady,’ en Lester” and Canary ‘end a ball at Jotel des Artistes to-night The Plelades Club will entertain the “Lightnin’ " company at dinner Sun- day night. Frank Bacon, who is ting the habit, will deliver an ad- dress, A THOUGHT'FOR TO-DAY. “If Pearl Street is crooked," writes | Alex Brown, “is Washington Square?” ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. John Whalen—Yes, but six .other people have sent us that joke George Smith—Mary “Pickford 1s alive and filming M. Marx—You block us by promi® ing to send more rhymes if we print your first one. } ee | FOOLISHMENT. (Dedicated to Frank Wilstach ) There was a weird fellow named Frank, Who had 80 cents in a bank It made him so proud That he giggled aloud, Until from exhaustion he sank FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. “Prohibition begins at midnight June thirtieth.” “You mean June thirsticst,” | And Little Mary Leaves Our Curiosity Unsatisfied! fer errr Gan ee Fae WELL THEY saY we om, LITTLE ¢ Iwas Yost a 4 ~ Cr. 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