The evening world. Newspaper, May 16, 1919, Page 28

Cur WU Qe oe Clue Pa ‘lt | “Pretty Soft” Cheap, Dull and Vulgar BY CHARLES DARNTON HERE seems to be no rest for @ bookcase or a mantel flops thing that was called “Pretty Soft” at the Morosco Theatre last night, As a matter of fact, it was pretty hard to bear. Farce, especially when it is taken from the French, may be as wide as ® four-poster, aim still have a more _ Bumorous turn than the old folding ‘ed. In this case the effect was fa- i Paul M. Potter has not only over a French farce, but he Palld back upon a Boccaccio tale as \@xeuse for a farce that ts cheap, and vulgar. » Buch a play only serves to drag stage into the gutter, It is an Ynsult to common decency. If it had A Gingle fash of wit we might laugh ¢ its “audacity.” But it is hopeless- DW vulgar, To make it more im- ible for an American public Mr. bas put It into a London at- with even a house in poor Gower Street as tie opening Here a soldier, if you please, the weary in bedroom farce, even it! down as a bed. This is the sort of is “doped” by a stage dancer, while his bride-elect is waiting at the) church, and after the ceremony he/ finds his way to a notorious road~- house, In this place various men and | women open and shut doors, just as | doors are always opened and shut in French farce. The general effect of these proceedings was disgusting and witless, Edwin Nicander, as the bridegroom, succeeded in making the audience feel the need of sleep; Rose Coghlan sacrificed her fine talents to the ta- speakable role of “Mother” Rapley— not to be mentioned In the same breath with Mra. Warren and her profession—and the rest were as bad as the play. “Pretty Soft" should be given a hard and swift kick off the stage. About Plays By BIDE ‘HE Messrs, Shubert have ac- cepted for immediate produc- § tion a new play by Bdward Locke entitled, “Dangerous Years.” have engaged Alma Tell to the leading role. Mr. Locke the author of “The Climax.” D. Bailey announces the ac- of @ new play also. It isa ly drama called “Three Blind “ Julian F. Thompson, a Chi- Droker, is the author. So the have begun writing ‘em, too, i? MISS DE REAMER BACK. Ruby de Reamer, film star, has ar- in New York from the Pacific where she spent several and Players DUDLEY they come Before your mem'’ry's eye, Will make you stop and wonder how 80 many years got by. They'll make you wish the pendulum Of Time would stop and swing | The other way—to mother and | The slipper and ita sting. FATHER'S ERROR. A Bronx man ran across something he thought was very funny the other day, #0 he just dropped everything and made haste to notify the hand- some kolumn konductor about it. Here it is: An old gentleman came home from @ film theatre and told his family LITTLE MARY MIXUP > Were, Mary, Ive @or 4 New DRESS + Tihwe YEZZA! wor CAN I Do JOE’S CAR Friday, May 16, 1919 Te Mom! WAT DRESS >) sta I weag~ mY > PINK OR BLUE o8 RED OR GREEN OR WHITE og YELLow oR LAVENDER oR PLAID OR CHECK ~ og ~ on Whar? 26 GeRANIUMS “THEYRE }5 WHat S “The iDea® ( You KWow You Have Ny GoT Bens “THose DResseE s aes For “TH wited acting in ‘Fires of Fate” andthe feature picture for the next week pictures. While West Miss d¢/ was to be one for married men only. stopped over in Denver long) “Gosh, Pop!” sald his lovely blond to call on her parents, get ®! daughter, Alsatia, “you're not going, and participate in a feW) are you?” diversions. She has recently! +1 gure am,” replied the old man offered a contract by David) with a chuckle, So the family de- 0 and may do some acting !0/ cided to investigate, A son who had spoken drama before very long. | just returned from Quinskomp, Bast 4 India, rushed to the theatro and got Shy MOTHER’S SLIPPER, & programme. Then it was discov- | Whotcha say we get sentimental | oreq that the title of the picture was we threo verses? Are you} .or Husbands Only.” The old gen- ws? All right-—here goes: tleman was terribly disappointed. Mister, do you recoltect —s ME sce anes aes » ted STICK TO ACTING, VONDA! th “A ed t ond We are advised that Vonda Marine mother used to frown and e6¥ | or wrne Lady in Red,” at the Lyric, _ | Some certain thing was dad? is,a niece of the Inte James Whit- y; ber how you used to go comb Riley. Also that she hopes to 4 And do that very thing become as famous as he through her how you used to wriggle when| literary efforts, ‘Then wo are hand- You felt the stipper's sting? 4 one of sald efforts which—well, here it ts: ber, when you'd grown to be iTnis wide, wide world is not for me Aa dig and tall as she— Without my soul's affinity; strong for her to pick YOU UP | Aitno’ the day with clouds’ beset And place you on her knee? You black-eyed devil, I'l get you ber how you used to laugh vet. Because she bored your ears, = how, perhaps, you'd sce her YOU'RE WRONG, FOL! Just fourteen “constant have sent in solutions for the well telephone call, mentioned here day before yesterday. The guesses are all ingenious, but the right one hasn't arrived, belleve us! Gossip, ‘The Fairbanks twins have been en- | gaged for the new “Follies.” Diana Wilson, an English actress, bas arrived in New Tork. Alice Joyce, film star, ts selling her photographs and giving the money to, the Actors’ Fund. | Lieut, Bob Armstrong, nephew of | Paul Armstrong, is out of the army, | He may been seen in a Crothers play Boon: Fifteen acts have been engaged for tke concert at the Winter Garden Sunday evening, Alex Sullivan has written the lyrics for now Chinese gong entitled “Fan * ‘Away to hide the tears? | Yell, thors are scence that, when we Good Thinge to Eat Catherine Calhoun has gone West with the Henry Miller company, ap- pearing in “Moliere,” | Mme, Granier, the French comedi- enne, has asked Charles Dillingham to sell her the French rights to “She's a Good Fellow.” Will Morrissey has offered tho ser- vices of the entire ,“Toot Sweet” com- pany in the Boy Scouts’ campaign be- RECKLES ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. Watts — W a the Time to Get Rid of These | schemes, mah Ugly S B, M. 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