The evening world. Newspaper, September 9, 1919, Page 16

CClavloy Pre a ® THE NEW PLAYSo “Up From Nowhere” Melting-Pot Romance By CHARLES DARNTON : WHY, MARY "This 1s “He ‘FIRST GRADE ~ So ARE IN THE SECOND GRADE Ths YEAR Thar Fuewrs up” 'S S!% WELL “THe SECOND GRADE 1S OP SO MANY STAIRS — I aust Toucit ‘D sTaY Here, ANOTHER, YEAR | | | | - you imagine “Treasure Island” right under your feet? Well, it's! Eee ( something of the sort that Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson | suggest in “Up From Nowhere,” the play given at the Comedy The: | atre last night. In the early part of the proceedings a man who was dressed like a parlor pirate, with a gorgeous sash drawn about his middle, gave his 1 Street as though he were the richest landlubber in the couldn’t make head nor tail of him until he began telling about | the mixed blood that ran in his veins, In this explanatory discourse he ty seemed to be almost everything from Portuguese to American, so he Page: finally described himself as a “wop.” Apparently—I was going to say— +S obscure, but that's not enlightening, is it? as “Ss z EY sgancagen .acgu ace qeereemal * tg melting-pot romance. A great deal |dle-aged, and tn spite of his gallantry fe said about “the new American,” |!t doesn’t seem sportsmaniike of him ‘who Is supposed to have gonethrough|to steal the girl of his son over- : fire in a test with “the old American,” |night., The final scene, in which the * given to certain social rules, With| boards are cleared, is so strained] . P the national spirit stirring his blood,|that the audience is ikely to agro, soul, George Washington| with “Georgie” when he proteste: bas oodles of dollars and he| ‘This is very painful to me.” At the . "t care @ cent about “family.”|same time “Up From Nowhere” is WHY = WOT son George—who oouid 0 an amusing trifle, 4 HIM “THAT ‘You. DIFFERENCE DID ; called “Georgie”—is keen on clinging| Cecil Yapp carried off the first SENT Me - HE MADE ql is to an old family tree, While the| honors of the performance as a gar- ; 4 q @ accordingly, dangies on the|rulous old sea captain who was full| A 4 Like A BIG me PAY CASH: it were, the father gathers|of good advice to his indulgent FATHEAD ! patron. In this character, too, the Valentines, “falis for him" | authors of the play did their best jort time that you wonder | work, for Captain Penny reminds one play's being #0 long. The old, |of the old sea dog in “Beauty and the rather middle-aged, Silver makes | Barge.” It has the favor of a W. W. of the business. Jacobs type. , is no end of entertaining talk! Norman Trevor gave vigorous and play, but only ‘one situation— | aincere strokes to the role of the ad- in which Edith, beauteously ar-jventurer who jingled gold in his for © masquerade ball, lets the | pockets and danced with the girl who party go on without her ‘and drinks|had supper with him. Ann Andrews wine with the gallant Silver, who| Vamped” her eyes in the earlicr regalee her with a sailor's song. | %@R®% but she overcame her arti: bad ficialty in a degree’ when she made But one situation does not make| herself alluring in a ball gown. ‘I'he a play. The hero is necessarily mid-| minor parts were well acted. i fi ete 7 ey F g About Plays Players | HILE the strike, was on fear| Morris Gest announces that ‘The f ‘was expressed in many quarters | Luck of the Navy,” an English melo- . of the theatrical district that | drama, will open at the Manhattan the enforced closing of the theatres! Opern House ‘on Oct. 18. Oliver ‘would wean the public away from] Morosco has postponed the opening ground- | of “Civilian Clothes” at the Morosco untl] Friday night. David Belasco will begin the new season with the presentation of Ina Claire in “The : Le ype pe last eit dfs spared Gold Diggers,” a comedy, by Avery ARISEN WHICH |-out everywhere, looks n Hopwood, at eatre on Ss though the season of 1919-1920 will | gone’ 90, a He’ -a aagae MAKES VT VERY be the most profitable in the history Ss \ IMPERATIVE , JOE of the theatrical business in this BOSTON HUMOR, A i country. The public, in the cities) Arthur MacHugh's youthful nephew 4 , especially, Is giving evidence of being | arrived yeaterday from Boston. Last “show crazy,” night Arthur took him to see “The Miracle Man” Aa MORRIS TO PRODUCE. Rina lee sclees ait waliing. 20. Jack Morris of the Shubert forces i a a Rad tod sie % saw ‘the arranged reduce w-wow, he, 1e '¥, said: fnvalee! comedy entitied “Dirt” the ia rpc hie es aba thi metic dog.” _ ook and lyrics of which are by Will Why do you call him that?” asked B. Johnstone and the music by Will ey. ots ig rene RR. Anderson, These two wrote “Take puts down three and carries It From Me.” Joseph M. Gaites will | OPC, G07, 208 It'on the baked bean stage soon another Johnstone musical | 4/91, piece called “Love for Sale,” with Kitty Gordon as the star, The lyricé ret 5 and music are by Tom Johnstone and| A! Jolson has returned trom Call- Marry Auracher. ane He will open in “Sinbad” in JOE’S CAR WITH “TH'Cost OF LIVIN’ UP IN “H'SKY I GOT A SWEL CHANCE “T'BUY A BIG cAR AN' KEEP ON EATIN' Too! HAW? wuarTa, Y'MEAN we've. GOT TGET A NEw CAR? BLANCHE CAN YELL HER HEAD OFF-FOR ALL 1 care! I'm DAWGONNED 4F \'M GONNA BUY A HIGH-POWERED Car! AW~ WHY CAN'T WE GET ALONG WITH TH’ OLD BUS - --- BECAUSE (T SKIDDED “THIS AFTERNOON AND wRapPed rTsecr arounD a “treed! SOMETHING HAS a “roves ee eet \F OY WASN'T THAT Fy 4 } night, ROTTAH FOR WANE, TM ALWAYS SO ; fOnistibe: ro- MORROW. Mal NZ) FOR 7H : OREACFULLY PURSIED “The Shubert Gaicties * will Benny Ryas. = BY TH ; resume its engugement at the 44th heatrical terpriaee wil evr 4 SENT Street ‘healre tomorrow a ty Ltd,” in ew ; Adsitions ‘to the cast include. Nora | Haven, Sept. “ey with Atlantic City, Washington and’ New York to follow. Bayes, Henry Lowls and Irving] Smith & Golden's comedy, “Threo Wisher. Asked yesterday if Ed Wynn mee 18," Ce ee ons was “ hose had eu 0, Sunday night. Rice eres Cope ies will etay ‘there until after the holt lays. ‘ that he was. * ‘The Hippodrome has added special features for to-morrow, Pershing heara Day, and the Terrace Garden Dance . A HAIR TRAGEDY. Palace will ha jal matinee Nick O'Teen has written us a nice | dancing seasion, beginning at 2 o'clock. poem ae ee mm ee ru about a redheaded girl. Sup-| *The Gallo English Opera y pabe we look it over: will be at the Shubert Theatre this Bay, kid, when first I acen you at a only, “The Mikado” will be the , bid, dance, ‘And wondered if with you I stood o chance, \ % ¥ , c t's with me ft “Too M: Husbands,” \\ ROS. ‘ jue Joon ome wie ie, Maugham BE yg \ INS QANV K : Ve IW \ zs Yor hair was like o bright ond ruddy | waewror sent es oe SUM | KAS = SQ ESSSSS RSS flame John Cort has called three com-| [S SSSSSs . SSsss SS a * panies for rehearsala. ‘They are ‘Fid- . Wot draws a bloomin’ moth; it sure) tiers Three,” open . Sancesteiaiedls ente® radio , hate Soha tecaing | it on Oct. 5 Uy , opening in roit on 5 re? en, 08 wos att ad “Flo Flo,” which begina in Cin= ren gh red mop—you had CORN Siioes Payers-Lasky Oo me, e famous iyers-| y rpor- kid, i ation has made an arrangement. with bs “NoBopy”" it it ace - It gure did oult my taste—T'l say it |Cuirce the him rights to all his plays. yee Me JURA Wa ~~ HE RENTS A BATHING SUIT THAT did. ane a oi be has writen ie pe WAS A GREAT SWIMMER? WAS TOO HIGH, No Alt THE SWINE Bae, A wane we Anat BL] Alms mite past and al eo may - AIAN iy he AWO of eo * Gri rnd sto! Button Mame, wots the big tle |Fatare da patie doce) |i ( ureren mesma’) || ( Races ane oscar Sata ne tant & Away ie BATH He apr a I heart RS 4 WATER 006! THE 100L OF THE CIANLY LOOKING . A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. 7 CORREWIS OF : ze CHAP Guess And wot the blinkin’ blight’s the dig aay: predeaen Wha’ eaahat. Bat. A ST VITAS CHANNEL ST.UITUS BEACH! \ \ ‘dear play on in four weeks ought to be * “ : Of changin’ it to dlack by usin’ dye, | mad pay for additional rehear- n si le to old in a bottle by @ drug store guy? |**—Arthur Hopkins, It's Diack; no longer flares out in FOLISHMENT. the dark, There was a sweet girl named Por- In all the bloomin’ bunch there ain't dello, @ spark, Whose voice was exceedingly mel- , Gasodatruth, you look @ freak, you low, Foolish kid! : But her neighbor, John Pierce, drug atore clerk's played hob;| Said her singing was ferce, TN say he did, Now, what do you think of the fer low? PLAYS THAT OPEN SCON. FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE.