The evening world. Newspaper, September 25, 1919, Page 24

alae nen cence tet ae “Katy’s o THE NEW PLAYSe A Bitter Disappointment By CHARLES, DARNTON Kisses” F it’s true that Greanwich Villagers never sleep at night, they are to be congratulated upon having “Katy’s Kisses” at their little theatre, for! .. the orchestra floor can scarcely be ‘When the author, Neil Twomey, “ Bounced that he was “going to wake iy fhis farce is acted so noisily that the subway trains running under be heard. | » boomed forth as an actor and an- ‘up the town,” he made noise enough | | «Ae _wake the dead. A number of his enthusiastic associates were almost @qually vociferous. Tholr combined efforts were so deafening that a mo- Meantary silence seemed like « lull in @ thunderstorm, | You may remember that Hale Hamilton, tn “Get-Rich-Quick Walling. | ford,” played the bluffer with both feet on the soft pedal Mr. Twomey ‘wasn't a bit like Mr. Hamilton. Being the author of the farce he doubtless felt he knew how it should be acte: d. At any rate he ts to be granted @omething—anything but a long lease of the Greenwich Village Theatre, for the little house has been productive of good things, and the subway) Gireuit rider is not to be discouraged Re breezes into a little town and tri efack of the floor. Well, the rolling “Kats's 1iisses” comes along with a The acting was almost as bad as by one unprofitable trip. But |t must be said that “Katy’s Kisses” proved a bitter disappoint-| i. This farce i# suited to @ villago—a smaller one than the Greenwich | Waricty. All the old tricks are played by the bluffer from New York when) jes to boom it by making himself the! Partner of a lawyer who has been whiting in vain for a client’ You may Peal the old joke of the two impeountous chaps who toss up a dime to @Mermine what they'll do with it, only to have the coin fall through a) dime gathers new moss down Green- | wich way. The partners lose everything but thelr patience for the greater Dart of three acts, and then the owner of a candy factory who makes handful of money, and a widow adds| her mite of a million or go to the extravagant plot. the play. ~ | About P NUTT, the former actor, now this column's special correapond- ent, is in Pittsburgh investigating ‘the steel strike. He wires as follows: “Dear Dud-—I and the girl are here @aid what difference did it make? I) told dim it didn't make any differonce to I and the girl. Better not print the reason for the strike until you * om totion of a Senator named Gary | Who thinks a Senator named Reed called tho strike to oust eapl- labor. Will run the story shoot it in. No news over at present. Plenty of ax- @itement, but can learn notbing.— i Ce er tte ee WOODS UNDER THE KNIFE. H. Woods is in Stern's Sanitari- on West End Avenue, recovering fects of a surgical opera- | | BER? Ste, Wood suddenty’fecame ti ‘ a {om Sgonday. It is expected he will be ; Bortiy LIBBEY COMES TO TOWN. 1 bet joyt’s “A ‘Trip to China- ‘ town” visited Milwaukee and in the cast was a baritone singer named J. Aldrich Libbey. Mr. Libbey went into &@ cafe and was introduced to a ner- ‘vous little man who was writing songs. none other than » told the baritone it @ new song, “After the Hall.” Libbey said he'd sing it some He sang it on March 17, 1893, thus was launehed the most pop- “story song” this country ever Mr. Libbey has moved to New from Chicago, and has brought baritone voice with him, to Fay ing of a perfect 98 stomach. Yes- y we dropped in Meyer Cohen's Publishing House and met Mr , We asked him to sing and he with “After the Ball.” It t to the Chicago World's Fi ‘we attended when « small we did at the fair was hang the Midway and drop nickels phonographs to hear “After the NEW SHOWS OPENING, shows will nt ot Oct. rrymo} play, the Marlowe production, the new r-Jacobi-Le Baron ‘opereita, Blossoms,” “The Girl In the ! 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Her staff is composed of Minerva Wil- | 84 #0 don't worry about not getting | #07, Hugh Gage, Helen Flood, David Wilson, Elizabeth Sweetwood, Erwin| Hassener, Elizabeth Sanwick, Harry | Lewis and Richard Cox. | NOT YET, HIGHPOCKETS! H. P. Morrison of Woodhaven favored Brooklyn in the war, Listen to this: I've read about the poets’ wor, And everything they said and done, And now I want to hear no more, Because the Brooklynites have) won, Gossip. East Gates will do some well oiled dancing in “Roly-Boly Eyes” at the Knickerbocker to-night Stewart & Morrison now call thelr hew Smmith-Riesenfeld musical com- edy "Betty Behave.” Ted Lewis and his Jaze band have been engaged for “The Midnight Frolic,” beginning Oct. 2. Jack Eaton ts constructing a Chi- natown prologue for "The Miracle man," at the Brooklyn @trand next week, Grace Filkins, widow of Admiral Marix, U.S8.N., is to return to the etage “soon, Dick Geran, author of “Sweet Ade- line,” has a new song cated “Sweet Alice Gray.” Halpin O'Retliey Gilbert furnished the music. Frank A, Howson has been engaged as musical director for the Sothern- Marlowe productions. i, Elna Larrimore, sister of Francine, is to play the leading feminine role in a Southern “Scandal” company, Frank Fay of “Oh, What a Girl!” may be geen in a dramatic role under Shubert management soon, Eugen Ysaye, violinist, his wife, hia two sons and one daughter, saw “Happy Days" at the Hippodrome yesterday, Mae West has been engaged by Ned Wayburn as comedienne of the new Capitol Theatre's remdient stock company. A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. gum drummer was running to catch a train at Woellaville Tuesday when old Uncle Heck Prather, who must have his joke, yelled, “Stop thief!" 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