The evening world. Newspaper, October 9, 1919, Page 32

— —— a sy Dee EG, GO: A oe “Too Many re @ Mttle entertainment—that's all.” ‘The discriminating pl: Matched that it is nce. Both hav “Too Many oss-up between bands” ie not a fa: though it quickly develops an awkward and laughable eltuation when a deen killed in the war returns to find Another Major—his pal—in his hume. The humor, as well as the strain, fs mental for the greater part of two acts. The firat husband ts bent on Boing to bed and sending the second husband to bachelor quarters. While the wife is hoping that the father of her three months’ old ctiild will explain the situation. But her first husband jumps to the conclusion that ‘This doesn't help matters, as you may 8, but at last the truth comes out, and then the two husbands draw to determine which of them will have Victoria to keep and to hold. it develops there ts no blank in this lottery, for the second husband marke Major who is supposed to ha Wis friend has married ber mother. slips with a cross. When he As for Victoria, with ber @0-respondent, and the play comes to ing merry over the freedom they are but her tears and complaints of self-sacrifice have made them only too There is more humor than {rony in the affair, and @lad to get rid of her. @0 everybody is happy. 6f such a wife! Other members of the Carried off a Mirtat) “Too Many Husbands” may be bi e THE NEW PLAYS e Highly Diverting Farce BY CHARLES DARNTON remarkable that a man who could sound the depths of life reached | his book “The Moon and Sixpence” should at almost the same time the author of “Too Many Husbands,” the Mght and witty play that Mekied the ribs of everybody last night at the Booth Theatre. Bvidently, | Mr, Maugham 1s a playwright of playful mood goer will find “Too Many Husbands” highly @iverting. Frankly, it is farce acted as light comedy, and, thanks to Law- fence Grossmith and Kenneth Douglas, (t offers the most delightful light| Somedy acting on view along Broadway. surely sense of humor that ‘e comfortably irresistible. Vietim of the ruse holds him up and discovers that he has been double- Tageoesty with a rich admirer, goes to her mother’s house overnight, leav- her two husbands to make the worst of {t, and returns in the morning aproan-s that she bas decided to marry the wealthy Mr. Paton, ‘arranges divorce proceedings with the aid of a most unattractive old .. Mr. Grossmith was vastly amusing !n h!s dull-witted, lumbering way, While Mr. Dougias gave an alert and genuinely comic performance. Estelle Winwood made a great deal of the wife—and there should be a great deal She was plaintively alluring. Though Fritz Williams, like xed cast, could not catch the English manner, he ‘ene with considerable skill. Husbands” He eeems to say: “Here's | | These two comedians are so well them for first place in the perform- ree of situations In the obvious sense, Mean- attempts to get away, however, the tender, loving heart, she firta out- A law. an end with the two husbands mak- to gain. Both are fond of Victorta, zarre, but it's Jolly good fun. About Plays Comes & GEST announce that they will begin rehearsals soon for @ new musical comedy @utitied “Maid o' Money.” The book | by Guy Bolton, the music by Kern and the lyrics by Bud ge sve Harry Fox is to be featuted the cast. The production will @ preliminary tour and then ome to Broadway. FROM RYE, EH? *Two young men from the country Rye went to the box office of the| uret Theatre last night and | hed to buy seats for “The Crimson _ Nothing but standing room,” said urer Nichol. PF Btanding seats, huh?" came from | QMe prospective patron, ‘We get two together?” THAT FAMILY FIGHT. | Listen, dear readers! Maybe you wxollect seeing in this nice column a yme about a wife named Susan, Who beat her husband up just to p im in his place. It was such | Gelicious bit of bunk that Jeff Nutt aired us congratulations on it. Now es C. L. Read, writing from Bal- e, with a finale for the fracas, 'y here: crowned him with a hammer, And beaned him with a broom, chased him from the kitchen “Into the dining-room, Wwas there he turned upon her, With awful, fearful wrath, ind with a pole he soaked her, ‘fhe fell dead in her path, as she lay there prostrate, 4th nothing more to fear, went back to the kitchen, “And drank some fine nigh-beer. PPhis is only Ar, Read's version. 1 married people, who are in tho it of fighting, kindly write thelr ences out in rhyme and send em in? We want some good do-/ thestio trouble poems, FIRST AID, FOR WILDA, When Wilda Bennett was told she Globe Tuesday it, she said she feared she could appeared to sing the number she a placard behind the director's , facing the stage and bearing words of the song. The audience yt know it was there, but the girls did, espec'ally that very “Well, can | ell, ean | | memorize the lyric in time, When | and Players DUDLEY 80 RUTH DIDN'T, The manager of “Adam and Eva," at the Longacre Theatre, discovered that Otto Kruger’s middlc name is) Adam, Since Otto plays the role of Adam this was strange, (he manager thought. Next he approached Ruth Shopley, who appears as Eva, “Have you a middle name?" he asked, “T have,” replied she. “Don't tell me it's Eva!" “I won't,” said Miss Shepley. “It's Samantha.” Gossip, Barney Bernard, in Abe Potush,” beorept une Congreve has been enga, by Bartley Cushin; ac, for a us in “Blind Man's Buff.” Mr, and Mrs. Coburn have engaged Saker for the cas: of “All the Horses." Mabe! Pierson and Claire Matthison have roles in “Girl of Mine,” a new musical comedy by Peter Wiley. Al Jolson will sing at the Winter Garden concert Sunday evening. Get your seats early, imitators, W. ‘J. Ferguson is to sing in “The Little Whopper,” opening at the Ca- sino Monday, That's what we said "Sing." The opening of “The Luck of the Navy" at the Manhattan Opera House will occur next Tuesday, Estelle Carey, soprano, will sing at the Brooklyn nd next week. She is said to hav, fine voice. OH, TH Boys! 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