The evening world. Newspaper, November 14, 1919, Page 40

Like a Bad Penny, It Always Returas! Tm TikeD HAVING “ToWSER “TRACKING. . “The Magic Melody” + hay ae tele ee ee Be hog porte T saved Strike Po N oe tn Uk. Genie I B TowseR FoR rikes a Popular Note | Lock Him UP ~ len We'kt FIND ant Yhe = Mom # By CHARLES DABNTON ||| | Sone mac mane yo to the Shubert Theatre make @ point of going early, for there's & prologue that is by far the best part of “The Magic Melody.” ‘This so-called romantic musical play starts off with a great deal) @ash and color in a Sicilian fishing village. The melodies by Sigmund) have a sprightly charm in this portion of the evening's enters | iS but later on the composer, evidently fearing that the “romantic” | may not bring a sympathetic response from the box-office, proceeds jazz up the show. His music changes to the familiar tunes he has s0 written for the Winter Garden. ‘The story by Frederic Arnold Kummer is a bit weird and rather dif- to follow, if you happen to be intent upon a heavy plot in a light) offering—and i've a notion that people who go to musical shows) not intent upon that sort of thing. In the prologue a composer of an| is 80 poor that his wife jumps at the chance of having a rich admirer | dis genius to reach the stage. So the spider says to the fly, “Come, ‘over to my house and we'll write @ nice little Jetter to a manager in Paris fend everything will be all right"—or words to that effect. But he kisses | her in the process, and the horrified composer sees it all in shadows on a! Window shade. Any man with any sense, in a similar situation, would be; first of all, to have @ dark window shade. Silhoucttes are not only | 4 ‘they're dangerous. What's more, they give the whole slow away ‘this case and leave nothing to the imagination. The innocent onlooker away from his wife, goes and is drowned, and after many Soe number doesn’t matter—hi idow is determines to make sixes- sevens of the man whe kissed her and whole darned family. But AH! Here You are! finally relents when she discovers her eon and tells her that he ‘O6TL ‘Moves the girl who figures fifty-fifty in the vendetta she has declared. “THete...COSTLY ¢ ng T MU6T “ELL You THAT ‘As I've said, its a weird story, but einging and dancing make it en- PARTIE GET MY GOAT Your WIFES COSTUME ing. Charies Purcell is a fairly good husband in the prologue, but he| A BIRD SAyYo WHY 1@ SIMPLY ExQuis( Te to better advantage as the on of the play proper—or improper, DONT Yido Home 7 S “MR. Litre”! AN’ “THAT you like—for he is essentially boyish. In short, he has youth in his BUT DAWGONIT =F . D and he should cherish it beyond stage mustaches. His einging voice CANT -I Live AINT ALL IT, and he can turn his feet to a good dance at a pinch of the ] Julia Dean is extravagantiy emotional and all dressed up at her ‘ emotional moments, and Tom McNaughton gets off a few jokes, some ‘Rew, some old, with quaint facility. Mlavio Arcaro has a good voice that given to nonsense instead of to song. Fay Marbe, Bertee Beaumonte, Leigh and other light-footed young women dance gracefully, and chorus ladies rush in where angels might fear to tread upon tender and make the most of themselves, especially in a “fashion show.” ‘kes a popular note in its ons, so I take hz, i ; About Plays and Players By BIDE DUDLEY ARJORIE RAMBEAU and Wwil- * DON’T MIgS IT. lard Mack, the latter co-author omnes Will be a dance at the Ritz. “The ” on ay, lov. rom 4 #2 Bain bie ppopaand oi | to 6 P.M. ite aid the Hoover ‘Fund for latest vehicle, | starving children in Hungary. An or- wondering about a couple of/chestra will be furnished by Com: JO E’S CA R letters they received the | poser Vecsey of “The Rose of China.” | Aasindamad Mel ticue are HALL SIGNS A NEW ACTOR. t : * byeoty Benny Leonard, the itweight itten and were signed: “A/ champion, is preparing to tal Capen HO Pre Petting Go ORY. Koening Wet WITH “THAT EXPENSE ouT BOLDLY ANNOUNCES To FRIEND W DIVULGES OF THE WAY , HE CAN SAVE. FRIEND WIFE WHAT HE FACT “WAT SHE HAS MORE MONEY AND WALLOP' HAS JUST DONE { JusT PAID THE SAID THE HCorl aA Few! EXPECTS “To RECEWE HER CHAUFFEUR A MONTH CONGRATULATORY CommeNDATION (#)| 'N ADVANCE | JOE 1s GLap! IN FACT HE made by Frank G. \S HAPPY — HE HAS FINALLY ; om the contrary, they were/firm will be back in the other vein. ‘The writer | Festi Bil cieon ‘nena treeme| | FIRED Hts CHAUFFEUR AND aN 4 his efforts largely to critic- wi will receive and enter- ‘Of the professional activities of |‘ the funds, AWFUL LOAD WAS BEEN LIFTED actress and playwright, George| §TRAHLBERG ENGAGED. FROM WIS FRAIL CHEST ty) Miller, manager of “The Un-| Frederick Strahiberg, a composer of Woman,” ia doing a little de- | note and formerly assistant conductor of the Philharmonic Society, has been | made conductor at the Rivoli Theatre - by Hugo Reisenfeld. ié says he has a pfetty good idea TWO ON ONE NIGHT. to the identity of the person. F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest : are to “open against themselves” on Mon , Nov, 24. At the Century the; FOR THE NEW “LETTY.” bra Ofer “Aphrodite,” while at. the Morosco has engaged Oscar) Lyric they will launch “The Rose of and Eleanor Harte for im-| China.” roles in the support of Char- Gossip. Greenwood, who will open 82) pete smith has a new son Pete is at in “Linger Longer Letty” | passing out the 25-cent smokes E tho Fulton Theatre Monday eve-| Muriel De Forrest has been given a Reports from the road say) special number in “The Demi Tasse} aap meee Greenwood’s new vehicle pooh maith Pt Roly Boly Eyes” ‘ her long and limber talents bap boon ven @ long-term contract by = ee — Edward Vroom is planning a sertes a ACTING COMPANY FORMED. of revivals of the romantic ame. “Adciph Kiauber, at a toa given by |,,,Pather Walker has a new song in “Hello, Alexander.” .“Nightie Night” company at the} Edward Locke threatens to act a ‘Theatre yesterday, rote Mo ee pe 9, grt that actors farce rmances in of the Actors’ sv eam sedis py soa Fund will be given in theatres all over ated rotary Prenagrenny A ag Actors’ Memorial with “Nightle Night” they will| Richard Cubitt has been engaged by im a new play by Martha oat wil ue eh “Made of M ar ‘Stanley and Adelaide Matthews | 5.) ya onene a0 WS to suit the talents of each A eg aml a HE wt Daghent oy wear bul say qed en, iy ‘ox to FOR THE PRINCE. In'fima opposite George Wala ‘will be a epecial performance reey is to in “Tue Magio Melody” at the Shu- | {ammeratein’s new play, “Joan of Sw ‘Theatre Sunday night for the of-|° Barney Bernard, whose wife ts in and crews of the British battle- | California, is #0 lonesome he won't Renown and Constance now | et in « restaurant where the orches- im the Hudson awaiting the asure of the Prince of Wale». “Adam and Eve.” at the Longacre ee — Theatre, had a fight on the stage | HE COHAN MIRTH-MAKERS. Toners mnrning, “tow thay Son . J. Clifford, who used to oper ‘A. H, Woods will put into rehearsal Clinton House, at Thorndike,| shortly a new play by Samuel Ship- has sent George M. Cohan a|man entitled “Ten Fingers.” No, It aaea isn't about a manicurist. at that hotel thirty | “heginning Sunday afternoon all the ago. On it appear the names|seats in the second baloony at the Cohan Mirth-Makers under the |Columbia Theatre will be reserved of Nov, 19, 1890, Besides the four |®™1 sold at the box office. the members of the troupe|, 4 benefit will be given for Bert Leslie, the comedian, who ts tl, on Frank Rice, John A. and Frank Sunday evening, Nov. 23% at the yArtbar abd Bd Frank Root, |Cohan fe Harrie Theatre, Joo Max- “NOBODY’ — oe Robert Whittier’s matinee perform- PULPHER WAS A WE FilLeo WE Cono WE WO MORE, Yes eur HE HAS A BARREL OF CIDER, BUT / EVERY OFFICE wl 20 ANY THINS, ‘RA % FRIEVOS, @00D BYE, Boys! ances of Russian drama will be held) | ( 6ABar 2oage WORKER, Me LODGE. He Kalb Wa GOA COLeeey Ink ee Bhamhees WA WOKOV T 8 sna ee nae luck, girls! If you've been! wii include several Russian actors, “Aearn dh WtW FO Go AMEN QUES SwWeeP Our THE. Orne EMER, Gea ade Aa : on marrying Roy Atwell,} Harry and Murray Kahn are pre- Ky mary 4TH THE WORK! WALL OR REWWE THE aay LOE ee me Oo Ch &\ of the letters was compli- |}. 3 a » # funny-looking comedian in “Ap- ing a dance number called Pump- SX YAARS! & p PRIA MEAT 780, RANT wire! Fost ha ee hoe Blossoms,” at the Globe Theatre, | *in, Ple and Turkey for the ‘Thanks- - i habigue 8 eg 1 Fay Leg eee 0 doomed to disappointment. It giving celebration at the Terrace eae ae et att nay |Garden Dance Palace, Ethel Smith of Chicago on} 4 THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY, \ Hah "Me WSR x eave iy 15 last, at Crown Point, Ind. It| Reports from Rang-Tang say’ the 70 CLAstt ap eclopement and they decided |M¢w school teacher has throwed sev- } ftp tell & soul for a while. Mins|@fal he hearts out of joint.—-Bugville th first saw Mr. Atwell while he| °° “Hill City, Ky.) Eye be playing in “Honeymoon Town" } Chicago last summer, She fell in FOOLISHMENT, lave with bim, presumably becuuse The tide was high; the waves rolled | Mhils good nature, and they told her i, its. Since she was but eighteen,| The Captain, big and stout, ne were le ihe elopement followed.” ‘This ie | 81204 "Car and, as he grinned a grin, arene first marria, He| he waves rolled right back out, Ny MUMELE f