The evening world. Newspaper, December 22, 1919, Page 22

® THE NEW PLAYS © “Forbidden” Mildly Romantic BY CHARLES DARNTON ~ VEN if the Manhattan Opera House had not been as cold as a barn on Saturday night, it is doubtful whether the audience would have taken &@ warm interest in And a German Countess “Forbidden,” @apends for its romance upoa the love for this play by Dorothy Donnelly | affair of an American Léeutenant | it is in her treatment of the doughboys who represent the American @mmy of occupation in Germany that Miss Donnelly is deserving of praise, for she shows them to be a fine, clean lot, well-behaved and, above all, con- aiderato of women. They are fF: n, too, characteristic good nature, though | their struggies with a foreign language offer the kind of humor that has been served up in French #o often that it seems a bit stale “Forbidden” is mildly romantic. Tho Countess HiMegarde, at first cold, | improves a bit with the chill off, but this Rhine maiden no sooner thaws @ut than she discovers that the man Brother in France, whereupon she freezes up again and d Germany instead of going to Ainerica with young Lawrence. she bas promised to marry killed her ides to stay in IV's just as ‘Well, perhaps, for Gen. Slocum has already told the Lieutenant that if he oes back home with a German bride there’ be nv marching up Fifth Avenue for him. This in itself suggests the unsympathetic quality of the Martha Hedinan was a beautiful Hildegarde and she gave the char- ester a foreign air, but there was more dignity than tenderness in her pe formance. Richard Barbee played the American lover with simple ‘Witliam K. Harcourt did excellent work as the General, ( Was a pretty and girlish Ermintrude, Proceedings with a good song. —_—_ as ardor, | ¢ Mersereau and Hermine Sho niivened the ‘About Plays and Players By Prt 'S “The Power of Dark- will be produced next by the New York Theatre Guild. Tt te Tojsto!’s first play, and consid- efed™by many his greatest. It was Rot written until he was fifty-eight Years old and was not permitted to De performed in Russia until several yoara had clapsed after its completion. Phe play has nover been acted in America in English. The Theatre Gulld will use a translation by Louise and Aylmer Maude. .TO STAR FRANK TINNEY. Prank Tinney, now featured in Ar- ‘Hammerstein's ‘Some Time,” Bas signed a five-year contraét with that manager. Mr. Hammerstein will star him in a new musical play due to open if New York next September. HE'D BE PREPARED, Michael Carr of Cohocs is visiting AX York. Saturday he overheard WO Hegro elevator boys discussing Christmas arrangements: “Got yo' gift box ready?” asked one. “Ah sho’ has,” came the reply. “Got a big slit in it?” “Big enough to let a dollah Dill in.” “But what about a five-dollah bill?” ‘The other negro knit his brow. “Ah mevah thought of that,” he said “Guess Ah bettah make that slit biggab.” FROLIC A BIG SUCCESS, The Friars Frolic, held at the Lex- a. ‘Theatre last night, was the successful affair of this kind peo ear club in West 48th Street @vérenonsored. The big theatre was sees, to the doors and the audience fmost four hours of excellent en! inment. Nearly 100 well- &Mn@wn ‘theatrical people participated. Sago the features was a satire on {muyical, revues called “The thafboor andy Tommy Gray wrote ie and’ tyrics and Louis Silvers @ music. ;‘Another feature was a “Jaezical” version of “Hamlet.” ard A bt emeeere i AN .ALL-NEGRO SHOW. y Blues,” a ‘iusical comedy written, combosed, staged and acted Bz scoieres people, will open at the tte ‘Theatre on upper Seventh ees Vis ;day. It is said several y ‘producers will go up soon N im‘ quest of “unique ideas.” + GHAPPY MARY BROWN! weeny M. Phrlich of No. 501 Macon Jingled a ra ithe, other day and hurried Post ‘Office with a request ‘that, Mr. Burleson get it to us as 200R as ‘possible, It is called “A y"and is one of the best j klyn rhymes we ever read Dear Mary Brown went out one day Tve hear it said she stayed away, tripped along with merry feet, Say she turned into a street. Copyright, 1919, ty The (IM New York kv 1. Which is the the worla’ 2JWhich month has an extra day | io leap year’ 3. What was the only body of Achilles which wounded? could 4. What revolutionary General was | Buppdsed to huve escaped by riding @ borse down a long fight of stairs? BOn what continent is Timbuc- teor 6, In what city did the Haymarket | wlot take place 7; What large city on the Coast Wus partially destroyed by an earthquake? n play con- Shylock?" lacrosse popular sport? 40, What cereal is ewith curried meat? 1. In what city will the Republi ean Nations) Convention be held? 42. Who recently eral Fuel Administrator? ANSWERS TO SATURDAY'S QUESTIONS. *2Vesuvius; 2. Ch town; 4. Diamonds; SLA; Nation; 7. District of Colum- mel; 1, Jealousy; %. generally served jee her lord and master to-night in DUDLEY SEEMS TOO BAD! In “The Storm,” at the 48th Street Theatre, Edward Arnold and Robert Rende! cut a deck of cards to de- cide which shall have the beautiful girl. Bach cuts an ace, Saturday the stage menager decided a new deok was needed, so hoe had a stage hand get one. When Arnold and itende] cut the cards and held them up, it was seen each had cut an ace of spades. A pinochle deck had been purchased. It wasn't surpris- ing, however, as tho stagehand's name is Asa Decker. SHE NEEDS A NAME. George W. Lederer believes he has another “find” in the cast of “Angel Face," which opens at the Knicker- bocker next Monday. She is the young woman who plays the title role. As yet whe hasn't been able to decide upon a stage name and Mr. Lederer wants the public to help her choose. Shé@ was born in Lima, O. He saya “Lima Bean”. has been ba ae already and hasbeen turned own, GOSSIP. Five hundred additional voices are now used in “The Wayfarer” at Madison Square Garden. Mary Miles Minter, in “Anne of Green Gables,” will be shown in all Loew thentres next week, Oliver Morosco has engaged Robert Edeson for the Harvard comedy, ‘Mamma's Affairs.” Richard G. Herndon, Manager of the Theatre Parisian, {s to do some producing on his own account. Agnes Egan C. 0b, who can sell any film if she tries, has been made sales manager of the Schomer and Ross Productions. Neva Gerber is to act opposite Ben Wilson for the second time in a Hall- mark serial called ‘The Screaming Shadow.” Pauline Maddern, mother of Clara Kimball Young, died last week in Los Angeles. She was well known in stage and film circles. Grace and Ruth Stuart, neither out of her ‘teens, have been added to the cast of “The Little Whopper” at the Casino, They are California singers and dancers. Constance Talmadge deplores the fact that a movement has been started to remove the kiss ¢rom the stage and screen, Don't worry, Constance! It probably was inaugurated by some old fellow with whiskers, Hugo Riesenfeld will, entertain the teachers and children of Public School 68 with a Christmas show at the Rivoli Wednesday morning at 9.30 o'clock. Earl Carroll has engaged George Gaul for "The Way to Heaven.” Mr. Gaul, who was trained for the minis- try, ‘occupied a pulpit yesterday in an effort to show the way to heaven. Santa Claus himself is to hold forth at the Hippodrome this week. At each matinee he will give some little girl a big doll, Jennie, the elephant, will point out the lucky child with her trunk. Mile. Marcelle D’Arvillo will join Fisie Janis and “Her Gang” at the George M. Cohan Theatre to-night, replacing Eve Le Gallienne as the French girl. Lthel Dana, in private life Mrs Cyril. Keightley, has returned from Los Angeles, where whe spent several months acting in pictures. She will “Curiosity.” Al Jolson will begin an engagement at the Shubert Cresoent Theatre, part of the} de | Pacific | resigned as Ked- | | 3. James- | 6! Brooklyn, to-night in “Sinbad.” This ibed as Al's sixth voyage In . K. Vanderbilt jr. has ar- anged a theatre party at the Globe to-night. ‘The girls who will dance in| Bird Ballet will vee “Appl ANSWERS To INQUIRIES. C.V.G.—She's from Kansas, know where she is now. Jaccbe—Dramatic critics never ap- plaud at the opening of a play A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. let us be thankful that no consti tutional amendment can make th springs of good humor go dry.—Lute H, Johnson Don't | FOOLISHMENT. {1 know @ young woman Minter, Who loves to go sleighing in winter; | Her beau's thin, I'm told, And can't stand the cold, They say's he’s built like a splinte FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE, “Were thave cigars | gave you tov strong?" “Not strong sou! in my. pocaet, They broke Ag named | COMIC PAGE bedindch DECEMBER 22, 1919 | (Copyriabt, 1919 (the le The Preas New ¥ Vurblia ‘ork Kvoning World.) hing Co.) —_—_——- / 7 WELL, YER MOTHER'LL Lick YUH tF | DON'T d bet BIG LITTLE FA! 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