The evening world. Newspaper, December 27, 1919, Page 12

—_— ee MY h A “The Sign on the Door” An Exciting By HARLES DARNTON e ¥ all odds the most ma of the season—and [ don't mean this in a ¢ Sign on Door" at tt Republic Theatre Kk has such a gretfully, I r “Well, boys, compel him to remain while the man wh: time no matter where they go! The that the waiter gave the simple girl from Dayton, O, @ tip instead of taking a tip. It was ber first night out in New York, and after the opera she en-| livened the supper-table talk with references to more or less popular authors. But Devereaux, the low-browed villain, couldn't be drawn into even so common a discussion as the prose style of Walter,Pater, He sug- gested more intimate things, the Dayton lady screamed, and the police) would emb » “big 8 has shot him picks up th pins it on the door, steals ont, locks the door, and leaves his wife, hidden in an adjoining room, to make the most of the situation. As situations Ro, this is one of the cleverest in the strenuous history of melodrama, The wife of the man who kills Devereaux hi her stepdaughter from the villain Five years before the shooting she was taken to a bad restaurant by Devereaux and given a very bad time. In fact, the place was “pulled.” Some girls can't have a pleasani, innocent Melodrama it be pardoned Circumstances depends upon his lying still sign “Do Not Disturb Me,” come to the apartment to “x: peculiar thing about this place was elosed the chapter—that is, they pinched the joint ‘The same lady finds herself locked in with the dead villain. Bhe knows het her husband has killed the “skunk,” to quote him correctly, and she realizes that she may save both bim aiture, making a terrible racket, and then telling a plausible story does her best at story-telling, but the and herself by overturning the fu district attorney holds a stop-w on ber tale, and finally gets the truth from the husband Now, the district attorney has already known part of it, for he, if you please, was the waiter who gave the girl from Dayton a friendly tip! He straightway assures the husband that a case of self-defense will enable him to live happily ever after. Lowell Sherman plays the villain with a true sense of false va.ues; Mary Ryan suffers dutifully as the unhappy heroine, and Lee Raker as the husband from Texas speaks of ber fondly ax “good cattle” and fights from the shoulder. ‘You may take “The Sign on the Door" Plays 8 eventful, exciting melodrama and Players DUDLEY By BIDE HE Messrs. Shubert are an- nouncing several changes in the line-up of attractions at their New York theatres, effective during tte week beginning Jan. 6 “The Taght ofthe World,” a new drama, ‘wil be produced at the Lyric by Comstock & Gest. displacing “The =] Frank White, dramatic critic of the Denver Post, is viaiting New York fad taking in the Broadway shows. He says an effort probably will be made next summer to re-establish the iijlitoh Gardens stock company along the lines of ten years ago. “If we have a stock company out ‘here next summer,” said Mr. White, “we'll have a youthful one.” Whereupon Louis Robie, Pete Rice and Herman Bach, who were dining at the same table with Mr. White at the Friars’, applied for jobs =MECCR” SCENERY HERE. ‘The first shipment of scenery for “Mecca,” the big Orinotal extravad ganm wiich F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gost will present at the Cen- tury in February, arrived yesterday from England on the Mauretania. Thero are fifteen scenes in t) hree Rets of the show and the scenery which arrived made up the settings of the entire first act, Morris fast night denied a report that “Me ca” would be first presented in Chi- cago. A contract with Oscar Asche will compel Comstock & Gest to offer {¢ at the Century before March 1, “GRASS WIDOW” MONDAY. The new theatrics! 11rm of Corey & Stark will launch “The Grass W ow.” the Pollock-Wolf-Hirsch mu eal piece, Monday night tn Easton, Pa. The company wi!l play south to New Orleans and then return North fore Chicago engagement, _ TWO WIVES. He didn't want Mary, for Mary was plain And wore home-made clothing and hats ; Fler old-fashioned ways rather gave him a pain For Joe wore high collars and spats And 60 he wed Bes who was quite up to date, For Bess loved the foxtrot and such Now Tom goes around loudly mak ing the claim To having the hest wife in town, He's bought out the store where ha worked, and poor Joe is clerking for Tom ev'ry day. There may be a lesson in this; roell, if so, Absorb it and take it away. GOSSIP. Rennold Wolf received a book called “Wives” for Christinas. John Mullin was the recipient of @ brick, nicely wrapped up. Vivienne Segal eave her manager en $100 bill. anks to the hundreds who sent us Christmas cards! “The Follies" played to $81,780 In two weeks in Detroit Guzzanne Willa entertained the “Nightie Night” company at Richard Bennett's matinee at the Playhouse yesterday. Marjorie Pringle is visiting her parenis in Hamilton, Ont. She has been singing in large film theatres over the country. Concerts will be given at the Win- ter Garden, Lyric, 44th Street, Cen- tral, Century and Manhattan Opera House to-morrow night. Cleves Kinkead's new play, “The Mood of the Moon,” will open in New Haven Monday night. Fifty New Jersey insurance agents are seeing “The Passing Show” at the Winter Garden to-day Jane Cowl! will wear hoopskirts in “Smiliin’ Through” at the Broadhurst next Tuesday. Fred Hillebrand writes from Chi- cago that his contract with Joe will expire with the present se An extra performance of “ Girls" will be given a Th o'clock. There will be special celebrations New Year's EB New Year's Day, at ‘Terrace afternoon 4 Garden Dan lem Dane Nellie Revelle, who js ill in St. Vin Pabst Tlar- cent’s Hospital, had a Christmas tree, you bet, with remembran, h with W guest of honor * of the same com- 8 1 pany will be guests of the Pleiades Chub. RESOLUTIONS. The time will soon be here to Make 'em Ditto, ditto, ditto, Break ‘em, A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. Milt Robuck of Wellsville, whom ferred to as an idiot, has cancelled his subscription and begun the Opti ge wits FOOLISHMENT, |A Bronrvilie old lady named Carr “At last,” he declared, “I've located |Was cra» to be a film star, a mate With brains and who pleases me much.” Said shes “I ain't pretty, But folks say I'm witty,” {Now wouldn't that give you a jar? | heene A year passed along and he found) FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. that his life She'd culty aunounce: “1 can't “H Why 1 should be culled on to darn! the hose for you You married a wife, nota slave. Why weer word parehase some new.” Aid nol a ved cout could he suve, sock _ cume his socks didn't worry Go and t ¢ of another, Tom Brown. Editor's Assistant— vith this poem called " > Put it in umn, —— HIS MISAPPREHENSION, und yur, anyhow?" ry jund' COMIC PAGE ISATURDAY, DECEMBER t —— = "= Pema s910, Y e New Yora Bye Bub Pulls Some Rough { \| \ | DA-DA DA! PLL \ Buck UP KURLY” -CLAM SELF ! / Marr 7S cerrinc “RUN ALONG AND Sum? ints Bed eee JOE’S CAR Copenh: IR Frm Pobong Co (NY. Revetag War LET'S Go FoR A RIDE, JOE ~ AND WE CAN TRY OUT THE LITTLE Foot WARMERS WE GAVE EACH OTHER For xmas! FUNNY WE BOTH Gave EACH OTHER ~y’ SAamE_ tre New Year's Eve at 11.46 100 well known lie fonget har pe in| ; Club will have a to-morrow night, uson of "The Little y, Harry C. Browne an@ —— jase { ) HA = HA-HAI ) ma DONT wot — (1S “TH INSULT “S'ALL OFF “TWEEN WH ME SENSITIVE US-=NELL” RETURNED ay He SA iS “RUN ALONG - ONCLE E2RA SAID TS Qo This — { ana Jum P J wet peep Well, Joe, Make Alterations on Your Feet! This 1s Grand, soe! y, yr's WARMING MY FEET UP ALREADY NOTHIN'S “TH’MATTER. wrt (tT! ONLY~ WHER. ALGeT My PEET in, \-Tyey's NO ROOM LEFT For ~th' STOVE if WHERE ARE You GOING WITH YouRS ? WHATS “THE MATTER HaeRY, PEA! Wi You PROMISE “TO LISTEN VERY ATENTIVELY IF I READ You We Storey Tve Wi TTEN Was A CUTE KID, b Johnson ot Ark., after ccident, "W been coming drove on to the railroad Utne to be struck by ed the physician, hed your wagon, 2 ee Aw, that's it?” Must have sorter nar nocked me plumb out of my head Joe didn't want Mary, #0 Mary ¥e-\for a spell, for 1 shore thought my fourteen children had mapbed me for something or nuther they™idn't like,” Kansas Btar. : Som Ai WHY, YOU Si: TTS ONE THAT ) ITS YOU AND RUNS? crema ae A a eh wy Mi il i GA ia NET CLES thie me ahem spt aia ae (s