The evening world. Newspaper, January 10, 1920, Page 14

COMIC PAGE | SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1920 ® THE NEW PLAYS © “The Acquittal” An Interesting Puzzle BY CHARLES DARNTON HO killed old Cock Prentias? T mentally instead of melodramaticully. ie kept guessing. With the revelation that she has fou: > ee ecard ome gave her aged admirer the futal dose, into Winthrap’s pocket, where his wife the way the play ts written. “The Aoquittal” is an interesting wolve. To give away the whole show Of a maid, are also to be questioned. I paper reporter, Chrystal Herne as the as Winthrop could not be improved living fiction. ‘ — up to you for the greater part of “The Acquittal,” at the Cohan ‘and Harris Theatre. There's nothing new about it except the treat- ment, and this happens to be uncommonly clever. The play is worked out sbe is innocent. There is, indeed, admiruble restraint while the audience The play might be written Nke this: After a long fight for his life Kenneth Winthrop is acquitted of murder and returns to his home. His ‘wife, who has been loyal to him all through tho trinl, is at the end of ber nerves, while her companion, Edith Crnig, also betrays signs of the strain she has been under. A newspaper reporter who comes to the house offers * ‘Winthrop congratulations, but porsists in his belief that Prentiss was mur- @ered. Miss Craig goes to her room and ewoons. The arrow of suspicion Points to her. Mrs. Winthrop remains unstrung, and you don’t know quite ‘what to make of her, until she tolls her husband that ahe knows Prentiss was in love with Miss Craig, who was bis secretary, and jealous of him. She then confronts him with love letters and charges him with murder. At | ; first be has littlo to say, then he begins accusing her of being in love with Conway, the raporter, and of trying to got rid of him. she silences him; THE BIG LITTLE FAMILY But, Luke, You're No Adonis Yourself! by him. Strychnine killed Prentiss. Now, let us suppose that Miss Craig ‘Miss Weiman's murder mystery play 1s both baffling and fascinating. Oc- | casionally there are high-sounding speeches, expecially these put into the mouth of Mrs. Winthrop when she faces her husband, that do not ring true, » The dumb scenes betweem Cunway and his sister, who aids him in the guise @o that at least the audience could hear them, and in this way guard against ‘the titiering that was general last night. | ‘The acting of William Harrigan as the invincible and resourceful news- ‘hia ia the question Rita Weiman puts No heroine shrieks to heaven that nd seven strychnine powders hidden | Lis6en! Luke <TH" FAIR EDITH” Loves ME ~SHE ADMITTED vv? and then put the remaining powders ; found them, Well—that isn't exactly NoNno! You'Re WRONG “LUKE” — SWE DOESNT KNow “Tr Have ANY ¢ puzzle that I will leave for you to would be little less than a crime, for, ° . Wo LSE o% 2 CoutD 17. ; oe Me Po T € D BE oN | a t would be better for them to whisper tortured wife, and Edward H. Robins upon. They make the play human, About Plays By BIDE ARON HOFFMAN, who wrote “Welcome Stranger,” which Sam 4H. Harris recently faumched in Chicago, and is also co- play entitled “The Griuh and the Jews.” He says ‘he has based it on his ides thet an Irishman and a Jew make great partners, “for the reagon that Hoffman says arrangements havebeen made whereby his new comedy will be produced within sixty days. MISS VALENTINE FLOORED. During a performance of “Lom- bardi, Ltd” in Saskatoon, Canada, the other night Grace Valentina, wh plays the role of Dalsy Mahoney. came near quitting the cast A sandbag fe from the fly gallery and struck her shoulder, reducing her to @ sitting posture. She arose, tripped over the bag and went down again, striking her head on the floor. Miss Valentine ‘escaped serious injury, however, as i the floor was soft pine i THE MAN RECOVERED. 4 Martin Herman, General Manager for A. H. Woods, received a wire the manager of a “Friendly ies” company in Toronto yester- stating that an actor named an was ill and could not play| part. ‘The manager urged that 7 maf be sent to Toronto im- mediately. Mr. Herman apent sev~ eral pours hunting for the right sort of an actor and finally located one Just as gubstitute was about to start for the train the Woods Gencral Manager received ‘the following y ire: ~ “Hartman all right again. Tooth pulled.” - CAST OF “THE HOTTENTOT.” Sam H. Harris will present William Gollier in “The Hottenwt,” a new play, by Victor Mapes, at the Apollo ‘Theatre, Atmantic City, all next week, Im the supporting company will be pees Carson, Ann Andrews, Helen Walt™i.~ Dore Sawyer, Calvin "Thomas, Donald Meck, ' Frederick Karr, Arthur Howard, Claude Cooper, . Hawin Taylor and Howard Gibson, SELWYN IN IT, Edgar Selwyn is to be associated with A. H. Woods in the presentation of “The Great Illusion.” The play will open at Far Rockaway on Jan. 16. THE GLOBE'S BIRTHDAY. To-day is the Globe Theatre's tenth anniversary, The Hippodrome ele- phants are scheduled to parade over to the Globe bearing a telegram trom George Ade, who wrote “The Old Town,” the first Globe production, to ‘My. Dillingham, and another message from Arthur Pryor, who was musical director the night the theatre opencd, NUTT’S DOPE. We wish D. Frank Dodge would Jeave our special correspondent, Jeff Nutt, alone. We are in receipt of a gommunication from Mr. Nutt which Would indicate that Mr, Dodge has een spoofing him and his wife Here is: Dear Dud—I and the wife met a sort of a man today at the fupch counter in an Eighth Avenue restaurant. He was D. Frank Dodge, who raises ants in Westchester County. He told I and the wife that he just sold 15,000 edible ants to a firm to be made into sandwich paste and offered us a sample of the paste. We both of us side-stepped because we Mever considered ants as food. He lao told us he raises ice worms that all you got to do is put one in a glass jot water and have ice-water. Looks the biggest scoop of the year to I and the wife, Will run up to his ant -farm at Antilla, N. Y. Monday or|at Peeweeouddyhump. “He said) Muesday and get facts. How are| there was a blue-bottled fly in his | anyway? I see President Wilson warned Secretary of State Bryan Bot to let the people vote on the ‘treaty until Commissioner Lodge con- @Q 1 tell you? | ton,” at all his theatres in New York Vinces the Senate it's all rigbt. What | fave he hese pd ne didn't he'd and Players DUDLEY Alfred Butt on March 1. Harry Tier- ney, the composer, is sailing to-day to look after the music for the Eng- lish production. Nollie Taylor will have the role created by Edith Day. Gossip. B, 8. Moem has taken over the Dyck- man Theatre, He will renovate and LITTLE MARY MIXUP ro \ one —Two THeee— Pp SHOOT — Now Face. {down AND STAY DEAD oy y WoW- WoW + WE'RE haying’ INDIAN i Now, MATRE I can ] Pokave 4. LITTLE “Peace 4 AND QUIET nates eas Now, LET Mr TELL You Crow TS PLAY INDIAN — You WANTS sHoot EACH- L CTHER AND WHEN You'Re oh SHOT, You STAY DEAD _ “Her Gang” during the remainder of, its wtay at the George M. Cohan's Zhele Club st the Hotel Astor yes- STictL DEAD Curtis Cooksey and Wilson Reynolds | INDIANS have been engaged by William A. = for roles in “Man and Wom- - an,” in which Mary Nash and Hol- bad brooke Blinn will be starred. ‘The profesvional matinee of “Miss Millions” at the Punch and Judy The- aaa 4 ~: 2 atre yesterday was a grand success.| & ij a AOS ‘The ‘principals “of “Monsicur, Beaus e G 5A caire” and “Apple Blossoms” were —— Ca among those present i RAMS br (HUES — y* Marcus Loew is presenting Cecil RB. Seema) JOBS CAR An’ We Bet She Uses Joe’s Gas, Too! ———————— WHO OWNS TH’ CLASSY LOOKIN’ CAR IN YOUR Back YARD JOE ~ ONE OF Y'WIFE'S RICH PALS? is og A this week. elyn Hubbell, director of dancin; cs tal) eoeen a kat [cape wm rm Pte 2 Brat WELL JOE — How do gave or directed 12,000 dancing jes- sons last year and wore out twelve NULIKE YouR LOTTLE “TIN LIzZleE? THEY CAN LAUGH ALL “THEY wana! I TWINK I'M LucKY “TOWN ANY KIND OF A CAR “THESE Days! HIGH CosT OF LIVIN’ AN’ “TAXES AN’ EVERY THIN’ - JIM — A car's A LUXURY “r'Daytt f yee IT BELONGS To MY wirt's LAUNDRESS “ pairs of shoes, A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. Mrs. Phineas Pickwick of Wellsville is the proudest woman in town. A New York specialist says she must have an operation for appendicitis. FOOLISHMENT. He stood on the bank of the river And started to quiver and shiver; His home on the hill Was the cause of his chill— You see, he was such a high liver. FINE simmy! Fine! SHE's ALL RIGHT! GETS ME “THERE AN BACK. As “Th FELLow Sap! Yer - You saip tt! FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. Farmer—I must out to the barn now. The cow needs her fodder. City Gin Gaughing and poking him in the ribs)—But how about her mud- dor? ANOTHER HERO. N an address to his troops an officer of a Midland yeomanry regiment made @ stirring allusion to the| = Medals which were worn by several] LEAVE IT TO LOU army veterans {n the ranks. One of the yeomen went home in a very thoughtful frame of mind, and next day came on parade with three silver medals pinned on, bis manly chest. ng them glittering in the sun- 4 ¢, the officer approached the man. || I did noi know you had been in the wars,” he suid. “No, I ain't,” was the reply, “Well, Low about the med- als? ‘They can't be yours.” ‘The yeo- man eyed his syperior ofMcer con- temptuously and then replied: “Can't they? Aye, but they be! My old cow | won ‘em all at cattle shows!"—Lon- | don Tit-Bits | ola GUEST WAS WRONG, | 66] CAME mighty near having a fight with a guest yesterday,” said the landlord of the tavern 5 Poor AS I AM— DERE WUZ- A “TIME, LONG AGO, WHEN I RODE ABOUT IN ME "CARRIAGE ”* LAY OFF Mack, OFF '— CANT A GLY RING DE BELL WID Our YoOvuse BUTTIN, IN huckleberry pie. I said there wasn't, and asked if he thought he knowed more about running a first class hotel have his head bored for the simples.