The evening world. Newspaper, January 23, 1920, Page 32

Hy) Wi i , Eee lo THE NEW PLAYS © , Skinner the Devoted Father in “Pietro” | BY CHARLES DARNTON O “Pietro,” written by Mrs, Skinne @bly make its greatest appeal to | enables Mr. Skinner to play the devoted father with a Banco. ™moves rather slowly to the expected The prologue merely sets forth the fact that Pietro is set free after being tried for the murder of his wife, who disappeared on the night that the and her hushand were known to have quarrelled. Pietro has “struck it rich” in California and is living on an beloved Angela and an old horticulturist of the Burbank varie wife comes back to carry out a blackmailing a erally distressing situation, for the youth who has designed the glass window for the chapel and 1s in lov son of the man who was the District Attorn personage is on hand to prevent a marris NCE it gets away from the everyday realism of an anteroom in a criminal court building, “Pietro,” an Italian at the Criterion The stained-glass window in the chapel th ‘The play is sentimental to almost an old-fashioned dogree, and it in which Otis Skinner again plays has much in common with the glorifies the later scenes, nd Jules Eckert Goodman, will prob- ng pare for from first to last it ptionate extrava end, Fighteen years later state nterprise and © with Angela happens to be tho y at Pietro’s trial. ‘This upright | e. But after Angela has a bad quarter of an hour everything’s as jovely as the rose named in her hono, kind to which he gives his care and sci Mr. Skinner, excitable one moment apd tender t) hearted, picturesque performance, with much r@gling O. B. Clarence, an English v familiar tricks. Professor's Love Story,” plays the old is decidedly formidable as the bad wife, though a bit un dialect. Ruth Rose flashes with spirit in one scene, but at other times ig too cold to be sympathetic—and “Pietro” ts a play that depends wholly ‘upon sympathy. -By BIDE ARDLY a day passes but what at least one letter is received at the Century Theatre asking how to pronounce “Aphrodite.” For the benefit of those who are curious about it, we will state that the word rhymes with “nightie.” One would think that a literary gent of the learning and experience of Robert H. Davis, editor of a dozen more or less magazines, would know how to use the Century show's name, but he doesn't. Yesterday he decided he'd like to occupy a couple of ifree reats so he wrote Comstock & Gest as fol- lows: Though stare grow dim and earth grow cold, And Alpha and Omego meet, I ask one boon; it is to hold A pair of seats to “Aphrodite.” When Will Page, the “Aphrodite” press agent, ran into all this Mterary | |, ‘The Thirteen t a Somme e “Happy Days’ jorance, he sent the seats to Mr, is together with an original fiction story called “The Four-Horned Cow.” Mr. Page cannot see how Mr. Davis can reject the story. A RUSSIAN TROUPE. A Russtan company of forty people will present an entertapment called “The Russian Isba” for/one week at the Belmont Theatre, beginning Mon- day, Feb. 16. ‘The troupe has special scenery and a Balajaka orchestra, BLAME MARK, PLEASE! “Apparently,” said Mark A. Lues- cher last night, “‘the announcement of the opening of “The Night Boat’ at the Liberty Theatre on Feb. 2 was misun- derstood by a certain Connecticut man. A letter has been received from him as follows: 4 “"Glad to hear the night boat is run- ning again and the ice out of the river. Reserve stateroom Feb. 2. It's a honeymoon, so have it nice.’” MISS LAWRENCE TO STAR. The Selwyns have entered into a contract with’ Margaret Lawrence About Plays and Players ted and developed. next, gives of eyes and brings to mind ce, may be culti ctor pwer di rowe DUDLEY ank whah Ah could lie en sort o° dream en watch dat bobbin in de stream, en feel’ dem fishes yank, WHAT FEHR, LOUIS? Louis W. Fehr evidently doesn't know that we are sixty-five years old and have half a dozen grandchildren. ise why should he write us about beautiful ladies with long eyelashes? After notifying us that a dancer who is to make her American debut at the Metropolitan soon will pour tea for newspaper men at the Astor Hota late this afternoon, he adds: “After seeing and talking to her a few times I have placed her at the head of a list of women who could easily tempt all men, You will not soon forget Madam's eyes once she has lifted her long-lashed lids and given you a chance to look into them. I think it would well repay you to drop around and see her and have a chat with her in her delightfully quaint English.” GOSSIP. Thirteentth Coust the Hippodrome to-night. The Selwyns will launch “Roilo’s Wild Oats,” a new comedy, at Fur Rockwway on Raa and ber dancers: will appear at the Greenwich Village Theatre Sunday night, Feb. 1. Edward Gallagher and Joseph Rol- ley are now offering "The Battle of Too Soon" in “Frivolities af 1920." Langdon MeCormack, wuthor of “fhe Storm,” is quite.ill with the grip at Mountain Lakes, N. J. bs Reginaki Denny and Eddie MiHer of “The Passing Show of 1919" will box at the Frians Monday afternoon for the championship of the Winter Garden. Stella Larrimore, sister of Francine of “Scandal,” has entered | Walter Hast's $1,000 playwriting contest. Thirty | tickets to "The Magic Melody” have been given by the man- agement to be auctioned off at the bazaar being held to aid Beth Moses Hospital. Raehel Barton Butler, author of “Mamma's Affair,” has’ agreed to submit all her plays to Oliver Mo- rosco for a period of five years. He whereby she and Lawrence Eddinger will continue in “Wedding Bells” until spring and then go to the Pacific Coast for a tour, Next season Miss Lav rence will be starred in a play now be- ing written, Mr. Kddinger also will appear in a hew play. NUTT’S DOPE. Jeff Nutt, special correspondent of thig column, is in Washington, where he is "watching the Prosidential «tu- -_. clovely. A communication from just received follows: Dear La ad am the wife are ‘watching things down here and have dug up a big beat for you. Herbert Hooper, Secretary of the Food Asso- ciation, has been mentioned for the] tnowe prices nomination. He is @ very fine fellow and looks like a winner to I and the wife unless some Other candidate stows the most strength. Gen. Pershing, who was in charge of our navy in the Dead Sea during the war, may run also, although he has been criticised by Secretary Daniel Simp- son, the fellow who told the British they would rather fight us than Ger- many, Holland,;and the rest of the nowtrals, I called these countries the Contral Powers to-day and the wife said the real central powers were in the telephone offices, Get it? Some of the time she's a cute kid, but wsu- ally she’s snappy enough to bite an ear off a brass monkey. William Jenkins Bryan is being mentioned for the nomination. 1 can't place that fellow, but will find out who he {s report. ‘The wife says she thinks he’s @ playwright who wrote "Lin- Neb,” the new play in New York. She's all wrong. That man's name was John Waterbottle or some- ting like that. Congress is in session At the Statehouse. excitement but can learn nothing.— dof. ’ BY WAY OF DIVERSION. Ah'll be 80 glad when Wintah's past en snow en cold es gone at last. Dis heah's ma reason why: Ah ben des ughin' fo’ de day when Ah could cast ma cares away, beneaf a tree ter lie ea watch dat bobbin jerk en jump en ‘go a'shootin’ ‘round a stump, den fake a sudden dive. Ah wants ter hook ole Mistah Fishy en soon Ah'm ine ter git ma wish as sho’ 4s yo' ve, Ole Wintah breng me buck- it cakes en ‘lasses ob de kind dat me happy fru en fru. Hit gib lots ob time ter strum de banjo “while de colé winds come a'sneakin' Bs An’ There's a lot of | will produce her second, entitled “Mom,” in Los Angeles soon. Hazel La Monte of “The Midnight Frolic’ will give a Swedish Carnival at her home on Lexington Avenue to- morrow night which will be attended by many thentrical people Walter Kingsley will pour punch, Elsie Ferguson's “Sacred and Pro- fane Love” company inelndes Jose Ruben, Olive Oliver, Maud Mitton, Alexamder Onshow, Sobastian Smith, Renee de Monvil, Katharine Brook, A R. Callonder, Augusta Haviland, Bertha Kent, Perey Harvey, Denise Comiay and Eleanor Seybolt, ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. Gaseman—Sell them if you can get prices. H, Kelly—Yes, Pauline Lord was in “The Talker.” A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. Mrs, Kitty Catlett of Wellsville is 90 glad Prohibition has come she has hung a picture of the pumping plant of the local waterworks in her parlor. FOOLISHMENT. In the crowd on circus day’ Charley's watch was swiped, “Let's go in the side-show, dear,” Charley's sister piped. “Haven't got the time,” he said, Which was true, you see. Wasn't Charley just as cute As @ boy could bef FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. ‘Have you forgotten you owe mo Not yet, but give me time and I will, N a confidential little talk to a ] group of medical students an emi- |“ nent physician took up the ex- tremely important’ matter of correct | diagnosis of the maximum fee. “The best rewards,” he said, “come, gt course, to the established special- j iat. For instance, I charge $26 for a call at the residence, $10 for an office consultation and $5 for @ telephone consultation. 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