The evening world. Newspaper, January 28, 1920, Page 22

VV REAR ROAR YS Ne) rig ye COMIC PAGE UG UUTUEY y OGL WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1920 —— Moral: Never Keep Old ‘Love Letters; THE NEW PLAYS Sam Bernard Funny In “As You Were” OInhrs Cyoerra: HUH! wee | NEVER WROTE [THIS one I [GoD BLESS] suow 'EM| OUR HOME arena | 7 DAD i$ — a | roa | co] ve f BY CHARLES DARNTON by (™ VEN Louis Mann couldn't help laughing at Sam Bernard in “As You A \ Were,” for as the p ry magna is funnier than he has been since “The Rich Mr, Hoggenhelmer. The new piece ts likewise from London, having been adapted from Rip's “Plus ca Change"—if that means anything to you—by Arthur Wimperis Glen MacDonough has given it an American turn, and Herman Darewski's music has been jazzed by E. Ray Goetz, who is also the producer of this Md@iculcusly fantastic revue, Thanks to Mr. Bernard, the audience at the Central Theatre last night @ouldn't keep its face straight. As Wolfie Waffiestein he fumed and fretted im his old familiar way. Wor one thing the home-made dyes caused a cake to turn pale after being exposed to the light for three days, whereas before * he who is fairly rolling in “do! the war it could hold its color for at least three months, Then, too, it ex bigearea had L || ben — asperated him to be obliged to explain that he w not displaying fireworks f in his stores, But what made him mad clear through the flirtatious way ig which his French wife behaved with a la ishing creature from Green Wich Village who “ as #0 full ef color that he dazzled himself, Believing that he was being razzle-duzzled, Wolfie took magic pills put up by old Prof. Pil- ae hk first made him invisible and then whisked him off to Versailles in | , to Egypt in Cleopatra's time, to Athens when Helen of Troy was making i hy ¥ pI ig hu ¥ amt, and last of all to a primeval forest where he felt perfectly at home with I I IE BIG LI I rLE Je apex because of his firm belief that his wife had already made a monkey sine — Of him. Then, with his last pill, he managed to get back home, where he ——_— ——— Bound thal Gervaise had just been teasing him. —_——— . f | ah Pina Mr. Bernard was his old spluttering, explosive self, gesticulating with Oe c Ae YW WHY-ER-I OY. / $0 OF COURSE 4 every word, falling over his feet, and restraining himself only by the greatest J f{ XE6- AND HE Nioy \ / e WH « = o « thal leas < gelf-contro! from slapping Cleopatra on the back, He miiht have t WISAY “ore { Wao A QuaART ) if chatty Aaa ial ore ( We “Took IT x funnier by wearing the costumes of the countries to which he w uncte doe’. \' ot op'Rve’ FoR /|/ He OUGHTA Be 2 Dc) ncaecnhg \ Back Home wit potted, and at the sama time given more variety to h rformance z piel je Geek STE nN ThEFANYS NEW WEARS FoR Him wes thoroughly amusing in everything but his song “Who Ate Napoleons with Jesepiitne When Bonaparte Was Away?" which was not only a bit stale im its resemblance to the old-time ditty about Rip Van Winkle’s wife but tm bad taste. | Irene Bordoni looked fascinating in gorgeous costumes, sang energetic. | ey. and was strong enough to make Mr, Bernard seem a mere child in her Mands. Clifton Webb danced amusingly as the temperamental designer, and there were more elaborate terpsichorean efforts by Sasha Piatov, Mlle, Mos. | Meovina and Helen Kroener. Hugh Cameron added a bit of fun to the pro- | Seedings as Thermos, the man-about-town who offered a guiding hand to| Woifie in Athens, | But it was Mr. Bernard, more than any one else, who made “As You Were” a laughing success, | —— About Plays and Players By BIDE DUDLEY WAS HERE \ Ost - ae (winder wie NS __lire! ae : . \ OT 3 a Night Boat,” Charles Dillingham |Possessors of a silver cup three feet haa begun preparations for an-|RMkh awarded them by Maurice, the} TITTLE MARY MIXUP dancer, in an eccentric fox trot and \ see? @ther musical show. It is a musical | wulty contest at the Terrace Garden ALL ooR i: that he has launched “The|306 East 89th Street are the proud Version of “The Dictator,” with H-|Dance Palace last night. It was etto by Frank Craven and music by | Maurice's final appearance in Amer aN = — i Netter: oe oe rer ss E HeY— MARY- one OF { oF “EM fMvio Hein. It is announced that all |! before sailing for London Friday Oon- Cee ¢ C~% “ s $$$. re aN : SUR SNOW -BALLS FELL ; a Saher Fire wait nave linge to cossiP. SHOW BALLS Have BL KHockedD one: ) OFF ~AND-- HIT \ EVER MIND BRINGING 97 F. Zdegfeld jr. has th es at his ba) =f) & aint $C : a eee en E UMRHED te ice] on OM ore aia <a’ compe | UP—ONCKE E2RAM We "VE ANOTHER FOR WooDs. Frances White will join “The 5 | €°T Jor smore Chariton Andrews has sold a play |Greenwich Village Follies” to-mor “Lad! - row. > a saa te oe tl Theda Bara denies sho ts married, Woods. Having accomplished this/ag reported. She even @ays she's feat Mr. Andrews will sail this week | fancy free. for France to have charge of the Pes Rent butterfly at ee ball ce rome as gome new wings. They goenario department of the Adolphe Canis from fy pares. Oss dim concern, Joe Smith of “The Passing Show of 1919” will eat his 1,000th banana to- MISS WEIMAN'S PARTY. night during the performance. Don't) Rita Welman, author of “The wAc~ CY ekstrom of the original Chi- Qyittal,” now playing at the Cohan & ‘oag, “scandal” company joined the Harris Theatre, will have a party at cast of that play again last night. Wer home, No, 103 West 83d Street, Helen Bolton is the latest addition Dat , 9 to the cast of “My Golden Girl,” open B-aisht, for newspaper women who i174: the Nora Bayes Monday night. Make 4 business of interviewing | Marjorie Dunbar Pringle, who was fiotables, Miss Welman was once a prima donna of “Come Alon Rewepaper writer herself, but whe singing at the Strand this week, | vrith a now |__Bert Le! as been engaged by | Od ee ee eae Henry W uge for the juvenile role | saeibed Me in Florence Nash's new play, @Bout the quality of the eats, girts.| Nance O'Neil has been offered a at ole army of iron men to play her| ussion Flower” role in pictures. A BLAMED NICE GEM. it Mani wil per under ine| DORKS CAR Another Question Is—Will Joe Sleep To-Night? ‘Beymour C. Lehman of \No. 801 St. |, Mt ot Gerald & Ranenan a Tbe 7 | a re Cmprmaht, 1120 Prone Publishing Co (MY rentng World) * Corrabt WA, Pro Poblaang Co IM, Cesning Wald! Take 'T FROM ME ED . , (M- CERTAINLY ENJOVIN . MY (ogee JOE - n holas Avenue, wishes the follow- | w Mr. Bacon has much acting in | : — RIGHT Now THEY Ss ste aA’ | {hg original poem printed. He says |view for Mr. Hall | wie iP really a gem, but he's a nice boy |_Mary Newcomb will join the cast of f ar YPoar stecK - | | AT S ALL RIGHT, DEMAND FOR CLOSED @aRS Nows TH Time.| | BuT Listen ~ IN A COUPER WEEKS PEOPLE ARE aod AARE SET Se “My Lady Friends” at the Comedy f me mht: ‘Theatre Monday night. | Tat ik me as an icy, spicy morning, A benefit performance will be given HINK THAT OVER ‘And the streets were wet and cold,|for Beth David Hospital Sundey | rh) J . 8 Y ERS is ' —~ JOE i from out his freezing cavern {Mant Feb. 8 at the Plymouth ae) ae ue Be poe Now's w]) TNEED tT ane GONNA BEGIN LOOKIN’ AT “TOURING ih sic Aste — t KE " git a) ' ‘ pentane {A tenant sore and bold; A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. aces ay) TIME ah Seu een . ‘F DON Mm Set - Ques | wanted to get warm, you see, Among the treasured possessions of | alts YUURE BovND “To LOSE MONEY - | Hop Kinsey of Wellesville is the shot- PIA ES ¢ io a - Bers 40 he left Ais fat, gun with which his wealthy grand For, tho’ "twas bitter cold without, father was killed by a Kansas bandit Within ‘twas worse thay that. -— ALL noi, THINK THIS OVER. IT NEEDS A NAME. Just because a man is good at men-| The writer of this column is look- {tal arithmetic is no sign he's a mare} ing for a title for a new musical |Meurehead, | production. As some of our readers FOOLISHMENT. fay know, we collaborated with Otto} uz win not wed you.” Mabel std} Eieseach in preparing “The Little) 74 pentie John McNish. Mapoprer.” at the Casino, and now! 1, sonn looked ead as he replied: we bave launched another little a ‘ 4 a wMopper, as it were, It was tirst| “G2 Om you female fish! yesterday afternoon at Sloan's — Hewital Theatre, Tenth Avenue and] FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. | $9 Street, and it brought its own Hite oud ene es muey haven't joa} numbers. In onder not to {said anything to me.” je you up any further, dear oS ERE, fflends, we'll admit it's a boy, tat, AN OLD ONE REVIVED. @®@ we have hinted above, it las no Nas neutral hotel workers LEAVE IT TO LOU title. Mother and son doing well; have been turned out of _— oe = : — = : | j ae — ._ cones (.( ONAN & oe ee, eae ia in Race Gath pare mail ~- WHICH, SAOWS. TM GOOD! - T , MY!— +t Hap A teerisce L ( OW, MBMher stil) defying Prohibition | French aie of hotel men. A good DAINTY “LOU” 13 SO | 5 Fong orate Aner On od) Rewr HEAD ACHE WHEN © \SN"T LOST, MORE “NIGHTS” AHEAD. |Job, too." |\ POPULAR T HAVENT = S71 1) chee © "evTRA DRY'- AN’ SOLO | W-U-MM STARTED “TALIING TO You NOW # < Bust because the Capitol Theatre| ‘he speaker was the head of one of had a Tennessee night recently | New York's best known hotels, George G.. Shor, press representative | “A good jab, too," he repeated, “for of the Rialto and Theatres, |8/a neutral, any what you will of him, feaious.. He has prevailed on Hu, is too cautious for these full-blooded Rlesenfeld, Managing D: tor of the | times, | two R houses, to have a Guam Night | “Neutrals remind me of the school Mext Monday. On that night all res- | boy who Listened calmly to a lecture dents of the Island of Guam whol|om Nero. ‘The Jectur Happen to be in Naw "| Nero's debaucheries, crucitics and fifieaie, 1! the Guam Night proves |boy | Hiecessfil Mr, Shor will bring about | “Well, what do you think of him?’ Pani! Nicht, at which ail the au-| ne poy equirmed in his seat but Beety” will be present. We told Ben| yell of the Capitol about Mr, Sher's ns ond he oad ; 7 up. What do you think of Nero? V fs y vali } Let him go ahead, but tn writing |), 9 good man? Would you care to| if This subject please state that the | introduce your sister to such a man?| ff L i] jtol has matinees dally.” Would you like to know ‘him? 7 i NUIT OTN . | a 28 AIAN MAURICE GIVES A CUP. wie ne nae ‘id pmwara)) Wn tagerald of No. 629 Bust meee ae = A \ “BUT I'VE WST IT HOW! ¢ } HAD A CHANCE TO TAUC [TO WER! 5 ap mmf TH LOT FoR A MILLION '~ AN’ 5 a Ew.ETe! — 3 recounted all no reply | suid the teacher. ‘Speak ¥i Street and Sue Tully of No. annette thc Nsineesteaeeein Kt