The evening world. Newspaper, February 27, 1920, Page 28

® THE NEW PLAYS ©| | “Tick-Tack-Toe” Like a Cabaret Show __ 8) CHARLES DARNTON by litle we are coming into closer touch with art. You've only a out your hand at the Prtagess Theatre to have it manicured by a beauteous chorus jddy. What you getiin only # lick ise, to be wure, yet Just think what it menns these days to grt © inerely time to say to the fair worker, “W hear her reply, as she blushes like the rou isclous,” and she is gone up the aisle, ge perhaps, Ah, well! f love is the only novelty in “Tick-T: ¢ performance is like g cabaret 6) dialogue, lyrics and tusic are & vman Timbers, expecially as he is the producer of what ts modestly described ds “the latest 44 brightest musical outburst.” He is at his best when fiddling or ex- eouting a Russian dance with Yiddish variations. Hattie Darling so fid- Tee as vie eo energetically. The activitics of Jay Gould and Flo Lewis fare even more amazing, for they're no sooner off the stage than they're on it again, working with the tireless enthusiasm of a vaudeville “team.” They | dance very well. ‘The funniest thing in the show is a large brunette who gursies “There —ten't—any—a-0-c-e," whereupon you are supposed to know that she Is giving an imitation of « rising young actress named Ethel Barrymore, are other chorus girls who display more Irgy than talent, Barring Gene ioge—and they ought to be barred—the wwo-uct hodge-podge in a | -Toe"—or rather | It in easily be- 1 Lambs, at a meeting held) What more, I ask, could mortal man late yeeterday afternoon, refused _ desire? to accept the resignation of thelr adits Shepherd, R. H. Burnside, tendered COHAN LIKES RENAVENT. them on Fob. 19, At the same time} Georges Renavent is receiving con- tiey gave him @ unanimous vote of|sratulations. Aftor the Grat pregen: confide: .| tation of “The Irresistible nus”? in mee and approval and bg Raltimord Monday evening, George M. ately the cloudy of dinvension which | Gohan, the producer of the play, put had hung over the organization disap-|Mr. Renavent’s name in the featured peared and the sun of happiness burst position In the electri ts, He also Tt was then discovered that the dove of productions for a number of years. peace had sneaked in and instant prep~ ‘farations were made to slip her a nice Gossip. nest, refit free. An official statement) Martin Beck and Mort H. Singer ‘of the proceedings follows: have returned from Palm Beach. “phere having been somo criticiom of |, (FNC, PNG, eae te Booth, td club's administration, the Bhepherd|” Beverly Bruce of the film “Hmpty failed a meeting of the club, which, vagy oe an oo nae ‘upon tit: len jeNaughton has been en- sie hy events epee? her frends be Max Marcin for “Three ive 3." end approval and refused to ac-} Having beon recast, the musical if M ” id the resignation he had tenderéd.”} comedy “Lassie” will open again on Ss ihlide tha conteoversy. atone | Masch § in Providence, Ince the imted to eutaiders|,, The Louise Groody silver cup for @ Sinslt LAr all about. However, | the best straight fox trot at Terrace Bae what it was af tmthon, pat we're| Garden, Dance Palace was won, by Anna Wade and John Malcolmson. Bot going to tell, Marie Cavanaugh, a sister of r Lucile ugh, has joined the AS THE LEAGUE'S GUESTS.) “Night Hout” company at the Lib- The Drana League, at its annual | erty. inner Sunday ovening, will dave as! | Hugo Ricsenfeld will have an extrm SPhonor the following named: | showing of “Huckleberry Finn” for ete ot ncmmore, Margalo Gilmore, |shildren at the Rivoli to-morrow Frank McCHinn, John Barrymore, | Morning at 10. ; Sciwyn, Lee Simonson, Kugens| George Broadhurst’s - production, O'Neill, Jacob Ben Ami, Pauline Lora, 5 ‘he Storm,” passed its 175th per- rt Jones, James Forbes and foppance st the 48th Street Theatre ‘Claude King, abraham Levy, producer of “The e opper” at the Casino, will MAMMA CAN SHOOT. return from California on March 25, Fred and Adele Astaire of “Apple! “Irene,” 9! the Vanderbilt Thea- Blossoms” have just heard that their} tre, bas i..: ! a Vacant seat H. Astaire, has won| since the opening u.: a st woman rifle shot| Adelina Thompson will Le Christie ‘at tho Pinehurst Gun Club, in South | MacDonald's understudy tn the re- ‘Carolina. Tt seems that Mamma vival of "Floradora.” 145 targets out of 160. Mrs.) Clarence Hyde has been engaged Astaire was high sun, Dut Fred|by Charles Dillinghain to go ahead refuses to admit he's a son of a gun. of “The New Dictator,” opening in vpeuinatee, March 8. ‘rank ‘Tours will sail for Engh a WHO CAN SOLVE IT? goon to hear the score of “M To stimulate interest in to-day’#| which Comstock & Gest will stage at Je limerick we're going to let the) the Century next season, Yooxy ones #end us a check for $200) A woe of dress rehearsals at the | and a nice, thick pumpkin ple. Get} Acadei of Music, Brooklyn, ts] Dusy! Hore's the puzzla: scheduled for John Murray Ander- od Hum| son's "What's in a Name,” opening ir There was a sweet girl named New Haven, March § ee , Dinger, ia apraipne mer is the prodiicer of wh 4 ev'ry song folks would) “Twinkle, Twinkle,” which will open peal ii ial f at Ford's Theatre, Baltimore, on Ling 0 March 16, The noises she made Barry Baxter has succeeded in can- Were of a poor grade, celling @ contract he had with ©. B. “The truth was, the yirl was no Cochran to appear in a Londo duction this spring, He will subway circuit in Laurette A HAMMERSTEIN JOKE. company. -asthur Hammerstein: (himself) 9 a joke yesterday; that is, he A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. fagormns us it isa joke, Here it ts—| Speaking of high salaries, an army what do you think? telegraph operator down in'tho wilds © Man—I have been reading in the/of Texas receives his pay by aero- papers that the telephone girls are | plane. thinking of gomg on a strike, — ‘Hammerstein~I thought they bad FOOLISHMENT, been on a strike for the past tWOlT pnow an old lady named Blue *iMen laughs and asks for two tick-| Who bought a nice dwelling—brand ete to “Always You.") new. KOHN SUCCEEDS BROTHER. She soon went about Max Kotin has Surcesehe Ne Having chimneys torn out brother, the late Ralph Kohn, as A. , . 4 Bards private waretary. Por |" (ear she would dle of the fu, arly five years Max Kobn was em: ed at the Pathe Exchange. FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. —— ‘My wife can't be fooled.” IT'S AUTHORS’ WEEK, “Then how on earth did you ever in- Next week wili be known as Au-|duce her to marry you?” thors’ Week at the Little Theatre, oe ‘where Rachel Crothers and Cyril Keightiey are appearing in Miss A Stranger in Town, : Grothers'’s play, “Ho und She” As a ‘ORS to Washington often compliment to the writer of the com- . on paced Fe a teen mistake the State, War and| wil entert various per- Navy Building for the White} _ forman House, and get the Senate office build- ing confused with the Library of Con- THE WAR IS ON AGAIN, \e | c. Vv. Ww. lives away up on Broadway War of Mort» ’ tribute to th side girls Where the Hariom River flows — |Peace And the mudest mitk-weed grows, ward toward the Ca The ma PeAad the siccetly scented goutlety |Jestle building never ed better than that fall morning, with the cool looked cas gambol gayly, There the Highbridge girls are found leaves across the well kept ground . q old farmer w omplete, with ‘And for miles and miles around | the exception of a carpet-bag. ‘In its Men arise to praise their charm and stead he carried w je But aside f beauty daily. | . He even h . aT itat healed One almost expected him to Every manly foart rejoloce reach in his pocket and bring forth In the cadence of their voices, a straw to nibble, While their sylph-forms full many! 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