The evening world. Newspaper, March 30, 1920, Page 28

THE NEW PLAYS “The Ouija Board” An Ingenious Melodrama By CHARLES DARNTON Phonograph as an tnfernal machine that gave “The Oulja Board” its most eunprising turn at the Bijou Theatre last night and by | scoring @ seoond munier marie Crane Wilbur's spooky gflay a fairly lively | In & flash, sutomatic handwriting was wiped out, as it were, by an! Pistol Yet the more or less familiar stunte—manifestations, if | you Please—of professional spiritualism were by no means neglected. Mora- @or's house had trick Nights and trick doors, ami Mogudor himself bad a| Dieck beard that caused a whispered “Svengali!” to run through the audi- ence like a shiver. Yes—you have guemed it—he was a tad spiritualist. | &n fact, he had a jail record. His experience as a forger enabled him to, Master automatic handwriting, but hie “oontroi” wasn't all it «hould have Seon. Thus it happened that when Henry Annixter called to get a menage | from his dead wife, Mogador was powerless against her spirit, and it came | out that he was the scoundrel who had run away with her. After his nat- ural sunprise at this revelmtion. Annixter stalYbed the villain and thus robbed | the play of its most interesting character, But the phonograph held something more than the departed wife's | voice. Annixter sat down in front of it for a song by way of finishing off! the evening after tolling his adopted son, a youth given to the use of cocaine | and therefore blithely described as a “smowtbird,” that he wouldn't allow him | to marry his daughter. The song ended with a bang—and that was the end of Annixter. The mystery was solved by another message—a sort of post- ecript from the spirit world—that foretold the shooting and called particular attention to the last note of the song. . Bure enough! In another moment the bereaved though curious daughter of the household would have been #lain, for she was dragged from the fatal chair by the considérate “cocaine fend” just Yefore a second shot concluded the impromptu musicale. Thero could be no further doubt that the p! yhonograph was loaded. Opening tho machind, a fearless young detective took from it a pistol that had been exploded by an electric spark. ‘Then he arranged for the arrest of tho! “snowbird.” As you may judge, “The Ouija Board” proved to be an ingenious melo- drama and much more exciting than a lecture by Sir Oliver Lodge. Howard | Lang was an effective Mogador, Edward Ellis played a nervous crook | amusingly, and Mr. Wilbur as the detective, Stewart FE. Wilson as tho | “mowbird,” and George Gaul as a novelist did good work. There was little for Regina Wallace to do as the lightly sketched heroine beyond getting out of range of the deadly phonograph. By BIDE HE writer of this column was in Washington Sunday night and he ran across many people | well known to Broadway, About the + first man he met was Jack Edwards, “from the Gertrude Page novel of the manager of the Shubert+Garrick The- atre, at the capital, “How are you?’ was Sxck’s saluta- Yon. “And how’a old Droadway? About Plays and Players 546, $200 and will forward soon a picture DUDLEY Attention, Limerickers! Jake Bankoff of No. 230 Monroe Street is herewith declared the win- ner of Limerick puzzle contest No. He has sent us his check for Washington's a great town—ttvely all |of himself posed in an egs-f-ying po- the time any everything. You haven't jsition over the kitchen stove, He sent sot anything on the hip, have you? We next bumped into Frank Morse, |Stickpin, “Well, @ declare!" ho said. “How's |4!d- us the additional prize, a diamond by parcel post, like Kelly Here's rhyme No. 546 as Jake the big town? How are all the boys? |has completed it: And, incidentally, you're not carrying anything apecial around with you, are you?" Philander Johnson happened along about that time, “Welcome to our city,” he said. “Hope you have a good time bere. You may not find things quite as exciting as Broad- ‘Way, but there'll be plenty to interest | Neither have we, but we'd |. “I did not sit down on the cat,” Said sweet little Mary Ann Platt. “You did,” shid her brother, “Oh, my!” said her mother, Eick ewan korba skuten ik goulash, Have you ever been to Honolulu? to go when we feel Nevilish, may get a hint which will help you you. Ahem! Didn't happen to tote|some time anthing epeciad down with you, did|Now, in this statement of ours you you?” ‘On Pennsylvania Avenue we en- countered Otto A. Harbach. solve to-day's puzzle poem. “Down jfind the missing word, make out a If you to see your show open, eh?” said | $200 check in our favor smilingly, and Otto. “I'm here to see a new one I have been writing on. Don't suppose unmentionable, are you?" rooms if you have time, when you have mailed it to us you will find this old life decidedly worth you're loaded down with anything While. Include a dish of fried musn- +Here's the And so it went. Othere who wero |Ppoem: Very solicitous about us were Paul Frawley, Treasurer Thomas of the Shubert-Gairick, Walter Duggun, Lou Hirsch and Walter Wilson. » After chatting with them all we decided Washington wus one of the finest cities in the worid—and one of; tie dryest. “FLORODORA” REVIVED. ‘The Messrs. Lee & J. J. Stubert revived “Florodora” ‘Theatre, Atlantic City, last nigtht. Many people went down from New York to see the show, and the open- ing performance took on vhe air of a} gala event. Reports say the revival proved most interesting. “Florodora’ will open at the Century here next Monday, PEGGY O'NEIL'S HIT. Ps O'Neil is making quite a hit tis Bnsland Playing the title role in “paddy, the Next Best Thing.” It is # comedy in four acts by Gayer Mackay and Robert Ord, adapted SIDNEY BLOW HERE. Plow of the Criterion Thea- gt At is in New York looking | over the Broadway shows. He is one of the adapters of “Lord Richard in the Pantry,” in which Cyril Maude is eppearing at the Criterion, London, Mr. Blow while here will look after arrangements for Mr. Maude's forth- coming trip to this country. ae PRINCIPALS? WELL, HARDLY. Robert Irwin, business manager of Charles Dillingham's new show, “The New Dictator,” while in Washington recently called the eight ckorus girls together and asked: “Young ladies, do you consider yourselves eprinetbates or members of tne chorus “Principals,” they all replied. m glad know that,” said Mr, WHAT NO RUBBING MEAN: Rubbing clothes has long been the bi of washing. It has been eer tiring work and has always caused clothes to wear out prematurely. ‘7AN'S NORUB NORUB ts worth ny times over, Be and 10c at Your Grocers. VAN ZILE CO., Mfrs. West Hoboken, N. J. musical | " He sang a new song called “Wa- lola.” And also that one, “Boola boola,” While Mary Ann Bird Who could hear every word, With grace dan ced the new —— Irwin. “On our night jump to Gleve- at ‘the Globe |{and the management pays for sleap- ers for the chorus but not for prin- cipals.” And right there the eight girls dis- covered they were members of the chorus and not principals after all, Gossip, A Y. W. C. A. Drive Fund benefit will be given at the Strand Thurs jay at 10 A.M, Gov. Edwards and the New Jersey Senate will see “Irene” at the matinee to-morrow. At the Shubert-Creseent Theatre, Brooklyn, this week Walter Hampden will play “Romeo and Juliet” as well as “Hamle “Martinique,” by was produced at the New Haven, last night by W Hast. Joseph C. Lincoln and Mrs. Lincoln gave the members of the "Shavings" company a Cape Cod dinner last night. In spite of th et that it is Holy Week, the man wer of the Ziegfeld “Follies” finds it necessary to put in an extra matinee Friday in Colum- ¢ formed a Storm Club, whatever that is, Sothern and Marlowe are playing week of Shakespeare at Poli's Washington had an ady have decided Johnny uerk, the Comstock & Gest manager, doesn't care a whap- flapdoodie about the high cost of liv- ing. He's going to indulge in the luxury of a wife. A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. 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