The evening world. Newspaper, September 23, 1920, Page 28

Alice-Brady Too Clever For “Anna Ascends.” By CHARLES DARNTON ON Kissing bis daughter at the Playhouse last night W. A. Brady had the rg distinction of being the only man concerned with “Anna Ascends” who, up to that time, could do it without fear of being bitten, for the play "| By Harry Chapman Ford proved bad enough to make even # road actress ite the dust. As the Syrian heroine of the strange romance, Alice Brady bit the hand of a white slaver in the first act, and later on told of taking « nip “At Various tireless business men. Anne's ascension from the job of walt- Tess in & lower west side restaurant to that of secretary in an uptown @Pablisher's office seemed to be just one nip after another—and this is no tion joke, In her simple way, she explained it was only by this | —s Method that she had been able to keep men at arm's length. If Anna had “¢ to be a Sicilian acted by Mimi Agugiia, oh, what a night of # “ nd glory it would have been! : _ _ Am it was, Mins Brady managed to be both clever and picturesque in Be the first act of the piny, This act was fairly interesting as more or less “pure melodrama, with the waltress putting up a goad fight against the White slaver and finally stabbing him. But hope of more along the same died with Anna's triumphant ory: “You think you can drag Anna do you? No, Anna ascends!" This high-flown idea was put into Anna's head by a leisurely young doing a Mttle welfare work on his own hook, In suggesting that coming to this country need safeguarding during their first year, ie they are learning our language and perhaps our ways, the play- Wright hit upon a good idea, only to make bad work of it by transforming Anna into a six-years’ wonder when he brought her uptown. In that time, Wer love of big words, eagerly picked from @ pocket dictionary, had led her To write & food-nized book entitled, as you may guess, “Anna Agcends,” and "s more, It had brought her po less than $20,000, (And yet Willikm in "The Guest of Honor" manages to worry along with $500!) _ > Bo here was Anna dressed all out of proportion to her salary as secre- and naturally enough she excited the suspicion and animosity of ‘ber rival for the name of the welfaring young man, who was none other han the son of Anna's singularly amiable employer, Accordingly, it came jabout that the haughty Nellie Van Housen came into the drawing room * Just as Howard was making the most of Anna and inquired: “Am I de ee". Whereupon Howard told her right to her face that he was making nf to bis future wife and requested—that's the only word for it—her to away, After a few more words that increased the laughter of the au: ~ Nellie Van Hotsen announced in tcy tones that she was “very sor: wand backed out into the scenery. To make more trou™ for Anna, the + white slaver turned up alive as “the first third man” of the extravagant establishment and gave her a bad name when sho caught him atealing a Recklace and brought about hin capture, Then true love took ita course * Back to the Washington Street restaurant, where Anna took the wedding Yell of her native country and Howard took her without the dictionary, Gustave Rolland was simple and amusing as the keeper of the restau. fant, and Rod La Roque and Effingham Pinto gave added local color to the Pince, John Warner played the hero with considerable gusto—in fact, there was a deal of shouting throughout the play. An impossible office ‘oy made the proceedings still more impossible. Mins Brady gave variety fo her performance with a song that was pleasant to hear, and altogether ‘ bbe herwelf too clever for play better sulted to the screen than the ,, sand About Plays and Players By BIDE DUDLEY C Nutt’s Dope. ) Jefferson Shrewsbury Nutt, ‘special correspondent of | this column, 19 to cover the World's Series for ua, #0 baseball fans need not worry avout getting the correct dope on the games. torites ua from Buaton, he is spending a few days fishing, as followa: “Dear Dude It looks now as though it's a cinch that St. Lous and Detroit will play the World's ROCK PRMBERTON, to whom all the bankers bow since he launched “Enter Madame” at he Garrick, is loading his gun to Whoot again. Ho has obtained the dramatic rights to “Miss Lulu Bett.” ( Dovel by Zona Gale, and will put story into rebbarsal as soon as the play is completed. It will be produced before the holidays, Me ™ declares it will be a Lulu and pos- mibly his one best Bett. Both cf Ahome jokes were originated by us after much deep thought, SIDNEY NOW FEATURED, Sam H. Harris announces ry that 4 George Sidney will be fea-) gertes, 1 and the wife will “ “ beat i pres “Wretoome. Stranger.” BOW! t+ over to Bt, Loule for thé fifat - &t the Cohan & Harris Theatre, ye 4 ak recognition is well deserved, as| 948 and will wire you all the i ‘Mr. Sidney's portrayai of the role of| "ews. I've deen studying the re Isidor Solomon is delightful. dope pretty closely, and it's my opinion that the crack pitcher of the series will be Hugh 8, Ful- lerton. The wife thinks, how- ever, that if Vincent Treanor Plays he'll prove the best bow artist. She's away wrong, but I can't make her belicve it. Any body who follows thdngs knows Treanor is a race horse owner, I hear he has bought several this season, But the wife seve I'm a fool for thinking #0, and there you are. Too bad Detroit sold Rum, They necd a good catcher and Ruth would AN the bIU great. The wife thinks Ruth is a movie actor, not @ catcher, and scoffa at me. Women are funny, ene Well, they had a riot here tust night and lynched a couple of DAVIS PLAY POSTPONED. Oliver Moroaco has postponed tho’ opening of Owen Davis's faroe, Marry the Poor Girl," from to- might to Saturday night. Tickets for to-night'’s performance will be | mood Saturday, YES, GEORGE 1S IN IT. “George M. Cohan has a sense of | Rumor that Js bis best friend. He was ¥ aitting in the box office of the theatre Which bears his name the + other @vening just befora the performance | of “Genius and the Crowd” when a ‘man stepped up and asked the Treas- wrer: * “Ie George Cohan in this show?" George motioned to the Tre o come ploxer. “Tet! that guy id, “that he's in it $75,000," *LIVE GHOSTS" SOON ‘ en, There wa lot of excite. A ’ p> ; ® Max Marcin will present his play,| ™°% There was @ fot of excite. | ( 4, bY Wan ¢ bariree Live G “a comedy by| ment, but could learn nothing, | A NEE wey} VA Ds Hrederick’ tn the Gr Jeg” ee As ns ‘ { t Village Th Wednesday A Sed b dng, Sept oust (nc CRwy, Charkes M . Perey Helton, | shy cy Ch Bers) Mercer, | Penelope Wit ie Nigh bs haries Da Neld, Hea. Boat" tant rete 4 j drice Miller amore, Kim-| Sosa will play four of his own A Wett Shackleford and Arthur Mot- fowitiona at the Hipp Sun- oN A \ ‘paite. ni Pic A Yy » 4 = 440 people attended the two » Looe * COSTUMES SCANT IN “EVE” | pert 1 Times" ut the Vf GEIR) * Broadway bears that “The Temp- | Hippo ations of Eve.” now t prepared) “Sun V tring Arthur Ue RS ie 3. Ce der at... = <a ea iy. Orion & Colby, a new productng Venaidaon, mn in Worcester, | bee mad aa —— . — se ae = ¥ Bum, while described as an alle nl Masa, op Nov. 15. iew,” will a ° felgned sleep, however. perceiving Mrs. Jarr had relaxed her Making It Easy. aysical drama, calla for some of the| Albert Wyare hes ben me giant #at the New | You're not asleep, and you know/arip on his pillow number two, he} In an early draft there was sent to vere) net gevated for roles, Jane ‘Manner will begin’ w season set mstefngnn: 458) it!" sald Mrs, Jarr, seeing that her|deftly yanked it back and put hislone of the cantonments an Austrian Pave polttely dectined because of the lof drama readings at Lakevilie, Conn, |) oe” * | By Roy IL. Pi Cardell. aking hia pet extra pillow had not] head on it and held It tight with both! wo had no objections to serving An sepMrees feo ture @ show will open jon Oct P aroused him, “Oh, very well, I'll show | hands, and then he said calmly: “Oh, ithe army, but eotested — valubly ‘i nd, after piay-| gun dixon, indefatiguble auth ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. | Suerte. SE No Wheres Raiding 6. hee Kies 36s aging Wisit.) ir Jed, t she sneaked |!'ll have my breakfast all right and Ul coinst being sent to France onthe nile City and | oy um California with | A C—-No. 105 West 40th Street,’ ¢¢ OU know that Gertrude has|M¥a. Jarr pulled the uppor pillow |¥OU!” #he added, anc ee eget | WOME cook it, elpher.” the + eee anee Hong other cities. huad for boston. |. jot ae ips ( iH—Joinon wilt play the Ger-| not come back—she went |from under Mr. Jarr’s head and took {#¥#y his sole remaining pillow, “What makes you think you'll have |#reund that he had @ brother in the ead eT avis WAR Alex cor, haw been ad- [Pek, Chicas beginning Oct 3 | Yesterday to her alstor’s, |it over to her own use, ‘Thus Mra,{UP and tight the gas stove! Got up|a breakfast without cooking it your-|Austeian Army and did not wish to . * ded to troadway Brevi- — | ei oy LEE 2: er nd cook the bie: self?” asked Mra. Jarr. be responsible any way fo MW The Rev. Francia C. Duffy, wh aa | Jwho t# sick, So get up and Hgbt the|Jarr had two pillows and Mr. Jarr|P4 cook the breakfast! Wake the *n alicAatarmivaltion shel ms Femponeiole in say’ Say. Cor nes : H FO! -DAY. is oa ' chifdren and get them off to school! © {nation, his case was being in- haplain inces a special A THOUGHT R TO.DAY. gas range!’ sald Mra. Jarv. nly one. Na d get th ff to wchoo! Sait regen Past eg 4 de akea {death While his being ‘8 qured m ue ! | It is sald few’ people have the nerve |". i ihe ; | “What's the magter?” asked Mr i a : |vestiguted at cump headquarters he RR asd Tai of Colunousy | Pdi mat a sled Woosh!" replied Mr, Jarr, talking! Mr, Jarr always declared he couldn't Ling te start wide awake,| pet, thea & knock came to the | Toniente aa ; ats for the opening perform 2 marry aw ty ° } 1 i Jarr, pretending to start wide boudoir of the Jarr menage and the Served the usual rookleship in squads ; at ny a hi lee) leep without two piilo do Mri » i eerer., st the Gros Opere He » beon ged. by | ss P Rp more: Bear Without two pillows, and Mra.) vauked back one of hie ~pillows| yoloe of Gertrude cried Breakfast |right and wreng and the manual of londay night, and will have a fare- | yon, an important role | FOOLISHMENT You heard me, so you get up and |Jarr therefore had always held forth 1 determined to talk Mra, Jarr out {is nearly ready, m&m; shail 1 wake |arm, M party for Wis curate 2 Re na) : 4 . : \" reukfnst,’ repeated Mra, Jar th sie pillo arin and determined to talk 3 hile we : heats ph A. Donahue,+who is poing to. yey actor, | 2 know a gil ly Kankakee ser Ms “4 eee me aa aagie § How, ring two) chin agtounding state of rebellion, | the children? ; | ‘Phe very touch of the rifle and few Mexico. Chiurles King, Virgit Aigo , ca on broad and tea 1 have been awake noarly all night | pillows were extravagant and not eon. |° © a an {4" replied |."Shé must have come tn by the |bayonet aecmed to increase his con- Witrien and Laurence Wheat are the Petia teas al Reh bil aad + liong, while you wore snoring away fit |ducive to gomfort or houlth, Besldes,|_ “You heard w iat fala” rep fire cacapé, She hadn't 4 key,” sald |acientious scruples, wot beta featured players in the company, Mr ; D the Drinkwater] BMt then the check some Jriend ii, ware tho dead! whe said, Raving his head high on two| Mt® Jarr, “Yes, I'm on atrike for! sey, Jarr. “How did you know it?" /oxeeuting any movement, he would ing will make an address. play la i Poe AE Cet RRATSE must pay. Nec, Sah R i shorter hours and more pay," she| “I smelled something burning,” ro-|tblurt out; “But I do not want oa play in F ier pat |, MP. Jorr answered not, but he head | pillows war the direct cause of Mr.| eine on. so you get Up and pre-| plied Mr. Jarr, “L knew It was either |learn this, I de not want to iil my rr Gossip. Pa dire et datas pret pe nere She stows ull sorte of food away, — | or wit right, |Jure'y snoring. Mr. Jarr always de-| dare breakfast and everything!* the house aire or Gertrude back, and | brudder,” © Marry McRae Webster ts rebearsing |inade of p _ | i “Yea! you get up and get break-|/nied he anored, and anyway, whether ‘What's the matter with you?’!, took a hance it waa the " pie Pe peltaachiar ae it as long oa he ‘se play. “The Shortent.” | Mile. Aly 1 Mor-| FROM THE CHESTNUT PREE. (rastt ane repeated, emphatically. |hesnored or not, he always had stead. |# kod Mr, Jarr, rather sparply, i be eaaes onal Rit ices tea aooatintee ie Bie pedionne ‘becom ~ doling Thomsen will appear in'r turday! “What two panibers when muilti- |. Nos atelier kik Wika nilowld |'tansin iter ‘i He : You get up and get the breakfast) start @ a 4 : . nou Guild product! from. 1 f ow York, She is piled by each other make seven?” — | 2% eo'ng fo str | wives should | fastly fourbt for two pillows aasert- 6. there won't bo apy breakfast," | strike breftkers, Say, you, you don't need to worty Se marae Kaansee wii bhein to cn ie Ata Nees eee Ee A ups * latrike, everybody olme in!" ing he couldn't sleop unless he hadj wre, Jarr went on, And Mrs Jarg avose wondering if\about that. “Pl Kill your@trother tor What's in a ondyy, By courtesy of b’. egteyy, it. Van “Beven aud one” And to indicate industrial revolthem With only one pillow now he Mr, Jarr made no reply to t ut" he would, von Home boyd =f * j d 3 * A “ J COMIC PAGE TITURSDAY,* SEPTEMBER a3. 1 920 st NOTHING LIKE COMFORT |. TLt BUY TWOTSEATS AN’ HAVE PLENTY OF ~\ SHOW BUT THE SEATS LS MARY MIXUP Mary. You sel «A TS LET SIGN. GRaB RIGHT on You must FigD AN e APARTMENT. we HAVE To GET ouT oF RE OCToae Gee. THere 5 A MAN FUTTIN® F/ Hey! Sou CANT Do “THAT = \T AINT ALLOWED HERE! | VO NEVER ORIVEN YOU OUT HERE TO SEE MY FRIEND “JACK” DEMPSG! TE TO KNOWN YOU'D 8% SUCH CRAZY 5 3 + QUESTIONS ! LT THOUGHT KICKING. T SAN, HOw } OLD ARE YOU, LITTLE MANY MY, WHAT A PINE BIG BOY — Hom OLD ARE You, BU fous, MRS. CHEEZE -} 1S’ COMING — NOW 3 REMEMBER !-You J Tes NON iA FI YOU e CANNOT TALK Mann das DD DURING LUNCHEON aa “BUS , WHY DONT ANSWER | MRS “cHEEzE r @ SUIT YERSELF, MADAM — MONLY THESE SE, HAPPEN ‘To BE On OPPOS sipes. And Here 3 'A- MonTH’s “RENT “ty ADVANCE — T SES PUT ON MY FALL WOOLENS 1 His Neck! ere Protecting His = x ————) VAN ZEL@ You THED L TUDNT L_ TALK DURING LIJNCHEON AN 1 DIDNT WANNA