The evening world. Newspaper, October 2, 1920, Page 12

SATURDAY, OCTCEER 2, 1990 COMIC PAGE i f | i \ KATINKA HUGO! WHY ARENT You To WORK — t's AFTER 12 OcLocK 2 “| LooK AT THE “Three: Live Ghosts” Thoroughly Amusing By CHARLES DARNTON = a Jong time most of the theatrical managers wouldn't have any-! + thing to do with a play that didn’t have something to do with the war, The result was a procession of bad piays upon which the public turned its back. Then the same wiseacres arrived at the conalusion that was there was no hope of muccess for @o-called war plays. They} Qouldn’t ace « ghost of a show for them. But now, if you please, “Three | Live Ghosts,” with three ordinary fighting men in it, happens to be the Most amusing play of the season. » Turaing producer for the first time, after considerable experience as a > playwright, Max Marcin is presenting at the Greenwich Village Theatre “ ® comedy so thoroughly amusing and human that when it is brought) ) wptown—as It's sure to be—the diMoulty will be to find a house large @nough to accommodate tts patrons, This, of courad, is only « guess; but fs @ good guers. d Af the programme didn't tell you that this comedy by Frederic 8. Isham ‘was made from @ novel he wrote, you would never suspect It, for the pixy | ‘en frewh as the dawn, living fiction that Dolds your interest from first! last. This w due in a large degree to acting that makes the theatre rth while to people who delight in finding something ily homan in it. Although the three soldiers boek from the war and on their uppers fiemm the body of the play, it is “Old Sweetheart,” the stepmother of a @bckney supposed to have been killed, who Is the heart and eoul of the Poor old soul that she in, she has been having an easy time of it fer once in her life with the insurance money the Government i# paying fer. Finding her stepson alive, she implores him fo remain officially dead ‘anti the final payment on his life is made. It sounds reasonable, and it is ii ge 1 weasonable, “Old Sweetheart” is really an old soak, a harpy with a bottle of gin always within reach and a sense of values when she dl that the American pal of her stepson has no lene a.price than £1,000 on his, head because of @ bond theft in New York. | In “The Old Lady Shows Hor Medals,” Barrié's beartrending glimpse ef the war, Bory! Mercer was unepeakably pathetic. This time eho is dnimitably comic as an old woman with a keen ye for the insurance money and another eye on the jewels brought to her humbie dwelling by a sheil- “a shocked kleptomaniac who wanders out into the fog and comes back with 8 @amonds, pearls and a baby In a carriage decorated with toy balloons. | if ie “Old Sweetheart" le bullied frat by her stepron and then by a Scotland _ Yard man, but she is patient up to the point of asking, “Ie this Russia, | @r merry England?” Contly ornaments are stripped trom her head and her chest by the Scotland Yard man, who doesn't know quite what to Make of her. She is alwnye intent upon getting a “reward,” and whe is ‘Knocked about In the roughest sort of manner, yet she remains complacent. ‘Mins Mercer's ra formance ip nothing loss than a gem of comedy. Anothed note sly good piece of work in done by Charles MdNaughton _ 0 thé rough cockney who orders women about with brute strength, wipes Bis mouth on his sieeve when he sups, and at the same time proves him- pelt a trustworthy pal, Then there is that excellent actor, Charles Dalton, ‘aa the browbeating detective who recovers the jewels only to have them! carried offearain right under hs nose by the simple kleptomaniac. Percy Helton is too young to carry off the part of the American property, ' Dut at least he sucresta a weakling to be pitied Cyril Chadwick gives | Both a whimsical and pathetic touch to the abell-shocked gentleman who ‘9 Bestrice own house and wheels out his own child for a breath of fom. | GosHamicHTy ! “THAT WOMAN KEEPS Miller ts admirably commonplace as the daughter of a lodging keeper. Both the play and the acting are uncommonly dolighttul. i aa About Plays and Players By BIDE DUDLEY ’ TLLZAM ALLEN WHITE, odi- tor and author, wrote a book once called “The Heart of Woo!” Aftor it had pit the market a feguiar Kansas wallop, some filin \gompany made a motion picture of It Recently the film was shown private- iy in Bimporia, Kan,, for the benefit @f Mr. White. The editor took the en- tire stall of his newspaper, The Em- porla Gaxette, to see the picture Next day the following editorial, un- Goubtedly trom the White pen, ap- peared in the Gazette: “The Gazette force has been watch-) ing the boss woh all morning. He took them last night to eo # private Wiew of "The Heart of a Foot’ in the! fmovies. It ts showing in New York to ‘good houses and Harry McClure got ®@ print for a private show. The boss fe sore on the picture, It departed | trom bile story and he has a pride of | Said Silas McGuggin, in Pe- woeple's store: “This turrible baseball thing makes me durn sore. They're diggin’ up crooks who've been throwin’ the games an’ some of 'em bear pretty well known names, 1 wish I'd been pitchin’ last year for the Sox. I bet I'd ‘a’ showed ‘em I'm emooth as afom. Teure would ‘a’ wow every time that I tossed an’ alt them shrewd gamblers ‘ud been dou- ble-crosscd, I'm honest, you bet you! I'm square gli the way. There's nothin’ tke honesty, truth and fair play, They needed a feller like me on the Hew! Haw! Haw tf AHATS TH FUNNIEST} WING LEVER Hearo WAL —— DID YA REAR THAT, DADS ——S a which is amazing. The| 80%." Then Biinx took we lve 4 force thought the story wis greatly | clous prunce from a box, “It's b? fmproved by the changes made in it) plain that yer onest,” said picture was | that the onding of t Grandpa McGee, “Them prunca | ; i the boss 8 ; ey a tee Soe tae Eas is that | are fer people to carry of free.” |- thaw he won't} admit it apa pe Old Silas went out ina terrible | * won't 8 sak bi Lg the} FO Moree. | ste. Said Peeweeple: “Grand . ‘Phe Gazette farce, however, Is! pa, the prize goes to you.” t ao ee ¥ Ee A SLIGHT MISTAKE.” HE HAD HER NUMBER. Meanest Man in the World”) Wo were seated in a theatre the “The y hi teh te New Yark ca-| Other night, just behind a pretty girl, q Be [rok Pg oo at the Hud- | At une point'in the play the comedian ——- Sa Theatre on Tuesday evening, Oct |PA\t vere. | Here a George W. Calla- Kil telephone the girl and see if — 3%. mt ‘on Nauctly Uke Eddie| he hag any hootod, Time % Ger ° a but In the clothes, The other day a man approached Calla- an on the atrect and sald: si “What's become of the wardrobe? “tye get it on,” replied George W., Proking up the phone he asked for a Columbus number “Gonh!" whispered the girt to the youth at her side “Thats my num. ber. L wonder how the author knew?" uP, Bue! ight touch of resentinent Boss a in ea the glad regh” ald aossiP. the other RAdGHHE Monehesd wil sing at auere inn't any more,” replied the| the Strand next woek Pdward Kpoblock has sailed from England for New York “Follies of the Lower Fast Side" will be seen at the Nationa! Winter Garden ik. eTrhen a great light came over Rie say he anid, “you think I'm ‘Dunn, don't you?” “You certainly are done. Sorry, old mean!" came from the other as he left. ¢ already talking about mov- ee ¥'CRAZY, WOMAN ~ ¥ ‘i Crock | f = T HEARD THe Noow f WHISTLE TooT LONG AGO — YouR CLocKe 1S WRONG! a ok , tA wHat np oO cHeEse WNCLE EZRA I'm Just iN, TIME “TS WALK HOME LISSBN ,“Teacne A MA wt Go TO HEENEN %— KATINKA, TAKE THIS TO THE CLOCK MAKERS ‘1 THINK IT NEeps Hero, MARY— war ARE Those Boy's | LAUGHING ar; I was comin? BACK WITH 4 Pece oO cHeese wit you — XT DE -You'lt PROBABLY Have 2" — WAIL WHO PRACTICES IMBONE OM SUNDRY) I WAT DweaMin’ You AN ME HAD A GWEAT BiG CHOCOLATE CAKE ALL TO OURSELVES AN’ we wath JUST GONNA e4T ET WHEN ——~ Geel T Guess TLL GET CROs Chey ba t Sy wh, ~ wae Tr N08 + IN OUR MAIL. ing “Three Live Ghowta” uptown from ee Dear Dud read of a film di | peat re a edger Dud—t juatcigentally abot on} Henry Hull \s now casting for is location.— Gertie, bed play. He's looking for a leading Mr, Dudiey—How's this; A man|!*¢y. asks another !f his wife. selects his| ,, Joe Weber bas placed the whole Zlothes, "No." says the second fel-| "Honeydew" company under three- n = i pi jow. “Ghe merely picks my pockets.”"| Year contracte, Tet bel we'n eat errand Garten Danes oo ° e —The majority of Dutchman condemned to beat until | he thought he had to whip the Wadler rae Don wee xe Telia ng Of Sheng Pun Tends ee yi agen . but most of them Loy doomaday? some time during the function, And dng name of “The Meancat Man in| Palace Tuesday night for a silver cup, are sensible wh to demand a 9. What famous writer used the|prob’ly he done so, But, by cripes, five World” to “Dudley.” Why? He. | Ure ton, ands Play there Bunday large enough 6, r, to keep up with 10) 2 pseudonym of Jonathan Oldstyle? — | when they jump onto this young: feller : sense you haven't been io Jo see us| *Uiernoone Lime LAT OW doxs, isten to this, And girls, open tho weather ear and take it| event hish prices. . = | "to. Who waa known as the “Iron |they take a-nuther notion right suds ; me tires Gaye —Caldwell in. For olf man oulja is going to ge ee 20th Century Kid—The 20th Cen | Duke?" |denly. He lays bis fiddle down, whit TA NI Oe Ee: him 2 Bek & Question which will keep | tury girl will go out with moneyed | Il. What waa the name of Sir|{he gont and then begins eawi <a CARR IN. A NEW ONE. M. W.AJohn McKee directed the im busier than any of the rest. It's a question that most gitis are | men for a ood time, but she marries| 1. In what city was Caruso born? |Launceot’s son? right whur he left o' «3 = William A. Brady presented Alex: |b0ok and Julun Alfred the dunces. | #HKIRE every Gey, and & question thal the boys have @ hard time answer-| for love only: ; 2 Ww ¢ the seat |jotii Met 18 the name of the rosd | star, ender Carr in “The Dreamer n ; Ay Re wid m abt tebe your sone ing. But we'll settle it, Just ap the fans have setued every other question| Mary—it wouldn't make any differ-| " hat bi the mi of the leading fon the Mount of Olives to| mae 2 he Me Mokaway lant night, h _— of mainant Dhak tas Sons SP nog What the girl of to-day married |Of Australia’s new capital? , \Seeotiat 8 | Not in Hoyle. ‘ar poemewer, 1 hight i i s A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. Do the male oulja boarders prefer anawer to The Outja Editor, The! fer, She wouldn't get any money out) ¢ OF what are the filaments of Nagi ie TO QUE TINE | ‘The young woman from the countey ® Frederica mT ne mode ‘ \ oned | Evening World : | of it unless she took the money from viaulea, & Cankercs:. &. © lows ing, Joby FRateel, Hose Morr: manith hap tt 1g pane amar talons ant a ote aan Atoy ‘ Ana re Ad nome of the taat| "i* pockets, |the majority of electric globes madet|num; 4, Viscount Ypres: ‘i eeictareie tae ace bby . nel, Roi or pealth when it Is some other fellow's > thet eo 01 F i é 4 k | 1 fe Vizcount ue : Son” jonephy Selman, Charen Brawn, | wits prefer the girl who stays at home and) “neers to the question, asGleria of Washington Helahte—You | 4. What titte wus conferred on| Venice: 7, Funeull Hall, Poston: tec ar. wee (he ene tay fist onde! and Hetty Baker | 3M makes doughnute? Has the girl who/O BBLS OF TO-DAY MARRY | 1 ju: aevottor with two mul.|@e% French for hde services I )ron trying: 10, Weltington; 11, Sir|fanguld turn, she devoted more al fist Mondel and Hetty Baker FOOLISHMENT. Gohavea er mather eed te chance] 99s60ny “OVE Of MONEY? lok bestia abtanleed. | France? Galahad; 12, Via Doloroaa. tention to the dinner than to the con —- Our Willie pitched a cartridge up, PAYS |. Sergean: ick—"They want the , 6. In what French city is an olf| a versatic When the repast ‘a . tn a regular fellow? Or will he| dough time, Mine does, b Velvet Cyril—Of course, the giris| 6. | was PROM EVERYWHERE. And on the stove it struck, na * dancing ability ‘and| don't care 2 Ue ibe dot: tat I narry for love. How can you doubt] Roman amphitheatre used to stage Hi Superionity. : e | e turned ‘to her left+hand We hadn't bought his school books yet. ? That's the winner|as she sticka with the ship, them? bull tehte? What kind of a fiddler ‘nm hat thers yea hast eet Rife: Oh, were we not in luck? for thia week, so unpack oulja from| Queen of Sheba—I reign over the| Jean the Cook—Glve me love and ®| ¢ hat city was known o@ tho|big young son-in-law of Gabe Gan-|gentieman talking eure ' his little wooden box and whisper, Coun, ot the Harcastlo Bachelorettes,| i romance What's money tO MY) nae of the Beat” dpr’s?” asked an acquaintance “Progressive Peru,” was the > ha en MEN PR R THE MODERN | 4 ey say that a girl who marries} young \ife yrinest in the land!" replied « “Ig that Bo?” continued th FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. re TO THE OLD-FASHIONED | {0% Money is contomptibie.a girl who| Hal Kareon—Take it from me, If] 7. What butiding te commonly 7H nett an itn ge, AIK. "You | woman, with nitntied the ge 04 Cin 50 oll thar GIRL? marrics for love is pitiable, and one! juu aave ov money they give you thy} wiea he “Cradle of Liberty?” worn a ending the | luck le a ene eee Dow's lose any time tn who marries for both is lucky, bound te change, but . “fe all out for 4, berry with w capital BR ‘Know, it had got 60 that most every! how do you play it?"—~Harpers & Round what cupe le the Miving time» airanger showed uD Gb 6 danes ssing