The evening world. Newspaper, October 15, 1920, Page 36

~~ * SS arrraets Cohan Best of Fellows In “Meanest Man in the World” By CHARLES DARNTON Tia the performance, not the play, that matters at the Hudson Theatre— the remarkably direct, telling and sympathétically tuman performance M. Coban, in Augustin Mackiueh's sumewhat etingy Meanest Man tn the World.” Bot a first night, Cohan was compulled to eny nome i H play to an insistent audience at this actor-author-«cnanager, of our theatrical world, just as Henry Irving, in a greater way, into the heart of London, it is heart, more than anything 2 pute Into the character of a sentimental young lawyer mean, and, fortunately, this is ao true of George M. Cohan only to act himesif to make us believe the play in good. An word, “personality,” is significant in thin relation, for tt) jan and the amazing work he does, To guard against poanibie | hurled himself into a play thag ie a mixture of “Got [ich ford” and “Turn to the Right.” But in it, aside from bust. thie feet, that happinens ie the most important thing In the Popularity is too chow He bas won for himasif the - bee ree 3 E pei : z JOE ‘world. 19 Ralph Sipperty is funny as a clerk, Marion Conkiey in pleasing os ‘Maroine with ofl to her name, but first and Inst jn “The Meaneat Man tn the} World.” George M. Cohan remains the best of fellows. About Plays and Players 1: __By BIDE DUDLEY AVING served in “Crooked Gam. THE NEWS IN RHYME, blors” for some weeks, ‘Taylor! This ig what HBattle-Axt the bloke Holmes bhe caught the gum. | Correspondent of the Wallavilie Optic, | bling fever and intends to produce a| "% \Y Bay this woek Recollect young Charley Snow, Biay. Au announcement says be hax 1" tt vi accepted for immediate production a “ just three monthe ago? fomantic opera antitied “The Ghost Ma4n-low came down tast week Baetweon,” by Vincent Lawrence, wha, He and wife now never apeak Das collaborated with Hugo Riesen- | Grandpa Gabbert’s got a corn, @al4, pitot of the mood whip Rivoll- | Lectures on it ev'ry morn Rialte-Criterion, in its prepardtion. | Down ot Halsey's grocery store; Mr. Holmes wii put the opern in| ;arest is, it's pretty sore, Beeaconl. 18 SBOUS OWE WHONS AU) sre Betley’s ailing come, it to hop off Deo. 1. Whether Liver's somewhat on the Bum file lithe and well-dressed personality | Wit grace the cast, deponent knoweth | 20Ctor says the dangers small, weet, but our gusba ie that tt will. Meanwhile stings her three per call. pnd, Old Joe Lake choked on a fty ROLE FOR MLLE. QUADRI, | Got it on a plece of pie, Mile, Theresa Quadri, a French! Though old Joe is rether stout, spera singer who was engiged 10! Blamed neariturned him insite out Parts by Henry Wi Savage to ning! piny Lemp és doing fine, Works on Corning's street car line, here in a musical production, bas und f . ‘There Scene a ane, raes, | Paniag wo fae etc there | ents, Mr, Savage has given hor one of | #¢ 1 now a Bill of fare; j the dramatic sort in “Cornered,” | That's a foke—I made tt up- Madge Kennety's new piny Punk enough to kill a pupy | ri Quese I'm getting full of tacks, . 8POOK NOTE. Well, so tong: Yours— ' “Taree Live Ghosts” will move BATTLE-AX, Monday trom the Greenwich Village @ Nora Bayes, MORE PLAYLETS. ‘The Stuyvesant Players will present ANOTHER FOR ERLANGER, at No, 38 Mendougal Street on Oct Bhaneel sane 22, 23, 29 and 9 tho following play- ‘ng? insane of £9 / iota: | Triumph," by John Mcatpiu, | Mason Opera House in Les Angelos 4 & Princeton atudent; “Tho Pierrot of - ; ‘| : , fae been finally constmmated and|the Minute,” by rest Dowson and 1 ; \ 7 y She: Found Him Before She Found Him Out ! P Be will take pommmssion of the theatre “Tue Bear,” » Anton Ghanay, “ | THE _BIG_LITTLE FAMILY a a — geal tanks — ' immediately. Mr, Erlanger -will ren- | fi Aso. REMEMBER | avate and redeoorage tt. Wikis 6 Marske nent" (Ge. and ke / rons WHAT T SAID \ AND “To “HINK= [Mou Were QUITE. ———-——. LENT HAS A HURIO ber ee f. weURE No Bete \ I THouaHT ‘ou “OBSCURE” BEFORE — _S were You DioNT bed < srevities” Hy sf BuT lal 2 * ad Wo ure plonsed to be abte to an-|at the Winter Garden until Janet | il ast entail), A “HERO” WHEN E MARRIED et cals HAVE ANY “TRousie ounce that James Lent, the double.) The Capito! now has a woman barp- | — fat in ite orahostra, Sha is Wanda de Chiart, Sylvia Ellas, ponsemor of a fine soprano voica, bas been added to the) Strand’s singing contingent Ruth Mitchell, “What are Gompera?” during the late la- mented actors’ strike, ia in “Hitchy Koo,” lad, Ray-| that looks ike a gourd. ‘The burio is pronounced “wee-ro,"’ ut it sounds worse than that when played. TO FEATURE LULU. Lew Fields has given Lalu Movon~- gel of “Poor Little Ritx Girl" a three-year contract and will feature "hor in a new play next season. “Poor Tattle Rite Gin” closes its ongage- mont at the Central to-morrow night and will open Monday at the Majea- ‘Ue, Brooklyn, who asked And, incidentally, that mond Hitchooek, tas given his show the sub-title of "A National Neces- aity.” Fred Stone ts to have a Kansas night at “Tip Top.” Good idea, rider! | We'll all be there. “Tho Night Bont" will celebrate tts | 300th > York performance at the | Liberty Theatre to-morrow afternoon, Kathieno Martyn of the Ziegfeld “Midnight Frolic” ty to take part in the Bonus Parado as a gucat’ of the | Aero Club, Thals Magrane of ‘“Becwuse ot| Holen” has been made Secretary of | the Women's Auxillary of the 8. Ran. kin Drew Post, Aimerican Legion, Sanger & Jordan have received a request for the London rights to| “Kissing Time.” If the piece in pro- | duced there Edward Royce may g0| over, “Anyway,” TO STAGE PLAYLETS. ‘The League of Amorican Penwomen, » Mhrough the New York Auxiliary, has closed ite playwriting competition ‘ud will produce four plays, They are “P's and Q’a” by Annie Nathan Mayers; “The Door of Miracies,” by Buth Underhill; “Euphemista,” by Mrs. Elizabeth d’Aliaga, and “White Pullps,” by Mra, Ruth Van Valken- burg Vuae, The thoatre and date of the performanos will be announced oon. ( says the w. k Morn ing Telegraph, "Levinsky oun tell hiv grandchildren he once fought 1 great Georges Carpentier.” Whaddye mean, fought? Mabel Burke, feature of the bill at | Proctor’s Fifth Avenue this wook, { introducing some new ponge. A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. Every woman thinks that if her troubles were dramatized and staged they'd be more heart-rending than | “Kast Lynne.” THEM YONKERS GIRLS. Big Buttons of Yonkers ta trying to tmeite trouble among the poocts, He has went us the following: Now that the war {3 on again, Just hear what I've to say, and then @o up to Yonkers, and whtle there See if the Nassau girls compare With all the beauties we conceal, And where goodtookers ail are real, Por that our girls have won renown, And made our dear old Yonkers town Stand frat when beauties we com- pare: FOOLISHMENT, On leaving home each morning. He seldom had a cent; Hts wife was a piantat and Her touch was excellent FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE “Bam, does you hub mer’ i n has plenty of roa ike that! "=« 10 What ts the birth stone for | and efficiently hastened his departure. | summer guests ‘bought them up for | Munertoe ‘ Bo alt you others take the air. “Lab you, honey? Why Ah'd rathah 3 Maroh? Oh, dad,” wailed the falr Ph; \decorative pygtposes. 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S vover if her ieee’ “favored” way found such dtfficulty in getting | x trey mber, “living In a great i \” wax r they came into the tramear. Wha ivttore Ko M t give @ feller an| young man specially his salts to work through want of wind | ‘ f poe ai i city must give o£ meet he was continually behind with |The woman eat with tightly pressed mean in olectrioity? (hg i oriter h naionnG lodaselant a: slr.” | “Phat young MF, Smarte, who come rm The Gelay annoyed the | lips, her hands gripping her umbrella! 3. Who printet “Historyes tone: 11, Bt Qaudens; 22, PR Baal “What put "that notion into, your|here, seems a clever eort of inauy fare’ ‘conmider the, advinabiisty. ot | 71y . Sie Sret-bank printed. tn neawes iT 2 % Reeth eank Smaceaa | = ' head?" the thin carpenter inquired. i" ide,” she hygan . 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