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+ Bim what be was doing in New York. “Just S By CHARLE THE NEW PLAYS | A Charming Romance CIMIC PAGS THURSDAY, NOLIN ITE 4, 1920 Or, if There Isn't Any Meat, Bring Him Chops! You'Lt HAVE To WAIT, yer | \ THAT Cook oF OURS WOULD NEVER MAKE Muct | OF A TENNIS PLAYER- { HER ‘service'is FA | ‘tf WELL, LT AIN'T PARTICULAR | xx Oe Mx ie NYS THAT BREAKFAST ILVE BEEN YELLIN’ FoR # THE ROLLS AIN'T CoMe YET | “| AN THERE'S NoT AN ..— OUNCE OF BREAD IN \ ‘ 2 THE House ! uppose ” S DARNTON __ 66 A OTHORI" The cry raised on son might well be sounded for “Just Suppore,” the comedy by A. EB. Play that its author cannot be praised too highly good taste and good writing, there hi best days of Clyde Fitch to equal this admirable work of Mr, Thomas, ‘With all the possibilities that the visit of the Prince of Wales may Rave sugepeted to playwrights there fo @ happy ending, yet here is a charming romance, Bot write tis way out of the thing called tradition, but he,did manage to ‘write @ story as fresh as youth, with the pulse of romance beating truo to Mf He has worked a spell that if you fke, simply because it is univ Dored dy ali the fuss made over him tn Washington and finding peace and Jove in the little Virginian girl whose home he happens to hit upon in a dey ride. He comes back like a good marry her, but she is compelled to remind him of his duty to his country &nd keep him oply in her heart. ‘With rare courage the playwrigh yet he does it with so much discretio admiration, A man who writes hmself earning the admiration of London, even though London might Rot give {ts approval to an overseas h Matt with en aching in her heart, but = thal very good chap of her own country who asks nothing more than tm her neighborhood. ‘This fine pinay |s finely acted. ‘ances of the first quality. romance. For her part, there is a bit Must take this if you are t take the pley for what it is worth, and the} Play ts a thing of gentility, not royal Geoffrey Kerr is thoroughly likable as @he Prince, and Fred Kerr ts a courtly diplomat, Then there actress, Mrs. Thomas Whiffen, to give distinction and the flavor of laven- | @er to the play. Leslie Howard te engagingly amusing as the “pal” of the| Prince, and Patricia Collinge is appealing as the pretty heroine of the| 8 many a first-night for, no good rea- any night at Henry Miller's Theatre, ‘Thomas, is no fine a For delicacy, charm, as been no American play since the is the difficulty of bringing romance Mr, Thomas could may be described as “international,” ersal, His Prince is a human being. sport ready to chuck the throne and Soran te Pw Patang Go BAY Pt Well SHOKE ME OUT A PILL ANDY — 1, WAN'TA GET IN ON “THIS Game! . oBoY— LX HAD A Time. OF tT DAWGONNIT! AN’ THEN 1 WAS AFRAID SHE'D WAKE UP WHEN 1 STARTED “TH’ CAR —— HAH-HAH MAN — You SHOULDA SEEN ME GUMSHOE. (T “THROUGH “TH! House So'S NOT “To WAKE “TH WIFE UP! SHE was TAKIN’ A NAP t throws himself upon a stone wall, om, ingenuity and grace that he wins ag A. B, Thomas writes might easily MISTO JINKS — A LADY AM all 6 D' PHONE! holiday, For our part, we have @ girl with the change of learning to care Here are two perform- | is that exquisitely lovable old too much strain in the end, but you, ity, simple, sincere and romantic. About Plays By BIDE (UST how many lineal descendants of Hyam Salomon, the Jowish patriot, who helped finance the American revolution, are there living im Greater New York? Arthur Levy, Manager of Louls Mann’e starring vehicle, “The Unwritten Chapter,” ‘Would like to know. In the brief spa of time that the play has been at the Astor Theatre exactly thirty-seven persons have approached Mr. Levy and proclaimed themselves direct de- gcendants of Mr, Salomon. One of these made his claim the basis for a request for free admission to the show. Circumstances made it neces- gary for the manager to decline to igsue the pass. It made the alleged relative of Salomon angry. ,” be said, “you're a bum patriot.” ‘ “And,” replied the polished Mr. Levy, “I would describe you in the omitting .the final With that the manager abrupty turned away and began polishing his monocle. SHE LOVES PASTRY. Sam L. Rothafel, of the Capitol, ad- vises us that Martha Wilchinski has deen made a preas representative of that theatre. “Her name sounds like a Russian revolution,” writes Mr, Rothafel, “but the Impression is wrong, association with Ru tiable desire for Danish pastry.” Doesn't that description take the cake? THIS 18 IMPORTANT. ‘We have been reliably informed by Betty Pecan, of “The Century Revue,” at the Century Promenade, that tho designs stencilled on the bare ankles of the giris at each performance cause them no bother. “The mixture used is Iampblack,” @he says, “and washes off with no ef- fort at all.” ‘Miss Pecan, by the way, in sald to be & cousin of Jefferson Shrewsbury Nutt, ALBERT WESTON DEAD. Albert» Weston, of Weston and Lynch, died jn London recently, He fw survived by his widow, . Mr, Weston was a leading gomedian in the pantomime, "Fun in an English Music Hall," which toured the American vaudeville circuits sov- eral years a£0. FLYNN AMAZES FATHER. Joo Flynn, press agent, who uses Arthur Hammerstein as a means of gaining a livelihood, has an old father Philadelphia who really likes his Not long ago Joo was In his home town and the elder Flynn asked “T write pieces for the newspapers,” replind Joe. You ah, . i WELL “THAT DoeS'NT Wilt be as bright as now 4t 42; nor woarl dou IW FATHEADS “Cuckoo IS Ate OTA on Prove THAT He'd 7 care Pe feos ' ; E ; ' - A ; SAY MN DAD -1 Sfosc HES BEEN How DARE You ON TH’ CORNER That i with @ deauty-lov- |, NT Ger A SN rN ARGUIN WITH A ees bol \ “| Can upward gaze to pierce its limpid He eee cop’! No cop “THERE ; aie To watch the cloudlets and the skim- oO Nellie]... and Players DUDLEY ay NENT By Way of vel (By Bert “Adair Berinott, You musT AT Puce It’s oft been said that woman is COME ON S , a mystery to us that we toill never raack “3 eae ne Se hore quite sce through, no matter how we To Hea hg s iz fuse, It'e-said that woman is a book \ CANDY store} Sewanee! Seeene forever closed to man, though now . —_ Se ae and then she condescenda to slightly a ft the ban, Ite oft been said we cannot hope to fathom womankind and to that fact the other sex might well make up its mind, But we have called the libel out and dragged it in the dirt. We see right through her now with easo—thanks to the modern skirt. BUT WHY SHOULD IT? Alice Bricker, of “The Guest of fonor,” at the Broadhurst Theatre, often writes poems, The other night, while all was still, sentiment overtook her and caused her to write and send us the following: . When I am gone the high, cerulean THE ILL HAVE You, ming swallows fly. WHERE ARE THESE GIRLS? A Brooklyn young man writes us to ask where a show called “Small's Out- rageous Girls" ie playing. All we can say ts that the girls aren't playing around in our vicinity. GOSsyIP. “Mnma's Affair’ is being filmed. “¥dir and Warmer” will be played in Poland. “Meoe: has been published in book form. h v0) Py Irving Fisher will be in “Sally of 8 sR) Our Alley. & Bellinger has jotned the “ of Helen” cast “Over the Hil" goes into the Lyric t the Ches Aye, afternoon. ie attainment SsseuN ee ie staff of an Elmira newspaper ANRY DONT. % ” Py fim YTD Top” Inat night. seo Ort SUPPOSE YOU ; ONE Ih MY "CLASS . z = Phipb, of Wis Gash uved! tate one:of PEPER SOME TOOT one OD COULD HARON EID peeiae ieee Nein cen cee ee PLE C x COMPANY \ nan . “Mood ‘Times, at the Hippodrome, LOs— Gee Siena - PLACE! Se “ome-Beus' ! will be played the 150th time to- night. It holds the attendance. Oliver Morosco, who {s in Call- fornia, sends word East that he will build a big picture theatre in Los Angeles, “Ladies' Night" at the Eltinge wil reach Its 100th performance this eve- ning, So far not one of the ladies of the cast has caught cold. Isabet Mohr, who has been tn vaudeville, hay been engaged for “Broadway Hrevities’ at the Winter Garden. SOMETHING WMH Hip record for WAEAD f 9 By what name is the belt of calms in the North Atlantic between Jatitudes 30-35 called, 10, What is the part that fits into the mortise in a mortised joint? 11, From what State does Senator Lenroot come? 12. From what insects was formic acid frst made?, ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. 1 Order of “st, George; Brabanconne;, 4 Nitro glycerine; 4, Ismail Pasha; 6, O. M. Mitchell; William and Mary; 7, Aristocles Clarence Kummer; 9, Horse lativu 4@, Tenon; U4, Wisconsin; 12, Ants, 2% La } count to 100,"* members of the n will the Belmont ne party is tn thi fit for the You nization, | dded to the et | © Mesare, Shiv neerta, The first r next Sunday | ut 5 RUSTY AND BUB gole —_ Tas Angeles, } HEN aaltt | KX Gotta A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY - rhe DOG NOW — +e SNAPS re Tunte Murehefskt of the Bronx has found a way to keep hin rent from Too I being raised. He has murried bis u andlord’a daughter, FOOLISHMENT. Anna, while in school one day, Ate bananas, so they aay, Teacher, in @ haughty mannah, Sald: “I think I must ban Anna.” FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. “My three-year-old daughter oan “Well, it's usually the little things that count.”