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THE EVENING WORLD, _TUBSDAY APRIL 26, 1921. Ww a ' , Billy MUSEMENTS. _ AMUSEMENTS. | AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. | AMUSEMENTS. Billy Watson is a real Amsterdam] ASKS PUBLIC T ren (New) comedian ae TT Tren, ad & & Grn. Eh W Thea in or TOM Ts THB NEW PLAYS Tiere are. avive tunetyl metoaies.| DANCE CENSORSHIP|| “"BAsging Suowas | Sisen IN THE NiGh COMEDY 393) Mi: TO-NIGHT 3) — — led by the Misses Coate, Knowles and | eaesera® IN TH NIGHT ‘WATCH |$ Pane vivian c T T Harte. The Hi number with Mi agus E now ie eee | id touroy d US: Marrie mANTIN ABITOL THEATRE tor e overall number with Miss aD . MEH an Skee” | THE AMBASSADORS. 87, Bway. Fra Fae. NEW YORK iss Knowles Is particularly fetching. Wal-| Commissioner Gilchrist. Explains uh. or, Bovey * | PLAYHOUSE & reap. Bria 8.18 anvite p ter Morrison and Mise Knowles stop P | THE ROSE GIRL Wim, Free and Sa, 2.15. June Love” the show in the first act with their] Main Feature of New Terpsi mcvesman?_ | DORISKK Ee, & tar raree Apr. 14th, 198 a Summer Show | melodies, ‘The show is well cos- Sohean UKs HUBERT Tire. tiie, wg ny Bre 830 ANExoviance Mr. D. W. Griffith, tumed aad CA pull off some chorean Law | NGLIN : Sat. ate. 20, BOOTH “5, Tove. 303 Longacre Bldg., N. Y. City antaliaing trick steps. ae ; JOAN a ‘10 808 » N.Y. ‘ » aalie Hveryone knows what ia decent ; | MAnganer AN | in Agere wea oe iin 2 S DARNTON ‘ es attic Th n W, of IS way, Bye. 13 or ARC My Dear Mr. Griffith: B) CRARLF. RN’ '\\ CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG and what i indecent In pubtie be BROADHURST ive atin 48 | tsut ABH ST. Bex Bothy ek ARLIS jlonadl te GODDESS Most of us look upon your great spectacle, “The Birth of a At the Knickerbocker Theatre inst! MAKES A GO OF “HUSH” | conses Gilchrist to-day HAMBBEN | | ts BR so hatt, Tira Bhat, 2.10 3 LIVE GHOSTS Nation,” originally Produced in 1915, ae the ploneer of Right a young woman with a dash of AT CAPITOL THEATRE| tne new law which makes him censor | comnts | JA PTT ATT Ae RR wT the super specials that have played in the high price Would you take me for nee |of New York City’s dancing morals. wk Wa he, oe, oe LONGAORE, W. o9 Ri, Bry, 33. Mats. Wee. & Sit theatres of the metropolitan district since then. Of these BIJOU £6 hte The only| That crowd in front of the Capitol]! rely upon the sound moral judi Matinoos Wed, dav, 2.90 Ge 1k: 4 GRANT | tthe Pun: | THE some were of foreign make and many were American cre- | answer can be a drawn n-0-0. | Theatre last night was waiting for| ment of public opinion for assiatance Bi RICH STeEl Pn t. MITCHELL | fen’ | CHAMPION ations. Invariably each new presentation has been com- / “June Love” was # the pace|the doors to swing open so as to get ne conduct of balls and dances,” Aly, | ae 5 Z pared in some way or other to “The Birth of a Nation.” I + 48 4 summer show, an’ ee Beau-|right in to see their favorite, Clara| said the Commissioner, “We shall oo | ns : personally have listened to thousands of such comparisons, in monte took Broadway feet and| Kimball Young, in “Hush,” a rather | endeavor to apply the law with com- Are You a Hot | THE MERCHANT OF VENICE It occurs to me that as a vast number of fon picture W made it the thorou her danc- ing screen production by Sada| mon sense. Those who seek to take | | wit EDWARD | patrons have developed in the intervening yest: now is the ; ing tricks, Bise J sang nicely hi Tt proved (0 be an exoellent | unfalr’ aAvantag will find no arr JOT LED: WALDMANN WALKER time to let the public see this thrilling spectacle once more. } enough, Johnny © made @ fool|vehtcle for the sndoubted histrionic | of further utilizing public dance halts I ure You Sra témuiliat with the Sim 4 ‘ of himself entertainingly, but Mise| talents of Miss Young, ‘The plot was the exploitation of the public.” | Ae BE Are You « Grounding? = feu Hanke Meta Avie Oa —— = ¢ Beaumonte again and again soored|thin—very—but who cares for a plot ne New dance hall law provides | A ‘ ‘ " od ; the hit of the show.” Timid? Not] when one has on the At no organ f hold a dance Ast 7 wo keeping with these it would afford us the greatest pleasure and W. H. Post, The music of Ru-| qrrican desert were shown wit #2 and for a license $50. Application | | “LILIOM” | | THEATRE Mr. S. L. Rothafel N.Y. OH, Ape: TRG; a i dole | was tuneful, and there|dent satisfaction. A good we for @ permit must be made a month | : i RI sik heatre, N. Y. Cit f hree clever lyrics picting in particular the magnificent | in advance of the dance or ball a vamatne cuitp rropuctton iP | jnepuntic, w. 42d St, Maua Wed, & sat 2: Y 424 St. & Broadwa Capitol Theatre, y habe fee al the pebble neavy gun practice of | the | —_ FRAZEE Wet: (24 St. Prenines at #9 GRACE LARUE and DEA aWich Datty, 215 & RIS PW |P f| My Dear Mr. Rothafel: iene Giket has evidently Ot) imeet of dreadnoughts, was re Daring Bronche ater Taken Matiness Wed and Hat A 90, 1) MACE HAMILTON | THE WORLD'S GREATEST! Your letter of the 14th inst. gave me a pleasant second by ‘A good actor, Lionel Pape, played a] “Wh APPROVAY us ine house is | Patson Wren (Cate Pe TAYLOR HOLMES .2¢°°h" mane The 1 t Ye MOTION PICTURE! suggesting an opportunity to see “The Birth of a Nation” ‘ader ave warseit teats 0.6 an actunt | in itwelf an attraction that re wards a | r preity tc dae Kee oral (HEATRE fed in 48 ear | again before an American audience, A eel veon a ted acter ana 6 | "44 HORSEME TWE DAYAL SEATS RESERVED Nw. ein | Mla Ws. twara a ou 290 Tam nét one who seta much store tn compariaons, Tt “Peck’: " at the wrong station, finds tine to| st the comedy “Beck's Had BOY." tt] raake love to the station mistress aud | mata, “Clair de Lune”|| BROADWAY “ B RT ” Geren favorite plays the character|*ve her prom the duplicity of two | tc teeeaan wa ki an ea T 4 ST. ora ‘ ‘of the bad boy in a praiseworthy|*Windiers who would cheat her. | ZIEGFELD sia Continuous, Noon SIRO a Rae ee reac "stan 'S ||| So CAPITOL THEATRE Next Sund — 4 oa@y which Fatty has ossaye. e i} z pressions are a delight. ‘he adap-) dy, meh eats fat eee ‘LE RROL' | Adolph Zukor presents Second Week ay : Minht be expected by those who| throwing mirth provokers, His scc- ian : = ead the stories by Mr. Peck some ond is much better than the initial NEW AMSTERDAM ROOF—NEW ducts the orchestra in Herold’ a ; pag. in, tale the little fellow scores a “Zampe.” | Mr. Robert Parker war: | KNICKERBOCKER oe SELWYN THEATRE, 42d St., W. of B'way TWICE Advertned f “Peck’s Bad Boy” | tea by] bles “Mother o! ie" while Murs} | War Te } ary eee Bey ne subctitios are| Mary, Fabian chirpe’ iltingly of | Sunday, May 1 Mark Twain's Greatest Comedy aati I, She suggested Ethel Levey es and flashed a gold tooth when the musical comedy market -betrayed| Rothafel’s bill for the week was, as| dance without a permit may have |iis | wi weakness. In an Egyptian dance and | hia come to be ihe i this house, revoked, Restaurante, DOWN DWGRIFAITHS |e es We 18, Drigs, bek | manner befitting its wonderful reputation, Pleasantly front and backed off to loud applause wag a successful | places where there Is public danc SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SAGAR | Yours very truly, With all the assurance in the world was Erik Ayl in his “Bed-| wilt bo subject to license. Hot wus we | a a ; whe danced into first piace sg ON Ped Pte with a minimum of fitty bedrooms, || PLYMOUTH titi nh ure f Eo By. Br | ig) OTHAFEL Dooley turned a funny trick here|that made music pleasing to the soul.|4nd halls belonging to churches, | LITTLE OLD NEW York" THE EMPEROR TONES ue as, | SES end there, but he was given little |Several very picturesque scenes in| charitable institutions and schools | | DIFF’R MeL al | ' ls rif ith | humor by the book of Otto Harbach | Color from the land of the cherry | are exempt, The fee for a permit is ENT Ft ie worse @inger. The chorus girls were gaarming, singing and dancing de- tfully ‘June Love” has tuneful charm and engaging young people Oa JACKIE COOGAN SHINES b : Fatty Arbuckle lt j MOROSCO THE BAT; 9 chariot race wae the last word in theitls, have my hearty consent and I humbly assure you that when AS A MISCHIEVIOUS LAD | a\00, \s | Miata WeaS@ tt £5 Pe scare atk Sigel Te the doors open that day I shall be one of the first in line, for IN “PECK’S BAD BOY’| Salesman,” the James Forbes play : se Ho it is now some three years since I have seen the production, ee! scenariaized into celluloid laushs, BELMONT “ e “Hosa ~ FULTON Wet fe Str tree. Dene. 4.30 Thanking you for your consideration, Jackie Coogan, as mischievous as| “CP 18 SR eAtine the els Theca- MISS | LULU BETT gia ENTER MADAME ‘0% Yours sincerely, fever, except that he breaks no win-| ‘70 audiences ‘his wool, Wo alt | | — a Fue (Signed) D. W. GRIFFITH cal eh py =O. icky ravelling |i | <iows with stones, in his latest role 4s the bad boy in the film adaption years ago, but it serves to show Guittle Jackie as the child who takes Mlelight in making trouble for others by Irvin 8. Cobb. Some of the titles tmight be improved upon, especially Rhose where slang is resorted to. Jackie has a wonderful time in weal live ants in his daddy’s lumbago Ibag and wraps a handkerchief around m deck of cards as the parent is going to church. What follows at hihe service must be seen to be ap- fpreciated. And Jackie gets the “tummy” ache from eating prunes, (dried appies and pickies and then drinking cider, all of which he “hooks” when he thinks the grocer hs not looking. The thrill of the ple- ture comes when the little fellow jyamps on a railroad velocipede and (tarts down the track with @ train tast chest “eter tana to te con penton A Dealer in need of Cash has moved his THE TAVERN vies Frederick Stahlberg and Joseph Littau Conducting 700 or® $ 1 .00 and 500 Good aus 50c loope when the pound catcher gets his “Tarbaby.” Jackie proves him- setf a hero by a timely explanation ‘of one of his pranks when he slipped ETE Sy ABSA “y Mise Young J. Frank lyn Williams, Jack Pratt and Bert Granby? until it obtains a permit, and a H- | | censee of a dance hall who allows u | blossom and the edge of the great he rest of his tf was afraid of. But the terrified him. He took poison esterday and Is expected to die, Saw der was paralyzed as the result of n| {ll from an outlaw horse a few months | os ‘AMPLE COMEDIAN” i MOUNTAIN OF FUNIN | “TRAVELLING SALESMAN” man who, after getting off the train | |g one. Dr. Hugo Reisenfeld, the versatile manager of the big-three houses, con “Racketty-Koo.” John Priest, the organist, completes the melodic offer- ings with Hollins'’s “Concerto Over- ture in C minor.” There is ‘haplin revival, Special Through Train Leaves ¥ . Stati = =730 New York. Housen Terminal = 73044 Revarning, leaves Philadetohia - 8.40% | “The Dy An Amazing Sacrifice! $335,000 Fiateca “aftancedSbat caine the RUG & LINOLEUM LIONEL ATWILL. ",gtivy:tacars ADOLPH ZUKOR BF KEITE NEW YORK] Incidental to fhe picture the Strand LIBERTY (Ss | ‘with wes? Rt presents B.EKEIT * VAUDEVILLE ck's y . 9 7 at ” iareneet singe eaek 9 2 Steck to the United Rug Mills, 121 W. 33rd St., for SIR JAMES M. BARRIE'S PALACE [RERTa Tee TCT aot! “HITS AND BITS” A HIT; Soi cai acy ahr LO saan Me HAS PRETTY GIRLS AND SLIDING BILLY WATSON QUICK CASH DISPOSAL 44™ ST. THEATRE | OAILY MATS 21S EVENINGS ETS WAY +, 65 W. 35th Eves, 6.20 Garrick fiitin. Bec 238 | ORS EM METRO H 0 a EMPIRE Biway & 40th & Matiness Wed. and ETHEL AND JOHN BAKR FROLIC], At Hi—Max Fisher's World's Best Dance Orch. HENRY MILLER fe 8.8% or ta" Thurs. & Sat, 7,30] A THEATRE GUILD PRODUCTION, P I Ms runner with LAURA HOPE CREWS and Notable Cast Thea, 8 st Woot RE ~ NICE PEOPLE ero. ‘Then. By & 434 ue’ COHAN citi Wed. ‘and 8,30.) | brn, at, 2.30, } MAXINE ELLIOTT'S Wo St, Bye. 4,30 Mats Wed asus? 2.20 “WOLDS AUDIENCE BREATHLESS,”— Sua SPANISH LOVE “DECEPTIO ‘QuetiBA Directed by J. Gerdon Edwarde. Moat Sensational and Most Thrilt- Ever Shown] Telegram. foe to secure your permission to make here an elaborate revival of “The Birth of a Nation” commencing Sunday, May Ist. Every effort will be put forth to present this work in a has always seemed to me that a work of art must stand uy on its individual appeal to the public. Regarding the proposition to present “The Birth of a Nation” under such happy auspices as an elaborate revival of it in your Capitol Theatre, commencing May Ist, you A Paramount Picture tmaking thi leasant for others, Cy Similar Excursions May 15, 29 ane AL. , ‘ 5 rr tiie ‘iets the lion out of a cage at a|loorwalker,” and a Prisma color St HUDSON wer tt > “oe With a Cast of 7,000 scene, gi KING ARTHUR'S COURT” site ty mamas. nina 5 ‘cireus, then by a ruse gets money | Picture, “Sunshine Gatherers.” ‘Ty AUGUSTUS THOMAS’ POWERFUL DRAMA THE MASTERPIECE OF ar 400 “™ $1 00 and 300 G00 SEATS 50 } 'from ‘his father so he and his pal eel ewe Pr aokitke cheer walks NEMESIS ia aocern ares Ordinwtrs onelestna ic pan see the performance, He puts) Ot ems house. fee ee OuvE Teh, ERNEST LUBITSCH, CREATOR No Week Day Matinee Seat Higher Than $1.00 OF “PASSION” in scenes that for color and splendor have seldom been equalled on stage or sereen—vast ensembles, brilliant pageants, stupendous set and tings of palace glimpses of court and SPECIAL MUSIC PROGRAMME RIVOLI CONCE battlement—intimate boudoir. RT ORCHESTRA Be 4 ted HARRIS {i wea, WELCOME STRANGEK * SIONEY BELASCO We" #41 St. Mreningn at 8.15 fm the Musical Comedy Lilt, “LADY BILLY," CRITERION ‘Sentimental TIMES CONTINUOUS SQUARE Noonto11.30P.M. | Asa Result D. W. GRIFFITH'S Gigantic Spectacle WILLIAM FOX PRESENTS TWO GREAT HITS! “A CONNECTICUT YANKEE "2" 500 "$1.00 and 300 “ier A Few Choice Orchestra Seats at $1.50 and $2.00 P A R K THEATRE TWICE 59th St. and Broadway DAILY “OVER THE HILL” by Will Cucieton Directed by Harry Millarde 700 Good Seats 50c | ALL SEATS RESERVED | 50c Bilas it $1.50 and $2.00 A Few Choice Orchestra Seat JULIAN ELTINGE A LYCEUM sis, 8. (4 8 Bre at 3.0 | Sokee's openavodue, a” y a ‘Check or Money Order Must y Order. INA CLAIRE ™ 3 we et ‘Screnal a = ae ste ¢: = Al ‘4 AYA co ; ‘watwon tthe burlemque divertiament $50 9x12 Smith's Seamless Wool Velvet GNgT Oo Be EA ae We 8 Bl STREST aoe. COTY CSSuE HAYAKAWA bts week at the Columbia Theatre. Alex Smith's ali wool exceptionally fine m ropa at Faces ‘proxies’ Wwtar saave} ond USUAL BIG VAUDEVILLE moveities, Charlle Ahearn with his LOSE. trenings A158 Mou Wed @ Ba Directed by John S. Robertson | wuree e ooe, CO, hue raudevilie stunt of trick cycling, and a Brown Bron ip Paine Ge A Paramount Picture ae eth (ule, What al Bea Waidy's tateney-” burlesque of Egyptian dancing as- mF and Har! Dixon, f FOUR MARX BRO: wisted by the giant, Shorty, and Paula “ To Fifth Week of In THE MEZEANISE PLOO et oa LYNN & HOWLAND & others LasT 7 Timea FOR SALE. Ahearn, lajoct lots of ginger into the “The Seventh Wonder of the Screen Worid.”’ Pama SoFt | Lauresteauior! =i ¥. Hewsis anoon.r eat. 2 HARTLEY MANNERS "3 = : 0” Saeteae csr baiesabal 7) ne CLARE RUMMER Prevents ROLAND ye ne [ALTO PATTY MAEUCSLF The Trevis Seleama TRAN ‘THE SKY PILOT’ ~ AOLLO'S WILD OAT i TIMES SQUARE CHARGE SAV meena stars, Sut 00 4.50 3 00 EVES, 6.90, WATS FRI, & BAT. 2.30 49th St TRAN own Arie, 1 Ovature 5 4 iss GLONOUS WEEK THOUSAND Ae PRACLING BIOs, BARNIMBAIL CY JACKIE COOGAN eT ea al TRIUMPHS! || * STARS & | Bee rwcoke mw cen DIAMONDS | . UITY ETROPOLITA' | WATCHES JEWELRY eat IR<U DH) scce n-ne vrs sen ae| | ANNUAL (ML oro ose N [Soros me ecg pi Weer coor PRUE R Ea] | Sodncs's omaiy pote |] SHOW, |Next Stind. Eve. ne TEENAGE nova. pxniond & wares co Neen es n seen this season.” N.Y, Werte. Hassar Short) AY 1S Tat 8.15 SEATS NOW ON SALE at Box Olfion, 9 A.M to 6 P. as anything that has on Broadway a Vrenahe! pantie foe Maman to oe intding ain, 8 tien Minn (WAR TAR ine UDED), Chil: Hh iat exon ait and! ver aimee. jay Nieal ook CY z co. a MAY 2 sm avs S'si, BROOKL 35 MAIDEN LANE, WATCH ns, | DIAMONDS, AAP ON oo | NO DEPOSIT REQUIRED Larges Amorument. All Goods Guaranteed. ‘Confidential. Write, phone or call. | Ne Red tw 2301 a Bi Fy Direct’ rail connections "gil pointe north, east WAY, € ROUND TRIP, wise WAVEATION &0 COMPANY 1 ‘ON. 5. BORLAND and Janes AO NeaieRSON: Hecetvern, r “It is-one of the funniest, GhanD Fle BOXt most likable, whimsically de- lightful films that the screen has seen in many a day. There DIAMOND, WATCH CO., CHARITY. egverticing tye copy sad release, ortere AMUSEMENTS. Sa Y isn’t a jarring note in it, and td reonived afar t eM. the er the spectator's esteem for the A MEN'S CLOTHES ON Bering vn, Wire shar f tnty ee “ASCAPITOL BROnDay | DANGE T0- NIGHT Fre aac ovints to rapidly as {||| Gala Home Coming Concert $1 DOWN, $1 oT Wi" to oA ‘Besta ot" Gap contain ‘Todvarines "to be AT Sit AL THE Nome oF the gcenes unfold that at the agg SUITS—$20-$25—OVERCOATS . fasds by he World meade Teorived br tT. Me. am Uh AM to Lt Yi Win Sateen, Shan Deamaity Sheaire Woadertit Smtuis ide apaa end one is ready to acclaim $20-$25— _Distay sarang te, cry fer Supcl: Tariuatial Wa tins, CLARA KIMBALL. fom ' him nothing short of great.” Cc VIA METROPOLITAN LINE a7h Miesedwuy. Renee Cottinnas a a oe Tian ties Mie ei ann amcantiti Hote St AON ent NEW YORK HIPPODROME, AND CAPE (00 Oe |] q vomaining engravings to meade brits word Lapin dagrucd “THE MIRACLE 01 sre ” JACK ] E 600 GAN THURS. EVE., MAY 5, 8.15 TYPEWRITERS—SALE OR RE! PROCEEDS 70 THE AMERICAN Com. in “PECK’S BAD BOY” MITTEE FOR RELIEF WOMEN CALDREN ron RENT A CORONA, MUSIC HALL *: 3. uae ve : : } iter you can fo + fat be, coli se sia , 5 Ek one (WILLY REILLY"4 & in i ERR Maken Bave alt Bans to On ile apts Hat $5.$10 Nolen) ii Eastern alah: Lines, Ine, | warp ett orbiuy Refe rots a omy |HIS COLLEEN BAWN( Pts Bronx Opera House {{32."8.14,4; ,!0 pot Soe TRAN wan poy peg I || ha w= | Corona Typewriter Inc., paurzava urs Suow Jane Cow! Fimo” | Coummin res ree| fiewing pay S| KEANSBURG BOAT) ‘iirsia torte | 1280 Broadway & 531 Fulton %, % gest soe