The evening world. Newspaper, June 3, 1921, Page 24

4 | ' | THE NEW PLAYS “Snapshots of 1921’ a Laugh Hitter. BY CHARLES DARNTON ‘The talent for burlesque that Lew Fields aisplayed in his celebrated ‘MPusic hall days was again in evidence @e the Selwyn Theatre last night, ) When “Snapehots of 1921" hit the mr show target with a bang. With a biond wig that made him Wook young enough to start his guy pareer all over again, Fields first giammed one hat after another on the head of Lulu MpConnell, who was| nl funnier than the hats that didn't) er, Then there was Field y in kneg pants during iidren’s Hour in a Modern } .” with boxing gloves a8 harmless This skit had the old-time and It knocked out no en igbs. But best of all was "The Triangles,” by James Mont- ry Flagg, in which a wife first incidentally as the stake in a of bridge, after which Fields as Yerribly rich Westerner solved the estic problem by a flourish of his book and then gleefully called @ convenient !ady established on tral Park West. ‘Tbe fun of al! Was a bit sophisticated, as you guess, but its shoer bravado hed aside any question of pro- . Mr. Flagg is both an artist an observer. His skit, accord- jy, ia the cleverest part of the non- that makes “Snapshots of 1921" igh hitter. Wolf Hopper was leas fortunate Mr. Fields, He figured gro wely in a rather witless thing ad “Clara Da Loon,” and he gmoked o bad cigar in a detective hor- wet to equally bad rhymes. He mo author to help him. Bayes, on the other hand, was ed by her dressmaker. Her alzo a mainsiay. She “vo- ined” lustily and scored with a coon pong that had to do with the joys of day. But her sentimental ditties sad beyond words. Bhe had a dable rival in Miss McConnell, was asi amusing and espe, ly funn: she gave a hand to ing a Yyungalow on a New York with the possible ald of George okay, who, like the rest of us, loved Bee Lulu work. “Go easy,” said he, smember your operation.” Delyle sang nicely, Gilda Gray gave rely a suggestion of her inimitable y dancing, and a lot of pretty — kept the show going till it was | VETERANS GET LEGAL AID. —— for everybody to go home, —>_—— Mylan W@irects City Service for ‘Weunded Secking Rights. All Goods Marked in Plain Figures Our Liberal Credit Terms Apply to Long Island, New Jersey and Connecticut MOTOR TRUCK DELIVERIES 86th Street Crosstown Cars and Buses ‘Two Blocks Away S4th Street “L” Station at Our Door 4-Piece Heppelwhite in Antique Ivory. 3-Piece Period With Fireside Chair and loose indestructib! Neatly carved. With bow foot end Bed, four pieces, as illustrated |ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL | STEINWAY TUNNEL SUSWAY | PURCHASES MONTEBELLO. WESTERN TERMINUS MOVED Swann Heselis Old Ryan Home To Be at dist Street and biwhel Use as Archbishop's Real- Avenue Inn Street dence Rumored, and Brondway. Montebello, @ residence near Suffern N. ¥., erected ten years ago at a cost The western terminus of the Queen borough subway's St of $300,000 for tho late Mra, Thomas is not to be at 42d Fortune Ryan, bas been purchased by way, ax planned originally : George J. Gillespie, an attorney at No. @n 41st Street, slightly west o t 2 Vesey Street, noting, i ie Avenue. After two years « a said, for ch officials connect wan with St. Patrick's Cathedral. ¢ place which Includes 182 acres, waa the Property of District Attorney Swann, who bought it two months ago. Mr. Gillespie denied a peraistent rus mor that house vd been purchased as @ residence Archbishop Hayes, Jand said it would probably be used for charitwble or educational purposes. Mrs, Ryan, often referred to as “the }woman who gives away a million a year,” spent muah of her time at | Montebello before her death, in October, W17, Tho house contains forty rooms and ia built of brick and stone, It is on 4 hill one mile from Suffern, on the goad to Nyack, and seven miles from uxedo The sale wae made through Joseph P. Day of No. @ Liberty Street, by T. M. Galbreath, and the Interborough Rapid Transit Com pany The new plans carry the from Grand Central throug! to @ point east of Sixth A it swings under Bryant Park into 4tst Street, continuing under that thorough fare to the prospective terminus weat of Wighth Avenue It Is the expectation of those respons thle for the change that lew will result at 42d Stree for Conditions also will be improved on the | huttle trains between the eust and west | wide subways at 42d Btreet, because passengers from Queens will not be poured Into that now overcrowded | shuttle. If, as planned, a north and south sube way Is construc under Eighth Aye- nue, the Queensborough line can be hooked up with it. The Transit mission has advertised for bids op va- rious sections of the proposed new Steinway route to be opened next Fri PARK ROW NEWSIE SHOWED LONDON HOW TO SELL ’EM. “King” Cole ¢ ed Letter From of Wales In Manhattan. Aylan—Met Prince Sold “Extras With a crew of stewards made up In Part of hands who volunteered because of the strike in England, the liner Old North State of the United States Mail Steamship Company, arrived yeaterday from London. Samuel H. “King” Cole, Park Row neweboy, who went abroad as a stew- ard, returned with the conviction that London lucked the “pep of New York. He 19 a leading spirit at the Newsboys’ Home in William Street and carried a letter from Mayor Hylan, He said, he met the Prince of Wales, who expressed & wish that he could return to this country in time to sce the Dempscy- Carpentier fight, and also was intra- duced to tite Lord Mayor af London, He did some campaigning for a newa- boys’ home to be built in London, One day he grabbed a bunch of papers from @ boys hands at Charing a and showed him how to sell “extras” a la Manhattan The result was a traffic jan. | —_—_>——_ | BLACKWELL’S ISLAND ' PRISONERS FIGHT FIRE. hea Filled With Bags and O11 Destroyed im Spectacular = | Biase. An old and tsolated bullding In the centre of Blackwell's Island, oppon' East 61st Street, used for storing bu lap bags and ofl, burned to the grout in a huge blaze yeaterday afterneon, ‘The fire was at no time threatening to/ the other bull..ngs of the taland and the inmates were not alarmed. Forty barrels of oll, the. pi GROCERIES, Finest ASPARAGUS Fancy Pack; irty of the Department of Public Ww difatre, wore y atored in one end of the bullding, | a Farsknown ay theo'ald stone ated fn | California Spears; e other end, a Dodge automobile, the | property | of ” Supt “Conurove’ ot large 2}4 can, the City Hi two auto van tops, belonging to the Department of Cor- rection, were kept. The total loss is Cc leas than $3,000, When the blage was, first | seen Warden it 6.20, he sumone the Binckwoit's Maland tire brigi ‘a teen prisoners who have been selected and trained for fire fighting. These men, with the available apparatus, pre- Vented the spread of the fire to a nelgh- boring pier, and fought tho flames until four companies came from Manhattan. TEAS Others cannot equal our quality at twice the price; per lb., 35c ———_—_—- SIMS GUEST OF PREMIER. LONDON, June 3,—HKoar Admiral Willlam 8, ‘Sims was the guest of Pre- | it. | Harvey and seve! | AMUSEMENTS. 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