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THE NEW PLAYS Barney Bernard Scores In “Two Blocks Away.” | D li BY CHARLES ARNTON ‘parting from Abe Potash after many years, Barney Bernard may brush | © tears away, for he has found a next-door neighbor to him in| *ommerants, the simple, kindly old cobbler of Aaron Hoffman's | ‘omed vo Blocks Away,” which had its ups and downs last night at| Cohan's Theatre. | Tt need not be whispered that in} “~~~ ~~ Sinan Tang a form the y is like “The Auc-| ‘The “big scene” with the mirror is 0 5 ute /the Worst part of the play, and, like wropeetyy ede play itself shouts} tne extremely long first act, should this fact, while the shoes in it suggest) pe cut. But for the mowt part there that its chief actor might not make|1s homely humor th plenty @ stubborn stand aguinst stepping into the old ones of David Warfield This does not mean that Mr, Bernard | 4 isn’t firmly on his own feet, for he is so much himself that he c possibly be like anyone else, plode straight to su -| dustrously ingham star, He is thoroughly human| } and vastly amusing, and this should satisfy his ambitious soul. It doesn't matter to anyone but himself, per- haps, that he lacks the tremulous pathos of Warfield, He would prob-| ably be delighted to make us weep, but the truth —if we may break it to him gently—that we can manage at times to get along without this| pleasure. But if you're fond of wading in| and- minster | ront of and in no end ristie doings, Mr nimitable. J of othe Bernard | an Cope was in- ntimental as a most affe ate fence was deliriously The au eae By a0 HEW TORK: OPENING TO-NIGHT Marjorie Rambeau||. sentiment ‘ou will find | it ki deep in in “Two [locks Aw You may || “DADDY'S GONE even feel like dropping a quarter into | A- HUNTING” the gas meter just to make the dingy | 4 basement brighter for two wise fools, the cobbler and the carpente r, who “father” Jane and can't bear the idea) of her going back to work in a de-| _THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, Jana o ver three well dressed hen “oh wears be wal Wendell OCEAN LINES 6 camBONTS rave) on} “ Glover, a musician of 82 ee WHERE. TO GO AND HOW TO GET THERE) a has HUDSON RIVER BY DAYLIGHT SHE DISLIKES DANDIES. Yonkers Ww » Threw Dirt Well Dressed Man on Street. i tu Profeasing w dislike for good looking| spalling his auylish raiment and well dressed men, Mra, Fannie explanation was that she was fifty, of No, 58 Morris Street, ad by a spell which made her was arry in Police Court Nn srday after she had thrown| amination NEW YORK and ALBANY ake VICENT RIVER SCENERY PULLEY rauieren 10, REST AU KANT. AIL Service Sub= (Patent Applied for) dry.cleans and a tS protects from moisture @ Price 35 Cents at drug & dept. stores Kenpare Reonuers Cone, York City AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. eae AMUSEMENTS. ___|_ AMUSEMENTS. ‘PROMENADE THEATRE 4°," a! ) SHUBERT "QTE 4. eliegular, Plague NOT a midnight show 15," Popuiag Matinee ‘satura a WiPPING REVUE. quinn Marin ns no and ‘Dating on tne ‘Terrace, mh Adinta CENTURY ‘2 POSITIVE ty from points between New uh New York Prean ONE-DAY OeriNGs, THE LAST WALTZ " HELEN “GRU LAR SEE a COMEDY uu « “BACK PAY” Die" River ee Melia c OFX. | 2 Ser tay Fannie wunst, ine partment store, though she looks strong enough to stand ¢ the strain of society | All thr along somehow in spite of t! WEN ML WITHERS: THIS SUNG ye CORT THEATRE. “DREAMS”: in “SONNY BOY" that Nate cannot bring him ASTOR Tihs. 4 & Wwer, Bra, 8.86, take money for mending th Pay, 2.3 bors’ while Bit apparentiy || | HE DETO __ With Ettie BiJOU th" ui een is MARCH HARES alking with fon around puts in most of his tim the policemen at the the corner. But you ma t such happy H "PS NEXT MONDAY TO THE PUNCH HOP ALONG & JUDY THEATRE PLAYHOUSE "Gs PERSONAL WithLOUIS BENNISON & HENRY E. DIXEY. VIOLEF HEV ING AND OTTO KRUGER 43th St-Thea ho ue i $250,000 nd to prove it he y tree. ‘Thus it comes about that the cobbler m« over from Second Avenue to the abode eks away, and ha suit and, other However, | hought that h The Haunt “PEACHES” butler and a dre comfortable th cheered by tt able to anufacture $3 shoes keep the poor from getting str in “SONNY BOY" bruises, Yet all is not well in his residence—takine the programme at REPUBLIC © $ its word— Mr. } ie Be (GETTING CERTFS GARTER) there is the ed lawyer, and wt things don't go to suit him, what — he do but tell Nate that the $2 «“ 97 re mY CHUM” a “SONNY TEES | Tia scene ait ih THEATRE Ee 1 st Year vic oat a far lias ING its EVS 8:3S0-MATS WED. iit DESBROSSES ST. PIER, NEW YORK, | JNOWPIAY owe’ Weis ue) ; P wean te* aitbol is Jron eednh oat si i —— tae, ea, at Mitaniry THe NIGHTCA nd CL d A4-W of Bway, Bye.8.30 MYSTERY. Mats, Wed."@ Sat. 2.30 Wel tig Fm AH Success of HUDSON Mua Wee Sata 30 RALPH MORGAN THE JUST MARRIED Greater Than Ever! HOLIDAY MATINEE LABOR DA FIRST MAT. TO-DAY Pre Tdwer Westaten Bea” HON mannan ASD OTHELS 80, to $2.50. i : Nobo He ea tet mt P ER j U RY hd BOOTH yea George THE F doesn't belong to him but to old Bill, “GREEN RANG ee who had married Sarah Greenbaum! RLISS. in Naturally, this is something of ISS "GODDESS shock to Nate, and for a moment h is tempted to to the x i) he has made. him ing to a meeting of Khe THEATRE wis t459St butler gives him sl ng i but curiously enough they hav Ee arcer an enlivenin = mee merantz plants ? BARRON a ror and tells Mr PIM just what he thin bs Athout even LAST SIX PERFORMA’ without ev dashes out into winds up, wet a party | on Second Avenne giv onor of | Jane, who has just got back from En- | rope in a low-necked evening gown. His old clothes are waiting for him. ind after a drink of hooch the poor man—he isn’t worth a cent now dozes off into a dream of perfect con- tentment. | NEW AMSTERDAM WEST42 St Eves a5 MATS. WED.& SAT 50: \|ZIEGFELD HIT MARILYN. MILLER LECN ERROL'» GLOBE-POPMATWED: SA ZIEGFELD FOLLIES SEATS AT eh’ OFFICE GEO, M. COHAN THEATI ia 8 eve ts, RST MAT. TOLDAY. BARNEY BERNARD | AANON HOFFMAN'S: Come AMUSEMENTS. “Two BLOCKS, | Away." ||SAM H. HARRIS § 2.34, Pes Wid & Sal SIX CYLINDER LOVE With ERNEST TRUEX, pr HENMY MILLERS THE THE SCARLE OA as i 434 8t ty Win, Ie Baro DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS In the Super Production of Alexandre Dumas’ The Three Musketeers LYRIC 2iW4oee ‘Telos & Lan 3 3:30 a 3, Sund. Rai with ANN DENNINGTOM CORT | 185" Mat, To-Day 50 FULL OF nee THEATHE. FRAZEE (HEATH DULCY:.» LYNN FONTANNI [ani ENC eS 63° ST, Mush —— at PRICES CUTINMALF Sir Daly MATS YESS HIPPODROME |" Yeestiarsl 12 OCLOCK EVERY DAY a i MANAGEMENT CHARLES DILLINGHAM oN Bias. SAGA BAY st) (pening re -FKEITII ACTS- COMING PRICES ONG 9.3 chy & Fri at 11.0, 7} wih FOKINE and FOKINA, CHARLOTTE, BERT LEVY, FERRY CORWEY, THREE BOSS, 7 WATT? FIVE KEATHS, POWER'S ELEPHANTS, MARCELINE, MORON, others, ant CLYDE cook, tn Ris new comedy film fom ture, “The Toreador SAT. asl TH; tay on ETHER Clara Kimball Young | CAPITOL: nic mn Biwas Capitol Chorus of 75 ae PERRY rie runny place. — | Gurl and Poot Bathing, — | ~PRYOK’S BAND | RHARABEASTRE, WEREEAY | FREE RIDE! 4 F Gil Lil as | OBurtney | BRIGHTON fre nitncen’"'Rachon in Beach] other feature acto, —_—_—————_—_—_—__ aS SUNDAY WORLD WANTS WORK WONDEILS THEA, Broadway at 47th st. CENTRAL "Wit; ei che be HUNDREDS OF CHOICE, SEATS: MATINEES, 500. | THUNDERCLAP 97th St and 8.30, William Fox 8 oes Play OVER THE HILL DIRECTED BY WARY MILLARDR, First ime at Popular Prices FALLRIVER ERTL NE eeBOS TON “LILIOM” OMEDY is responsible he Fortune one A E jal Mc JUN A "AIN | Outing. “ p) St oNVeOHA Uve W o JST SRE Pret Sat SiS DANCING A fon “The Boomerang” and THE | ae The cast includes Ida St. Leon, Thos, Chas. Laite and Leila Bennetts “The Wheei” sg clean, uplifting moral lesson against the ho the Gambling Evil, SEE the sensational reproduc: she Gambling House in full blast. tic GAIETY THEATRE: MATS. TO-DAY, SATURDAY & LABOR DAY $6.78 | Inc Tay METROPOLITAN INE THROUGH THE CAPE COD CANAL, VOL! Constance Binney Gradway in ‘Room and Board’ * at uth 8t. pe chorus, Satta IALTO ia SQUARE cA, param ts RT. -Gotom ATRE Ny "Ele RITERION. Buster Keaton bit cliceana sneer } BROOKLYN. Wank GEORGE 7p STAND ARLISS IN Sta" WATT EuAe E wl dthsinwiee, |" DISRAELI” iSO Prt pease UNDAY WORLD WANDS WORK WONDERS Sunday —Geo. ND 25¢ IDEAL AM BEACH INSTRUCTION, & EDUCATIONAL, INSTRUCTION, &C yest SL | . World’s Championship Won ee BEDING Ye “ With Gregg Shorthand In the Twenty-second Annual S| Shorthand Reporters’ Associati Niagara Falls, August 25, Albert Schneider, a recent graduate of the Hig hool of Com- merce, New York City, won the world’s championship for speed and accuracy defeating three former world's champions and the largest number of writers ever competing in the champion- ship contest. His remarkable accuracy on the three five- minute tests at 200, 240 and 280 words a minute, was made posal by the simplicity, speed and accuracy of Gregg Short- an | Breaks World’s Record In the 215-words-a-minute straight literary matter dictation Mr. Schneider wrote 211 net words a minute, establishing a new world’s record at this speed of 98.32 per cent. accuracy and beating the previous record by 2.2 words a minute, In the 175-words-a-minute straight literary matter dictation he made YACH iTS| fy Pt Str. Mandalay ced Contest of the National WATCHES [1 ‘lWeekivigzmpaur|y) 11922 9) Weekly} cin anay hice: iprcran tea se SEND POR BOOK OF GEMS CONFIDENTIAL STLE 62 cone AD WAY but three errors—a world’s record-—99.65 per cent. perfect Insist on getting Gregg Shorthand this fall. Taught by More Than Ninety Schools in the Metropolitan District THE GREGG ‘PUBLISHING COMPANY 285 Fifth Avenue Telephone Longacre 2800 ) ’ The Ideal Route Between| \. | Self-filling Fountain Pens—attached | Paper Napkins 1997, STORE OPEN 9 to 5 EARN Established 1827 Sale of SCHOOL SUPPLIES Begins Tomorrow, Thursday RQURTEENTH STREET WEST OF FIFTH AVE, the least effort in shopping for your supplies. | Girls’ Net School Bags—shoulder Leatherette Pencil Sets—some ih ruler and drinking cup—were .67...... .55 Brass Edge Rulers—reg. 7... Steel Pens—were 7.. Wax Crayons—6 in box fj Blotters dozen in pack—various colors... 4 vlip—14-kt, pen—were | Moore’s Folding Lunch Box— Wax Paper. were .10 Lunch Satchels—strap anal handle — were .18 72 ¢.32.... 24 50 sheets in roll—12x18— 100 in packag Mail orders fil din order rec New Location Fourth Floor. arate pocket for | 15- and 16-inch. BRIEF CASES—black and cowhide straps —11%x15- dle-—bound and stitehed— were $1.7. . s de JUVENILE SUIT CASES—fibre- school and college girls were $1.07..... 14, 16, 18 AND 20. IN. ‘CASES— with lock and key—were 81.77. In Luggage Section, Third Floor. | THURSDAY Women’s Extra Size Canton Crepe Dresses 31.50 Were $39.73 Long lines——caseade trim- mings-—side pannier—navy, § Typewriting Erasers were 4.... 4 ‘Ink and Pencil Erasers—were 4... Black Board Erasers—were-9... Composition Books—stiff covers— 72 pages—were 7. Pocket Pencil Sharpeners were 9. WORSUlBin Gag cialoe essere eavece .10 were .87.. Pads—legal, letter or foolscap— , were .12 9 Pen Holders. . | Pencil Pads \Ink Pads 4 White Chalk—144 pieces to box— 3 were .38.. ——__$_—=——$ COWHIDE BRIEF CASES—black, cor- dovan and brown—extension lock—sep- cre sov0.. 4.24 ind brown—loc top han- In Leather Goods Section, Main Floor. for 1.27 black and brown--sizes 4214 52iy . THURS? PERSE POPS 15 Day Housedresses of percule and | Gingham Housedresses — belted yh belted models —~ col models—collars and vests of lars of self or white novelty white fabric trimmed with ging sash belts —sizes ham-—straight or sash belts sf tt—were $1.89 1.44 sizes 36 to 44—special 2.68 LOW APRONS—buttoned on side—plaid singbam square rich finish- were $1.48... ....0e+eeeeeeeeees | See today’s Evening Journal or Sun for start of Season Sale of Girls’ Dresses New, enlarged space, everything will be arranged for easy selection, plainly ticketed and displayed on large tables— so that you will spend the least time and Following Specially Cut Prices Typewriting Pads—50 shects—were .21..; .18 strap or handles—reg. .25 +19 Lead Pencils— plain or with eraser— Boys’ Waterproof School Bags— oxen— were 88 sare Sh PERS MBnnoanenaioanion hansnaue tess «s) 54 ge see et . Pencil Cases—-slightly imperfe Combination Pen and Pencil—were 8...., § reas landihbins, aes scesaneneyes 12% Red or Black Ink—reg.9.....s.00sse000 § Faber’s Pencil Sets—6 pieces—reg. .14.. .12%% Mucilage—reg. 9......... SeGeneemseing) ae | Faber’s Pencil Sets—6 pieces—reg. -4 + 29 Book Straps—with or without handle— teseseee 7 Vaersieiselesie'e seseee MY Genuine Press Board mire Ne! {eb ions 7 Books—120 pages—were 8..... Larger sizes—were .12:.......0.44 2 6 sibel tee os ceees “4 -dozen, as ‘ e ed while quantities last, excepting ink or mucflage. — ’ large assortments of School Supplies in the better grades—attractively priced. Take Elevators in Men’s Section—Main Floor. THURSDAY Untrimmed Black Lyons Velvet Hats 3.85 Were 4.85 Pleated edge—Medium size. Morning Specials On Sale THURSDAY Until 1 P. M. To p vent dealers buying, quantities restricted, No Mail or Telephone Orders. 48 ct. New Serim C Openwork borders or dainty col- ored effects 20 styles. CUTAININGS “RASPMNT, $1.57 Satina—36 inch oy LS Soft finish—bright watin face— street and evening. colors also black SILKS—MAIN FLOOR 68 ct. Hearn Goodwear Poplins...... 50 36 inches wide—for boys’ and wirls’ wear WHITE GOODS—MAIN FLOOR, $1.58 All-Wool French Serges.. . . Garnet, brown, navy and bl 40 inch foe ‘twill—suitabl children’s school dresses, DRESS GOODS—MAIN FLOOR, sae Crepe Kimonos 2.00 in or pretty floral patterns— miralant Gt eikatic, talk model— trimined with satin ribbon. KIMONOS —8BCOND FLOOR, 50 ct. Women's Extra Size Silk Like Hosiery enim « Black and whit. HOSIERY MAIN FLOOR, $1.77 Women's Silk Hose 1.06 lack coniovan and white—ail Ngus--mock sea: Sik HOSIERY MAIN FLOOR, $2.95 Girls’ Trimmed Hats..........2.17 Nattily trimmed in smart tailored modeks MILLINERY THIRD FLOOR, for 16 ct. Cotton Towelings Red and blue borders—for and raliers wD dish Store closed Saturdays until September 5th (inclusive). Saturday is Co-Workers’ All Day Holiday With Full Pay, as has been the Hearn custom during July and August for over twenty-two years fe See Page 9 for Cher Hearn Advertising. y &" Students’ Note Books—48 or 60 pages— /f 3- Boston or Chicago Pencil Sharpeners— "!3 —) a