The evening world. Newspaper, October 10, 1921, Page 22

|" JOE a To Whom Does Your Sympathy Go? i THE NEW PLAY “The O’Brien Girl” Has Cohan Dash * GOSH , don T SUE Look Goon! {T's MY OPINION You CAN BUILD A CAR WITH PAINT AN’ VARNISH — HE ALWAYS KNOCKS EV RYTHING + . THIs'LL Be ONG Time, HE WON'T Have ANY ROOM.77H > SWING HIS HAMMER ! SHE MAKES |. Gotty, Jor —your car CERTAINLY LOOKS FINE — WIS CAR Look LIKE A “Toam'ro CaN! BEE - YOoTIFUL "!! | BY CHARLES DARNTON. | 4 \ but for the dancing and comedy of Fred and Adele Estaire, Theme in imitable youngsters put no end fantastic fun into @ number eal! “Upside Down” and seem to enjoy immensely, Fred with his careless air and Adele with her impish drol- lery. Their dancing is the best of its kind, so good In fact that it should! “With every regatd for the duly/carry them to the head of a com- @ecredited Hibernian trio, I cannot! pany, by the grace of Dillingham, be- Tid’ myscif “of the feel ng that tho| fore they are many years older. Poisick! comedy at the Liberty The-| Marjorie Gateson and Carolyn was written by Mr. Cohan with|Thomson aia in the singing, Kath- feet. The marks of those feet arc | arine Stewart is an imposing mother, ] @ver the plece—and there's the|and another heavyweight, Will West, } naa of It. etruggies bravely with even heavier } “fhe O’Brien Girl” has Cohan dash | humor. Ho one in this country—or in any| “The Love Letter” is slow but tune- ether country for that matter—can| ful. Only the Pstaires save it trom get on dancing numbers as the onw| the pace that kills. ; @pA only George M. stages them. {t ° | etimerelya matter of meee, tou! LITTLE MARY MIXUP i qyou may be wure there is no lack of |: 2 Hey. Mary 's THINKIN? & } yt TAKES true Irishmen like Lou Hirsch, Otto Harbach and Frank ; Mandel to write a truly Irish plece i Uke “The O'Brien Girl,” but as George ; ML. Cohan site at home through the gvinter of his discontent brooding over i gene's soliloquy, he may well ask: H t would those guys have don: Lf without me?” 192) Press PunCo N.V.Eve Word = im this instance. The real secret livs i fim the remarkable skill and precision : ): You said - NoT TS {PoT OFF ANYTHING TILL TSMORROW- THAT YOU COULD @f the dancers. It is easy enough, no doubt, to accomplish this with a few Dont Borte® Me. I'm THINKIN” ABOUT! Wet, MARY CAN THINK OF SOME WAY< OF GETTIN® QUT oF Scrloot TODAY- k people, but Cohan does it with scores. Hf They dance like one person, even hen they have cance paddles t+ fhandie, as they do in one of the mos. @ffective numbers. It is like clock- ‘work, with the wheels well olled. ‘Although George SM. Cohan's danc- fag days are over—except at rehear- @als, uniese be carrivs out his threat) te take the vell—his steps remain. Byeryone in the company capable of BY DON ALLEN. GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Siam but al the sun is shin I*APosstQLe ing,” but all the world anf dark and dreary up aroind headquarters of the baseball writer here for the world-title tilt betweeq the Yanks and the Giants. Things were going along as lovely and rosy as a June day in Virging” until the train of happiness and go uncommonly clever lot of chorus girls, Bas caught those steps. Ada Mae whore clowning is as funny ‘@ one-ring circus, even walks like an. In fact, if tho.whole “O'Brien Giri” outfit should happen to get lost . 42d. Street after closing hours somo might the first policeman into whom they bumped would simply watch their step a moment and then hope- * @hnking a foot, and. this includes an | feo! me, you're & Georgie Cohan I KNEW HE'D SPILL SOUP OVER OUR GLEAN TABLE: CLOTH — THAT HAN SCUSE ME, BOSS- BUT THAT NAPKIN SHOULD BE t] . WELL, 1M SAYIN’ SAY! Wo ARE VTRYIN' To PREIS oud cheer ran plumb into the rock | aridity. While the official welcoming come mittee studiously made the welcome to the scribes as dry as a lecture on Relativity, there was a man with heart so big that he surreptitiously shipped in two large cases of pre-war Scotch —Scotch that would put a burr ig, the speech of a Spaniard. In lines straighter than travelled b} any bee, the scribes rushed to thi headquarters and a chorus of smacks ‘ing lips could be heard echoing frog | the corridors. 4 Jeesly identify them with: “You can't : WE'RE HAVIN’ PICKLED BEETS i waticn.” 1S SLOPPIER THAN GALVESTON ‘ON YER LAP INSTEAD) 4, EXT — AN IT'S CHEAPER To The sun that had been shining #¢ i “Bllzabeth Hines {8 one of the most AFTER THe FLOOD! OF AROUND YER eiateun Made vegan Tae ANEW VEST MADE Mindi a clouds Rome vilain fae Gonfirmed dancers and equally BUSINESS ABOUT HOw ZT THAN A PAIR OF TRousERs ! | charming. She is the girl of the GeAR. My NAPKIN’ . | title, a poor stenographer who wears No, it wi Paristan frocks, and in her simple Sway stops at the must expensive hotel fa the Adirondacks where she ac- qu'res a rich busbaud, thus proving that Gog not only frotects the work- ‘ng girl, but looks wut for her finan- @is! interests; To xd to the realism f the region there are dancing In- @lans, among them Alexander Yakov- taf, @ Russian redskin who delights getting himself in a whirl. Andrew bes is one of the amusing pale- « feges who also knows what to do with its feet: - But if he remembers the late Ralph Herz, as he scems to do, he @hould let the dead rest in peace. Robinson Newbold somehow managen @ stand still and with arresting calm- Bess holds forth on the subject of qurder. He is reully killingly funny. Be tw vot his fault that the last act SPS R : } “There are tuneful songs that almost fmvariably turn into better dancing— ‘all of which goes to prove that George MM. Cohan simply couldn't let “The Brien Girl” alone. —_— “The Love Letter” Slow but Tuneful Wroept for the dancing of the rea, there is little movement in: “Tho Love Letter,” the musical play @ the Globe that has John Charles Shomas as ite singing star. “@o far as his voice gocs, Mr. ‘Thomas riees finely to his new op- ‘Doertunities, especially in an Italian Bear him is a joy. But his acting ts @nother story into which it is impos- sie to put any enthusiasm. This is @epecially to be regretted because of @he unusual acting possibilities in NICe, NEIGHBORS ~ "em l About Plays and Players | RHYMED PROPOSALS J UL At * DocTOR" CALL “TiS AFTERNOON ! a long shot. he liquor is still ing-—s0 is all th y about the ing Baseball Write adquarter DRUMHEADS AT SUNRISE. AVING served several years at an assistant surgeon in the United States Navy, the officer decidedvto take an examination t might add further stripes te the gatd Hy | gadgets on his cap and siioulders. took the exam. but he joked h.mselt back into mufti in doubie quick time The examination questions, sip. posed by those higher up to be ultra. |serious ‘and to bring out the genera) knowledge of the examinee. oh the young officer more like a comiy supplement. He answered accord: ingly. The net result {s that he’ looking for some nice white collat job. The first question that brough forth a jocular answer from the exe aminee was: “What would you do if one of you men was struck directly by a twelve inch projectile?” “Vd hunt up a dust pan and brus and sweep up the pieces,” was hit written answer. This one stepping off the official narrow path of seriousness might have been overlooked, but when he came to the question, “Who was the first ruler ef Rome?” and answered laconically, “ROMEO,” it proved tot much for the stald examiners and he’s out of the navy now, HEIGHT MANIA. REAT crowds were watching a (e crew of ironworkers weld the skeleton of a skyscraper to- gether. Those on the ground mare velled at the human squirrels, jump- ing from girder to girder across great, deep abyases that yawned ba low them "I used to be one of ‘em once," confided a griazied, wide-shouldered A ®LIGHT ERROR.” Lucile Ann Chapin writes that, while standing in front of tus Selwyn have peen fighting for. ‘us elation.” ‘And, steeling himself to his task, Smile—give edy. author to switch them to pie. Doris Keane will begin a tour The actors are asking the chap standing near the front of the spectators, “I was @ good one too, Could climb like an ape and didn’t fear nuthin’! No one spoke, but he saw several in ( ‘Theatre recently, she heard a young | ‘t*e poor actor did, “Romance” at New Haven to-night| were interested, Still gazing aloft, le—or roles—t Sam Fried of Hast Orange would| man inquire: "Is the circus going on {= under the direction of Lee Shubert.| he continued: Be crnie-st Fone iat Lao Ditrich: By BIDE DUDLEY Ike to put in a bid for the band of| ‘a there now?" She-ouspecte he re-| THE MAJOR, HE JOKES. — [She will have a new play in Decem-| “I was workin’ on the Union Cens 4 ‘ne Phan- Wetalie cts tanbenkt who has| ferred to “The Circle,” and eomehow| Major Jack Allen, who films wild| ber. 5 tral Building out in Cincinnati, the tom Rival.” Franz Molnar's fantasy diready turaad down two ications | OF other we do, too. animals, was asked by Hrnest Truex} It is announced that Betty Bond, highest scraper outside of New York, | bas been adapted by Willlam Le E ran down to Atlantic City woula become dancers, In+ this | trough this column. If Pau tie ats recently what he called the act he|of musical comedy and vaudev CT ae eet ae Baron with litte skill and less hu- Saturday and that night saw| work ehe has the co-operation of E.|wante to marry, we'd advieo her te THIS 18 WEIRD. SE ene ee ete ae yale! he | eal cect Cee ctein Gime | she street, \ ploke {f up, and it was Mor, Mr. Thotnas is the lover who Ed Wynn, “The Perfect Fool," | F, Albee, think twice before giving’Gam the air.| ,,W7° Rave ,been reliably informed! repiied, i pret Darling is engineering a| 8Uc2 @ friendly, purry little thing 3 @ppears to his sweetheart ina dreamjin bis new musical revue at the Took; ear "| that there ‘isn't @ single anse of| “Sort of a monologue, eh?’ slipped dt In my coat pocket. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen me a grea: Jer, @ dist “THE CLAW” OCT, 17, bobbed hair in the chorus of “The! «Well, somebody ‘has called it a © i “I clean forgot the kitty when I grea: sodier, @ distinguished! Apollo, Between the acts we called Perey x dé e1|T cried as tho’ my heart 14 burst | Love Letter," at the Globe Theatre. travelogue,” said Major Jack. “But| theatre party to-night at the Royall/hung my coat on a rafter, thirty @iplomat, 4 famous singer ana a|on £4 in his dressing room. ar Hopkins will present Lionel bet We thought the bobb-d-hair fad had| since Tdiscuse the cat tribe T guess it| rueatre. Mayor Hylan, formerly @/ stories from Fourth Avenue," I hap- Faokey. But be is convincing only as} ‘qt’g @ good show, Ed," we said. | 24ttymore in ‘The Claw” at the| When J read of Ozone Harry, spread all over the giobe. ought to be called a latouuat member, will be there. ened to look around in about an the singer, By no atretch of the|-who wrote the lines?” Broadhurst Theatre on Oct. 17. On| Who wooed Estelle of Bensonhurst, 4 MERA DiADOriOny. Tuee se ba yere eu QUE nd there Wee Saab litle aut fmagination can he be considerea a| “1 did,” he replied. the same day Willam Hodge, In “Be-| And whom she refused to marry.| FIDELITY SHOWS COMING aossir, Be Vries will have the leading role | scared like, toward me ona thin gir: reat lover or even @ passably fair ware of Dogs,” will move from the The Actors’ Fidelity League will * “Who devised the comedy sttua- Alice Fleming has been added to} 4e". Just as T looked a heavy puft F anal men @pe. In this respect he has a lot to| tions?” Broadhurat to the Sith Btreet, Mr./J hope my tears ore not én vain, | give a series of feature Concedis, for Astor wat Friday night “™*l ene ‘roster of The, People's: Players,| of, wind comes along and eases the Igern.as an actor. He should put) +4 aid.” Hopkins gets the Broadhurst through| Wale he is cast aside, IReatre this season, ‘The Arst will| Ellste Janis is now a member of| "HO will present “As Ye Mould” ati ‘srstarts across the girder to where ap spirit into both his acting and! “who wrote the music?” ie nad {oat he comiipated woipe tine Please print this so she'll eee ey! tike place Sunday evening, Oct. 23. the Camp Fire Girls. a a ihe ‘tte png ws hangin’, tryin’ to singing. His woice can be trusted) | gia.” . os Os } name * ‘ ‘The Yankees will see “Back Pay” A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. clinch a hold in the steel with her 2 “Like @ King,” now at the 390 iw : 7 littl t claws, I rey ; rahe nye Urea v the tzrieer® Bizet Will 60 Bot deen an-| And:perhana Depome my. Iniée A Pig a me AeATS Det, a eee ee Join “Just ,aOATiOn | SBD enoee ere Anding aie Game, toed og OO yes} © le to encou! in some aid.” ce r a storeroom 8} ut as has y' @f Vitor Jacobi’s music. w vo ieaee — the Garrick, wae added to the Keith | Married” at the Nora Bayes. {n New York now as theatres are. free, S08, Tih 8 oly that T could : Who Gesigned the costumes?’ 7 ne . arm, fs in the St. Agnes Hospital, ging Saturday. A party that went] A. J, Herbert and Eleanor Parker — where T made tho mistake of my ite, The performance would be liteless| +1 aia” ULLY PREPARING ONE. faltimore, where she underwent an|dpwa from New York to eve it in-| have been engaged for “We Girls.” FOOLISHMENT. I looked down. I cot he little ———— =| wet who pala tor the produc-| Richard Walton Tully has placed in| operation. She would Iike to eeg eny John J. Murdock, award | 44, tat Macwell ia und 7 : aned | koeorenen T could ase the litte i SLIGHTLY MIXED. aoe vi produc- rebeareal “The Right to Strike,” «lof her friends who happen to in| Dapling, Reed A. Albee, 6. K, Hodg ‘arguert' jaxwell is under con-| There was a young woman named) y hurtling through space, I got tract to the Selwyne for “The White Peacock.” Charles Dillingham will produce “Good Morning, je," in Atlantic City Wednesday evening. Jocko, the Hippodrome juggling crow, is to have an understudy. It ‘was caught in New Jersey last week. Baseball Writers’ Night will be held to-night at the National Theatre, drama by Ernest Hutchinson, which was successfully played n London last season. In the cast are Edmond Lowe, Harry Mestayer, Gipsy O'Brien, Ronald Adair, David Torrence, John H. Brewer and Cynthia Latham. ‘The} opening will take place in Washing- ton next Monday, MI8S RICHARDSON ILL. | sorter sick. Height mania must ha’ hit me right then, for when I started back across the bridge I was so shaky I couldn't walk. I lost my nerve fer keeps. “Anyhow, I crawled tack, climbed on a lift and got to the sidewalk, I n't never been up twenty feet since, Yes, I used ter be a’ tronworker, but my nerve has gone.” Baltimore, as she finds life tz @ how pital rather lonely. Kate, | So tall, everything that she ate Would travel all day To her stomach, they say, And frequently then it tcas late. dca, Pat Casey, Edwin G. Lauder and Harry Jordan. PRETTY TOUGH, SAY WE. ‘There is a Yankeo rooter among the actore at the Griffith studio who was sorely tried last Friday. While act- ing in “The Two Orphans,” under Mr, Griffith's direction, he heard that the Giants had made eight runs in one (HE deacon of the colored church} “Way,” eald Ed, “how's everything thought he would tip off the new/on old Broadway?” : that he was uaing too ' siand Bg “Why, in yo! ser- "he yu used A’ NATIONAL BALLET. Gertrude Hoffman is to take stepa to tnaugurete @ national ballet, She fe dancing with an all-American corps of girls this week at the Keith SOME DOUGH FOR POP, William (Pop) Boyce, stage door tender at the Longacre Theatre, was seventy-nine years olf Saturday and was presented with @ purse contain- ing a dollar for each year of his life. FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. Conductor (entering stalled train)— “What work do you do nowt” eome nt 4 We have been informed that Doro-| “Well, follcs,"’ he @aid to those oon | inaing. The news staggered him. Just | Where the scribes who are attending/ Has anybody got a p-ece of string? | one asked, tai] Theatre in Washington, and while|¢ny Richardson, who went out ahead | cerned, “all I got to say the name o:| then Mr. Griffith enid to ims the big games will see “Main Street.” | “Passeng#—What d> you want it! “On,” he replied, “I got a nice Chueh.” | on tour will devote one moraing @|of "Miss Lulu Bett’ and was forced| the play here says.” “Come om, now’ | Look reditany ighteen di enous are eaten] for? a fer now. I work for the ie eiris whe'to give up ber work by an infected] The ise“ You" heppy ‘You. feve-sust wen all you. ta "Pot @t the Com-| Conductor—I wany vo fix the angina in e TNT plagt? a ichigtiine : ERA MRE NES RY PO BE Bg hae b 7 * ae Te a ena SEN OOPS ‘ wed