The evening world. Newspaper, October 19, 1921, Page 28

i i ’ | THE NEW PLAYS “The Demi-Virgin” Like Cheap Burlesque BY CHARLES DARNTON, EEN ne A TL =e JOE'S CAR DID 1 UNDERSTAND YOU “To SAY YOU WERE GONNA NEED TH'CaR TODAY, MY SWEET ONE? Leave fT To ME LL Mane RUNNING RIGHT! WELLL WoucHT IF You WERE. GOIN’ “To A PARTY You'D WANT Tt TO RUN NICE ~mayee dD BETTER <= t SPEND A FEW HOURS Hat's vust wat L | GNwe tt uP YOU UNDERSTOOD! I'M GOING T A PARTY aT MRS. HAMMONDS , SO don''t a \T “Away THE BIG LITTLE FAMILY { be possibie that certain] tered through it as to command re- | ¥ beatrical yonngers regard | spect for Mr. Mopwood's memory i y New York as the biggest boob | ‘The asthmatic tones of Miss Dawn | if Pown in the counts his shocking | were relieved for a momen} when she \ Mea was) suggeste, at the Times d to her violin and played “Pink war Theatre lact night by “The) Lady” music But “The Deml-Vir pik § . Pemi- Virgin,” thor with the sus-| Was completely forgotten only whi i Picton that ods may have] funny little Constance Farber sang 4 i Mesged the nh Pittsbu to] funny little son She could have { Tse the show for the sake free| kept on singing 111 11 o'clock with } Bdvertising. But th ime the laugh | out robbing Mr, Hopwood of anything Te on worth consideration = There certainly was little to laug? It was surprising to find so guod a + Bt in Avery Hopwood's stupid and nedian as Kenneth Douglas in such i! Mi-timed exp! on of movie folk | 4 bad play, No wonder he was driven | fi Hollywood. Happily, we were|to drink! Charles Ruggles managed area a reminder of Arbuckle. One| to be f and the stringy Atice ’ Of the girls may have been meant to| Megeman was freakish without be i typify Mary Pickford, thourt Mary | funny Rersels, perh suldn't be expected | Altogether, “The Demi-Virgin" may f6 recognize the resemblance. | as the worst joke of the } The blonde honors of the dreary Occasion were claimed by Hazel | t Dawn, who, having got Gertie’s garter | i @ souvenir of her Histrionic ‘ &chievements. went in for red plumes } e her head, on her hip, and in her WHY YES - i nds as a movie charmer who had Tett her husband on the night of the | THATS “SAM { Wedding. Thus, you see, the play DEWBERRY! , Gime into its title. But after the Mipposedly divorced husband had Barsued the weaueous Gloria tor} Biree acts it turned out she was still | Bis wife, as he had not been notiffed | @ the action brought against him The whole affair was like cheap bur-| i ‘eque, with so many old ld jokes scat- t About Plays and Players i =By BIDE DUDLEY it é HE Bowery ain't the same.” + ay Thus, yesterday at the } Friars’ Glub, spoke Pote i Rice, who in the early 70's was man- 4 Ager and bouncer at Tom Donald- j son's London Varieties ‘Theatre at Broadway and Prince Street | “it sure ain't,” chimed in Emil Apkermiller, who used to mana ws and polish rails with his feet wn that way years ago. it -Pete and Emil hadn’ veen down in the old stamping ground for twenty X OFTEN WAW TO KNow WHAT He DID FOR A LIVING } dey Mister ¢ | MARY ‘S FELL IN THE WeLL? BUT Heres SOMETHIN’ DAWGONE SvsPicious — WHETHER HE 1S ENGAGED {N some SHADY } (secures oR SuRE SHE'S ‘ \F SHEATAKES ME “TO “THY Links An! BRINGS ME BACK IN A GOUPLE OF HOURS, I'LL PUT THe O.K. TAG ON ‘er! | — ‘EAST SIDE’ (TALLAROUND THE TOWN” _WEST SIDE By Don Allen, A PARACHUTE, AS ABOUT TH’ WAY He. MINDS HIS OWN BUSINESS ! F™ about int rie vp stratum, whi ‘ eure littl he 108) € in Yost 1 My i lly ea 1 we! 1 de ud ¢ = Bud. Go Back and Get It, Mister ! ARE You Tie FELLA THAT PULLED ME oo Oo THE ste’s 'WAY DOWN IN THe WATER ! S ——— estine ¢ | Wert. war > . ne a Tae) YOu DO ] ; itty: sang WITH MY |, ass wa ‘ ! Years until yesterday, when they ; Made the trip just to see what “ah a Changes had taken place. en ="We found the Thalia, old Wal- e eng Niblo's Garden, Miner's and r er theatres gone,” sald Emil, : _ q“And there wasn't a sign left of i Occidental saloon,” came from Hu Bote: mournfully S*And the Irish and Germans have : Been sidetracked by the Armenians, tinfans and Greeks,” said Emil, titw! actually sobbing. No,” said Pete, as the tears rolled \ u old neigh- SAT ui aRiEh t toy ~weinweetore — 10; ; SNowhere near the sume," wailed “ur ” i . | ite KATINKA A Drama Almost ‘Without Words"! i rin H ‘AN—-hoo!" came from Emil | ania responded Pete. (Ad hen reap 1 . : | Gout, BUT THAT wuz fi STRIKE PLAY MONDAY. CLOSE SHAVE Richard Walton Tully flas arranged i % put his latest production, “The i Richt to Strike,” into the Comedy 1 i ts atre next Monday night. ‘The cast 1s R ludes Edmund Lowe, Harry Mes- 1 * h yer, Gipsy O'Brien, David Torrenc and i Jd Adair, Cynthia Latham, John n ay Brewer and Byron Russell = TO HAVE A NEW ROLE, ZThe Messrs, Shubert announce that “IF NOT DELIVERED"— or Painter, now in “The Last GMTSLAS TRI Taye ed z,” will be seen and heard in a 1 r nt musical play soon after the holl- wy It will be a Century Theati f tr ke. He duesn tion, 1 “NERVOUS? ‘NOT THIS LAD! el{th " will be the opening = y. to be given by Sothern and Mar- enemen © when they begin their four Mii, Low Mrs. 1 ks’ engagement at the Century on wie va hat 81. Here's a story from Mr ‘ Rae thern, by the way. During the re- x = vith. wd , real period a young man of much CSE Z postin ng assurance confronted the actor N rY u a asked for a role, ; , , ' fou must read a few lines from) omoer in Mount Vernon, her home | England to join the stage director in nord eapeare,” said Mr. Sothern. “Goltown purin, Jebrath canal | . op >| te g a celebration recently HYMED PR‘ heatrical ventures i ahead: ‘There aro a good MeNY | the Chief of Police told her to arrest | “RHYMED PROPOSALS. OPOSALS. “Shuffle Along" will be played the W 1 1 en Pi iaciteta or cay feasts ‘and; Man who was operating a motion | 175th time at the 63d Street Music " that lls ne ak oagt to | picture camera if she found he had| Paui wants tu marry Berth | ath to-night. Less see yo! white hette -t lag ct AE ley ukenae te Ha eos: fle ied aOnel-ane nawente te | folks beat dat record ni eee ee ered the young maa {28d Miss Franklin pinched him. ‘The |‘Therefore he has sent us a “pro-| Wade Booth, who sings clear from FAN Predain, Bay pal, Din not ner. |Mah was so nice about it that Officer | posal” rhyme, in which he has dele- to B flat, intends to wade into By Roger Batchelder, hind him; and later in tem, like any hls business SWAT! ee awe y, 2 st the goods to|/ranklin erled at the station and | gated us to give Bertha a sweet Jciss. | va ile with those trick pipes. : f came the snow sce * 66 DY ' af PrAsenit meen ts ton tweart |Promised to pay his fine, He was! We are always cager to help the love Russell Janney will put his musical! Congressman Charles L. Underhill.) \eindecr, and portrait HE MAKES BASEBALL BATS. H 7 o Eyeoay” " s | Burt Green, the red-headed officer's | !orn, so if Hertha will drop in some! Upotpader walk into ane areal next/ who is at the Astor from Washin Nick KJ, Hinlerieh Misville, Is y. incide .;husband, This story may sound like | atternoon we'll be glad to grant) week. J. P, McSweeney has been en-|1o), spoke to-day of the deep grief of ihe ne warkedswith tia pont Aude nae Ae “ shakin, rule ent aaa ant Se eeranae fiction to you, dear renders, If it| Paul's request. However, after we! gaged as Sir Peter. pMicial ‘Weshiagion ot +h sMaeath of} suds, crowd invariably: 2 Ge Uaeebal Cate teat i Vy ate aotnorn, 4 does, well, that makes it unanimous. | get through with Pertha, Paul may| Ada Sterling delivered a lecture on|cfficial Washington at the death of arya ge fhe Hitsteeeat eine SR Mr. Sothern, | - find it difficult to win—but, let it go.| “A BIN of Divorcement” last night at|Senator Knox, | hen he hid finished t y \* AT AIGEN herent ieee NEAR ENOUGH, APPARENTLY. | BECOMING CAULIFLOWER, | Here's Paul's rhyme: OP er aera Woodstock | ne Congressman. “He had @ grasp| ,many toasts to the new work | famity and she admitted, “1 o Naw i Wagenhals & Kemper, producers| Jimmy Hussey, whose va 1 love a girl named Bertha: Dani Frohmaun entertained twenty |of public. affaira which fow men at-| Thess formalities, concluded, hy | having such wn ‘undignified’ business.| « iny old 1st) “The Bat,” received a telegram|oot now at the ddth Street Theatre She loves me, toa, I think children of the Junior Art League at/ tain, and a city for analyzing ree ae A Tiewiae ply We soar, {HUE Thane @teass loved neachall ane en mis Mead i yesterday addressed to “Waggoner jicjudes a boxine bout in which he| She also loves this Berny, the Hippodrome yesterday afternoon, | conditions is very r He “T made inquiries terday, and lihh eountns . . Bh KS Crumper."” Day wbefore yester- | 8, P The United British Relief was not a critic, but a builder, for 1 ay, i: urap wh ht put he | iy A ¢ he sven t thir g } iAT! $Mr. Kemper got one addressed |p#rticipates, is getting his ears all ho might put me in the sink tee will have « big show at th when he did criticise he always c Wag tole Abate Woe Seen: Pe || SOUL Chin yi ent veare Ree. VALUABLE GIFT, WHAT me asf bunged up.” Yesierday he pointed to! 1s her ta like to marry, Aipaterdam ‘Theatre Sunday night tO] fered some remedy for the object BO TRUE UREE We Can cL LUITatibe OF thacnate taen in wou N in — one ¢ ¥ : Refore Rerny thinks of this | aid British unemployed hi |his attention, His loss at this time ant ‘ ab He nad id at ; “Bef jong I'll go to Tex Rick-| _. Mi ’ be | bey Bie, te. for hin, Changed his trade to a degr 1 tried my band ac making HOW ABOUT THIS? rd'e Garden ton fight nights, show | ase print this poem for me Ie partisnlenly reerattaple, for B No longer does he make pictures |'T é si 1 ard’s Gard n fig! ights, R TO-DAY. | weaith of knowledge and his experi- iam Rea of the Old Colony him my ears and ask If he recos- | And give her one aweet kiss. A THOUGHT uss has| ence would have been of at of x leas mert hnatead, at ‘ 1 Sn poem’ which began, “All the| TITLES AND MORE TITLes, |(%,,"Bombo” at the Jotson ‘Theatre| ith. °"y, "wit give away 1922 calen- | Congress,” ae re when am has & battin 1 ? ana on * ore | eat, Bight , re Ont: . + s 8 1 geline oloeine he manags-s often take a stage,” and ended with oiiver Moronco ts received more| "An want a Joh : Sern Welssilie OAKS \“HOW HAVE THE MIGHTY FAL-| {oF the following day Maertccaee ey sey ie it from me, kid; tal han 700 letters containing sugges-| “What can you do?” asked Al i I bs Mt He'd also like to have the full than 700 letters containing sugs pid ag A FOOLISHMENT. LEN! \COLLEGES LACK BUSINESS trouble h of the shyme Can any of our tions for a now title ter hy ay TH asa, Ab| 1 once knew a girl named Batiou, | ay spout thats ot i he YAN | METHODS, jae a REEN readers Delp him out? | wave Marries: Acie te : cs aeaN | Euan e me AB AD Fou 120.) Who asked her old man for a che Aen Biimare vamarden, Sine bas: ‘t'@ private Susinesa were paniin| heaviest bat TITLE OUGHT TO HELP. rank Hower : rites 1 eran male 1 Said he: “Oh, my daughter, | tenders of New York saloona used |the extravagant and improvident | it welglis fit in fifty-seven titles. The contest w | _ | ’ . ” | to take down the netting whi manner which churacteria the | takes @ car , Fred Coots notifies us he is writ-' c)-se at noon to-morrow, when Mr. You sure hadn't oughter. hah covered the gleaming plate- sacnent of “HAY, collecen. ana | she. mAcenlO eae eae t tar te nceviis to °peie eva tanned Gossip. Said she: “Oh, go comb your hair?) giass behind the bar during the aitles its career would be, some profe hy es a 50 prize. e have. submitted: 21 mie. new law production, “We onths, Within a day or erry but exceedingly short sys be called “Irene, Bally “and title, Tt Ie “Hootch Baby Ate Your | gti wot itt, Bray wolbe wats : uumenee sicniatg Vain aby OF | anerey Rar enooinale ASTOL oar] PARTHBST FROM HOME. ; edward Dowllng is to be (eo Marsh has put one in also. His) 11, z : FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. — went to work. His ar dent of Gou c Baltimore,| The “New Yorkers for a Day or|tor't in tt, ig “oho Hagens Grand Opera Singer Daly and William Norris} Father—What did you learn at, sisted in decorating the who is at the Pennsylyanis Two" who are farthest from home nthe lowe — | and the Child. F ded to go into Keith vaude- | school to-day, son? al kinds of desig ome “It ts @ p thing for a college| day are Air. aud Mrs. W. F. Hennessey | 1 or \VE OFFICER FRANKLIN! s ville in “The Van Dyck.” | Willle—I learned to say excellent likenesses of George |to go to the public for money for an] jr., who are at the Pennsylvania. Their | —th ame « ik “The Greenwich HE'D BEA DEL. | Gapt. Hugh Anderson, brother of! Father—You did? ‘Washington; others showed Na- | endowment,” he went on, (“It ts true! home town, Cape Town, South Africa, pure 16 cen @ special police An old negro callef*on Al Jolson John Murray Anderson, is here from Willie—Sure! poleon, with his hands crosed be- that every college 7 jon costs is over 11,000 miles from Broadway. Now (or an armistic ‘ nm « Bn TN NNN NNER ee A mc i ae BREN