The evening world. Newspaper, October 25, 1921, Page 28

IRE ts no answer to the ques- tion now uppermost throughout the land, in Strike,” the English play by Ernest Hutchinson brought to the Comedy Theatre jast night by Richard Walton Tully, After seeing this unsympa- Hhetic play, we are likely to say un- sympathetically, “We have troubles | ef our own,” and forget ali about it as we look for the latest news from gur railroad men. ft For his scene of strife Mr, Hutchin- gon has taken a small town in Lan- gashire whoily dependent upon a jerk- water railroad for its supplies. No fault can be found with this arrange- ment, for It must be granted that » Provincial situation may be oasi! “The Right to] ihe doctors were once more perform- | SEVEN MOUSE, THE NEW PLAYS “The Right to Strike” A Doctors’ BY CHARLES DARNTON. IT'S NO LAUGHING MATTER, EB! Go You DON'T KNOW MY WIFE WHEN IT COMES Good Luck T You Joe! WHERE SHALL T HAVE “THE FLOWERS GENT? Witt MUSIC WOULD You PREFER? HE Ri Dilemma Poared that the men, with some con-| |cessions, had won their strike, and as | jing their duties, everything in Valley- head seemed, like the prospective mother, to be as well as could be ex- pected. Ronald Adair, with much the sams vigor he gave to Tarzan, did excel lent work as tho strike lender when he was not compelled to worry about | the missus, Equally in character was | the tactful M. P. of George B. Riddle, mond Lowo played the young sur- eon with spirit, David Torrence was a kindly old doctor, and Harry Mes- tayer qualified glibly as the labor agi- tator. In the role of the bride 60 aoon a widow Gipsy O'Brien bore up sur- @rasped tn the theatte and accori- ingly seems simple and human. Yet! when a strike of railway men ts mot | by © counter-strike of doctors we are ¢onfronted with a situation not only inhuman but well-nigh incredible. Cer tainly men whose business and duty i is to save lives bave no right to} @trike, no matter what happens. | | Here we have, then, a play that! Presents nothing #0 much as a doc- | tors’ dilemma. This is brought about when the railway workers shut down @il transportation and a young physi- clan joins his associates in running motor trucks only to be killed by Strikers, the leader of whom had Warned him of the danger he risked. Tt is in revenge that his best friend and his father, both doctors, join in | Mrike against the railway men, de- | élaring they will not give them nor | their families medical attention. It) appens that the wife of the railway | Men's leader {s about to become «| Mother, and she ‘6 left in need of proper care until her life is jeopardized. Finally the widow of | the slain doctor induces a young sur- | geon to save the woman, and the cur- tain falls as he rolls up hia sleeves to go to work. ‘As much may be guessed from the' @xtraordinary concern over the con- + @ition of the railroad worker's wife Manifested almost from the begin- fing of the play. Surely, 2 Lanca- @hire, of all places, people are not un- @uly distressed over a wife who ts go- ing to have a baby, especially when she looks as healthy as the woman in this case. It was possible to under- stand her worry about the food sup- ply being shut off by the strike, but |, otherwise she seemed to have every- thing in her favor. What little interest the play de- veloped contred in the strike confer- ences, with familiar arguments occa- sionally heated enough to strike @ramatic fire, though it must be said \that labor was placed in a bad light by the professio: agitator who merited the description of “windbag.” But the workman who represented his matés, until he was called home to his Wife in a highly emotional state, could lily be accepted as honest and Well-meaning, while the Labor Mem- ‘Ber of Parliament also gained respect for his elncerity. In the end It ap- About Plays and Players By BIDE DUDLEY IME certainly does change things It used to be that burlesque was considered rather a risque form of entertainment, frowned on for this reason by producers of 0- galled logitimate shows. Now comes Harry Seamon of Hurtig & Seamon, burlesque producers, with the state- Ment that burlesque is “consistent- fy cleaner” than the legitimate. “In all the companies we control,” @aid Mr. Seamon, “there is not @ girl Who displays one inch of bare leg, Qnd we refuse emphatically to penmit @ny person in our troupes to use an @ff-color joke. Furthermore, this is the condition that prevails in ail com- panies playing the Columbia wheels. § know of several playe on Broadway Fight now which, if offered in a buy esque theatre, would cause the revo tion of the theatre's license. "t have to blush when you at- nd burlesque shows nowadays. The ushes belong to some of the legiti Mate attractions.” CASH FOR ESSAYS. To-day's announcement of $60 offered fm prizes comes from the Messrs. @bubert. Twenty-five dollars will b @ven for the best essay of 1,000 words @r less, written by a school child, on Z Schubert,” whose Ife was Made the basis for the operetta “Blossom Time.” There wil! be a sec nd prize of $16 and u third of $10. nd your essays to the Ambassador @ before Feb, 1, 1922, 4 “THE STRAW” NOV. 7. George C. Tyler has arranged to t Eugene O'Neill's new “The Straw,” at the Greenwich Vil- lage Theatre on Nov. 7. The cast in- cludes Margalo Gillmore, John West- 7 Harwood, Robert Strange, 7, ue ‘arren, George Woodward, + a Ry Jennie Lamont, France Mosely, Alice prisingly THE BIG LITTLE FAMILY DARLING & Sweerearr # DARLING ¢, SweetHearry & ” Mp Ke Mom AND T WERE WONDERING WHICH: ONE OF YOu couLD "RUN OVER 6 THe GROCERY AND BACK THE Fa Eade i ‘ = How LIGTCEN | OF IT. PIT ONE AGAINST THe OTHER. TLe stow Ep's NEARER BEIN' RIGHT “Way ‘Tett HER I WANTA GET A NEW CAR TL MIGHT AS WELL PHONE “THE. WELL, You Cay OGOLLY: WERE ste comes LOOKIN’ LIWE A CYCLONE. — ('M WEAKENINE ——— [~ EALIZES! BEFORE P. «thy 7 THING ¢ See | UNDERTAKER TO . ‘ : GALL FoR MY [REMAINS ! I WAS SILL # . * \ CALLING” FIDO a Good Idea—as Far as It Went Nee NEVER WHAT To GROcERY? — OLD. BY L. cert at THE iA SHE SAYS MEAT WILE KiLC tint ‘CAKE ISN'T NOURISHING - MILK'S Too FATTENING - 2-?- L DONT KNowW WHAT fT LooKs LUKE THe DOG FoR LUNCH, MUM - THAT NoTe You LEFT IS SO FULL OF DONT'S To GWE YouR You'lt FIND SOME CHICKEN SouP IN THE KE Box ALREADY PREPARED — SUST PUT ITIN INSIDE OF AN EAT-AND-GROW -THIN” Ken Kling. Deprrigh, A801, Prem Positaning Oa (HY. Brbating World) Haynos, Grace Fisher, Fred Keating, | keep It up. A bunch of college boys | Archie “urtis, Norris Millingtor sot into an argument at the game and i Viloa Cecil Ormonde and Mehard | y ed their heads almost off. There RHYMED PROPOSALS toss, | a lot of excitement, SaaS but could arn nothing. JEFF." | — ISN'T THIS A WONDER? L. B. of Harlem has asked us to “BILLY BOY” A NEW ONE. “kindly except" a contribution from Chariton Andrews, who wrote i peunestes! intavoonisaei ielayiatcne of the theatres last week. | Very few people know it, but Marty | Sampte theatrical producer, is now a ma man. The young lady's name was Thompson. The Day’s Good Stories s r him. From it we gather that he| John Murray Anderson has returned ANE aint Oro helped van old lade) aeroaa English version of ‘“Bluebeards'e| Fred Allen, nutt comedian, was on|secks a sweetie who will love, honor|from Virginia, Ho will stago several ANEW RIRBASE, bie natataeeeee i r P Fighth Wife,” ts the author of the{® vaudeville bill last week heralded | and obey—perhaps. Here's his poem, | B&W sce “The Greenwich Vil- A ha |_ The next Ifttle scout looked at the Noniioh a ue ymedy called} @8 “Ten Wonder Acts” in the elec-|girls. What are we going to do| le Follle: negroes of a mountain in the! visiting teacher, who happened to be Bile Ea: bard and muaic| tric sign. A friend asked him where {About tt? Sam lH. Harris has placed in re- South, whero last summer| his teacher, and who also was in the ate te Walle sted ae x me NAAT eS thin week ON! love, oh! love, where {s thy sting? | nearsal he Varying Shore,” by Zoe! there was held for the first time ajearly thirtles. ‘I brought my teacher Schwartz, It is under-| ‘“‘Sce that sign ked Fred. “Welt, |T hope this poem a wife rill bring. | forrest te dineetine, Teuton: Sam | Chautauqua meeting, widely adver- s pivence of SUS} RERD HEH ADS re psi ly © produ Tight. ami wondering | Most every night I’m all atone; | The Washington and Jefferson toot-| tised tnroagout 8 district oh jriaater, dated, « : pee a |1 ought to have a sweetic to ci ball team saw “Get Together” at the |@arkeys all began asking one another} The teacher smiled.“ n't NUTT’S DOPE THE PATIENTS OF JOB, i @ to coll my! Fi yuodrome last night |what on earth could this be. | you say vou helped another ? Both Mrs, Henry Walker and her | Nutt, special |Iittle daughter, Mary, are under the column, are of Dr, Job.-Wellsville Optic Y of the oo own | Jefferson Shrewsbury this She needn't be pretty—fust onty fatr, With her my tot I'lt gladly share. \1f she'll make bread correspond: written a ¢ she asked. » nite ° Fallin Dunning of Wiliam Hodge's ‘The retort that came back stagger Conspicuously hown trom the fag| | cotta Wut Yauit ie when the fireman |staft of the “hotel” was a flag bear: |oq her.” ‘The little scout said sweet! *} collar, bi y in E y x : 1 I Tein Minto have it Afaorooted. Ing the wonls “Chatauqua.” Up to|"A Scout 1s always courteous —In- James | this establishedment there drove on Sener News, Haven game THOSE GIGGLING GIRLS. and bake it] Carle Cariton has engaged : a a ee ro It is—read It: thea sieeiuar erin’ e tt h 1 for a role in “Tangerine.” |day an aged negro, peddling vege- Here | ad it | Tre singling “ginle and a young) « Mmahf iM son was seen recently in the| tables, His eyes encountered the flag NO RUDENESS THERE. : Dear Dud: I and the wife saw!/man boarded a Broadway surface car|I'l bring home the dough on Satur je Like a King.” Tinian erminBuar logan oh ichtE \yN an underground train two per- ‘ale and the Sai A play |Yesterday at Park Place. When the day night, | — bei yaa ] sons with that easy grace that football Saturday and enjoyed it very | conductor happened to look their way | A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY | ®/armed him that he would not enter betokens long hab’ swayel aaah Fig aux cea et 4 oA ct a ts aod So answer, sweet women; no nced| Sir Harry Lauder says the chings|the hotel or even get down from '¥/ +40 the straps. ‘They were engage! would have lost had it not pi as! “Conductor, ts Franklin Street on to blush. |most worth while are God, work and |#eat. When the owner of the hotel,» picasant chat, when a man sitting it 1, as the Booth ly | this ine?" Write early, girls, and avoid the rush, | ®°™ finally appeared the old negro asked: | joa, pose and offered his seat to - were thera to try to | "No," he replied. | --————_--—— | acne “Say, boss, what disease 1s you-allligay “Whereupon one of the atrap ; FOOLI A “Vi a it , rap psig pl salina ae Sages sureied the gin lcarde rs came ; quaratined ag/inst?"—Hanper's Maga-| tory. Howey t lade Mi m th ita tal he uaine Gh voune Ge i “ , roading, Good Morning. | On the street car Charlie Yapp | zine. | Bangers remarked to the other; be | With ue, : é At the Thursday matinee of “The | Stood while holding to a strap, ‘Although I have been riding In ua Rear the tae aire aod Frank: | Love r fessional friends of| 'Tteasn't wrong, to tell the truth HE REMEMBERED THE LAW. | {hcse Arebe for easly. ton. ¥eark Mn s t laughed and laughe Tonn carne t 9 ae “y } heir | Dave ne’ yi iven-my seat to a nomas will Charley was a strapping youth HE Boy Scouts were telling their) [AY°,, Gossip. | | scout master of some of the! sy T inline ona ash cha eee : »orhood Play- = od s th done E ‘Sat all,” orted the friend F mA Wim lgath ae Dotan’ cies iss orhood May-| now THE CHESTNUT TREE. food turns they had done dur-| manners at all,” retorted the friend couldn't deliver the goods ve me| Nov. 7, “A Bill of Divorcementt may Glick, a op: “ qi Ing the last week. He was hvingthis | Syarey. credit for that one. By the way, a|@o to the Gaiety. p pe a and "The| “I saw one of the telephone girls Agua for thaltenaht cticne ae ihe ait “Don't blame my manners,” the laugh oF two in the cclumn naw dna r evelyn Emig. leave her auto at the curb yester- ¥ | other retorted, “but the company. The wh or two | olumn now andj We have been told that bottles of Alex Sullivan's song, “Georgia |day.” school teachers, who was visting the|fact is I have never had @ seat then might help. I ond the wife will milk are appearing this week bearing Rot tied for first prize with “Sunny Where did Central park" eting. One of the little scouts Harper's Magazine, atten ‘ <item FR 1M GOING “H Have A NEW Car ! OF DRIVING “HAT OLD RATTLE TRAI LAUGH ALL YOU WANT To = im SICK POF A {Mm asHAMeD OF (T BEFORE my FRIENDS, AND “That's & FACT ’ Screenings , By DON ALLEN OW that we've had | Week, Apple Week, Fire : vention Week and several o1!)61 varieties sprinkled about in the ovit- inal ffty-two—the motion piety companies come along and declar: Movie Week. There's Goldwyn Week—Setzpiel Week and several others already |nounced, with enough contempiatin, a seven-day splurge to round out thé | season of 1921-22 in first class shape ESLEY BARRY, whose “Selo! Days" film was shot last aun | mer, has been patiently watt« its release. He won't have long to wait, as Harry Rapf has just giveo Hoey Lawlor the order for art titles It is to be done in ma_ colors Wonder what color Wes's freckles will take? | HARLEY RAY had hie hands fu when he wrote, directed, pry: duced, and played the leading role in his latest release, unrelling al the Strand this week. ‘The name oj Ray's latest is "Two Minutes to Cio,’ but he swears he didn't have twa minutes to spare all during the time he was acting as author-scenarists | director-producer-star of the football classic screenings, 'P at the Capitol there are many things happening this week. First, it is the Capitol’s second anniversary week, with all the coin- cident celebration, and second, Wil) Rogers seems to get closer to tha folks in front of the s n than any other actor has in a long time, If Rogers wasn't one of the screen’é best loved actors, he wouldn't have the slightest trouble in the world keeping busy writing real titles, Rogers just seems to step off the screen while he is “Doubling tor Ro- meo” and talk his way into the hearts of those in the big, comfor ible Capitol chairs, Of course, Roget does a “monologue” almost all during the multi-reeis, But, then, t more could a Ro, n ask? RISCILLA DEAN goes R Barthelmess, the young~-and athletic {ce-leaping hero di |-Way Down East’ one or two thrills letter In "Conflict," now belng ur wound at the Central Theatre. Who? Dick used ice as a pathway to reach the heroine before the falls wer reached, Miss Dean jumps from log tp jlog during an ice jam in “Conflict’ | with all the agility of a chamoig. | *Confilct,” ns a picture, jumps about lke a jumping bean from scene Fa scene and back again, but Priaci! | Dean's log riding stunt is the thrill of the more or less thrill-ridden season. j RANTLAND RICF has a. | CG broken into the films, thi via a film rightly named | “Speed.” It's a hummer and deservus | honorable mention in any film list fdr {ts novelty in displaying the secrota of motion and {ts crisp, snappy | titling. ' “se } hands of such stars as Fisie Ferguson and Wallace Reid, is showing to A. R. O. (Atsle Ronin { On! | terion, l66 time TER IBBETSON,” in the HIE GOLEM,” displaced after a wonderful run by ‘Peter Tobetson,” is being shown for the first time at popular prices dt B. S. Moss's Broadway is still bree 66 6777 HE GOLEM’ ing records and ‘turning | ‘em away,’ announces |the house manager. And the crowds, | both afternoons a gehts, prove it 2CIL DE MILL Manslaughter, 2 has purchased by Alice Dae | Miller, which ran in the |8. B. P., and will make‘an early pra }duction. Wonder what he'll 1 | name it! A ANY wise producers are hold. ing back thelr trump cards in so far as further big produd. tions are concerned, until some of | the present successes turn their noses |toward the popular priced houses, | “The market is glutted with |b |releases right now,” say the a 3 , “eo we are going to wait and bide our time before we epring some of our other big ones. We've gqt some whoppers up our sleevep, though. Just wait ull arou Christmas, The Movte Santa Clatial is going to bring meny, many prises this year.” ), and deservedly 60, at the Cri-