The evening world. Newspaper, October 26, 1921, Page 24

THE NEW PLAYS 4 “The Six-Fifty” a Mixed Theatrical Freight ' BY CHARLES DARNTON. EF EN with Fords, life on a farm) cause of the types it carries. One these days may be unendurable | js 4 dyspeptic codger who momentar- “ to restless women, if we are to! iy forgets his stomach troubles when Aude by some of the plays that come | ne goes to the farmhouse and “gets fur way. One of tham i “The S1X-| away" with @ plate of roast pork and Fitty," which has pulled up at the! oovtoce aet betore him by the abby Hudson Theatre and is letting oft |? Peed d @team that just escapes being con- @ensed into drama, Like “The Detour,” this play by Kate McLaurin presents the point of stir cK se sayy ial ake forceful as the young farmer, and farm, feels she can stand {tno tareey | iilian Atberteon a fairly rebellious =| = ¥ | wife as wet a ‘- ‘and doesn’t hesitate to Jet her plod- |“ ee La notre Ging bushand know hes wate ct carwa,{Pressionable flapper delightfully, Ti fe possible to sympathize with her| Viiiam T. Hays 1s an amusing dy and at the same time have considera- tion for hor patient, hantworking his. | As as & dining car waiter, hate, Of one thing at least you may be to eat. This “Gramp” ts an excellent char- Left to themselves these farm folks) are innately interesting. The wife,|¥°4 the husband, and ti Joddering | ~~» — mE. are tandiater sient ewan) THE BIG LITT ambitious to live till he’ is one hun- | dred years old, are homely and hu- ‘man, and the first act of the play, with a change of scone to a railroad old “Gramp" in a scene good enough acter excollently acted by Reginald | Barlow. Leonard Willey ts ‘quletly | peptic, and Wilbur Cox quite the real sure—"The Six-Fifty” will not hore | { JOE’S CAR TUL Foot TWese Binds! First LL act Liwe I'M GONNA BoY —“Taus tue FIND OUT “He MARKET PRICE ON MY GAR BEFORE ..r OFFER (T ON sumen' eise! dining car, 1s both real and amusing. Ive HiRED A Then the celebrated arm of coir dence reaches out and passes all prot ability, “Let something happen! cries the desperate wife in the kitchen, and tnetantty the 6.50 train 1s wrecked at her door. On the train a world-weary prima donma, who mod- estly kena herasif to “a famous Woman flushed with happiness and watiecess,” yearns for much tac same thing, and—bang!—sho is ditched. Most of the people on the train, where they have the virtue of being entertaining, come into the kitchen and behave ridiculously. It te th turn that makes The Six-Fifty m'xed theatrical freight. Instead of taking a cup of coffee and closing her mouth the prima donna opens it with: “IT have taken fe with tragic eeri- Ousness, and she, the jade, is not worth it.” In Justice to her earlier f00d work the author should have eleared the track of such rubbish, to- gether with the phrase-making phil- GARDENER “To witaT MAKES i \S—____-_- anderer who almost Instantly in- Heke Comes YOu THINK trigues the farmer's wife. She even Boanie AND He Le Cane goes so far as to start taking the He 'S GONNA You NAMes train in the morning, but has sense enough to come back to her husband, who, by this time, ts ready to sell the farm to the railroad company Intent upon making a straight cut through his potato patch so that further wrecks on the dangerous curve may ‘be avoided. Thus the farmer will be enabled to move his wife to Winches- ter, where she may dance and other- wise enjoy herself. These things, you know, sometimes happen in the worst regulated plays. ‘The kitchen before the Invasion claifis serious attention with its simple characters and {ts truthful re flection of their dull, monotonous lives. The dining car is cleverly Haged and affords amusement be-| MA TINKA I PROMISED To TAKE KATINKA To LUNCH BUT L HOPE SHE ORDERS SOMETHING LIGHT- CALL ME NAMES About Plays and Players By BIDE DUDLEY LSIE JANIS just cannot remain idie long. She will launch 4 Rew musical revue with “her gang” next Monday at Ford's The- @tre, Baltimore, and then go to Wash- ington to play during Armistice week ‘The new piece, written by herscif, is ealled “A New Attack,” and the com- pany, which includes a dozen or more ex-service men, is a large one. There will be some sprightly chorus girls in the troupe too; in fact, Elsie is going T'VE ONLY GOT SIXTY CENTS! SANDWICH, FERDIE - _|T DON'T BELIEVE IN TAKING ADVANTAGE —C OF FELLOWS ! "WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1921 | “They'LL KNock IT “T'PIECES “CAN Tene me 1S JUNK ft MY FRIEND SOPHIE SOPP ALWAYS ORDERS FANCY DISHES IN A RESTAURANT] To MAKE PEOPLE AROUND HER THINK - — wae " " s = tf “Mey SEE mv cae a4 Neu, “LE-MoN Fouf2 — USED, UT “¢ -And Thus He Found Out! “3 IN, GOOD SHAPE. WHATTA Y'ASK For LEANING ON THEM AW. You TINCY OLD THING, You? out equipped to give a rousing show | headliners is being arranged. The | JUST LIKE A WOMAN! Denver Sanatorium cares for indigent} conrumptives of all races and creeds. . A girl stepped up to an Interbor- ough ticket booth the Times Square Station yesterday and asked “Does this subway go to Park Place?” _ “Yes,” replied the ticket seller “You eure?” “Absolutely!” The girl started away. “Here, go through the gute there!” yelled the man ‘n the booth KINGSTON WITH ZIEGFELD, Kingston his general manager |to cupid us: I like the way you write, MNo, thank vou!” aald the gtk 1i| 2, Sort time ago. He has worked |1rm glad to atate I'd be your mate, for Mr. Ziegfeld before. THOSE LIGHTS. this line goes to Park Place it isn't the subway I want." “Wow!” grunted the tickot man, as | she tripped lightly along, |through the kindness of Wil H ; Hayes, it has been deposited on our} A BIG SHOW AHEAD. desk. Peruse it, dear. reader, and tell | === A benefit performance tn aid of The |US What you think of M. Ro as e| changed twice a week. Touring com- pantes will play the Prie house the first half of each week and vaudeville the second half Jewish Consumptives’ Relief Society, | ™emester. Here it te Which operates the Denver Sanator-|/ love to watch the lights that play jum, wil! be given at the Sam H Beneath a woman's lashes. Harris Theatre Bunday evening, Nov.|At times they're quick; at times 18. Some time ago one of the bulid- they're soft; ings ‘n Denver burned and money 18] py¢ y come in dots and dashes, eon Beene crepe sornmnltite Those tantalizing little lighte, of A. &. Erlanger, Lee Shubert, Marc| They Keep you at a guess, ®, Moss, George C. Tyler, Arichibaid| Of woman's wireless! Selwyn, A. H. Woods, Oliver Morosco, | ‘William Fox, Abraham Levy, B. K. MORE SHUBERT VODE. Marcus, Joseph Kaufman, Mortimer| The Mei bide } | M. R. has written us @ poem and , Shubert have arranged | 8? Fishel end Albert Falk, Mr, Fishel is t) open the Majcatic Theatre, De- chairman and Mr, Falk ie trensurer, tTolt, ae @ vaudeville house next Mon- ay. A few days later they will in- My, Harris how given the we of hie stall vaudeville in the Park, at Brie theatre, 4 bill made up of stare and Pa. The bill at the Majeatlo will bs | Timea Square Theatre on Nov, 7 » | And you my heart's delight, \1f you'd agree to marry me | And tve on what I make Oh, sweet Estelle, you lonesome belle, Please let me be your Jake. will be offered the | OVERMAN’S LATEST. Married” was in the Navy, a dis utadle looking tramp applied for en- ig ship's medi-| ca!) officer called a hospital steward ¥ n, ‘Take him for-ard and have him Kiaw, BE. F. Albee, Sam H, Harris, B,|O% lucky man who knows the code) govutiad,* he sald. Half an hour later the hospital steward appeared Hstment. The rec iv the doctor and saluted. | PLAYS CHANGE THEATRES. |put “A Bill of Divorcem ) |when Ed Wynn comes to the Coban RHYMED PROPOSALS || |. Jake, a bachelor, who is in the to- | nightly, j bacco business, saw Extelle's plea for | ¥. Ziegfeld jr. has appointed Sam|® busband the other day and decided | in| be Hked her style. Being of a poeti- | ; jcal nature himself he wrote the fol- charge of ai! matters pertaining to the |Jowing reply to her rhyme and ent it “Follies” and “The Midnight Frolic.” Mr. Kingston was in the employ of |Oh, sweet B William Fox several years, resigning Pollock show's business MARGIE’S SHIFTING EYES. Margaret Irving of “The Music ts known as the girl with the | |chameleon eyes. | blue her eyes are blue; if she puts on | elle, you lonesome belle,| brown her eyes are brown, and so it Tom Oliphant says be shud- ‘ders to think what would happen were Ted and Kathryn Andrews, dancers have joined “Tangerine.” Wandering Jew" |the Knickerbocker to-night will start at Betty Wales and Marguerite Bar- with Grace George | opera company. When Lynne Overman of "Just Greenwich Villag will play no | no use, sir," he said, “we BInniD8 | on, darling, I think you're “Bombo” for a phonograph company | | Charles Dillingham has arranged to| yesterday and received just $12,000 y for his work. "Getting Gertie’s Garter” will reach in the its 100th performance to-night at} the Republic Theatre, It is hinted that George M. Cohan | may play the Vagabond in “Phe Tavern” {n London in the near future. Etlenne Girardot, Marguerite Max- well, Henry Carvill, Fay West and | Burt recovering trom his iness and day. trene Franklin, his wife, saya’ utes that, golf player. oa Dollar Down" and a “girlie mu- ue estern Blectric F Palm Garden, Tuesday night. It promises to be a large evening. Gilda Gray, former shimmy ex called the Areara at Gi! Boag’s Ren- fast she's sorry, A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. If the applause at a theatrical first night comes from the front of the | house, {t's genuine; if it comes from written al the rear, tt tsn’t, FOOLISH MENT. Her- |There was @ young lady named Bland, hert, played several plano aelections\ 4nd off, when her beau held he: at the Spantsh and Portuguese Tem. |” , : rau fi ple last night Sothern and Marlowe mid-week matinees during their Cen- holystoned him for thirty minutes|tury Theatre engagement be, 4 came to another suit of clothes.” | Monday evening, hand, She'd soy: “Liaten, Tom, You sure take the palm. FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE, “My brother Mark ts working for a laundry.” » “Oh, he's a laundry Mark, eh? T SAW HER DINING: WITH A FELLOW ONC! WHEN SHE CALLED ovT Loud —— WAITER ! BRING ME A STUFFED: One SIUrT ED Bau WITH MUSHROOMS ! a The Day’s Good Stories INGENIOUS QUIBBLING, ) The passenger, alighting, asked, “How ‘en cents,” again replie: walking up the 940 steps of} shooting nine holes a) the Equitable Building in nine min- reminds us of 8 an accompanist, he's a fine | made between two En jan athlete, bet that he a long flight of steps two at a time; will be given by the|! ineers' Club at| asked the tray ould hop up vays paid a dollar for this trip." + sir, but the law won't let me] all silvery and shiny. The engravin forty-one steps, and so when he had made twenty hops he found he hud He paid up, but he accused his opponent of sharp practice “Sharp practice!” ponent, who is doing a new one) indignantly. | same wager with you that I can do dezvous, says she's losing weight so it.” other, expecting to win his back, assented, nent then hopped up forty steps, ani fnished in the He won the bet while he had hopped one, the wording of the wager his block off." a opped back one, SUSPICIOUS SIGN. prescribed manne, h a rn town, was very bald in the habit of wear- bie business ant ‘One day an he was FOUND AT LAST. } KELLY’S LITTLE JOKE. RED CG. KELLY, the well-known wit and maguzine sitting in his car tn front of 1 Washington hotel, with his golf cap Ne eves, waiting for drew his wages, pass by and asked; why don't you let some of that monev bank and keep an ac-|and experienced walters to serve durh | us justgrard.*| pulled down over } negro ker and gaz- | moored on West 56th Street, and hp the Panama hat he | furnished six of the handsomest ang You see, | best drilled waiters in captivity, leaning toward the b ing curiously wore, “l'se always afeared. sah, you look liko vou was always Grove the man|ready to start somewheres,”—Satur- to the station.| dav it, A travelling man rushed out, dumped and said to the amused Mr ‘Union Station.” wiarted Mp ane 1 ae You pony wart a “Le-mon’ ! we WOULDN'T HAVE ONE CH OUR FLooR — Te 'RE JUNK ff IN Fact, wee oN WOULDN'T SELL YOU ONE — = ~~} oo t & a) J ‘ creenings By DON ALLEN IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW. | Astor—"“Theodora,” Lions, lust and lachrymosity, with cast of 16,000. Count ‘em! Capitol—Will Rogers, "Doubling for Romeo” is Rogers plus. Tiflem | “make the film. | Central——"Contii nerve and « 1 thrilli Criterion lation of stare egus centrate on ‘Peter Ibbetson.” Ag utistic achievement. ' Rivoli—Nazimova weeps and cries amb coughs her way through anothe: Camille. ; Hialto—Gloria Swanson is still smart, ing “Under the Lash.” | Strand—Charles Ray only has “Tw Minutes to Go.” You'll be sorry + isn't alx minutes Lyric -- Douglas “three Muskote and all for Doug. Priscilla Dean's jam dramatized tonst rbanks in the One tor all ALL STARS DO NOT SHINE, All ny picture stars ¢ lected in electric ligt ‘dat the Cent: cilia Dean's nai oh in signs that prociabn her the star of “Conflict” the scree. | drama of love and ley ‘ To be absolutely with Dean, she n her y IS a star, esp le of tag with death acfoas | rushing, batterin bat the real acting Cr should be pinned on the shawl Martha Mattox her portray a dg- mented, row-hounded creature pf uncertain yea ‘ It'a a treat, now and ti ty spe ereen Work of this kind CHARLEY DIDN'T LIKE Chaplin, minus je but yins his amboo cane, made his Th to Sing Sing yester not only was it his F it will be his LAST, unless h j cuffed t on f husky | arley, “and T Itke 4 sing. 1 don't evel Jexpect to go again, but if ldo it will surely be volunta ' ~ ' COME ON—SNOW! 1 1), W. Griffith must have anotué “Way Down Kast” idea flitting about Anyway, he is prayiny for a reguinr nor'wester to hit thes! to the peace and gont tent of D. W. G. is a snowstorm fi fore that date that he has taken out |a policy which guarantees him either a snowstorm or $25,000 It seems that many actors havh contracts with the waster produce tat expire on Noy, 20. He is plant ning a big snow scene with there | players, Unless tt snows he will have to extend their contracts at a great expense. It’s a mean thing to say, but we hope it NEVER snows, LOSES, YET GAINS. S. L. Rothafel, who watches oveb the Capitol Theatre as @ fond father gazes upon his first son, looked down recently and couldn't see whether hig #82in| shoes were shined or not. He decided it was time to reducé the gains to the middieman and took aston: | yp handball. 8. L. has not only lost his supers fluous girth but he has won a i | on the trophy states that it is fo winning the Handball Champtonsh! & the} of Broadway—whatever that may “They'd | mean. any DEEP MYSTERY. George G. Shor, director of pub- Neity for the Rivoli-Rialte-Criterion triangle, in his press notice states: “Among those who attended the show- |ing of "Peter Ibbetson’ Sunday n gh? t the Criterion were Norma Tal- Joseph Schenck and another mystery is— 0 was the “othor t ane| “Who called the hanisome waiter?? wallet the banker chanced to “Look here, John long @ figure of speech, 1s a reality last. A big moving picture produciny corporation needed #everal handsom ing a banquet scene, They sought Theodore of the Steamship Flot!lim / ow they've developed temperat ment and do not relish real work otter ork. : having tasted a sample of ree, we