The evening world. Newspaper, November 22, 1921, Page 28

NE ee he gh ” * (wy showing them a map of the oll © gaid he did—and then’ he nearly a the life out of them by letting © them drink whiskey into which he had @rops that led them to be- they were pdlsoned, He gave them the “antidote” he had taken when they agreed to give up _gmy claim against Mrs. Bruce and ‘eign statements confessing themselves ———————————————— About Plays and Players By BIDE DUDLEY Gillette Goes In “The Dre BY CHARLES DARNTON UR old friend Dr, Watson was probably never more surprised by Sherlock Holmes than we were by Dr. Clement at the Empire Theatre jast night, when William Gillette caused us to marvel at this extraordinarily resourceful practi- tioner in “The Dream Maker.” The programme didn't say who wrote this @rook melodrama, “based on a story by Howara B. Morton,” but the tratl ®eemed to lead directly to Mr, Gil- lette's rakish houseboat. For some time the proceedings were misleading with visitors at a summer resort seeming to be per- fectly good people in evening clothes, chatting politely if uninterestingly ‘after dinner at the Bruce Cottage ‘amd then going gaily to a dance. ‘Bven when one of the guests dropped @ remark, picked up by @ servant, about the Jong absence of Mr. Bruce im Texas and the possibility of its) being due to a woman there, we were inclined to credit the report with a| sigh, having heard of business trips | yunning on for this deplorable reason. According!y, we could sympathize with Mrs. Bruce, who was naturally upset, though able to dance. But she had a better friend than @he realized in old Dr. Clement, who | dropped in to tell wer that he had| loved her mother only to prove un- | worthy of that sainted lady. He in- | d#mated he hadn't gone quite straight, | ut he seemed to have quite got over what he politely described as “a| ghastly disease,” so we vulgarly put him down as a reformed crook. Thus dhe was able to do far more for poor, @istracted Mrs. Bruce than an onii- nary doctor could do. Tt didn’t take “him long to spot her friends as crooks. After the ball one of them came to her and declared he loved her. She was ready for bed, and not feeling very well because of drugged wine that had slightlyturned her head. ‘To add t6 her distress the villain peeled off his coat, whereupon the’ head erook and his supposed daughter Wurst into the room. This variant of ‘the old yet popular badger game placed Mrs. Bruce in the embarrassing position of seeming to be involved with the fiance of the confidence n, Charges were in order, but @ bows crook assured Mrs. Bruce's, bhother-in-law he might be able to settle the matter. {By this time the innocent wife was fairly out of her mind, ana Dr. Clem- ~ ent made it his business to take care of her. After sitting-outside the doo> of Mer room all night, he had work- men repair the mirror that had been ‘roken by a vase thrown In the row, and arranged everything so that his patient might be persuaded she had passed th-ough nothing more than a bad dream. He even forced the crooks to call around and say “Good morning,” as though nothing had hap- ‘pened, and, strange as it may seem, fhe convinced Mrs. Bruce she had only ‘been dreaming. ‘The conspirators, of course, were Holding out for money—a lot of it. . ‘Having learned the Bruce oil field was ‘doing ‘well, they demanded a quarter (ection of it worth, $100,000, only to ‘Gonble the amount upon getting news ef gushers. To save a scandal, the ‘brother-in-law, if you can believe it, qwas ready to pay this exorbitant Dleckmail. But Dr. Clement knew experience how to handle crooks. field\he got thetr finger prints—or THE NEW PLAYS Sherlocking . am Maker” crooks, All they got was stomach- ache, As one by one the crooks doubled up with collywobbles, the audience did the same with laughter, yet throughout the incredible play Mr. Gillette not only kept his face straight but gave an intensely earnest and In- teresting performance, with the adroit | touches characteristic of him. He suggested an aged man of go little physical strength as almost to be feeble, yet with a mind ao active that the crooks were no match for it. William Morris, Miriam Sears, Myr- tle Tannehill and Frank Morgan also | did everything in their power to make | the melodrama plausible, But even Mr. Gillette, with all his skilful Sher- locking, could not make us believe in| “The Droam Maker.” | THE BIG LITTLE FAMIL Lets BE JAZZY FOR A Aw Come ON, Let's BUY THAT Care AND SHow Some CLASS, WE'LL MAKE OUR. NEIGHBORS’ CARS LOOK LIKE “TomATO CANS. Disp CHANGE 8 JOE , You'RE Too EXTRAVAGANT IN Your DEAS — we'Lt DIE IN ‘LVTHE PoorRHouse ! _lerteancan noruin'! WE ONLY LIVE ONCE — LET'S MAKE LIFE AS HAPPY AS PossiBLE. ~ BESIDES , $1000 DOWN AND #50 A MONTH “LWon't RUIN Us! : MONTHS — AT “THE END OF WHICH TIME OUR CcHEsT ! WIFE INTo SOCIETY one TAKES UP a NEW FAD Ever weer ! et . SINCE “TH BUSTED WHICH Bo You SHINK “OUGHTA LEARN = FRENCH, RUSSIAN, POLISH, GREEK, TTALIAN, 2 GERMAN OR ARABIC f _ Believe me —ou DONT NEED inr KATINKA THERE'S SARAH SLOPPS, THE ME, AN’ GET OUT OF IT! HERES WHERE LGET p: THAT DOUGH OP). —-apap A HAND FULL TAY OF HAIR! ONE WHO'S BEEN TRYING To DoA "HOUDINE™ WITH A DEBT SHE OWES DONT ASK so d MANY Questions, AND TALK To M WELL, IF IT ISN'T MY OLD CHUM KATINKA $ I AIN'T SEEN You JORIS KEAND is to act under the direction of Charles Froh- man, Inc, in “The Czarina, play by Melchoir Lenglel and Lajos Biro. Arrangements were completed) “with Miss Keane by Gilbert Miller, Why, he ta ta tum de dum, NUTT'S DOPE. fhead of the Frohman firm, yesterday.) Bogash, 0.‘ It follows: Mr. Miller announces that the pro- duction will be made early in the! Army and the Navy will cross bats on mew year. “The Czarina” is a drama| the flatiron Sunda | you send us to Franklin Field to write it up for you, We both understand football fine. ‘The wife has a second A cousin, Otey Bone, who is a private in He wished something for his mother,| the Army, so she would write the from the Hungarian. CHRISTMAS HINTS. _ Bo he bought a handkerchief, Drother, Bo he bought a handkerchief. Next come sister to his mind, | aid he hunted 'round to find ‘ hing for a girl designed, ¥ And he bought a handkerchief. Z aor 5 Weil, he bought a handkerchief. “And for Jane, the servant, too, game from the Western Point: ang! gash fans think th gress ought to make it a |any bootlegger to sell bum w The Town Mar % | weekly quart from Phil Pottle, Bo. “Phen came grandma—what would) Piss ude bootlegger | gay and Spindle Streets. Much ex \eitement, but could learn nothing.— That his gift might bring each joy, | Another communication is in from Jefferson Shrewsbury Nutt, who is in “Dear Dud: I and the wife hear the and we suggest | My little nephew, Mush Upperbing, is When, of course, he thought of) in the Naval Preserves, #0 I*would, of course, lean the other way. The Bo- Navy will win, | because keeping the boys penned up on the ships or in the Academy at Indianapolis must get them wild, The hooch out here is getting Aerce. Con- ime. for Saturday night, and started a fight with him at kowska in the title role of “The Merry Widow," has been engaged by Henry! W. Savage to sing the role exclusively on the show's transcontinental tour. BELLE BERLEW'S JINGLE. Belle Berlew, who is merely “of the chorus,” has jingled us a jingle and fence, Said a lean, yellow cat: “I’m not dense, But why people should throw Things at me, I don't know. I've been told that my voice is im mense.” HE OBEYED ORDERS. She was a fat woman and as she boarded the Fifth Avenue bus the conductor, a young Irishman, said: stopped and gave him one look he demanded, “how can I do .“I don't know, lady,” he replied, “but the instructions is f'r us to say thim both.” And that settled the discussion, TO ENTERTAIN SOLDIERS. Entertainment for the soldiers in the Polyclinic, Fox Hills, Seton and other hospitals in this vicinity will be fur. nished on Thankagiving Day by vau- deville players recruited from the Keith forces by BE. F. Albee. Instruc- have sent also to the man- of out of town Keith to New You and she dares us to print it. That set-| | tles it—here's the rhyme: When she'd finished her-song on the Iss TUBBY (GREAT! I TELL You, IT so THIS 1S MARY —! LC GUD To HEAR THAT — CHANGES A GIRL COHPLETELY- FJ] MAYBE Now You'Lt =| ; ' WHY, Im A DIFFERENT SUNLE UGEUTARRIED: ADO FLUONAN ALTOGETHER SINCE 1 MARRIED! PAY BACK THE FIVE DOLLARS 1 LOANED You LACT —— ~ YEAR! TMM annuals RHYMED PROPOSALS Frances of Arverne wants to marry |some real nice hoy. She asks us to notify the eligible young men that she |can coo wonderfully and, that her heart is true and loving, Read Fran- ‘9 plea and forget your aversion to marriage, boys | Now, I can cook and I can bake, A true and loving wife I'd make To he who'll get dough for the cake. ‘Twill be soft and tender as my heart, Which should be pierced by Cupid's dart. Now, who will try my culinary art? ijn ws provide entertainment for convalesc- ing service men in hospitals. GOSSIP. Dan Quinlan has been engaged for “Red Pepper.” Virginia O'Brien has signed up for “The Chocolate Soldier.” The Pleiades Club dined and grape- |Juiced William Hodge Sunday. | Silvio Hein has an inflamed nerve junction in the spine, “Thank U" will have extra mati- nees on both Thursday and Friday, John Cromwell has stepped inte a role in “Marie Antoinette,” opening at the Playhouse to-night. Marbe will be in “Little Miss “Good Morning, Dearie,” two tickets to the Army-Navy game, but they're dated last year, Katie Schmidt, ice-skater at the Hippodrome, had a birthday yester- day. Charlotte gave her some flowers and Katie accepted them. Among the equine exhibits at Co- rinne Poth's horse party at the Winter Garden this afternoon will be the pony ballet from “Bombo.” “The Greenwich Village Follies” has just passed its 100th performance at that it is practically a new show, question?” A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. Streets are things for pedestrians cried out: “Oh, ah! A JOKE CONTEST. First in Walking Match.” This col- | mart peri Res Ae ees umn will give a flexible coal shovel “Well, change seats."—London Tit- for the best joke based on David'e|_.. WORTH ENGAGING, =| | nits eo cat NTO the office of a business man Eneeeaeineneeen set elo rushed a bright faced lad. For A BRITISH JOKE. FOOLISHMENT. May think he's rather pretty, But he’s no beauty to the lad Who wrote this lovely ditty. J s “Why is a policeman like a rain- bow?" “Oli, I must ask you 'to tell me.” “Because he rarely appears until the storm is over.” “Ta's ony twenty | YES —"we way YOU dave A A CAR IT WOULD BE. JUNK IN it's OFF YON THANKS - EWING WELL, YouR Mom iAs A LOT BE THANK- Fou , For After a pause he repeated the ques tion, whereupon a “Please, sir, Why did the angels walk to use when automobiles will let] wp and down Jacob's ladder when they them. had wings?” “Excuse me, “I'm in a hurry,’ “Well, what do you want?” asked the business man, “But why the hurry?” FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE, | “Got to hurry,” ‘replied toe lad “Left scheol yesterday and TwELve MONTHS WHICH 15 “Hu «=6MosT FoREIGN 5 IR -M~ BRINKER Something to Think About! 1 COULDN'T WINK OF SETTLING ANOTHER WOMAN'S BILLS ¢ The Day’s Good Stories GETTING OUT OF IT. ; BISHOP was addressing a large assembly of Sunday children, and wound up by ask-| Daily News. ing in a yery condescending way: the Shubert Theatre. ‘Since it opened, | “And now is there any little boy or so many changes have been made little girl who would like to ask me @ school said to his wife: draughts?” “Yes, sweety.” three minutes he waited and then or ALK about hard The man who has @ flowing beard ~| began to show signs of impatience. he said at length, the other night. “Great Scott! Why got a telephone?” ‘ou wouldn't want t .tiroubles in a time 1j you?”—London Times, "AND You'd Stitt BE | WING FOR 3 ad 3 | pation. \T ‘Screenings By DON ALLEN, TURN ON THEM. WEEPS. | Making people cry is a queer occu- Many comedians have bean doing it for years, As far as can de learned Maurice Sommers is Uhe fiitst | official cry-getter ever employed in a |motion picture studio. Maurice and his piano and violin, his only tools, are hard at work in R-C pictures, 14 ag it is a case of hear ‘em and weep. , “Every motion picture actor or ae tress has an affinity,” quoth Maurice “but mind you, [ don't mean a to affinity at all) 1 am speaking vt music, I am employed to make screen stars cry when they emote. Some- times it’s casy, and sometimes it's difficult. “Once I played the saddest sob- I knew for hours to Alice Brady only |to find out that weepy music makes her gay, Then I played “Over There,” and she wept a bucketfull. “My lot is of necessity a tearful one, but I'm happiest when they aze sad.” AUDIBLE APPETITE. n proved recently he w bis vi-like first) name by taking a vacation. vorking right sinart in ‘The Badge of Fighting es Mason's direc- tion, and when he heard the last whire jot the camera decided it was time for 'q good long rest, When he returned, all ready to sta: work on “Headjn’ | West,” Willian Craft, director, asked him how h “How do 1’ feel? cross-question Hoot. “Why, I feel so good that I'l sorter relish a little sick spell, just by { way of a change. jetty! You orter shack and hear m Say, boy!” “And when can you come?’ “Don't need to come; I'm here. could have been at work five minutes ago if you'd only said so."”—Chicago >» ANTI-CLIMAX. HE newly married couple had ar- rived at the stage when they in- vent little pet names for each brothers, matched to see who would little shrill voice| other, ‘They were seated in the draw- | fcot the turkey Dill. Owen lost. img room one evening when the man “And is my little duckie quite comfy | tro eS we anid he Baden. in her little armchair?” “And now is there any little boy or} « raeeyh {little girl who would like to answer| ,¥¢% love-bird. A headling says: “David Getzoft | Marys question?”"—-Edjinbungh Scots-| “And #8 my popsy quite free trom | 5<nnet The Joneses certainly had theirs First the dog ran away, then thé cook left, then the baby fell sick and the house caught fire. Can you beat that? And |ents. not a soul to help them,either. didn't “Sure they've got a telephone. add to their that, would j“at home’ | Now, ERICH—YoU sToP! Erich von Strochein prides himseit | upon his jokeless life, His press agent from) the .non- , but we can a . is still batting | winding path r sure her that | 1,000 in the jok The Press turned this one loos “L noticed in the paper recently that @ man was suing for divorce from the wife he secured through a mail-order matrimonal bureau, I am thinking of writing him and suggesting that his charge be that she wasn’t first-class matte’ Charge, Prince! CHARGE! He's a nice feller, at that. says Erich AT LAST IT’S NAMED. “All at Sea” has finally been chosen as the name for his moving picture story by Porter Emerson Browne and written for Richard Barthelmess. Browne, acting as Consulting Di- rector to Henry King, found himself just in the condition described by the title while filming the first society scenes, and decided the best thing for all concerned was to trek to the coast of Maine and live the simple life while filming the quiet and restful scenes cailed for in the script. Now they announce they are chock full of shore dinners and Maine at? mosphere, but say that it was mighty hard work filming woodland scenes in .the original dry State, because bootleggers cluttered up the loca- tions so. CLOSE-UPS, Sounds like an Elks convention at the Realart Studio with Bill Court- jeigh, Bill Boyd, Bill Carleton, Bill Collins and Bill O'Fare. And then, too, the first of every month, quite I| naturaly, adds to the bill collection. Mary Miles Minter says she likes to .¢ fer the gopher. Which means that she's finally captured the little pest that has been chewing up her maki up in her dressing room bungalow. ‘Owen Moore will be living up to hi name after Thanksgiving. Owe Matt and Tom, the famous screen Sleznick News shows a bull-fighter | being given the prettiest girl in the audience as a wifely prize. Brave Fl Roy Del Ruth, no selation to the has started directing Mack 's newest, “The Blockhead.” Some girl named Carrie writes that “she kes a shoemaker, but loves Harry Carey.” What'll. she do?” she theseecheth. ‘Tarry, Garrle! Marry \Harry Carey. Harry Rapf, producer of “School |Days,” starring Wesley Barry, has arranged a thirty-five minute kid re- yiew to precede the showing of the Im. Charles K. Harris of “After the Ball’ fame, is one of the authors of Warner Brothers “Ashamed of Par- Harry Cohn, producer of “Hallroom they |Comedies,” saw-eighteen movie sho send for help? Haven't the Joneses |last week to note the “laughs.” ‘Tha Imost up to our own record, but not But | quit Sixteen stars of on the of ovieland will be 4