The evening world. Newspaper, December 1, 1921, Page 28

ry i ANG ¥ COMICS ——— (US JO “THE NEW PLAYS “Her Salary Man” Isn’t Worth Much. BY CHARLES: DARNTON moni WHEN A FELLA GETS A SWELL New CAR’ HE OWES IT 7 HIS SELF RESPECT T'KEEP IT CLEAN. Mud PLaYs “Th! DICKENS WITH NEW VARNISH! HEY BLANCHE! "WRN IT BACK ON® I'M wasuin’ T NEVER KNEW SUCH A PERSON AS Joe FoR, LEAVING WATER RUNNING — He'D FLOAT THE House who goes shopping for a husband should be granted the privilege of changing him if he doesn’t suit her. t any rate, an arrangement of this might give variety to the trans- But there is little variety in Salary Man,” the farcical busi- pose by Forest Rutherford at the Cort ‘Pheatre. r is only reasonable that @ woman an heiress, of course, could Piri in this impossible deal. But as fuck will have it she picks up % bar- gain..mo less than a millionaire. She @evides to buy him, just to be inde- pendent of her terrible aunt, after ~ Wookimg over an actor and other | @pecimens who need the money. The | Millionaire just happens along in a @oathern California hotel, where ‘afitionaires are as common as movie Sars} and she snaps him up before ‘He tins time to explain he isn't 2 poor i looking for a good job. Then comes East and keeps sending fim monthly checks until one fine t he surprises her by walking ‘her bedroom. ‘Although the author bunks heavily geromance, “Her Saiary Man” isn't much. Some of the lines are t and one or two situations fave an obvious sort of humor, but af the play is too dull for @. It is one of those plays you PF ILLIAM A. BRADY, with his). Proposed conference of theat- rical interests, has started hing that may bring the present condition of legitimate cals to a head. The meeting, | called for yesterday, was d to next Tuesday afternoon O'clock at the 48th Street Thea- ,jOne big trouble with the show i just now lies in the dissen- call mildly amusing if you happen to be in a charitable mood. More like De Wolf Hopper than ever, Bdna May Oliver is ridiculous- ly funny when, as the forbidding aunt, she exposes her gaunt charms while preparing for bed in the pleasant glow of a large swig of hooch, The decorations of the bed- room would drive anybody to drink, though they seem restful compared to a Ibrary so loud that it fairly howls, It is simply stunning In its bad taste, Ruth Shepley plays the friendly wife with sustained animation; A. H. Van Buren is an agreeable mil- Honaire, Will Deming scores an oc- casional laugh, and Hedley Hall spouts amusingly as the chesty ac- tor. But their cheerfulness is almost BEFORE WE WERE MARRIED ‘You “Took ME EVERYWHERE AND SPENT tow T I ew # that beset it. There are various associations, leagues and . functioning more or jess sel- and with secret entagonism to other. Actors are walking the te fighting among themselves and | with the managers. Then the public © (iW demanding @ return to pre-war % office prices, and 't can't be done the overhead expenses of pro- and maintaining shows comes Mr. Brady doesn’t want to the proposed meeting. He | to see the hatchet buried, and | Ne has merely taken the first shovel-/ th from the hole. The vari-)| ni it themselves have got to! ie ‘or the hatchet will go right | hopping and @ number of our | will become millinery stores, ies and restaurants. AS TO EDYMAR. The. secret is out. Edymar, author "Marie Antoinette,” in which ace George is appearing at the ig Margaret Mayo and fey Kennedy. The name was } by taking the last three letters \y” and coupling them first three of “Margaret.” little note Miss Mayo ex- , that it was thought best to the real authorship of the) in order not to handicap a seri- enterprise: with a name so long with farce as hers has FS eng A SEASON OF REVIVALS. is is distinctly a season of re- Now it is William Faver- who is to use an old buccess He will restage “The Squaw a playing the title role, as he fh 1905. He will close “The Sil- Fox" at Maxine Eluiott’s Theatre Dec. 10.. Among the season's revivals made or announced "The Basiest Way,” “Peter " “The Chocolate Soldier,” it and Paid For,” “Alias Jim- ay Valentine” and “Salomy Jane.” ught and Paid For” will open at | 48th Street Theatre on Dec. 6. dM 18 LEARNING. Karna, trainer of Jocko, the crow of “Get Together,” at o@rome; permite Jim, the tudy crow, to watch from a in the wings the work of Jocko. mM this way it is expected Jim will je more easily taught to juggie. Jim, the js @ very appreciative Every time Jocko does a dif- trick Jim caws some sincere WEW PLAY TO OPEN. Kummer’ new play, “The Man,” will begin an en- at Maxine Elliott's Thea+ On Dec. 2% In the cast will be KATINKA was given yesterday and sixty-two Juveniles accompanied by adult rela- tives, were admitted free. A few cases of colic, stomachache et al de- veloped in the assemblage during the performance, but a good time was lad by all, nevertheless. We'd like to state just once more that the man- ager of this play bears the name of Stork, HANK DRAWS AGAIN, Big-Face Hank, who has been nicknamed “The Luck Lobster’ in connection with our game of chance, yesterday drew No. 100 from the box. Any reader who has exactly $1.00 in his pocket may send it to the writer of this column, By the way, this contest is attracting atten- tion even in foreign countries. We had a letter about it from Leonia, N. Jy yesterday. Watch for the daily number—you may be the lucky one. “MISS RAFFLES” DEC. 13. “Little Miss Raffles," the new mus- foal comedy by Guy Bolton, Clifford vey and the late Ivan Caryll with Vivienne Segal and Lawrence Gros- smith in the featured roles, will be pathetic. ‘| OH! WHAT A Fook I “TrRoo = “hares WH wistt WHAT We 1ITME Deag \ 19 SAYING. * Gs WAS WHEN I MARRIED ‘ou ¢ RHYMED PROPOSALS F. M, of Richmond Hill, says the rhymed letter of Frances, of Jersey City, appeals to him because he Is pretty sure he knows who she is, If he does, he continues, he's crazy about her. He's leaving town for a few days, ‘but he'll be back, and then—well, have @ look at his threat: When I return to New York town 7’ call and take you all aroun’, And let you know just why I care 80 much for you, my Lady Fair, T’'ve often seen you on the street, I’ve seen your eyes roll as we'd meet, The smile you gave me, Lady Fair, Now radiates most ev'rywhere. Those eyes of think, Have answered mine without a wink, Yet dared you answer with a stare— You fascinating Lady Fair! steel-blue gray, I I'd like to play a game of chance, With you the stake; I'd sing and dance presented by the Messrs, Shubert at the Astor Theatre on Tuesday eve- ning, Dec. 13. "BABIES SEE A PLAY. matinee” of “Just Mar. “Ware Bayes ‘Theatre, \ GOSSIP. There may be a touring Ziegfeld “Midnight 7 Alan ot “A Bill of Divorce- And hold your hand, my Lady Fair, Then leave a diamond solitaire. —— ment” received three mash notes yesterday. Marie Callahan of “Good Morning, Dearie,” will be hostess ¢o fifty wounded soldiers at the Hippodrome to-morrow afternoon, Madame Petrova “The White Peacock’ Theatre Dec. 26. “The Fair Circassian” will open at ~~ Republic Tuesday instead of Mon- ay. Alice Lloyd .is coming to America to appear in Shubert vaudeville, She will play the Winter Garden first. Channing Bollock will address the Playwrights’ Club Friday evening at the Hotel MaAlpin. He intends to speak freely, yet with care. Thomas Began, the Irish tenor, will arrive in New York on Christmas, after six months of touring this country and Mexico. Richard Bennett and Violet Heming will be featured in “Face to Face.” Others in the cast are Frederick Truesdell, Richard Pitman, Francis Byrne and William W. Crimmins, Esther Howard and Arthur Hoey have been engaged for the cast of “Under the Bamboo Treé," in which Bert Williams will be presented, Julius Tannen will be- master of ceremonies at the testimonial ten- dered the National Council of ‘Travel- ling Men’s Associations, under B. FE. Albee’s direction, at the Manhattan Opera House Dec, 18. Jay Carleton McCormack, a first cousin of John McCormack, the tenor, will have a singing role in “Tne Chocolate Sowier" apd will help run the stage, The opening will take place Dec. 12 at the Century, — f A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. David Belasco’s apeech, at the ini- tial performance of ill appear in at the Comedy “Kilsi,” would | 1} AWAY \F fF DIDN'T WATCH IT! DO Yu MEAN TS saY¥_ You ONDER STAND His LINGO 2 Do You KNow// WHAT +6 ‘'s SAYING = —You OUGHTA BE ASHAMED OF GIRL NAMES — AN ALL THE TIME THE POOR THING'S BEEN ON THAT COLD ROOF — have been excellent had he not suf- fered from stage fright. FOOLISHMENT. “Do you play classic tunes, Miss Mc- Swortert” Aéked a caller, Said she: “Well, I orter, j My piano just burned Till ‘Sweet Lady’ I learned, And I've mastered a Beethoven snorter.” FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. Mandy—Oh, Rufu: is dis heab really er diamond? ue Wey) if it ain't, I’se out fo’ bits. ny WAS A MAN ALL RIGHT. DITH WHARTON, the writer, told this war story: “The American wounded were being brought in from the Marne Battle, and @ fussy woman in a khaki uniform and Sam Browne belt knelt over a stretcher and said, ‘Is this casé an officer or only a man?” “The brawny Corporal who stood beside the stretcher gave her a grim laugh and said: ‘Well, lady, he ain't no officer, but he's been hit twice in the innards, both legs busted, he’s got two bullets in both arms, and we dropped him three times without his lettin’ out a squeak,so I @uess ye can call him a man.'"—National Repubd- “Under Cover” IMU --The Day’s Good Stories FIXING THE BLAME. ERB, there!” yelled Constable Sam T..Slackputter, the re- doubtable slouth of Petunia. “You knocked that there innocent by- stander down while he was peroozing along about his business, ran over him, stopped, backed up, and passed athwart, as it were, of him again. What in fire do you meah by such doin's?” “Why—doggone it cried the of- fending motorist, “he knew me, knew the name of this car, aud knew, too, that this is the first time I've ever driv’ this'n or any other, and yel, dad-burn him, he went and Pine right NK ity Star. In the wey, ansas City r, oo AN ELOQUENT EPISTLE. CERTAIN soldier and his buddy had waited many days for let- ters that did not come, Finally ‘one of them did receive a letter. He opened it in the presence of the other, who watched him enviously. In the envelope there was nothing but a sheet of writing pupes, blank on both sides. The one who had received no retter observed: “Well, you haven't anything on me. That's not a lette: “Sure it ia,” the other asserted, ‘7 from wife, We're not | ON THE JUMP. 6é time in Kansas City?” insinu- ated an acquaintance. “Tollable,” replied Gabe Gosnell of Grudge, “but nothing like what I probably would have had if I wasn't considerably lively on my feet. You see, up In Kay See, if you meet a re- apectable looiing man after 4 o'clock in the afternoon anywhere the least bit off to one side, he’s a hold-up and robs you. “And if you meet one that don't look respectable, he's a plain-clothes policeman, and pounds you because he thinks you're a hold-up. So I was practically on the keen jump all the time I was there, dodging one or the other.”—Kansas City Star. ae A middle of the night to find a burglar ransacking her effects, She did not scream, for she hed al- ways prided herself upon her courage, But, with a dramatic gesture she pointed to the door, exclaiming: “Leave me ur vive!” Whereupon the burglar, who had politely retreated a step, responded: “Excuse me, lady, but Ishad no in- tention ‘of taking you."—Harper’s THE POLITE BURGLAR. N elderly spinster awoke in the Screenings By DON ALLEN. TREASON. Zona Gale has went and done it. She has spilled the Bostons all over the place, as ‘twere. In violating section 2345 of the American credo that novels are ruined by picturiza- tion, the writer has upset tradition frightfuily. . Quoth the novelist: “I have just seen my story on the screen. At more than one point the pictufe of “Miss Lulu Bett” improves upon both the book and the play. By sugh work as this Paramount is doingja ) § service, not only to the screen, bjt eae to fiction and the drama.” ' The unexpected DOES happén sometimes. H A PRAYER. ' J. J. Cohn, production manager for Goldwyn, ran into a friend the other day. At least, Cohn says he was a friend but isn’t quite so sure of his status now. “The friend (?)" said Cohn, “delved into a rather vivid description of a new house he had built. He started at the flag pole and worked down, dwelling at length on each innovation, the children of his own brain. When he reached the dining room he said ‘And now look at the dining room; tt will seat eighteen people—God forpif!” “That's no nice way at all to de- scribe a dining room to a prospective guest.” f A PRIZE WINNER. William A. Carroll, who plays in “Yellow Men and Gold,” the Gouver- neur Morris film, has been in films since before ham and eggs doubled up. He never tires of recounting the experiences in the days when picture actors were called upon to shout “still!” whenever they thought tt pose called for a picture for adver- tising purposes. u “We used to get a prize for re- aminding the camera man to quit cranking and snap a still,” said Bill “Phe prize was a bottle of cool I hold the prize-winning record. appeared in forty-five scenes one da and yelled ‘still’ 0 often the prizds ran out, “Them was the happy days ery of ‘still’ wouldn't mix ve with the brand of ‘prizes’ well WHO'S MOVE? Harry Beaumont, director, now megaphoning for Viola Dana, has just won the catch-as-catch-can-no-holds- barred checker :championship of Metro. During the tournament just finished Harry met and vanquished all comers and was worn shadow thin RECKON you had a right lively ki by the strain of his many struggles on the checker fleld. Gasping and gaunt after his titid- deciding game recently with Edward Connelly, Beaumont, like all new champions, issued a victory statg- ment. He said: “The supreme triumph of a checl ered career. I'll fight again in week,” CUT BACKS, ! “Many a man is getting back on hi feet these days,” muses Bert Lytelj, after reading of how many of h friends have given up their au jes. ! “Do you golf?” a friend Alice Terry. “By ear only,” quipped the screen star. ational value of motion, pig- has made itself very, very pl: te Jareth Hugh who notes srowing number of persons who ha’ learned to pronounce the word “filn?”’ in one syllable. Lon Chaney has just finished “Wolf- breed" for Universal. lon Myeres, brother of Carmel, abandoned a Broadway song- writing career and is back as execu- tive secretary to Julius Stern in Uni- 4 versal City. “Human Hearts” has just started asa film. The late Hal Reid, the author, was famous for two “g d Wally. “Don't wink at trouble,” advises Tt comes with- out any persuasion.’ Gloria Swanson has just finish “The Husban rademark” and about to start on “Beyond the Rocksf" ‘y' an Elinor Glyn story. Bryant Washburn has no trouble pandling ib Paneth Ca Sidaies on the joldwyn lot. He gets plenty of prag- . tice at home. hides After ten weeks’ S. R. O. “Theodora” will quit the Astor Dec. 16, Another theatre is being nq gotiated for a furtnerance of the rut, Maude Robinson Toombs, publicii agentrice, writes to say that this umn makes jokes of her sertoug) and serious stories of her jokes, Well€ i y nese have to give nowadays; now, woul it” i « i | i i)