The evening world. Newspaper, December 7, 1921, Page 24

BRITONS never vill be slaves don't mind having one © around the house, provided she is @retty and patters about in bare fect Tuminous pantaloons. Indeed, are willing to stretch a tradi- point and make her one of tne ly. At any rate, we got this no- Yon from Gladys Ungor's play, “The 4 Circassian,” which filled us with oe surprise last night at the Repub- Me Theatre. Tt meemed a good idea. so far as that for the English to get a little fn their lives, especially at a @ when they were quaintly called by ® gorgeous Persian Prince omnd biz ornate entourage. This hap- you should know, In 1819, when George IV. was holding dewo throne, and as the Shah of Persia ‘yas anxious to get on his good side the sent over an ambassador with a few trifling presents such as horses md Zora, the beautiful slave giri, ‘Dloked up at a bargain in Constanti- opie. He tried his beet to crowd in @lephant, but it esvldn't be man- However, ttero was a black Zora came in a huge jar like an Christmas present, offering a Yon to wives who would like Wo give their husbands something () they'd really appreciate. Being | sBipped in this way naturally ped her style a bit, but after rihg up she proved to be in good and started right .n giving an | Pehibition of her points as a house- Be At first she thought she d he agreed her, but when he mentioned he under contract to deliver her to King she took a sudden dislike to and made herso!f most agreeable te Lord Ottery'’s son, the Hon. Faulconhurst, no less. glance at Claude was enough to ‘ince any one there would be no ee of the East in the West,” Claude looked anything but ro- tie. It didn't seem possible Zora ld see anything in him after being to a showy fellow like the Prince, though she promised to marry him and Claude's delighted father we his consent. And sure enough, » moment Zora heard that the ‘old astrologer, Moussa Beg, @ for failing to carry out the Lon- Programme, she seemed to hear call of the East. Meanwhile Maude hadn't done himsclf any good ‘by urging the simple girl to wear 4 ings and skirts, She liked to Teported mad and therefore out ‘the social whin, Zora danced for the ice Regent. Noticing he was in- . she asked him to call on her next afternoon at a certain house. tm he got there His Royal High- ‘was peeved to find himself fn the Ambassador's house, but got @round him and had him @ ietter to the Shah saying the had done everything expected Bim. Grateful to the lovely slave » for having saved his life, the Prince fs pon declared he would be only happy to marry her—a pleasing é sensible arrangement. si ‘There was more color than charm : B the play, thanks to the picturesque f But as a comedy of con- About Plays and Players By BIDE DUDLEY '~ National Theatre, following the engagement of ‘Main Gtreet” at the house, will be- the home of a high class reper- company which will present old and occasionally a new play. Bother words, Broadway is to have company. In it will be George Charlotte Walker, Wilton Lac- Maclyn Arbuckle, Harry Mest- Edmond Lowe, Ignacio Marti- Wand Carrie Radcliffe. Seats will for $2 each at the mo: nd dure mm the early part of each week top ic will be $1.50. George Nash, rho ‘will direct the first play, said last National Players, Inc, is dis- potly a repertoire organization. The Bétors have agreed that, no matter "What may be the success of a play, ji] will be changed every four If these artists wish to play the public and themselves, ean do it from 4 standpoint not to a theatrical manager. , the attitude of managers ywrights has been most en- Augustus Thomas has us we may have any of his t any time. Fight—let’ SPRING'S CHERISHMENT. ui J. Steinberg of N pave “Arizona.” recently and glorious spri: ne other about in his “The Fair Circassian” Has More Color Than Charm By CHARLES DARNTON Putting up a job on the Prince to | him killed when he got back | sl free and easy, and when the King | dope on spring: 655 Road, Brookiyn, heard a bird immediately began to it was only naturel o spring and, | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1921 . trasts it had its entertaining moments In the course of Persian comments on English customs, At such times Miss Unger proved her ability to be both pertinent and impertinent with a de- lightful sense of humor Margaret Mower disguised herself as the Circassian with a red wig that recalled childhood's happy days at the | sideshow. She was graceful and sinu oun, but so intent upon posturing that she sometimes forgot her accent Claude King carried off the role of | the Prince with a fine air, niin Gayer gave distinction and fronie hu- mor to the representative of the Eng lish Foreign Office, and Ethel Dane fluttered about amusingly as Lady Ot tery, But in spite Vair more than a cleve® masquerade of good performances little | Cireassian” seemed THE BIG LITTLE F Im sore THAT I CARRIED ON So “CRABBY * (IN FRONT OF | Sour FRIENDS*/ How. PLAY Rr HERE — DONT GO OFF WHAT RIND OF A LoowiK! BIRD ISHE, FELIX? IF HE LooKs LIKE HE'S GOT MONEY, LeT | Him Come tN! -——— | We MAY BE “Te FELLAH “Hat CALLED UP ABOLIT “Har @oRNER, SOT S iF 1 Sete” Him ve Have TH DOUGH FOR “HE FIRST PAYMENT PHO 15 —— ON MY CAR = tle sLiP RIM ONEL Con YESSIR, — HE DON'T (OE ese SGARS! tie (7) \ book Like A BUM rig es J} =) You KNOW. AS A RULE XX AM Very EVEN “TEemreren ! {bu SCARED "EM ALL GAT C (aay bq nit NE ME “Ths \T DOWN ~ SIT DowN © “THanks T wut Tell It to “Twin” Bro AH YES, MR.HooKeR! DIDNT You : MORNING ? OF THESE , Mey'RE CLEAR Havana ———2—J HAVE ONG Otherwise She'd Seem Odd! BEFORE , LFIND You © ma (WVEVve weer), Pus.co Bose - So aye ; RIGHT BACK HERE MOM SAID You | SHouLd NT Co M1 LOOKIN’ FOR A POLICEMAN — THERE'S. A ROBBER IN THE House ! HEAVENS You DIDN'T KATINKA Al 1 HOPE LEAVE LONE ! Ones (4¥EvE. WORLD) PRESS WEG OH, NO — SHE's HOLDING THE ROBBER ! friends, and you'll get the correct | Oh, Spring, thou art a wonderful | thing, | Happy is every one in Spring. The children cach and every one, Play beneath the glowing sun, The horses trot merrily along, | Keeping time to the children's song. Why, even the birdies on the tree | top high Dart here and there across the sky. In Spring the old folks are happy and’ gay 8 they fondly watch their kiddies at | play. | That's why the dog in its merri- mont Seems to relish more cherishment For the good things God gave with| reason | In this wonderful, glorious Spring-| time season NOVELTY GONE—COHAN. George M. Cohan says the illusion | of the theatre has, to a great extent, | been destroyed in America | “The stage.” said he last night, “is | no longer the wonderland make | believe in this country. The strike Of two years ago has made the actors mere mortals to the public. In Lon- don it is different. The Britishers ail bave ® warm appreciation for of the|“The sing so. got ) gree, has been worn off. The Ameri- | GOSSIP. can people are too familiar with the/| RHYMED PROPOSALS || Mary Lewis, prima donna, joins inner workings of the stage.” | |The Midnight Frolic* to-night | YOU'RE WELCOME, “cHic!” | Oh, George, of Jefferson, we have| ,WilMam Williams will be Santa | | Claus at the Hippodrome this year u " aeeepic address here for yo and, Gi ie, Walter Winchell likes the idea of | ph ‘ape seed fei Pore Teddy Roberts has been appointed printing in his favorite column | thyme dust: tac ad y Ale POA HEY Assistant Stage Manager for Kd rhymes about vaudeville acts. He) you're interested, bother the old post. | ¥¥8n in “Phe Pert vol. also Ukes to write such rhymes.|}man, lad, and don’t forget to inclose} Arthur Hammerstein gaged Look: Ja return ‘ticket | Vietor. Morley for ““Vhe Blue Kitten, Abe Silverman is to-day’s applicant | opening Dee, 26 in Atlantic City | ‘for marital bliss. Abe's folks own a| Smoking js now permitted at the | restaurant, and he tells us that if we| Winter Garden in the boxes and the find a bride for him we'll all mect at | balcony the eat-shop and disarrange the rich| fashion The kind of act that I like best (He always hits the nail), Is B. F. Keith's star from the West, revue, staged by Kuy| Our rube friend, Charles (Chic)| food. Hear his plea: Kehdall’ will be seen at the 4¢b sate. My name is Abe Silverman, of the| Street Theatre next week " pe | cast side, | William Anthony MoGuire, author THE CONTEST. I'm just twenty years and took for|of “Six-Cylinder Love,” has written a ‘f 7 ylet called Wire Collect, for Notice—There was no drawing last a bride, Oliver and Opp. ° Rosalind Fuller of “The Greenwich Village Follies,” has completed a n folklore. night in the money contest. Big- Face Hank was called to the bedside of a hooched friend and failed to re- One not very fat and not very lean;) Don't mind if pretty, but must be) roar on Amer! turn. He telephoned us, however, neat and clean Max: : : ran. Maxine Brown, formerly of “The saying he wa z I y, > try 1 pap a Bel as Queen of the May.| rye searched all downtown for a|Right Girl” and “Buddies,” attended 4 the meeting of the Minor League “os nice bride, baseball magnates, with her mother. ANOTHER POSTPONEMENT. But I don't know—my kind seem to) Miss Brown was made an honorary Willam A Brady's meeting of) hide. member of the Michigan-Ontario theatrical interests to discuss condi- League. tions in the amusement world with a} 80, ladies of Harlem, Bronx or ont ‘countess Grace Leontovich of | view to solving various problems that of town, Petrograd, will make her stage debut have create mae yUsINesS as not} bs *hoco: Bold a t) held yesterday as estatuies ea pis -|@f you are anrious why just step Contain Maen night She vill fh ond postponement. was announced, aroun’ Known professionally. as Leon. with no date set, In the mean time. | - complete cast of “Lawful! says Mr, Brady, various matters have | 1% girls, 7 dm working and curnt-| 1 a iceny," 40 be presented by A. | been taken up by committees who ing fine pay, is made up of Margaret will report when the meeting is held.| rye saved it all up for the lovely 1 rey Lowell | Sherman, waltn —— inehart, Felix Krembs, Elsie Mack- JOE HAD NONE. big day, loys, Forrest robinson, Vraser Gols DERIVED FROM IDO LATRY ARE NAMES OF DAYS. In Olden Times Worshipped on Ce, Each God Wan jain Day— Ancient Deities Honored. (From tha Detroit News.) The days of the week names from ancient Idola! times each god was certain day. because of the Impressto: ght and warmth made o; the day set aside to wor worshipped on The sun became a deity derive their try. In olden a n its glorious n man. Thus rship the sun cume to be known as “Sunday,” The second day of the week, Monday, also goes back to ancien: t heathen be- liefs, for it was the day designated for that nickname because he can't go to a funeral without laughing. FOOLISHMENT, \ \ A lad from Milwaukee named Schoo- ley, When kicked by a cow, ly, “Althou Said he Her kiek mutey.” h she “which makes me t took it cool-| to \egend. presided ove: + "fe an has horns, scorns hink she's a FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. Sheriff. had | When to the altar smiling, girls, 1\ ter and Ida Waterman. Bing Follies” but wasn't sort be od — “oy With-my sweet bride, there to be wed, + Leadon. We understand Joe Lebl: numerous calls for cut-rate ti THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. able icker Peters of Wellsville beara’ ; ‘ eens make before the trap Condemned Man—Yes. P' bury me to the last fellow eases and ectaaatee Have you any request to u | talking shop’ the worshlp of the moon. “Monday” comes from the old Anglo-Saxon. word monandaeg, in turn a translation of the Latin lunae dies. ‘The root of the word “luna” means “to shine,” hence Its ap- plication to the moon. Tuesday was dedicated to the worship of war gods.\ Tiw In the ancient times was the god of war. The Anglo-Saxon name for Tuesday “Tiwes daeg.” The “gin “dae J the word sounds like 0 its resem- blance to is more clear. Wednesday was sacred to Odin or Woden, the supreme deity of the Scan- dinavians. He is identified with the Roman god Mercury and the Greek aod Hermes. Odin was the god of wisdom, poetry and war, as well as the god of the dead and a ‘god of agricul- ture. He was represented as a man with hat and staff and with but one eye. ‘Thor, the Scandinavian god of thun- der, the son of Odin, gave Thursday its'name. Thor was described as @ vigorous youth, with red hair and beard, who rode through the heavens in @ goat-drawn chariot, armed with @ ham- mer (the thunderbolt) that returned after hrown. Frid 0 derives its name from ily. Friga, the goddess of mar: was Odin's wife. Our word comes from “frigedaeg,” meaning “love day.” the goodess Frigu, according in's domestic d held doininion in heaven and the ahode of the dead. irn. the father of Jupiter, was dedicated the last day of the week, Saturday aturday was identified with the Greek god Cronus, and. like him, was fabled to have been king dur- Ing at golden age. a TWO NUISANCES, Freep the New Haven Register, “Is there anything worse than to hear @ business man on the links eterna‘ly YOU NEVER Heard oF ME “|. How Agour INSURANCE on tr? = * an exchange asks. There But wat oF tt?! BOUGHT A NEW CAR — Screenings by DON ALLEN. | ALL HYPED UP. The gigantic costume factory [eevee to turn out the costumes for “The Four Horsemen of the Apoca- lypse" has shed its cobwebs and ma- chines are humming for the new Rex Ingram production, “The Prisoner of | Zenda.” B. Watson is in charge, with scores of tailors and tailoresses mak- , jin the needle w The entire outfit jis spurred on daily by Ingram‘s slogan: “Quick, Watso: the needle.” ANOTHER GRADUATE. Check wu another Mack Seniett bathing beauty who has decided to emote, The latest graduate from the Sennett forces and farces is Bartine Kurkett, who has been chosen by George D. Baker for an important role in “Stay Home,” his latest pro- duction to be distributed by Metro Miss Burkett had two very good is for posing as bathing » but says she is ti and is now going in tor { of emotional work cry as good as she cum look Man, oh, man! | NOW, SHUSH! Tote Du Crow isn't a fect description of ‘or anything like that, to-xoodness name, It's hitehed on t uty h n a chap we all know «and love dearly only we don’t know ‘nim under his own name. To all of us who like circuses Tote Du Crow is known “Toto, the Clown." Now the secret’s out. It seems that Cr who is now acting in pictures for R-C, was being introduced to a man who hates Vol- stead. “Meet Mr. Crow," monotoned t'v , introducer “Used ter know yer father--O'd Crow!" muttered the wistful one. | But Crow had fluttered away. A VETERAN. Miriam Batti who has an ap- pealing role liam Christy Ca- banne's » Stage Doo crowded a three-score-and-ten |theatrical experience into her eight | years of life. At the ripe old age of three she wp- peared with Maude Adams. ‘Then |she played the role of a small boy with Nazimova in Ibsen's “A Doll's House.” Following quickly were ap- pearances with Wilton Lackaye famous chi Henry Miller and and then she led the tette im the re- t “F and was in the Whirl of New Y at the Winter Garden. Like all veteran players, she has abandoned the speakies for the movies and—there you are. GOOD DESCRIPTION. It sounds impossible, but a man |) been found who has never seen Will- fam Farnum, either in the flesh or on the screen. Howard Acton, a movie fan, was knocked a twister while discussing motion picture actors in general and Farnum in particular when one of the party asked what Farnum looked like. “Is he fat or lean?” asked the ig- norant one, ‘I'll tell you,” advised Acton, “If Farnum was in a party of living skeletons he'd be fat; but if he was dining in the Fat Men's Club he'd be lean.” “Oh,” mused the man, “He must be ‘bout middlin’.”" CUT BACKS, Sidney Franklin, now playing a Chinese in Sessue Hayakawa's “The Vermilion Pencil,” js'a graduate of the two (and sometimes more) a day Jack Mower in R-C's “Silent Year: broke into theatricals as sparring partner for Philadelphia Jack O'Brien in vaudeville. Mower dented up a thousand ring floors during the engagement Frank Kingsley, playing a leading role in Doris May's latest “Eden and Return,” was born in Brooklyn. It didn’t take, however, and now he's a first-rate actor man John S, Robertson and his com- pany are in Spain shooting exteriors for “Spanish Jade.” It being the open season, they have brought down a large number. A general railroad strike tm Italy has delayed the production of “A Man From Home.” | “The Dust Flower,” Basil King’s latest for Goldwyn. ts on location. Claire Windsor has been cast for the leading role in Peter B. Kyne's \"Rrothers Under Their Skin.” |. Viola Dana has the leading role in jIrvin S&S. Cobb's “$5 Baby." “Save the punch In ptetures! Never mind the adopted by Ba highbrows!™ is the slogan ard Vieller | Lon Chaney's chief hobby is make- he's made a (up. Looks as though success of i