The evening world. Newspaper, December 13, 1921, Page 28

4 a ee ae ee * Vague and HDRE is nothing more disap- pointing in the theatre than of sitting through part of « play ‘What makes you think you are going ‘to onjoy {t all immensely, only to find You don't lke it In the end. You feel ‘worry for the author, tue actors, and Past, If least of all, for yourself, Tals ‘Plaintive mood is induced by “Tho Mountain Man,” which started off in the most promising way at Maxine ‘Millott’s Theatre las: night and then @eemed to grow dizzy and lose its thee. ~ For two acta, or rather scenes, Clare jor raised hopes ac high as (ite) Mountain itself with a rich but hon- “Pat won of the heights slouching down Tato the valley of civilization and Promptly falling in lovo with a fair, ‘Compliant creature possessing ail the (Rent she might have dropped from ‘the cloud had it not been for her ®houghtfuiness in bringing with her a at that was going to have kittens We knew at once she had a kind Reart, while other necessary infor- terficld money in the “amily by hav- ing her marry that young lout Aaron. _ Here was nature's nobleman be- yond the wildest dreams of Louis| Mann, and Sidney Blackmer acted him with so much awkward charm that the stage glowed with the Warmth of a quaint, delightful char- noter. Wearing a suit of his grand- father’s, so big he was all but lost fm it, this young man of the moun- jains was aptly described as looking ke a cinnamon bear, and he made | mo secret of the fact that he felt mighty uncomfortable, But without the. slightest hesitancy the girl from Paris proposed to him, and once he “pad taken off his coat so that he t sing a song more easily he her to his arms, ‘A longer courtship would have Meant everything to the play, for after the wedding took place three Weeks later romance. gave way to nonsense. It wa® bad enough the bride to ask permission to go to France so that she might fort a man whom she had mado very, very sad, but it was worse for the jealous groom to announce to the astonished guests 1. was going to the French army at once witli the noble though somewhat puzzling hops of being enabled to kill one Frenchman he had in mind, This absurd bus. 768s could not be excused ‘by his return as an officer three years jater to find his Joving wife waiting for him. Nor was there any interest 4m bis clearing up of various rumors goncerping the legitimacy of his birth. Mes. Kummer had done noth- tmg more than make a play of great —. both vague and senti- iz | About Plays and Players By BIDE DUDLEY i u GN spite of the fact that Elsie Fer- guson, in Zoe Akins's “The Vary- ing Shore,” played to capacity all Yast week at the Hudson Theatre, H. Harris, the producer, decided 4p have it acted in @ reverse order of apenes last night, just to see what the general effect would be. This was and Mr, Harris and his friends were cf the opinion that the new order _ af scenes lent a dit more strength to win already strong play, Bo it is likely ‘will be continued. In order that ‘we are writing may be clear to those who have not seen “The Vary- tg Shore,” this explanation is neces- _y: “The play is in episodes, each deal- 1) img with the life of « woman. As originally staged, she first appeared aot at seventeen. ele had just died at the age of sixty. @iroughout her it umd died. As the play w on last night she is seen first at teen, und so forth, & complete story in‘ itself, po: suasing merely a thread of the gen- ral romance, and thus it is possible fo present the play in either order of believe the scenes. Personally, w i order will ‘ Either _ Ceviaedly interesting and Mies F @beon is excellent in each characte: ation. it more nati ty | BAID GEORGE TO SAM. 1 Sm Pew and elaborate asbestos cur- was installed recently at th “Be was amazed, 4 and, turning to Sam Wal. c Ab ever did see.” i THE NEW PLAYS “The Mountain Man” By CHARLES DARNTON Braces he lacked. So far as reality | ae the age of about forty; next she was seen at thirty, qnd in the third A prologue was gaven over to a discussion of her by young people, from whom we learned ‘There was also an epilogue, in which ‘tie one man who had been true to her life talked to her ‘Tieatre. The first time caught eye of George, the negro porte, He gazed at it » mest Sentimental As the uncowth youth in his snuff- colored euit, Mr. Blackmer was alto- gether refreshing, betraying sbyness in every glance and movo, yet always with proper restraint. He also got through bis first little song well. The wecond was a mistake on the part of Mra. Kummer, who cannot hope to make anyone believo that a lovesick roldier who hasn't seen hia wife since thelr wedding day would go to the plano with another girl the moment he gets back and exercise his voice. As the mountain man’s charmer, Catherine Dale Owen acted becom- ingly. Marjorie Kummer war a duti- ful daughter with a scnse of humor, and George Fawcett loafed along comfortably as an old mountaineer. as bracing, no one could get very far. | FASHIONS = STYLES ~ Modes = ITS ‘Boul Time “iu “Took AN INTEREST IN 9 BERIOUS “TAINGS ¢ T DON'T UKE TO BE NOSEY, BoSs— BUT WHAT DO You USUALLY GIVE) YouR MAID FER CRISMUS ? frequently used by society ladies? FOXY JULIUS TANNEN! own, One time, while playing in thi far West, he was written up in story was very he thought out a scheme. eccompanied by a note which read: “Dear Sir: ae also am I. yours,” they received. PRICE, THE PRESS MAN. | The National Players, Inc., ‘ional Theatre on Friday, Dec. with “Trilby.” Wilton Lackaye will have the title role. rentative of tne He sentative o' company. But in a play thin as air though not | ws Look AY “THis STUNNING EVENING GOWN DEAR! the expression, “Shoot a nickel" | Jultas Tannen, who used to be ip vaudeville, has a lot of ideas of bis e a newspaper for almost a page ani the complimentary. Jullus longed to have it read by sev- eral Dig managers in New York, but he knew they'd th ow it aside if he sent it to them merely as a news- Paper clipping referring to him. So He sent the clipping to each of the managers Inclosed is a newspaper clipping in which you are mentioned, I consider {t an honor to have my name thus printed with | That the managers read the article clear through waa evidenced by notes he received fram them complaining that he must have sent the wrong clipping, as they couldn't find any- thing ebout themselves in the one will open a repertoire season at the Na- will | be Svengali and Charlotte Walker| Frank J. yr tso wan|iust can't keep from kidding each|,., saeco ne RI 2B AY JOE'S CAR 1F SHE KNEW I'M ABOUT To SPRING A TRAP ON HER “THERE'D BE A VERY DIFFERENT ENDING ® (T — But (VE. GOTTA WAVE. “THAT CAR No MATTER How toert nr! NOTHIN’ BUT CLOTHES WHY DONT YOU TRY 7S READ A LITTLE "MARY. TEce BoBe “To come tere A MINUTE WILL You 2 I KNOW SUST WHAT NOTHIN DOING = 1 WILL TY STOCKING ! LAST YEAR You SAID {T LOOKED LIKE A GOVERNMENT ~ TLANCHE. , BO YOU REALIZE. How LATE, IN “TH SEASON UY IS? GETTING ALONG ; TOWARDS CHRISTMAS , AIN'T IT? IVE BROUGHT ‘You A STORY ABOUT “WILLIAM TELL AN’ TH’ SWI8S "— AND How “GESSLER™ PuT uP TH HAT FoR THEM “TO SALUTE ~~- ON EARTH Did YOu DRAG “Bova i OVER HER ( T'M GONNA ASK OUR NEIGHBOR MR. CONKLIN WHAT HE'S GIVING HIS SERVANT! and, while they are they are RHYM|! POSALS | beginning to get thers ED PRO s. nerves. Last Right Danforth vaiar “Bert, you're becoming pretty thor- Peggy of Brooklyn says not to|oughly identified with this role of breathe it to a soul, but ehe ts sure|Mranz Schubert, aren't yout” she knows who Roland ts. You re-|pioq Ponder, | SUPPOS® TF am, member Roly, don't you? It was his} “Huh!” said Danforth. “After a rhyme we had to fix up in order not while you'll be doing a Rogers to offend Cupid. Here 1s the way|Brothers stunt. You'll be appearing Peggy answers him: jin ‘Schubert in Panama,’ ‘Schubert in Oh, Roland, my fair Romeo, |Wall Street,’ ‘Schubert in Ireland’ and the like.” I think I'd like your style and, for that date, with subways near, you need not walk a mile. Your charming self (I’m sure you are) I'd surely like to greet. But, ui- der Dame Convention's watch, how are we two to meet? If to Ye Editor your name, likewise address, you give, perhape I'll write and tell you of the atreet on which I live. No doubt you have a better way—you write such dandy verse. If 80, you'll see me as I said—no better and no worse. re- Jand ‘he |peev | peeved. | HE’LL CALL IT “BIBI.” Carl Hunt, who is to become a pro- ducer in January, will call his musical show “Bibi.” Dorothy Maynard, who is to have the stellar role, will sail from London in two weeks and re- hearsals will begin on Jan, & was really considerably | NO PROPAGANDA IN IT. Olga Petrova gave a special per- formance of her. new play, ‘The White Peacock,” in Boston Sufday night, according to a note just dn, for the Mayor in order to demonstrate to him that it f# not birth contro! propaganda. other he Wd the idea it contained propaganda of this sort and, accord- ing to Mme. Petrova, was determined \s a son of the popular “Pop” Price of the Morning Telegraph. THOSE BOYS AGAIN. Those boys, William Danforth and | “Oh, you hush up!” said Peacock. | | | For some reason or | | Faversham’ begin a New York engagement at th Comedy Theatre on Dec. 26. Gossip. “If an actor practised law,” asks |! Ben Abrahamson, “would he handle| ing da} Clara Mackin has been engaged by Lee Shubert for a role in Leo Ditrich new play, “Face to Face.” Arthur Hohl has been added to the cast of "Green Jade,” the new drama by Braughton Tall, The Afternoon Theatre Company | will present Maeterlinck’s “Aglavaine and Selwsette” at Maxine Elliott's Theatre Friday aftcrnoon, Dec. 30. Clare Eames, Eva VeGallienne and William Raymond wil! be in the cast. Josephine Royle, daughter of Edwin Milton Royle will play the rate of Nat-u-ritch, fhe squaw, in Wiliam tevival of’ her father's plag, “The Suaw Man.” The Producing Managers’ Associa- tion will meet at its headquarters in West 45th Street late this afternoon. Among the matters to be considered is the resignation of A. H. Woods, A. H. Woods will launch Sam Shipman's new play, “Lawful Lar- ceny,” In Stamford on Deo, 24. We jhave been told that if it ts a success| \Mr, Shipman will consider applica- tions for his hand from eligible nome in "Get Together” yester- The Shubert Press not to permit her to open unless he n Bertrand Peacock of ‘Blossom Tite,’ Was disillusioned. The special per- ; other as make up for each per-|all she writes, go the prospec- formanoe, same |tive cot 2 Si professional ladies, Department, now i. the 44th Street ‘a ee mats: fa the Suising No, 331 West yy," at the New Amsterdam A ‘Cope. 192) (N.Y. Eve World) By Prow Pub. ‘celebrate “They'LL BE CLOSING UP THe GOLF LINKS FoR “Th! WINTEe PRETTY SCON — won't “Wey ? (=- SOME. DAY WHEN L, (M NOT GOING oO USE | Screening How WAS IT By DON ALLEN, Trimmed? a 4 j OPPORTUNITY. | Sam Hardy doesn’t wait for Oppor- tunity to knock; he grasps it right over the phone, The other night some one called up the Lambs’ Club and asked for Sam Hardy. Sam |ambled to the receiver. "Mr, Hardy,” confided the man at the other end of the wire, ‘I’m So and So from Such and Such a paper; what |do you think of Mile, Lenglen as a tennis player?” “Never heard of her,” replied Sam, ;“but I'M appearing in ‘Get-Rich- | Quick Wallingford’ in pictures and in ‘Kiki’ in the flesh, “Who are you, anyway?” asked the interviewer. “Sam Hardy, the actor.” > Oh," and the yotce trafled ef, “I thought you wet Hardy the tcnnis player.” ERNIE. HOW COULD YOU? nest Truex, the gill-sized come- dian who stars in Ay Vee Beo films, unge as it may seem for a come- n, has a keen sense of the ridicu- SPEAKIN’ TS j fous’ Not tong age. Erle. was uy. EACH OTHERS ing a copy of The Evening Word i a subway kiosk mews stand when Major Jack Allen, King of the Jungle, him, velling in the subway now, 2" asked Major Jack. Just then an express rumbled un- der their feet. “No,” mused Ernest, “It's bencath Y'smE-WE RE MAD And 4INT HOBBIES. Windsor, Goldwyn star, la hobby. She hasn't been Her pet hobby she cooed “old paintings, old bronzes, oN ds, in fact—antiques of any kind. We're right with you, Claire, thing! We like things that are Mebbe that's the reason we story. old A Point to Remember ! n tell? HE ALWAYS Buys CLOSE UPS. HIS GIRL SOMETHIN’ Pins and people are usciess \ they lose their heads.” quips Acs SHE CAN EXCHANGE ! > Film Fables Seena Owen, star of “Back Pay says her only -regret in connectic' with the pictures is that she w: not allowed to keep the $22,500 chinehits wrap she wore. Jac (Mulhall has been signed :» play Constance Binney's lead tn fifth Realart feature. Marshall Neilan's picturization ; Booth Tarkington's “Penrod,” wit!) Wesley Barr. the freckle king, in the title role, will be finished within he next thirty days. Major Jace Allen better stick to from some @f his He The children of t: ay will be the men and women of to-morrow,” Strange, now. isn't ‘t? a feat | Having fi d his work in “The a Lil | Biind Barga Lon Chaney te New 3 J rking for a while. z = pray 3 KehKlinc | Jacqueline Logan, new Goldwyn star, has selected floral names for a It will be a company of profession- jto assist unemployed ex-service men. ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. Rapp—It’s Michael, Brady—Undoubtedly B is But to settle it, call up the Blaney office and ask. \ Western stock actor Turkee ‘has written George C. Tyler! asking permission to put on Bugene O'Neill's play about Can it be that his admirers are to see Turkee in “The Straw"? FOOLISHMENT. There was @ young woman named Keller, Whose beau was a handsome dank teller. Each time that he'd kiss her Her family would hiss her, And then she'd sit down and beller. FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE, “Have you finished your Christmas {t's atenost fmniwtved me.” A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. ' consumption, _ . |score of her favorite movie’ sta | Viola D. i Vi es p- Theatre, will complete its tiret year] | FUNNY WHEN SHE SINGS. |ene, Red’ Poppies; Pole Nae: on Broadway next Monday night. To| Tiger 1 aon eo Ga Wank | ty next Monday nig 4 ‘° entertainment was being given | “"Tiger Tiltes,” and 0 on. Wond + |Mtitler will blossom forth in a com- in the village school, When | ony pie Plast ee ohare lete set of new costumes, the programme was half over, |TGT "a iiin, who was a siar be the faces of the scholars shone with agreeable anticipation, for the next|fore Mr. Omega struck oll, is now in | show-cases?” als that will present "Ain't It. the| the films again, He dropped in - ” |item was to be a vocal solo by Miss : x ped In on The Hippodrome Quartet intro- Be are aeaee SHOR: at nine Willet ein oa taine decaiohe Had Holis wood for facta chat and fe!) duced a new song, called “My Skat-| D200 tg "phe proceeds will aoeneed| delighted the school with her sing- is t-© plojure eet, ng. There followed an impatient pause Finally the Chairman made the an- to Have You Hear nouncement: say, children, | contracted a cold and am very sorry that Miss Willet 1 will be una right.|to sing. She is willing, however, to oe recite a poem Instead, if you wih it, Th S One? Do you? a a Several heads in the reaw of the By SID GRETNE room became grouped as it @ earnest conversation, Then tley evidently named|elected a spokesinan, “Pleas, sir,” said the boy, “if Miss Willet don’t mind, we’@ rather have her get up an’ try to lng: and if her threat’s too sore to make a noise, she can make her funny faces while the planner plays the tune.”—London ‘Tit-Bits, es _ JUST LIKE A MAN. PROPOS of the University of HEY were arguing abeet cers, motor oare, thelr cheapness, Pennsylvania's Assyrian tab- lets exonerating Eve from all complictty in the vad business of the their endurance, apple, Mrs, Wifllam Yerbert, President | + Jaf the Working (iris Vacation So-| monynet ge you Knew about aute- | clety, said in New York: anein van ite! you never sede in 1 knew alt "go, Hive didn't tempt “ol dont, oh wel, T enliege” S8r20° Adam, af just all? So, Adam foil of his own acco: Well, I'm not surprised “It reminds me of Mr. Downe, about thim, in Ireland “Q’wan,” ns” why wouldn't know saw one,” Downs bear his misfor- od, Mr. Iike @