The evening world. Newspaper, January 28, 1922, Page 12

“The Deluge” Merciless Satire : | HERE'S ALL “TH Mai By CHARLES DARNTON HERE may be more hope for oh “The Deluge now than there was in the dog days of 1917, when Wenning Berger's mordant comedy lasted little more than week, for in the meantime there bas been a steadily growing support of intelligent plays. This view may hhaye influenced Arthur Hopkins to reviving the Swedish author's in- teresting work last night at the Plymouth Theatre. It is barely pos- sible, too, that he feels his second venture may be helped along by the readers of Knut Hamsun, who are sure to find the play greatly to their satisfaction. “The Deluge” 18 a merciless satire that strips humanity of its protense @ndsleaves it in all its naked selfish- ness. Tt shows that Tom, Dick and Marry are all of a plece and that they won't wash. They may be frightened into assuming cleanliness of spirit, | much as a squirming chiid is thrown | into a bathtub, but deft io their own | devices they are far from immaculate, | They go mucking about in this, that and the other thing, gzubbing for what they can get and caring for nothing else. This is not a pretty thought, put it's pretty generally true just the same, and Berger has! the courage to express it. Although the eight persons caged by @ flood in the basement saloon of @ Mississippi River town are more presentable than the huwan riff-raff that Gorky coops up in a cellar, they are just as bad under the skin, with perhaps the exception of the paratively unselfish prostitute and th poor Swedish vagabond who dreams of having his invention come true. The shyster who plies his question- able trade in the law courts knows himself to be a rascal, yet he has ioe virtue of being an amiable trici iv! and to admit you “can't make tins take ‘the place of character.” The grouchy promoter of shady bus ness deals is not only a dollar-snatcher, but a blowhard, while the stock Broker is ready to sell his soul in the | market to the highest bidder. The Vaudeville actor has a guitar, but no morals, while the saloonkeeper and Wis bartender know only two classes “gentlemen” and “bums.” All these types are real and they wo to make up a bitterly amusing human comedy. Not the least of the *port is their frantic terror of death | ‘when the flood comes, the iron shut ters of the place are let down, and the waiting for the end begins. Only an intelligent person can do this decent: | ly, and as the shyster is intelligent, he wins your respect. Measured with the others he takes on the pro: portions of a superman. The rest dwindle into cowards, though the broker makes « fair show of putting up a bold front. = * You may sneer at them as a fine company, yet they are probably no more cowardly, selfish and hypocriti- cal than the same umber you might pick from the street at noonday and Place in a similar plight. And jn the brief time left to them, as they fear, they do their utmost to regenerate themselves with pledges of brotherly love and eleventh-hour goodness. They drink and sing and join hands, all for one another. But once the lights flash on again, the telephone rings, and the ticker brings news of the outside world, they begin to change, to feel the old urge of doing ‘ll they can for themselves and noth- ing for any one else. They forget all about making allowances for others, About Plays and Players By BIDE DUDLEY a com- N the absence (90 far as we know) | of thrilling news from the Rialto, we are forced to-day to turn tu humor to entertain you, dear custom- ers. For instance, we have been in- formed that Mme. Clara Clemens, singer, was asked recently by a small girl if, when Mme. Clemens was mar. ried, the organ piayed “The Meddle- some Wedding March.” Now, having smiled at that, what eam you do for this? A girl friend of ours, at a party the other night, introduced us to some other girls as “a wit.’ We protested with 4 blush backing up every word. She quickly came to our rescue, “Well, girls,” she “since gentleman swears he isn't a wit we want to say this, he's a half-wit, any- And permit that somebody ¢ "The Monkey's Paw,” which is to be produced soon at the Belmont The: alr, refers to u monkey's father, Then we might add that a lady esked Brandon Hurst who was to di- rect the staging of “Montmartre.” To which query Mr, Hurst made reply as Lollowst _"Caske Byernall wi produce 4: | and one by one go their way, stopped only by the saloonkeeper demanding |fcll payment for the entertainment | he has given them, Such Is life! The | humor of it ts flendish, Much of this humor was realized by Lester Lonergan, who played the rhetorical shyster gayly, though with fewer extravagances than Henry Dixey originally gave to the role, His performance was notable not only for its lightness, but for its keen intelli- gence. Robert MeWade was better tempered Frazer, Another rich char- acterization was given by Robert F. O'Connor as the saloonkeeper, Kath- |lene MacDonell did fairly well as Sadie, considering she was called to the role on short notice.. The other characters were satisfactorily acted. Once again “The Deluge” proved to be an interesting, mentally exciting adventure. I SEE You: * BouGHT ANOTHER NEW HAT — i YWou KNOW & AM. NEAR Broke! MY AA's MAD AT YOU — YOu wer T THE STEAK ON OuR PORCH AND OUR Doe ATE IT UP? HERE'S AN OCULIST THAT EXAMINES EYES FREE ! THINK than ever in his old part of the ill-! STUNNING THAT CAME. “THis mornin’ ATTA BOY FEL\x “THANKS ! WELL THERE WERE WWo HATS. T LIKED — ONE FOR #33 AND THe as. For ISNT VT STUNNIN' 15 RIGHT - AN' 1 GUESS TH PRice WILLSTUN” Me # DEAR ? > weir, T WONT CHARGE TOuR MA FoR THE STEAK — Witty THAT Fix 17 2 SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1922 FELIX! war can'r You KEEP THis PLace. LOOKIN’ BETTER — WHY DON'T You EMPTY Ais waste Basket an’ —AN ANOTHER “Tine ! WHEN y'SEE MUD oN “Th FLOOR WHY, DON"T You SWEEP (1T UP WITHOUT Bein’ “ToL ? PICK UP AROUND Here? } JusT READ THE ToP LUNE OF THIS TEST CARD, LADY ! 5 THAT'S Too MUCH FOR ME, Doc! ' SAY You CANNOT SEE LETTERS THat size? Sou KNOW How Can He Squ How SuPERSTITIOUS AM ABOUT THe NUMBER THIRTEEN ! are That? 3 —__— 1882 (N.Y. Eve. World) By Prom Pub Co. OuR DOE ISNT ALLOWED i TO HAVE | NSKXUPNicoEZyg KUXCPOPTVAWYo and, more than that, he's going to | Pronounce it, too." Thanking you one and all for your patronage and kind applause, we wish | to announce that to-morrow's bill wil | he ‘Kast Lynne."’ We will now pro: | ceed with the final act of “Rot or | What?" | ANOTHER FATAL ERROR. i} old Largeman of Brooklyn | has sent us another poem. Gayly he| writes as follows: Old Father Hubbard He went to his cupboard To tickle his palate—that's all. In forty-eight hours, A pray'r and some flowers. Alas! It was wood alcohol. Doe OBSERVATIONS. The theatrical business ts becom: ing better in New York. Sinco Jan- wary came in, receipts have picked up and it is still on the up grade, The reuson bs, we eve, the arrival in the city of thousands of commercial buyers and other visitors We predict that business for theatrical attractions will be good clear through the spring A friend of ours, also a newspaper man, bas rent us @ copy of a new magazine in which he 1s interested. It bears the title of I Con| ix described as a “magazine of per- sonal experiences," In it lady crooks confess to thelr depredation# bach- sieve tall why they bate wemen and’ |und send them to us? You can RHYMED PROPOSALS |) make some money out of this Well, now! | Edna 8. of Chelsea, w is Slass | a 4 ie enoieiln’ Clare THEATRES FOR TWO. A, Section C, on our list of eligible)... . ; | The Messrs. Shubert will put Ceci) would-be-brides, has made a bid for} 4 | Lean and Cleo Mayfield in « new mu- the hand of Arthur C, of Brooklyn] jou) pinsionlied “Phs Biuishing aria She wants him to know about it as/| J |in the Astor ‘Theatre on Monday, Feb. soon as possible, so we are rushing 84 eouen: Monaayy Fee) : Warr iaiepn . Edward Clark and Cyrus Wood it right up to the printer. This is| wrote the book and lyrics and Sigmund | what she says: Romberg the music, Another produc- Oh, Artur dear, I read your rhyme|tion that will begin « Broadway en- s gagement on Feb. 6 is Kilbourne Gor- And hope my answer is in time. ents conieay; (Wikio. Cae cae the I write this verse, quite short and| Canary." It will go into the National sweet, |"Mheutre, In the cust are Henry Hull, And hope a darling chap to mect, |Florence Bldridge, Beth Franklin, I'm just sixteen and have dodbea| Perey Moore and othe ____,_ freenes } TWO DOLLARS A SEAT. | No powder or rouge, but wear short! yfanager Harry L. Cort, who is to Te shyzkay present “Frank F ables” at the | Tm sure I'd love a boy like you, Park Theatra soon, has decided to | A big one who can dill and coo, | Now, Art, don't keep me in suspense, make the range of prices for Uckets yen: sis from 60 cents to $2. ‘The $2 top, he | Don't be afraid of these high rents, | ye ts @ movo in the direction of the Just say my hubby you will be resumption of norma n the thea- 4 license get. won't you, Sweet—iet | tre, If memory serves us aright “Listen Lester,” w was a Joh drug users candidly write thoir| Cort production and played at the cravings and experience Al the Knickerbocker, Was 4 $2 show and we| stories, which ure unsigned, ave in-,are sure its populaciiy showed Marry |teresting, 1t was nice of our friend] L. Cort, son of John Cort, something, to send us the magazine, but «a note! Give the public a good show at §2 a accompanging it made us wonder, It|seat and success Will be yours. In | said: | other words, give the man who comes: “If you've ever been a bigumist,)to the theatre with his girl some murderer, hold-up man or sneak-| change out of @ $5 bill and then give ag eg I cra fon nel adi entertainment] Romulo Laxpaide@ #0 and you'll wekr diamonds and own a well-stocked cellar, A BEAUTY CONTEST, A letter just at hand says: “Dear Sir—In this morning's paper Albert Sterner picked Mona Lisa and Lina Cavalieri as great beauties. May I suggest that you ask your girl readers to find the two most beautiful men in New York, in order that the world may know and honor them?" Not a bad idea! How about it, girls? Who are your pet beauties among the men? The two receiving the most votes shall be presented with a lipstick aptece. Gossip, William Bonelli has joined the cast of “Main Street.” The bridge players of ‘The Music Box Revue’ want @ match Sam Shipman is writing a play called “It's Cheaper to Get Married.” What does he know about it? Isabel Irving has been engaged for a role in ‘To the Ladies,"” in which Helen Hayes and Otto Kruger will be featured, Will play the role of Monte Jones in the N, Y. U. “Thank: You” at the Longacre, Feb. 6. Charlotte Walker has been engaged to play a four weeks’ engagement with the Proctor Stock Company, Al- bany, Jack McShane, minstre} tenor, writes us to say he is considering a plan to go’on a concert tour. The audience that saw ‘Tangerine’ | at the Casino last night was all male A big life insurance company had the entire house. Roy Cropper, who has a role in “Blossom Time,” 18 the father of a new girl Violette. A new fox trot song called She will answer to Loulse “Just Married” has been dedicated to Vivi- an Martin and Lynne Overman. Ade- laide Mathews wrote the words and Don Kendall the music. Ray Miller and his orchestra, fea- turing Clift Edwards, two weeks’ engagement at the W! Garden Monday aflernoon will begin a at the Térrace Garden Dance Palace to-morrow afternoon. On Tues evening there will be a stag one-step contest for several valuable prizes, The entry Usts of both contests are open to all, oat! he al inter | ( : A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. The poorer the show the better the Press agent must be. FOOLISHMENT (Suventle.) 1 got a little doggie Named Oscar, if you please (nd on his little backie He's got some little fleas fe's such a little dearic I call him Little Pard. Vd cry if those mean fleasic Should bite my doggie hard FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. “I once stopped at a queer hotel in Colorado, When dinner was ready the proprietor fired one charge from a double-barreled shot gun.” “Why didn’t he fire both?” “He said he was keeping the other to collect with, ———>—_—_. THE FRENCH SPORTWOMAN, BORGES CARPENTIER was tulking to a girl reporter, 5 Mile, Spanglett!, midget ecquestri- he modern Frenchman,” Pleas sage ior me ri | The third annual ball of the Allied) jo said, “is well up in sport, but the horses which she 1 breaking of stage ATS of the Theatre for the benefit of |rrench’ woman is still rather retro~ | fright the Actors’ Fund will be held at the grade, 1 know a young Fench woman eis sly, comedian witt) Fisie gamtg| HOt! Astor Saturday nigii, Feb. 25. | who called a friend up on the tele- and thelaom 8 mad A 1 Brooklyn dancers will compete ip phone the other day and said: printed hie name as Gun the third preliminary for the one-step| ‘I am sorry to trouble you, dear aitne day, championship of the Eastern States| ma Jame, but can you give me a good recipe for < g clay pigeons? Jacques has just sent me word that ing out to shoot some, and he sure to bring a lot home, and J find a single word about them te book.''—Detrelt Kees Prem, | “Welcome Home, Our Soldier Boys. BETCHA 4 KNow — IT's A BILL FROM “TH'GaARAGE AN’ (TS Got His ov NANNY Wl MOTHER WAS WRONG. | Ran into Jack Hazzard, author-poet-filmster, yesterday’ and learned two things. The first was |that J. H. had falien for the latest | craze and hed his hair bobbed, and the second was that his mother didn ™ think ‘Turn to the Right," her boy's Play, amounted to much. | “Twrote ‘Turn to the Right’ # long long time ago,"* mused Hazzard. “Ax {s customary with us writers, I caches the script in an old trunk, Yeai later I had a chance to sell some verse and wired my mother to shi), |me all the manuscript in the oli |trunk, The package arrived on time |and she had put the story of ‘Turng | to the Right’ in with the verse. | “That was absolutely all right, but she had insured the package, and tr (first thing T saw was a notation the wrapping, which read “Manuscript. Value $i. HOUDINI IN AGAIN, All of Will Rogers's humor | spilled on the stage. Recently Rogers ran into a lars: knot of men and women gazing in tently at a safe being hoisted into the window of a Broadway thentre building. “What's every one looking xt” inquired Will Page, a press agent “Houdin!’s in that safe and I'll bet 1e never gets out,” muttered Rogers “But I haven't time to wait.” Page evidently had the t!me, for it took them two hours to land the safe safely, and he was still gutta perch ing. ( He says if he can catch Rogers }ic make him pay for the Saloon Lin ment he used to straighten out -hi kinked neck with. That's a good bet doesn't. acte isn't we'll bet he A LITTLE LATE. Old Scarsdalp inhabitants feared ins week their precious little hamlet hb. been cating of the loco weed and ha igone plumb to the Braz. ‘The: figured that either some one was ¢ winning candidate for the crazy house ; or that Father Time had taken a back | step or two. ' For buildings in the vicinity of the Scarsdale station were hidden neat! streamers of bunting and there wasn't a spot vistble where Old Glory wasn't a-waving in the breeze. Signs reading “Hail, Our War Herc shone out from many a place of van- tage. In the midst of it all a train wheezed | in, hesitated, and a chap clad in the khak! of the returning war hero stepped into the loving arms of a half thousand shrieking admirers. “Thought the war waa over,” mused the oldest inhabitant. “"'Ns,"" corrected a youth of 105 “Them's pitcher folks—an’ th’ hero iz Richard Barthelmess.” “Oh!” breathed the balance of staid old Scarsdale. sTILLs. Jacqueline Logan says the best was to get thin ts to ride a bicycle. When ever she wants to ‘‘get’’ anywhere however, she always summons one of wherever “The is showing are the hardesi worked members of the -orchestry Some feat to imitate forty lions. ‘William Russel! has just finished | the longest vacation he has hed in five years. He took a day off. It’s all settled. William Farnum's next picture will be made in the New York studio of William Fox. Pearl White is still commuting be tween New York and Paris. We fo: get how many trips her press agent claims for her since the first of the new year, but It’s way up in the ben- dreds, anyway. Jackie Coogan is having a lotta fun working in “Lostand Found.” There are twenty-five other kids tn the pic ture, but Jackie is still the big boss. Rex Beach's next picture for re lease through United Artists is ‘Fai: Lady." Earle Williams ts busy putting the finishing touches on “'The Man From Downing Street."’ Yesterday Charley Ray became the fifth wheel in connection with the or- iginal “Big Four" of pictures when he signed a contract to have his re leases distributed by the United Art ists, The others in the combination are Mary Pickford, Mr. Pick-rthat is, Doug Fairbanks, D. W, Gri b and Charlie Chagite Eon 4