The evening world. Newspaper, February 10, 1922, Page 36

{ ET HAM Skcal GOSSIP) THE NEW PLAYS “Frank Fay’s Fables” Fairly Entertaining By CHARLES DARNTON i NLESS you ure shamelessly rich, | J it may mean something to you to be able to go to a musical Yeyue without mortgaging the family phonograph or ‘‘soaking’’ the parlor Boldfish. After all, the price makes @ great difference, and it should be borne in mind when considering “Prank Fay's Fables" at the Park Theidtre. Almost everything but the music the concert radiators, and the canned fomatocs are by Mr. Pay. Leaving little to the printed programme, he tells you what to expect, and intro- duces the leading entertainers, call- ing them out in their dressing gowns by way, perhaps, of making every thing und everybody as ‘intimate’ as tho circumstances will permit. 1 thus bringing art close to the people he neither affects the heartiness of Raymond Hitchcock nor the foolish- Mess of Ed Wynn, but rather the eusy detachment of the cabaret lounger | whose word or look may open locked | Goors and, perchance, seated bottles. | Again, he stands modestly at one Side of the stage gazing pensively yet | fondly at his fabulous coworkers, There is no lack of indust The | fiembers of the large company pitch | fn for all they are worth, Occasion- | glly the spirit moves them to come| Over the foptiights, us when they) form # wedding party and march up @me aisie and down another in all their glory. The young composer of @he lively tunes, Clarence Gaskill, is | #lso on your stde for one number. | Not the least of the individual per- formers is Herbert Corthell, who fig- | ures most amusingly as a prima, gonna with throat trouble though with great will peo Bernard | Granville sings und dances indefatiga Bly, and Helen Groody does the same With considerable charm. — Olivett: also proves she is thoroughly alive from the knees down, and there is About Plays and Players By BIDE DUDLEY HAT the price of stage entertain-| ment is coming down is evi- denced by the fact that the Powers-that-be jn theatricals are Making an effort to form a circult of dollar theatres in which will be pre- Senied attractiong at prices ranging from 25 cents to $1. Broadway hears that both A. L. Erlanger and Lee Shubert are interested in this plan and that each has promised jt finun- €ial backing. If the idea goes through ft will be a sort of a “wheel” affair, éuch us the Columbia Burlesque in- fterests use. Franchises will be issued to owners of theatres in the circuit @nd also to owners of attractions in- fended for these houses. It's a move fm the right direction. There's com- {ng a time when the man who paid a broker $8.80 for a seat to “The Music Box Revue" in 1922 will be pointed out as an extraordinary person. Broadway never had a show worth $8.80 4 seat and it never will have ne while you are alive, darling reader. ‘Whe theatrical producers should re- member {t was Germany who lost the war, not the American theatregoing Public. BEATTY HAS A COLD. Jerome Beatty, formerly of Kan- Bas, now 4 film man of great power and distinction in New York, has a| wevere cold and the strange thing @bout it is the fact that when he ‘eoughs It sounds like “Oh, Dais} We were walking up Broadway with ‘him yesterday and several young Ywomen were fooled. MINNESOTA POEM. (By C. Fiowerton.) 4 i} |more clever tripping and kicking by |the youthful Fifer Trio. Olga Steck and Georgiana Hewitt, blithesom |and melodious, are at the head of the | vocal class While the night is still young Mr. | Pay gives way to a rather surprising impulse to act seriously in a Western | playlet which, for Inck of a name, | might be valled ‘‘The Miners’ Bride." He presents at least the novelty of a) biend villain who robe a prospector it the point of a gun only to be held up in turn by the damsel of whom he hug felt’ perfectly sure The red- | dressed heroine is played with flerce | intensity by Fanta Marinoff there Perhaps | is In this character a vein of | » Suggesting the primitive gold- | , thus giving it a certain rela- | tion to the revue—what? | Well, anyway, “Vrank Fay's | Fables" is a fairly entertaining show, | und that's all that matter JOE’S CAR 26 w GOsH DiNGtT ! “WESE FATHEADS wourd quer CLUTTERING UP MY MAIL wer WEIR CiREMMARS! jfow MANY Batteries bo They eo A CAR NEEDS ? THE BIG LITTLE FAMILY THE DANIToR WISHES “To Ste ‘bu Dear! MY MoM SAy¥s IF YA DONT TAKE OFF Youre HAT WHEN You Meer A LADY. You RE &- “RoucH Neck ¢ THOSE Y STEAKS 1 CooK IS A WHIFF] OTHE GRAVY! THE Foop THEY HAND OUT To ME my Where was a young man from St. Paul, “Who was so exceedingly taul, That it often was said, When he tay down in bed Bis feet stuck clear out in the haul Yea ? YT DID'NT THINK we HAD ONE IN THiS “IGLoo'! KATINKA - SLIP ON A HAT AN HAVE sure ! Put ME DOWN-t€ (15 A PETITION “Yo SEND TH’ LANDLORD “To TH! ~ Hooze -Gow '# WERE COME MISS Torey! LT cant MAKE ore MY HAT Te HER ‘CAUSE JT #+aAve NT COT ANY HAT HERE? THE ONLY DECENT THING THEY HAVE HERE tS ROAST SQUAB - BUT THAT IS Af ( 3) al ; MIM ge 1" f alti Bee aM TUMNUTMAMLLLUTIAA RAMAN FRIDAY. 1 wish | — WAITER BRING US Two ROASTED VABS (—— Ty! MinuTE. & GUY GETS ( A New CAR Ev'RY BODY “TRIES “TO SELL Hit SUMPN' He's Just Boueur! gta Notts oust A LiL’ COLLECTION >» To GIVE TH’ LANDLORD A PRESENT ~ SUNDAY iS HIS TEN amimminy ¢ You GoTT4 HAVE “ou ee eel i ~YEAH —This is me — wiat's ON YouR tt! — 1 CANT GET THE Car “GH START — (T ACTS Line ‘ THE LAST ME = WHEN HEL oF MIND, DEAREST & Tm HavING MORE. GRIEF Joe. — TREN wHere Dip ou GET ANTS YET ? How DEDOO, Miss TORBAY. SO THEY HAND You A LOTTA. WHO DEAL ‘EMSELVES Ty IE AVIN'S IN YOUR HOUSE, EH ? GEE, \F THERE'S ANYTHING T HATE ITS THESE MUCKWoRHS SORRY SIR, BUT THERE ONLY ONE ORDER OF THE FULL DECK AN’ LET OTHERS STARVE ! Hil THAT BLACK GOSH, WHATS TY LADY FRIEND HERE BATTERY WENT DEAD ~~~ & care-free innocent girl, closely | derson Art Galleries on Park Avenue, | Frolics” has been declured one of the chaperoned by her mother,‘ very es; RHYMED PROPOSALS ] Sunday evening, Feb. 28. This te @| most beautiful girls in Ohio, But HE HAD THE RIGHT DOPE. timable Southern lady, We saw Mary | realistic, {dealistic, lyrical drama, but | why worry? A young man sought us out yes-|im New York last June, just before} «pear hide, o writes | Walt—Tagore's philosphy of femin-| Persia. Babcock has joined Ed Berday and said that his chief ambi- {she sailed for Europe, and in front of | jiace of Brooklyn, xiving | {8m, as embodied in "Chitra" may| Wynn's “The Perfect Fool" company ion in fe was to be a dramatic| fifty people at a dinner at the Hotel | sone of those “pomes’ you've punted seem radical even to the radical fam-|a8 @ member of That Girl Quartet ‘writes on a newspaper. We asked| Biltmore she kissed us. We mention} in, once over, I've decided this one | inst of the West, so have a care,| Maisie Schwarts will present | RETURNED EVERYTHING. for a Southern hotel, a porter pre- Bim if he was famillar with theat-|this so that, after we are shot, It! 9° mine should win the crepe de chine | Jabez! ‘Prince Lutu” to-night at the Yidetah | | + Aw afraid it is all over between | #ented himeel! and looked around for Ficals. He sald he had made that sub- | Won't be used to besmirch the reputa- |i vei, Between you, me and th — Art Theatre, Lulu, we understaad, I May cna Jeon bagroge. t a study. We decided to examine | tion of Mary Miles Minter, who i to- | jain post, I can reall ‘ots. of GOSSIP, is @ man. . we Fe “Why, dear?” “lea water," we said severely. “The im just for fun. day just as Sweet and innocent 88 | inings put none of the with nie Smith has been engaged| A Mew sons called "Atta Raby’) we nas returned his photo-| card says to ring once for— “Where is the Casino?" we asked. |#he was when she appeared as the | 570+ 'so 1 have select ltor “Just Because." Hee ee ent Tak os tt] raphe “Yassuh,” acknowledged the porter. , “Big or little?" he replied. barefoot kiddie in “The Littlest | |, you stand by me, will send y ,| Charles Purcell has been engaged Heed ae tiios! 4 » but cow "You don't! “But we all couldn’ figgeh out whe- Ever hear of Belasco?’ Rebel" at the Liberty Theatre eight). mole of it. Looky, oh boys, looky; "| for Shubert vaudeville: eer j mean It!" |thah you rang once to’ times or fo’ scours! I often use that sauce on my | years ago. _ T'm a lonesome maid of twenty-two Mary Anaw Tas arranned ta pres A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. | jcaie his _Jet-| times once."——Cleveland Plain Dealer. | “Fine!” we replied. “You'll do."’ Dramatic criticism in the main is| And want a Sweetie whe true.) ue Punch and Judy Theatr Thore is a smail town near Wells. | “Gractous!" Then we turned, run three blocks| honestly written, we believe; yet at) 1 dance and skate and mal Harry Reichenbach writes us to ville called Difficulty and the corre- “and his ring.” | NOT ENOUGH FOR TWO. @nd heading due west gave a war-| times it is thoughtlessly unfair. W fucge. has had his Tex pulled on numer-{ EP ng ea rhe age ay ere pene “My! My!" [LLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN ad © Ds he produc ou 0c ion. ane etuins: is rom thi co ans 5 stu ohn “ ere s ANE if = kame 4 F ; Bie EL ania cna ca < : a : 2 He uress, a story about a min- rial, and we know how decply the| Now here's t 1 lone- Henry Baron will present "The} Gavouher @ ice f SORSRAVATIONS. Printed ward GAouL we hae bias! some lad Radic Hutson ‘Theatre on | FOOLISHMENT governor on} sehHe. minister” ne vanld: Menow & ties, orien ty Ss -y Miles Mi ter how many props it can knock out! 7 go a@epurtin’ aid ma y heare| Mond | (Sa Manienttst's Bollloquy.) lawn. chap named Jenks who drank too ; y Mary Miles Minter] from under an expensive theatrical ij Hisie J 1 hold the man’s hands “And what did Now, Jeuk fine fellow tp Taylor, the film director, who was ture and ‘how > henethahea tt glad fee sige staae ésilag es ag ventu’ how many heartaches = And trim his fingers; she do? {cn other ways, and the minister did murdered, means nothing at can cause. The foregoing observa- 7] day ial ed that, too. tea h id to ret im portance. Being personally tion is brought to our mind by a] ins of sor ‘ He misunderstands ‘She--she veturned Whe contd to reform lin | 8 é Reeser pas i aoe Poarson’s Weekly | “One afternoon the minister saw ippy little criticism we read re- | venture about “Pin My smile that linger | SR aa cae nicrak Stogent star's na-jcently of “Lhe Hiushing bride,” the | any re : ‘ mmy Moztol, is O, 1K, 7 hold the man's hands. stile. aS icon ii she might write} new musical show at the Astor} When he thinks it over 1s WS Mea aaa | He's old but chipper PRORLEMUIN TMATEMATIC® [lt ciust ns ondutaa srenuet dust such a letter to any man friend | ‘Theatre. The criticism dismissed the | 2M inspired article. It ts ine t wil FUMIO OF OE ¢ Box | pach ; nae telephone But Jenks, pretending not to Hes Who had been her benefactor and ad- | show with @ dozen lines, We saw | opinion of who b Tieieiy A EAH A een! HE BEE MONEY aloags TEBE wae ne ti Hotel chamber disappeared tnelde the tiie Slicdage Bier. She would mean nothing by it| “The Blushing Bride” the night it | constructive am. fo which ‘Billy Fvans will geturn to But he's some tipper, | the Jacksonville hotel chamber disappeared inside the little Mip-ap- @ther than an expression of such love | opened, and it is an excellent enter- | Ad not criticism born of bust hea: | ee riage _ ae : in which we nighted for ae a alts wie moan : a3 a happy-go-lucky girl might have | tainment. We hold no brief for the | Touch or Fira. Barua Welnein will have she 16685) RROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. |Site nics over ntter w while Jenks mutnentn for her father or an uncle. Everybody | Messrs, Shubert, producers of the | Niele egies ons *| “Hear about the Chi i A Bae eed “Jenks, didn't you hear an exile Mary “Dear,” and every good | show, and we do not know Ceéeil Lean | LOOK OUT FOR THis. Wainy: ARE A happy selection, '¢ Man Ger miata IPL that] onoe: 156 168 ware! eat lNGn AS GEks Weak Ail) MnEentekt ae friend of hers, male or female, kigses | and Cleo Mayfield, tts stars, but we| If you crave excitement look: The Yyanew Horhert : Mehat haccbHnd tener Dept reo ae a See het ptay nail! wennoackeniiee ne er when they meet. In the theatricul|do know they have a good show.|Unton of Kastand West ya in Benen) an oP vs By Sinem SOF a tei we ; ’ 1 ; 0 r the new play w Will open Earl hey save her an Indian nw We desired ice water and tried to Yes, 1 heard ye, # God fim worlds a kiss Jen't a very | When a critic lets a stomachache o: | to produce tie poctic d . | . | r. Mary ieonal stick eke yay teal Parsee pore, fat the ait, | Carroll's Theatre Feb, “What was it?" jmake our wants ynown, After hnif|gized, fut, ye wor eae @erious affair pane ta eit -. he: 18 encane ‘always beep a personal grudge guide him in writ-jby Rabindranath a ‘Across thet ments during the coming newas year, rrems(Or. he Mehuffey o: “Big foot” The Midnight PCO CHM Yammer - an hour. which (@pretty good time nickel =f |movie actress who plays Doro | Gish as a child in Griffith's “Orphan, \of the Storm,” ts a strong advoca of the short skirt. The shorter t }better, is her idea, id it was « | brought about by a fall in whieh ti tita Rogan nose was deadly bump. during the filming of the “Orphans. Yesterday Rita saw herself act a: | tor the first time realized just w) she had taken such a bad tumble. | "Tam never going to wear, su Jlong sk(rts again,” she announce |“I think the short skirts us wom \are wearing now are much prev jand, besides—Ta@ never have | |that tumble If I hadn't had to we. those long clothes. | “I think I'm pretty | movi: Don't you?” ‘The answer to her question is “ye: MILE IN NOTHIN’ FLAT. Joe May, directing an African sce: jin "The Mistress of the World,”’ wa» rylng to get come action out of abo. |1,200 natives who had draped then ‘selves along the sandy bank of an A gerian river. He wore out four megaphoner ar. jcouldn't see an eyelash twitter, Sui denly came a cry in native tongue There was nothing but action. In « ha‘f second the last native was just |disappea ring over the westerm horizon and still going strong. Some one had yelled “Crecadile, and the natives didn’t have to be tol! twice waat to do. “Did you get that action?’ aske | May of his chief camera man. “Get it?" scorned the photographe: “How could I get it when I was ruz ning as fast as they were?’ good tn thi STILL SINKING. Alarmed at the stories of financi. depression in the movie game, Un! versal, just to show that money still as free as water, has starie! sinking gobs of coin In # lake. It being a Universal project, tl lake will probably be widely toute: as “the first $1,000,000 lake in t) world,’’ but it won't cost anythin like that amount. Starting as a mud puddle in Un versal City, the space will short! be occupied by a fine lake, which wi be fed and replenished by a crisp) mountain stream and whose will be fringed by stately pines. T! lake, when it reaches maturity, wi! be used as a wet location for Un versal pictures. There are several ‘‘wet locations’ right here in New York, but the don't charge quite as much $1,000,000—but mighty near it sinc: Prohibition, STILLS. Vitagraph announces that it has acquired the American rights to t! biggest French motion picture pr: duction ever made. It ts called ‘1 Sheik’s Wife.” The Sheik we aa didn't bother much about any wite especially, if she happened to be h own Ann Forrest, who recently ssir “Howdy, King," to Christan of Ben mark, 4s back In New York, afte acting in “Love's Boomerang. “Kings are all right,” muses Mic: Forrest, “until you come back an meet a Manhattan ace.” W. Somerset Maughan’s origina Paramount Picture, ‘The Ordeal, which was to have been directed b) William Desmond Taylor, victim o: the most recent movie murder, will br directed by Paul Powell. Willlam De Mille {s in ¢he Fast con ferring with Clara Berenger about the adaptation of “Nice People,” | Richard Dix, popular Goldwyn | player, keeps in trim playing gol/'. ‘He is also oftener trimmed. Colleen Moore, to be seen tn "The Wall Flower,” a Rupert Hushes spe- cial, 18 not of the horticultural va riety named in the title at all. Bryant Washburn returns to the seroen in “Hungry Hearts."" We didn't know he'd ever been away. Richard Tucker, who plays an im pertant part in » Hughes's pictur: | played the Attorney General to ‘Thc Old Nest.” Warren W. Lewis, press t for W. W. Hodkinson, ‘will be monare of a big display booth at Albany du: |\ne the coming convention of the Mc | lon Picture Theatre Owners’ Associe tlon is ¢ The Pronunciation of “Godiva” vis coused some stuttering ever since ed as the title of Wi " vext production, Tr pronounced "Go-di-va.”’ ‘The Q@ is jlent, as in oyster, »