The evening world. Newspaper, February 11, 1922, Page 12

) THE NEW PLAYS Marie Lohr Shows Power in ‘‘Fedora” By CHARLE FN choosing petwe | sentimentality o” HM the (passionate thet lukewarm Sardou as a means of introduction t perately modern 4 even equi lly old fashioned athe last night, when the English actress was seen 4 t fii as we have been tainly “The Voice from the Min- | wa aret® caine as a mere whisper com pared with th windy tumult of “Fedo: Probably no Ainerican actress would even dream te-day of dying of} the quick poison administered by Bardou, though Virgin Harned and | Mrs. Carter, among « . could do it with considerable lish, Gomme back to Dave . my recol- tection ys half way at Rertha| n first sle came uptown and gave herself to an eestacy of suf fering at the American Theatre. Ac- cordingly, the throes of Miss Lohr seemed a trifle quaint, suggesting not a0 much her penchant for ancient and unholy things as the British taste for Seasoned anguish in the theatre Yet here was Miss Lehr standing firmly on familiar ground and estab. Ishin herself as an emotional actress of uncommon power. Moreover, she) Fained a dignity in the robes of the, tnhappy Princess that she lacked in the short skirts of the Hickens non sense. In these days of repression on stage we seldom Ket the fine, if extravagant, sweep with which she stripped off the glove that had been Kissed by the murderer of the un worthy Vindimn und her ery ot] “Wreteh!" a thrilling nots Only by such acting can Sardou made interesting and graphic. ‘Th quick turn of Fedora from to tenderness when she discs Loris killed: Viadimir not t was a Nihilist, but because he we caught in an assignation with the Count’s wife, may be excused on the score that a woman's sense of justice 1s essentially personal, and this tra't was clearly suggested by Miss Lohr. Fedora’s panic at her discovery thay About Plays. and Players By BIDE DUDLEY sounder DILLINGHAM was early yesterday HARLES ( lying in bed morning eagerly devouring the news in The Evening World, when he Lappened on the story of the Katona girl who offered to marry any man Willing to give her $1,000 for the sup- port of her family. He reached for his telephone and got Mark A. Lue scher, (anager of the Hippodrome, on the wire “Say, Mark." hegald, “I'll be hanged InI'm going to see the catastrophe of marriage forced on anybody if I can help it. When you go to the Hipp drome to-day, write Miss Theresa Katona, that Brooklyn girl who oifers to wed for $1,000, and tell her that if she prefers to retain her indepen- dence, I'll give her a place in tl Hippodrome ballet for the rest of the Season. Her salary will be enough to take care of her family until summer comes, anyw Ww | Mr. Luescher wrote Miss Katona | yesterday, At a late hour last night | he “had not received a reply, but he| expects one to-day. Mr. Dillingham is serious about it. Miss Katona enay take wp the ballet work immediately if she wants to. . EXTEND SHUBERT CIRCUIT. The Affiliated Theatres Corporation has been organized to work in con- junction with Shubert Vaudeville. The officers ure Lee and J, J. Shubert, Isidor Herk, Max Spiegel and Edward Beatty. This ts to be a sort of vaude- ville “wheel” comprising thirty-five houses and the same number of en- tertainment units. Franchises for these units will be Issued to weil known producers of musical come- dies, revues and operas, Each unit will make up a vaudeville bill includ- ing, besides a tabloid musipal show, « Number of individual acts, and each will be given a routg of thirty-five weeks through the Afmliated The- atres Corporation. The circuit of theatres will extend from New York, Boston, Brooklyn and Philadelphia to Omaha on the Wes‘ and as far South as Louisville. All large cities in this frea will be representec. Operation of the new and augmented circuit will begin officially next September. WELL DONE, POET DOONER! Phitip B, Dooner, our Poet of Ad miration, saw “The Blue Kitten” the other evening and was impressed with the comedy of Joe Cawthorn. That Mcnt, late, while the elevated trains smrreked and groaned outside his door, Philip wrote a poem to Joe which w S DARNTON her activities had brought about the loved was also vividly reflected, To take poison and then be revived by such applause as Miss Lohr won can not possib ter experience, She earned the ri reward of an admirable performance Herbert Marshall was an Lorise and in watching on under a physical handicap dating luck to the war a hearty “F ! kept down only by the greatest self-restraint the man she him people for this oc casion, ong had a happy time as the flirtatious Countess, ob viously used by Sardou as the ‘comic relief? considered necessary to th success of « play in his time, espe- cially if it ended in suictde Luckily “Fedora” gives Miss Lohr her firat opportunity of living dra- matically in this country THE BIG LITTL WHY HE'S \ SEEN WITH HER EVERYWHERE ' THIS THING RIGHT IN | -tev ‘Ve Cor ANEW DART | | OVER AT LINCOLNS House — THe \ LITTLE Loe CABIN ISG | i y be a bite seavenman Marana eros een eee | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1922 ra ROY : INKS {JOE’S CAR ote ae os p \T HAD “To BE DONE. THE MINUTE HE Got “HE OFFICE —— ‘ \T HAD SOMETHING “tO dO WITH “THE CAR, BUT THE QUESTION is) — witar ? . VERY EXASPERATING NOT “To BE ABLE. To REMEMBER A THING MORE “THAN AN HouR = JOE HAS SOMETHING ON HIS MIND “THis. MORNING BuT HE CAN'T RECALL WHAT IT 1S — UNDER: E F OH! TLL Never MARRY TILL T FINDA GIRL I CANT POSSIBLY, Live. Ses DONT WoRRY wot THs T TTS NOTHING HEAR OF YOU Serious uNK # GADDIN' ABoUT ae A ONITH THAT. MINNIE GREEF — Tu we NOTHIN SERIOUS — How Come ZEGINS “Tb GET HOT WISHES “To KICK SELF AROUND BLOCK FoR. BEING So FEEBLE. BETWEEN EARS —— dure eae Agonies “HE CoLLaR — AWAKENED ME: yreh YouLL BE LUCKY IF You FIND ONE ITS PossiBLe To \ we wit! If Mary Bl » WHAT DO YU THINK oF TAAT- ANEW BARBY over AT LINCOLNS $ OLD MAN LINCOLN CANT “READ OR WRITE AND THEY BARELY HAVE ENoucH: Te EAT~ THAT BABY HAS NT 4 CHANCE 76 AMOUNT TS ANY- THING —PooR Bor— THe New BABYS NAMES Had Lived 113 Years “Poor Boy. He Hasnt & CHANCEK pHe NEVER CAN AMOUNT “16. ANYTHING IT BURSTS UPON HIM IN A Figod oF d From Weak Mind! j WAFE WARNED Him NOT “To FORGET “H LOCK “He. CaR/| I | i WHEN HE’ LEFT (T STANDING AT CORB ALL Day! b mory | NEARLY STUMPED. Major Jack Allen, who trespasse on the private property of wild ani mals and snaps ‘em as they live, foun himself in a tight place yesterday His little niece, Dolly Fay, toddle lover from Philadelphia and immedi | ately asked mamma to take her to 8¢| “Uncle Jack.” ; “Uncle,” lisped Dolly, “how calf "sy leopard tell when anything a the right spot?” Major Jack sparred for wind an then countered with: “Why, the leopard knows the spi right because all the othe! 7" Major feller a crack ; Edison's questionnaire. NO MONOPOLY. We were under the impres@! judging merely from the long list Fox stars and executives who hal been the victims of robbers in Li Angeles, that the Foxites held a so’ of monopoly on the "Gosh-I've-bi robbed” cry. But it seems that suc is not so. | Yesterday we were told, tm conf ‘dence, of course, that J. Allen Boon ‘manager of publicity at the R. Studio {n Hollywood, had been beate and robbed, The bandits wore out two blacl jacks and stole $40 in cash. We listened intently, almost breat! lessly, until we heard the $40 part the yarn. But then, maybe it was pay da; | ' | OVERPAID. ; | Isaac Thompson, of a burnt amb! || | complexion, but Nght of heart, of f manded a large salary before would consent to play Noah, the bu ler, with Ernest Truex in “The Bas!) ful Lover.” | At first Isaac wanted $100, by YEP- IT'S A NEW PILL To MAKE WOMEN THIN! TLL TAKE ITIN A GLASS OF WATER AN' SEE HOW IT Works! OH FERDIE - HAVE You MET MY SISTER FROM + SWEDEN? to double the tax on theatre tickets selling for more than 25 cents each, to raise a share of the service men’s bonus money. Mr. Erlanger says: “Such an increase in the admission tax will not only disastrously lessen the attendance at the theatres, al ready mate affected by the pres- ent tax, but will compel curtailment in all big productions, It will make it impossible for either the ordinary producing manager or the theatre manager to continue his business, and it will throw out of employment hun- dreds of actors and members of the musical and stage hands' unions. Mr, Shubert deplores the move and} |says he intends to join with other managers to fight what he terms “the latest atttempt to add to the already heavy burdens under which the thea- tre is struggling. be e are facing now a crease in business,” writes he, “and many of the smaller managers find large de consider a reward for the comedian's thirty years of stage service. Read it If you like your comedy light, In humorous bits find real delight—| Joseph Cawthornc— A funny situation will take And surely make doth ache. Indeed, he takes the proverbial cake Moseph Cuwthorn your sides TAX PLAN CONDEMNED. A. L. Erlanger and J. J, Shubert have sent us protests against the plan is it difficult enough to get along with lessened patronage. Attendance has | fallen off 50 per cent, during the pres- | ent season, duc to various factors, It} MRE ARE eroes” Net monte Mure CHE COMMAE HseK! yeur. thing. Looks quite kippy, they say. would fall off still further with a the cast of “Madam Pierre,” opening : | hardly qualified. | ppy, they sayy, na mekded jim aie lo ee to see his shil r . . |doubled tax on tickets, That factor | Hie slfey a : ae t home. | at the Ritz Wednesday evening | Said Helen: “I need a new gown,? ling, and when| Say lepine en Gant Dave © aosnarig |would automatically defeat the ends| With that he strolled away, A Washington's 1 dancing) The news caused her daddy to frown he examined it SOME CAPACITY. wiNy) OF memephone in aiventt | of the proposed new tax.’ | Fiekle thing! |seasion will be held Terrace! He knew it meant fifty, Q he said: "You| TOHNNIE and his mother tree for “Kindred of 9d | Garden Palace Monday, beginning at! ead pulled a nitt must be in con- visit to Johnnie's grandmother t's Bald ‘to be the best hig Gossip. - $30 8 ted. So Dad pulled nifty ever done too, Other direc” Century's next bi musical attraction Houvening will he qjstributed.| 5 ac uane tne aret train out of t sumption, You're Grandmother, knowing how weil please note. he Sily in Lenox Hil) Hos-, It will have a cho 1 D Jersey da will compete in ut of town getting so small /ie liked cake, decided to see that we William V. Mong, who pin e { ration A. BE. Mathews |e \ DIAMAR Eastern States SHeyes ce and pate.” had as much as he wanted tant roles in F M Ar § ‘die Cantor and the "Make It Verdt Club yesterd one te Champlonship to-morrow FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE Ile then put it back into the hole. Mother watched him a long time Who smiled ra | fet had a La Minors aria rr amanda ‘ Dog Drum: | Stternoon: ‘if A. Plank Lived in Auantic| ‘The attendant, who had been|und then asked: “Johnnie, can you wrote both of ‘em. When he wif ay. die will take a big supply of mond.'” ty watching, went again, took the six- | still swallow cake?" actin, % ‘ Amu \ , , 7 again, s if or writing he’s raisin ed shirts along. . F | Louise Groody, a race horse, was A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. Yes, yes, go on! pence and pit a sovereign in its place.|_ The reply came in a weak voire: He gets real money for a The Rose of Stamboul" will be the| in a race at New Oricans yesterdays, One of the high school correspond-| “Would board wath On the following day, when the luna-|"No'm, but T can still chew."'—Judge. his talents, youurray vas “)) = ee rremetr. ee ee —_ ™ 7 She cost the "Good Morning, Dearie,” folks a lot of money. John Golden's Milton Noble's “Lightnin” troupe had to give twenty- n performances {n three} weeks in Cleveland recently “Six Cylinder Love” will pass its 200th performance to-night at Sam H. Harris Theatre A jazz band 1s rehearsing mornings in the old monkey room at the Hip- RHYMED PROPOSALS Sam, the Lamb, is willing to talk turkey to Miss Cohen, the girl who wants to wed a country lad. Look: Miss Cohen, hearken to what I say, T offer myself as a country jay, I spent my life on farms and fields Hoping to find one of my ideals. HE WON. the} HE Mudcombe Prevaricating and Debating Society was in session and all was proceeding peuce- and harmoniously | But, bless you, the rat was of the child’s mouth and int: and then thoughtfully put fully ibe paatehed An doin #06 1b podrome, Sounds like old times. story man spoke ak a Gomtortan! Vee Vesarched ie vain for one Of)” Walter Abell, one of the “Back to] “Some people,’ he “consider | With a great sigh the your kind, | Methuselah” stage directors, startled] the rat hasn't got much ‘sense, hut | handed him the biscuit And it's just to-day that you I find. So let me know if you'll be my bride, And if "tis 80 we'll Cohen-side. a stage crowd yesterday by saying in a loud tone: “Adam and Eve will re- hearse to-morrow.” A party of Lambs will be present they're wrong, Mor instance, onee 1| Star saw a mother place her year-old babe | in front of the cottage to sun himself, | and to keep his spirits up she E | at opening of “Montmartre” at) the little chap a big feeding bottle of | SHRBWD lunatic, an Ray of Harlem, writen to assert that) the Belmont Monday night. The] milk. As I watched I saw a rat ereep| AY of an asylum, had Harry se ante Leto, Bay does | Players’ Assembly includes several] up to the child, and my heart was in | which he hid one Jambast him. or lambast follows: members of that club. |my mouth. I feared for the baby.|hole, The attendant was He was a real nice pal to me, | Benny Leonard saw * = = | him, He stuck thru thie The sort of bear that ¢ Tried carnestly to Oh, all went well until he came To say good-by Jceny” at the Republic the and met Author Sa Sam wants to write —you know, one with a punch, Thr an eleventh hour change it Yapp has become a member of} und thin, ery girl ents of this newspaper has s¢ is shipman later.| school editor ir vas sent th a play for Benny @ contribution on which is written: “All the papers have this |article but you have a sixpe stead, me day, ‘ FOOLISHMENT. the milk! He just slipped the teat out | profit till the rat | his tail into the child's mouth by way Kansas City aa | NOT SO “LOONEY” AFTER ALL. shilling and put the patient eame it and said: |“ tear you have this time. mind you." So saying, he put * a sovereign in his pocket and kept it ‘Jungle Adventures. ; only after| The warder is stil! studying the| Admiring friends have presen and loss account,—London | Constance Talmadge with a score ‘0 his own [Ideas the end of WISH shouted to state, fi President Miss Zin | Svelt, the dashin the Ultrastyle delegation, | fcr votes at the convent inmate STR a shilling | pean Day) | should Pride, M.D. day in a a watehing ‘ think you'd be ve wen lm to the {4PPear before these delega took. the |? Waist with a five-ineh I should be," “Lr think Prune! Miss Zappy you would nee in its Next day “T would 5 Detro| | te came to see his coin, he looked at yellow jaundice I must take you home and _— BROKE UP THE MEETING, | wear the collar of no party and of nu “One can readily see that,’ broke im ado known as Tuesday, * came the quick reply from ompromised and agreed to play tl) t for a ten-dollar note. Those who have eeen Isaac Noah say he should advertise hin) self as the “world’s most overpa actor.” i | 4 | FABLE. Once upon a time there was } movie star who had never bet robbed. Then she hired a Pral, | Agent, She's even lost her reput | tion now. ‘ | q | CUT-BACKS. Otis Skinner will probably sta filming Booth Tarkington's ‘Mist. Antonio” in the carly spring, months before he intended. This made probable by his cancellation a long western tour in ‘Blood ar! Sand." Chic Sale is busy writing anoth, hick movie story for his own u It will be his second under the chay eronage of Exceptional Pictures, In: Although South Sea Islanders a mosquito-net tuxedoes and sea-mo kilts, they are very fond of admirity, clothing on other races, Mrs, Ma, tin Johnson took seven wardr trunks full of Paris frocks when ® friend husband went to ta} the | and fine saddles since it was learned th| ; She likes riding. She says she cai possibly use them on her fiivver, | Barbara Tennant, « film star yesteryear, returns to the movies Tho Masquer * She's been a sent seven years Tempus sure di fugit. Ben ‘gurpin says he can make, fine chim en stew, provided there no typographical errors in the co book. His wife, being duly sworn ave tlese | cautioned, avers otherwise, nd }|_ Anita Stewart is busy these da; ashamed to} Recently ut the Louls 13, Mayer stu, os wearing | SNC finished “The Women He Mig V. L know, Ted." No, it was not a permaneng, wave pulling match; just a movie. '# Freckles Barry is headed East onie personal appearance cruise. He's ® diked out in a new sailor suit, ‘never™ irthermore,"” »py Flossie- | & beauty of in her plea ion, “that 1 (Me 1 be, too, c|