The evening world. Newspaper, February 15, 1922, Page 22

ae nin ee Sone oe er 2a About Plays | and Players By BIDE DUDLEY A HHA! Now will those who love A to condemn jazz be good? Irving Berlin, — frequeatly @alied the Jazz King, lias decided ty & rebuke ts needed by those who say Gils form of music is sending us all @ perdition. It isn't because jaxx hor fmcreased his income tax that he tases this stand; it is merely because tic thinks that Art assailed should have u @efenier. Irving doesn't like the woy Dr. Btraton, who, by the way, is be: coming almost as interesting as the Great Movie Mystery, and J. Hartle: Manners, the playwright, have bert Woking the devil out of jazz, and he has taken his pen in hand to inform @hem that the laughing trombone's merriment is a wonderful remedy for ‘Jazz has gone undefended toni enough,” says he. ‘According to its eritics it is responsible for virtually every modern sin, when as a matter ef fact jazz is far more modern than Moral side-stepping. The notorious ®inners of history committed their €rimes without its assistance or sug- geation.”” We are inclined to side with Irving, although it is barely possible Nero was jazzing that fiddle while Rome was crakling in flames. Irving is fincere—that we know—for hasn't he Written a song called ‘Don't Blame It AN on the Music,” and isn’t he sing- ing it in his show, “The Music Box Revue"? We'll say he is. Furthermore, we dare Dr. Stratop and Mr. Manners to go and hear it. We'll bet it can convert them to jazz. Incidentally, Jerome Kern, who has started a war on jazz, might drop in and hear it, too. Any ticket broker would be glad to sell him a seat to “The Music Box Revue" at—well, we'll let the price be a cute little surprise for him A DIXON BENEFIT. Do you remember Martin J. Dixon, for years manager of the Third Ave- nue Theatre? Whether you dd or not, we'd like to inform you that Mr Dixon has been an invalid for many months and is: living in a furnished room in rather meagre style. And now to the point! A movement lias been started to give him a benefit. A. H. Woods has agreed to furnish the theatre—the Republic—and the date is Sunday evening, March 19. A big show will be given and the first to volunteer is Herb Corthell. Walter Moore of the Miner Lithograph Com- pany is treasurer of the affair. Mr, Dixon is not only worthy of your patronage but he needs it. Come on —let's scatter a little sunshine where it is badly needed. You may be old and sick yourself some day and—well, dust ‘and’ —— PROBABLY A RUMOR ONLY. We have been informed that the Dolly Sisters brought to New York from London a little mahogany bar with a silver footrail. However, we cannot confirm this report. Walter Kingsley, please write. ARTHUR HE SUGGESTS. | Arthuy Hammerstein had a bright | idea yesterday—the same one thet six | or sixteen others (we forget which) have had recently. I: was that Con- gress raise the money for the sol- | diera’ bonus bystaxing light wines and | beers. Arthur, however, is a man of agtion and he soon had the lazy old a, ticker jabbering away. He @ message to Secretary of the Fag ode Mellon in Washington tell- ee about the idea. In it he ited that the bootlegger could be inated. What's the matter, Ar- ir? Don't you like your bootleg- z BY WAY OF DESSERT. “William A. Brady has arranged to have a special performance of “The Nest’ at the 48th Street Theatre Sun- @ay evening for people of the acting jon, He announces he will have a few words to say in regard to the argument he had with Dr. Straton recently. Whaddye mean, a few words? WE'LL LOOK INTO THIS. “I see by the papers,” writes a fat friend, “that Will Rogers has a new press agent named Warren Harding. Thought mebbe you might like to know it.”’ | ‘We certainly are glad to be in- formed about this, If President Har- ding hes ‘entered the employ of F. Wiegfel@ jr. we shall take the matter ‘with the Press Agents’ Union. for the country, wouldn't it, to have him sending us pictures of Dolores or Leon Errol, when he ought to be looking after the Chinese affair and Laddie Boy. GOSSIP. Thanks Rose, Frank, A. A., George M. G. and others for them kind woids! Members of the Authors’ League will see Recruit Petrova in ‘The White Peacock" to-night Colin Kemper has seturned London, where he staged ‘The Bal and er-7 it get away to a flying start. Stewart Baird has been engaged by the Messrs. Shubert for a role in “Little Miss Raffles.” Edna Walker, dancer, has joined the Cecil Lean-Cleo Mayfield ‘Blushing Bride’ company at the Astor. Charles Trowbridge and Nellie Graham Dent have been added to the east of “Just Because," a new musical play. from ‘The Nixon Theatre, Pittsburgh, ts ‘© be a Shubert vaudeville house) ~~ when next season begins. Mary Shaw has postponed the open- ing of “Mrs, Warren's Profession” at the Punch and Judy from Monday night mext to Wednesday afternoon. Miste Janis is giving a skating party at her home near Tarrytown to-day. ANNTUNNNNN An! TCTHINK TH WIFE AN! THE NEW MAID” ARE TASCUSSIN Me # MARY IT S i YOUR Bed TIME <a AS KATINKA T OPERATE MY ‘cAR ts NOT “oO DRWE IT! GETTIN’ PINCHED ON “THe ’ Post RoAy’ LYesTER DAY'LL SET ME BACK ANOTHER, TWENTY FIVE! | a : haelead [ Th'CMEAPEST Way FoR ME. <— FoR THe So. 'M SAFE FROM “Ty! ile RUN SMAQK THE BIG LITTLE FAMILY JUST WHEN THIN MOTOIe COPS T Go an’ INTO A PELE PHONE “Trap ee —AND DONT WE BOTH TREAT ‘YOU LIKE ONE OF THE. FAMILY BABETTE. al |_Y. Eve. YES MAM — BUT “THERE'S ONE THING "X DONT LIKE ABouT . World) By Prese Pub. Co. Sot Time _ You DONT KNOW How TS DEAL WITH CHILDREN! You FOR THE G 504 Time SHOULD EXPLAIN TS MARY WHY sHe sHourn Go 7 DED. ITS VERY } SIMPLE _Tie stlaw You- DRESSIN’ ! 2 KATINKA SAYS THANKS SON =~ SHE'LL BE RIGHT ISP0SE You'Re OUT - SHE'S MR GESSIT'S ul Boy 3 Yer! Do LT LOOK LIKE MY PoP ? WELL, You've GoT YouR FATHER'S EYES AND NOSE — s AWRICHT f RHYMED PROPOSALS This girl, Miss Cohen, who wants to marry a farmer, will be run ragged by suitors if she doesn’t look out. Why, she's got the old postman mad because of our mail, We can print but one proposal daily, so we have Placed the acceptances of her plea in a pile, closed our eyes and selected one. It is from Hank of Jersey City. Looky, Miss Cohen: Let me tell you, Miss Cohen, just what 1 be. I'm a durn good farmer; Tam, by gee! Came from Missouri grows tall; Know how to farm and that ain't all; Got red hai; ; measure five feet eight, Folks back home think I look fust where the corn rate. Quite a likely felier, guess youl ate low. ' Reckon if vou want to, we'tt meet somehow, It's an ice skate affair, not a well, you know | The Lockfords, y|country from \Shubert, will appe | Stamboul.”* John Astley of “A Bill of Divorce- brought by the to this Messrs. ead HE KEEPS “NY CALLING MeE— OH! You MUSTNT, MIND. THAT — LTS ONLY A HABIT THA A! Now. MARY. ITS THis WAY- LITTLE GiRLs sHouLD Enlighten Him BOY — 1 WANTA “TIP You OFF To SuMmpa! — BE MIGHTY CAREFUL WHEN y'DRIVE DOWN. “tHe, POST ROAD! A SPEED TR Fi urther, Joe! { THis is A SWELL ime. 1'be. SELLIN' Me we 4 ABouT \T Ww / \ ~ EVEN ADDRESSES ME “THAT Way SomeTIMES # + Bud. What About It Now, Unele Ezra? BED SO NATURE CAN RERaiR THe RAVAGES OF AN ACTIVE DAy- SLEEP MAKES LITTLE GIRLS Bie AND STRONG - YOU MUST Go TO BED so AS TS CET UP BRIGHT AND EARLY. Now. ‘You MY | UNDER STAND = DONT You * You've GOT KATINKA'S TEETH ¢ Je ment" has recovered his clothes, ap- propriateg by a burglar. They were in pawnshops. Henry Baron has changed the date of ‘the opening of “The Rubicon” at the Hudson from Feb. 20 to Feb. 21, Aileen Poe has been engaged by A G, Delamater for a role in “Broken Branches," now in rehearsal Earl Carroll has decided to name his new play ‘‘Bavu." At first he thought he'd keep it nameless and, well, gosh, why didn’t he? The cast of “Chauve Souris’ will be the guests of Charles Dillingham at to-morrow's matinee at the Hippo- drome. Dr, W. Norman Guthrie will hold a discussion of “The National Anthem" at St. Mark's Chureh Sunday after- ngpn, Laurette Taylor will speak, ‘They say a certain Assemblyman, after seeing “Danger” at the g9th Street Theatre, will introduce a pill in the Legislature giving « man the right to divorce a “modernist” wife, The special “Shuffie Alung” com- pany will open in Wilkes-Barre to- morrow night and remain on tour un- til summer, when it will go to London. While dancing &he other night in “Up in the Clouds” Max Welly stum- bled and fell into the orchestra pit He was whirling Melissa Ten Eyck in the air at the time, He threw her ‘upstage’ and neither was injured. B. C, Whitney, who in association with A. L. Erlanger directs the des- tinies of Ed Wynn, who looks like us, is slowly convalescing from a montli's illness at his home on Long Island. The Theatre Guild will give special performances of each section of Shaw's “Back to Methusalah” for the press on the Sunday night preceding the’ launching of each dose, Lucy Huffaker is all worked up about {t. The ball of the Allied Arts of the Theatre, to be given for the benefit of the Actors’ Fund Saturday night, Feb. 25, at the Hotel Astor, is being en- gineered by the Sixty Club, Two or- chestras will tantalize the crowd with jazz A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. Gabe Hoskins of Wellsville is writ- ing a play called “The Hollywood Case’ and he may write a song of the same title. FOOLISHMENT. “Yo hol” sang an Indian tudy Well known out in Kansas as Sadie. “Yo ho!” she repeated. Her song was completed With: “Wah hoo, Grady!” kerbunk, Jerry FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. “Tm going West “How?” “By railroad, of course “Well, don’t forget to get off the track when the trains come along." MY, HOW CATTY! Norma Sherer, who has finished work in “Channing of the Northwest,” just hates blue laws-—Prohibition in particular. Recently she voiced a loud protest’ against Volsteadism by naming her pet tabby cat “Whis- key," because it was black and white Last week Whiskey presented her owner with four little snifters which were at once named “Orange Blos- som,” “Manhattan,” “Bronx” and “Martini.” She suggests that other cat owners name their pets after their favorite tipple. Personally, we'd hate to go to the back door in the dark of the moon and softly chortle: “Here, Bevo! Come, Revo!" we guess we've gotta do it. but WIG WaGs. Jack Ford, Fox director, has pulled an impossible. He's directed a pic- ture without a voice. That is, the yieture, of course, has no voice, but then neither has Jack. Grip germs made a mass attack upon Jack's system several days ago, ut couldn't quite lay him low. The microbe army, however, effectually quieted the director's voice to such an extent that he couldn't even whis- f per ‘That's good" in a friendly poker game. Not wishing to stall the production Programme by staying away from the studio, Ford devised a sample set of wig-wag signals with his actors and directed many scenes by waving a handkerchier From where we sat it looked like a continuous Chautau ua salute AU NATUREL. jorie Daw, twenty - year - oid screen star, and Handsome Johrny Haron, film hero, were going throug “ love scepe recently, Their direc tor noted that it didn't take muct megaphoned shouting to make them put real fervor into tneir acting ard commented on it to his assistant “They make love as though thcy meant it!'' commented the director, “Why wouldn't they?” gurgled t assistant. “They just unnounces their engagement.” When Marshall Neilun he love announcement he was ¢ as a clam “L knew when I was filming ‘Pen- rod’ that I was doing something fine, but I never knew I was acting as a’matchmaker. That's whore the youngsters met—and now they are to ms ry, hope they name their fist sm Marshall Neilan Penrod Wesley Bar- ry Haron.” NO NOTES. Frank /, Gallagher, who, when he isn't selling sand, ts acting as head Copr. 1922 (NY. Eve. World) By Pr 1 DoNT s&& | WHY I HAve | TO Co 7 Bed! HEAVENS ! TAKE \ ‘EM AWAY FROM |THE NEW PLAYS “Desert Sands” ‘Chilly and Artificial By CHARLES DARNTON. © actor, of course, could be ex- pected to ouffer wholly’ ie silence, but to suffer in the silence of a stormy night, -with audience watching every shadow that crosses his face is another matter, and this ts what Norman Trevor is doing to the best of his recognized ability in “Desert Sands” at the Princess ‘Theatre, It is possible to, sympathize with him, though. this sympathy is quite outside the play provided him by that erstwhile farce writer, Wilson Collison, “Desert Sands" might easily ex- haust the patience of any one but an Arab or an Englishman, not only be- cause of its middle-aged ronrance— trying enough at best in the theatre —but for the added reason that ite characters seldom taik like haman beings. The dialogue is far-flung even for the vast stretches of the Sahara, and it can't be held in by a little thing like a tent. ‘This tent holds no surprise to equal Lady Alicia Marchbank when she saunters into it as easily as though she had not come all the way from London to intrude upon the lives of the two men who still love her madly, but who happen at this time to be wandering beneath the stars and struggling desperately to forget ber. Yo such luck! Thete she stands in a linen riding habit, coyly posed ax Berndon enters. There she stands again, in much the same attitude when Pickering comes back. Because of her, both men are exiles from their beloved England. She brings back with her all the eventful past, yet seems quite cheery about it One of the busiest nights in her mar- ried life in London is recalled. On that occasion, though the hour was late, both men simply couldn't stay away trom her, Thus it happened that the nervous wretch now calling himself Pickering was so annoyed 0) the homecoming of the drunken hus band that he couldnt’ help killing the unweleoome chap. Then Beradon dropped in for a little chat and gra- siy went to jail for six months just to save the dear lady the bother of two scandals at one time. Except! for the killing, you must understand. everything was all right. wads Alicia was maddening, yet chaste, But she has still to learn the dan- gers of tent-life. When Pickering steals to her couch at dead of night and speaks plainly to her, what does she do? Well, if you Mnst know, she sits up in bed and cries: “Think of my womanhood!" But before he has time to think of anything he ts stabbed Wy Kadra, the impulsive dancing girl who loves Berndon Then Berndon goes away with Lady Alicia, after giving poor Kadra noth ing more than a hasty kiss, althquyh she has been everything im the Sahara to him. No, it doesn’t seem right. Mr, ‘Trevor and Edmond Lowe play the exiles for all these char- acters are worth, and Virginia Ham- mond has a chatty time as Lady Alicia, Anzonetta Lloyd is a pictur- esque though by no. means fi Kadra. As for the play it 1s both chilly and artificial, AN EASY DIAGNOSIS. HERE was a long line of waiting T patients when he enterel tl doctor's office, but he didn't seem to care for that. And hig non chalance was soon justified, for th assistant came out, looked the pa- tients over and said to this tardy rival: ‘You are next." It was his air of prosperity that got him this tavor, for he had never been there Lefore. In the offi » the physician g.etel him cordially, too. He éxamined him gently, deftly, briefly. Then he said: “Ah! Dyspepsia.” “T know it,"’ said the patient vane os, of Course, you would know it Now, how long have you suifered from it?” “Well, let I inherited m money in 1912 ‘That fixed the date, and the doetur was able to go ahead with the case eveland Plain Dealer. of Wisteria golf w Productions, enthusiast of the atever that may mean Recently he took exceptions to the accounts on a certain sport page of a golf match in which he was vitally interested. He looked up the golf editor and good-naturedly pointed out ring errors. Inc., is a first ater, you play golf yourself?" asked Gallagher “By ear only," confessed the editor, And all Gallagher could do was sinile. QUITE CUTE. Alma Rubens has started a new fad in the movies. is making what she calls “character dolls” of her friends. Her first finished prod- uct Is a doll representing Nazimova, which is now one of the dynamic Russian player's prize possessions. When Mildred Harris saw the Nazimova doll she started begging Miss Rubens to make one of her, which the dollmaker agreed to do after she had made one for Bill Hart and Ben Turpin Sereenings would: like to see the Turpin doll, just to see whether it {s as handsome as its papa. STILLS. Eugene O'Brien does not know the taste of tobacco, He smokes cigar- ettes exclusively In spite of all censors the screen is to have “Justice.” Selznick is to do it into pictures, leo Pollock, pufficiat for Cosmo- politan Pictures, was the only press agent who had passed up the radiv phone as a story basis. He fell yes terday. ion Davies now listens to radio concerts while acting. Selznick News is to show a rabh drive. Who handled the reins? Owen Moore, screen star, began }i as an infant Lyn Harding, who will play Hens VIII, in “When Knighthood Was in Flowe has played the part 200 times in the speakies, atsy Ruth Miller, the seventeen- vear-old Goldwyn player, has been farmed out by that firm to act as 1 Mix's leading wornan. Kate Lester, grande dame of the screen, just finished parts with Norma ‘Talmadge and Anita Stewart. She will next be seen in “Remembrance.” a Rupert Hughes picture, Abe Budin, in “Hungry Hearts,” never Saw a movie camera before |e started his present engagement. He to say the least, ought to be naturs as he plays just what he was in rea! life—a street sweeper. “Orphans of the Storm” starta its British run in London's Hippodrome next month, Advocates of screen censorship and those agin it are fighting it out be- fore the Virginia Legislature. At press time the rounds were even. Forrest Halsey is busy writing an other screen story for George Arliss Alma Rubens has signed a lone term contract with Cosmopolitan, After the movie convention in Al- bany the praise agents will all como home and start work again.