The evening world. Newspaper, February 18, 1922, Page 12

a nine appre teem ete sme enn eRetingnseeeneess Am "SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1922 | MekGaleeNa eee 0 ae ae = About Plays JOE'S CA and Players By BIDE DUDLEY i TURNING ON _ THE SPOTLIGHT HLL SURE BE TicKLeD T FIND = You Jus FORGET IT) (VE “TRIED >. fio FIFTEEN mi ise f e OuT WHAT'S WRONG wiTH |. Ev'RY “Test UNDER “Ty'SUN AN! 1 CANT Gos, BUT HE must |} BY CHARLES DARNTON. NUTES LATE FO WAT BOAT — FUNNY NOISES FIND ONE “THING TH’ MATTER with tT — BE A ROTTEN mecuanic! § annnnnnAAAAAAAARANRRAAARARAAAIOS EATS — t =) tS Y LEFT THy'car To BE ORRY ME SHE's PERFECT! IAT a difference just a few | years make in our attitude FIXED AN' I GOTTA waALk oves | = / ? L, * ' aes play! Por exam- AN GET WV. ¢ rle, there's ‘Madame Pierre’’—not the best in the world, to be sure, but good of its kind Yet when Laurence Irving brought j this Hrieux comedy to New York in 1409 he couldn't find a theatre for it without renting one himself. Every hody he approached was afraid of tt, taking much the came stand as the girl in the song: ‘If You Can't Be Good, Be Careful.!" But no sooner ; had he put it on at his own risk than | offers came his way, with the result that some time later “The Incubus” vame back as ‘The Affinity’? and | justified Mr. Irving's faith in it. | Even though theatrical managers at | that time may have had misgivings of | LISTEN PEAR — ARL CARROLL'S new theatre E 50th Street and Seventh Ave nue, was dedicated yesterday | by the Lambs with speeches and liq- Uids, Promptly at 2 o'clock membe of the club fell in line in West 44th Street and marched behind a band to whe new playhouse. At 5 o'clock they were beginning to fall @xactly in line, It was a large af- ternoon for everybody but the band bo; They tried to play "How Dry I Am” in C minor, but the cold had| Warped their fingers and the result | ‘was a cross between “Frankie” and | “There Is a Green Hill Far Away."| Particularly involyea was the piccolo Player, His fingers tried their best to trip gayly over the holes in his footer, but the joints refused to work and he finally had to leave the bulk of the harmony to the bass drum. The dedication ceremonies, took Place in the lobby. First, Bert Brown, in dulcet tones, announced that Au- Bustus Thomas would speak. He} was right about It. Mr, Thomas spoke, while the walls resounded i frozen cheers. Then came William Courtieigh, whose words held the crowd as though locked In an ice box. Mr. Carroll closed the show with a nice speech written ror him by in, but not) Frieux, possibly due to lack of read ing him, they might have taken it for granted that the son of Sir Henry Irving would do nothing to bring sus- |picion on’ the name, It was simply ; that Laurence Irving, being intelli nt and progressive himself, recoz j nized something intelligent nd pro: sive in Kugene Brieux just a | ernard Shaw had done, and as 1 | happened to be an actor he could de even more than Shaw for the e lightened Frenchman. oe ieee OS, io“ dull people see immorality : wher none is intended, look Wes =r \ OF HER | ing for it so intently that they ‘ | ure not satisfied until they think th TA’ 12% ° 30% BIRTHDAY ) have found it. And, of course, they ANNIVERSARY - J always miss the point of the play | thus cheating themselves by not get ting thelr money's worth. It is as though they went to market for a Must STAY FoR The Parly I DID'NT WES TAKE> KNow tou WERE ITM. Givin’ tH’ GOIN STAGE PARTY “To TH is wife. A steel plate was then fas- A’ SHINE THIS wire. tened in the wall by Barney Bernard, = a well known cloak and suit actor, ’ 2 r after which the crowd repaired to tho J second floor of the theatre, where | pigeon and carried home a crow. Y« Jemonade of the grasshopper variety these same people will swallow with was served, About 300 actors were | out quistion the rankest kind of stuf jit it is served us musical comedy o | dished up in the form of sentiments. hash There is no sentimentality abo ux. He is too much of a man at, and what's more to the point, t much of an artist. He realizes thy value of honesty and common sens: ind tries to muke you realize it, 11 urs a bitter dose of wisdom into « present. In the crowd but one jady—Mrs, Carroll, known: profes- sionally as Marcelle Carroll, She was hoisted up on a table for)n + and when she had finished the lads wang “ Marseillaise’’ in a variety of keys. No one was permitted tc the interior of the new theatre as Mr Carrot intends that sight to be a pleasant surprise for Ws first-night Bods te a. Marcleaee Koter’ z ‘f tin spoon and makes you take i ‘was assisted by A istus Kober | ie o orld) B = Bib eu Hans whether you like it or not of the Kobers of Fox Street. : - pup qiiettier yon like it We want to compliment the Lambs | LITTLE MARY MIXUP Where There’s a Will There’s a Way! amusingly that you find it exeer: on their parade. As an old minstrel y! aaualnE man we will say that each and every yints to this If it ist ‘one of them stepped along as though Sorey- MARY BUT M OF COURSE ‘or man to live alone—whie a been kicking 'em a ‘ " om — ee rales bannen af che had been ki va m all his life. ie ora TAKE AW- Kin I Have BUT WHAT IN aa ARI I susr Sdeven of eee ee sar __ GOMPERS TO SPEAK, — OFF THE T phe vere A PIECE tHe WoRtd Do Pear e. Bates + OUT FROM | woman to whom he is not married Ne ee oe Labor, will 3 MACARONI OU WANT oF Tt meue doer ( | Wien is decidedly Bireux'” busine address .n mecting of the Actors’ ot A PIECE OF V the risk of causing our tall Equity Association at the Republic ‘ RAW MACARON 2 TAE CREAM A BIT 4 A tive ‘riend Baliefy to blush Theatre to-morrow afternoon at 2.80 A pride, he imny rightly be oul O'clock. Matters of importance to the Moscow. With lr theatrical industry will be discussed, he has brought according to a statement issued by Executive Secretary Gillmore of the “Equity WOULD HONOR KEITH HEAD. It is probable that the annual ban- quet of the Vaudeville Managers’ Pro- teetive Association will be blended with the testimonial dinner to BE. F, Albee and made a feature of the B. F. Keith Third-of-a-Century jubilee celebration In this event Mr. Albec hauve town not only novelty of the m bizarre kind, but feminine} even more fascinating. And they a all women, not cutins, full splendid creatures, with glowin and—well, other charms, not alt gether hidden. Take that line-up lYant's, if you're looking for s gs uncommonly fine and vital. li cidentally, the animation of the women ought to be an object less: 5 1} along Broadwa chorus €8, "ve been to the > nt would be the guest of honor. Sheath se in, I'm gl as crowded Mortis YEA, BO! NOTHING MORE. Wyae down completely. an (hd “Some men,” suggests Barry eollum, “never have any respect f sed that hie Old aise unless it comos in bottles,” BASES AS SA SAU POT AN TAD" aN SOF YE SURE TSA WONDERFOT Seta mierenseanctent 1 iT ‘Ol ! As STABL ne eks, but he keep the comp THEIR ENDINGS. \N THE PAPER AND-IF ANYONE CALLS Pee eeey MADE HALF O'MILLION DOLLARS LAST TM THe INCOME Be eta nde paciodconig bic DNSTRETE A youth was telling Avery Hop- BOOST THINGS UP To THE SKY! D'Y'HEAR : Paris that Balic rent of a theatre wood recently about his efforts at TAX INSPECTOR! /} |iras teased. Mr. Gest is so distracted writing plays. 7 - he can't bear even to look at the bu “| wrote three,” he said, “but 1 GOTCHA : office statemen He knows what something was wrong in each, ' < ; | they are without loo “Did they have happy endings?” nun’ , aaked Mr. Hopwood. Z t {AT there is danger in the lac “No,” came the reply, “One was 5 \ ‘i i I of Prohibition enforcement or Mever produced and the other two ‘ : enti Fn éi r the stage was emphasized thi Were stranded out in‘the West week by t shocking report fro: “The Nest that Christine Norr had tossed off a glass of furniture polish which nearly ‘finished’? her You never can tell about stag champagne, especially tf the propert man happens to be a bit careless o: absent minded, It may be cold tex and then again it may be somethine ter,” said Miss Taylor, “there was a stronger, furniture polish. In any difference of opinion as to the role 1| |) y “ P event Miss ‘Norman is to } pplaude should undertake. My hushand sug- a for the strength of char he dis gested Portia because he thinks I am }|)\) | ‘ ed in stoutly refusing u second intelligent. .Others thought I would S be a good Juliet because I pave bik = €yes, while there were seme who MISS TAYLOR SPEAKS. laurette Taylor addressed the dram- ‘atic students at New York Univer- nity yesterday. Showing no remorse whatever, she told them she had once attempted Shakespear “When 1 was considering the mat- = iss There has been so much drinkin ait? - - in plays this season that audiencr are to be co-stars in the new spusteall thought, because of my temper, that strenuous scene recently a friend who! JACK WORKED. \far more than that, she has become | have suffered acutely. But with al L'should play Catherine. I played RHYMED PROPOSALS. comedy, ‘The Hotel Mouse.” | doesn't believe in amendments, asked! jack Hazzard, the father of “Turn | Mrs. Rex Ingram this competition, Laurette Taylor, "1 Julict and the critics acted as though But why, Mr. Wagner, do you have § |] | ner if she felt as though she needed et |" pretty fair for an unknown player} that 100-proof drama, "The Nations I had committed a murder.” a modern baby grand piano in that a little stimulant to brace her up. |to the Right's” story, sure worked |i jee’ than eighteen months, e?, Anthem,” easily wins the loving cuj The dramatic students applauded| Sarah of the Bronx wishes a nice] old-fashioned set in ‘The Mountain “Yes,"" blurted Miss Landis, “I do| hard when he and Winghell Smith Let us hope Miss Taylor never ac pat gusto, lad to marry, She is very lonesome! Man?"* | —— need bracing up, Order me a glass of! were collaborating in writing the i STATIC. quires a taste for furniture polis! » pleased in this great, big, cruel city ana| Jack McGowan, who was a ary"? SIMPLE LIFE. milk, please." | play from which the picture was! Harry Rapf, prod of “Your |Cold tea hasn't much ‘kick, © pla wantin units e-olky On her and’ tad principal, has been enga) for a role Margan Some differen nad Hest Friend,’ was looking for a fore- | course, but it's far safer AND THEN HE FIDDLED. Hee “an in "The Robe of Stamboul." Aresray TANG, Sater Of AS. smith and I went to his home to| word for the picture, He heard his — her a mate. Come one, come all, and s Jay Strong, stage manager of ‘The| listen to Sarah's plea Joe Drum) notifies Pigeon" at the Greenwich Villa ‘ Monroe of “Thank 1 Theatre, has made it his practice for I've read of the joy that you have | forced to shave off his mustache. r | nk | famous Cullen, isn’t at all the same BASE VILLAIN work, been | off the sereen as she appears on it in} said Hazzurd, “and we cer-| young son Maurice, reciting a nurs- OW to get something off 1 worked hard, We arose every ery rhyme about ‘But only _ onc N conscience t! as been trowl John M, Stahl, in his latest: picture, | Anita Stewart's “Rose o’ the Sea’ Fi Fh f | ng at 9, breakfasted leisurely, |mother the wide world oyer."’ Sur for a long time. "H. | @ Week to separate himacif from a brought Allan Pollock of "A Bill of Divorec is tha dine Bhiae Lacie : ee ‘The Song of Life," has reintroducet| read the papers and then locked | that's the foreword he's using B.” writes: Dearie of pennies nigiitiy forthe bene-| 770 olf, of hose who for Tove have | Ment received & letter vestantay from) p arc jthe old time villain, Tt ix just aslabout for anything to do that would “Oh, Promise Me,” featuring Neal | “Migiit 1 be allowed to suggest: fit of an old violin player who scrap pred Vie Regina, Saskatchewan Novel, eh? | Biri, thinks an ning wasted unless} smooth and oily a villain as any one| keep us from working, Then the | Burns, is a story nent American|yoy that you correct a mistake yo: aay of a corner down that way sought, Irene Franklin is at the Stern Sani-| she consumes several bottles of spark-| could wish to see. It is a dist ltuneheon would be announced, Mr. , Legion boys and their sweethearts, — [made in your write-up of "The Whit Recently Jay decided he could use the | 4nd so, dear sir, please find me a doy, | tarium suffering with “fu” she had |ling Burgundy, makes the rounds of }oOU . t dishpan. | smith told me it was hayl to work | ‘The rights to “Gypsy Peacock’ and sive credit where ered gan off stage in the show and he of-| One who vou think will bring me joy, | to leave the "Greenwich Village Vol.) cabarets, gi & roulette wheel aj Funny sort of 8 wills now, Isn't it?{in the afternoon, so we ha {| French film, have been is due. Malcolm Fassett and not 1 fered him a we The old fellow] sd like him to be about twenty-three, | “eR Monday. mad swirl and leaves a trail of broken, | But ts redinmpe Be and causes | ti11 cocktail time. After a heavy din- | Vitagraph. Looks to us like a couple |L, Fernandez plays the young Lov« looked at him in scorn i +| Phe Akrons will give their annual| bleeding hearts ull the trouble for the “girl — [ner it was impossible to work, oof Pola Negri's titles all jumbled up. [and T atgue with you that Fasset “My friend,” he said, “your show | 420% looking and nice, to make love | theatrical performance at the Maz | After acting ina particularly| ‘The heroine can find none of life’s| we'd go to bed for a real nigh Lillian Hewitt, eight years old and|plays the part well—and I think | should make what I make'daily here to me, | Hotel on Friday evening, Mareh 10, | on Abis corner pretty things about the kitchen sink. | rest." 200 pounds on the hoof, plays a part |too bad that you got the names mixe Lionel Atwill ends his ran in “Th: | nut candy expects a bon bon brand of |She runs away, but she cannot run) Hard labor! Terribly hard lavor, | in “sehool 5.’ She swears she|Why not make a proper correetic nd Duke" at the Lyceum to-night T hope such a vink will read my plea, *o lone ° | affection in return. |fast enough to escape dish-doir |we would say. can whip Wes Barry, the star, any} With pleasure! But “write-up"- IT WAS AT BOOTH'S. mopy re a HEAD SEE O88 Es: He begins a tour Monday in Toronto. | sla ‘The villain still pursues her — day in the week and twice on Sunday. {was it as bad as that? Several people have written us in ow about Jack Bwilven | The last preliminary for tironx FOOLISHMENT, | bitter end FATE. The film formerly known as a \dancers in the Kastern States One tep championship contest will be iio } ‘Tis a sad fate z Fate in t uise of Kex Ingram feply to our que ion about Sarah | The Taxt Driver's nee in New| country at the Star, 13th Street and) 5 adows of the Jungle’ is noW| yesterday he started a pieture In th Bernhardt’s first fs ; A beautiful girl hails » . cached out und touched a young +4 Dangerous Adventure."'| ox studio, It will be known. u York. Jon J. Muley, of No. 1769| Broadway ity» ( - Reeth sermon Dans She wants to take a ride NEEDN'T WAIT jestra girl on the shoulder and said: | It has nothing to do with « flirtation, | “Shackles of Gold.” Officer, do you Townsend Avenue, says she first = cine q esetiiiution cot, 1 jam on the brakes inatanter William Fox is running to bis Hook |sCome forth and let your hight shine | However fie duty and lock them golden handcuff: er ee Pcotti'e ‘Dhealre in Cetover, GasaiR, ide un OF tbs Greater: wala un And soon ahe ta insid successes from which to fashion his| before the world.” sete Jaauce Ol Bhaapy Ba Wis hirley Mason has just finishes! 1879, under the management of Henry Art Hatnmerstein recently received | (2 a OF te: Oneal nd Step on the gas A Bplendid Outeast"” ant{ Probably Rex didn't say anything |D#Me card and “Smudge” is a clean | she Ragged Helress."" Abbey. The Abi Theat he con-| a dozen bot of perfume from Paris. | (washington thday) : Chugging merrt 8 ke that, but, neverthele Al picture, Hoth star Chacle Ray John Willard, author of the "¢ Pause. v ‘ V4 Wow it bein 1 Phe ends Sane fr y a sca Wendy | porey stopped forth and whatever, | Watly Macbonald Sure Makes al and the ¢ wrote “Channir ' \ in of " . A t Ay t | ‘ 1 1 trad t of that) of the N for Gene O'Bric t.! nll i : ‘ thos ‘ d tert as Deen slened by ' ) ca 1 7 cpt iv i ‘ ‘ Ssupport Blaine Hamme \ ‘ © ek Hatt need to bu, Vi one 1 just to show how i ‘ ipa fae Mia) tHe 10) tein in ckivas Youth! 1 | wt wctrens ullve \ rroxh? : all, All he neoded to do was to walt{ judgment is, Alice ‘Tomy, mlnctoen bscrgery route. It ix the newest Ince) Jack divector, having bested extended 24) feet down treet. in an ice-skating race. A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. | Waiter care old, has become one of ths f Henry, Irving fret ap. don't know ‘They | urounft here yesterday. contribution to the screen, the flu, 1s on his way back to Coy this Taylor Holmes und Frances vty! Many @ mun who gives his girl pea! haven't sai@ anything to me, wif r arrived, all right, all right. screen's most popular players and, ’ William Farnum is at work again, fornia, ___. ‘i re 4 at | ; by i