The evening world. Newspaper, June 7, 1922, Page 28

The Evening World’s | - q + ~ NEW PLAYS All He Needs Is the Meter! “The Rivals” Happily Revived By CHARLES DARNTON [ 18 like a summer excursion into the past, a larky adventure with on THE WELL HOW ABOUT @ DEMONSTRATION ? (F WHAT CAR RUNS AS WELL AS IT Looks TMIGHT PE TEMPTED To Guy IT! HEAR “Thar MOTOR RUN — HUMS LiKE A ee EH? Tha’s aut im pon — RUNNING A FREE TAX! SERVICE Ii! A THINK (T OVER. But wHat's HAND LET YOU “AAT FUNNY Nose UN. WHAT fartie? T DON'T Hear ANY RATTLE! old friend, to sit#through the revival of Sheridan's comedy “The Rival Wy The Players’ Club at the Empire Theatre, for here is a performance ‘that only those bidebound by tradition will fall thoroughly to enjoy. - * Perhaps it i) just as well that “ancient and holy things fade like a /@roam,” though heaven knows there is nothing holy about this ancient thing, (bless it Is the holy show that a comic actor like Francis Wilson can make Bob Acres. After all, this is pretty much the same sort of thing that Jo Weph Jefferson did) and at the Empire it is Jefferson's three-act arrangement ‘Bf the comedy, playing up Bob, that survives, Throughout the cast there %* uncommonly good talent, with the result that the play is happily acted. Whe one thing about it that distracts, even irritates, me is the setting of woreens that makes the actors seem as though they were playing hide- and-seek. | » Thanks to Jefferson, who was no though John Craig might easily lend ‘dess a showman than a comedian, we} More swing to Sir Lucius O'Trigger ‘@ ean't help being continually on the| he serves creditably. Lt oa ‘i ' calli —_ = : Jookout for Bob Acres. Fortunately,| Indeed, this performance of “The : Mr. Wilson is himself so adroit and| Rivals” assures a hearty welcome for ‘distinctive a comedian that he imme-|the annual production of a time-hon- @iately catches our attention and]ored play by the club whose dearest ‘manages to hold the greater part of/ memory Is Edwin Booth. it until James T. Powers cuts in ai away with it at full speed. Buoyant and irrepressible, Mr. Wil- is at his best in the beginning. ‘may be a bit glib for a country- ‘man, but his arrival,on those funny WELL CONSIDERING VTS “HE Cooks” NIGHT OFF AND X HAVE A SPLITTING Ho-Hum-Me, X Hope You DONT EXPECT ANY CALLERS Livin’ IN TH’ SUBURBS is BUNK - A GUY and Players | that néver lose their humor | ay. RAtke atenk, the case Writ eee Py aeaee 7O-NIGHT DEAR F HEADACHE, Fog sthiod Seon By BIDE DUDLEY about fascination Sis AS ame ie OwR “Apparently without the GeTe Home AN READY “Wo D6 —_ ES cada st effort, } a For “wt HAY AM manager of « test effort, he is here, there an ‘ S “Sally,"’ is in town and last night here in the same moment. * | hen, too, his friendliness as Bob is he told us a story, There ts an ble, for all the world lke a pe who nao been "uate peered than good-natured dog that goes wagging ; 3 " forty years. It was at this house looking for a little atteation. 5 6 About \ that Booth and Barrett, Joseph te, J ‘his own way except when Mr. Pow- . a 3 < ll é \ gone by used to appear. In the pas! gets busy as the loutish servant.| > \YS ( fe Z Fie twenty-five years, however, the thea- ™may be a low trick for a low come- » AJ es wil i le, f tre pee higgrss ree over to cheap at- to take more than really belongs we . a ‘ H é tractions, but ola doorman has yb im, but Mr. Powers does it so in- i : 5 x always talked of the days when tho “\ genuously and so amusingly that he is : ' noted actors were his friends. Just ‘i forgiven. cao ‘ , 3 , a recently a member of a cheap troupe. * By comparison there is the wholly be . a A — into the theatre and sought his itimate and excellent Sir Anthony : |. ¥. ee 2 $ i : . He found none. Turning to jute of Tyrone Pow'r, a plece of = the doorman he asked, importantly; » . Work without show, yet full of merit. ‘Is there no mail here for me?” Another skilful touch of the od ion 't ope 20ee Kec Ness Absays 5 any n i, if you like, 1s found in the Fag bans totes ition eapenaive, it an ay oe one 4 On = YouR Mom Won't ED NT The old doorman wae quiét a mé- ps than that of Mary Shaw, yet NEARD THAT AL CU sey e LET ME ~ Se says 4 4 LOOK WELL ROR 4 J ¥. 7 ment. Then ‘he drawied: is finely experienced actress mixes a hes | ape gehee Your PoP Is ALIVE — ME To TAKE YOu AW. I KHow fou JUST GIMME ‘I ain't seen no actors here in * and authority with a steady] | HER HOSBAND WAS Oo THE Movies. if How 6 Ex Y & QuaRTeR AND —<é twenty-five years.”* i , _ Niolét Heming succeeds in Live core rOuy Bux WHY DONT YA EVER air Sle i eee ae Teo me Y , pole » ' is the necessary romantic flourish oe te mee COME AND TAKE THE NeIGHBoes | Yj NEIGHBORS LLL €6 76 Ory Ae RAT onG He SRELETON: | , cs A copy of the Savannah, Ga., Presw, WouLd “TALK ° WONT “TALK - THE Movies dated May 27, 1892, shows this para- —_—- if graph: we “Private Charles Coburn was the fortunate winner of the gold medal at the Busch Zouaves’ drill last night, It was presented by the Hon. G. 7, the charm and egrets ee ‘ish, and pretty little cla. 3 EF ctatprrin eens comeing Losy.| [COME (OTHE House ‘Robert Warwick is at least a stalwart ACAIN-® gd handsome Captain Absolute and fT 1S ToucH On bel himself well in the scene of MARY. sttE is Now jon with Mrs. Malaprop, A ENTIRELY OUT oF : air @ given the sentimental Nl Kw ikner by Pedro de Cordoba, and bags! IES AND Loney - E : et ‘ . oe » HY ; y : press. lo si a een 1S THE Mowe Wy y cry medal, or the ticket for it—we 4 which he said. 4 Mom AND ME “To THE MOVIES ANY = FoR- OH- EYER soll HAINES ELECTED. Robert T. Haines, appearing wij Marjorie Rambeau in “The a was elected yesterday President of t! Actors’ Order of Friendship. ~ THE RUSSELL FUNERAL. _ Representatives of the Lambs, Plays ers, Equity, Green Room Club and other theatrical organizations will go to Pittsburgh to attend the funeral of Lillian Russell. It will be held to« morrow at 2 P. M. at Trinity Ch GEE, I WISH I HAD A HUSBAND — KAIINKA, Fix UP THE FLAT- PCHIDE THOSE BOTTLES OF ~ INTRODUCE ME To 1 DON'T WANNA SPEND MY FUTURE A WEALTHY BATCHELOR LIQUOR WHEN THAT FELLOW . ar? IN THE “OLD MAIDS’ HOME” AN’ IT FRIEND OF MV HUSBAND'S § COMES, HUGO — HE'S A VERY HIM, WILL YA, 11 : coats Loo » (1S VISITING US PECULIAR ‘CHAP = EVERY THING FOR MISS FERGUSON. m Elsie Fergason has been 4 “NIGHT! : 4 iN IT ALREADY ! “ ‘To-(NIGHT! * to star in Barnard Fagan's plays‘Tie x @ recent London success, The title will be changed when the New York production ts made in the fall. VROOM TAKES A BRIDE Ludwig Vroom, who has been maq- ager of numerous theatrical stars, has taken a wife to try to manage. He was married yesterday afternoon at St. George's Church, Stuyvesant Square, to Florence Carpenter, Gal- wey Herbert was best man anil Proved quite an embellishment. The happy couple will live in Beechhurab. * THE OILY PRINCESS, = (A tale of soontarmen 1 Jove told tm detightfi ~ Princess Olga was hungry, eo gle — ordered watermeton. A cry of anguish came from King Bugaboo. \ Louls Walheim, stoker, in the sféry,another picture. She says when she has shaved his head, save for a Zip-|makes it she will do so under the]} POEMS OF PREFERENCE ‘Then silence! It seemed as tho the-what-is-it top-knot which makes|Warner Brothers banner, which is], ip a hundred years passed in the next Millions” by this concern is but the} ''Charles Brown." ’ — his head go up into a peak—like|now waving right merrily over “Your] da of Manhattan Is trying 10 make| ten minutes, * Just to be on the safe side, we're FIEWARDED AT LAST. Mount Shasta—and he's using false|Best Friend.” this contest a matrimonial bureau,| Count Uppski's bearded face ap- gonna address the boat as “Char-| Word came scampering out of the} teeth, @ false nose and a horrible lot} The Bastern Film sent us a com-Japparently. She has entered the fol-| peared at the window. d lotte,” D, W. Grimith offices yesterday to the} f Tease paint. munique yesterday stating, “We are/lowing rhyme and hopes to win both} He gave the sign of hate effect that at last Lillian Gish was (Note to Bull: Better hurry back| sending a still picture of Persian/Tew. Pollock and the velvet-lined| Olga cut the melon, HE GOT IT. reap a well-deserved reward by being} 9F they'll be casting you in the Follies| type.” We can't read some of the! oyster-opener: (To be continued.) Theodore Roberts, now Uncle Josh- | starred alone. ‘once they get a look at a real homely| English type we see nowadays, much |; -,. Pollock, to you I write, prea Long Island studios is Paramount. | her,” but we were just started think- | what if that dream chef showed het And it looks from here that the start-|ing by the fact that thg schooner used |how to fry a boiled dinner? Then— ing of the Alice Brady film ‘‘Missing}in “The Bonded W n'’ is eailed | THAT would make a real film. TEDDY, HE'S PUT OUT. ing @ bit in ‘The Old Homestea: guy.) less Persian, : "i d 3 ‘aylor, w o roentier for the er len teen minutes yesterday. and years ago, lian to” come and besk in their glare CUT-BACKS. teen gowns in fifteen scenes. Wonder] And every Friday for you I'll bake. |the fall. : ‘ pany It was all because @ boat leaked and the jail, @ voice hailed him. | ajone, and yesterday 4 James Young, director, is standing completely munsed up his sult. cider, sotor,”’ ame the votce, | Sided, YS OE Ol eran cakseg Gs peed, lena: seventh: What ue mpemy Fae eran tiian, ~is| ive feet two, and big brown eyes, Under ordinary circumstances, this] “Gimme & Pass fer to-night, will} She will have her own produging|iBning-streteh. Why? Oh, nothin’. mack at work on the Fox lot after|§Vhen you see me you'll be surprised. “How long you in for?’ asked Rob. | S™PARY 8nd will make a series of}oeptin’ that “Omar, the Tentmaker"| having been incapacitated for several} You have no sweetie and I no joy, ea Pictures under her own name, but|Will be the seventh lecture directed/ days with an infection of his risht| put when we mect and kiss, oh, boy? “Nine years? over all the productions will hover the|DY Young for First National distri-| knee, Some say it was water—others j 1 filly laces, buckles, dewdads and)’ | Ine MATa y want a pass fort You|Watentul directorial exe of David ution and he's trying to make dt the) are not wo charitable. AS A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. > Wark Griffith, the mast , jlucky J We' nna give a big theatre y And 80, while Betty Compsofl, Bert A Whia'ta; loiead pine, 2 Bil} George Kann, head of the Goldwyn| party when “The Fast Ma vn]. Jefferson Plympton of Wellaville Yytelt and other “members oe ad Se tor a net You suppose | witt be hailed with Joy be atiee Gismre| Forelem Department, is on the high| on the sereen, and our guests wid all |NAS asked ¥. Ziegteld Jr. to give one George Fitzmaurice “To Have to seas aboard the Olympic and Europe- | . Wel Performance of the new ‘Follies’ in Hold” company went on with their legion of friends and admirers. “4 pe- | On scaplogens o¢' the Saat Sika. We We failed to find Florence O'Denis- hawn in ‘The Follies.” ‘Tis said she walked out, : ‘Peggy White bas replaced Felicia Sorel as solo dancer.in ‘The Rose of Stamboul.'’ “Shuffle Along” has discontinued its Wednesday midnight performances for the summer. Norman Clarke, dramatic editor df por", ~ bound. He will spend two months ‘that town the Baltimore News, i , ater aad thet will speed Sai up -# next month for the bene- 3, is a New York thelwork, Theodore was hugging a boiler] ADd Roberts pas been trying to g-| Here's the best o' luck! Tactilasts Gndwen' iothese in| ee if fit of the Volunteer fire boys. He] Visitor. They say he has a play. in an effort to dry out. ure out the compliment ever since. For, while Kosloft had several suits peer of different pattern he might have : MORE HINTS. foreign climes. aon is limping these days} ays he can absolutely guarantee aj Clare. De Vine has beon engaged for MONTANA UNBASY, Harty Myers, who has. done many| peccuse’« ttle girl hopped on, her| $600 house, ‘The Broadway Flapper,” a new ‘ FOF a long time Bull Montana hasjother good things besides his hit in| right foot with a pogo stick. —- Shubert vaudeville revue. changed to, the sequence called for] Here's a nice picture for the tired [rested securely in the knowledge that|"A Connecticut Yankee,” has been nll interested—the FOOLISHMENT, De Haven and Nice will present an this one costume and one cannot buy | housewife, fresh from the steaming | he is the homeliest man on the sereeMs|signed for one of the leading roles Zichy—-who de-| Henry Pinkle had a notion extended version of their ‘‘Mulligau’s ja 1620 outfit at the corner haber-|hot kitchen, It is the latest Urban}| (Don't worry, Reader, we are per-jin “Captain Blackbird.” nied so emphatically that they “ever| He could swim across the ocean, |F oles’ jn Shubert vaudeville next dashery. Moyle Chat and tells the housewife | fectly safe in writing that, because} Niles Welch, Ruth Renick, Russel!| thought of such a thing as going in ‘And he Beason. 6 Just how to prepare and cook a boiled | Bull 1s now in Italy). Simpson and Mrs. Minna Ferry Red-| the movies” when we published the] A”@ he could, it scems to me, In fiye weeks Barney Bernard anil A LADY OR NOT? dinner, But now along comes Mitehell]man were yesterday signed to’ sup- original story, trudged up to the If he were in Gay Paree, Alexander Carr acted in “Partners Bik Gaap'a iad ‘ ‘Phe housewife in the fim story falls | Lewis in his make-up for “Om the pert Wes Barry in “From Rags to| Goldwyn studio and were given a au Again’ before 44,885 people. Sto: ng 7s isn't it? asleep end a master-chef appears and} High Seas" and lays claim to thejRiches.” They'll be able to support| screen test. If they photograph well,| FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. Louise Groody of Good Morniti, at a He not geing to ask you |xhows her just how to boil the boiled | mafitle so long wrapped about the} Wes all right, all right, but will they they will be given a chance to act. If ‘Is there any money in betting on Dearie,” hears that ani ice cregm : that old riddle and then answer ‘Yes, | dinner. shoulders of the fair Bull. be able to hold up all those freckles?| they do not sorecn well-—their movie! the races?" has been named for her. She's because it takes a maa to a All of which ts sure-fre stuff, Bug’ Mitchell, who plays the part of @ @era Gordon 1s threatened with dream will be out, » “AN mine ta." i proud, i e s&- ‘ a : /