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on “out now that our backs are turned, This may not be the popular kind of ;fashions in women—what? If this “fieforming an aristocratic deadbeat that the big idea?” TURNING ON THE SPOTLIGHT By CHARLES DARNTON. 8 we found them. They may be foolish enough to believe there has) been nu change for the better in their lives, but we are not so cer “tain. We go home troubied about them, wondering how they will make Bar wese te we come away from a play leaving its people as badly off ~ play, but it is the true kind, since it doesn't pretend to know anything “More about life than wo ourselves know. Why should we take {t for ranted that a man and a woman in fond embrace as the curtain falle are Koing to live happily ever after? Such a conclusion fs simply a matter of sentiment, just as most of us go to the theatre because we are hopelessly sentimental. We never can be sure about people @ In a play 90 long as they are left) smbaks back to the store on his up- alive. For this reason there is some- | pers, thing deeply satisfying about a] All the store acenes are excellent, ‘ but the best of them, from a strictly me iat, oe the aly Wane Commercial point ‘of view, is the one . 1 in which the erstwhile clerk, respon- esting peisonages in it are comfort-| sible for nearly ruining the business, 4 ably dead. “They're dono for, and} takes a — for sheer love of the “now we can go home and have a good | ##™me. enlightening to watch © Rights rest," we say to ourselves, [thle expert sell things to an old gen- ‘We may even reassure ourselves hy|fleman that had never thought of . glancing back on the way out and|/>uying. The dazzling triumph of f getting a tinal glimpne of the corpec- | these transactions is the sale of a strewn stage. When Shakespeare} Walking stick, At first the determined starts piling up the dead we know he|0ld customer acorns to look at it. No, will make a good job of it. He|®% no; he hasn't any use for it; doesn't horitate to kill off an occa-| Plenty of canes at home; came for sional tnnocent bystander just for|® , good measure: It has often occurred | >-r-r-r! ing for an ambulance corps than par-|stitred. He fences with the stick as he examines it with a practised eys, B I'm concerned about here, Con-|t!on. Then he flashes it with a gleam fons for men," the helpless shopkeeper | object, only to snap back from it dis- doesn’t press him. He waits until then another. Molnar lets him live, but the bitter fact is he hasn't a] hs victim ts well in the open, then, @hance on earth with women. his deliberately curving weapon. His Perhaps Molnar, in his cynical way, nierl, meAns us to understand as much, even|W@vering opponent falls, done for, Rothier. the] beaten. He has only strength enough to gasp, “How much?’* With half an eye you can see the walking-stick walking off with the old gentleman. if we can't quite understand meaning of the ti'le he has given his play. It is barely possible that “Fashions for Men" suggests men's far-fetched idea makes you groan, I'm with you. Yet we must agree that Pawa ix no more the fashion for Peter than was his wife Adele, who plays thin wi ought to keep serenely away from women unless he could find a nice,|Probably get at least one laugh comfortable homebody who never even|out of “The Doormat’ a and cutting a dash. Paula isn't safe/‘taxen up writing,” for this for him; indeed, she seems far more} nas something in cor Pipopatel trapseying after the rich old Count to} speechless. his cheese farm? Think of that, Hedda! In fact, Pet Hedda Gabbier. I don’t mean to hint] yp to him and sala: @ touch of Ibsen in Molnar,! ‘fyou're George M. Cohan, ain't] Aeolian; City Symphony Ofchestra, but there does seem to be a bit of] you?’ Schnitsler in ‘Fashions for Men. Bo they say," replied the travetier, Peter appeals to Paul: I knew it. Spotted you the minute} Town to her, heart. her. be decent. For the moment it pleases} modest friend. HSS nie. ohe ao taking tes taantere Honest," affirmed the brakeman, ‘es Bhe shows n stool before it is offered her and { wanted to ask your advice about she will have to settle her bills if she] sywen, is fo get any more goods. Paulalinis ran proves beyond doubt that she is a treasure in the store. But what will | jon she be in the home? At the end of] 06) ,, the play it looks very much as though | '°¢, Peter's troubles had just begun. eight years’’—— listen,"’ pleaded the brake- wit! tut in it, ] that ©. P. Heggie, mild, consia-|™0", * future Be y08 TIE erate and gentle as Androcles ‘And you want my advice?’ with the lon, makes an ideal shop- "Yea, I knew you could tell me all Maite! about it. aD ” "All right; what is it?’ Incidentally, shions for Men’ “Well, whispered the brakeman, offers an interesting lesson in sales-|iooking about and shuffling his feet, manship, cleverly demonstrated by} ‘I'm thinking of taking up singi Ctarke Silvernail as the clerk wholand dancing. IN THE REALM OF MUSIC “Parsifal,” Attended by the] ct, sang better than those partict- / pating in the bration. These Faithful, Is Performed entlemen were a bit rough in at- ‘ack and they exhibited some uncer- Moderately Well. tainty as to their standing, sitting and kneeling cues, But, withal, this Scene had an appealing impressive By Frank H. Warren. ness, Of the vocal wiles and dane- Wagner's festival play “Parsifal,""| ing charms of the two dozen flower seurig for the first time this year at| maidens we observe a discreet silence, the Metropolitan yesterday afternoon, | E¥eM Parsifal himsel¢ seemed dontit- ful whether they were sl started at 1 o'clock with a corporal’ or for him. ‘The pert haa Suard in the auditorium, The opera,| smoothly and Mr. Wodanzky con- however, affords plenty of time for] ducted, folks to drop in, and by the close of 5s ae the.long first act the house was com-| | The features of the Symphon fortably filled. Interest centred main- a pengeund enol tl a ng | Performances lyon the fine performances of Paullthe first performance in America of Bender as Gurneman: and of Clarence} Blair Fairchild's baliet-pantumime, Whitehill as Amfortas. Mr, Bender] “namo Libcllule.”* Wm appearance and in bearing was} At the Philharmonic 4 veritable patriarch, a kind, old knight with everybody's Interest | of, violinist, will play the 1 at heart. His magnificent figure and} Concerto, imposing dignity dominated the weenes in which he took part. He Put many delicate touches into his} John NeCormuck’s concert to-mor~ Doting abd tanine baa hie cnealicns|f0™. at the Hippodrome will te hia final one here until next October He diction let nearly every word be an- ‘i , derstood, It wag an I!luminating Gur- | "988 4 request programme nemanz. Mr. Whitehill, too, repeated — hig intelligent portrayal of Amfortas, “Thais'’ will be presented at the|Clyde Bates, Mae Dix, Shirley oue of his finest roles, Curt Taucher| Metropolitan Opera House Y mace an ucceptable Parsifal. It way} Thursaay eve with afme. zonventional in iis conception and] in the title role, It will be vet * generally well sung. With three such| appearance anywhere in this opora exponents of good diction Messre,| and the first time she has suny un Bender, Whitehill and Taucher the| operatic role in French, With her will German text Was not entirely lost on| appear Mr, Whitehill as Athanoe! and the audience. Mme, Matzenauer in a] Mr. Harrold us Niclas. The opera and] will be conducted by Mr, louis better Kundry than temptres Gustay Schuetzendorf in the part of | Haseelmans. Klingsor gave further evidence of his “Manon Lescaut” will open the operatic versatility, Myr. Gustafson'’s| fifth week of the season with Dimes. af and Messrs Gigli voice sounded true and impressive in] Alda and sc} remdering Titurel’s off stage lines and | Scotti « *the same comment may te appiled to Don Ca je knights, im the fret Peralta and Gordon and Martine __AMUSEMENTS. PLAYERS IN OFFERINGS NEXT WEEK AT BROADWAY HOUSES}: cont W.a8 Bt, THE BUNCH ; 4 juby Me MOV | wer GUENN HUNTER@FLORENCE NASH EW Amdt cnuam THEATRE a POP. PRICE MATS. WED. & SAT. . Midiight 1 TONY SARG’s Lill “uA THEATRE > ee in “DON QUIXOTE” vid, at 3.30 PB. Vt <1, 12, and Savurdny, Bee. ARTHUK AOVKINS Presents oad . West tid St Evel Matineer Wed and Sat. AMLE: “a HARRIS. Mate. W. ‘Thurs, & Sat. at 2.10 wie Lids THEATRE ae Wed.@8at.nt 2 | od MUSICAL, SHO EARL CARROLL ‘TitWAs, * ith Hoi ‘& Doth Bt THURS. & SAT, 2.20 UBERIYaey LITTLE NELLIE KELL MATS THURS «7 SAT ith St. Eve 80a © VANDERBILT st. ees IN“ GRINGO” JEN Comer. SHE arre yr we Awe truth KN OGLER Mat sae PRINGESS Latest it Manica Gom, Wy Weat 44th St Evenings ag Mate, Wed. and Bat SO THiS IS LONDON! “Boheme” will be sung Thursday to me there could be no better train-] But Oscar’s sporting blood 1s! afternoon by Miss Bort and Mr. Gigli. “Tristan und Isolde’? ticipation in a Shakespearian tragedy. |though ho were a duelist. At first! evening, with Mmes- Matzenauer and Gordon and Taucher, Schuetzendort ~ UT it's the quick, not the dead,|in which there is a glow of satisfae-|and Bender. to-morrow's concert will Ee of admiration. The old gentleman hi of Tro ( sider that poor chap in ““Fash-| darts @ glance at the slender, shining | °°, Ne second act o watore,’ CONCERTS AND Music. WIPPODROME, TO-MORROW Night ais West 4th St. Eveniogs at 650 . Churs, and Sat. at 230 300 ts LZ. Kermesse scene of In Beethoven's at the mercy of first one woman and/dsinfully, Oscar knows his man and] artists who will take part will be Mmes. Peralta, Dalossy, Maria, Ryan, Taylor, Gordon and Messrs. Harrold. just in front of him, leans gently on} roxatyam, Kingston, Bada, Paltri- |G, in LEAVE" | ee FRANCES ‘STARR Brittiant THE TOWN? tte DANCING CARNIVAL ST. NICHOLAS RINK Town Hall, Monday Dee, 11. at 8.15. by LONG 69 WEST 66th ST. The concerts for next week are: ‘To-morrow afternoon, Philharmonic Carnegie Hall; > AMS DAMNED RAN Met.Hacnsct & Jone: Symphony Or- Century Theatre; City College; Ruth Doing Dan- Broadhurst Theatre; John Mc- ‘Au Revoir" concert, Hip- American “Musi- clans’ League, Broadhurst Theatre; lyric-drama dance, earing al National ‘Theatre; reamed of going out into thé world] woman announce that her brother has] violinist, Town Hall TERE have been some pretty bad| Aeolian Hal but in one of Sitar, them there is a pretty good] cers, ran off with his money his clerk. |joke. At any rate, George M, Cohan Cormack, ‘The truth about Potor is that hejougnt to appreciate it. He would| Podrome. FRED STAUER’S ‘REVELERS’ TEDDY BROWN'S “VERSATILE ORCHESTRA’> “THE SIRENS” -Are Here TUES. CARNIVAL NIGHT THURS. LADIES’ NIGHT ~ Dancing Every Day In The Year 2.30 P. M. te.12.30. Admission Daily 55c; Sat. and Sun, 60¢ & 75¢ 200 Instructors for Lessons Anytime DANCING CARNIVAL €9 W. 66th St.. near Bway — in “The Whirl of New York,”’ a Shu- bert unit with a cast also including McCORMACK Man Lives" will be the leading fea- CAPITOL—"Broken Goldwyn $10,000 prize photo play, will be the film feature. other films and music CRITERION — Marion D: “When Knighthood Was in {s doing capacity business, LYRIC — “Douglas has proved very popu- lar ag a long-run film f the biggest thing yet done by that Green and the Purcella Brothers. OADWAY THEATR: “The Pride of Palomar’ will be the screen feature, and the vaudeville list includes Miss Patricola, Willie Solar HIPPODROME- “TOMORRO (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON at 2 UEST PROGRAM, There will be Albert Spald- Neighborhood Play- mon with a story} house; Marguerite Namara, soprano, ** dangerous than Adele. Didn't she go! ne can’t tell without laughing tinieds Princess Theatre; Mischa Elman, violinist, Hippodrome; opera-concert, and Homer Miles, LOEW'S STATE THEATRE— Forgotten Law" will be the film the veek and Clara Kim- “Enter Madam “The Greenwich Villag- Princess Thea., 8.30 P. CHOLAS RINK RIALTO—"Outeast,” soprano, Town Hall; New York Trio, ROLLER SKATING Phone 3700 Columbus Ferguson as its star, the Rivoli to-niorrow. RIVOLI—Wallace Reid in his latest moves hers from * and Jack Inglis are among the NAMARA Hnenset & Jones ‘ Tomw. Eve. & Dec.17 DEBUT CONCERTS by AMERICAN MUSICIANS’ LEAGUE MARION DAVIES errreies chi TERION WHEN 2 PDA 25. ae ey KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER y afternoon, City Symphony, Letz Quartet, stelle Liebling, ‘You're not going to put me off the}and George McManus, pianist, Town in for that, aré you?’’ inquired our| Hall; ‘The Duncan Sisters will new act called * Others are Ray “Stars of the Future." inount version of the play by Augus- tus Thomas, starts to-morrow. STRAND—The Scott Fitzgerald's novel, ful and Damned, and Girls and PROCTOR THEATRE! Frances Alda, * will be the film fen- Wednesday morning, Mrs. George Lee Brady, opera recital, Hotel P Georgette Leblanc, soprano, Town Hall; I'll tell you. I've been on| pianist, Carnegie. Thursday afternoon, Ethyl Ha: ‘Some run!" interrupted Mr. Cohan. | soprano, hat beats even my Providence} Music Concert «tree), Hunter College; Hoctor will be among th rly in the week at the Fifth Avenue. round out the bill '|\Change of Bills In Vaudeville Josep Lhovinne, will be shown at the other houses all week in addition to vaude- acts early in the week in- ath and Deeds and Foster Be, $1.00, $1.50, om wale ut Box Office ALDA AMUSEMENTS. Burns and Dooley Story at the 58th Street, and Arthur Sulliv: has} Miller and Mack ut the 12 been added to those who will app Tey Edgar Fowlston, baritone, Town Hull; man. “I’m sick of railroading, and I} Philharmonic it may be sala] ¥2nt to do something else; someth‘ng] violinist, soloist, C ang ages hainses 4 Friday morning, Biltmore Musicale; Philharmonic Holfetz, soloist, Carnegie Terrace Garden AMUSEMENTS. -| BROADHURST ©%,.% oe By IN SPRIRGTIME” fa AMUSEMENTS, TE mous Sunday Concerts ‘AMBASSADOR THEATRE TO-MORROW NIGHT EDDIE C CANTOR Auditorium; night, New York Cham- Music Soclety, O'Moore, tenor, Carnegie, Saturday morning, Symphony clety's concert for children, . Matinees Wed, and Sat. -OUR | BELL Popular Applause Contest Sunday Afterno T, Theatre, W, of By. Bv8.30 “A Joytul slystery Play ; night, Evelyn Levin, violinist, Vladimir Rosing, Plays for the Coming Week T the Comedy Theatre on Tues- Pel Vio ” ‘Ul ; % Sinmaa's Arubs, Others ihe Wate PypiOL ‘h salen wit Hb LON CHANEY W Aatineca Wed. and 8 A Delightful Comedy SHINS HE W.48. Bry, 0048.1 Mats. Thurs. @3at 2d St., Cent. Pie. W 0. Mats, Wed. & Sat BLOSSOM TIME pa Tht AS | “ “TRIFLING WOMEN” i wioitire iets NEXT WEEK MANS BROS.” Do riches and ruination BERTON Presents PIRAND ACTERS Wist 42d Street, Eves at Aa0 Mats. Wed. and Sat. at 2.30. Abies Irish Rose 2 John Golden Successes Madge Kennedy In Prank Craven's Riot, will produce “Gringo, by Sophie Treadwell. in the Mexican hills, where adventur- ous Americans known as are thrown with the natics Ruben heads a cast in which other im- portant parts are played t bard, Frederick Perr and Richard Barbee. h Jue Hurtig’s Big Show, A ‘sacle white Way soy Bronx Opera H Geni The scenes are extremely interest- photoplay adapta- tion of the book whose tion created a sensation and aroused a THU RS. & SAT 7 HE FO fo) c _ MAURICE SWARTZ “THE GREAT FORTUNE” WARD A aa ‘i maw, 8800vs. B30 ¥: AMBASSADOR *y; Sar THE LADY IN ERMINE Wilda Benvett and Walter Wool, » Edna Walton throughout the WITH AN ALL-STAR CAST Tony Sarg begins a series of matinee es with his marionettes URLESQUE Stix BROOKLYN. Eveav ween [Bart fs ASTOR soy? “THE TOW FORGOT GoD" Stoddard and Mrs. adaptation of the Cer AUSTIN VEN ‘as Soclaty's ‘atherly | Thursday and Friday concerts Meif- neo SAL ‘, WENEA MARY ine WELIVEIN INSECT ULAY, irowing Man" * ave novelties arru season at the Hippo. NOTED SOLOISTS) All of the sixteen oths sodes of “Better Times" aro retain ARMIES, BUT FLED FROM WOMEN A FAIR FACE TREMBLE WITH PEAR THEATRE, ee HUDSON HIVER NIGHT hy salling from Pi . A EARL CARROLL THE ‘TO-MORROW NIGHT MONSTER BENEFIT 30—STARS—30 “Broadway Flappers" to the Colum- Matinees Wed, @ Sat. The company tnejude 7 ITS THE LAW UP SHE cos ETHEL BARRYMORE nu “Rose Bernd” ,,,., i t}iette and Vinnle Phillips Bronx Opera Hou: Boat Features On the Screen BUSINES! Ss OPPORTUNITIES, Toon, Tow ~A play of Love and Laughter mingled with i tpn LYRIC I Lh a 2°20-DAILY-@20 - SUNDAY MAt Murguret McKee MeCarthy Sisters ee a AGE MTS. WED. & SAT. LAST ¢ mM iUexy OWE D, W. "GRIFFITH'S With Original Musical a deluge continues its ; ) World KEITH CIRCUIT W who was A Voice. Wednesday evening, with Minos th, ‘tases |World Wants Work Wonders CAMEO—Gladys Hulette | ~s in hand? Sce of argument country. INES, new apap bie information, Scott Adv t—High grado practleat re charge of poltahing na; toast have executive » io handle men, Address