I Oddments and Remainders By PERCY HAMMOND. New York, August 18.— MR. TARKINGTON probably waj chagrined last Tuesday when he learned that “Twee dles” had been greeted by the news papers with the ardent handclasp of New York critical approbation. It Is one of Mr. Tarklngton's gentler recrea tions, I suspect, to seize a reviewer who has treated his play morosely and by writing him a tolerant letter to heckle and humiliate him. As in capable of giving pains as sometimes he is of taking them, Mr. Tarklngton Is seldom Inhuman. His Is not one of those "detested sports" that owe their pleasure to another’s anguish, but a tender, paternal pastime which, though exposing Its victim's lnferlgrl tles, delights that victim with the manner of the exposure. I have had two enjoyable experences as material for Mr. Tarklngton's letter-writing holiday. Once was when by mail he dejected me with some fondling tor ments which proved that I had .been wrong In my excommunication of Otis Skinner’s "Mlkter Antonio.” At another time he caused me to writhe voluptuously by pointing out la the honeyed phrases of a parent whA takes a child across his knee, that my errors In reporting Miss Billie Burke's "Rose Briar,” while enor mous, were human and forgivable. “It was nice of you not to like my play.” he seemed to say, "because you so little understand It. You thought It was this and that, when I meant It to be the other.” So toxic 1s Mr. Tarklngton's cor respondence that (the critics tell me) * they regret those occasions when he writes a play that pleases them. In case they express golden opinions of hts works, they get no glad letters from him. But from words deroga tory they derive a flagellant recrea tion combining a delicious sensorlous ness with the scourage of an amica ble disapproval. In "Tweedles” which, I am told, was evolved several years ago by Mr. Tarklngton and hts helpful collabora tor, Mr. H. L. Wilson, In an antique shop In Kennenounkport, Me., the New York reviewers perceived, like Desdemona, divided duty. The comedy cheered them, but if they published their enjoyment they would be de prived of letters from Mr. Tarklng ton; and, also, they would bereave Mr. Tarklngton of the joys of writing to them. It Is. Is It not, a convincing evidence of the abnormal probity of the Broadway reviewers that again they turned their honest experienced backs on temptation and wrote that Mr. Tarklngton's "Tweedles'' was ex cellent. "Tweedles." as might b« expected from a Tarklngton. If not a Wilson, drama, is an Idyll about a boy and a girt. The one Is acted by Gregory Kelly, who, like Peter Pan, will never allow himself to grow up; the other by Mrs. Kelly (Ruth Gordon), who, though a child, Is rather old. In the title of the play the authors coin a word, electing "Tweedles” to be em blematic of the futilities of family pride. r Thus a “Tweedle” Is one whose breast glows with the feeling that in him and his fathrs exists a cosmic aristocracy containing all the virtues known to loftiness. Kind hearts to him are less than coronets and simple faith than Norman blood, as the say ing goes. Better be not at all he thinks, than not a Tweedle. The Tweedle from whom Messrs. Tarklng ton and Wilson take the name of this ailment is Adam Tweedle, a haughty and distinguished man-of all-work In a New England summer resort vil lage. There were Tweedles operating in this hamlet shortly before Adam delved and Eve span, and on that ac count he gives the Tweedles consider able consideration. It comes to pass through the oc casional deft manipulation of Mr. Tarkington and Mr. Wilson that tin daughter of a Tweedle and the son of a t'ustlehury discern in the young eyes of one another the well-known love light. The Castleburys are rich in purse, lineage and social prestige, having had governors and even Unit ed States senators In their family. So they ate horrified when they learn that the latest of the Castleburys has become more than the boy friend of the later* of the Tweedles. The young woman Is a mere waitress and sales lady In the Tweedle tearoom and an tique shop. A delightful child she is, too. as played aptly and with com parative simplicity by Miss Gordon. The Castlebury hoy Is a terrible * thing, however—vacant, cloudy, n lackbrain If ever there was one—and It Is said of him that he was sent down In his freshman year at the university for being as much of a dunderpate as most of the other lads In his class. How he Involves two pretty women In affection for his Im becile personality can be explained only by Mr. Tarkington's belief in stage fairies. This boy Is. If anyone Is, a hopeless nincompoop, very unde sirable, and you say to yourself, How can he be a romantic creation of the mature, aatirlcal Tarkington-Wilson brain? ——-■ The high spot which emphasises the idea and the deep-thinking of Messrs. Wilson and Tarkington, oc curs when the proud, rough Tweedles and the proud, elegant Castleburya foregather, unplausibly in the antique shop, to dlscusa methods of separat ing these children of a thousand dif ferent earls. The Castleburys are pre pared to be gentle In their haughty disdain of the Tweedles, hut the Big Tweedle, not suspecting that such is their errand. Immediately, and with considerable pity for their humble state, puts them In their place. He lets them know that they are only cheap outsiders. The play ends fra grantly, as Is the custom, with love triumphant over all, and even more. Elsewhere "Tweedles" was entitled "Bristol Glass," and when last year it was done in tha mlddlewest critics and drama lovers pooh poohed It as piffle. “Rupert of Hentzau/* from Sir Anthony Hope's fsmoua novel, has In th© cast nuoh well-known nunies ©• Elaine Hanimerstetn, Bert Lytell, Eew Cody, Claire Windsor, Bryant Washburn, Marjorie Daw, Adolph Jean Menjou, Hobart Boa worth, Irv ing “Cummins, Mitchell I,ewls, l-.lmo T-Incnln. Almost all of them have ataricj In their own pictures at one time or anatlsar. ■> Vrs? frsucv Spwja.ulb ^ATTHp * WQM.O „au N ffe Veaux AT THE GAYETY What the Theaters Offer There la but one ‘‘Sliding" Billy Watson, and he Is headed toward the Gayety theater where he end his "Big Fun Show" will arrive In time to delight the audiences of thle pop ular playhouse all week starting Sat urday matinee. How Billy can ehoot acrose the stage, suddenly reverse with whirlwind speed, and while he Is still going the other way, or the way he started, yet make headway In the opposite direction against the original momentum, Is something that baffles even the superwise heads. This stunt Is a whole show In Itself. But it Is not only In his original sliding stunt that Watson makes such a hit. He's a mighty good comedian, and he has all kinds of pep. And he Is surrounded with a lot of people who seem to have caught the spirit of jollity and snap from "Sliding" Billy. Some of them are now in the show but most of them were with him last year. The list includes Bennie (How ard) Platt, Frank Mallahan, Murray Bernhard, Oliver de Grant, Ine* de Verdler, Ruby Wallace, Ethel de Veaux, and Bono and Cleora. There is also a snappy chorus of IS stun ning girls who work In the lively ensembles as If they enjoyed them. Dan Dody put on the ten musical numbers of the show while Mr. Wat son is responsible for the authorship and production of the piece. There are eight big scenes and many cos -’’inges during the action of the show. o..uing” Billy Watson’s engage ment will constitute the gala opening of the loth consecutive season of Columbia circuit burlesk at the Gay ety-—quite a record in Itself. The box office opens next Thursday at 10 a. m. Reservations for the same seats at any particular per formance for each week of the sea son may be made. Francis Renault. "The .Slav* of Fashion.’1 headline# the World thea ter road show now current at that playhouse. Renault offers e faahlon re vue of surpassing excellence, wearing gowns «ald to hat valued In excess of 125. 0 0 o Impressions and Impersonations make the offering one that will create a e. nsatlon with World audiences. On# of the feature# of the engagement Is a style matinee Tuesday, when Renault's gowns v in pe on display for inspection following th,. afternoon performance. Tomorrow at i: 20 Renault will appear n tlte Seventeenth street show window of Rurgess Nash and demonsirate to the women of Omaha the proper use of make up. After changing: to one of hie beauti ful gowns Renault will walk from the store to tne World theater. On the supporting show will be found five other sets of “Road Show" quality. Vlasta Maalova. premiere Russian dan suese. and her company of seven present an elaborate offering railed “Dance Crea tions.” Klass and Brilliant, musical come dians. call their laughable Interlude “Stick Up Your Horn.” Francis and Connelly are funmakerrs of an original turn Mona Zlaka combined wit with wonderment. Leon and Mttzl present both thrills and novelty. Arthur Hays plays an original version of "Stella” upon the mightv World ! organ. The principal picture feature is an engrossing story of the stage, entitled j “Success.'’ Next Saturday the World announces a gala fall opening show with seven all-star acts, headed by Duncan’s “Mile High” Jazz band and Gautier's Animated Toy Shop. Mumblety-Peg Kept Jackie Coogan Away "That make* me two ahead'.'' It waa Jackie Coogan’s soft, well modu lated voice 'coming from somewhere In the vicinity of the big stage where the Coogan company were preparing to shoot the hig ecene of the little star's production. "Long Live the King.” On the stage. Jack Coogan, senior, was supervising the final details In the decqgatlng of the spectacular court scene—lights were being focused —the supporting cast were made up and waiting on the side lines for the first click of the camera. “Get ready everybody!” charged Director Victor Schertzlnger. At this Junction, father Coogan discovered that his son was missing from the center of activity—and It was to be Jackie's big moment In the play. "We're waiting, Jackie," called his father, but no answer from his fa mous offspring. Ten minutes passed In frantic search of Jackie. Director, cameraman, property boy and extras scoured the lot Pandemonium en Bued. the clock kept its stubborn pace, and with BOO extras waiting, the over head began its expensive flight. Just as the search reached the point where Jack Coogan senior was becoming very much concerned over his son's pafety, the youth was discovered be hind a big piano box with one of his chums, playing mumblety peg with his most treasured possession, a large jackknife, won on the amusement pier at one of the beaches. “Son, you're holding the entire com pany, and why didn't you answer my call?" said the senior Coogan, severely. "I did not hear you, daddy," re filled Jackie, "and besides, we're play Ing for 10 points and I've only one more to get to win. And besides Your Last Opportunity , To See < The “Screen’s Greatest Lover” and the picture that made him famous. RODOLPH! VALENTINO in his greatest success “THE FOUR HORSEMEN” Returning to Omaha for a short engagement only before the producers take the production off the market. You will not have another opportunity to sec this picture for at least five years. WORTH SEEING OVER AGAIN TODAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY —ONE DAY ONl.Y TODAY that, you tpld me always to finish everything I started.” Mr. Coogan smiled Inwardly, and after Jackie had won hts mumblety peg game he accompanied him to the set. _ There Is one caracul-coated, crepe skirted. bob-haired flapper who goes swishing out the gate at the United studios every day at noon that de ceives the mob of visitors from far lyilnts, who swarm there waiting for Marjorie Daw, Jane Novak, the Tal madges, Colleen Moore, Evelyn Brent, Lloyd Hughes and the score or so of other famous stars who spend their days there to go to lunch. "Who Is she? It must be her make up; I don't recognize her,” are the remarks that follow her sweeping exit, as the crowd turns to stare. She Is the telephone girl. The stars slip quietly out and are gone before they are noticed. Special Features at Lakeview Planned The management of Lakevlew park announces that on next Tesday night the featura attraction will be a masked dancing party. Prizes will be offered for the best cowboy, cow girl. Indian, clown and other char acter makeups. The final outing of the Union Out fitting company for this season will be held at this park on Wednesday night. A pow pow of Omaha Indians is announced for 10 days beginning August 22. The entire tribe of the Omahans will be brought here by special train from the reservation at Walthlll, Neb. Tepees will be pitched in the park and Indian life as It really Is on the reservation will be shown. Every member of the tribe will ap pear In native costumes with war paint as In the days of old. Native songs, chanting, dances and other In teresting antics and maneuvers will be features of this exceptionally In teresting entertainment. This event will be held under the auspice sof Fraternal Order of Eagles. Picnic Days Are on at Manawa. Park These are the days for picnics, ranging in size from the humble fam ily reunion to the big office annual get-together at Manawa park. Dur ing the latter part of last week the Grip Bow Tie company employes to the number of 100; Omaha and Coun cil Bluffs Street Railway company cenploycs; 100 employes of the West ern Eiectrlo company, the American Legion post of Council Bluffs, and some smaller gatherings, met at the park. A number of others, similar in nature, have booked picnics for the immediate future. Bathing Is the most popular pas time for the picnickers, aside from the always-to-be-expected picnic din ner, horseshoeing games and other sports. The picnic grounds maintained at Manawa park can accommodate sev eral large gatherings at one time, as there are plenty of tables, community stoves and an abundance of firewood, water and other conveniences. Thomas Meighan’s new picture, "Woman Proof,” will have in the cast Lila Lee, John Sainpolls, Louise Dresser. Robert Agnew, Mary Astor, Edgar Norton and other well-known players. HERE’S RELIEF -for FILM-FED FOLKS! GAYETY OPENS Its 15th Consecutive Season of Columbia Circuit Burlesk Next Saturday A 11/* OC Matinee WITH “Sliding” Billy Watson AND HIS OWN COMPANY Box Office Opens I™-— Thursday, 10 A. M. Nauj ||ia Season Reservations May Be Made B IF“" Begins| xr A Photo Classic Remade! With this great east: Milton Sill* Robert Edeson * Rockliffe Fellowes Ford Sterling Mitchell Lewis Anna Q. Nilsson Noah Beery Sam De Grasse Louise Fazenda Wallace MacDonald and Others You Know —of the most thrilling period in American history when the cry of Gold! sent a tremor through the world; when men of iron and women of a strange and reckless beauty trekked to the frozen fields of the Yukon. Cdldwyn present* REX BEACH’S tUV Thf cpOILtK^ ■ TIL A JESSED. HAMPTON MODUOriON Dtrected by Lambert Hillyer A Coldwyn Picture