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VOL. 53—NO. 49_OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY, 18, 1924. l_D FIVE CENTS
. Old Time
; Ways
Man toll Holds Fast to Tra
ditions of Shakespeare as
Firmly as to His Text
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At the Krandeis theater, Thursday
right of this week. Robert B. Man
tell supported by Genevieve Hamper
nnd a capable company of players
will commence a three night's engage
ment In Shakespeare and classic
plays. .During the engagement, the
following plays will be presented.
Thursday night, Rytton's historical
drama. "Richelieu: ’ Friday night,
"Macbeth." Saturday matinee, "As
f oil hike It;" Saturday night, "Julius
Caesa r.’*
Robert Bruoe Mantell is the last of
what the late fVilliam Winter termed
"the royal line” of tragedians. It
started with Richard Burbage In
Shakespeare's own Eflzahethan com
pany and continued through the gen
erations of Betterton, Garrick, Kem
ble, Kean, the Booths and Irving.
Shakespeare, according to the meager
traditiops, was his own stage man
ager, and front hint Burbage received
instructions as to how Rear and Mae
•beth and Othello should no played.
With the^triumph of the Puritans un
ider Cromwell, the English theater
was all bt3t suppressed, but fortunate
ly the restoration came before the
Elizabethan actors had all of them
, passed away. From these veterans
tha new generation received instruc
tion, and thus, the Shakespearean
ideas was re-established. From that
day to this, two and a half centuries,
ihere, has been no break in the suc
cession and the "traditions'’ are pre
served practically intact. In spite of
revolutions, and with the sole ex
■ eption of Vihylock, the mighty men
of Shakespeare are visualized by Man
tell much as they were by Burbage,,
and in accordance, therefore with
Shakespeare's Ideas. The present gen
eration has witnessed the same vio
lent upheaval in the world of the
theater as in other arts and Indus
tries, an upheaval commensurate
with the cubist painting. Traditions
are no longer sacred, merely because
they are traditions. Mr. Mantell,
alone among present day actors has
clung tenaciously to the old. and re
fused to experiment with the more
or less bizarre and fantastic theories
of the so-called progressives. Almost
It* might be termed a survival. Mean
while, the Omaha lovers of fihake
“pea re will have three day* of the
art of festival spread In this genera
Ron only by Robert Bruce Mantell.
Someone Ou%ht to
Tell Him a Good
Story About a Boy
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K'l Blondell, who play* “The Lost
Boy" at the World theater thla w^pek
has the record of having played one
comedy character aa long ae anyone
in vaudeville Twenty-five years ago
* Bhndell. weighing then as he doee
nod. some 22» pounds, created the
role of the country' youth who appar
ently did not know enough to com*
in when it rains.
.1 list a simple trusting sort of a lad
made Rlondell* impersonation one
I hat caught on immediately. Tear
after year vaudeville audiences In the
east laughed at the antics of this
mergro'wn kid. Whenever the actor
tried to present a different playlet
and do some other sort of character
the theatrical men threw up their
hands. ,
Wa want the boy" was their
unanimous demand so Blondell has
gone on year after year improving
hia comedy touches no that, now his
"Lost. Boy" fs Icioked upon as a gem
In ths art of creating laughter.
This Is the first time Blondell has
played west of rhicsgo (n 1R yesrs
.ytid sudiences on th* Pantsges cir
cuit have given the comedian a rolls
ing reception.
"Kid" Burns and Mary
Bach in Omaha A Rain
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“Forty-five Minutes From Broad
way'* adapted from George M. Co
ban s musical comedy is the attrac
tion at he Empress theater this week.
It marks the beginning of the 10th
-onsecutive week for the Bert Smith
'omedy players in Omaha. Thla
company of 2* entertainers have'
firmly established themselves local
ly and that certain guage, the box
* office, acclaims them by far the most
popular musical stock organization
that has been offered 10 the city.
“Forty-five Minutes From Broad
way” staged by Joe Marlon serves to
feature Billy Van Allen as "Kid
Burnt” the ex prize fighter and VI
Shaffer as "Mary” the demure house
maid of the country home of the
< ’astleton’s. Gems from the pen of
the suthor will be introduced among
the dozen song numbers. Strictly
Cohan esq uo are “Yankee Doodle
Dandy,” “Mary Ryan,” "G^e My Re
ga*ds to Broadway.” ".\ftry Is A
Grand Old Name," and "So Long
Alary.”
Among the specialties to he of
fered are "Buy a Paper.” by Arlene
Melvin; “Can't You Be Nice" by Mel
vin and Curtis, and various numbers
by VI Shaffer. Billy Van Allen.
Cooper, Francis and Cooper and
other principals. The ensemble num
hers with the dozen chorus girls pro
vids some spectacular effects
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Laura La Planlr
in “Excitement."
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A strong cast of well known
screen players support Laura La
Plante m her first, picture, “Excite
went." the World photoplay offering
Edward Hearn plays the male lead
Margaret Cullington. eccentric conic
rlien, known for years to the legjtl
mate stage, and In recent years for
her screen work: George Fisher. Wil
liam Welsh. Fas Tincher. Frames
Raymond, Rolfe Sedan. Lon Pr.ff
Fred de Silva. Albeit Mart and
nl hers
Miss La Plante played cbsrmingh
apposite Reginald Denny and Hoot
Gibson hi many of their big prodiir
t|on« As a result of her work, she
■was cast to star In "Excitement," a
f«<t* comedy thriller.
Ij&SsJs
director. W
AHO UA
'PoisL .
Bl
'MEN*
AT THE
STSANO
CJeUte Windsor /m
'Sun of Sahara"
AT THE RIAL. TO
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Song and Dance and Fun
Rule Rill at World
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Three headline arts are featured on
the current fi act vaudeville bill at
the World theater. One of the sea
son's most unique dance offerings is
promised by Frank Hughes and
DoVothy Merritt, ''Romantic Mo
menta in Daneelanri," They are
assisted by Harry Gray at the piano.
Sherman. Van and Hyman, "Rig
League Entertainers" introduce a
lot of melodious nonsense. Their
act is of the syncopated order. Ed
Blondell, who has been “Thp Lost
Boy" for many years is sn impop
tant fun feature on the current show.
Blondell makes the ' boy" a comedy
geni and is assisted in the laugh
making by Katherins, Rbaebsid and
Eddie junior.
"A Vaudeville Frappe" In which
songs and dances are cleverly mixed
is the contribution of Louise Massart
and Sister. Interest is atayhed to the
vaudeville debut of Samson Brown.
"The Steppin’ Fool,” a well-known
Omaha colored boy, one of the clever
est dancers residing in the city. Com
edy Is the keynote of the organ solo
to be offered by Arthur Hay a who
Introduce* "Why Did I Kiss That
Girl.”
The "Nautical Follies" with Joe
Walsh snd cast of 7 is one of the
headline features beginning next
Saturday. The other topliner is
('hsu les Bartling and his company In
the novel human interest playlet
"The Heart of a Clown” written by
Tom Barry, one of the most success
ful of vaudeville contributors.
“It Part to Advertise"
Coming to Brandeis
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A fa roe In three acts, by Roi
Cooper and Walter Market, which ap
pears at the Brandeis theater Friday
evening, .Mine fi. Is an Ingenious snd
entertaining farce, t'nllke many of
the pieces of this type, "Tt Rays to
Advertise" has s story and an amus
ing one, which is consistently carried
through and the lines and situations
are such that one may laugh heartily
and not feel that, his intelligence haa
been insulted, and moreover the spirit
of the fun is clean snd wholesome.
It js all about the son of a wealthy
soap magnate The young man has
not found ambition necessary, but hl«
father wishes to make a man of
him. so he conspires with his seerr
tary, s sprightly young lady, to win
the young man’s affections, where
upon the father will assume the role
of the stern parent and turn his off
spring front the door. All goes well
with the scheme, hut It does not work
out as well as originally planned.
Th» situations are well worked out
and the lines are exceedingly bright
and, added to this, there Is a snap
and dash lo the action that, makes
"It Pays io Advertise" one of the
liveliest comedies thst has been seen
In a long time. The show Is being
staged by an amateur cast of excep
tional ability for the benefit of St
Margaret Mary's Catholic church of
Dundee.
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Definition of (irit
Basis of Drama
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"Firmness of character, especially
tn pain, danger or adversity; pluck,
fortitude, courage "
Tn this fashion doe« Webster dr
fine "grit.” and il is on this defjni
tion that F Scott Fitzgerald, popular
author, has built a most fascinating
story, the screen version of which
is at the Hmpress.
"Kid Hart.” the hero of "<»rit,” has
lo fight against all three pain, dan
ger and adversity. Silt through the
inspiration of a gill lie realizes that
they can all be conquered.
"flrlt” is a erook tale, a romance
of young |o\p and an ar.urate pi**
lure of the ghetto. < ilenn Hunter,
the popular actor, is the star The
supporting east includes ' lain H >\v.
who was the little girl in "Down to
the Sea In Whips;” Osgood Perkins.
Roland Voung, famous.star of many
successes on the legitimate stage,
Dor# Davidson, the "Papa” of "Hum
oresque.” and Townsend Martin and
Heienkn Adamowaka.
Irene Rich came into the studio
one morning to work on "Ltnretin
Lombard” with a smile on her face.
Listen.” she confided to Monte
RJue, "! Just read in the papei that
the world will he ruled h\ women in
H77.”
a* Must he somethina wrong with
our calendar then. ' Mont# grinned,
"for ft says this la only 1*2.1 ’
Wall, ma*ba Monts know a.'
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AT THE BRANDS IS
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I "The h ooF' If ill Hay
| Srtmdeis 7 heater I erv Soon
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So great has been the demand
from theater managers Influenced by
the rails of their patrons for "The
Wool" that he Selwyns hare hern re
qulred to place seven companies on
tour in Ibis greatest of all dramatic
successes. Never before has a play
been so enthusiastically received and
endorsed by every class in every
community where it has been seen,
lawyers, business men, physicians,
clergymen of every denomination,
among them Presbyterians, Metho
[ dlsts, Roman Catholics, Kplgco
palians and Hebrews; club women,
(business men's organizetldns, college
professors and students, as well as
labor leaders have seen the play, and
all have come nut strong for it A
play which has created so much in
terest and discussion must have tin
usual power to attract and fsacln
ate ('banning Pollock, the author,
has been called on to lecture on "The
Fool" In the largest educational Instl
tu t.lo’ne and In more than ?no
churches of different denominations
"The Ford" will l»e the attraction at
the Braudels theater for three nights
beginning Thursday. May 22 and a
matinee on Saturday.
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Martha Mansfield
f ilm at the Muse
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Tom Mix and Tony, his horse, in
The Trouble Shooter" head the
picture program at the Muse this
week It's another of Tom's action
[western stories with some new daring
riding tricks. Monday and Tuesday
there Is offered "A Women 1n
Chains." starring R K. Lincoln end
Martha Mansfield. The picture we
made shortly before the accident dur
ing the filming of n picture in Hotis
ton, Tex., In which Mis* Mansfield
was so severely burned that she died
from the Injuries Charles .Jones In
"Not a Drum Was ||ear»I." will he
shown the following two days, cm
of the best pictures In which Jones
ever appeared. The final hooking for
the w«*ek la "The Sheriff of *un Dog,"
4 lively western with many a laugh.
“Girl Shy” Proves
Lloyd’s Versatility
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Variety is the spue of life, and it
is also the secret of success In mak
ing good motion pictures Many stars
fa!! Into a rut because they Insist
upon making the same line of pic
turfs and using the same kinds of
characterizations. They nevei change
because they fee] the public is used
to seefng them in s certain type of
picture.
Such is not the case, however, with
llarold Lloyd, whose comedy. "Girl
Shy." has opened for a two weeks'
showing at tho Sun. Harold has
fortunately discovered that "mixing
them up a hit” is the secret of sue
cess He has never made two
comedies *\pn remotely alike, con
sidering his tug hits. "Dr. .1 ok."
"Safety l^ast.” Why Worry?" and
now* "Girl Shi .” He has Jumped from
small town situations to a South
American revolution, from portraying
a doctor to a tjbbon clerk Now he
has again striven for something dif
ferent from anything lie hay ever
made, lie is seen in "f»irl Shy ' In au
entirely novel rha rnrtcrlzatlon. hm *
bashful sitihII town ho\ who is an
apprentice to his uncle, a tailor lie
makes a secret study of gills, a I
though not a wry accurate one. and
the nioie ho studies them, the mute
he fears them.
lie has tried in "Girl Sh\” to pry
pent a character who will In tnutlv
win the eympathv of his ♦udieiuo
through his hunvinnrsr- A really
dramatic story has been built around
tills central figure ef the hnv and
nothing has been sac rifled to make
l lie picture true to life |n evei v small
detail And It Is attention t«» del.nil
that helps largely to make i he Lloyd
Pathe remedies the hlg Inf* that they
are
The vast of “Girl Shy includes
•Tohvna. Ralston, who plays opposite
Lloyd. She made a big hit in her
Initial appcarar.ee with the comedian
In "Why Worry?" which resulted In
her being sign'd b\ Llnvd to a long
term contraei Her excellent work In
"Cllrl Hhy" Is said to lie one of tin*
contributing factors In Its • m
Others In the n«i me Rich ml
Daniels who plavs the mlo • f Lloyd*
Uncle In the film, and Gordon Griffin
plaiing the part of » wealthy young
Idler
Richard Rarthelmess Is tn Mail
work on The Song and Dance
Mai *
Jottt ano (I
foihleett Key
AT THE MOON
Jof/es at we muse
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Simp Mar hot in
Pnl/i's Vote Film
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Slave markets of antiquity hav^
their counterparts In modern life gc
cording to Dimitri Fuchowetzki.
whose production. "Men," starring
Pole Negri, contains an illustration
of how women are bought and sold
today. It is at the Strand today.
Filmed by the Russian director a.s
his first Amerioan-made picture
"Men" contains the story nf the
amazing adventures nf a French
girl, "Clen," who begins life as a
waitress in a cheap wine shop and
rises to faro® as a dancer in Pans
The role of "Cleo" 1a played hv
Pols Negri. Surrounded by a ^yeet
of men who strive to win her favor*
by f-»ir meana or foul, sha finally
promises to give the privilege of her
company to the highest bidder.
Handled by th* masterly direction
of Dimitri Buchowetzkt. the scene
which follows Is probably unsurpassed
in the history of motion picture*. The
camera moves from face to face
where greed, passion, fear, avarice
and desire are depicted upon each
countenance Bidding, one against the
other, these men plsv the modern
equivalent of the slave merchants of
ancient times
Chosen to support Pols Negri are
well-known players such as Robert
W Frazer, Robert Fdeson Toaepli 1
Swlckard, Monti Collins. Olno Corrsdo !
and Edgar Norton.
Among the original and beautiful j
evening gowns prepared for tb«
Polish star is one solidly embroidered
with pearls and rhinestones with s
panel train of shimmering silver,
edged with ermine A fan of tnag
nificent white aigrettes with a handle
of pearls and rhinestones was spe
rtally designed for the gown. Drop
earrings of silver filigree with peat
shaped pearls and square sapphires
accompany the headdress
\t Ilir* Rnulrvnnt.
"The f»reat White Way." » no\rl
wild new sort of picture, felling of
the life of BroadwH- and introducing
hi it many of the famous people of
New York, such as fleorge McManus,
author of 'Bringing I p Father;" Tex
Rh karil. the promoter; Billy de Beck
author of • Barney dongle," ami in
fact most of the prominent writers
and e.irtoonists of the day. will open
the Boulevard program with a show
ing today and Monday
Richard Barthelmess and Dorothy
M u kaill in "Twenty one," a story
which brings hack the star to a mod
ern day love story, will he shown
Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday
The closing program of the week will
he the vaudeville offering and Kather
Ine M« l*omld in "Refuge." a ro
mantle melodrama of the supposed t <
he kingdom of Moravia
\t the 4rrand.
Lilies of the Field." with f'orinne
drifTUh and Conway Tearle in the
leading roles, a story of modern life
and the divorce problem opens the
L'rund program tills neck with a
thro*' day-*.' allowing Four shows will
he given Sunday, starting at 1 o’clock
Buck Jones is a tire laddie In a ro
malice, ('lipid's Fireman," off*-red foi
Wednesday and Thursday, with the
additional feature of Jack Mulhall in
< ha.ptfr A of "The Social Buccaneer."
Rex Beach s "The .Spoilers will cIom
the work MUton Hills and Anna Q
Nilaaon, htvijfg thz leads
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Tom Mix and Tony
in IS’ew Ventures
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Of his many deads of daring, few
equal in recklessness the latest per
formance of Tom Mix In The Troit
ble Shooter. ' now at the Moon.
Mix. playing the role of a repair
man. tides his remarkable little
horse, Tony, across a narrow. sway
ing trestle directly ahead of a speed
ing train. The arena is one of the
most thrilling Mix ever made and it
was only after considerable persua
sion that he urged Tony to the task.
Again in a ride through a blind
mg snowstorm. Mix ’earhe* the in
domitable little hors# to wear snow
shoes. Between the two of them,
there a r# more unique St tin t s of
novel daring than even Mix and
Tony ever attempted before.
In the cast with Mix are such
notable player* as Kathleen Ke\ .
Dolores Rouase, Mike Poulin, former
big league hall player: diaries Me
Hugh. Al Freernont. Frank Currier.
F*rl Fox. T Gunnta Pavia and
Howard Trusdale
In the trestle scene Mix actually
risked his own neok a« well a.« that
of his beloved hor'-e The ties were
far apart and Tony had difficulty in
picking his was Moreover, the
plucky littl# horse which fears noth
tng it can see was unable to glance
backward a? the approaching engine
The sound nearls terrified Tony, but
still he plac#d his eonfidenc# in the
Mg man up in the saddle to whom
be has entrusted his life so often
in the past
“I reckon it was about the tough
est test Tv# gisen Tony sine# I
broke him." said Mix
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Mnnaiva Park If ill
Open Season Mas 24
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Manawa Park, "where xacation
land steps up fn shake hands with
the city” will open Its gates for the
1!*?4 season on next Saturday. May
t. according to announcement of
Kerris R Stewart, manager at the
lake park during the last three sue
cessful seasons, and who lias accept
e«l the position for another yeai
Vtnonjc the attractions t" attract
crowds to Manawa this summer is s
new- musical organisation, known a*
Pat's Melodx Rove, who will plax in
the lakeside dance pavilion The ot
chestra Includes s^ven musician*
each talented on two nV more lnstrtl
m»nts In some numbers the seven
men pia\ as tnanv as 1« different
musical instruments This, added to
the roomy pavilion floor, which is
pronounced as one of the best In the
middle west, has been further fnp
proved by Interior redecorating with
special stage settings fot the orches
tra
Free mo\ tea every exening pic
nicking, boating and tlie games and
other amusement attraction* will
provide pastime for pleasure sock
era at Manawa Park throughout the
14 week* of the season
Manawa *a expansive flower beds
have been made even larger tins
xear. and this together xxith the out
look oxer th# lake makes the outing
place * scene of ben til >
With the opening of th- pa'k the
summer schedule of street , »i service
w ill be inaugurated, xxith * peril x and
direct service m ei the hue from
nmah* to Manawa The road# to
the lake have also been built up tin
til thex are good in all kinds of
weather Arrangements have tlao
been made for convenient pinking of
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Mat-old Cloyd an o
Jobyna Ralston m
Giiiu Shv" Mr rpe SUN
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“Son of Sahara"
Company Travels
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One of the most ambition* motion
picture ventures ever undertaken
ended recently when. after five
months spent in Algeria and France.
Kdwin Care we and hi" company of
American player* returned with the
completed film of A Bon of the
Sahara,’’ offered at the Rialto this
week.
Mr. Car* we* cast consisted of
Bert Lytell, Claire Windsor, Rose
mary The by. Walter McGraJl, Mon
tague Love and Paul Panzer.
The company spent the majority
of it* time in Ziska. on the edge nf
the Fahara. whore the exterior
scenes were filmed in the actual lo
cale of Louie Gerard * story. With
the co-operation of th* French and
native authorities main do«»ri scenes
were obtained, which, it ia expected,
will exceed in realism anything of
the kind ever before screened.
In sam® of the bigger scenes thou
sand* of n»tl\e Arahs and a thou
sand camejs were massed before the
camera. One of the thrill* of the
picture will be the* storming of a
French outpost, defended by Suda
nese troop« by a horde of desert
Aral>* During the filming of ar^th*i
scene, showing an ancient slave mar
ket. an entire Algerian town was
turned over to the American director
and the entire populace lent atmos
phere to the picturesque scene.
Following the Algerian sequences,
lavish interiors were filmed at the
LclaJr studio in Paris With the
completion of these scene* the com
pany returned to America confident
in the belief that they had helped to
give the screen one of its moh inter
‘•ting offerings to dat*
Mabel Normand
Booked a* Sun
iV&Qf / ^iorniaWCL
'laU’l Nnimand will *pt>e*r lhi> •
limes a day In person at the Sun the
ater starting the week of .tune 1. in
■ onneetton with the hooking their of
her new picture "The Kxtra tilrl
Miss Norman! has lv*»n making
personal appearances throughout the
country with her picture and ho e\
erywhere been accorded a heavy at
tendance Fallowing the shooting .if
fis> of last fall Miss N »rm*nd was
censured by « nimilvr of organl?a
tions and In tusking her personal ap
pearanres she has a*k*d that she be
given the benefit of being considered
innocent until any wrong has been
proven against her C*«nerallv her
mlka from the stage hoe been well
1 ecel\ ed
Vi llir 1 othrop.
I.illian fJish in "The White Sister
which opene.t \ester<1a> at toe l4oth
iop remama for the t »<*t two days of
this week. Miss <;mh h»s the gnat
rst emotional role of hei career tn
The White Ststei ml one recalls
that the has appeared tn several of
the greatest films ever made The
picture was filmed in ltalv and at the
ellmst there *r* scenes of the erup
Uon of \#»uviu* U»t |Mr,
Blah for
Gotham
Hotli Ways in “Plain .lane"
I Attest Musical Comedy Atk
ina Attention on Broad was•
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B.v PKK< \ HAMMOND.
NEW YORK. May IT.—The young
tenois and barytones who make
puppy lo\o to gooey ingenues
in musha) plays are subject to dis
dain. Theirs is a feeble function, sug
gesting prettifies* and a soft voice,
and often they deport themselves too
sweetly for words. Victims of their
earland environment, they seem to
(five off exotic cologne* and murmur
ing* and to shrink from all form* of
robustity. Thev are fragrant of the
boudoir and reek with etiquette. Pink
and melodious, they seem to be averse
to anything that is rough and brutal
izing. and when you se® one of them
In tennis flannels or polo pants you
suspect he is uncomfortable.
AH of which Is by way of favorably
introducing Mr. Jay Gould, the song
fill and sentimental hero of “Plain
Jan®.” the n®w opera at the New
Amsterdam. Mr. Gould is cast as a
rich, romantic young New Yorker,
gifted at fisticuffs, an amateur box®r
of much ability The plays fable
thereto summons him in the second
act to appear in the prize ring as a
substitute pugilist, in order to succor
the prima donna from poverty, or
worse. The scene j* Madison Squaie
Garden, illustrating the squared circle
and bloodthirsty crowds of that notori
ous cathedral of so called manly
sports and pastimes
Mr. Gould engage* himself in a
bout with a minor N. Y. pug named
Allie Nack. They go to It for thr®®
rounds of ss vivacious a bout as T
have ever witnessed. Thera Is little
that »s spurious about it. they really
heat each other tip. Tf you are fond
of Illusion in the theater here 1s a
scene that will convince you. •Horn*
pared to if. the cheap wars in Shake
speare's plays are mere spanking*
Mr. Goulds prow®** 1n this battle
mitigate* your aversion against
Broadway’s demi barytones He hits
and he I* hit. his footwork 1a goojj,
he interprets perfectly the glassv and
agonized solar plexus expressions; and
so, T think, h® Is one of the 1* b®*t
male artists in the Times Sous®
dramS I have always hoped to se® *
rnusnal comedy hero beaten up. but
every time that Mr Gould was strlcv.
*n upon his handsome iaw I was
sorry . . . ."Plain Jane.” by th®
way. is th® usual w*ax®n nosegay of
musical comedy—blah music and blah
comedy.
Do you care to learn of the nlftje*
that are pulled in "Plain Jane ' which
is. presumably an urban. Broadway
®nt®rtainm®nt? 'Well, Mr. Joe Laurie
jr . a* a tough little prize fighter p«
rooter, sa' s such things ** th®*® ?•»
?h® v iliain of the exhibitfor
"1*11 knock you *o flat that the .! ,
play you on a victrola’ . . .You’re
mean enough to put a tack on an
electric chair! and 'TH throw a mot i
in your mustache! " When Plain Jar®
was discourag®d and In te*r» h® said
to her. Nix on th® Niagara Fall*,
kid"’ and “Glam yourself ’ "I haver,
been so proud." s^id he a litt « 1st®
••since 1 heid Dempsev** overcoat **
Ain't musical comedy wonderful?
The week * necrology Include* T1 *
T»ust Heap.” "Garden of Weeds and
' Catskill Dutch ’ All of these work* .
died a hornin'. The first was abortr
sex life in Alaska the second w-»«
about s®x life in New York and th®
third was about «e\ life in the Cx
skills None of them was competent
to amuse the knowing New Yorker
and his hospitable host f^om out-of
town The Ziegfeld Follies, also, have
wrapped their gorgeous shrouds about
them and have taken pa*'age the
j Mack dory. The “Music Fox Revue
has gone and so has th* cadaverous
i Outward Bound' Leah Kleshna
! Mrs Fiske in Helena « Bovs ’ and
other amusements .Her® Is one of
the many mystifying things about th"
drama ‘ Abie * Irish Rose, the worst
of the American plays persists pros
perouelv in Its second year, and so
does “Rain the !>est of them!
Hew They Started.
The’ # ***# probably a lot nb »
sweet little s hool ma'am* ara'tsred
around here and there that would go
to the movit* ,?n«i «•« 1,'.< Wilson
and say to fliemsHve* <“>h if I
could onlv lie like I^oie
Ar-1 It * a fun v th g *~d we
never knew it until her# th# other
day hut l.ni* used to !>e a school
ma’am her*#lf. It wa* down in Ala
bama in a town t amed Morris, if m
understood her t sht. And she used
to go down every morning: and try to
pound « little sen>e imp th* town a
» curie hopefu ?. and go home right a
just tired to death.
And then one morning • ' village
tiuatee, or whoever it was ram#
around and told her she was fuel
You are a hum leaches , ’ h# said or
Mol'd# to that effect And poor little
' oia thought her hfa w *# plum ruin .
and ao she came to Hollywood and
became a movie star at a million dol
lars or #o a week
And it nov.t he that th*- ««: :hv ~
that * Ulld ' apiH'u to «. ; fdks ia
vet fired l<onk what it did for Lo.«
Sound* 1 vigil at
This is one of Matt Moore's b#d
tune atones
Returning or# night to hi* apart
| ni#nt in X*>\v York. Mart waaamagel
to find an tnebn ned gentleman on
his hand# and knees, crawling in
dustriouafy tier# and there shout th#
I lobby
"What a the matter demanded
Matt
I The intoxicated gent looked up briefly.
"Juet louhta ik>ll«r " «m d be
W here" asked M * *
Iknvna atret-t s»*d * -e g*
waving vaguely.
Well. wh> woman ! M Matt *• •
>ou hooking for it in here"*'
Ha said th# gent blinking a
blear' #\e, Uotoha that time’ V %
*h d l look downs g*.eat w hen • di ms
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