r- - s
Pallbearer
of Drama
Eugene O’Neill Continues
to Collect Despairs as
. Other Men Collect
Postage Stamps.
By PERCY HAMMOND.
<<TT'S a wise father," says th* old
I man In "New Brooms," "who
knows as much as his own
,son.” Upon that and other Ironic
aphorisms Mr. Frank Craven has
built a genial comedy which. If not as
momentous an entertainment aa
"The First Year,” Is still one of the
r-ost agreeable of the minor plays.
Those who know Mr. Craven as a
sunny fellow will he suprlsed to learn
that "New Brooms" Is a mild preach
ment against affability. Its sermon
i‘pms to be that vinegar will catch
more flies than honey.
Robert MoWade as Old Bates, an
eminent broom manufacturer, Is a
c nb He despises the amenities and
has no kind words for anybody. In
business and at home he is a relent
less grouch, cross, ill-mannered, cho
leric. Such good deeds ns he may do
ore done with asperity. He scowls
alike at friend and foe, and Is as
sarcastic to his young son as he is
to his employes at the factory. Yet
he Is a successful business man and
has made a lot of money.
Young Bates Is of another type.
He believes In smiles, graciousness
nnd the glad hand. If he thinks
his hostile parent could be more lov
able in his attitude toward his fellow
men, he would sell more brooms and
at higher prices. So, after an ar
gument, hts father agrees to turn
ever the business, and let him run
It on friendly principles.
The consequences are that young
Bates grows acrid and uncivil from
his contact with the world of In
dustry and commerce. His coddled
employes disturb him with their In
gratitudes, and, though courteous,
he sells fewer carpet sweepers than
his waspish ancestor did. Meantime
the old man relieved of responsi
bility, warms up. Especially so, since
there has come Into his life a pretty
girl (Miss Blythe Daly), whose se
ductive candors cause him to glow.
I At the end, of course, all Is well,
but not. thanks to Mr. Craven's aense
of humor, so well as usual. The play
Is full of Mr, Craven's dry observa
tion and crisp humor and it belongs
In the first squad of minor comedies.
It Is a good, quiet, agreeable show.
In "Desire Under the Elms" Mr.
Eugene O'Neill again suggests him
self as the drama’s most proficient
pallbearer. He looks at life with a
pessimistic and sour eye, seeing noth
ing In It that Is worth while. Though,
like Mr. Craven, a happy man. he
Is addicted to woe. He populate* hie
stage with consumptives, drunkards,
harlots and other derelicts and unfor
tunates even more miserable. No
ralnhows gleam on Mr, O’NeiH's
Mack horizons. He collects despairs
as other men collect autographs and
post-’ge stamps. And his exhibitions
of them are seldom uninteresting.
Ills new play Is three hours of
concentrated agony In which hell Is
emptied and all the devils let loose
upon a bleak New England farm.
Its distresses range from unholy
lust to infanticide, and they Include
drinking, cursing, vengeance and
something approaching Incest. It 1*
•n alarming an Interpretation of na
ture that even the most hardened of
Mr. O'Neill's dlscinles shudder a
little at its honest terrors.
Bet it not be suspected from the
foregoing catalogue that “Desire Un
der the Elms" Is not enjoyable. On
the contrary, it provides inspiration
for unhappy playgoers to forget such
tribulations as may pester them. Mr.
O’Neill's dramas always make me
glad that I am not one of the char
acters involved. Mr large troubles van
ish ns I observe Mr.O'NelH’i people
writhing and walling In difficulties
much more Incorrigible. I leave his
theater with a song on my lips, con
gratulating myself that mv glooms
are comparatively Insignificant.
It Is 1850 on a New England farm
and old Ephraim Cahot, as stony gs
his hard acres. Is bringing "hum" a
bride—his third. Two sons by his
"fust" wife, foreseeing their dlsln
heritance, start for the gold fields of
California, leaving Eben, their hand
soma stepbrother, to face his new
"ma." She Is an odd New Englander,
a combination of hot Mood and cold
heart. Casting her Inscrutable eyes
on Eben's pleasing person, she de
vises a means to be happy though
married.
Aided by her stepson's hatred for
hla grim father, she seduces the hoy
and as a consequence of that mis
bahavlor has a child by him. hater In
tha play, when life, as Mr. O’Ne 1
sees It. comes to grips with life, ah#
murders the babe, thinking to pleas#
the Irresolute EbPn. That action ai
j first horrifies him, and he gives hei
up to the constables. AH the t!m<
this Is going on Mr. O'Neill's blacli
and fascinating w-ings hover above
tha drama. But at the end Eben re
turns to the kisses of her thin, re<
lips and goes, so far as I know, t(
the gallows with her.
Considerable excitement was cause#
last week by the performance of an
Intricate melodrama named "Silence,'
In which the author, Mr. Max Mar
cln. produces many emotional trick
and surprises. Tn It Mr. II. B. Warne
Is ajraln a noble criminal conaecrat
Ing the picturesque dishonesties. H
Is a seducer, r thief and an nperato
of the shell game, yet he sports i
nobby halo. To no other actor Is i
lialr shirt so becoming. Mr. Wai'nei
knows how to sin In a play nnd t
atone for his misdemeanors In th
stained glass nnd sacrificial attitudni
of a cathedral window. You see hlr
In the first scene of “Silence" abou
to be electrocuted for s murder tha
he did not commit. Th# governor, th
Judge of the supreme court, the dli
trlct attorney and the priest Implore
hlrn to tell them all about It, but fo
th# sake of some one he loves he r«
mains noisily silent. The la'ly wh
commlted the homicide is, hy th
way, his lovely thought lllegltlmat
daughter.
The Mg "punch" 1 ^■’Silence" 1
contributed by a hitherto unwnowi
Wat or. John Wray, who as a com
agent in little blackmailer, gives a
real a demonstration of ratllkn fur
as I have ever seen In a theater.
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11-Piece Symphonic
Band Comes Next Week
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Don Cassler, well-known New York
musical director, presents his “So
ciety Symphonlsts" as the headline
feature at the World next week.
Playing symphonic jazz Cassler has
made his band of 11 somewhat of a
ndvelty In that he utilized operatic
numbers In syncopated strain.
Before starting hla vaudeville tour
Cassler played piano accompaniments
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for such Btars as Mr. and Mrs. Ver
non Castle, Maurice and Walton,
Jonn Sawyer. Mae Murray and Ade
laide Hughes.
One of the feature* of the act Is
the appearance of Gypsy Rhouma, a
youthful dancer who critic* say Is a
real "find."
In a recent review of the Cassler
orchestra in New York Percy Ham
mond. the critic, said: “With master
musicians under Cassler's leadership
this number ranks as dhe of the fin
est In vaudeville,"
THE Will offer during the two
. .._— weeks beginning tomor
•1 * 7'1 J | * J gj 1^* row evening, a stellar list
of attractions which in
clude comedy, grand opera, classic repertoire, a male
chorus, musical comedy and a Paul Whiteman band.
Something for every taste, and as each type of attrac
tion has a large local clinetelle, the management sug
gests an early call at the box office. Ticket office
open today for your convenience from 12 m. to 5 p. m.
TODAY. f
Detailed Announcements Follow
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EVENING UQV 44
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Big Shrine Week
Opens Monday;
Elaborate Rites
Ceremonial Saturday Evening
to Be Climax of Six-Day
Festivities; Deputy Po
tentate Coming.
Noble* of Tangier Shrine temple
face a busy round of luncheons, re
ception*. parties and ceremonies dur
ing Shrine week, which opens Mon
day.
Six days of social affairs will culmi
nate Saturday evening In an elabor
ate ceremonial honoring the temple's
guest. Imperial Deputy Potentate
James C. Burger. The ceremony will
be held In the Shrine rooms of the
Masonic temple.
Shrine week originated In Omaha
and Tangier temple has planned an
elaborate program of entertainment.
Reception* for nobles Of Tangier
temple end visiting noble* will be
held at noon each day at the Masonic
tempi* and th* members to be enter
tained each day have been grouped
alphabetically. Member* whose names
begin wtlh letters from A to £ will
meet Monday, those from F to Me
on Tuesday, those from M to R on
Wednesday and those from S to Z
on Friday.
Luncheons win be held for all
nobles at 12:16 p. m Monday and
Tuesday, with community singing,
brief speeches and motion pictures
The Tangier temple band and
chanters will broadcast a program
over WO AW from I to 11 p. m.
Monday. A dance end card party
will be held at 8 p. ra. Tuesday In
the Shrine room at Masonic temple.
A theater party at the Brandeis thea
ter Is planned for Wednesday eve
ning. Th* Tangier temple chanter*
will sing between acts of the show.
Ceremonial sessions will occupy
most of Saturday. Candidates will
meet at 8:39 p. m. at Mnsonic tem
ple. A business meeting will be held
at u p. m. fur the purpose of receiving
an 1 acting on petitions. Commutty
ringing will be held at Masonic tem
ple at 6:80 p. m , followed by the
principal ceremonial session at 7:30.
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{ ».i;iwmiih^io.falifij Today’s Mat j
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ARE MARTIN 0n 0le Time Dodors I *
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Dlcsin’ fer the Rteht Pill.
‘T wuz greatly interested in your
article last week on ole family doc
tors." writes a reader fsurn Spring
Hills, O., an’ then he goes on t’ say,
"I recall an ole doctor that used t'
Addle with my gran'father's family
fer years, or until they all died In th’
prime o’ life.
“His name wuz Dr. Dnmuel Put
ter, an’ he rode about in a high
wheel sulky or gig. an’ I've never
seen a yak's tall that had anything
on his whiskers. He carried his pills
In his pockets.
"I’ve seen him set down by nay
gran-maw's bed an' listen t’ her
heart an' nearly put her eyes out
with his whiskers, an’ he'd shake hay
seed all over th’ bed.
" 'Srnd fer Dr. Porcupine.’ grand
mother used t' say, when any o’ th'
children fell out of a tree, or had
ther feet cut oft by a mower.
•• 'Let me see,’ he'd say when he
went In a sick room, T ought t’ have
a pill that'll pull you through If I
kin And It. Then he'd dig In his
pockets an' pull out a handful o'
pennies an’ keys an' Jack-knives an'
t'backer crumbs an’ pills. ‘Here we
are,’ he'd say, an' then give th' pa
tient a big dirty pill covered with
lint. Maybe th’ particular pill he
wanted would he in his coat tail
pocket, or hip pocket.
"When Dr. Putter get up t’ go he
Ailed th' room with dust. He dressed
like an arctic explorer winter an'
summer, an' smelled like a combina
tion o' spavin liniment an' livery
barn, with a little dash o' harness
shop thrown in. When he left th'
room It smelled like a justice o' th’
peace office durln' county fair week
"Sometimes Dr. Putter's whiskers
would be full o' burrs after a trip t'
th' country t’ save a cow. If he
mixed a flaxseed poultice he mixed his
whiskers In It. Sometimes he’d file
his saw in th’ sick room an’ have
trouble with his whiskers. If he
stood in a grocery they got hacked
In th' beef chipper, an’ once he ban
daged 'em up with my gran mother s !
arm.
"Once Dr. Putter stayed at gran’
mother's ter dinner, an', oh, boy1
she had cold slaw.
•'I've often tried t imagine isr.
ter In a go if uniform, or hoppin'
about In gome great civic undertaking
but It can't be done. He used much
th’ same system as th’ present day
tree doctor in sawin' off an' piuggtn'
up, yet he pilled considerable, too.''
CORKING GOOD
STORY FOR BOYS
RED GILBERT'S FLYING CIRCUS, by
Russel! Gordon Carter (The Penn
Publishing Company. Philadelphia).
Here la a corking good story for
boys from S to 14. Just think of
owning a clrcua all your own, with
a pair of clowns like Vaseline and
Creampuff, a lot of strange animals
and touiing the country giving dally
performances. Some fun, eh? That
is what Red Gilbert and his chums
did. And then they met up with a
real circus. What happened then Is
the strangest part of the story. A
worth-while book for red-blooded little
fellow*.
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Damon Runyan, famous sporting writer.
' Kraft & Lamont ' ' Kelly & Browne ' ' Geo. W. Moore •
In the comedy hit, ^ * Songs and Dances * * “Bits of Tricks"
* “Put Up the Lights" * 1 with * laugh trimmings 1 1 sprinkled with fun * 1
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Arthur Hays in “Thanksgiving and Other Things”
An organ originality upon matters of the moment
On the screen a dor* | I II VI ■ III
~s£i lehold This Woman
I From the novel, “The Hillman,” by
IRENE RICH E. Phillips Oppenheim
v CHARLES POST
HARRY MYERS
» ANDERS RANDOLF
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