Variety (September 1921)

16 LEGITIMATE Friday, September 9, ID-.'l BROADWAY REVIEWS HIPPODROME jicve-Jili Beuion of his luunaffinrDt oi n.o IlippoJrouie Saturday m%h\ (S»l>t :U v.ilM the prcsmtutlon of •Oet Together,* «n int^nittional me- 1 into thf title being suggeHtcd through uu uttn aiico by PreHident Haruinf. Aa ,.M.:ii the ^taKm;: of the wi-o'luci^o" v.as r.ndcr the direction of IC U. i;ii.nni(U«. who, tlli^* season, however, ii'friiins from taking ccdit to the rM.'M notPd in previous yc^rs. auU thereby dodges responHibi'ity or Kloiy, as the ease may be, for Ibo nrer.Mii pioduetion. Tl^c j«Msou for this may have bc««u (Ii i rue»e ha>i been a dctir.itc ehangp urijoth ihe l)Oi otti.-e anil !>tage polso yl liie l!i:> for the present beason. A.imisslon prieeH have boon rut lo Si toj) for the luatiiiee.s and $1.30 for iiio ni;;itt p( rforUianee^, with a $"- i«. I s.;iur(ljy« antl holiUaya. rv.o onlerlalument presented pORs- rs i;p the \i«ual Rpeetacular features Mil rolie* thid season ou a ballet ami .\ revival of the ice skating to be the dtaw. The»:e two i^orlion;* of the Khow are presented an the finales to the pr.it and se<ond halves of the pr<»- Kiam and leading up to tb^ arc u lumber of vaudeville turns. IJut with all the changea **Get To- r^tl'.er' IB a whole hatful of enter- tainment for a dollar and a half. Sir. l>:Hi;igh:nii h:'.s the playhouse of the iiia«'."^e"?. and it*; nrices muat h» within reach of the universal pocket- I ook. The reduction at this time wa.< ; not] s>ovvriiiii»hip. AVl'cthcr or not the entertainment will prove as aatia- lying to iho eronds uh tho.se of prrvi- ruq years is a question Hiat time onb y\,}\ . nswer. It seems rather doubtful whether it\e rua*>« of small lowiwrs w!«o are liie backbone of the Ilip's box oHice V ;11 j'ccept the bfillet as a real b\% finlure. To a handful of New York- eey. tiinse really high-bro*' xind those thai a«iR»Mne that pose, the ballet will be hailfd as "wonderful." but they will n<»t be RufTieient to fill the houHe ilirin? tho rritire Re.ison. Americans in general have not been Bufficieutly rd\j<aled to aeeept the ballet in the K me manner as it is weleonieo rI)roa<l. an-l while Mr. Dillinghiun I i.'v be lr.ud«Ml for* Mh effort to ♦•tV^- f '• mm] (•re:^te :» clienteje To'* thi- I'.jllet in thi"? eonntry. records of past » frrjivrr- of a liUe niture f jW to show I'lM^ titey made money Tru<» tat ballet hai^ always been a part of past Mippodroroe prodtictionH, but it has been presented as incidental to the »pe<'t:iole rather than a^ its feature. nevivinjc the lec Hnllet, however. ">ay prove riufficient to pull at the H'p. but the prpsent ire pcrformauoe d-'c-^ rot: com) Mre wi;h tbot which wa^ orir'nally rre.':rrted there. The fea- ture performers arc not present io c gr« at a number rs they were dur- ing the the first neason Dillingham had the honpe. and Charlotte now fcems to have showed up in her work. The three rejl hits scored on ihc oi»niiing night went to Howard Nich- olson on the ice: Powera* Klrphaut > and the Three nob:< in the first pai t VaudeyiJ 1 e_*»ection. _ Tlie_j)erjonnanee ran liko fl«);l. woil;. open'u;^ (it .S:i.'i and fmis'iinT at It o'doel; on ihe d^v Startin r the hill was a pre relennr' jhow of tl'o rivd.' Took eo;«edv. 'The Toreador."** wl.if'h his a lot <'f latighs peafteve*^ llirous'j it. The Fox i»eo- !»lo nadr* r>. cre.it bnrjriiin wi<h Uil- Iin;;h''i»i niien t)i*»v hoolied this ho.ise to ?.ho\r the series of five of theR<^ ron^r-l>•• fo:- a five v.ec'ks' run rav'a rt .^l.('.'>0 .t weelc. Vox should l.ave hern ^v;i!inJ,• to give \hrxu to T> liin?- ham r.>r • .tl^n-r. for tlie ••r'^.';ti,:je il.ni IiiK or? n:/jifion '^1 nrt)(]iirt a<'hievo f'T.rn t'i'> "oniedio l)Mh;^ |i;in of the r«^»rul; T i: M rl^ow 1 wo 'IS in;; rorii'«l'i-« .'•.Till »)vovifliii«T )k» m jiro>''"!y ;::'M'l'o'l w\]] do,'elo)i 'no one uf t^.'- Tor] f-n']' ill r.'Tetvi coirwl/. At IT-": * )ii<< pKike n-> |t(»sf 'w^ ■ ^ ^^ I pin r.-id I^ill! lf»nd i>T 1 ■' ' 'i t?;" 1 < miK^f 1 ' ' • < ' if >»;i< 'J';iv;i"n |tei fci-'Mii'j. .11 ' 1*1(1. M::i;n. an 1 j><-nvr :: :»ii.o- j ' ■>" ::; ,•.■ r ••• . r> i 'vei'o iios;ti'.'<- ! ^elher to meet the boxotfiee price rut, and tit the price it cuu be touted ui a corking eutertainment. Fred. POPPY GOD »« :o ),' !^ • > .OV !1" a? V\ 1 ■>■ ;!:• )'f temp; ^lov. '>; r'•• ■ <!en»l \\;i;i ritli»' • rivT in.v'lt \ i?) Tn-o <»i>; i'lv flip . !,.!.,;,,or f,r,., J o .< -y ■ on ;» Tu O t III OO «.' »'f>t ; fi'i "C ." st.in'l ..r I.n's hf'd llio fc:;!'"-!-! f;!!)"v hwm- M.ir.li; .- ;!nd Mo-..n. "•) I'r tii.'> -••!' d ).; ;.J !{ rlinri' • I' i> ; ii rl-.,'') wl-'l ■, T)i"'' foriin^tl :\ pr^'li'dr to ili(> .■j,,))e raiuc ti IIk" 1'»,\\ci;* nc|)!i;iiit i. fill 1,1 iiiiii ^ ) .'1 lni:.ii II 1 i 111, jilMni -ii'mmi*. 1N)\v- CfM \M);lvr(j Ii.. ;.i):.:i.il.. <iii:ri<l>. iir.I seoiniiiRJ.t witlio'ii ai\, <• .I'iit;. 'riis f;:et v.M-; f.'i i.;:'.ii |l^ |! .« ;'i:ilMMi •', wlio llpl''. iiJf'l liv;:rt ■!> iill <•; i!..- I; irl:-. 'I'll.' I>;ll-;u 1 • iio,) Ii! I.'* ill" prui. i..;il i l!ir l).l-.-I):i;: j/.;l;,o I ';r,i:;:r','. 'jlii- r .is;* ,' with \vl,i:i: i:;.' r>.J!i)mels rrtii tlirn;i':]i! their roiil ;;f s< r.f tl;< :ii ;i\v..y \vi»!ii t)»ur«!(;«r; ; ; |i;»|.i;;-e. • ' The bun lerrif r kiuI ilie erow ii. ' t)ie Tl'rec To*); fuii) u"i«< tlie fwn ' Dure (ire tils. Tie Irys g„| ]]i[]r- with the i-lub.s until thry worl,<>d ilie i]Of ;>v' \^'">i T'"" 'oTir-r w ni ovv big early in the aor, and the bit<i wa.<« ooikiug elo.sing uiulerial. The uou.se fairly went wild over the catehing done by the feathered one us pni t ol the juggling, und the tiui^l throw^ from the audience capped the climax. Ferry Corwey, the musical clowu. had a f;rcat oiiening hit with n prop railroad equii>ped with rnougii hoak to get lapghs. Ilis bell rinsing pai<se<1 lightly cpplauded, and it was not until he went to the musical fenci- (it runs from one aide to the otlior of the Hip stage) that he received u full applause return for bis en- deavors. ^The ft|»puing with the film ran foi^ .*i7 minutes, the overture for the bal- let starting nt t):14 and the fir-^t sec- tion closing at 0:r»0. • Tlie Thunder P.ird" is the title be- stowed on the brdlet. Vera F'okini and Michaef Fokine are the principal dancers, and there are about two> score dancers sapporting them. Of these there are about 20 toe workerii and tlie hnlance in the ensemble. Verj Fokina is credited with the rtory of the dance, founded on at. fncient Aztec legend. She and Fokire dunce the two principal roles. Tne ♦""tting is cAlorful and the C0Ktuninj.<. slitterinr Fokine ntaged tlie dancing nd handled his theme cleverly. He and his co-star, however, walked awiy with !»11 the bonorn. He is a virile d.incer nofl cnrnpelleil attention as th« Aatec huntaman. wblle Fokina K th<» Princess who, by a spell, has been frnnsfonned into a thunder bird was dHirhtfnl The eTi.*<pmble worked hard, but at th«» conclusion the cur- tain rose over the scene without the isnnl demonstration that is expected fTm th" audience «t th<» eonoliiRion "f the Hip first raft on on openint nlshf. After en intermission of 1.5 min- otes the second part wan opened by the Five Kaetbs. a quinter.t of ac- cordianists. In a frame set iii the center of the st^ge. representing a scene in Holland, t!»ey offered their opening selection, which ran for six minute.«:. It was far too long and the audience began to get re^tlesH. Com '•n«» down to the foots they encored with a mcdrev of po])ular airs for inothe:- six minutes. wlii«»i got them •iway nicely. With more spf^«>d they will develop into a standard va^xJe- \iMr' ntiractiou. Itert Levy, wlm seems a future at this house, offered his usual whistlin* ind sketching with Harding, Roose- velt and Wilson going over as sure fire. Trgfther the two acts con- snned 'Jf> minuter. Just thirty minutes was devoted to tJie ice ba let, which closed the per- formance. The skating is in two scenes, snd entitled "The Itcd .Shoes." billed as direct from the Admirars palace, Kcrlin. An exterior showing a IluKsiau •hiir'^h is the opening scene. There Tre th'^ usual villagers, too. Char- 'o:(o n.-UMrelly is the star of the ag- reg)tion. but on the opening night lid no: do herself ju«.rif*e. Perhaps Hie fnri liiat Mrt«» had an accident a few days before the opening wa.s tho rerson for her being handicapj»ed. Pnut Kr/»ekow. a new importntioi. from .-^briind wh«) was touted as a •n.arvol. vorkia* opposito Thnrlotte. •j'^o failed to show anyiliin? •<tarmn». Tito resiiH wos n.r.t Ilowinl N:..']ioF- 'O') nf HealyVs Oardfn Ol.'d-':. rot so lon?r ago walked away with the ')ei ro! iirii? hoT)«Mv; of fi)(» fiivlif. Ho Ti-ejired in ho^li Ihe Or<.| jn>d R»r. ■>u(] s « iifs fitr s'du neifonnanf-eis. ani (*.'<•'» limo h^: wnrh hrovr,]\f r-'irer'S :V^ ^' ("11 :n nppIaM-e On |ir.t1i o<^ra>.io'i.- Kveikoxv. who f()]lo\\r«l Idm. proveii ''^ bo Mnn'i!." t"> ofr«r : pv eonpetili.Mi -nd toriMv*"! but. pr-rfun* (ory a«-- Knowledi-Pievf. T'^. th.^ or* .ri>T -■'r-ryr Kntir ^'fb'r.'dt, opr cf the holdovers fro^n th." f.vev'o-.v; ii"- h;;'l(, ^ r)rpvrv!^r,^ r*;.- !lrsf 'o'o re;-foMi>.Mi^c. l-rM attention "^rd ATM ,'.n'^V'vs'^. '^h'". wn'i It^*- • ' ^•■I' n>j r-ir.'-Mor p!i»i| the fl'i-l > ( •;>-i|/,tf,. ]:p,] j,^^ en(rf.n''e work^l ■]\ h-i' f-'V-T 'o fl-'itv**". Sli-» ' e'in ^ ] l.\-vv a'v» «-M*tp.'] in her worlc. Kn- iir."!y nii'-sinoj v.-^^- tV.nt > 'ri'rioTisne'^s tin* r.i?fl'* ]'.r'' ^/> fro :'.r>T>iln>ji; f| f;. vo:iti> f> fpw y^arv n"n. Mrs. Dennett.. .Stanley D*nr.«-t .".•-,.; U.ii»J<v. lllftinii KiTcy... I<i>lchton •Tabby" Steward. • • • • • * • • • • •••••••• TIop L.*« Olng Lwuif.... Wo LlnjT Wo.. .StAiiley Ucnntt Sule Mint .1»»« Sadl* • Xlck" L«wla.. Doc" l^.iily Urant.. . . l^lai'ffvry Dean. F.r»t Toagb.. .. rp»loca« Marion Qicy i Ralbh Mnriran J. AJ ^ iC"i<>l J <Jiy .. Wallace Fftrd K Injr Caitlfr Glenn Hopk na (Jeorgv* Pembroke rtobert Peal The Play Harold Stton Harry Urniayer Georre MacQuarrle '.^Mlph Morgan Kdna lilbbard N rk Star!i Unrin Alar<iavtte ..Frank Allworth Cunway NVInicfl«t«I ...R«b«»rt HrlBter Ituhy Gordon . . .Donald Htrobig cups. He made a deft little char- ai.i«-t- puiira'i out of what uiight have been rrudc "comed.v relief.** Mr Alej stayer (who played "Crab" In 'The Sun-Daucbter") did nlpely yith a similar cbaractar, although he doeM seem a kindlr aort of person to plot devilments of Oriental subtlety. S'o- body else mattered, including the hero. though tne cast of more tnan a score would represent a lot of money, if the play lasted long. Rush. THE WHEEL .11. lail»:It. 'ill !i<'n;;Ii ])ro\r(I |;::'lilv Th" .St'con I M'l-nc is i;>.- iut^Mior of = 1 " i'o p;llr:f(> o** t';o IJn .]:\n pviiv V I ,> ;.• u-.'y'.w: (•.••)• t IO <'|;i, lo'je. tl:*^ 'i"»I^ : r.i ^ I't. Tl.o «"tlMi5: jv ))in«!.^ (■■"I'l',.'i\ ,> flifi ii»!i |»iI!.TH of li^lit. uli.cli n!.ii«' ) of «>Tpf:i'<iv" iiv.> rol'^r- '' '. 'ri"> rliro" '-tar'-. .<11 worked voln* Ii'r.'. ;i;id ;i'r:i?) jf \x .i, N^-lioJson \viio "<f t|io lioiioj'-^. Af fiio C-nish Jlio i- » '.••'] t>;nvod fo he j» l.eniififiil fl.isli. ■I" ill,' |}i<> sl;ov. In ,\ sl:(,\vfi of .]])■ J In' lJi.-.si.;ii li;ii'i I vin] llie ice ^ 'lii -i finmd Hie (),-4|,rst la under tlie ;';<'.liiii rf Dr. Asi.-iii (!oet/''|, wlio '•:(v«:;> |iaiidl(Ml iln> nui-icians. llin.^ 11 ? the regular vaiidoviile r.ets A. .1. '; :r r': d'rei-i' d. £<!i<n to Aside from the rircumsfanoes that a t^hincMe play nt this day is a good deal of an anti-climax and n theme that gots its kiek from the 11)14 war spirit in iu the n iture of a poftt-script, 'The Poppy Clod," o.TCi-eu at the Hudson, is u frank melodrama with a few moments of effective theatrical contrivance and a great many interminable pcssages of fruitless and unprofitable talk. The Sclwyns present this work in a prologue and three acts, writ- ten by Thomas flrunt Springer, who has attained Kome eminence in the .•'hort story field, ass sted by I^on Gordon aod LcUoy demons, both actors. The play is stagey to the last degree. Its lines are stilted and bombastic and its mechanics positirely naive. The piece is made to order for a Fox or Tniversal moving picture. As a Broadway production it would draw its clien- tele from file comparatively re- stricted theatre-goers of, soy, the h'gh school Junior set, and pretty unsophisticated juniors at that for this fast stepping generation.. The play starts with the presen- tation of a moral coward, persuaded by his mother to be a slacker, and ends up with his violent death in delirium brought about by opium smoking. It's depressing: jt'nowhere strikes anything resembling a hu- man note: it does not at any time engage any one's sympathies. It just makes a futile, harrowing eve- ning iu the theatre—a play that starts nowhere and momentarily gets further astray. It is ju«-t n play without beauty, form or puri^os^e, another transient incident of the younger season. The prologue shows Stanley Ben- nett's stateroom on the steamer Ventura out of Hong Kong for San Francisco in November, 1J)14. Ben- nett is an artist and is running away a la Grover Bergdoll from danger of British conscription abetted by his mother. Mother and son have a locg talk about the situation and then a lot of Engli>hmen come to the stateroom for good night and a toast to "the King," which Bennett doesn't drink, but appears strangely to arou.-^e nobody's umbrage thereby. Mother plants Bennett Jn the house of a Chinaman in San Francisco while she goes to Kngland to rai.se money to support him and Bennett (al- thongh he is a moral coword and lacking in any spark of enterprise) manager to fteal the Chinese mer- chant's wife, ,Suie Ming, and elo'c with her. We are next transported to a low San Frnnci.sco water-front dive. Local color is smeared all over the second act in the form of «rooks, dereli.t gentlemen and Bennert. now a confrrmed opium j^moker and a be- in;: too abject apd pit'able to inspire any sympath.v. Suio Ming, it is hinte^l. supports the household by n.eans left to the imagination and her former l«ns'»«ml io hot on the trail of (he elojiors witli subtle and relentless v« iixennee. hi.>: ton;,' friend Cin l.ong (p':;;ed bv Harry Mestay- er> beiTv.r ]^i:^ a cent who forces "yrn slii' upon IJniuielt. to get hiin deeper ill I he ni'r" of "hop."' There is a musiral comedy rew^- p.-^ner reporter in this pnrt of the s«rn:irio. Ho does the waterf-.i.t for the I>;iii:;n*»r and is a sartorial laarvel. Tlii-; rnonstrosity who Irv notliing wh.il'vr-r to «lo* w'-th x]\n '^■ory. jiair; off with ,1 vrfyr «i" r}iin'» "ill iiiissiuti v.f>rl<«'r wli > i< »'vcii liiore rnaolrly rnu.MTiied witii tli«' !mm1 ilw.y \i'i?;.i'».;f<l\ inaT'.. Nir I'li't if lae.ir'; .irv\ t!i>tif; rp" v.:r- or th.> orhf. i:x«««:,i that, r.ft«'r r.-ii- rierf has .-r.iirrled with ]iis •^;>;.)o nil I IiIm cowaii'Co for Ihrrv >rar.x. ho pots orio o.i;,n,.p ,^f j,^.. ci^,,,)^,.! int') HU lip^'lish W<»lii!Wrvi pr;i., ryrs,'' is tlM« way li«' puts it» aiu) \'r,i"< ■ov.ai^htwiiy III il|. tipavest Hriiivli •til t Tci,' fhcr ' \\.. rrcniitinp: offi'/^, wlrrli ;iv ]r>-\ ."fid til' playwrif^hr \v.)ii!d hav.' if. iv< ju^i nroiiiid the ro u't. Bill ()io himI-.m' offi.rr wn? "f hu\r hiia. His liini: Is ufr«"to(I liisfrnd of hreathini; a sijrh «>f vri;, f at hav- iii",' made I ho elToit and tail".| f,,; fl" fault nf I.is own. (lie i.r.^i...- sfaiices sfi'i] hiio info aM ('i.;';ti! re- Ir.j't' and h* (Xf>ires aflrr atfi'i'4 all over th(^ -:u.u:' in a highly divapvcr- ai le Hiari! V Nchody lO'ild ,l)!f.;:(h rtufhiii: yr- ^enihling life iii|> v.--h a t.i;.'. Kalnh Mor;:.?!! I I Heui.ett was a I fic'al. How cotiiil any ador h»' ot ^n':'\\ im* ? The hon )r^ nf (he evcniii'.; w»'> « to II. <'oii\rav \\'i;"rfi('Id i><i a klri-l'v old do'lov Mh.) sf'll vrlriru'd siii,;'!inK of In- |'r(>f«- -iolial poi.vM; r\<'ii ill hl« Throdor*? Morton.... Tb«udor« Morton, Jr. Ifidward Dak^r Harry Parko Sum Marks StelU WJtlHie n Katn O'Hara N'orah Roonry. • • • • • '•••»« Bric'orot Rooney Jack L^Roy Mr. D Mr. 8... Mr. «J... Dave Charlie.. Pr*d Jake.... Mtfnty... Geurc*.. Tony.... ..Frank Burbcck Charles Lalte .Thoman W. Knsa .Stuart Pox .Harold Waldrlye .Marirut Wllliania Ida St. Leun . LeMa Bennett ..Josephine \V II llama ..J. Francia O'Reilly Rlcbard Matchein .ll«rb«rt Saundora John Clpn)(;rtts ' Km Ilk Keoff li Rodney Thonip.ion David flabel .0«orga Spelvia ..Albert Roccardi .Jul ua Johnaun ...Frank Miller • « « « • I • • • • • '•••••••a«»«. John (lolden brought "The ^ITieel * by Wincbcll Smith to the Gairty Aug. 20 to replace *'Lif htnin'." Super- ficiaJly It is exasperating because of it«» obfious carpentry and coaimer- cially its anccess H doobtful because of the leBfth Mr. Smith goea to achieve efrect.«< calcuhited to draw tears or laughter. Laughter it gets, bat spottily. The te«rs are another matter for. after aU, the addiction of a wealthy yoiinf aian to gambling is no great matter to tba mass of peo- pIc and his cure in Ihia play carries hardly any conviction. Dramatically it was pointleita and emotiona^V/ op- pearcd no real remedy at all. Briefly the story ahows Theodore Alorton, Jr., marrying the pretty lit- tle proprietor of a hat shop, much aiainat his family's wishes. After the marrtate their happiness is some- what marred by the occasional spurts at the roulette table by which the young man reduces his fortune. Apparently he is imabte to cure him- self, so his young wife persuades a professional gambFer she knows to set up a place for her. To this place Morton comca and loses all he has left to his yoong wife. Tou are asked to believe that this cured bim and they live happily ever after. The acting was more interesting than the play. It brought Thomas \y. Ross back as the gambler, with his assured method and reserve force, and the blonde Ida St. Leon as Kate O'Hara. Either yon like the nnusnal and unvarying fiber of Miss St. T^eon's voice or you do not. Certainly in other respects she is qualified. Standing out in the show was the gambling room scene, and .1. Francis OReilly's savve. nnttions work a^ the manager. This was the high light of the performance, though the colored waiters were deft in their portrayals. As an ineidentftl moral the play ernlains bow little chance an out- sider has to beat the wheel. Leed. DADDY'S OONE-A-HUNTINO ifi'i/tf f.'*'**?; '"'••"»' Conroy BUHh, hta wife Marjorle Rambeau Janet, thair child FrancG!i Victory Wultar Oraeaouffh Lee Baker Theodora «?t«^wnrt, h.l- coUflT), -, , , . Hugh Dlllman .Mra. Dahlsran Halen Robbini Mm. Price Winifred AVellinKton Oacr.r , Manart KIppon *j*'f* 0!i;a Olonova *-'*ara Jean Wardli>y Knight John Robb "God knows," exclaimed Marjorie Rambcau to her stage child for the first aet curtain-line, as she crooned, "Sleep Raby Hunting, Daddy's <;one a-Huuting" and the child atked "Where?^' This was after her stage ftftJier. Frank Conroy, left the room of thoir ilarlem flat in n flare be- cause bis wife objected to his bo- heniian ways. ^ "iJod Knows," exclaimed Frank Conroy for the second aet curtain- line when his wife left their Wa.vli- in^ton .Squar<^ domicile after she had »>rovod to herself one year later her hushand had become so iudiffe •- ent he did not care whether or not «<he wa.s i^r^true to him und re"»'iv«'d gifts from auother, one "Walter CJreeiiougli,'* Conroy saying simply, • V.'liaf«< •iauce for the goose is sauce for tlie gander." "tJod Knows," excla'med Miss Ramheau for the third aet curtain line of the finished artist than the trained player, with absolute undei-Htanding of her part. Ed th is confronted in the first act with her changed artist-husbund Julian, who has been a year abroad through the kindly interest of a beo- efacireSN and who return!* n vhangej * •' ■'. >.^' t •rrr^ Tx.ioTv bo- hemians back with him and ih ir ab- andoned sang-froid only u.ore for- clbly denotes the artists tempennVi.- Ul change To Julian, lore mein, ^lothinf. Nor is he wedded to hil work either. He i^ only a aocd natured shftless product of X Paris Qiiartier that had tiius mould of tlme^ ^''**^^*'' '" ""^** '*****'"^ ''P*'^ From the Harlem flat scene, the ^^"VL* ,•'• ^»««>^«wd one year later in their Waahmgton Square garret <artiNtJculIy devoid of any too much interior decorations or Id other words a simple Robert Kdmond Jones setting) where Greenough. the wealUiy friend of the famil,-. 'pro! fesscs his love to Edith. She re- fuses stating that her faith in her changed husband can never be shak- en; that in his own way he is try* ing to make her* understand some- thing which she is mentally incapable of comprehending. To test Green- ough's jibe that Julian has lost all interest in her. she disphtvs the brackets he (Greenough) had pre- sented her with, and when Julian pro- fesses rank disinterest sh? rushes shriekuig frmn the room. In truth this has driven all of her l6ve for Julian from her heart and she finds happiness with Greenough for five years when the action is re- sumed in a Centra] Park West apart- ment. The Jahberina friend of the family says ''eTerybody knows he haa kept her here, etc./' although in truth he means to marry her aa soon as she is free fropn Julian. The evidence has long been at hand and she could secure her freedom when- ever so desired. Edith is agreeable, that is after littl<> Janet gets over her serious illness. But Janet dies and Hdith in her loneliness sends for Julian, wants him to comfort her and feels he needs her comfort, etc.—and the "unhappy" emling really proves to be the only realist'eallv human eondu- sion from what otherwise might have developed into a mere sentimental curtain. The staging the casting and the* mounting were worthy of the best of Mr. riopkins* preceding endeav- ors and that speaks for itself. Con- roy ran the star second honors with T^e Baker distingu'shing himself also. Little Miss Victory was a pleasant surprise. She w«8 quite natural, a relief from the usual stage children. The balance of the support was on a high level. It's a specs "buy" attraction, no doubt about that, which ought to get special following from the wo- men matinee audiences. Abel. THE MERRY WIDOW Raoul de St. Urioche Ralph Soule ^'•''^»» « Dorothy Fruncla (Chica;;o Grand Opera <:onipany> Camilla da Jolidon Frank Webster (O'Oyley Carte Op-ra Company. London) '^'»»<'J» Charlea Anvelo Nova Kovlch William H. White Olca. hti wife Marie Wella ^*"^ •-.. Jaffaraon tfa Anr^Ha PopofT ^ Raymond Cranu Prince Danllo Rsfhiald Paach (Rembrandt Themtr«. Anif^tertlanO Sonta, a young widow..Lydla LIpkowsha (It tperlal Opara. Prtroarrad) Marqulfl Ca^cada Georrea Dufrnnno (Oalto Lyrique. rarl.**) Melltza. wife of KhadjM. Marsrar'^t S-^hlilinjr ..Blanche Srymour We»»»yn Hull J.ilin Tor'K'^ Pra^lfovlp Little Wlll>.... Head Walter OrcheBtra Leader 7.oZn r;.pi I jO -1 .o ........... Do - Do , Jnu-Jnu Frou-Frou rto-rio Mars-ot Bert V. Ellas ..Tvett" Dm Pols . . .PeKtry A'^thur .Qwyn .•'tr.Tlfor'l Kvelyn Dorn .Dorothy llilhfit . . .;MarBory Wfill .Francs Ror'^ana . . .EfftJier Morr's It's time to diiPt off thn time worn adjeeiives "perennially populai" and "effervescentjy evergreen" and tack them on to the Franz I.eliar Vienesp's masterpiece "The Merry Widoiv"' if the demonstiation that was ae.orded the strains of the score and tlie east of the present prodJiciion at iTl' Kiiiekrrbocker. Sept. ."», '\^ t" be arcfpted as a criterion. It was 14 years ago that Ilniry W. Savage first pre>enlcd the oper- etta ot the New Amsterdam theatre - - ; •■-V .......... where it ran for In^re than a year. to tho Uind friend's qurry ofiAt that time the eountrv wenL waltz what will become of her (five yenrw | mad over tlie s:t:aiiis that I.ehar coin- later) when she has sont (IreenonKh i posed. Donald Hrian w.is the <»ri^ away, although he hii<l "kept" her all this while, and wanted her first htishnnd bark but who in turn re fus«'d to »'<tnd(ine and be <'ond'»ned. And this in substance is the only fj.iilt of Zoe Akinn newest vehirlr in whieh Mi«s lUmbeau is ^tar^ed. X'j inal Dan Io and th<' yonuK widow >^onin was phiyi'd by Ethel .Ia<*k.»<»>it. * liast Monday ni^ht I)..iiaid I'rian sat in the audimce at the Knirko- bofker theatre ;in<l saw Reginald Tasrlj from the Rembrandt tJie;itrc. Amsterdam, HoII.".nd, receive an «'va andijiue if, left in the dark, i)arti» - i tion at the conelusioi'i of his bi^' s.«'n* iilarly on ronclusion, as to what will happMi to the heroine. in the secomi net that ha.< lieon eqnaN'd in the lipht opera thejiin Daiiilo 1 nldte Miss Akins' "Derhisse." I in this country in Ii.' years. iNtii." ""J* J*^ ':t''»''tly an Amrriean pi'^ce j was responsihle for the elevation of j»nd had it Rustained and maintained | Ilrian Io stardom, it should (Io mor< the tempo of that first art rnrtaio, ! t l.an that for Tasih. for there U i'<> It wowld probably have br-en w ritt.-n ' ,.ne in this country that could h;r • down an assured succes-. And Kueh plnve<l and sunt; the lole of I>i effort rculd not be bli's^ed with n Trince in th manner in whirh he <li.' f.iier pinrvonalify than Ms^ K.Ti.ibrnii. True I'as.-h sMffer^' from an n.'.'".t M)e w;is rtrikinfly hr.Ti,! fid. mor" (Coiilinurd on Tagr IIO