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J d tt i t ft ti i t S- S 4 m ra I Sil il v f J- J t f f. f r bL J J i tf i t- t JA j tv r i. i if L' L t. t A 4 1 r- r L t MARJORIE RAMBEAU Of or the players Colonial theatre A urn x NEWS AND GOSSIP OF NEW YORK THEA THEATRES TRES BY LOUIS SHERWIN SHER i Special Weekly Theatrical Letter Written for the Evening NEW YORK Anybody who has dis- dis the thc theatre with sith a complete and I l bore has at some time timo or another icard the he wea weary that John Diew docs does not act he always plays himself him him- id self Now the tho trouble Is that that- Mi Mr Drew or 01 some somo weird reason is almost Invariably ast for the tho part of or a n. poor helpless ass Inasmuch as na he lie Is hs really an exceedingly nt man n with Ith a grownup sense of or tumor humor a cephalic index at least normal ind nd an obese bank account It does seem scorn rather hard to have havo people say that ho is always himself when he is II Impersonating In in fact all nil the barnacles that encrust suffrage and its sister causes CRuses arc mend mend- lampooned It will really help the suffragists in a aa a a. way wa by bv showing Jho them how the they arc are made ludicrous But Rut I 1 doubt if that thai was waR Mr Ir Sutro's s intention Were he a man of or lar larger r mind he ho could have hac ridiculed ridicule also the 1 cant phrases of or the theother theother theother other side the Woman Yoman's s place Is the kitchen patios and all the other hackneyed hackneyed hackneyed hack hack- arguments He lie could have ha poked ed fun at both sects Impartially impartial However the result he has achieved Is amusing enough There are re several s i 4 t I e t E 1 4 t k e y rt 4 4 4 4 g Wk i c b t 1 4 ii I i- i MARY BOLAND Leading woman with ith John Drew in The Perplexed Husband which opened Monday night at the Empire theatre New York City I an a ass s. s The tact Is as UH a i moments thought thuu ht would show an anybody bod It Il takes the finest fines t of conic to 10 pia play pity such Juch foolish fuel fool ish iol roles s 10 and 1 make o them nu amusing ln Mr l Dr w this year car lia ha has his usual Kind of 01 part pirt but a than usually goo l pta pIa rho fhe lIu b b by Alfret Atred At- At red fret Sutro ha has two acts that are really brilliant In hi a superficial wa vay huLl and a finale le leor of or pi etty sentiment an and nia nhe humor In InthIs Inthis this Mi Mr h Drew Diew opened the theatre season last Monday The piece Is b- b j wa way l of or being a satire falln on the tho tue cant nit and of rr f tho feminists feminist Ti Their i Jar Jar- Jon gon about th the tho emancipation of or woman Ih the tho rIght to 1 lie livo r h her r own life th the hun hu- hu I n oriN s fri ni I ire I tin lii cbs la In II uS recognizable hlo characters ch In tho the play the tho comfortable Philistine of or a II husband Mr Ir Drew his lila pretty wife into whoso whose empty head undigested ted theories rush glibly his hili morn emphatically Philistine sister who thinks all nil this n agitation hosh e sh she has hns e everything she wants lInts the lie lel relentless a and I H K woman of th caLico and tho the fat at philosopher whom they h hoy call Lall mu h against his will ns as his IH Is tempered b bv by a Ii sense o c humor There are arc fIerce arguments ments ment Tho The elegant Philistine sister emerges te with iti flying colors c It Is she JIll lio who ho urges the e 3 husband to 10 fight fire firt with fire 1 to bf bo converted con con- Bring your pI It t Into the tho house so O that she KIC mHo nay may he 10 shown the light ht also ahlo Tin n your our wife will come comeback comeback back to you jou ou The Tho a attempts to lo 0 Convert the Mar Mary Boland DOl are aro most diverting II She he his baa a n Greek soul she Sh will viii have hayo nono none of or suffrage C because it Is III not beautiful The wife If of course Is s madl madly Jealous lint But die the lie will viii not give hc In The outcome Is that thai the stenographer ruin rL off with the philosopher Who linn has grown t terribly wea weary ry of or the excesses c. of ot the Mho cause Bei Bereft fl of ot tho the Master John Drews Drew's pretty prell wife falls Into her huba husbands husband's arms In a flawless performance nee the acting of Alice Allen John as lie tho arrogant arrOIO de ant narrow minded ulster siSter created quito a small sensation Her poise em- em and overwhelming oVE constituted con con- a n remarkable ble combination of or personality personality per per- and anI nd hl histrionic Ionic Ik skill III Tim Tho humor of the piece relaxes In tie tho third act oct through excess of But thelast la l a ar ae Ia I lh- lh h hJ l.-Janc l. ne The I s' s V t. J Perplexed Husband Is 16 the ho best but play I Mr 1 Drew has lias had for years years- As for the now hippodrome show Under Man Many Flags it is 15 Impo impossible to torio rio it Il Justice hero here It has hall como come to be a a. reco recognized recognised fact that the hippodrome is isone I Ione isone one of oC the tho institutions which every visitor I Ito to New Now York od visits as a matter of or course Formerly they did so 80 moro more out of curiosity than anything else Th The Tho sheer also and variety of or the entertainments tho the unique mixture of circus and vaudeville th theatre atro made mado It one of the show places pIRce Gradually Gradually ally however It tt hail haa achieved a new neVi standard stan stan- dard There are aro several moments moment of nr such fluch surpassing beauty that even the most sophisticated cJ ej eye Is delighted Once or ort t twice Ie th the tho effect ct I is so utterly d dazzling that tha t tIt It reacts literally rall upon the emotions and expressions of or admiration b become me historical cal of amazement The charm and atmosphere of or tho the scene on the tho banks hanUs of or a a. Dutch canal with a windmill revolving while l hundreds of tulips tulip are waved wavel In the tho hands of th tho th graceful h ballet the blood stirring display of cla claymores mores tartans and sporrans sporran to tho the weird but thrilling screech of or the bagpipes In Sn a Scottish mountain glen Ien the blinding white of the tho palace palal wallIn wall wallIn wallin In the lie Persian j su c nc suggesting a the painting painting the r realism of or the flames names that thal eat cat up lip th the ruins of the cyclone swept Arizona town a r realism hitherto pass passed cd on any stage stag the amazing effects of light and color Ir If all these things do donot donot donot not constitute art I do not know mow what does Arthur oe who conceived the Idea and st staged gd the tho whole thing i Is dc- dc reco recognized as a master of scenic scale The Tho show Investiture on a grand giand of or course Is practically a a. continuation of or last list years rs cars car's Germany n r Russia China are among the countries seated this year al I defy dery an anybody body show to a set sel of or Individuals more snore like a lock Jock of oC sheep than the producing managers of or New York Two oriental pla pIa plays s of or last season The Ga Gaiden Gai- Gai den of Allah and proved cx- cx rily successful Subsequent thy a n melodrama with Japanese characters character jailed called 1 The Typhoon had a a. brief vogue Winthrop Amos Ames at the lie t theatre ox- ox a n Chinese curiosity The consequence const conso- luence quence Is that this season sea on no less than seven sc Chinese pIa plays will be presented d. d The r on the hl big stage of or the Century Cen Con tury will give The Daughter of or Heaven en by Pierre ro Loll TAti and Theophilo Gr daughter laughter Han Harris Bards Is and Selwyn a new firm Orm composed of or Edgar t Jar Selwyn the lie author and William Hairls Jr will t tr try their lr luck with The Tho Yellow Jacket b by Cd- Cd gar Kar ar Selwyn Max spectacular spectacular spectacular ular will bo be hero under Shubert Shu Shu- hert bert auspices 3 Kempor have up their sleeves f A. A R 11 Woods Coba Cohan and II If lL H There was as an Rn amu amusing ln scene after Jn I Drews Drew's premiere in The Tb fui bind band Naturally the entire clan were pre present ent and BaIt went wen wen- the stage after th the performance for 1 1 cu felicitations Mrs De Drew I him with a conjugal kiss T Ethi Eth Barrymore had a smile for 1 particularly for tor Uncle John dancing a attendance But Louise Col Dr the th of or apple Mr Drews Drew's paternal MK en ro once In her lire had not nol a SI word for h hi hill Sh She rushed past him exclaiming wS is Mr r. Druco Druce I must Bee ace Mr And th the lie most quizzical smile of or am atna uncut t came over our premier face race as RS his daughter sprinted up the state to con congratulate Hubert Druce who p nl pia the tile part of th the tubby shaped and I am bound to lo say flay plays It monh well Of or tho entire cast cut It Mr fr Druces Druce's tra performance that had 1 Its pressed el her most and even durt- durt dutto dUt a. earn to walt wait while wIllie she sho expressed her So much for the tho most mOlt t novelties no of or tho the week The oth bp UP dl ml can cd ltd more briefly Do Noer 1 li ir a melodrama hi bj on Rex flex Beachs Beach's s novelS novel b by Charles Chorles I W ic J It is exciting In a familiar r way H Ua ita i ia a good deal leal of topical Interest by b vl of Its scenes being laid In and find around Panama canal It Is unite quite a timely ey p pi Mr IJ Klein I ha lisa has made it much less com than the book One of or tho the h. h huo hr lad lady friends has hat been eliminated the tho lottery lotten ticket Incident and the r Intrigues t Tho The n fight In the New York diver shipboard scene the heros hero's disgrace in InO tt Continued on following p page e NEWS AND GOSSIP j Continued from preceding page pae s ot office ee tho the dinner table episode then Stephen Cortland repudiates his rife Ifs fa and aad the young gallants gallant's rescue r from fromM II M greaser tuel goal oal by his millionaire father quite a l brave series of thrills U is a frankly rankly theatrical artificial enter- enter for tor primitive and trivial moods id i as uch such fairly successful There la is clous loul little acting In It St I All AJi credit should bo be given shen In to Augustus tua maz for tor hI his sincerity lie believes tt t plays to appeal to Intelligent people not be so 80 utterly divorced from real ea as trio the claptrap art for arts art's sako sak demand And ho writes accord accord- gil Unfortunately while hUe Mr 11 Thomas Thomasw dl dl- ru writing Arizona and his other w melodramas th tho thA Intelligent bought hOUght of ot the da day outstripped M him and andt It t It has hu never ne caught up Consequently on while eddie his hi late later r pieces conta contain n IdeM they ere are 18 stile tle Idt Ideas S. S t Moreover Mr Thomas Is III Inc Incurably s len sen- n- n t His HI latest play The uThA Model Iodel II uffer from rom these unfortunate cIrcum- cIrcum Ills His young youns artist MUd Is a maudlin emlo donkey such as was n never ncr cr yet ct found Jund in Sn a successful mans man's studio Other Oth Oth- er n etC o of his characters are aro more real But not real reel enough to carry curry The Tho Model to Tho The model herself hor olt iz 18 one of those females that nowadays do noth- noth lot Inc but got get on tho the audience audiences nerves t With which remarks we leave The Model Br Am Amos Ames B late director of the New Keif theatre will not have the distinction tion of ot owning tho the smallest t theatre much longer Irger Plans Plan were flied filed yesterday for tor a ahouse house to seat no more than people Mr Ur Ames Ames' little th theatre atro holds hold 29 f r rot root the leASt lea n admirable characteristic ch r f f Bernard Shaw Is I tho the frankness s with which ho admits that ho he Is a mountebank nd 00 a tub thumper for purely business PUrPOSeS ca Not long lon ago alO Charles Frohman Froh- Froh ruin man received a letter hotter from him saying Dear I Frohman I feel teel like a little ad- ad tad today a How itow do you OU feel teel He lie hen Ihen fi n went o on to outline a perfectly pre pre- schema something that Shaw lm m might ht have put over but utterly for or an American manager In I hi N. hostile hostile- London atmosphere atmos |