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Show THB SALT' LAKE TRIBUNE, 'SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 20, Salt Lake and Idaho Boys Make Hit With Jazz Band UTAH-1DAH- 0 oa t Reekie." "Tha Faith Haaler, Ana Forest aad big east: Path haws, Oharis CfcapUa la hi ui flits dob Ur sugar special comedy, "Th Kid." GEM "Will They Be Accepted by oristyt" with Jawed Carta aa as star. CARING "Bofaes aad Romans, photoplay "Th Levs Taoglo," vender Ulo haadUnor. AMERICAN nes man allow hi emotional pitch to rule him tor director' day or day, mood chmigea continually almost with the tempo or character of the Individual scene be 1 doing. Gertrude atherton events and witty culllngs from the country a big dailies. VtT ITH the final rehearsal over and ev " erj thing well set for the opening performance of 'Fair and Warmer" at the Hippodrome theater tonight, Mr. saya that he Is satisfied that all the prophecies he has made as to the of this laughter possibilities Week a offering will be justified. To use his own words, "A bill that will make an actor laugh, at A rehearsal, has got to be some play, and I laughed this morn-to- g at Fair and Warmer Too many farce comedies start with a great laugh getaway and build in the second act. and In the last lose sight of the purpose for which the play has been designed Such is not the case with Fair and Warmer" Nothing can bo any funnier than the awakening of Billy the morning after he and Blannle have taken matters Into their own hands and decided to shape the future of their respective families. It la Impossible to conjure up a mors laughable situation than that of the third act of this great laugh vehicle, when Laura arrives in time to find the smiling maid prescribing for Billy's headache And It can be honestly said that what Is true of this last of the trio of etIUny Ttr thaTwb That pre- Clon-Ing- er a monologue that Is said to be a laugh producer from start to finish. Cecil Manner and Eddie Lowers will offer on act of song and syncopation they call A Song Flirtation." Brown Dogs ar a collection of clever canines that are prell trained A news rest and a eomedv will complete the new bill, which will run until Tuesday night, with matinees dally. record-breaki- cede It. Even so Oood-mgh- l er 1 lMde-a-W- He-vu- e. L SKIT BRAND-NE- W MOTTOS PIOTUXE. Tom Mix is "Th Road Detaao": EMPRF.SS featuring Milton Bills, . li-- es BROADWAY ORPHEUM BILL IN Ruth Eoiaad la "Ruth of th J-- ,,. r PARAMOUNT Fair and Warmer" is an Instantaneous hit with audiences, for the very natural reason that It la a homely idea that reaches home and because tho situation and the lines that the actors apeak ar natural and averyday. To begin with, th Idea la so Ingenious that It was a comparatively simple matter to create thro o O, 0 acta that fairly ooxe with laughter; and The death of Paul M. Potter, playwright, who euecumbed recently in New not only laughter, but th kind that makes York, recalls his dramatization of Du Mauncrs novel, first pre- you hang onto your aides, lean against Trilby, sented in March, 1895, at the Park theater in Boston, and in the same year your neighbor and literally weep with unby Beerbohra Tree at the Haymarked theater, London. It took the playwright controllable joy. be Matinees will given Tuesday, Thursthree week after the rights had been obtaufed to turn out the play, and four 2 week later saw its opening In Boston, The play was pronounced a success be- day and Saturday afternoons at 30. fore the first act was over. TUOT within the memory of the eldest The simple tale of the love of Trilby end Little BHlee and of Tabby, and of has there been seen on Tabby and the Laird, and the villainy of Svengali, was a play in itself, said the theatergoer erected on a founa stage spectacle, Mr. Potter in an interview after the first presentation of the play. I gave dation of melody and femininity, which Svengali the moat important part because the hypnotizing of Tfilby by him was so consistently flies In the face Of thealtogether the most dramatic part of the story. precedent and tradition as does Mr. Potter was born in Brighton, England, June 3, 1853. His father wag head atrical the Greenwich VUlagt Follies, the unique master of King Edwards school ft Bath, and the editor of the Bibliotheca revue emanating from New York a Illust lasslca. which comes During the early years of his career Mr. Potter was a journalist. He trious Bohemian community,soon. bocame the foreign editor of the New York Herald in 1876 and later became the to the Balt Lake theater la It The Follies," said, Ignores th London correspondent of hia paper. In 1883 he became the Heralds dramatic stamps and blueprints of convencritic and eerved in that capacity for three years, when he left the Herald and rubber tion which litter th working kit of th joined the editorial staff of the Chicago Tribune. Never docs It tread every-da- y Hi first play, Tbfi City Directory, was produced by the Russell come- - the rutted produoer. Us contempath along whloh Is It sulllsd with Never poraries struggle. the heavy hand of professionalism. In Us scheme th "Foil!" run th gamut of auricular and optical amusement,Satire, burlesque, jaas, travesty, The Con-Th- fantastic dance, artist lo grouping, sentimental lyrlo all hav their hour In th Foille For th rare artistry of the - the place, and for It aaqulslta beauty, John and Israel. ,uiu un,ui a, Lupin Arsens uui ,jv Is to be thanked. With Anderson Murray Between 1894 and 1899 Mr. Potter served as dramatist of Palmer's theater, he composed the Philip Bartholoma Chicago. A. Baldwin Sloan of hook To lyrics. o e o goes th credit of th muefcal score. Th Folitea" comes to Salt Lake with Gattison Jones, or Gatty Jonea, a he was popularly known about his own home town of Salt Lake, son of Mrs. Gattison Jones, J4 South Main street, Us New York companyof Intact. Among th featured all whom Wore pracplayer will return to the scene of hia first stage efforts the first week in April, when tically unknown until th ravu mad Us he will appear at the local Ornheum as the principal support of Elizabeth Brice. sensational metropolitan advent at th theater ar James Gatty was last seen here with Bheila Terry in the fall of 1919. He Greenwii h vlllak scored a tremendous hit then as a dancer, vying with Miss Terry herself for Watts, Ted Lewis, th "iass king," and A1 his Herman, "laughing trombone; stellar honors m Three a Crowd. Bince then he has forged stoadily to the Jason, Verna Oordon, th Hlckay top of the terpsichorean ladder of fame and today is rated as one of the very Sylvia Jane Carroll, Mabel le Jaunay, best mole dancers on the stage, lie will appear with Mu Brice in Lots Let- Brother. Irena Olsen, Warner Oault, Emilia Fitzters, a singing and dancing akit. gerald and Susanne Morgan. Gatty Jonea waa well and popularly known about Balt Lake as an athlete and for his participation in many amateur theatrical and sporting events. though predictions were mad He waa a member of several high school organizations and won the Vantages would equal If net and cup many other prizes through hia athletic prowesa. W hen at the Orpheum in 1919 he surpass, all attendance records with th bill, th reeulta hav actually astarried away several prize m awimmmg event at the Lagoon. Ills mother it pretent tonished all those who claim to be forestill a resident of this city. caster of things theatrical. Th vaudeville bill Is composed of headliners from Romantic fans everywhere Will be glad t6 hear that Buster Keaton i start to finish and each act seems to hold an from especial place in th hearts of th to his the hsa rapidly recovering injury leg and bought his ticket made reservation on a limited going east the latter part of March. He and crowds "Good Night. London," a big. jolly musicant miss that train, because his trip east is for the purpoae of standing up and sav- cal creation, with real comedians and a dosen pretty and beauUfully costumed ing Lwill with Natalie Talroadgo. By tbe way, for the information of tbe score of curious ones, Natali has flr.s, roUlcka along through twenty-fiv- e "Th already played in a picture with Buster, end it isnt unlikely that they will mtnutee of real entertainment. Pals Is a novelty act that. In th verappear together again some time. The aforementioned picture was t nacular of th th vaudovUlan, "elope a Keaton comedy, made four years ago Nurse, Maude Earl and company IntroNatalie Talmadge is the only single lister in the Talmadge family. Norma show." duce a song act which 1 a new departure T!madge, tho most famous of the trio, hsa been married for several year and and exceedingly clever. Waco, BItgh and Cuustanco Talmadge became the bride a few week ago of a wealthy Italian McCarthy, th sons of jass, ar a supreme delight to those who admire merchant in New York. raggy, jaazy music, both Instrumental and Among the interesting announcement made recently in Hollywood by Jesse vtxal Th Throe Bartos" ar programmed Famous Players Ls.ky a foremost athletes and llvs VS Pr,1knt of the the corporation, is on as America to the effect well known to every claim. Douglas Fairbanks Penrhyntanlws, artut, who ha been study- up aeama the to of hav hit upon a new comedy motion for the production ing pictures past year at the eastern and west them In coast Paramount etudioa, has signed a five year contract to direct Paramount "The Nut" that sets hia bewith holders laugh tar. At least picture, and that he ha been cboeen to direct Betty Compton, noted Salt Lake there ar merry hundreds who hav seen his tilm star, in her first Paramount starring picture. latest effort that claim that It la by all odde his best picture excellent vaudeville with an adorable another Beginning next Wednesday, tha program THERE'S and a Include besides Constance Talmadge to open at the Orpheum paritllng tivailty personality Mr Hamp le a fin will "Oood Reference l a bill of vaudeville In next Wednesday evening, a favorite head- emger aa an abl aaalatant to tho trlctly up to th Vantage standard. 8uch line aet and three fin featured attrac- Parlelenno. acta a "The Four Bellhop," "Doll fituart Barnes, th Frollca " Howard and Ross, th Baldtavorlt singing tion making the program distinctive in hia roemdlan, wlht Inimitable monologue win Blair company, Raymond euid Walls In which h enjoyable offering. pokes fun at Cupid and hie and th Mellnott duo are on the bill. Ho baa a lot of new ooinlo eongs Claud and Fannie Usher, two of vauaa-ti- ll doing too. Vokeo and Don, mattor and dog. nOOUES AND ROMANCE" le th a beet beloved character comedian havo aomethlng new In vaudeville nov. In which June Caprice and top the bill, and this means something tie. Their act radiate fun In a brand Georg picture B flails ar ooatarred at Loew a out of the ordinary In acting and char-aot- new setting In a car on th (tain. Casino theater tn th new bill which Flo and 01)1 Walters, two sunbeams opens today, It said that tne preaentatlona. attractlv and talanted mania on Th entire company, Including In addl-tlo- n favorite hav never been better fitted ar ot th girl Is a born comoateono, and to Mr. Aafts and Mia Caprloe, Marwith a skit than oi this occasion. "The gets laugh ooore th with her foolery by Courtot, Harry hemal, William e heir eons ar Immense, Uilte Jeweii guerite Home" shows Mr. taper a P Burt and Frank Rodman, sailed to Faulkner Co. offer "A Miniature to same, put th proper eoenle atmosphere hpatn the resolute In which all ih actor ar lltu Into this photodrama. La her mannikin. Th raal little Irishman as of yora Ml close wun On novelty th vaudeville section ef th now la Sara Ann Bane, a pretty kidiu wno a gam of baeehall tilth le said to b a bill there are many acta of merit Wiled lovra all thins beautiful. Thar ar scream and true lo the diamond In every With Marty Brooks' nautical musical In tht clever skit and a teal particular many laughs Th Ramadeils and "Th Love In th headTangle," or two as well William and Ailc ar on the fare, , line position Jenet of France and Charles W. Hump bill In a bewildering series of done novla known a th "Vocal-lai- n Charles Rellley a In fame and talent combine piquant elties Theirs la tn exceptional trp Jester," and, from peat performinueltal p.aylet entitled Son flhoppin Ichoraan ol faring ance teem to hav com by hi title I .tenet a ectntinatlng Martin little and Toplt of th Day hav ho heel! y. Klnograma beauij liom th land of lb Ueur-ae-something near to olfur la pictured news Eddie Karon Is a clever .... ;i CLAUD AND FANNIE USHER HEAD DRAMA AXD VAUDEVILLE. HIPPODROME Ralph Clontager and company Is tha hilarious comedy ' fair and Warmar." Matlnooa Tneaday, Thursday aad Saturday. ORPHEUM Last timse today. V a ode villa bill New with William Scabury's "Frlvoiica" y bill with Claude aad Fannla Lajier epekl Bight. rAKTAGES Vaudeville, all headliners. Is eluding Good Mght London, Masde Earl aad company, tbe Three Bartoe, Waco, Bllgh aad Feature McCarthy and Tbe Pals picture, Douglas Fairbanks la "Tha Not." BALT LAKS At aa early data th Oraaawich Tillage Follies." noted New Turk success. , from Chicago, Springfield and other leading cities of Illinois PUL.SS notices the middle west indicate that Donald Kirkham ef this city, who is at the head of his own jazs band of seven pieces, ha a been playing to excellent business wherever the. band has appeared, and return engagements baye been i ' frequent. Kirkham, who is only 22 years of age, has made a.unioue reeord. He was born at Lehi and is the son of Mrs. C. L. Watson, 824 Westminster avenue, this city. As a small boy he heard someone playing a cornet. The instrument appealed to him and he at once obtained one for himself and began to practice. That he was diligent the neighbors will still admit. Although he never took a lesson, he advanced rapidly, and was soon considered a prodigy. Then in turn he took up piano, clarinet, saxophone and xylophone, becoming unusually proficient on alL In the meantime the young musician removed to Balt Lake, attended the public schools for several years, and later waa graduated from Westminster college. Two days after war was declared with Germany he enlisted In this eity. was sent to Camp Kearny and later went to France with the 145th (Utah) field artillery, where ne aaw service. Unon being mustered out of the service Kirkham returned to Salt Lake and fifteen months ago organized his jazz band, under the name of the Seattle Jazz Wonders, and started east from that city. The band is composed entirely of Utah and Idaho boys, five being from Salt Lake and two from Sugar City, Idaho. In addition to Kirkham, the members, all belonging to one family, are: Duel, Edward, Bill and Leo Neibaur, brothers, sons of Mr. and Mrs, Moms Nevbaur of Salt Lake; Earl and Leslie Neibaur of Sugar City, Idaho, brothers, cousins of the Salt Lake members of the band. A recent issue of the Springfield, I1L, Republican said of the beys: About 180 couples attended the dance at the armory last evening. The Seattle Jaz Flayers were liked to well that a return engagement waa made for tomorrow night. The orchestra staged several very clever novelty acts. One of the best was the act put on by the piano player (Kirkham). The player would stand on on8 band, with his feet up in the air, anil, supported against the shoulder of one of the other players, he would play the piano with hit free hand. ' ' In a letter recently received by his mother, Kirkham announced that his band had beea engaged to play during the entire coming summer season at the CoJonia resort at iaw Paw, Mich. Kirkham also announced that he had just written and set to music a foxtrot, eallsd Soothing Moon, which has been given high praise by niusio critics. A photograph of the musicians appear! elsewhere on this page. Kirkham performs a special musical feat which puts him in a class by himself. He plays a selection on the cornet by the use of one hand, and accomhunself on the piano with the other band. panies . June Mathis, Salt Lake girl who achieved great distinction on the epeaking stage some years ago and nas since gained international fame as a scenario writer, is being highly praised for her work with Rex Ingram in preparing The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse for the screen. Florence Lawrence, in a recent issue of the Los Angeles Examiner, pays the following tribute: t In the adaptation of the prolix Ibanez novel, June Mathis has proved her screen ot technic. a few alterations of the story she has transWith but mastery formed the long tale into a cohesive dramatic portrayal of life during the world war. She has made the greatest battle of the world a potent illustration of all wars horrors, and baa drawn with the skill of the etcher the characteristics and qualities of every actor in the drama. . Ingram hs Jin bis direction af the pictur-Mr inents of the mass and of the individual with nil the skill of the artist. He has observed his theme with convincing sincerity. With him the drama of life and death is first throughout, the surrender to passion and the rehaissance of honor a take precedence of every passing appeal for pictorial splendor. With the combined direction and authorship of Mr. Ingram and Miss Mathis the Ibanez novel becomes in fact a tale of half a dozen men and women, with the world w ar as a background. ' THIS WEEKS BILLS JAZZ BAND BOYS Reading from left to right Leslie, Edward, Ruel, Earl, 'BUI and Leo Neibaur, and Donald Kirkham, leader. Tbe organization is known as the Beattie Jazz Wonders. All members are Balt Lakers except Esrl and Leslie Neibaur, who are fro pi Sugar City, Idaho. . ' 1921. lvo lad who ha by faith, or a demonstration presence of divine power In human affairs, le the basic theme of Georg Melford'e latest Paramount picture, "Th Faith Healer," which will be shown at th Paramount-EmpreS- a all this HEALING week. Th story oonoema a young shepherd divine call to go forth and heal the sick and suffering. Whan ha la at th height of hie work, love enters hts life, and with the birth of this passion he feels hi divine power waning Ha la on the point of renouncing his mission when It dawn upon him that love is a gift of God, and that ho can entertain a pure love for the girl and at the same time go on with hi work. With this conic a return of hi healing power and a renewed conseoraUon to hi work, aided by the ghVwho- - alm devotehe! aton. Th title role la portrayed by Milton Sells. who feols th -- RUMORS which have been current In motion picture Industry that Charlie Chaplin longed to forsake the held ot buffoonery and appear In a dramatic role on th screen have bean verified as having a substantial basis, for the picture has been completed. The Idea, however, that he would adopt the matinee Idol makeup and attempt to make th publlo forget the character which Is iden-tidby hi name all over the world la merely a mistaken idea engendered from the report that he was working In a ed jlra-mat- lo picture. The comedian haa accomplished the Im- -possible In hi latest picture. "TXe Kid, First Nationals six reel of Joy, whloh will be th attraction at the American theater for one week, beginning today Directors, previous employees and others associated with him in hie screen career had pronounced It Impossible that he appear In hia screen character In a story and suocoed In gaining sympathy as wall as laugh from hi audience In th plight which th plot devel- her type neck. Will Roger hardly ever wears . tie. Gouvhmeur Morris wear glasses. ' Tom Moore dislikes personal publicity, John Bowers hair curls naturally, wears sandals moat of Molly Malon tha time "Lsfty Flynn ef Qoldwyn picture I th (am "Lefty Flynn who Used to play football so eloquently at Yal. Helens Chadwick hair la bobbed. Cullen Landis Is a good baseball player. Reginald Barker u never without a olgttr in bis mouth except when he is , eating. Chines clothes Rita Weltnan wear when writing her stories. Samuel Goldwyn takes long walks for xerclse. Cedric Gibbons, art director, 1 consld ered The handsomest man at the Goldwyn tudto. Victor Bchertilnger, the director. Is an Popular duo offer The Bide-aWe- e accomplished musician. Orpheum bill opening Wednesday night. J. G. Hawk la six feet 2 Inches talL horn-rimm- threatening "blue WITH theother measure Home, as headline attraction on laws" against the country by paid reformer, a larg fac tlon of motion picture people and other folk connected wlth amurrentjJiav LandeJ together to combat the usurpers of pronal liberty. At a meeting recent ly, In which a way to fight these reformer was discussed, on addreo waa given by H. B. Warner, th Path atar. reform"The reformer, or ers, because they ar paid to bo eo," said th Path star, concluding hia address, "tinker and tinker with social conditions and th propaganda they spread only makei matters worse. They remind me a great deal of th Baltimore doctor. man." An aged Baltimore laboring "much against continued Mr. Warner, his will, allowed hie wife to be taken to the Tibwpilal, where, th doctor said, aha would get bettor treatment and make quicker recovery than at home. "Well, evory day th old laborer visited J the Institution. " Doctor, hoar' th wife? be would ed uk. marked Oh, there' Improvement, th doctor would answer. Or. Th Im- la today. very consplouou Srovement you on your wife great Improvement "But on day, when tha old man called, the physician wasnt qulto so confident. " My poor friend, ho said, "your wife died In the night. oped. "The husband ven In hi great grief, forbear a snoor. ftOM MIX In th saddle, at th wheel oouldn't Died In th night, oh? ha said. A of a racing car, doing stunt with th What did ah dlo of. Doctor, Improveaid of hia horse, Tony, and leaping kx river ment ? In his car in addition to winning the hand of a pretty girl will he the attractto Inform ion at the Broadway theater Sunday In WANDA HAWLEY wishes publlo that oh 1 a natural his latest William Fox western picture. The Road Demon." blonde, and hold up her entire blond This thrilling drama of western Ilfs family a evidence. "I'm tired of having declared to b tho beet Mix ha mads people asking tne whether lm a natural which saying aomethlng for tha clever Blond or not. 1 am; 1 always hav been Fox atar. He begin by swapping hi and I always will be until my hair behor (not Tony, of course) for a broken-dow- n comes anyway, I never use peroxauto on the desert and, finding the ide andgray, 1 think the best thing to keep etaorlng gear broken, ha uses hia lariat blond hair la tha sun. So thats thatl to guide the peskv thing He finally get It going. Ho rldeo back to the ranch. comhav to want a you Ho can t stop tha car. Ho rides IF plexion, dont us any beautiful a fane and than a barn, and atthrougn soap or water length ho yells to his cowboy friends to shoot on your faco. Wash your fac morning a hoi in th gas tank to make It halt. and night with a claanalng cream and Also Ruth Roland In Ruth of the bath It with Ice. That la what Justin Rockies." Johnston do, and ah la said to b tha most beautiful girl In America. UNUSUAL itory presented In n AN unusual ANY parson connected with th manner that portrayed In Will They Be Accepted by Society?" In motion picture Industry In on cawhich Jewel Carmen la starred, supporthav or another pacity queer hobbies on ed by a notable cast of Broadway favorthe eld. ites ParaTake lovely Gloria Swanson. Every Incident shown In this picture, mount star, for example. Her hobby la which opened a week engagement at the (or. are) bottles for holding colognt, Gem theater yesterday, la founded upon toilet water, perfume, etc. On her actual life, and Roland est, who wrot dresser there le a collection of bottle of and directed It, waa a wltnaaa to many every Oort tall, abort, round, narrow, of th Incidents portrayed. stoppered with cloisonne tops, mad of In "Will They Be Accepted by Soc- rare Oriental glass or earthwara, dainty iety" the lovable adventuress Is portrayed qr grotesque example. Jewel to known Carmen, by thousands, of bottles seem to hav a person"The picture patrons through her appearance ality all their own," observed Mlaa Swan on th screen with lmuglaa Fairbanks, son. 'On could hardly feel lonely with William Farnum and In many other pic- them about " tures lh which she starred, . Hoeco another Arbuckl, Playing the part of the young author, member of (Fatty) th Paramount stellar galaxy, tha original of which la famous for hts loves to wash and polish hi own autoliterary contributions, Is Lsslt Austen, at mobile, To him In a bathing suit man with Madge Ken- hoeing his big 424,000 car on present leading it turnnedy. a table at hi horn In Lo Angeles, soon on not forget. might sight Wallace Reid, also a Paramount tar. CLAUD and Fannie Usher hav a new and never ha this deyer pair haa a panchant for fine shooting Iron his three pat rifles are th prlda ot been better fitted with a vehicle and than and hts heart next to hia saxophone on this occasion. They do their own fitting, however, aa Fannie writes their other muiloal Instruments.old man of th Theodor Roberta, grand material e Th gulle ar Horn," the sketch la films, loves pet and two among hia particular favorites, to aaf eallsd, and Claud Is the same resolute little Irishman he nothing of a sacred Siamese cat with a coat. ha so often portrayed. The kind with black musal and a IV and Realart star, love UiO trus, generous heart, and the gruff Hawley. manner. W Ith never a word ef dialect) Omar and haa some dandy dltlon of Claud Usher put tht rharactsr over Ilk th Rubaiyat." Adam Hull Shirk, publicity dlrootor at the true artist h haa always been. an expert conjurer Fannie I Bara Ann Bane, the pretty, th Leaky studio, appealing touch kiddle who hives all and o it goes. hates thing beautiful, charity and longs ' for th arms of a real mother, A fat ona BRUNETTE ha daflnltaly FRITZI th preferred. servant problem. Th etory of "Blde-a-W- e Home" I how ph friend asked her a Recently not ordinary and It will never fall to to keep th asm maid year In pleas any audtenc for tha Lahars chase managed th tears away with a laugh aa readily and year out. aee." said Fritsl, th averas th produo them with a raal heart age"Well, you unable to keep a girt houiekeeper throb. k long status they fall to treat them with Women call their matde proper teat. of Ooldnryn' young kitchen mechanic, PAUL BERN, onbelieves pot wrangler,' that tempera directors, 'Mary Janet and pan heaver.' That I ment la aa common among business man vary bad diplomacy." aa It la among actor, directors, musician "What do you call your msidT" asked and other ef th earns Ilk. friend the Th difference Is, according to Mr My domestic secretary," replied Fritsl, Bern, that the director I more honeet than th business man. Ha lets hia anger n Ooia. hatton, and amotion spree out directly. In th actor, tay a crying form of lnvectlv and curses rlxht on Raymond th spot Th business man'a "fits" are baby la th eureet way to gat a laugh Ha also added that saved up for home, 6r transferred from from an oudlnr a customer to an unfortunate depart- h can play most an thing, old man or ment hood, stenographer or clerk. juvenllsa, but must confess hi Inability Apd soothe thing, where your bust- - to portray a crying baba 1 seml-dramat- lo 1 1 1 1 Blde-a-W- fawn-color- 1 1 wu-know- By GEORGE JEAN NATHAN. NEW Its calculations Th net Impression of . tht play of 8lrras. Indeed, 1setof a ehort descriptive, upon the stage ana story arbitrarily commanded to disport Itself In terms ot drama. It la lethargic; It la entirely lacking in movement: It haa scarcely any plot are to apeak of; It characterisation negligible. I an enterof roune, that It possible, may be fashioned taining stag exhibit out of materials auch a Sierra haa out even of chosen and something of the manner In which ha hlmasif ha maneuvered them but Bierra haa not succeeded In th enterprise. At least, not In terms Ualllo or Teulomo of th theaters. HI play I said to hav been a popular success in Aladrid, but even In Madrid 1 privilege myself to doubt it. error, hardIt Is, unless I am seriously Infind popular type of play that ly th success anywhere, for, after all, th mob In much have taetaa of each country common. Anglo-Baxo- n, Atmosphere Is Good. Aa I hav said, the leading virtu of th play lies In Its achievement of atThe scene Is a convent In mosphere. bpaln, and Bierra draws said the curtains and permit his spectators to surtheir vey th Uf of th nun therein, Stifled dream and atlfied lov es, their rareer on their and heroic abnegation tha borderland of small worldly joys. To th convent there come one day a basket, and In th basket 1 a foundling, a baby-- girl Tha nun tak tha chlnl under their protection, and th play goes on to show the child grown to young womanhood, th lov that come Into her life, and. finally, her departure with her betrothed from the clrei of kindly 1 hi tory It I hardly a etory as th tag unfolde It Is told lastly, drowsily, with a heavy emphasis upon detail and non at all upon what there la ot central fable. Her and there, on anticipates to work In that th playwright la aboutthese anticitarma of th theater, but Th com true. never result Is, pation generally speaking, a tiresome theatrical tha merit resident in product, deapti th manuscript, Th company assembled for th Interdecidedly amapretation of tn piay la teurish In spots. Ana, to add to tha conof th principals two fusion, no Mss than Invade th Bpanlah atmosphere with unmistakable Celtic accrnt. Mr Augustin Duncan ha atagad th manuscript very tha work 111 welL setting, doubtless Of Rollo Patera, though no Information th proIs by on this point vouchfd gram, ar excellent. Th lighting, tuo. is deftly managed. aia-ter- Mack Again on the Job. Upon tha summary failure of WUlarO Mack a Near Bants Barbara," a master-plwhich I described for you a few week ago, that gentleman promptly aat hlmaeif down and, In th apse of nine a second mas. days, not only romp It In th Lealng-to- n terpleoe, but produced avenue opera houaa the title second ruby beer Tnl "femooth a 811k, and reveal Itxaif to known tn common parlance b what aa a crook play. It la. Indeed, a crook play with a vengeance. From 1.29 until ot td I ' one hears of crook until one's ears ao sated with the word and its Implications that one can only with some difficulty recall what the rumpus was ail about. Thar Is no relief, Una long lor a breathing spell. The haste with which Mr. Mack confected hi opus is dearly visible In many of its detail It, Is true that the late Paul Armstrong made a crook play out of an O. Henry story (Alla Jimmy Valentine) In something under nine days and a very good crook play, too but It would appear that Mr Mack la not gifted with Armstrongs flair for speed. HI play la full of rough edges, and of potential jounces whereof the jounce never comes off. The story Is of a celebrated safecracker (a role written by Maok for himself) who la sneaked out of the penitentiary by a crooked political bos to assist the latter in getting possession of certain Incriminating document held by another ' celebrated crook. This last erook pose as a detective and the plot carries the character through the usual tnase to 11 o'clock unmasking and revelations. Into th conte. Mack ha written a love motif that Permit him to leave hia beloved In the finale with a dose of noble renunciation. The whole enterprise la very artless and very Innocent. Ten year ago It might hav contrived to pop the yokel eye, today, on doubts Ha effectiveness. The presenting company Include Miss Maria Chambers, bliss Bhtrley Ward, an agreeable lnganue, and Joseph Sweeney. A look at the scenery brings on to conclude that Mr. Mack himself also painted It during th nine days. M YORK, March 19 The from the Spanish ot Gregorio Sierras "Cradle Song, In the Times Square theater, disclose a play that illustrate pointedly wnat virtues and defect a modern Spanish drama possesses. Atmospherically It Is a work of considerable distinction; it writing Is olten not without grace and 'fluid color, but a drama it amount to extremely little. Not that, like so much ot the modern Spanish drama of Guimera, et al , It deals with the tedious passions and alarms ot flardoodiedom: not that. Ilk ao much ot th drama or Benavente and others ot bta sort. It ventures with small success Into tho domain of th best of the Present-day Frenchmen and Into the clover patch ot the young German comedy written; it does neither of these, but that It dismisses the theater almost wholly from become Mr. Pim Passes By. The latest production of th estimable Theatre Guild Is A. A. Milne a British comedy, "Mr. Plm Paaaea By." I do not rind myself to be th admirer of this Mr. Milne s writings that others era lie seam to me to fall vary much as Harold Chapin failed, via.. In hts attempt to achieve th mood of unconscious lightness. In his Belinda," which Miss Ethel Barrymore did at th Empire several year In hia short pieces published under ago. the title of First Plays, and In "Mr sense of Plm," on feels constantly and not a little strain There are moments of amiable humor It Is tru and there ar moment of theatrical sklllfulness, but the effect of each separate composition aa a whole Is of a perspiring Sandow lifting aloft f) piece of French pastry. "Mr Plm." well staged by Philip Moeller, tells the tale of an English country household whose master has married a widow, and who ona day find out from the tattle of a passer-b- y that his wife s first husband la still alive. Th philosophies on lov and marriage, honor and duty, that arise from the situation constitute th theme of the play. In th end, the tattle la found to hav been baseless, and th boomerang clouts th master of th household Over moralising the ear. An sxcellent opportunity hei for a light, witty comsdy, but Mr. Milne shortcomings cause th opportunity to go largely for naught. Hia first act dull, and hi second act Is lighted with humor The third act la aa flat only periodically aa the first. The play's failure to com off remind one of the failure of Chapin a "Th New Morality," which I described In the columns about a month ago. Both play collapse baceua of th lack of wltty supports Mlaa I aura Hop Craw gives a first-raperformance of th amlllng, wife. I Dudley Dig badly miscast a th morallat huebaml. Eraklne 6anford Is droll as tha pasr-b- v The minor role ar moderately well 1 te tyehe damklb, th vivacious inti Realart alar, haa Juat returned fror a visit to her birthplace, Dallas, Txa It has bean a long ttm sine Mias Dan Ifla t tailed her horn, but th town folk K thv d know hv beraua thay hex bean following her on the scran. Th rlty cam out to welcome her Flsgi bund, partlea dances and leas wars Ih ordar and Hob says sh ha never he a batter time, skid a I |