Show PER PERcY Y HAMMONDS HAMMOND'S LETTER I MW LW YORK Let Lotu us us be bo kind hind to Mr III this wee k and talk as little as possible bo t tile the new flew Follies as us publicly tho the OthOl night at 22 61 ta h for tor orchestra chairs In his enthusiasm 0 o cr er this his hia fare farewell ell re Mr Sir had collected el ci ou h material for three thre hows one of o It very good rood A lIow C-lIow Ilow It was as as his plan to depend upon the t to tell him what was as as worthy orthy and nd what hat was net Since the tho play continued from Crom 8 3 u t to these judges jud es ero era by several difficulties The many nany any virtues virtue of tho the entertain entertain- entertainment rn ment nt at at times obscured by Its 18 many faults It Is only fair fall to Mr lq Cl hl to deter defer a report of the th Follies rollies until unlit It has been made rondu moro more presentable Within a af f ho he will 10 o ha 0 SEparated the dross from tho gold cold and the l nal Institution will bo be itself again It Is js a newsman n s duty luty ho vr v r to record th that t Mr Important comedians now lc Mr Ir Hap Hap H p Ward Varl In an e op- op of the ancient indent Ward ard and and sketch Perc Percy and Miss MIMi rinnie Brice Brie and ell and well that seems to be bo about all Most of o the fun W-IB W rt 9 made oy ny a 0 aude 1110 team hitherto unno unknown n to the Big Ble Sho Shows s hurt and nd Betty ln in in a of ot the songs Of course tho the American Girl sas as glorified by Mr 1 s rainbow tailors and nd as asa asa a It was as w 3 handsome and asla Immen-c Immen All It lacked MS as as the leaHn cf ct laughter Where here it seem seem- seemed seemed ed ed to be bo are lire Will Rogers Bert Williams Eddie Can- Can Tinner Don Barcia torl and d Jim Jim- Jim Im- Im Leon W C Fields LI or my-or my or It Is Johnn Johnn Ir It r is not cot I trust an to to you that in one of oC Mr 11 10 ely lo ely tableaux some slim and shapely ladles ladias ap- ap ap appeal what what- whatsoever what whatsoever peal peat wearing no garments carmenta In other Broadway unde women omen are to be seen sen but not so aa LS are ar those In inthe the tho new Follies Yet BO so artistic are the and so Innocent 0 withal that they em oke from the tho Wr r lt t night spec spectators no outcries ot ot t shocked modesty Lest you think that these thes onlookers were hardened hardened harden- harden ed d and ond complaisant I must tell QU ft ho aho ho a few tw of them were Within twenty feet of me sat eighteen respectable N Y dram dram- dramatic dramatiC m including myself Miss Ethel thel barr more Miss Ne sa sa Mc- Mc Mein Mc-Mein Main Mr 1111 Frank A Munsey Mr Randolph Hearst Mr Herbert Herbort Mr Victor HerON 1 t Miss 1 Burke Burk Mr Jr Frank Cro- Cro Miss Lardner and Mrs Charles Dillingham Nono None of them ho however ever en- en endured endured en endured dured the th show more mor patiently than did Mr s 11 01 Comfortable smiles were to be b seen upon the th visages of ot Sam SamIL IL H Harris and Irving Berlin of oth the Music Box Bot Revue and George White of George Geore White s Scandals almost laughed himself to death In some som of o the th duller moments of o oth the th play John Murray Anderson of tho the Oreen Greenwich Ich Village o Follies appeared to be b pleased by the and Earl Carroll of o Earl Earl chuckle while others yawned They perhaps like Mr and other revue producers r laugh east east- ly easl-ly ly 11 They laugh lauch oen een more easily when It Is at tho the expense of o an opponent I suspect that the th slowest est est Items In the new Follies are tho the contribution of George M Cohan in The Th rare rare- Farwell well case and Frederick Loris Loris- Lonsdale dale Lons-dale dale author of Arent We Ve W All Allin In Tho Tho Bridegroom and ond The Spring Cleaning Cle How was as sas Mr to know until we w told him that they ere wre terrible Tour correspondent Is not riot among the many who ho S 'S ho suspect Mr feld feld o of not ha haing a sense kenso o of hu humor hu- hu humor mor By fly taxing the tho first fighters 22 for tor a a seat he proves I think that laughter rip rip- ripples rip ripples ples pies In his New N w York he no s Is la tho the dOG to town dog n de and ond Its little servile barks of ot dig dig- appropriation disturb him but tot fot fo a moment An honest a proud and anda a liberal man he ho spends upends upon his productions as much as It Is pos pos- possible pos sible sibie to spend But In case cas OU think he h Is only a 0 solemn chap not knowing a 0 joke jok when hen hen he sees It It I must tell lou ou of ot an In- In Incident In Incident of o the first or 22 night of the tho Follies At a 0 m rn when the proceedings were ere gro crowing ing Ing a bit tedious a disturbance occurred In the th fifth row of ot the th parquet Eddie Cantor an erstwhile em- em 10 e of ot Mr was as as to bo be b seen Been cen with hammer and chisel el dig dig- digging die die-Cinc Ing ging up his orchestra chair When agitated ushers endeavored to Im- Im Impede Im Impede pede him he brushed bru h d them aside I paid 22 22 for tor this seat tat h he shouted and I m rn going tolne to take It Ithome ithome ithome home I Other pla have been presented In New Hew lork ork this week but none nono of course so newsy as the th Zelg- Zelg feld feld feid Follies Mr Richard Bannett Binett In The The Dancers a ears now a as asa asa a Canadian noble nobi keeper dive-keeper In ln the th Cana- Cana Cana dian west North-west and then as Lord Anthony madly tossed between his honk a girl cirl Miss Kathlene Macdonnell oi l a neu- neu neurotic neurotic neu neurotic patrician of ot Hyde H de Park London MI Miss Florence Jl- Jl El dredge Sir Gerald du 1 wrote it and he has had bud the knight knight- knightly knightly knightly ly nen nero ncr e to ply lly it for a ear or more in England White hito Des IDes Desert ert crt bv by Maxell And Anderson Mon N Y 32 editorial writer riter riter tells of a 0 tragic jealousY on a snowbound no bound North Dakota prairie wherein herein a n mean oung d by his 0 ow n petty suspicions SUsI murders at atthe atthe the tho end ond his true but human wife Miss Both Beth Merrill Miss Larrimore In s 's Business a n work by Frank Man Man- Man Man-do del and Guy Bolton again the lh hazards that beset an artistic maiden who comes to New Yolk determined to be successful though virtuous She has romantic troubles s with a n bank bank- banker banker er er a broker art editors a and a hick boy from the home town but at the end she ap- ap appears appears ap appears pears to hn hae got away with lIh It Next wee week Sir John Martin Hal ye ve In the OEdipus O flea Rc of So So- So So and other classic enter enter- entertainments entertainments entertainments |