Show I Latest News From Fro the Nation Drama sD Center Genter I Hy UT KEW rEW Z EW YORK TORE Sept Re 18 U turning to Broadway last week wee k After a a prolonged fracas with the savage streptococci I found that th to be bo a t tamu m malto So So small was the tho excitement In- In Induced n b by the th new plays playa that I hankered to bo be b back upon the operating table surrounded by ferocious surgeons In n controversy erlY with Ill health Paraphrasing t Lady Indy Trees Tree's Irreverent e epigram I 1 longed to hear acain thu peal of ambulance bells clearing the route to the th Infirmary to the knives of o tho the Insecticides as they made mad rents In my 01 person to experience the suspense afforded by ly their performances performance and to bo be pleased when the show was vas over overby by a happy ending I do not mean to say ay that I 1 always prefer the hospital to the theatre as an instrument nt of recreation creation There Is drama are ar times time when the tho superior supE In entertainment to the th sanitariums But last week was not one on of them and so fO I have hav symptoms of or nostalgia or r home l homesickness sickness for the tho th gone sono of oC cuts and band bandages Still Still SUIl the theatre last week elk was wasa wasn as a good rood place for convalescence For Instance tho the sedative Influence influence influence ence of Naughty should have been restful strul to those recuperating from disease Mis Hajos zI lI HaJos the the tho star tar Is a lenient soubrette and she sh sings the tIle ga gauzy zy music measures ures of Oscar Strauss In a clement manner without once disturbing the sensitive car Sha Is as she sh was years ago aso a II handsome handsom handsome girl Birl gifted with sev- sev and j a soft ott voice vole e appropriate to the th tender Af- Af Afflicted At ballads of o musical comedy with Ith none non of the th obstreperoUs obstreperous eroUs habits of or Broadway oper- oper operetta operetta etta etta she causes cause her auditors auditor to retrain from violence against h her r librettists Herren end rn of at Berlin and Mr MI Henry B Smith of or New York Yok In Naughty Miss Mitzi Impersonates a telephone girl pirl In need of money to send end Pierre her ailing brother to th the thu 5 seaside A decorative crossing her path In the Crisis otters offers to will accompany accompany accompany pay her well I If it she pany him to Monte Carlo prom prom- prom Icing her to do her no wrong Incidental to the excursion is Mr rr stan Stanley Ie Lupino a i a London clown who cracks cricks Sir Mr Ir Smithy jokes with gusto susto It Is 15 the tho only l way y to crack them When hen a a comedian refers to a l hot Sot dog doe as a warm hound it Is n necessary ce for him to fall from a II chair and to do ilo a somersault somersault-In In both of or which feats fats Mr Lupino Is expert The play p Is he pure as purity goes poes oes and the sole lIole Infraction of the th rules or of politeness ness Is 15 Mr Lupines Lupine's re- re remark remark re remark mark after a lad lady has embraced him that she she- the kissed him to the b bone ne I ask you Is thit nice Ate At the first firt night ot or the melo- melo melodrama melo drama rama Number 7 I 1 met Mr William Beebe the th literary deep deep- sea direr sea diver coming to the surface ls l's quest ot of earthly adventure an expedition that will 1 III p penetrate a II mile beneath the tile bot- bot bottom bottom bot bottom tom of or the s sea sen a Mr Beebe's Deeb s 's mind was ripe for tor the enjoyment of ot an evening devoted to the abnormal abnormal- abnormalIties abnormalities abnormalities of the tho drama HI He H i aspire aspired to observe human beings acting n as s strangely as do the peculiar fishes with whom he Is compan compan- companion companion ion In his usual haunts In Number 7 he was told lold he would see spooks and other mon mon- monstrosities 5 pursuing their eccentric nays as upon what Mr Jack Dono- Dono Donohue Donohue hue Dono-hue hue platform of at Sunn Sunny calls the plat plat- form After Atter he had watched tile the people In Number T 7 per per- performing performing forming pcr no extraordinary mirac mirac- miracles miracles les In of deportment Mr Beebe's jaws s drooped In disappointment lIo He was cold to the kindergarten happenings In the haunted house with l Its routine of or green lights corps corpses cs s mysteriously swinging doors and puny criminals and po- po po policemen Did I say iy one ona mile be- be beneath beneath be beneath neath the bottom of the ocean arr rr Beebe asked me after the the play was over Yes Te I respond respond- responded responded ed expectantly Two respond respond-I he h ens en- en s red diving Into a II taxicab ThUS Thus 1 does docs the th Drama exert an Influence upon the tho lives s live and 1 achievements achievement of the Such plays as No Trespassing Tre pa lne are ar a 11 a blight to the th real estate business of Long Lone Island blond As A John Hunter Both the author pictures existence upon that dissection from front the tho main land It la Is stupid alcoholic and wanting in the iho elo- elo elements ments that make living In tl suburbs holy an and 1 profitable Those who wish with to purchase th ho peace and rest rost ot of the fireside may maywell well bo be dissuaded from front locating I upon Long Lone Island it tf they thy regard retard 1 the tb picture in No Xo Trespassing seriously In case Mr Ir Hunters Hunter's assertions are accurate It Is a spot spot addicted addicted to 10 dull ot- ot offering fering few fow of the tho sacred joys cs- cs essential es- es essential to the home ome R Realtors interested In- In crested In developments upon this Devils Devil's Island Islan have an excuse excuse ex- ex excuse cuse to be bo dismayed I For Into a stupid ou I house l ouo o party a aparton comes of neurotic wells neer parson devoted to the of the man eating heathen In the tho remote tropics Though ho he die dis- dams dains the cocktails frog leap upon tho the beach the th sly siy Iy kisses and similar forms of ot civilized civilised dissipation dissipation dissipation tion he Is pursued to Ills his bed bed- bedroom bedroom room by the th ladles ladies of o the cast Annoyed by the thi of these pretty pests atlas IUs I ay Johnson Miss Jullette Day and Miss DIantha Paulson he lie event event- eventually eventually succumbs to ono am O of them and foolishly I suspect marries her No Trespassing Is Just a shallow Inept mediocrity scarcely tit fit for the dubious audiences who attend it Mr Hassard Short an adept in musical extravaganza Is the producer r oe o i |