Show things Doing in I I New York Tork Oct 7 Old Old Broadway I stars stare are trooping Into town with new plays plas Their a ant nt marks the beginning begin begin- ning of a a. better and more artistic dramatic dramatic dramatic dra dra- matic production on At leASt tho names that head the playbill give hint of such a 8 happy though state though public opinion that criterion of or theatrical success respects respects neither names nor persona person Among Among- the pla plays play produced this week are Green Stockings at nt the the- Thirty- Thirty ninth Street Rebellion at t MaxIne Elliotts Elliott's The Great Name Mame axne at the Lyric and that postponed much production production production pro pro- The N Never er Homes at Lew Fields Green Stockings Green Stockings s. be It known designate the elder cIder sister at the marriage marriage mar mar- of ot a a. younger Cella Celia Faraday had worn em twice and feared shed she'd have to todon don em again so she Invented a fiance choosing a safe late hit In the name line lino Smith and announced her her- engagement eat A. A E. E W W. Mason takes a whole act to tolay tolay lay lar this foundation at the tho Thirty-ninth Thirty Street theatre but the time Ume is 13 rather wen well spent In the second act the Inventive Celia Cella is driven b by family Incredulity to write a 8 note to her fictitious lover She Sho addresses addresses ad ad- dresses It to Col Colonel nelT J. J N N. Smith P D. D S. S 0 O. care or a regiment In m south Africa Of or cour course e the note Is left on a table table table- all carefully planned planned and and Is 18 mailed by a Do meddling member of ot the family And of course coure there turns up to bo ho a areal real Colonel Smith and a a. number of amusing complications for the colonel in emulation of the tho proverbial cat comes back Cella Celia doesn't know he is back bacZ however however however how- how ever for tor Mr r. r Smith has b been on killed by his his' heartless fiancee in the tho London Times and Is traveling under an alias He Is likewise anxious to meet the writer of ot the note Colonel Smith arriving at the Faraday Faraday Fara Fara- day domicile in the guise of a a. brother officer with last words from the sup sup- fiance receives a hint of ot tho the real state of affairs from Cellas Cella's little sister and hurriedly wraps up his watch and delivers it to the mock sweetheart From this interesting episode to tho end Green Stockings Is deliciously bright and clover clever closing of oC course with tho the real engagement of the tho colonel colonel colonel col col- col- col onel and the girl whoso whose Imagination had first conceived him as a 0 suitor H H. H Reeve Smith plays the part of ot the tho Colonel and pla plays 9 It as ns though tho the A A. A 4 1 t A U LUl Anglin is welcomed to Broadway In inthe tho the role of ot the green sister sister sister sis sis- sis sis- ter and kad carries Masons Mason's clever comedy I part with an abandon and humor that thatis is no small help to the successful act- act ln In of ot the piece Goby Gaby Deslys p Every Evory night at 1046 by Broadway chronometers a small blonde person wearing the entire output of ot the Rue de la Ia Paix sings a small email blonde song with a a. small man blonde voice She then I I. I dances a little speaks a few lines Initiates the audience into the tho mys rays of a Do Parisian toilet bed and leaves the stage without eo so much as calling one blush to the checks cheeks of the tho school boarding miss mIa from Harlem Tho The audience is disappointed THe small blonde person i Is none non other than Mile Mlle the of Lilies Who whose tiny toe is credited with kicking Portugal Into a 8 republic whose advance agents have done dono a a. land of ot- ot flee lice business In publicity and whose whoa salary is said to be no less than per pr fr week week Us easy money The merits or demerits of Gaby Deslys Des Des- lye lys winter garden turn are b beat t lef lert left alone Her chief attraction lies In he her herI I notoriety Mile Gab Gaby Deslys appears in a a. se series serles serles se- se rles ries of ot musical satires called Revue of ot Revues and the tho announcements say that she Is the tho most fascinating sensation of all Europe A rather rathel ta taU tall bill Her own part of the entertain entertain- ment is called Les Lea Debuts de Ch I chine and there in h no reason why itI It I should not be called that or anything else She Is slim blonde and wit wita with witha a a- rather pleasing beauty Jowe clamor for utterance wherever the they 1 1 t 11 1 Y f l H- H Jo f. f l f. f i i tf y f SOME BROADWAY A Y PLAYERS I t- t jAt j i i pl p- p l I Gk I p p ii 9 t 4 t 4 1 X S 4 s I P 1 i. i t A i 4 t p 7 f i V Vif if i I 4 I. I 1 At the he top on the l left t is Edna Baker s starring in The Arab at the v L Lyceum on her right is Margaret Anglin as Celia Faraday in Green Green t-T t Stockings at the Thirty ninth Street At the bottom are Henry Kolker in inThe j I The lIThe Great Name at the Lyric and a a. scene from Haddon Chambers Chamber's suc successful uc- uc play P Passers by by It at the Criterion depicting Ernest L Lawford as Samuel Burns and Master Da Davis DaB Little h 1 t 4 B as Peter A fr can clamor Just to hang hanl and festoon them hem must have been a labor of love Jovo One thing thinS Is made perfectly plain plainy by y the appearance of ot this I jag ng Individual and that Is hor her extreme cx- cx remo slimness Oh yes es indeed One cant can't help noticing especially with opera glasses Bought oa ht and Paid PaM For Bought ought and rind Paid 1 For 01 George Broadhurst's new play now appearing at the Playhouse possesses enough literary literary literary lit lit- merit and human Interest to successfully wipe out all aU memories of The Tho Pack the unsuccessful piece with which William A A. A Brady Initially burdened his theatre Bought and Paid For introduces a 8 somewhat new phase of the everlastIng everlasting Ing ng marital tangle that has ha furnished playwrights with dramatic material m since the days of or It exploits the ownership clause which most men read in their marriage vows and ad portrays s 's it through no less a distinguished distinguished distin distin- gul envoy than the Demon Rum In the first act Robert Stafford a self made millionaire played by Charles Richman marries a telephone operator Virginia Blaine Julia Deane a 0 woman of fine tine sensibilities In the second finding finding- nothing else to break brenk the tho monotony he ho takes to his old habits and arrives at the tho Stafford domicile considerably the worse for wear Here it Is la that the and Hyde existence df dt tho the drunkard comes to light In his sober senses Stafford Is kind considerate and a good provider provider pro pro- vider Ider when drunk a a. veritable Mr Hyde In one of ot these fits ho he seeks to force his attentions on his wife and vents his rage raga at her repulse by battering down the door leading to her bedroom I and tolling her that she Is bought and I paid for tor After this exposition of or orthe the masculine Idea of ot marriage the tho young oung wife thinks a week dollar Job preferable to wed wedded ed bliss and leaves him The third act Is brought to a successful successful suc suc- conclusion by tho the blundering oCa of oC ofa ofa a oss silly-ass law brother who by the way has hag been enlivening the tho action all aJl along with a considerable number of or witty lines This individual brings the wife wire and h husband together and though there thore is no promise on his panto part pan to pilot the water wagon tho the matter seems to be forecast forecasted d by his delight at once more more enjoying enjoying her good graces The Tho parts of ot Robert Stafford Staford and ant Virginia Blaine were well wen acted and considerable comedy Is injected by tho the aforementioned law in and hits his wife played by Frank Craven and Marie 4 t r |