Judge — January 31, 1925 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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The Gross Schauspielhaus (Continued from page 17) humorous in a secondary role. The men, like so many of our Broadway actors, all bought themselves new clothes and haberdashery in prepara- tion for their réles and let it go at that. I “\ficcrim’s Procress,” which I = touchingly described in these hallowed pages a few weeks ago, now has a little brother. The little brother's name is “Jack in’ the Pulpit,” and Gordon Morris is its papa. Everything that I said about the earlier play may be said about this later one. In combination, they win the season's booby sweep- stakes, The Morris exhibit, like ‘Mil- grim’s Progress,” is rubbish de luxe. ‘The only moments that it shows any merit whatsoever are during the in- termissions. When the curtain is up the proceedings are of a sort to instill in one an eminently sour woe. The play is written with all the skill and suavity of a strong-man adver- tisement. It tells the story of a crook who, by the terms of his rich aunt's will, has to take charge of a small country church, and of his eventual reformation. The acting and stage direction are something rare to behold. HOW TO RELIEVE CONG STION Two-family automobiles Unless I am greatly mistaken, all the verbs in the above paragraphs should be in the past tense. I HERE are two popular ditty sing- ing professors who stand out from all the others. One of them is the illustrious Tommy Lyman, who draws more persons down into Sullivan street than even the re- markably toothsome ravioli; — the other, as you have already guessed, is the great Dr. Al Jolson. The affable Doctor is currently on view in the Winter Garden in a show called “Big Boy.” He has never been in finer fettle. by virtue of his presence, has a Corona Corona Corona Corona ever tasted better in the Winter Garden. Jolson’s manner of singing a song is that of a boiler in a sentimental mood. He steams and gurgles; he gives forth considerable moisture, Art students studying anatomy in the life class after the censors hate absolute power. 26 comicbooks.com