Life — March 13, 1913 — page 21: what you’re looking at

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STICK TO IT, GIRLS. an important truth. that the Those who believe theatre should be used only Astor-—" Fine Feathers,” Eugene Walter, Drama dealing with the American vice of living beyond one's means. Fairly interesting and well acted. Belasco.—" Years of Discretion." Blithe comedy, unusually well acted and demon- strating that growing old gracefully is better than trying too hard to stay young. Casino.—" The Firefly.” Bright and tune- ful comic operetta, with Mme. Trentini as the star, Century, —‘ Joseph and Wis Brethren.” Spectacular and impressive stage version of the scriptural tale of how a Jewish shepherd boy became a financial magnate under the Pharaohs. Children's.—" Everyman,” Wynne Mathison. Notice later. Cohan’s—May Irwin in “Widow by Proxy.” A really funny play, with the star at her best as a comedian. Comedy.—"' Fanny's. First’ Play.” The British middle classes once more the target of Mr. George Bernard Shaw's wit and satire. Well acted. Cort.—" Peg of My Heart.” Miss Lau- rette Taylor as a curious and amusing hero- ine of Anglo-Irish-American extraction in an entertaining comedy. Criterion. —" The Argyle Case.” Mr. Rob- ert Hilliard as the living exponent of the way Detective W. J. Burns detects crooked things by the aid of recent discoveries. In- teresting melodrama. Eltinge—" Within the Law.” The police and the methods of the modern department store held up to the limelight in a strong play. with — Edith WE'LL HIT IT YET” to please and delight will stand in op- position to this medical and_ socio- ire.—Revival of Wall,” by Carton. Notice la eighth Strect-—" Never Say Die.” Mr. William Collier's own peculiar brand of fun-making displayed in a diverting farcical comedy. Fulton.—Ruth St. un-costume dances. Gaiety.—"" Stop Thieft” professional thievery mixed fashion to evolve laughter. Garrick —"" The Conspiracy.” The scien tific criminologist and his methods made the basis of a thrilling and amusing melodrama of New York's underworld. Globe.—" The Lady of the Slipper.” The old fairy tale of “Cinderella” once more utilized, this time to provide an amusing musical piece for Elsie Janis and Messrs. Montgomery and Stone. Harris.—"The Master Mind," with Mr. mund Breese. Another crook melodrama, highly improbable, but of very considerable interest. Hippodrome.—" Under Many Flags" and psy Life.” Pictures of foreign scenes, brilliant ballet, and gorgeous spectacle. Hudson.—"The Poor Little Rich Girl, Very unusual drama of child-life at once allegorical, touching and amusing. Knickerbocker—" The Sunshine Girl.” English musical show with a mostly Ameri- can cast. Tuneful and dainty. Lyrie—" All For the Ladies.” All the latest absurdities in feminine methods of dress generously displayed in musical piece with Mr, Sam Bernard as the comedian. * Liberty Denis in costume and Kleptomania and together 533 logical treatise in the form of drama. ‘These two factions should be per- mitted to fight it out without the police interference of which there have been intimations, Those who remember the fiasco caused by the police putting a stop to “Mrs. Warren's Profession” and the subsequent criticism of the authorities, who simply advertised a not at all immoral play, would probably sug- gest that action by the police will sim- ply stimulate the reading of a play which, left to itself, would have the single performance announced, and then dic a natural death from its lack of drawing power with the theatregoing public. Perhaps it would be better for the purposes of those who are backing the performance of “Damaged Goods” that the police should stop it. Then there will be a rush to read it, and the educational result will be achieved far better than by even several public per- formances of the play. Metcalfe. Lycenm.—" The Ghost-Breaker.” Notice fanhattan Opera Hous The lost art of horse- of an elaborately staged English melodrama. Maxine Elliott’s—" Romance.” Mr. Shel- don’s clever drama of life in New York half a century ago, with Doris Keane mak- ing a success in the character role of the heroine. —"The Whip.” gas the subject Newe Amsterdam.—" Oh! Diverting musical show the French, Park.—" The Miracle." Elaborately seated Kinemacolor reproduction of hardt's spectacular religious play. Playhouse.—" The Painted Woman.” tice later, Ob! Delphine.” Americanized from pre- Rein- No- Princess.—One-act various au- th Notice later. Republic. A Good Little Devil.” Poet- fecal fairy play from the French of Edmond Rostand’s son and wife. Thirty-ninth Street— forters. See above Waltack's.—The Irish Players in tory. Examples of the so-calied “Irish Renaissance" in dramatic literature. Folk plays done with the charm of naturalism, Winter Garden.— The Honeymoon Ex- press.” Gaby Deslys, chorus girls and rag- time, assisted by Mr. Al Jolson. Generous in quantity and good of its kind. Weber and Fields Music Hall—Marie Dressler and her vaudeville company. No- tice later. plays by The Five Frank reper comicbooks.com