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trial marriage, and her performance throughout is in excellent comedy spirit. Mr. Richard Sterling is also capital as the perfectly well-meaning young man who is always getting hold of the wrong end of the stick. “Young Wisdom” is funny, well pre- sented, and ought to be seen by a good many thousand of our half-baked reform- ers of everything on the face of the earth. é é é é é IFE is pretty generous in the amount of its valuable space that it devotes to the theatre, but the industry has grown so that this weck we are com- pelled to leave over notice of “ The Queen of the Movies” and Mr. Collier in “A Little Water on the Side”. Py ” Bz. 2 T is a strange commentary on the taste of the New York theatregoers that just as this issue of Lire appears the clean, dainty and witty “Iole” is com- pelled through lack of patronage to yield its place on the Longacre stage to a dramatization of that choice work, “ The House of Bondage”. The announced production of this play at a hitherto reputable New York theatre is the result of an organized effort to throw the American stage open to the presentation of anything which, under the guise of moral teaching, can be made to make money for its promoters. This particular play has already been raided once by the police at an outlying theatre. It is to be hoped that when this reaches Lire’s readers the authorities will have again done their duty, and that no rae Astor—" The Seven Keys, to Baldpate.” Curiously amusing farce, laughable at points, but with its principal attraction the clever, way in which it mystifies its audiences to the very end. jelasco—" The Secret,” by Henri Bern- stein, with Frances Starr depicting a most disagreeable heroine. Fairly well done, but not especially attractive. Booth.—" Prunella.” Poetic fantasy with musical accompaniment, all agreeably pre- sented. j Casino.—" High Jinks.” Jolly _ musical show with Miss Elizabeth Murray and Mr. Tom Lewis as the main attractions. Century Opera House—All the dear, old operas done in weekly rotation at popular prices in English and fair representation. ‘Cohan's.—" Potash and Perlmutter.” The humorous side of Jewish life in New York as displayed in the cloak-and-suit trade, Comedy.—" Kitty Mackay,” by Catherine Chisholm Cushing. See above. Cort.—" Peg o” My Heart.” Owing to a temporary indisposition, Michael, the dog hero of a charming play, will be unable to appear, but’ Miss Laurette Taylor will continue to demonstrate that an Irish-American girl can always dominate English society. Mother (explaining moving picture): ENGLAND. Child: THEY LEFT AMERICA. complaisant judge will interfere with them. More than that, it is to be hoped that those who are deliberately and persistently trying to force this mess down the public throat will be severely dealt with under the law. Metcalfe. ONFIDENTIAL Guide re} on, ¢ Se Va ae an, ed WN Criterion, —} Mabel and Edith Taliaferro in “Young Wisd: ', by Rachel Crothers. See above. ipire. Maude Adams in “ The Legend of Leonora”, by J. M. Barrie, Interesting, of course, but a cyrious burlesque not up to the standard of author and star. Forty-fourth Street. The Girl on the London girl-and-music show excel- lently done, showing that the girl-and-music show isn't always as bad as it is sometimes performed. Forty-eighth Street. To-day.” Messrs. Broadhurst and Schome: drama demonstrat- ing a strangely ignorant idea of American life, but attracting patronage through an ex- tremely lurid fourth act. Fulton.—" The Misleading Lady.” Farce with very laughable turns, but in the main rather confusing to the stricty logical mind. i Isie Ferguson in “ The Strange A comedy in which the elemen- tary humor is redeemed by the charm and talent of the star. Garricl Eliza Comes to Stay,” by H. V. See above. “The Queen of the Movies.” See Pleasant, tasteful and HOW CAN THEY BE, MOTHER? NOW THEY'RE LANDING IN IT's ONLY FIVE MINUTES SINCE cheerful operetta, well staged, well sung and well acted, Hippodrome. big and stunning show one always expects at the Hippodrome. “America.” Just about the ‘Hudson.—Mr. William Collier in Water on the Side”. See above. Knickerbocker.—" The New — Henriett Good old comedy of New York life whea Wall Street was New York's dominant’ fea- ture. “Well done by Mr. W. H. Crane and a new cast. _, Longacre. —" The House of Bondage "—if it isn't raided by the police. Lyceum.—Miss Billie Burke in “ The Land of Promise”. More serious than most of the pieces in’ which this lady has appeared, but Interesting and well done. Little—" The Philanderer,” by Mr. George Bernard Shaw. Clever, of course, and very well acted by an English company, but talky tof weariness. y ir. Guy Bates Post in the Tentmaker™, by Mr. Tully. Notice later. Manhattan Opera House.—Last week of Forbes-Robertson and his English company in farewell repertory at popular prices. Maxine Elliott’s—" Don't Weaken,” by Mr. Walter Hackett. Notice later. Playhouse. —" The Things That Count.” A clean and wholesome little comedy of ele- mentary sentimy Very well acted. Princess.—The clever presentation of five playlets not offered to the very young or very squeamish. Shubert-—' A Thousand Years Ago," by Mr. Percy Mackaye. See above. hirty-ninth Street—" At Bay.” Melo- drama of blackmail and suspected murder. Well done and reasonably thrilling. Watlack’s-—"* Grumpy,” a melodramatic comedy dealing in a finished way with the humorous side of crime, Delightfully acted by Mr. Cyril Maude and his London company. Winter Garden.—" The Whirl of the World.” See above. A Little “ Omar, Richard Walton comicbooks.com .