Life — September 30, 1915 — page 25: what you’re looking at

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ws cir lis- the but of de ith st, ur he nat day matinée. Because on these occasions she did not create a riot with the gum chewers, she was labelled “no good ” and inted by some well-known serio- ic lady or a black-face comedian. ins and perseverance will tell even against managerial lack of sense, and judging by what The Mirror says, Miss Herford scems likely not only to make money and more fame for herself, but also to profit the men who didn’t know talent when they saw it. HE Washington Square Players are going to try another season at The Bandbox. These clever people, who do good things, not for profit, but for the love of doing them, are asking for finan- cial support in the way of subscriptions for seats at their coming performances. It is proposed to pay small salaries to some of those who devote their entire time to the enterprise and to make the Season a continuous one. Persons who are always lamenting the decline of the stage ought to give a pecuniary lift to these young persons who are doing ar- tistic good in an unpretentious way. Lo Say HE September heat was not without its compensations. It grilled a few mediocre plays to a final charcoal. Metcalfe. Astor.—" Hit-the-Trail Holliday,” by Mr. George M. Cohan and others. An amusing farcical comedy well done and based in a way on the career of Billy Sunday. Belasco.— The Boomerang.” by Messrs. Winchell Smith and Victor Mapes. Excel- lently staged farcical comedy with some rather sharp raps at medicine as it is practised. Booth.—Last_week of “A Pair of Silk Stockings."” Mr. Sam Sothern and English company in diverting farce with English polite slang in abundance. Candler.—" The House of Glass.” by Max Marcin. Well acted and interesting drama of crime and police methods of not forgetting. Casino.—" The Blue Paradise.” Viennese op- eretta with tuneful score and a coherent plot. Century.—Mr. Ned Wayburn's “Town Topics.” Notice later, Comedy.—Closed. Cort. The Princess Pat.” by Messrs. Vic- tor Herbert and Henry Blossom, Notice later. Eltinge,—Closed. Empire.—" Grumpy.” Interesting melodra. matic comedy, with Mr. Cyril Maude in his fine rendering of the title part. Forty-eighth Street—" Husband and by Mr. Charles Kenyon. Notice later. Forty-fourth Street.—Moving pictures, with weekly change of bill. Fulton.—" Some Baby.” Rather amusing but not entirely refined farce. Gaiety—" Young America.” The reciprocal love of ‘a boy and his dog. made the main feature of a sketchy little play. Globe,—" Chin-Chin.” Concluding week of this extremely laughable and well staged + musical extravaganza, with Montgomery and Stone as the principal fun-makers. Harris.—" Rolling Stones." Farce with business ‘as its basis, Laughable, interesting and full of youthful spirit. Hudson.—" Under Fire." Absorbing and well acted war drama, with realistic stage effects, including trench'and hospital scenes. Knickerbocker.—Three picture plays, with Messrs. Dustin Farnum, Raymond Hitchcock and Douglas Fairbanks ‘as the stars. Notice later. Liberty.—" The Birth of a Nation.” Im- pressive moving-picture drama, dealing with the Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan and the reign of terror during the reconstruction period. Little. —Closed. Longacre.—" The Girl Who Smiles.” Pleas- ant musical show, with music of the familiar quality. Lyceum.— The Duke of Killicrankie,” fol- lowed by Sir J. M. Barrie’s sketch entitled “Rosalind,” with Marie Tempest as the star. A ckarming comedienne, well supported and dealing deftly with good’ material. Lyric.—" Two Is Company.” Notice later. Manhattan Opera Homse—* Stolen Or- ders." War melodrama from London. Notice later. Maxine Ettiott’s.—" Our Children,” adapta- tion of “Mein Leopold,” by Mr. Louis An- spacher. A domestic drama, with its leading character a German-American father, excel- lently portrayed by Mr. Emmett Corrigan. Park.—Closed. Playhouse.—Grace George in | Langdon Mitchell’s “The New York Idea.” — Notice later. Princess.—Ciosed. Punch and Judy.—Closed. Republic.—" Common Clay,” by Mr. Cleves Kinkead. A new dramatic twist to the much- discussed theme of sex injustice, made the basis of an absorbing drama, well acted by Mr. John Mason, Jane Cowl and a judiciously chosen cast. Shubert—“ The Road to Happiness,” with William Hodge as the star. A simple and pleasantly acted play of the “gosh darn” school. "Not impressive, but calculated to amuse those who like this sort of thing Thirty-ninth Street —Closed. Vitagraph.—" The Battle Cry of Peace. An elaborate moving picture, intended to show our unpreparedness for war. Impressive in some ways, but weakened by repetitions and a slushy movie play. Passing Show of 191s.” Closing weeks of a most elaborate effort to assuage the misery of the t. b. m. The means adopted are a joining of countless chorus i music, burlesques and brilliant t of the W. G. shows. settings. comicbooks.com,