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“LIFE: 463 ters on the stage in such remarkable fashion. Even as a method of introducing pep where pep is needed, it is not en- tirely successful. The play is a rather conventional semi- melodrama with a forging villain and a heroine whose love- marriage is almost upset by the forgery. To give Jeanne els full opportunity in the latter character, she is made a French girl with mannerisms and an accent. That these are not accurately French does not detract from the interest in her personality and in her really good interpretation of the ingenuous young girl who landed undeservedly in a very caddish English family. The author has accomplished the dificult task of fitting Jeanne Eagels with a part, but neither play nor cast rise to the level of that accomplishment. Pu Fe KS 3 HERE are things that only women know. Only § women, and very few of them, perhaps, could tf pass on the credibility of Carlotta Peel's story : in Mr. Arnold Bennett's “ Sacred and Profane f Love.” Therefore we shall have to take his Sa word for it that Carlotta could so immediately revert from her fresh love for /spenlove to the seven-year-old passion for Diaz. There are other things in the play that need explaining to the logical mind, but they yield to the interest in the personal charm of Elsie Ferguson Mr. José Ruben’s excellent impersonation of the morphine- ed pianist. The part of Carlotta is quite within the star's and although there are times when we wish she might from a curious and monotonous trick of vocal delivery, she is such an embodiment of both girlish and womanly at- tractiveness that we forget the blemish. - Mr.-Ruben refrains from the temptation to musical eccentricity in his charac- terization, and thereby heightens the effect of his carefully studied and well executed portrayal of the maddened victim of the drug. With the exception of an insufferable young Enylish female person, the cast is satisfactory, and Mr. Ben- nett should be pleased with the stage treatment given to his fairly interesting but not at all convincing play. ] girl-and-music entertainment is needed in the capital of the new Jewish Republic in Palestine, “ Tick-Tack-Toe” might be sent over bodily with the assurance that it is com- pletely Kosher from the first curtain to the last chorus-girl. More than this, it is a creditable monument to the versatility of Mr. Herman Timberg, who is simultaneously the owning ation, the producer, the composer, the librettist and the cipal comedian. Many a girl-and-music show with a whole regiment of names in these capacities has been seen in New York with less tunefulness, fun and general vigor than are to found in “ Tick-Tack-Toe.” Metcalfe. Owing to the time that it takes to print Lire, readers should verify ¢ daily newspapers the continuance of the attractions at the theatres mentioned. Istor.—" East Is West." by Messrs. Shipman and Hymer, with Fay Bainter. Well played Chinese-American romance. sco. —“ The Son-Daughter,” by Messrs. Scarborough and lasco, with Leonore Ulric. New York's Chinatown made brilliant s the scene of a Chinese melodrama. Bijou.—" His Honor Abe Potash.” by Messrs. Glass and Good- man. with Mr. Barney Bernard in the title réle, The career of the firm of Potash and Perlmutter amusingly carried into politics. Booth—" The Purple Mask,” by Mr. Matheson Lang, with Mr. Leo Ditrichstein, Diverting and well presented costume melod of the period of the first Napoleon, . =e Broadhurst. Smilin’ ‘Lhrougb,” by Mr. A. L. Martin, with Jane Cowl. A touch of the present fashionable spiritualism added to an attractive romantic and sentimental play, Casini The Little Whopper,” by Messrs. Harbach and Friml. Fun and music in a boarding school, ae Century.—" Aphrodite.” Spectacular and gorgeous pictur f the wicked and magnificent life in ancient Alexandria, ts Century Grove.— Midnight Whirl.” Cabaret training for the prohibition of sleep. Central — As You Were,” with Mr. Sam Bernard and Irene Bordoni. Girl-and-music show of the usual type. Cohan.—" The Hottentot,” by Messrs. Mapes and Collier, with Mr. William Collier, Notice later. Cohan end Harris.—“ The Acquittal,” by Rita Weiman. More than usually intricate mystery melodrama, well played. My Lady Friends.” by Messrs. Nvitray and Mandel, lifton Crawford. Large acreage of laughs in farcical “ Abraham Lincoln,” by Mr, John Drinkwater. ng American historical drama in poetic setting — The Letter of the Law,” by Brieux, with Mr. Lionel Barrymore. See above. Matinees, “ Beyond the Horizon,” by Mr. Eugene O'Neill, Trage- dy of American farm life, gripping and well done. Empire, —“ Déclassée.” by Zoe Atkins, with Ethel Barrymore. Very well acted and interesting Anglo-American society drama Eltinge.—" Breakfast in Bed,” with Florence Moore. Adapted French farce redeemed by the eccentric fun of the star. Forty-cighth Street—" The Storm,” by Mr. Langdon McCormick An ingeniously constructed fire-scene the main feature of a melo drama of the Northwest. Forty-second Street-—" Look Who's Here." Notice later. Fulton.—* Mamma’s Affair,” by Rachel B. Butler. Well acted and sparkling comedy telling satire of feminine invalidism. Gaiety. —“ Lightnin’,” by Messrs. Winchell Smith and Frank con. Reno and its divorce industry the background for a well acted character comedy. Garrick.— Jane Clegg,” by Mr. St. Jobn Ervine. See above Gtobe.—" Apple Blossoms,” by Messrs. Kreisler, Jacobi and Le Baron, Dainty and unusvally musical girl-and-music show. Greenwich Village.—* Sophie,” by Mr. Philip Moeller, with Emily Stevens. Notice later. Harris —“ Wedding Bells,” by Mr. Salisbury Field. very well acted American comedy, Henry Miller’s-—" The Famous Mrs. Fair." by Mr. James Forbes, with Blanche Bates and Mr. Henry Miller. " Satirical and admirably cast comedy dealing with the woman in public life. Hitpodrome.—" Happy Days.” Spectacle, ballet and vaudeville largely done. Hudson.— Clarence,” by Mr. Booth Tarkington. Intimate study of American youthful life in not very well constructed comedy. Knickerbocker.—" Shavings." Clean and excellently acted play of life on Cape Cod Liberty.—" The Night Boat,” by Caldwell and Kern, with Ada Lewis and Mr. John E. Hazzard. Well staged and laughable girl- and-music show Little —“ He and She.” by Rachel Crothers. Argumentative drama of the new woman and her effect on matrimony. _ Longacre.—"* Adam and Eva,” by Messrs, Bolton and Middleton Comedy prescription for the treatment of an extravagant family Lyceum.—" The Gold Diggers." by Mr. Avery Hopwood and Ina Claire, Picturesque portrayal of episodes in the life of a certain type of New York chorus-girl. Lyric.—" George Washington,” by Mr. Percy MacKaye, with Mr. Walter Hampden. Notice later. Marine Eliiott’s—Mr. John Drew in “The Cat-Bird.” by Mr Rupert Hughes. New York's favorite actor in polite and amusing comedy. Morosco.—" Sacred and Profane Love.” by Mr. Arnold Bennett, with Elsie Ferguson. See above. Nora Bayes.—" My Golden Giel, Messrs. Herbert and Kum. ot a particularly entrancing girl-and-music show. —Repertory of light operas, agreeably staged. ouse,—" The Wonderful Thing.” by Mrs. L. T. Bradley. ve. Richard III" with Mr. John Barrymore. Tick-Tack-Toe.” See above. Republic.—" The Sign on the Door,” by Mr. Channing Pollock. Crime and’ sex melodrama, skilfully compounded and well acted Selweyn.— Buddies,” by Messrs. Hobart and Hilliam. Pleasant play of romance in the A. E. F. in France with musical interludes, Shubert—Last week of “The Magic Melody.” by Messrs, Kum: mer and Romberg. Elaborate and well staged musical play. Thirty-ninth Street.—“.Scandal.” by Mr. Cosmo Hamilton. Sex comedy, brightly written and well played. Vanderbilt.—“ Irene.” by Messrs. Montgomery and Tierney, with Edith Day. | Attractive girland-music show with original features, Winter Gerden.—" The Passing Show of 1919.” A little more recreation for the t. b, m. in the form of elaborately staged girh -music show. Inspiring Clever and Notice comicbooks.com