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ves readily to stage exaggeration. The irding-house is not so much of an istitution as it used to be before the bachelor apartments for both exes and countless cheap restaurants, 1 it will long continue to furnish ma rial for farcical employ. {rs. Jimmie Thompson” is an un- tious effort, it contains plenty fun to cheer the not too exacting. nlike many of its kind, it is written on ascending scale to the very end, and s last act, given over to the glorious bilities of a boarding-house wedding, ¢ most laughable of the three. None { the company is registered conspicu- lay of rete ANDAA Owing to the time it takes to print Lire, veaders should verify from the daily news- papers the continuance of the attractions at te theatres mentioned. Astor.—" East Is West." Well played dr ama of Chinese-American life in San Fran Belasco, _ "The Son-Daughter.” Pictur melodrama of Chinese politics New York's Chinatown for its scene, The Passion Flower" with See above. Bijou, —* The ja Board,” by Mr. ne Wilbur, See above. kh. — The Purple Mask,” with Mr Leo Ditrichstein. Entertaining costume melo drama of the consular period of the first Na poleo Broadhurst. — 1. Romantic am ‘itualistic leanings, in’ Through,” — with sentimental drama all in a dainty setting Casino. ~My Golden Girl.” music show of the usual quality. Century.—Revival of “ Florodora.” later. Girland- Notice with Mr. i, Conventional "As You Wer Rernard Irene Bord type of girl-and-music show The Hottentot Entirely am Sam Mr. very Wil light with using and Harris. —“ The and crime skilfully mixed terest, dy.—* My Lady Friends.” with Clif ton Crawford. Weil played farcical comedy with a high percentage of laughs. Cort, —“ Abraham Lincol Admirable poetic reproduction of important episodes in the history of the martyred D’resident Critcrion.—" The Letter of the Law.” with Mr, Lionel Barrymore. Interesting and well acted argument for the reform of French criminal law. inge. —" Breakfast in Red.” jorence Moore. A unique and Acquitt to he starring energetic comedienne supplying a large quantity of fur. Empire. Déclassée.” with Ethel Rarry- more. Well acted Anglo-American society drama. Forty-cighth Street—" The Storm.” Melo- drama of the Canadian Northwest, distin: guished by a realistic picturing of a forest- fre. Forty-fourth Street.—" Look Who's Here.” with Mr. Cecil Lean and Cleo Mayfield. Di- verting girland-music show with two mirth. making stars. anthinene = LIFE ously on the roll of theatrical fame, but collectively they work with enthusiasm and make the most of the mirthful pos sibilities provided by the authors. The boarding-house mistress who retired from a theatrical career to take up this occu pation, where she deals with the real in stead of the counterfeit joys and woes of humanity, is played with full apprecia- tion of the opportunities by Minna Phil- lips. The others are quite sufficient. Don't go to “ Mrs. Jimmie Thompson ” with the idea of seeing a masterpiece, but if your depression is not too great, it is bound to lift you into a more cheer ful frame of mind Metcalfe. AAS Little —" Beyond the Horizon.” Excelle reproduction of American farm life at its gloomiest. Fulton.—" The Bonehead.” by Mr. F. A. 6 Kummer, with MrsEdwin Nicander, | Notice ppapabie fo later. r Claire. Gaiety.—" Lightnin’." The divorce indus ppb try of Reno in humorous depiction Jane Cleg: Excellently ac na of English lower middle-class Globe.—" Apple Blossoms.” Girl-an¢ show of unusual daintiness and 1 quality. Greenwich Village.—' Steven Pretentious and French costume comedy. Harris, —* Three Showers" with Anna Wheaton. Notice, later, Henry Miller's.—* The Famous Mrs, Fair,” with Blanche Bates and Mr. Henry Miller Comedy satire of the American woman in public life, diverting and well played. Happy Days." Wholesale ballet, s le and vaudeville. Hud: Clarence.” The semi-suburban young American in humorous and photo- graphic depiction. herb * Shavings.” An admir. able and heartening comedy of reral life on Cape Cod, Tragedian: PIPE RST AND HISSED ME OFF THE STAGE! LOOK HERE! YOUR CONPOUNDED STEAM IN 1950 “au! EVIDENTLY SOME INSTRUMENT OF TORTURE” Liberty, —“ The Night Boat,” with Ad: Lewis and as part of a very Longacre, —“ phases of chorus-girl life in New York. famous Potash and Perlmutter firm goes Madison Railey-Ringling Brothers Circus.’ Even bet- ter than usual. Maxine Elliott’s— What's in a Name? Elaborate girland-music show with artistic id original features. Morosco.—“ Sacred and Profane Love” with Elsie Ferguso Nora Ba Felix, lightopera repertory. Playh. = with Jeanne Ea cated in a not powerful English domestic drama, ss, —* Mrs. N.S. Rose and Edith EI Mr. John E. good Hazzard. Fun galoi rland-music show. Adam and Eva,” family extravagance, The Gold Diggers,” with Ina Intimate and amusing study of some Comedy “His Honor, Square Garden. — Tbe Barnum- Well played sex drama. by Chisholm and La ‘otice later. arently the good revival of has knocked out the idea of a sie,” The Wonderful les. The star Thing” congenially th.—Closed. Jimmie Thompson,” by See above. The Hole in Punch and Judy.—* the Wall,” with Martha Hedman. Spiritualism and crime mixed in melodramatic profusion. Republic, —“ The Sign. on the Door,” with Marjorie Rambeau. Sex, crime and mystery ingeniously combined in absorbing melodrama Setwyn.—" Buddies.” The A. E. P. in “musical and romantic ‘sur: roundings in France. (For those who have forgotten, “A. E. F.” means American Expeditionary Forces.) Shubert, — Theda Bara in “ The Blue Flame.” An interesting ex- hibit of what the movies can do to the speaking stage. Thirty-ninth Street. —“ Scandal.” Continued long run of a witty sex comedy. Vanderbilt, —“Trene.” Girl-and- music show of superior quality with original effects, Winter Garden. — The Passing Show of 1919." Bunches of girl- and-music solace for the anguished t. b. im. Ziegfeld Midnight Frotic.—Light cabaret entertainment as a digestive for dinner and supper. comicbooks.com