Life — August 23, 1923 — page 21: what you’re looking at

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CONFIDENTIAL, GUIDE iw takes to print 1 ders should from the daily newspapers the continuance of the attrac- tions at the theatres mentioned. to the tim More or Less Serious The Breaking Point. Klaw—To be re- viewed later, The Fool. Times Square—Last weeks nis successful venture in theatrical re- Maxine Elliott’s—Jeanne Eagels role of the prostitute a certain point. Rain, the remarkable ot religion up to » by all means. Red Light Annie. wed later. Seventh Heaven, — Booth—Deckle-edge ris, with acting to match. Sun Up. Provincetown—Intensive ama among poor whites. Thumbs Down. Forty-) ewed in this issue. Comedy and Things Like That Abie’s Irish Rose. Republic—Showing at there is a place for everything in this est of all possible worlds. Aren't We All. Gaicty—Cyril M na trifling but exceedingly pleasant bit. Devil's Disciple. Garrick—Amusing haw gets into his stride along about h act. The Good Old Days. © reviewed next week In Love with Love. R this issue. The Mad Honeymoon. reviewed next week. Merton of the Movies. Cort—The now famous satire on the making of motion- > 8B it Morosco—To be re. inth St.—Re- aude Eng Broadhurst—To —Reviewed in Playhouse- pictures, with Glenn Hunter adding a splendid pathos. Tweedles. Frazec—To “be reviewed ter. Two Fellows and a Girl. Vanderbilt— Everyday romance made easy to bear. The Whole Town’s Talking. Bijou— ‘o be reviewed later. Zander the Great. Empire—Alice Brady, band of bootleggers and the heart of a hild. Last week. Zeno. Forty-Eighth St.—To be reviewed ater. Eye and Ear Entertainment Adrienne. George M. Cohan’s—Just ibout what you have always got, aided by Richard Carle, Billy B. Van and Vivienne Segal. Dew Drop Inn, during the Barton. Helen of Troy, N. Y. r excellent kidding of collar advertising, well done. Little Jessie James. reviewed later. ing Show of 1923. Winter Garden —Fairly hilarious entertainment, well above Winter Garden average. Scandals of 1923. Astor—Chiefly_ notable matchless dancing of James Longacre—To be Globe—Pleasing to the eye. Vanities of 1923. Ear! Carroll—The in- comparable Joe Cook and_ several other hearty laughs, including Peggy Hopkins Joyce. Wildflower. Casino—You can’t beat it for music. Ziegfeld Follies. New Amsterdam-— Much the same as last year, with Jimmy Hussey adding distinction to the comedy and nn Pennington adding you know what. - LIFE - The Last Rose of Summer HE last rose of summer blooming quite alone, as the mod- ern summer flapper passed. “What a ridiculous flower!” the flapper ob- served. “Roses are quite out of date, nowadays, and besides, it’s not the season for them.” But the rose was merely nodded a smile, and swayed to a breeze and fro as the snatch of wafted by. “That reminds m flected the flapper aloud, “I must order some orchids at once—some wonderfully unnatural orchids, though I do think Geoffrey might send them to me—and some more of that lip rouge, and mascaro, a little cosmetic, a few eyebrow pencils, face powder, that new liquid white, and more henna. What an absurd flower that rose really And the little rose seemed to shake with laughter. Indeed, it shook so hard that its head drooped till it touched the ground and, when the gardener examined it the next morning, he found that it was The last rose of summer Cn GeS. re- some no more. had died laughing. Jonesville Must Have Service “] HAVE to wait over a day to see one of my oldest customers,” the gray-haired traveling dropping into a rocker outside the New Trianon Hotel in Jonesville “T called on him to-day but he had just got back from a vacation and was all worn out. “Tt seems the hotel where he has been stop- ping is too noisy. That amused me. I remember when he always went to the hotel across the street from the railroad sta- tion and twenty switch — engines couldn't keep him awake if his room didn’t cost more than a dollar. aid salesman, “He had to take rooms on Tse, the tenth floor . when he wanted to be on the 2 twenty - fifth so he could get some 19 air. That tickled me, too. He to be so afraid of high places that when he would go to the circus and Captain Bailey would make his high dive he'd have to look the other v “But enjoying his misery thoroughly and I know that he'll come down to-morrow, tell me what a grand sleeping porch he has and give me a big order. But Jonesville people must have service.” McC. H. he's Lire (to A. S. L.): WHERE DO you THAT STUFF? On July 24th, the Anti-Saloon League threatened the New York legislature with dire penalties if it dared to inves- tigate the League, despite the fact that such an investigation is being demanded by the Grand Jury. —— \ comicbooks.com