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This page is primarily a **theater review guide** for Broadway productions, not a political cartoon. The single illustration—showing a menacing figure in formal dress wielding a sword over a prone victim—accompanies a caption referencing the Monroe Doctrine ("And the First Hundred Years Are the Hardest"), likely satirizing America's interventionist foreign policy or imperial ambitions. The text lists current theatrical offerings across genres: serious dramas (*Rain*, *Seventh Heaven*), comedies (*Abie's Irish Rose*), and musical revues (*Music Box Revue*). Brief, witty annotations describe each show's merit or appeal. Notable are references to contemporary stars (Eva Le Gallienne, George M. Cohan) and the observation that *Runnin' Wild* represents "the best Negro show" since [text cuts off]—reflecting period theatrical segregation and racial categorization typical of 1920s entertainment criticism.

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More or Less Serious Casanova. Empire—Costumed courting by Lowell Sherman. Chains. Playhouse—A serious look at the problem of the wild-oat harvest. The Crooked Square. Hudson—Uninten- nally amusing. Cyrano, de Bergerac lampden’s successtul reviva rld’s most effective plays. The Dancers. Broadhurst—Good_ theatre, th Richard Bennett at the head of an cjually good cast. Duse, Repertory. Century—“‘La Citta ta,” Tuesday and Friday matinee: The Failures. Garrick—To be reviewed ter Grand Guignol. Frolic—Get frightened in ational—W alter of one of the Vrench, Hamlet. Manhattan Opera House—Be- ning a limited engagement of John Barr "s Hamlet, the only one we ever under- od. The Lullaby. | Knickerbocker—Florence Kved going from bad to worse in a most picturesque manner. Moscow Art Theatre. Russia’s remarkable actors more weeks. Out of the Seven Seas. Frazce—To be re- wed later. Queen Victoria. Forty reviewed next Rain. Maxine Elliott’s—Not much left to about it except that, after a year, it is suil the most gripping play in town. Robert E. Lee. Rits—To be reviewed Scaramouche. Morosco — Unfortunately, nota motion picture. Seventh Heaven. Booth—Heavily acted dvama of war-time Paris. The Shame Woman. Princess—Backwoods sinning. Tarnish, Belmont—The season's favorite subject receiving its best handling. White Cargo. = Greenwich Village—More sex, plus a bad climate. Comedy and Things Like That Abie's Irish Rose. Republic—Ask any ‘inth St.— for three hth .St—To be Aren’t We All? Gaiety pleasant. British comedy. The Camel's Back. Vanderbilt—To be re- viewed next week. The Changelings. Henry Miller’s—In ligent comedy of modern manners, with an lent cast including Henry Miller, Ruth terton, Blanche Bates and Laura Hope —Cyril Maude in Chicken Feed. Littl——Marriage problems ghtly treated. For All of Us. Forty-Ninth St—Sweet ness and light with William Hodg: A Lesson in Love. Thirty-Ninth St.— mily Stevens and William. Faversham in cood stuff of its type—i. ¢., the regular type. The Nervous Wreck. Sam H. Harris— One of the season’s big laugh-producers for those who laugh easily. Otto Kruger and june Walker head the cast. Nobody's Business. | Klaw—Francine Larrimore as the girl who comes to New York ty go straight. You know. A Royal Fandango. P/ymouth—Reviewed » this issue. Spring Cleaning. — Eltinge—Reviewed in this issue. The Swan. Cort—Delightfully intimate Owing to the time it takes to print Lire, readers should verify from the daily newspapers the continuance of the attractions at the theatres mentioned. glimpses of royalty, with Eva and an excellent cast. Don can’t get enough of Mitzi. mi The Whole Town's Talking. Bijou—Biff- Music Box Revue. Music Bor—An e hang farce, with, oddly enough, Grant — sive collection of girls, scenery, machinery Mitchell. and Irving Berlin’s music. Jtem: Frank Tinney. . One Kiss. Fulton—To be reviewed later Eye and Ear Entertainment Poppy. Apollo—Made notable by Adrienne. George M. Cohan’s—Form 1123 Fields and Madge Kennedy. . Musical Comedy, with Richard Carle and Runnin’ Wild. Colonial—The best Negro Billy B. Van to make it funnier. show since J Artists and Models. Shubert—For men Sharlee. To be reviewe: only. The Stepping Stones. Globe—Reviewed Battling Buttler. Selwyn—Not bad. Not — in this issue. good, but not bad. Topics of 1923. Ambassador—To re Greenwich Village Follies. IWinter Gar- viewed later. . ; den—Several excellent, specialties more than Vanities of 1923. Earl Carroll—Joe Cook making up for the dull stretch Little Jessie James. Longac ognize one tune, at any ra and a generally good revue. Ziegfeld Fo Little Miss Bluebeard. Lyceum—Irene Brice, Ann Pennington and others in Bordoni, with eyes. the Follies. “AND THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS ARE THE HARDEST” America’s celebrated doctrine was promulgated by President James Monroe on December 2, 1823. allienne The Magic Ring. Liberty—For those who —You'll rec: Wildflower. Casino—Still the best mi comicbooks.com