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fftefflf?!- I) SATURDAY. JANUARY H. 12 I iflMlfc ' ' L WiHffi JOE'S CAR ; - .j. In Other Words, How Much? $? j B I JOE'S CAR THE NEW PLAYS "The Blue Kitten" Gorgeous and Lively By CHARLES DARNTON I JWWLGOT ft F,Np.G,v1L' H, Ef J GO .Ml-, M M FT" ' ' 1 I 51 They've, got rt fine -gall o soak me. a berrv an' a half rui I HAT Lit ' Ptin l, p. WHEN "The Blue Kitten" got Its back up nt tlio Solwyn Theatre Inst night wo knew Unit nothing could stop It from be coming u spectnenlnr success, for that back belonged to Lillian Lorraine, and it was nil there. As a rule It is hard to forgive a lady who turns her back on Sou. lint there nro exceptions, and this was ono of them. Miss Lprrnlno gavo uh ho much even more than wo wcro iook Injr for that wo couldn't possibly fool alighted, lu her simple, gener ous way she cjimo out beautifully. Shunning compromise, sho wus fear lessly, superbly vertebrate. At n glanco It could bo seen that alio bu llovcd In hewing to the waistline. When Marion Sunshlno plaintively murmured, "I am trying to get back to nature," wo wcro reminded that Lillian had got at least half way there without saying a wold about It. Her back spoke for Itself. Joseph Cnwthorno could hope to do little more than Bhlne In the reilcctcd glory of a musical comedy taken from n French farce, for the humor pro vided him by Otto Harbach and Will lam Cary Duncan wasn't exactly daz zling. Even Ids inevitable topical wing dealt with such worn subjects as bridge and dancing. Hut he wbh his old good natured self as the porl.-r of tho "Uluo Kitten" cafe In Paris, , Krown so rich on tips that lin -porti-d , n chateau, tmd so ho managed to be umusing. Everything but his shot-1 gun went with a bang, especially tho music of Rudolf Krlml, always uneful nnd spirited. TrAips of pretty girls y-lcked ""t , hy the lnvlsh Arthur llammerstolii In oven prettier costumes made ''The Uluo Kitten" gorgeous and lively 1 Ono of tho most charming of the , ornate company was Mary Cory Kit chen, who danced on her toes wllh rare grace nnd just a dash of .W.7.. She fairly had the audience nt her feet after her "Danco of the Hoses," Miss Sunshlno kicked up u pair of licels quite ns saucy as her eyes clever gill nnd Grant and Wing in (lulgcd In an acrobatic fling calcu lated to raise them in tho estimation of the onlookers. Although Lorraine Munvlllo did not charm tho car with her singing, she tripped daintily through several measures and was an engaging sweetheart. Douglas hlevcnson also acquitted himself 'sraccfully as the favored man. It wa3 that lon vivant, Victor Morley, who raised the cry that nil Paris would laugh at the wedding of a lorter's dangbter nnd a marquis, Would It, Indeed? Lillian Lorrainu got her back up aB never lxjforo ut the mere thought of such n thing Buch ns ho might laugh yes! Louncc' lizards might laugh! The woman who came to tho cafe with her Innocent husband so that Bhe could flirt with tho violinist her lover might laugh! But all Paris laugh at a marquis for marrying a decent girl? N-n-o! . The Indignant Lillian had called for champagne Imperiously earlier in the t-vcnlng, but now sho vibrated with righteousness ns she proudly threw back her head In defenso of pure About Plays and Players By BIDE DUDLEY yvLrVER MOItOSCO has decided I J to take Charlotto Greenwood, 'the lovely long comedienne, out of "Let 'Er Go, Letty," in which sho Is now appearing In New England, and Give her a new starring vehicle. "Ict 'Er Go, Letty," Is pretty good enter talnment, but he had a chance to got Itoso Stahl's old play, "Maggie l'cppor " for Miss Greenwood, so the chango will bo nmdo Just as soon ns "Magglo" can be Bet to music. Tho title of the new ono will bo "Lanky Letty Pepper," and It will open Jan 23 out of tho city. Werner Janssen will supply the score and Leo Woods and Irving nibo will wrlto the lyrics, Paul DurnB, Itay Haymond, tho King Sisters and Josle Intropodl will bo in tho cast. IT SHOULD DO WELL. K. 13. of Urooklyn Informs us that our suggestion that somebody wrlto a play called "Tho Prescription" Is a little lute. "I have written Buch a play, says ' his noto. "In It a youthful doctor writes skee prescriptions In order to pet money to build n c.-uaee. His girl, to stop him, has his auto stolen In tho end they kiss and mako up ana he stops writing prescriptions because he finds his pad is all used up. Fine, eh?" MAXINE BROWN TO WED. Max 1 no Brown, prima donna, who was with "Buddies" when It was at the Selwyn Theatre, and has done other good things, is to become tho bride of George II. Moines. Vico Pres Ident end Manager of the Hamilton Baseball Club of tho Mlchlcan-On womanhood. Then levelling a fato fill finger ut tho poor wretch who quailed before her flashing eyes, she llnlshed him with: "I'm going to marry him God help him!" It was the funniest thing In tho show. I'roin tlmo to time Dulloa Welford, who as u tutor 'lookod like u boiled undertaker, was ulso driven I y fear to tho vcrgo of apoplexy, Mr. Caw lliorn lived in dread of a terrorizing wifo formidably represented by Jean Ncvvcombc, but ho In turn tyrannized over Itobcrt Woolsey as a ridicu lously small nephew. Little did tho lovely maidens enro. They wore ul wuys merry and bright, and so hand somely dtessed that nothing could disturb them. As a beauty show "The IJluc Kit ten" takes tho bluo ribbon. , VI H Ml your. im in. i , hi. www) Mr riw fill). C. I fWR I " '1. I IK jWPt. THE BIG LITTLE FAMILY She Keeps the Upper Hand.! S rhcK?w cT 11 F I -sEl ' Screenings mm S!GSra& S V toA W ST,Ll- Lov BUT SHE By DON ALLEpT Wm. NNtr VCTA S t S ? ,.-rr,-r- k J . M Hll-NOW THAT 1 ? f lccot,, W f I CoeJTo ft V " C WIFEy BtMJWSmvMM "1 1S PO0R I f .-A OP TH FACT M 0r.lfMN.Y H.WU)BjfW.rfc.l J5LWOT 1 1- ' ' .11 . . .li. II 'Rjp.CiguiHA LITTLE MARY KATINKA wd VOU HEAR ABOUT MINNIE -i Uy. 1822 (N. Y. Eg-Bm HHmH WR'H' fit- I 1 tt'NCEPlE CETTlra' MARRtED ?-TriEy SAY'IT VJUZ LQVE Al MKSl SKMI 1 S POSE SHE RHYMED PROPOSALS. The Duko wants a wife. But he Is getting tired of proposing. Bo heart broken over his failure to annex ono Is ho that he is threatening to leave for Vonkers. Ho writes at follows: Here upon a midnight dreary, I am sitting, iceak and weary, KM! icitlwut a wife to cheer me, And I'll tell the world I'm sore. So herein I am addressing To the sex tchich kept me guessing. That or all time I'm through mess ing. Goodly, girls, for evermore. tarlo League. Tho wedding will be celebrated in tho spring. Miss Drown will continue her Btago career. Mr. Malnes Is a natlvo of Flint. Mich, but he Is to make New vorit i,i3 home heieafter. Al JolRon Is Interested with him In tho proprietorship of tho Hamilton Club. COHAN RETURNS MONDAY. George M. Cohan will return from Atlantic City on Monday, nnd It Is probable he will announce soma of his plans then, lie went there for a rest and to plan productions. KEANE COMPANY LEAVING.. Doris Keane and the company which. Is to appear with her In "The lTm prices MIXUP lor. .a ir WHAT '. Y'DIDN'T KrJOW MRS. MUFFlMV HUSBAND LEFT ToUN ? Uhv HE - DISAPPEARED THE DAY AFTER PROHIBITION AM' THE POLICE LOCATED HiM IM CUBA ! Czarina" leave New Tork to-day for Baltimore, vfhere the play will bo launched at Ford's Thcatro Tuesday evening. In tho cast aro Basil Ruth bono, Frederick Kerr, William II. Thompson, William Dovcreaux. Ian Keith, Edwin Noel, Richard Malchlen, Lofs Meredith, Phyllis Allen and Blancho Gorvals. GOSSIP. A production of "Ghosts," with Mary Shaw, Is in rehearsal. Earl Foxe Is reported 111 In Knick erbocker Hospital. Elna Hanson Is leading a new danc ing numbei In tho Toyland bceno at tho Hippodrome. Tho Catholic Actors' Guild had u big thcatro party at tho performance of "Tho Mountain Man" last night. William Kaversham will Interview would-be actors und actresses at tho Astor Theutro Thursday morning ryjxt. "Rosa Machreo," at the Lexington Thcatro, has been renamed "Tho Rose of tho Ghetto." Oscar Shaw and Harland Dixon have fought moro than luu times In "Good Morning. Dearie, yoi mcy proress to bo good frlonds. ' "Drifting" will ro-open Monday with Helen Menken playing tho rolo nmdo vacant by Allco Brady's illness. Tho "Pins and Needles" cast arrived from England yesterday on tho Mo gahtlo. It Includes Harry Pllcer and Malslo Gay. The Sydney Rosenberg Post, No. 670, American Legion, will have a theatre party Tuesday evening at tho Riviera, Brooklyn. "Marjolalne," the musical version get . .poe ACCESSORIES!,' Vrlr'AlARt'f wWat n ic30 WRiTe so foH vSUC4 A "Rio WELL I DOM T LIKE To ACCUSE MR. WART BUT THE ONLY HEN WHO CAN AFFORD To BUY THEIR WIVES SABLE DAYS oKc OnTiK KOJJBER5 "BOOTLESSERS ! BUSTED ROMANCES Ex Llbrcs Artie, whatever thiit is, has taken us into his confidence re garding a busted romance In which ho figured. Ho doesn't want the girl now but ho docs want his frat pin. Read his lament: once did knoio a pretty miss,' And thought that I could love her, S?ii got from me my best frat pin, Ere I could "turtle dove" her, 1 must lament the fact that she Now greets me with a grin. Don't mind another playing her, But I want hack my pin. .Void li. D., if yon want to do A thing to win great fame, Just tell me how to get my "jool" To give another dame. of "Pomander Walk," will open at Uw liroadhurst Theatre Jan. 23 with Peggy Wood. Lennox Pawle ana Mary Hay in tho cast. Gertrude O'Connor, of "Up in tho Clouds," wants to bo a policewoman, but sho hasn't nny club. Hkeet Gal. lagher, who dances with her, tells her to forget It. Bert Levy will bo mastor of cero monies at the Raclmel Aid nnni benoilt at the Rltz Theatre to-morrow niKiii. iiuriy ucis navo agreed to ap pear, so Bert will bo busy. A one-step contest for the Eastern States championship wltl bo launched at the Terrace Garden Dance Palace To WfeiTE. "BIG- -AIN'T SHE A SCREAM SHE SLAPPED A SHoET FURS THESE PACE YESTERDAY FOR AND j I I THE RICHT SIZE OF I to-morrow afternoon when Long Island dancers will contest In the first preliminary. Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded. Tho next Sunday New York's east sldcrs will compete. A waltz contest will bo held Tuesday evening. ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. IC M. N. Morris Gest Is Mr. Be- lasco's son-in-law. Reader Tho New Amsterdam The atre was opened originally on Oct. 26, 1903, with Nat C. Goodwin in "A Midsummer Night's Dream." A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. A Middletowc. N. x., man says he has discovered perpetual motion. And it has nothing to do with a woman's tongue. rOOLI8HMENT. Through the trees the wind is sigh ing, On the line the clothes are drying, Birds are flying, no denying, 'Tis a dream. 1 can hear the peanuts cracking, Boothtacks sing as boots they're blacking. Life is perfect nothing lacking. reaches and cream I FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. "Sir, do you eo anything ridicu lous tn my wtr' "I do." JrtV wnat u m wn i aemand to ,nr head." f! .V-' . 1 z r -Jrlt. i it . . To - X HEARD HURRV UF; ATiMKA- SALESMAN'S lARSTSMlTH IS TtLLIN HER HER FOOT , COMING FOR LISSEH J dinner ! SPENDS HOUR IN OVEN HEATED 312 DEGREES. Chicken and IJrcad linked Brown, Candles Melted, tint Sinn Emerge Alive and Well. ( From tin. Dttrt.lt News. ) For a wager of $200 a man named Martinez suffered himself to be practi cally balled alive some yenrs ago In Paris In the presence of a number of scientists. He entered a hujro oven, peclally built, after it had been heated to a temperature of 312 degrees F., or about 100 'decrees hotter than boiling water. Then tho door was closed, and he was left alone for an hour, in company with an uncooked chicken and an unbaked loaf of bread. Candles were also pro vided, that he might havo light during his Incarceration or Incineration, as many people thought It would turn out. When he was released, however, he was found alive and well, with the chicken and loaf cooked to a turn. Tho candles had becomo boiling tallow. Martinez afterward repeated his per formance In Brussels, Milan and other cltlea, but thero must have been some thing abnormal In his constitution, since of several would-bo omulutors of his feat none eucceeded in staying out the full hour, while two, at least, perished mis erably. Probably his success was due in part to Uie care he took to have every par ticle of moisture extracted from the even before he entered It, since It la a trail known ftLot that hot. dry air dies not so adversely affect a human beMg uji hot- moist air. '! I Tl fl - - "Sound" Argument! . i ' T -SEE; it S -REAL LOUD Competition Not Welcomed ! MRS. SMITH y HOU THATtr THAT GABBY OLD THlMd- AlL SHE DOES IS TALK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S RllSlMF BUDDHA'S BIG IMAGE SET ON GOLD FLOWER. Flam re SO Feet II lull Worshipped With Insane Devotion In Sacred Temple of the Lamn City. (I"rom Htrptr'fl dlif utit.e.t An eighty-foot wooden imuge of Iluddha standing on a golden lotus (lower within a sacred temple tn "The Lama City," reserved for residences of Mongolian priests, Is worshipped with all the Insane devotion possible by the Mongolians. The great figure Is heavily gilded, mcrusted with precious stones and draped with silken cloths When the temple la opencu to the faithful of the City of Urga a priest at the entrance gives each perton a few drops of holy water from a filthy Jug, and the people, silent with awe, batho their faces with the fluid and prostrate themselves before the statuo, whose head ts lost In the shadows of the temple ropf. They kiss Its silken draperies, nolled by the Hps of thousands, and each one gathers a handful of eacred dirt from the temple floor I From niches In thn wall hundreds of tiny Buddhas gaze Impassively on the worshipping Mongols. The si-.-nu of worship Is one "Intoxicating in its barbaric splendor. The' chorus of prayers whloli rise and fall in a meaningless half wild chant are broken by the clash of cymbals and the boom of snakesktn drunui. and ono Is fully able to understand the religious fanaticism of the East when the tieonlo are seen at prayer In ono of these temples. T uTl NICE VACATION. Lon Chaney Is on his way back to. Hollywood, gasping but game, panting but proud and with his brain all a-flutter, wondering just why any one could look upon Thanksgiving, Christ mas and New Year's as holidays jl A ;uiuu uuu wuo wining nounced Lon Just before ho left. "I knew when I came on I was going to work In Hope Hampton's big film, The Light In tho Dark,' but I didn't think it would be a five weeks' go-.ia-thp-dlres:jr-pleaed grind. "I sorter looked forward to the tlm holidays and craved r"St. The on! reason I knew they were holidays ut all was because Director Clarenei llrown made us atatt work earlier an.i. keep at It longer. 1 "I'm fed up on work, but I'm satis fied wait till you sec the film ll'f.i you'll know why." SHIRLEY'F TROUBLES. Shirley Mason' B a lotta tioi.ul It's all on aceoiii of ln-r size too. Ii s-t'Cin.M that the u.ilnty Shlilry "Hi clothes made fur twelve-j ear-oM Slrls. "I get t-o tired of having winr snlrs !ndy say, 'Tho chlldren'H donurtmeir Is on the next flight, fourth aisle nn tho right,' that I could Jrst lioD.vr. peeved Shirley recently. "It Is awful to bo a size Just betwixt ami betweii. The mlsse.s' sizes start at fourteen and they lit mo like a circus tent uti a gnat. "Woe !s me! .What nm I to do?-' Our advice would be to cat plenlv of fattening food, or. If that is to., much trouble, seek out a good dress maker. . SHUSH! Ernest Truex. tho glll-slzed screen comic. Is sharper than a year-old col lar edge. Once he and Rutgers Neil pon attended a football game betwee:. Now York University and Ilutgcr Colleae. "Well, Ernie," quipped Rutgers, "since I was graduated from N. V. I', and Inherit the name of Uutgeif.. where do you think I ought to sit dur ing this game?" "On tho fence, nutty, old toppei.'' snot hack ICrnie, "on the fence." A FABLE. Once Upon a Time there was .. Palo Gazook who hunted Thr--Squares a day by acting as a movl. Press Agent. Ho didn't claim that his star wa- thO most beautiful In tlm urnrM- tl. .. she had just lost , 000,000 worth of uiamonus; mat uho could act bettei than any other scrcenlte; that he hobby was raising sclf-plckllng -i. cumbers or that her forthcoming 're lease was to "cost $1,000,000." In Other Words, ho tried to be Hoi'- MORAL: "It's better to have ha a Job and lost than never to ha worked at nil." FADEOUTS. Dustin Karnum is shooting sccni:. for a new film tentatively labelled "When Iron Turns to Gold.". It will probably bo released, wo presume, under some such title as "Why Cant Iron Sinks." Mary Cnrr was called upon by William Fox script to fry som. doughnuts. Now, what do you sup pose Mary Carr did? Right the flri time; she fried doughnuts. Jack Ford, widely known director, grew so accustomed to eating seed less raisins, tasteless cooking and drinking klcklcss drinks that ho ha. started smoking a smokeless pice. "Ten Nights In u, Barroom," a film made from the age-old ntory, bringing back "old times" memories in several big cities. Volstead haau'i Been it yet. Parthenon Productions annouuc the signing of Ludmilla Franzown., Batallna and Alexander IvunowltcJi Trojanowsky. Russian stars Wouldn't those two monickers shine brightly tn 60-watt lights? My, oh, my! "If absenco makes the heart grow fonder," muses Ernest Truex; "then nearness makes It beat like thunder." Tho old Eden Musce has been re produced In Hollywood for the next Educational Mermaid comedy, Al Christie is personally directing a now comedy featuring Bobby Ver non. "Schoolday Love" will be title oi the next Campbell comedf. Irene Dal ton gave Chicago . elance last week, turned ngnt arounu and whlaltod back to Hollywood. .'"wu " a new crop now anuya screen ueauues. Tnero aro a bunch of Iowans in tho films at proi ent. All aro not beauties, howevet, t we oeneve uen xurpln sprouted lv. Des Moines. I Associated First National, through General Manager J. D. Williams, Is entertaining Florence Lawrence, Western screen writer, on vacation location here. To-day she awnplen Mrs. Delmonlco'a coo kin with a hunch of hungry Eastern wrilaraj screen topics. 4