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plentiful, not because of the
script, but because Harry K.
Morton knows how to play the
drunken sailor just right and
knows how to dance when real
pep is needed in dull spots. It is
also witty with the presence of
Harry Kelly. Though he is still
the same white faced Deacon we
have known for years, the irre
sistible humor of his expressive
vision on the passing shoiv and his
slow exits aided the story muchly.
It is a tale of a guardian who
returns to his young ward, being
in love with her, but his death
having been heralded in advance
of his arrival, he passes himself
off as a friend. There are rivals
for his money and the dishearten
ing knowledge that hih ward loves
a youth instead of her elderly
guardian.
The play has the elements of
appeal necessary for immediate
success which it is sure to achieve.
The songs which gain highest
favor will be recorded as “Pretty
Polly,” “Starlight of Hope,” “Sisi
Senorita,” “Youth Calls to Youth”
and the finale “There Will Bloom
a Rose for Me.” In the main Mr.
Romberg is credited with the
larger number of compositions.
In New York
Of several new plays recently
recovered from their local debuts,
and reaching Broadway, one is
here noted as receiving the pen of
Percy Hammond. It is the Selwyn
production of “The Exciters.” Of
this Mr. Hammond says:
“This new play is at least three
hours of aimless hysteria, involv
ing, among other things, Miss
Tallulah Bankhead in several
handsome spasms of neurosis. It
is one of the dramatic works of
Martin Brown, a pleasing dancer;
though last night at the Times
Square it seemed that the actors
were making it up as they went
along. A trifle extempore “The
Exciters,” and perhaps a little too
frantic and haphazardous even
for an improvisation.
“ ‘The Exciters’ is a' delirious
charade, and is hereby recom
mended to those who are fond of
deliriohs charades as one of the
Wildest of its outlandish kind.”
Noted
Wilda Bennett has assumed the
prima donna role in “The Lady
in Ermine” which Eleanor Painter
deserted with so' much disappoint
ment on the night of the Apollo
opening.
Next week is the first ‘split
week” booking of the Fall and
Winter season. It will be shared
at the Apollo by “Faithful Heart”
a play by Monckton Iloffe, offered
jointly by Max Marcin and Fred
erick Stanhope and by Otis Skin
ner in the Booth Tarkington play
“Mister Antonio.”
Our own Lou Cline is offering
the publicity for the Max Marcin
offering, having dedicated him
self hereto with considerable zest,
zest.
CISSY FITZGERALD IN “THE
GAIETY GIRL"
(An Old Timer by One of Our Staff)
No flourish of trumpets yotfr
coming did herald—
They puffed up the play, but
scarce mentioned your name.
Now all that is changed, little
Cissy Fitzgerald!
With smiles for your passport
you danced into fame.
The play proved an oyster and
you were its pearl,
The only original “Gaiety Girl.”
Let’s Go!
FORD DABNEY
(Himself)
and Hia Famous 15-Piece
Syncopated Orchestra
All-Star Vaudeville
—Featuring—
SALLIE FIELDS—-Broadway Favorite
MLLE. MILO—The Sensational Dancer
j|:|f —at the—
PALAIS ROYAL
Nightly
The VENTNOR NEWS, with other publications of the Amuse
ment Publishing Company, as seen in the 1922 Pageant Parade. I
The chair is occupied by Grace Mary Moore, who will write weekly !
letters to her Ventnor friends from Wellesley College, through the i
medium of the VENTNOR NEWS.
A Daring Subject
At the Apollo Theatre for Three
days, next Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, “The Faithful Heart”
will be offered by Max Marcin and
Frederick Stanhope.
A rather daring subject, that
of a father’s love for his illegiti
mate daughter whom he has never
seen and who comes into his life
unannounced after twenty years,
is treated so intensely but withal
so very humanly, that one’s heart
strings are given an extra tug—
and then some.
A rather personal question is
propounded in “The Faithful
Heart”: If you were a young girl
whom the breath of scandal had
never touched, and you were in
love with a man who had a
daughter born out of wedlock
twenty years ago and if you knew
that your marriage would ostra
cize you from society and your
friends, and everything that you
had been brought up to expect
and live for, would you go
througli with the ceremony?
And if on the other hand—sup
pose you were a man and into
your life, at a most inopportune
time, just when a diplomatic ap
pointment has been awarded you
—when you have been proposed
membership in the most exclusive
clubs—when you are about to
marry an heiress: Suppose! At
that time, a daughter, born out
of wedlock twenty years ago—
claims your protection and
parental love. Suppose that,
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DRUGS
—and—
GIFTS
acknowledging her, you are
forced to forfeit all worldly com
forts and position. What would
you do? M:r. Monckton Hoffe is
the author.
Mrs. Hicks—That’s a dreadful
uncouth trick of yours, brushing
off the chairs before you sit down.
It appears as though you were
afraid you would get your trous
ers soiled. I was terribly mor
tified last evening.
Mr. Hicks—Never you mind,
Mariar; I taught a district school
for fourteen years before I mar
ried you.
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Boardwalk and Ocean Avenue
Comfort, quiet, prompt service, delicious
cuisine.^ These are the outstanding fea
tures which recommend the Schlitz
Restaurant as a dining place to all.
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Business Men’s Lunch, $1.00
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Our Famous Chickan Dinner
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More Heron News From
Ventnor Sport Expert
Argumentative battle still
wages between local sportsmen,
who claim that herons, or cranes,!
are destroying millions of soft
shell crabs, eels and other edible
denizens of the bays, and officials
of the Audubon Society, who
claim that the statements are not
backed by facts. The following
communication on the subject was
received by the -Ventnor News:
“Editor Ventnor News:
“In further response to the ar
ticle which appeared in the Vent
nor News concerning destruction
wrought by cranes, or herons, it
would seem that the representa
tive writer of the Audobon So
ciety either displayed great ig
norance or is prevaricating about
the subject.
“As a matter of fact, myself
and other gentlemen of this sec
tion, whom they accuse of ignor
ance concerning the matter, are
more or less scientific men and in
no sense totally ignorant on the
subject at stake. Personally, too,
we have viewed the destruction of
eels and crabs through strong
glasses which made our deduc
tions sure.
“It is a fact that the heron
is a bird of solitude, never fre
quenting settled sections, but the
birds congregate in secluded spots
in flocks which number at times
into the hundreds. Along the At
lantic Coast there are not only
thousands but millions of these
birds and their destruction of
edible foods along the bars and
in the bays must run into tons
each year.
“Yours,
“ORAS REED.”
Martin s
New York Avenue and
Boardwalk
HENRI MARTIN
Presents
Evelyn
Nesbit
Tom Satterfield and
His Orchestra
BEAUX ARTS
ST. JAMES PLACE AND BOARDWALK
JOS. H. MOSS, Proprietor
"j Every Night
Margaret Edwards Louise Mack
The Favorite Dancer In Likable Songs
Chic Barrymore Hal Hickson
The Entertainer Late of the Follies
? TETER'S ORCHESTRA
Ventnor Theatre
WEYMOUTH AND VENTNOR AVENUES
Thursday and Friday
Mary Miles Minter
—in—
SOUTH of SUVA
Saturday—Sunday—Monday —
MACK SENNETT’S
MOLLY O
—with—
MABEL NORMAND
Tuesday and Wednesday
CONCEIT
The Story of a Man Whose Worst Enemy Was Himself
Cast Includes
Hedda Hopper, William Davidson, Maurice Costello
and Betty Hilburn
BIJOU THEATRE
SOUTH CAROLINA AVENUE AND BOARDWALK
Thursday and Friday
IRENE CASTLE
—in—
No Trespassing
Saturday—Sunday—Monday—Tuesday
RICH MEN’S WIVES
Portrayed by a Wonder Cast
House Peters, Claire Windsor, Baby Richard Head
rick, Rosemary Theby, Gaston Glass, Myrtle Sted
Charles (Jlary, Mildred June, Carol Holloway,
* William Austen and Martha Maddox
CAPITOL THEATRE
CORNER MARYLAND AND ATLANTIC AVENUES
Thursday and Friday
Pilarimc nf tho NirrKf
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J. L. Frothingham’s Masterful Drama of the Parisian
Underworld and London’s Uppercrust
Saturday—Sunday—Monday
REX BEACHE’S Romance
FAIR LADY
Founded on His Famous Novel, “The Net”
, —Featuring—
Betty Blythe