The Washington times., 1919-12-29

POLLS.
"Some Time" With
Frank Tinney.

1
Dear Mr.. Dramatic Editor:
| / got your tickets to go to Poli':
| and see the show last night. 1t was
| a good show. ! knew one actor ano
no actresses in IL. / knew Frank Tin
| ney. He was at the Belasco Theatel
| during the war in Camp Meig:
soldier entertainment for which nc
war tax was charged. They charged
me a war tax last night, but the show
was worth it.
The advertisement says: Arthur
Hammerstein presents Frank Tinney
in a merry musical romance, Some
Time Brilliant cast. Stunning
chorus"
Frank Tinney always gets n loud
laugh out of me. and the other hall
agrees with me in this, besides get
ting lot of entertainment out of the
beautiful gowns worn by the stun
ming chorus" 1 am not so strong on
the gowns, but I'll admit that the
stunning chorus" is stunning all
right, but not because of the gowns
not with me. It's because they don''
wear much at all. The other hall
says / ought to pay more attention tc
the esthetic quality of the gowns
but I just can'tshelp thinking more
ABOUT Whdt s IN lneul.
some Time is in several scenes
Once the curtain came down a lone
time and a man came down the aisle
shouting he had chocolates for sale
l was sort o. hoping he'd bring dowr
some ice water, but he didn't, just
chocolates. I didn't see him sell any
| though, so / was glad.
The first scene is supposed to be
on a stage. which II is. A girl come,
out and sings, What Do You Have
to Do to Get All. That?" She die
| pretty we'll. but nobody gave her 9
hand. Maybe. like me, they won
dered who she was. You always give
'em a hand when you know about
'em, y'know. do, anyway. That ac'
might have gone dead. only Franz
| coat Then / began to laugh and get
sort o. interested.
Then Enid. that's the CHECKER
who's supposed to be- the star Of th'
show. takes a couple of friends intt
her dressing room and tells 'em the
sad, sad story. Every time she be
gins to say anything. in comes Franz
Tinney with a lot OF jokes. / had e
laugh every time he came in. Ev-
erybpdy else did, too, so l wasn't
| alone. And Frank washes off tha
black stuff and looks human all TIL,
way from then on to the end of tn,
show. 1t was the first time / evel
saw him look human. He's not ex
actly beauty. but he'll pass.
Then, when Enid begins to tell tn,
sad, sad story of her life, there's &
| cut-back, like IN the movies, and the,
show you the story itself. Firs
there's an actors boarding house OF
West Twenty-third street. New York
That's a scream, especially wher
Mamie Dean comes in and does {
clog dance. / always applaud a clos
dance. and Mamie's some dancer
Don't know her real name, owing 4
the fact that there were no programl
or anything to tell us who she was.
Then there's a scene supposed Il
be in Argentina. A wop sings a Low,
song to girl in black tights. She'i
smoking cigarettes and then dances
Enid has a quarrel with Dick Carte
no, not Nick Carter, but Dick Car
ter-and the vamp, Sylvia, laugh.
shrilly. (This is a perfect descrip
tion of her laugh.)
Then there's a scene on a rooi
garden in New York and, to end the
show, Enid makes up with Dick, who.
been of to France as an aviator
It's pretty ending to a pretty show
II kOO pdu Cdn lcit you tnt
names of the actors except Frank
Tinney or any of the actresses
There are two fine dancers among tn,
actors who deserve to get theil
names in the paper. The same goe.
for Dick Carter. He's a good singel
and actor.
Enid is sweet and pretty and wear,
esthetic gowns, according to the
other half. Sylvia, the vamp (Sylvia',
her stage name, you know is a fin'
| locker. Mamie Dean is worth while
especially when she's clogging.
Frank Tinney, the only actor
know by name, is a property man il
this show. not the real property man
but he's supposed to be a propert,
man. He's funny, alright, alright
He's funny from beginning to end.
"Some Time has some good music
but I can't remember the names o.
any of the songs after that frst one
| II has some stunning girls, too, /;
| fock of them.