Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-10
THEATERS

&TURAT-Sora Bayes in Ladies First"
at s1S
EEGLIsH'S-May Irwin in "The Hiring
gAne," at 9:15.
y. F. KEITH'S--Metropo litan vaudeville,
at 2:f5 and s;15.
IYRIC-vaudeville, continuous from I
until Ii.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT continuous.
MISUNDERSTANDING and pictures, con
tinuous.
PARK-Musical extravaganza, at 2:15
and S:16.
ENGLIsH's-"ON THE HIRING LINE"
There Is a gospel of happiness sur
rounding a fat person.
May Irwin is no exception to the rule
and the little germ of happiness is float
In over the stage of the English theater
these days.
Probably, to be proper. one should
say adequate avolrdupois' in referring
90 Miss Irwin but If the writer could
make people as happy as Miss Irwin did
last night at Englishs they could call
mc fat until the judgment day.
The reason that the satrical comedy
"Ou the Hiring Line" is at Bnglisb's
up to and including Wednesday night
Is because May Irwin is there.
The farce concerns Mr.. and Mrs. Sher-
man Fessenden, the male of which Is
George Howell and the she Is Miss r.
win.
or course the couple has a daughter
that is Fessenden has by a former wife.
and the three are living IN the country.
Tho Mrs. Fessenden was a former actress
and she did not go crazy over the
country and they couldn't keep servants.
So. in despair, Fessenden engages two
RI 6nfnCtivoS ma and a n
TO act rs butler and cook. The real mis-
sion Of the servants is not known to
Fessenden's wife
Then the trouble starts. In comes an
actor friend of Mrs. Fessenden by the
name of Ronnie Oliver; also two neigh
bors. Mrs. Billy Capron and her hus-
band. The last two are separated be-
cause Mrs. Billy can't make her eyes
behave. The Caprons have q chauffeur
by the name of Steve Mack who loves
Dorothy Fessenden, the daughter.
Things get all mixed up. Everybody
falls out The plot thickens. Well, why
ruin the story because the servant prob.
lem was not solved.
Miss Irwin gets off some snappy lines
such as:
Marriage doesn't vaccinate a man"
II loved him so much that I could
hear his heart beat in the subway"
TllCtlu is SOOu LOT married man
circulation"
II met a married woman friend of
mine who is mother of seven children.
Sh" is disappointed in her husband"
why take away the charm of those
comedy situations
Go to English's and laugh with this
nerry, fat missionary of clean humor
The company is we'll balanced, clever
and capable.
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MURAT-"LADIES FIRST"
f"r five long years Indianapolis stages
haze been without Nora Bayes. and last
git ushered in a weeks enga cement of
tLis star at the Murat theatcr, in her own
show, ladies First" And judging from
tho applause and enthusiasm shown in
the audience she will be wanted here
every season from now on, in just such
an offering.
Perhaps the reason Miss Bayes is such
favorite lies in the fact that She is so
friendly and right at home with her
audience. In fact, she was so chummy
last evening that she permitted the cur
tain to be raised which she assisted the
stage hands in tearing down n set and
arranging the next act. Then this wasn't
enough for her friends this side of the
footlights so this merry person played
"catch" with a huge pillow, tossing it
out among the observers.
Ladies First" is just the sort Of play
for Miss Bayes. The plot is cIevcrly ar
ranged, the lines sparkling with original
Nora Bayes wit. 1t was written by
Charles Hoyt long time ago. when suf-
frage and women's rights were laughed
at and considered ridiculous The story
tells Of an ardent suffragist who nom
mates her niece as candidate for mayor
Of the town, and Miss Bayes happens to
be Betty Burt, the niece Betty is en-
gagged to Benny, who has been nominated
by the men of the town as candidate on
the opposite ticket. This of course. is
the cause of a broken enga cement and is
good starter for plenty of comedy
There are several big fights before the
end, and IN one instance Betty's smart
frock is torn In threads by the women at
the polls on election day. In the end the
election comes out favorably, and the two
sweethearts are united and soon become
re engaged.
AS Aunt Jim, the strong headed suf-
3ragist, Florence Morrison IS immense.
both in size and ability. Her deep and
husky voice Startles her associates to
such an extent they readily obey her,
particularly in Bettys case AL Roberts
is seen as Uncle Tody, the henpicked
husband, who is also driven about by
those harsh tones of Aunt Jim He /.
particularly good in the scenes where
he is to appear In the parade. dressed
us a Boy Scout, and when be has bal
'just enough to not be afraid of telln~
his wife where she belongs and where