In Manhattan

A quantity of new plays having been offered, mid-September found the following plays showing in Manhattan:

Abie's Irish Rose--The oldest.

The Adorable Liar--A romantic girl almost cries "Wolf!" once too often.

At Mrs. Beam's--Bluebeard in a boardinghouse.

The Blonde Sinner--Unflavored theatrical hash.

Cradle Snatchers--Raucous farce in which middle-aged matrons and college youths sojourn on Long Island.

The Donovan Affair--Jewels, murder, detectives, murder, mystery, murder.

The Ghost Train--Snorting mystery on funny lines.

Great God Brown--Eugene O'Neill's tragedy of genius, with masks.

Henry-Behave!--A mild farce about amnesia and an inhibited gentleman.

The Home Towners--A South Bend grumpy misunderstands New York honor and is funny.

Honest Liars--A farce, light to the point of being inconsequential.

House of Ussher--Well acted revival of a dull play on domestic intrigue.

If I Was Rich--Joe Laurie as a well-meaning young man who cannot afford a Long Island house party.

Laff That Off--A rickety vehicle for slang.

Little Spitfire--A working girl marries into Southampton.

Loose Ankles--Funniest wisecracks of the season.

Lulu Belle--Lenore Ulric in an explicit tale of a prostitute who flaunts over the color line.

My Country--Jewish and Italian lambs lie down with old U. S. lions.

One Man's Woman--Sex in Hawaii according to the boxoffice.

Potash and Perlmutter-Detectives--Described by the title.

Service for Two--Agitated husband in the middle bedroom.

Sex--Stupid, coarse.

The Shanghai Gesture--Oriental wickedness.

She Couldn't Say No--A woman can be humorous, can be lawyer.

What Every Woman Knows--Helen Hayes and Sir James Barrie define charm.

Foibles of the flesh, diversions of the eye and ear, are agreeably presented in: lolanthe, Americana, Scandals, Great Temptations, Sunny, The Vagabond King.