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Among those who probably will never be arrest?3 for applauding too | Doisterously at a picture show ts Henry James, the novelist. Were he Questioned closely, Mr. James might Adamt that the film exhibition is one of Nie pet aversions. A day or so ago| Larry Giffen, who supplies picture! Pro@ucers with scenario material, cabled Mr. James at bis London club @uggesting that quite a sizeable roll might be amassed for him were he ‘willing to permit some of his stories to be made over into scenarios. Hav- despatched the cablegram Mr. had visions of husky young commissions and the like, ‘These visions continued for about five hours and then bump cama He received es from London. St read: oat Tes © om DAVID BELASCO’S PLANS. "David Belasco ts preparing for a busy season, ie will open the Belasco Theatre Aug. 10 with the Smith-Mapes comedy, “The Boomer- one.” Frances Starr will be sent on late in September in “Marie~ | Odile,” and in the pring she will have | ® Rew play by T. Wigney Percival | and Horace Hodges, who wrote | “Grumpy.” In November David War- | field de seen in a new play by | Mr. Belasco, An adaptation of “The Csarina,” © drama of Russian court | life, has been made by Mr. Belasco, and this is schedule for early pro- duction. Another play to be pro- duced in the fall is “The Laughter of Fools,” a comedy by H. F. Maltby, has ren successful at the | Prince of Wales Theatre, London. | On the Belasco lat for production lao are pla: cA Middleton, Frank M. |, Mra. ison Wood- , A. lL. Sessio: Mrs. Frances | Lightner, Maurice Samuels and | ration. FOR THE LONDON “KICK IN.” A. H. wepta Py oP ged company - playe! ion to produce Soke Tn" there late in Au wil- ton Ir, 1 Eigen a ee A ony burs. len mes, rown! a James Keenan, Theodore Mitchell Jommphune Willams Noel ‘Arnold and FLOO EY will sail a week from , a MISS DOOLITTLE AGAIN. Eilabelic Mae Doolittie, the poetess, Claims (hat Lecsville, hor homo town, prettiest insane asylum in States. The grounds #0 beautiful recently that she pipe 3 a ise 835 baseball team like a dentist? he is associated with Yanks. sending you my poem.” Here toes Ete one Dn a Sees sees wee h ty ve afl iat a we . Gra; hae been Bthet de engaged ie acting for a film Blanche is to be married in ’ "m After.” ‘Poe Henry Miller-Klaw & ’ of “Just Outside the Door” ve ronearenl Monday. It te copia an engagement at M Galety Sept. 6. Nearly @ dozen actresses have en- ee the Seaside monch a Long . to- Mayor Gerhardt of Long es TT aT Home and Comic Page of 1S,.YA CANT GET ANY: GARDEN TRUCH Ta EAT pICTAY Wey axer! wor's His in his coz; , just before tumbling into B: re be Tent Pog: were of the ans But ter sleep cs ois ee he met Peggy, ~~ seemed a very pretty. Tom bats . He unlocked rumbo's to entertain her. the big brass key. Beach will be a judge. A newoomer in the movies is “Blid- ing Biuly” Watson. He is soon to ap- pear in @ ecreen adaptation of “Hap- — for the Wizard Film Corpora- Francis P. Bent, formerly active in New York litics, is in vaudeville, He is lecturing on the European war at Proctor’a Fifth Avenue Theatre and is showing some war pictures. Louise Dresser, Grace La Rue, Trixie Friganza, Nora Bayes, Stella Mayhew, Elizabeth Murray, Dorothy Jardon, Alice Lioyd, Olive Briscoe and Valerie Bergere will be on the pro- gramme of the White Rats’ Scamper at the Manhattan Opera House, Aug. Ruth Stanton of Atlantic City has won the $25 prise offered by F. Ray Comstock for the best lyric for “Bed, Bed, Beautiful Bed,” a song in “No- body Home!" She shows real talent as 4 writer of popular songs, having rhymed “fast” with “glass” and “say” with “cabarets.” 10, FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. trate (to auto Pi oy a speeder)—What ZivE ME Tar SPEECH | (m Gon! EVENING AT THE MASS MEET , ING: YOU MIGHT COME OVER Aud BE HOW ITS RECEIVED! 01. Pread Babtsiae D AXEL—Flooey “THING ON THE ENGING THE EVENING WORLD, Thursday, July 29, 1] Do FERGIT IT Sometimes, UT THEN AGAIN, WHEN I Loon AT You, (IT ALL COMES BACH TER ME You MAWE ME SHINK UV A STRING-BEAN, DONT YA STRIVE ME Wit THAT: GOS+ DiInb YA, “DON GENTLEMEN CIF 1 MeN SO DESICWATE YoU SUCH NOUR BILL 1S LONE Ov! Ado t INSIST THAT You Pet UP oR fit Sue TO You, MISS I<Eys, DELIVER, IT THIS » Chock Full of Information Concerning Spark Plugs Now” . oJ OAS BANE" SPARK-PLUG AN’ AY DON'T. VANT You “To MONKEY WITH (Tt — - LEZ Tom put the elepfiant througti his fricks just as cleverly and bravely as any big man, making him stand upon his hind legs and tumble about quite as much as Tom ever did. Peggy thought Tom very won- derful and clever. ‘Unséen, a little mouse crept in to see the performance, Peggy arms about Tom’s neck and called biev's Hero, bie Siew be was crt, bacaane even aie Is ig, erful elephant was afraid of the J and tumbled and fell just at the right place to catch focen not. Tom must have tumbled deep in an the little gray animal and make him a prisoner. because he could no longer admire blond halt. He. was the little fat mousé thought black locks were more beautiful Continued) an By Hazen Conklin A NEW EVENING WORLD "SUCCESS MOVIE” {LLUSTRATED BY FERD G. LONG Suddenly Jumbo tossed his trunk in the afr and tstarted off at a terrific pace, grunting and snorting rom fear. Ina twinkling Peggy was upon a stoo) with her fluffy skirts caught up, screaming in terror. The cause ef all this paid sitting quietly, in the corner. 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