The evening world. Newspaper, November 20, 1915, Page 12

m4 Home and Comio Page of THE EVENING _WOKLD, Mince the Managers’ Ticket Assocta- fen went up the fuse early in the ‘week, {t has become the custom to “pall out” Broadway theatrical attrac- tleme, !t appeare Kiaw & Erlanger aid blocks of seats for “Around the Maz.” ot the Kew Ameterdam, to tare estation of the association. Now the ter memagers are following mutt. Miscks of seats for Leo Dttrichetetn in “The Great Lover,” “Common Clay,” "Weir and Warmer,” “The Unchast- “med Woman,” “Alone at Last,” “Betwon's Choice.” “Abs and Maw- rem,” “The Princes Pat" and “The Mine Paradies” have bean disposed of te the brekers and are on mule at the ticket agencies for performances be ginning Monday. To this list may be Added other shows before Monday ames. The brokers bave spent more ‘han $100,000 for the privilege of hand- Mag these seats, one of them said to- ay. it in probably considerably more than that sum. All the plays mention: @eanes. it muy appear @minitiated tha: (he proprisior of hit should sell his tickets im advance, The explanation is thut he has a @hance to collect on his play immedi- ately instead of having to walt for the menay to come in day by day BY WAY OF DIVERSION. Thanksgiving is nearing; the tur- keys are dreaed and soon pumpkin will be baking. The day will ring joy throbs to many 4 breast. In gon, though, there'll be a wee aching for hundreds of lonely ones, far, far from home where the heart's always turning, who'll dine at the counter in some small cafe and do some tall thinking and yearning. Bill Skinner will know that in Kalamazoo folks at the home place are wish- ing, and maybe his plate and his nap- ring, too, are there while the good qa they're dishing. .A picture will come to his mind with his ple that's sweet, yet a little distressing, and may be a tear will abpear in his eye as Dad bows his head in the blessing. I + ef you, renders, while carving way for loved ones, as dishes are Steaming, to start just a thought to- ward that little cafe where Hill at the counter is dreaming. It's such a small thing and it cannot do harm. ‘Twill add to the joy of your dinner, And maybe ‘twill send out a comforting charm to—well, we'll just say, to Bill Skinner. » THE RAGTIME "ARGUMENT. Help! This argument about the @riginator of ragtime is becoming too etrenuous for us. Charles Cor- win of Cincinnati writes to state that Robody originated syncopated popu- lar music—that it just grew. He does admit, however, that Ben Har- Bey probably perfected it, Edward ®. Winn, who teaches ragtime piano ‘Playing, is inclined to think that we'd be in the right if we gave Mr. Har- mey the championship belt and the Bronze medal He thinks Ned Way- ‘Dburn’s chim to the honor is doubtful, song “Syncopated .” Mr, Winn thinks, is no proof of any ability on be part of Mr, ‘Wayburn to write ragtime music, be- Therefore, says Mr. Winn, bow can anybody say Mr, Weyburn originated ragtime with this * song? Mr. Winn’s ar- gument sounds reasonable enough and he to undoubtedly a very nice fallow, but just the same, the cham- | yrnced be and the medal might great sources of comfort to Mr, ‘Weyburn at this time. Edgar Pretorious of Brooklyn, merely queries us an follows: “What are you going to do about the ragtime honor? Are you going te award & to Wayburn or Harney?” “Yeo,” way we, | MATHEWS GAVE IT up. J. W. Mathews, manager of the Hippodrome, is from London, Re- cantly be evolved a plan to give the uniformed employees of the Hip a ‘Thanksgiving dinner. In order that ‘the tousts might be of the right sort the subjects. An east side washer was told to talk on “What Cao ‘We Do to Accelerate the Esprit du Corps Among Our Subordinates?” ‘The usher, wearing a dubious look, Joft the manager, but soon returned. “Bay,” he said to Mr. Mathews, "I don’t git you. Anyway, whatever that subject is, I don't believe it’s no et I'm in’ to make a talk on t Will Willard Do to the Next Heavyweight What Tackles Him?” oa Mathews declared the dinnor Gossip. Col. Henry Watterson of Loulsville, Ky,, is in New York, Campbell Casad, advance agent, elty. Molly Pearson, appearing in ‘Hob- the playwriting has returned to the “«°S’MATTER, POP?” WOULD MY LITTLE BOY atHeR Have ME JOIN \tHe GERMAN ARMY, OR oy THe ALLIES? FL ‘Now Lapies AN GENTLEMEN ~ I HAVE HERE AS 7SEE AN ORDINARY SILK HANDKERCHIEF» AND FROM IT TSHAys Site CATS PRODUCE A FING. ' WATCH ME CLOSELY. CHAIR. mysece! son's Choice,” ts the recipient of a real Scotch bagpipe, sent her by Harry Lauder, Miss Pearson will take {t to her apartment and play it every time abe becomes provoked at her neighbors, Elliott Foreman has really gone to work in the advertising department of a film concern. Joseph Brooks admits that he has a hit in “His Majesty Bunker Bean,” now playing in Chicago. Don, the talking dog, dled recently in Dresden, His last words were, “Say goodby to my old pal, Loney Haskell.” “Stop, Look, Listen!” will open Nov. 2% at the Forrest Theatre, Philadel we we we I MAKE A FEW SIMPLE PASSES To SHOW YoU TMG HANDKERCHIEF (S EMPTY — AND BEHOLD! --- ro NORA, ce ERIEFFINS PAINT STORE @ 35* RUSH AND A eae OF woRtc Gioves! OT phia. On the same day “Town Top- ies” will go into the Lyrlo, Philadei- phia. In order to avold confilcta with other openings, “Romeo and Juliet” gin its engagement at Jake Rosenthal, Bronx Opera House, strange request the other evening. Ho was asked to go out on the stage and “the bride and birdegroom in the third row of the balcony” on behalf of their friends in the Bronx. The young couple were Jake dido't offer congratulations to Mr, and Mrs, Paul Scholz, gO. will be- 0 Forty- fourth Street Theatre Tuesday, Nov, 26, and ‘The. Ware Case” will open at Maxine Elliott's Theatre Nov. 40 manager of the ‘Copyright, 1915, by we Prose Publisbing Co, (The New York Wrening World), WHAT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ONE FOURTH OF | TWO puzzle was HARRISON. One-seventh ‘ef “hatchet,” H; 0 NINTHS OF “gallon,” ON, of to-day’ 18 THIS? ONE HALF OF President In| To-day's President and another puzzle half of “arrows,” | to be found in the same way, arrang-| will be print AAR; one-third of “island,” 18}, one-|ing together the indicated fyawtione Evening Werlds a next Tuesday in The IT WOULDN'T DO. A motion picture man from Chicago visited an exchange in New York the other day and expressed a desire to buy a feature film. A salesman, look- ing over a list with him, came to one called “The Battle of the 5 ‘Al “That's the film for you,” said the salesman. “Not on your life!” replied the 4! Chicago man, “No more war pictures in mine!” “PETER PAN” FIRST. Alf, Hayman, who recently returned from the Middle West, where he con- ferred with Maude Adams, has ar- ranged for her to begin her New York season during the Christmas holidays in “Peter Pan.” She will follow this play with other Barrie comedies, Miss Adams will be at the Emptre. NEW LOCALE NEEDED, L. Wolfe Gilbert and Irving Berlin, both song writers, met the other day, the story goes, and, during the course of the conversation Mr, Gilbert spoke of Dutch Guiana, f “Is that a country?’ asked Mr, Ber- Un. “Sure!” “Spell it, will yout” Mr, Gilbert spelled it and Mr. Rertin took the name down In a note book, “I've run out of States in my song writing,” the latter explained, FOOLISHMENT. ng star | hollered “Money! twice and them A fellow touched me for « tea, FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE, “Iaaac, Vhy do you swear?" “Shakespeare swears, papa.” “Vell, don't go around with dot Shakespeare me more’? ae ~y CAM OF WHITE PAINT, Ose WORTH OF VARNISH A AT® Saturday, November 20. 1915 \ we wt od wo se se Now THar THERE 15 HAT I CALL SOUND ADVICE FER ENNY UNCTED STATES CITIZEN, THOOT! T Tdai> THOOT ¢ t FOR A LITTLE JOB LIke THIS- HEY,NORG, RON To THE STORE Acain AND GET an << On! You ALWAYS cay THAT! AN’ GEE GOLD-MOUNTED UMBRELLA’ } I've BRouGHrT Home § s—7 DDDIDHOODDOGDHGHGHDGHOHHHOHDHHHHODODHOHDDHOOGDHHDHHHGHOHOHS DODODODODHODODHOHOGDODGOHOOOHAVE WHAT WILL FREDDY’S BIRTHDAY PRESENT BE? SEE IF YOU CAN HELP LEARN THE SECRET, CHAPTER VI. «PETOW silly," said Freddy, “Just be- cause a parrot talks, that !: no sign it isn't a bird, and mother Just won't have birds around, I'm sure of one thing, and that is, that my mysterious birthday gift won't have feathers, Why, mamma wouldn't any more have a bird around the house than she would a white’—— To solve the Great Dot Mystery join the dots with a pencil line as each chapter is printed, Begin with dot No, 1 d take them in numerical order, Then out out h picture, and when the last chapter ie printed you will have a thrilling mystery story complete te be pasted tn your sorap- book, Chapter seven will be printed next | Tuesday. HS Changed His Mind. LOUISVILLE negro was caught A with a number of hides in his | possession, for which he could not reasonably account, and was brought into court charged ling. | Guilty or not guilty?” thundered |the Judge “Not guilty," emphatically respond- ed the negro, - - (Commetahe 1818 be che Whasles Sundtente D ‘Then bow do you account for the " { 4 H JUDGEMENT | LIKE THAT AN Nea Save JO SusT Look , DHTOGGDHHSHODIDIOHTODHVOEOD? 6909950001590: 9H9.59HODHOO < ' The Great Dot Mystery {| with | By C. M. Payne Suit? of Picines OUGHT YA SAID Top ¥'TO HAND ME.THE e NOTH HALL TH ELEGANT < | |fact that you were in possession of |two $5 bills when you were arrested, /although you are known to have been unemployed for a year?” demanded His Honor, “Jes’ let me relate the ciroam- stances, Mr. Jedge"”— “And that three hides, of which you claim to know nothin hidden in your cellar “I dunno, Jedge, but’*— “And that you’ were seen coming ‘out of the tannery with three more?” Tho negro scratched his head in malence for @ minute, then blurted out: “Lookey here, Mr, Jedge, if you swine to git so troublesome and Pn quisitive ‘bout this little matter, T's Jost pintedly gwine ter take back what I said ‘bout not guilty an’ mak it gullty."—National Monthly, as ————- For Rent. LBERT J. BEVERIDG® sata in Chicago of @ corrupt boss: “Ho's very virtuous—oh, very virtuous, “A millionaire once went to btm and said: “‘T want to get in the Senate, Will you sell me your support?’ “‘No, sirl’the boss answered, strik- were found ing himself upon the chest. ‘No, sir! I'm a free born American citizen, and I'll sell my support to no man.’ “'Buty' said the millionaire blandly, as he drew out his check book and fountain pen, ‘but if you w se hore your support, perhaps you'll rent it to me for the term of this campaign, * ‘Now you're t kin',” said in a moliified to are che bows ashington Star. asi atau RATS fiistsiss ee