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Se ee ree -” ov men aaieecetties mea reer om siiapautiemaraaiaamean senna Home and Comfe Pagé of THE EVENING WORLD, Friday: Janu “S’MATTER, POP?” “ “ we we we we wt ty 14, 1916 we By C. M. Payne & | 91 Nelar ith THo IF THE Doe oR CAT GRAB MY PIE AN THWALLER 7, 1 CAN oar (tT TACK | wars THe . IDEA oF THe STRING TO T™ Nocr THROUGH uT THE STRING- wed tT Yer I Don't Get THE IDEA oF THAT and Players By BIDE DUDLEY § Helen Santoro, press agent for Ar- thur Hammerstein and “Katinka,” ways she'll be darned if she'll ever try to help the poor downtrodden choras tri again. Recently Miss Santoro asked her employer to promise half pay to the girls during hehearsals of new productions. Mr. Hammerstein adjusted bis halo and replied, “Sure!” ‘Then the press agent called a meet- tng of chorus girls, the idea being to form an organisation and tnduce all other managers to follow Mr. Ham- merstein’s example. The meeting was set for noon yesterday at the Forty- fourth Street Theatre. Only two girls showed up. ‘Mine Sanotro was determined to 4 bead with the good work despite the poms oad attendance, so she called the ing to order. “Ladies,” she sald, “we are here to launch a plan that should be of great benefit to the hard working chorus What do you move?” "I move that we go to the Automat and get a piece of pie and a cup of | - Now THAT WEVE QUIT THE PEACE PARTY WE GOTTA MAKE UP OUR MINDS WHICH Sime wit yours, A ™* "| HT sibe We RE GONNA FIGHT ON! pas ALLiES 7 ay cot OAD, Vea,” came trom the other poor! |] we CAN'T STAND AROUND HERE VON PRIEND “Good acoA ead nites Bantoro. Like A PAIR OF sapueans!! ALLY ARMY. a hy 1 Hague HAGUE | ivuft. Now she says the oli i it Wil just have to suite for thomselves, BULLETIN ugh BUL LET! N | WE STRIVE TO PLEASE. = BUT SuPPOsIN’ we. : TERRIF(C BATTLE Rod and Gun Club of Parkers. a -: Pl ‘ | Bo a) te to have o minstrel show 7 ALLIES SHOULD LOSE / y bi : Edgar Van Horn, tho tenor hes written us ask!) ish him with an orig! aI Heavy Losses ON BROTH SIDES # += iv that 34 ey z Garelom iltde bap! 1 eften wonder i around bie home end shoots ap Demag mata | Leer te re rrane ce 5 sree et 2 : ter melded | "TWAS EVER THUS?—There Are Some Things Which No One Can Do! oe we plow ay By By Bud Counthan / a perdi Sarad Ch WILL Y'GIVE A STARVI STARVIN’ HUH U DONT Look SANT BLIND NORA CRIPPLE — Tp Goo WOoRK— oa ea EET LIKE A MAN HO SHOULD H % >) PSHM a wHy DONT You Go To WORK f ) MAN TH’ PRICE OF ONLY EVERYBoDy I C DEAD MoRE THAN i ge en Go, ‘To WANTS A LETTER 4 " A BITE To EAT P. SO, Tee WnaNce Tron Ty TWENTY YEARS ME LAST EMPLOYER !, ¥ r Ahauly aX, ra BuT IT AM Boss= mi My CASE IS A STARNIN' ON ME. FECT: C DAG ON: Bie 3 ra eD rats had @ Goren buckshot te Bs go-to.mesting Ween ior and old Prince ran \ fourinen, ‘Tee Mayor made o call find owt what <4 ‘was wrong. j Bet Wille drvved him tn Me tracks: he aidn't } Pe Se ot I ; (Chorue.) SILL BREAKS INTO PRINT., fF esating prety proud. inthe proud. In the Sonovh B) Ciazetto’s “Forty Years Ago” column appeared a men- tion recently of the fact that he had ‘written a story for a New York pub- Moat Mr. Sill has been writing ‘ince he was twenty years old. AUN centenary celebration in Central Park | Lena wil! be fifty, She ts the daugh-|Cinderella Man,” will open Monday Witte Golduagdt, Trecsare, ce tne | With & Proposal that bo be its artistio| ter of Jumbo, at the Hudson, instead of the Ful- Sdee Theat” Ven Ba” £28 | director. , F r ton, as previously annuuneed, The | ‘the call of the stage. Teaming | TH® Mossrs. Shubert bave begur | 4 Messrs. Shubert state that “Ruggles with the ingenue of the stock com® | 'Sanizing another “Hobson's Choice" | § ella Mahew will be starred.|of Red Gap” will continue at the Ful- Be that nota he pee Com: company for the road. was used by Marie Dregs-|ton despite reports to the contrary, - 20 8 sketch, and, say, it sot the audi. |, ove Winter and H. FE. Horbert|!*" 4 year or so ago. “Bunny,” now at the Hudson, will 4 crazy. Sunday night Willie and |08¥e been added to thg cast of Eu-|, The playwright geniuses (no charge | likely go on tour, . ‘girl are to repent it at the Bronx | SNe Walter's play “Just a Woman,” for this) of the Green Room Club, | Theatre. Ho saya he didn't know mete |_Pthel Barrymore played the 10th | Augustus MacHngh, Frank Mandel WITHOUT A DOUBT. | imgeare, Ho pave he didnt know act-| performance of “Our Mra, McChes- [and Tom Barry, think Rollo Lioyd Nib lee * has been called The Spirit of Lones |RCY” Yesterday afternoon and then|Will make a big dent in Broadway _ Mrs. Al ert Doubt + urned ‘om | Haskell.” We don't know why ney | took the members of the troupe out| When he appears In “The Cop” at the} { heyenne to-day w! at ber hus- } Mittette oof dieters but | and fed them. Fifth Avenue Theatre next week,|&nd.—Kelton (Wyo.) Tribune, bees notion, | “A new Oriental number has been| Rollo is 4 great admirer of the gen- roots Gossip. added to “Mersy Me the ro- ae a RNS FOOLISHMENT, » vue at Peisenweb b o lends of Ja soletmh, Hie, drank his coco ev'ry day, } Lew Dockstader isn't feeling well, | Circle. Doraldina is fea ni |the Keith Players, Union. Hil, He) Hs am adr cpm ama { ‘He's taking a briet reat. Lawrence I'Oraay in to be with Al| worrying lest he become so popular Tie really was ® pif | fit a See has been engaged by| Jolson aguin when tho latter opengs|(he public will Insist on electing him —— - | the Mirror Films, Inc., to play ingy- [in ebinwen Cruson Jn." Alderman. | Well, popularity usually! FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. | he largest of the Hippodrome | «4 Its pe ott 5 } in an wi 9 celebrated In IN. "t H = ¥ i Shakespearian Ter- Toyland scens of "Hip, Hip, Hors Olver Morons’ new. play, “The lame tact ne et eas 1 Fy Bek cee : i sess } DHDDDGOOWGOHABDIDDIDOOOHGHGOPOBHGOHOOIOVGOAGOGOHGHGHDOIOOGUAGs } By Thornton Fisher 3 YY F course, when the boys went to their clan den the door stood PJOTTIE DARLING, who found Topsy, put her in the play cors } Yl tp ajar and Topsy, the mascot, was gone, It was clear that the ner, along with all the things that came on Christ mas morni Yj ; along: BS ngs i ty JZ 3-44 Z invaders were girls, for secret clan codes dnd a few knives were still By these Topsy was made to feel that she was only a rag doll, al flys died les tlhe Po Wl in their Diches ene Bravo, Wile. was the fal of i i‘. was mide much the worse for the lack of red cheeks. Dot's beautiful big doll { ean’ How Z DO ALL DAY- Gy to wear his cap backward, a terrible disgrace, for all the neighbor+ named Genevieve, made no attempt to be friendly. At first Tops i CON Sue THING BUT Wu hood knew this meant that he was a coward! All excepling Capt. —_ imagined Genevieve smiled with her, but soon legrned that that THE BOSS GETS AWAY NO . fa 7 ; SIT in THERE Peter Poor were glad Topsy was lost, considering her. more Jonah her natural expression. Being as expensive and beautiful ag ATA 1T- HE Baws if it Pp ig wi ANS MAKE LIFE suerte than mascot. But Peter had vowed to present Topsy 'to Gracie Lord Fauntleroy himself, Topsy (Oh jealous thought!) decided thaf P ME OUT LAST TUESDAY ‘WaT DOES HE DQ- 4 (DING HOW THE. SS HOLDS Dowh HIS FOR COMING IN TWO MINUTES LATE -OH BuT WHEN He COMES Iw AT 9.30 - OM THATS DIFFERENT! wa? {WORKED HERE WHEN HE STARTED IN @S @ BOX JUST Like LEWIS THERE THAT WAS 30 YEARS GO- NOW LOOK AT HIM an’ Look AT MISERABLE fe FOR THE REST }) tHays WHAT BOTHERS ME, OF US-YES- TWO- | HAD A GOOD CHAKE TO QUIT THIS Sack once Two YEARS AGO- | DONT KWOW WHY TIS a Good, so he commanded a search to be made. INDICATED iy MARGIN. Copyright, 1916, Prag Publishing Co. (N.Y. Evening World.) bea lion tamer? Yes, of course, she was! Yet this lion was not tame, for when Dot's brother, Dick, touched him he tossed his head from side to side, his eyes rolling fiercely, and making a great rum- bling roar way down inside himself. Topsy felt that Geneviece must knotw how she disliked her, and she must dislike Topsy too. So Topsy was very frightened when Genevieve leaned toward Leo in a whis- ring-attitude and Leo seemed to listen intently, always keepmg is fierce eyes upon Topsy. IT surprised Topsy to see how unafraid Genevieve was. Could she they must belong to the same set. Go tothe same dances! theatres? | 4 ? Iv was getting dark. Was Le dead of night? Topsy thought he surely was, preparing to spring upon her in the When night cdme Topsy moved stealthily toward the big sofa behind which she ine tended hiding from the ferocious Leo. She made no more noise than a wee little mouse, and was getting on quickly when, Pouncet Something sprang upon her, knocking her down. “Leo, the Lion," she thought, and fainted. When she opened her eyes it was broad days. light, —(To be continued.) r é