The evening world. Newspaper, February 3, 1916, Page 16

OMEWHERE in New York there is a playwright who is unusually long on caution. ‘Wore it not for the fact that he pos- Weseés a supérabundance of this qual- ity wa might be able to give his name ete, but that would deprive this fas- Ginating little tale of its point. The an in question has written a drama called “The Eye Witness,” and H. H. Trasee is soon to produce it. Mr. Frazee, acting on a request from the author, is withholding the latter's ‘mame and will decline to make it *@Ublic, he says, unless the drama at- Meine success. If it fails the identity “@t the author wil! never be given out, Miclally, at least. “The man is a well-known play- wright,” eaid Mr. Frazee, “but he has terstofore confined his efforts to com- dy. He's afraid of drama of his own manufacture and he doesn’t want to deopardize his professional standing by branding what he considers an ex- periment with his name. If the play 4s @ success his name will go on it. If i fails you'll never know who rote it.” To which we merely reply biandly end tantalizingly: “Ob, won't we?” FAVORING A READER. J. M. H., who ‘writes us to ask @ favor. J. M. H. ®ays @be (if we're avy judge of hand. writing), her mother, sister and little brother are to give their father a @baving mug as a birthday remem- ‘presentation ar Wu we pleaee yme.”" we please Pitte_ HF Say, that's pie for us father, we band you with our fy? mug for your sivery best” (aot the jest!) tse ont : e. Le ee ay Oa a. Quite modest, Ded, you a ‘when do we get h'chioeo things iat we used ? HE WANTED FIRST WHACK. ‘Walter Lawrence, James K. Hack- representative, ete general Junching with Percy Weedon at thi Claridge recently when a film pro- | age Stopped at their table, low's your show coming?” asked ture man. \ replied Mr. Lawrence. ‘We be in a ectaee to consider of- fers for the ebeth’ picture righte after we open Monday.” “Tl drop in,” said the picture :nan, portage’ 4 “I want first whack at them. ho gets the royalty?” “An | Englishman Speare. Pye other lowered his tone. @ said, “get his percentage dow: will you? Mr. Hackett can handle English authors better than us fim men can.” @ SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING, The New York rep botative of a agony + ed on J. J. Me- neral anager of t Epoch Producing Company, ‘which controls “The Birth of a Nation,” re- cently in a puzzled state of mind. “The Traffic Manager of an Aun- traliqn railroad has wired us,” hi gaid, “to get him the contract for hauling @ Birth of a Nation’ through Australia, 1 understand you $e Boe be picture spectacle to » but @ trunk will ca the fms, won't te? me lurely!” replied Mr. MoCarthy, Then, after a good laugh, he gave his wien = = puzzle, fe advertise 15,000 I 2,000 horses,” ho said. wre nana they were used in making the {il Presume the Australian thinks re sh, send them to his country, A piffle!" said the other man as AN ODE TO PAULINE. Wf Eugene Sullivan, the fourteen. | year-old poet-laureate of the Para. Mount, doesn’t quit grinding out ms about beautiful film actresses find he’s become famous, and then he'll have to let his hair grow Jong. Another effort from his pen bas reached us. It concerns Paulino lives in Newark, | was | named Shake- | “Say,” | A SME TIF 2 | | | we DIFFER ENCE) “BETWEEN A “PENNY AND ) A MARBLE °° pet Sia ar as BEING AS How YER GONNA FIGHT MORAN L MGHT AS oo) Box IN MoRAN'S STYLE. HE USES THis RIGHT “THE LUNCH = ~~ HIDE ME. tI —Itm Home and Comic Page of THE | “°S*MATTER, POP?” we se EVENING we ee ae VERY WELL, TLL GIVE You THE MARBLE, AND THE “PENNY TO aliedgee), ise cam Z a ~--AN THEN HE HOOKS THE LEFT ON YER IN LIKE “THIS - cH A Rook SUST FRISKED IN ME FoR MY WATCH AN HE CAME “THIG WAY __DID DA_SEE HIM? oz my shivers all over with pride, Here's the poem: Pauline Frederick! ‘She's tie talk of te day, 00, Sou. Paine Prater Bue ke To her we shoul cheers. ts ¥ Pauline oh, you a ‘Our affections stick to you Lik GOSSIP. “Princess ‘Tra-lasla" wilt launched Monday in Newark. David Bispham is to sing at the Hippodrome Sunday night, Jack McKeon is no longer at tho offices of the New York Motion Pic- tures Corporation. Martin Beck and Frank Vincent have gone to Florida to play golf and everything. Regina Connoli is to retire from the stage for three years and study voice be Frederick, and when she reads her Evening World we'll bet she just culture. Midnight skating parties have be- come quite “the thing” up at St, Nich- olas Rink. have arranged to enter vaudeville in a playlet called “Oh, You Doctor!" by Edwin T. Bmery. Emelle Polini has a vaudeville sketch called "The Choice,” in which she will soon be seen. Irving Berlin's "Stop! Look! Listen!" verse-writing contest will not close until Feb. 15. The winner will be an- nounced next day Belle Storey of the Hippqdrome will do concert Work only aftet this sea- gon, She is a protegee of Mme, Sem. brich. Besides Irene F “Her line 1 nw will be m k, the ¢ up of Price’ FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. “1 know a girl who got a pearl out of an oyster.” “That's nothing! got a diamond out of a lobster!” I know one (CSNUTHIN' BUT A MAyBE YoURE HIDIN’ HIM —WOTS IN THAT eA EN peas BROKEN LOT OF é Q ain S ANT CHINA!) ¢ st of Pau- lan Maclaren 18 to become the} Ji Meld, John Sto hais Mc- head of a new producing co Grain, Henry Harmond and Vincent in Australia, It will stage Am Serrano, | successes. f M. 8. Epstin and Jack Goldberg are Hattie Williains is going into vau-| forming a cirouit of out-of-town deville under Alf. T. Wilton's direc- yeusevile theatres, They have the tion in a comedy called “An Army|byric in Buifalo in operation, and Widow.” Arthur Levy has ge Lynn to ; prepare f° the Lyan Frederick Lewis and Charles Butler | Hybare 7 RS die ireuit later, who IN THE SouP HILDA, YoU MIGHT BURN ON HILDA\- | Sao THE FORKS .ON THE SEE! DAS Forks DAS RIGHT AND DAS KNIFES MR CLARK \ y @& DULL KNIFE 7 WOR SO, { HE Wont \ Gut HIS _/ IPL re TTING THE Commissary DEPARTMENT REARDON REINFORCE MENTS ar INNER TALE « FoR* THE, KNIVES ON THE AND BE CAREFUL HILO® FoR Goop- NESS SAKE TO SERVE EVERNTHING To THE LEFT AND CONT SPILL THE Soup! ,— \ ic / AW, FOR. » THE LOVE OF GILLIE, LAM OFF THAT STUFF - THE CLARKS KNOW WEVE NEVER HAD A’ Fisher DO} © 8 oo) ert Baa?) WORLD, Thursday. February 3. we a His BEST PoKE (S A RIGHT To FHE_ PHONCGRAPH Like THIS ff GLASS AN’ CHINA “ WONT Y' TAKE e ME WORD FOR ite Zi A 1H CORNER, OF a LMISSOURL — {sacra ee PROVE! ol Sa You BETTER QuIT Das JOB! AY MIGHT LOSE MY TEMPER AN BUNG You UP! South EAST oovinke! . TINKLE YOrOOrere) By Hazen Conklin. | HEN a man catches the grip it| often is accompanied by a cold in his head, When he loses his p the cold is in his feet. HOPELESS HOPES. Burbank of some one will fruit that can ithout impairing one's sight | Only a “masked mar- v can 6 away with the present | Kind without spotting his complexion, One-half the world doesn't know how the other half lives, but believe me, Cecil, it isn’t due to a lack of curiosity. WHY GOATS LEAVE HOME, He had a boil which d its peak Square in the middle of his back, | And every friend he met that week | Picked out that very place to whack! CHOW CHOW. When you see a man who wears his hands in his px his pockets that he doesn’t know what else to do with When thor up. the who don't show up Sometimes more serious in consequences than the silly Io @ man w s ina fit of mental aber- ration is what he writes on the dotted line under the italics “sign here.” For the World's Long D i Chinning Cham ; SANDY GOI }? Who has a pet th i ting and only asks a chance to : : tell u about it | red | MIXED PICKLES. A book agent spends half his time turning over new leaves, but ail the credit goes to his customers, Many a man hase cold feet for a Jong while before plunging into mat- rimony. Afterward he discovers that 118 SHHOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOL THE PERISCOPE arses Copyright, 1016, by The Press Publishing ¥ te Indoor Golf Amociation. . | (The New York Evening World.) HELPFUL HIN’S. if your cat brings fleas into the house and you desire to be rid of them, get & neighbor to lend you some dog fleas, Their natural environment will bave bred in them an intense hatred of cat fleas, and they will drive away every one of them from your home. It is interesting to note in passing that a dog flea’s bite is worse than his bark. 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