The evening world. Newspaper, February 7, 1916, Page 14

eS About Plays and Players ORIS THOMASHEFSKY, the ‘Widdieh actor-manager, has been doing rather a daring hing at his theatre at Houston and Second Avenue. He bas offering a play called “Capital Punishment,” in which there ie an @lectrio chair in full operation. The Sectrocution, which is very realistic, is supposed to take place in Sing Sing Prison. Besides the obair and its deadly work, the audiance is shown ‘the agonies of the condemned man ‘“@uring the last ninety minutes of his fife. The first presentation of “Cap- tal Punishment” took place last Fri- Gay night, and at each performance People in the audience have been @rercome with emotion during the ‘death scene. ‘Phe play, which is in the Yiddish @, le by Ansel Schorr, manager the olf Arch Street Theatre in ia. It is supposed to be an Segument against capital punishment. ‘Am innocent boy is convicted of a and is sentenced to death by own father, who is the trial Judge. boy’s brother t# the real mur- » Mr. Thomashefsky plays the of the Judge and Samuel Rosen- Gain ts the boy. An attempt was once to show an electric chair at ‘8 Victoria Theatre, but "t get very far. BUSINESS GOOD, HE SAYS. ae Shubert has issued a stete- mado some time ago with Kiew & Sica Sir Herbert and his company will in hie ler March 1. BROWN QUITS AMERICAN. Chaanberiain Brown and the Amer fean Play Company have como to a of the ways. To-day Mr. ‘n will pack up his fountain pen and inkstund and move from the Aeolian Building to the Fitzgerald at Forty-third Street and Broadway, Just why he is joaving the old home has not been given out. A GREEN ROOM CLUB SHOW. The Green Room Club cut up a bit Jest night with Howard Chandler Christy as its guest of honor. The thing that came off after Mr, risty was strapped to his seat was @ skit based on the trial scene in ¢ Merchant of Venice.” Members the club fortunate enough not to be actors essayed the roles in this. Next came a sketoh by Lester Loner- gan. Hoe acted in it himself, being masisied by Franklin Searight and Horace Ashburn. Then followed a laylet by Harold Selman, Mr. Sel- aan took the chief part and was backed up by Wright Huntington, joseph Grecn and Harry Frasier. rl Jorn, Will Oakland and the Steiner Trio demonstrated thetr vocal accomplishments, and Mr. Christy ‘was then released. Frank Burbeck was Chairman of the evening, which, dn the language of the classics, was ® large one. Home and Comic “S*’MATTER, POP?” SPIDER SPIDER | | Y@ST KHOCKED OT SATURDAY! THE Guy You WANTA FIGHT! Aw CHEER UP AXEL, Y'DON'T WANTA GET DISCOURAGED JUST BECAUSE (A GONNA MATCH YOU UP TD FIGHT | AGAIN WEDNESDAY - SEE? AND WOT) MORE, (M GONNA LET ‘YoU PICK O Page of oo DAYS , SO GIMME Come on! AY GorTa GET tN SHAPE. To FIGHT IN “Wo THE SOME. WORK! t Ww FaRT — Boo we GEN FLOOEY AND AXEL—Well, Well, Well! Axel’s Fit of Discouragement Seems to Have Absolutely Vanished! Which Wav Does It Strike YOU? & AGENCY" To hook AT A Cook | x ; mF AN' HERE “IK FIGURED IT WAS wy BUSTIN’ INT “Society” EINE * DOMESTI —IN FACT IW X WAS, FIRMLY _INTRENCHED —AN’ Gossip. “Pom-Pom” is scheduled as Cohan Theatre's next attraction Rexford Kendick has been engaged by Grace George for her company, Augusta Glose will be at the Palace the week of Feb, 21. Olive ‘Tell has been engaged cast of “A King of Nowhere.” Wallace M. Powers is no longer with the Triangle Film Company, Carl Kiefert_is to be conductor of “See America First" John L, Golden's playlet “The River of Souls” is to tour the Orpheum Cir- cult. Alice Brady is working in a film made from’ Larry Evans's story, “Then I'll Come Back to You." Ralph Kellard is to be starred in “The Precious Packet,” a Gold Roos- ter photoplay by Fred Jackson, cho King plays Pittsburgh this the for the DOOR OPEN, PA WHEN YOU Go @€& GOOD NEVER SEVERS HIS LINE OF COMMUNICATION + week and then goes to Cincinnati and Chicago. , Ruth St. Dents will offer new dances at the Palace this week. One fs called the cobra dance. Oliver Morosco has obtained tho rights for all countries for “The Cin- derella Man.” Claude Fleming and Wanda Lyon have been engaged for “Robinson Cru- oe Jr,” which will open at the Winter Garden Feb, 16, “The Blue Paradise” will remain at the Casino until summer and then go to Chicago Intact. Victor Herbert will conduct the or- chestra at the Cort Theatre to-night when his opera “Princess Pat" begins ity final week there. Bouson tickets for Wednesday and Thursday nights and Wednesday mati- Rees at the Princess, where “Very Good Eddie" is playing, are to be sold. Joe Chadwick, who ‘used to cause such @ rumpus in vaudeville with “Kor Sale, Fann!" is now running « His daughter, husband and putting the “Farm.” William H. Tooker of the Fox act- ing forces is sensitive about the pro- nunciation of his name. A girl he ‘was thinking of marrying once called him Mr. Booker, and Tooker shook ‘er, Next he met a Miss Armin, and she pronounced his name flawlessly. Tooker took ‘er, in Philadelphia. Ida May, acquired a ‘refused to'act, thereby Indian sign on the FOOLISHMENT. ‘sume as the shave, FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. “He's a manufacturer of pens.” “Then he's dishonest.” “Why? “He makes men steel pons and says OOS) SHES Gor TO LEAVE IN - YOU KNOW SOLDIER. HERE, THATS ALL! 1 Cant PLT UP WITH HER BACK TALIK ANY LONGER GuT USE A LUTTLE TACT WHEN YOU DISCHARGE HER, LEONARD- DONT Ries THAT YOURE 6 CaNTLeWnn = 7 PREPARING FOR AN ATTEMPT TS DISLODGE A LARGE BODY FROM ITS STRONGHOLD. they do write.” PDGHODOHAGHO®OGHHGDHHDOOGDOOHOSOS) Copyright, 19 By Hazen Conklin. HE last chance the | life ie epent saying We all like to talk to a good lis- tener—but not on a party wire. HOPELESS HOPES. That all our troubles will work out “movies.” Never judge a man by his legs—he | may be absolutely straight WHY GOATS LEAVE HOME. At 2 A, M. the telephone Wakes Smith, who grusts and groans, Gete up and answers it and growle: |“Wrong number—I'm not JONES!” How can a treasurer exercise his right to sign checks if he ta left handed? WORDS THAT MEAN SENTENCES, On! What! | Stung! Humph! Ouch! But— UNMODIFIED MARATHON For the World's Long Distance Chinning Championship. : HANS WAVING : : Whose hands keep talking to you : i even after his breath has given tout, CHOW CHoOw. When a man pours himse new suit he dreads having h take notice—and is disappointed they don't. Believe me, Benedick, a mother-in law 1s of relative importance. If you want to know where those “striking costumes" worn by some | women hit, take a look at their hus bands’ pocketbooks Courtstip i Ddilling and cooing. Marriage is billing and paying. SQUIRREL FOOD. When Wright writes letters, at the Hight He writes Me right name, “Wright.” tte it Vat want to write Wright “righa.” f iH foe MORE EXPLICIT] Ye LOCATIO sua PQADOOPOSGPOVDGOVDHOGODGGODOGGODIOO: O06eeO80) THE PERISCOPE ; CGOOODO® ‘Pree Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) r to the baits endings shown tn the write Wright right ae] & wn R < N 1S Too ERAL WAS SUTTIN’ IN ¢ HELP EMPLOYMENT DODOODGQOOODOOGOPOSAGOBOHOO) OUR OWN MASKED MARVELS, The man who admits that the min- ing stock he is trying to sell may prove better for papering a room than for lining a safety-deposit drawer. The only men who don’t woorry ever growing deafness Our spell never eludes the proof- reader, but, the same cannot be id of the points in our brilliant x —~ Hey FLooEy! AY VANTA FIGHT HIM WAW- WHEN “THAT HAUGHTY DAME — MRS. D. SWELL SEPT You MUSTNT Lose Your TEMPER SO BASILY,WILLIE. ITS A Good | PLAN AlWaYs TO COUNT TEN | WHEN You FIND YouRANGER| | | GETTING THE BEST OF You. AW, I'VE TRIED THAT ALREADY- AN’ THE OTHER. FELLOW ALWAYS Gor THE BEST OF ME BEFORE 1 COULD MOREIN GET STARTED COUNTIN” sania A POOODHDODGDGHDODGDGOGOGHHOOOOOS (Copyright, 1916, by the Wheeler Syndicate.) CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE. FTER the adventure with the shark the boys returned to the beach. The search for the goat was postponed for another day | while they looked for food. 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