The evening world. Newspaper, February 16, 1916, Page 14

Feach the stage. It is rom the pen of | Bugens Waitcr, and the production ‘will be made by a new syndicate tn ‘which will be a number of men well ‘mown in theatrical circles, yot any- thing but old-timors in the producing Mane. Among them, ft is understood, ‘will be John Mears, at present man- | of the ‘Ziegfeld Midnight | Frotle;" Frank Reid, a Frohman ad- nt; D, Frank Dodge and Wwittiaa Ss, Castle, scenic artists, and Hagar MacGregor, the’stage » ‘The story, it 1 said, lends | Mr. Walter has made what is consid- ered a very interesting play out of it. Tt was he who dramatized The Trail the Lonesome Pine, Box jr. “POM-POM” FEB. 28. Tt {# officially announced duction, “Pom-Pom,” in which Miszi Hajos plays the leading role, will be- gin its New York season at the Co- han Theatre Feb. 28. Miss Hajos ‘wears boy's clothes during the major of the evening’s entertainment, role is that of a pickpocket. Tom McNaughton appears as a comic po- Heeman. Others with good parts are Carl Gantvort, Rita Dane, Edith Day, Tom Walsh, Eville and Charles Angelo. WHEN JACK “SWORE OFF.” James Jay Brady, manager of the Gohan Theatre, was telling a story last night about Jack Mal) chief Glerk ai the Hote! Baltimore, Kansas City. Mr. Malloy, possibly the most pular hotel man in the Middle West, knows thousands of theatrical le, One time, according to Mr. dy, Jack decided he'd become a total abstainer eo far us liquor was concerned, and he Mr. Brady jokingly praised him for the step and admonished him to stick to his determination. Two weeks later they met again and Mr Brady awked how his water wagon resolution was working out. “Well.” replied Jack with a smile, “ET stuck to it a week and everything was all right. | Then I made it ten days and was feeling fine. When I found, after twe' days, that I was still on the wagon, I became alarmed Gnd broke my pledge” “Alarmed?” caine from Mr, Brady. ” “Brady,” said the hotel man confi- @entially, “I was afraid I was going to get away with it.” BY WAY OF DIVERSION. “It I wus only President,” said little Johnny Pew, “they's jist about a hun- @red things I'd hustle up an’ do. I'd a active President; you bet yer Re I would. I'd represent this coun- ’s boys an’ do ‘em lots of goods. close the schools, Whot good are they? They're jails—that’s all they ere. Us kids Know jist how many lives sthem instertooshuns mar. We ought to be out havin’ fun, bui we? No, we're not. We're p: —ves sir, pris’ners. Gee, it makes me awful hot! I'd have a law git passed to stop these great bic burly men frum whtppin’ kids jist ‘cause they don't obey ‘em now an’ then. 7 to work at cuttin’ wouldn't ‘low no boys cleanin’ walks of snow an’ @tass an* rakin’ leaves, Them prac- tices ‘ud ‘go. I'd have some ice-cream gody stahds run by the ( where Kids could have to pay a sini ail circdsen admit the kids mo fee,, I'd open stores whe they could git their fill of candy free. Say, this ‘ud be a happy land if I wus You'd hear ‘om holler, ‘no matter where you I think when I git big enough try to.cop the chair an’ then you test thie country’s Kids ull eit a deal that’s square.” ‘THESE SOLDIERS SING. +A singing uartet composed of Bel- goldiers will be at the Mext week. According to J. Victor Rolfe, managing direc- was passing a cently when he px in the iny wouldn't Vd make Athout room. Ih r range (end for reason) “Ne went ly no other in the place and NOT OUT LOUD. SHE admirably to dramatization ana also by Jobn | | FLOOEY AND AXEL-—Yon Can Have Four Guesses as to Who's Gonna Get Kicked Out! that | Benty W. Savage's new musical pro- | Strand “eo at Gab Valen fessor Orville Rogers says he intends to when he came out he had a new act train a pack of coyotes for vaude- LONT TALIc TO HERSELF, Wee THAT WOULD BE FOOLISH SHE'S ONY THINKING " "WAS STUFF. WELL » 4 HOPE HE PROPOSES soon - GOODNESS KNOWS THE ONLY THI | \) NE } Fae R20uNdD HEQE ¢ W THAT GETS & RING Is THE (| DOOR BELL! | | ROUNDING UP ENEMY SPIES BEFORE OPENING & CAMPAIGN FOR ANNEKATION BY CONQUEST. ark Sovrntg HENRY HASENPFEFFER—His Wife Is No Longer a “Chicken”? Either, So Why Should He Blame Her? WELL WoT aABouT tT S’MATTER, POP?” How MANY Times Do You WANT ME ‘To TELL You To STOP HAMMERING ERIN Pires Punienting Co. OF. 7. Downing Werle Ow! cut it out! “ve . te HEN" DO Tebniening Co. (4, ¥. Tovening World.) WILL you KNOW TL “THAT NEXT SUNDAY BE TH 25 ™ ANNIWERSARY OF OUR WEDDIN' 2 we oe er Home and Comic Page of THE EVENING WORLD, Wednesd Ste nt ener == AINT A SPARRIN PARTNER'S JOB T SPAR? Ox! NOTHIN, — ONL! THOUGHT MAS NE OUGHT “DH KILL THem , {Wo “ RHODE, IS. of Otis Skinner, Angie Norton ia to be seen in vau- deville nh @ new act soon, beer engaged for y Deslys received a hat tine present at Brown University Fairchild and Marguerite have Blue Envelop It came from a Fifth Avenue shop and filled « long- felt want Frank Clanc 1 at closer | the Orpheur now in vaudeville on ult, Was once a pro- ‘or- Archibald Kingsbury has gone there to urrange matters. In the cast of “See America First” will be Dorothy Bigelow, Zelda Sears, Walter Lawrence, William Danforth, has pure! Westchester County says. he} Roma Juno, John Goldsworthy, Ruby isn Rothnour, Clifton Webb, Gypsy Spat, |. wemtee” KOCH SEN as a} Wilifred rem and William Ray- | “tyhy"some men domn't marry mond, Ry coat ate els Gent Obs unk? “wail Jennie George Parson, Morgan Coman win Holt, Turner Gordon, ¥ Calloway, Francis | Swan farce, Eliza ee (non "855 ® DveRTER)\ FOR EACH OF You- “A ARTHOR Both OF KOU | NOW COROTHY AND RUN ALONG LPSTAIRS \ ite ees CHILDREN! ~ = ae ( —ae Re} OH TANI< ) \ YOU, MR.« é \ \SPARKSI } } +7 Senics!S "LL GO Mary Effingham Pinto, Ned A. Sparks, Ed- Nelson Harper ve been engaged for the ‘Nothing But the Truth,” ‘and Maude erfelt dolla “I give it uy 4 country T. “Becwuso it’s a humbug.” for the Strand. ‘The four men wees | ville. If it's to be a singing act one] Xenla Maclezova, danseuse, last captured by the Germans some} coyote will bo plenty. seen here with the Diaghileft ‘Ballet months before they were captured by| Seymour Felix, formerly of Felix| Russo, will make her first single ap- Mr. Rolfe, and Catre, has a new partner, Flds- | pearance in this country at the Hip- —— tle Hope. ‘They are to have an act] podrome Sunday night. She has left GOssiP. by Edgar Allan Woolf. the big bs Madeline Howard 1s now in “Just| George MacFarlane will play Boston hus returned from a Woman." in “Heart o’ the’ Heather” before New | North where she made Francis Ellison Reld will go ahead| York wees tho attraction. George | sce: dra’ Miss Brady place in and will raise horses, cows and chickens cn it, she “What of that? FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. “Why is a bumblebee like a count- By Thornton Fisher HOOQDOG®HHOOHGHOIAH$I}GHGHAGAGHOG. THIS ISN} F de CoH LLUSTRATEOD COMICAL WELL. SCHOLAR) WHAT IS zB JON Crp tr etre one pee ane mnmeectirs ant ee x pESLAND RED By Hazen Conklin. Some mn “asd Draffe rates te lash There's been a human counterpart For every frog that's croa Who oan sing won't, who cant a a will And sometimes can't be choked! - A man may have a bay window and still have limited views. YES, YES; GO ON— Since you must know all, a man may have big, broad feet and still take a narrow stand. A pin, though sviee @ common thing, te very useful, too— | A point to be remembered when he other stioks in you. A bird of a Mar can't be caught by putting u little salt on his tale, ONE, TWO, THREE—"HELP!” You'll have to blame this on H, M, R,, who ent, it h n'a Cabinet in) Why is President Wil ke an abandoned fo’ Because its Gari We print this mere! Jof what we are subjected to! as retired, xample Sometimes @ married man secs to prove his descent from the monkey, who doesn't thrive well in captivity, | The throught of mowing summers is | My heart no whit aba V'm tired of sci ‘And sick of | Usually the man who loudly an- nounces that he's looking for trovble really is—he wants to seo it in time to duck. TACT TIPS. BoT How TH SAM HILL CAN ii “Wo “RHODE ISLAND REDS - You BLAME “THEM February 1 6. we AT SEEMS TER TRE THA MAIN DIFFICULTY YusT You VAIT TILL MY MANAGER COMES IN: 1916 By C. M. Payne AY VILL HAVE, HIM KICK You ouTA HERE !! ) By Bud Counihan FoR WoT HAPPENED 2S Yeers aco Pp. eee QDDDOHDHGPIOHDOGODSGHGDIOGDI|HGHOGHOHIOIHHGGH|SI.AGG|IOOIASGSIOSG THE PERISCOPE ee DODGOOOGOEGHGOGDIDIOOOOGDODODIOHOOQOHHHHHWDAGHIHAIAGH99HOOD Conyright, 1016, by The Praw Publishing Oo, (The New York Evening World). SOFT ANSWERS. | | | | Lditor “The Pertecope:"* Which is the buster, a one-eyed dog in a sausa; Don't bore me, I was shar day by a deaf-and-di Kaitor "The Verlwope:’ I sent this to the “outrage editor” and {t was returned, so Tam addro if to you. Is there a law “I” guards to shut the car before a train leaves the station or do I have to stand™witting In a arengaty pe lan M.A. D. you can stan Ing anywhere 1'd Uke to take a look at you. Did you ever try to ait standing? Never declare which parent the tn- fant resembles until you ascertain |which would most readily forgive a |doubtful compliment, | Before they wed, how she could cook He had no chance to judge; | For all she'd ever cooked for him | Was fudge, and fudge, and fudge. | SNORT SEEDS. Some men's apparent purpose in life is fulfilled when they're filled full, Unfortunately all men.who chew are not sharpshooters, A man may have whiskers and stil! tel] darefaced Lies, THE GRE WOOQODODIQOGOGOOGHODAWS®9HOIAOHIDI|.OVSOOL WILLIE, DO ‘You THINK IT LOOKS NICE FOR A LITTLE BOY To KEEP iS HANDS IN HIS POCKETS? 1 WOULDN'T DO THAT IF I WERE You, ODHD®OGQOGHH®G(HOSHOOOPDH.HOAQV0 ey T DOT MYSTERY DOODOOWAOIDHGOHVIHDDOHHDIOGHAGHLOS Guppright, 1910, vy the Wheeler Hyodicate) | CHAPTER FORTY-THREE. JOU can imagine what a crowd of hungry boys would do to « hot meal on shipboard pre- |pared by a Chinese cook, Freddy came bustling in. “We will be ready fto start after my goat,” he said, soon as the captain finds his scales. He wants to weigh the ——.” Join the dots with @ pencil line, be ginning with dot No, 1 and following them in numerical order. Chapter Forty-Four will be printed Friday. pa te No Difference. DARKEY running a ferry aqvess @ Southern river was aecomed | by a poor white stranger who wanted to cross, but hadn't tho | wherewithal, Peto scratched his woolly poll, perplexediy, then queried | “Doant yo’ got money at all? “No,” was the dejected reply | “But it woan’ Dut | cents ter crows,” te cost yor insisted t three "Tr know, but T hain't got three centa."” | After @ final inward think, Pete | remarked: “I done tell yo’ what; a inan what ain't got three cents am jes’ as well off on dis side ob de ribber as on de odder!"—National Monthly, a a — _