The evening world. Newspaper, May 30, 1916, Page 10

Home About Plays ‘and Players By BIDE DUDLEY RGE SCARBOROUGH, au- thor of “The Lure,” “At Bay and “The Heart of Wetona,” ts writing a Mexican comic opera. Inspired with an idea for a musical play of this sort, Mr. Scarborough went to the Texas border a few weeks ago, and, in El Paso, met Alberto M. Alvarado of Mexico City, by appointment. Senor Alvarado is Mexico's best known composer of popular music. As a result of their conference Mr. Scarborough and Benor Alvarado are at the Scar- borough home on Staten Island writ- ing and composing the opera. Al- ready the Mexican has compored twenty of the numbers, and Mr. Scar- borough has the book and lyrics al- most ready. An interpreter is with them. The opera will be based on modern Mexico and the conditions that have arisen ‘. the southerly republic re- | “*S*MATTER, To STATISTICS, Looki'r HERE “MATILDA’ DYE MEAN BY TELLIN' cently. Men now in the public eye MY WIFE Wot TIME = i 0 the characters, by peek, ef. course, Modern Mexican CAME Home THIS bandits will have their place in the| new piece, and there will bx tmental kick” such as M Dorough has proved himself ‘capable of using effectively in his stage writ-) ing. MISS ANGLIN TO FROHMAN. Before leaving for St. Louls to ap- pear in Shakefpearian productions in the open alr, Margaret Anglin en- tered into an agreement with Alf Hayman whereby she will star next feason in @ new comedy under the management of the Frohman pany. Miss Anglin gained much her early experience tien of Charies Froh coming season Mr. Hayman and she will inaugurate the “ noon ‘The- atre.” Matinee productions will be pkiven which will in no way interfere with the regular run of Miss Anglin’s | starring vehicle. “CALIBAN” WiLL CONTINUE. | “Caliban” will be continued through- out the week at the City College Sta- dium. Friday night 000 persons witnessed this Shakespearian spec- | tacle and about the same number saw it last night. In spite of the r Saturday night 10,000 attended. “Caliban” cost $126,- 000 and it will require additional performances if there are to be profits. In case any surplus remains after expenses are met, the money will go into what is to be called a Permanent Ghakeopeare Fund. MoRNIN® «| During the | TO STAGE “A “A BARE IDEA.” E. A. Weil is to stage his musical play. “A Bare Idea,” after all. Sev- Bal wonthe ago he had it in rehearsal, but tt atumbled and fell before the Barcier went up (pardon us—we've been to the races) and Mr. Weill sent # back to the no table. Now, however, ‘a at St again and he promines that ahoae ‘about June 16 there'll be some- thing doing. Mrs. Weil, profession- ally known as Dorothy Arthur, will be prominently cast. Incidentally Mr. Weil saye “A Bare Idea" is a bear A NEW HOUSUM COMEDY. Klaw & Erlanger and Henry Miller have obtained a new comedy by Robert Housum and will produce it e@arly next season. and Comic WINS OCCUR ONCE IN EIGHTY NING TIIRTHS WHEN “xX TOLD Nou N6T “to HUH 2 “TEN BUCKS FINE AND GET OFF “THe FieLD it Page POP?” rr) ERE, ACCORDING WoT AN’ Know ‘DID — How BENT (TH PRR BS) COPYHEN, 1916, Prem Puatehing Co (NY. Rvening World y VELL FLOOEY, AY BANE. OWE YOU FIFTEEN Bucks - ws we Dony STAND “Here Lie | Woman! x WOULD GHE KNOW \e don't Ay? of THE EVENING WORLD, Tuesday: se ws TH WoT do w Passes == WoT'S THAT GOTTA May 30, 191 we ws THAT, WHEN You GIT RIGHTY Five More ,Youu Be MISGUS AOKED ME ime “You CAME IN ¢ THAT XX Wuz AN’ “KE ONLY “TOLD HER- 6 By C. M. Phyne “Weert Too Buty KSFAST Now AY ONLY OWE You Five. Bucs! ees from their Bookats until they felt they were in a position to “mash” all the chorus girls that dared bat an eye "TWAS, OH, 80 DISAPPOINTING! Herman Schnittger of the J. P. Muller Advertising Company has a new shirt, while Frank Hughes and Jack Benjamin of the sai concern have new neckties. This announce- ment in iteelf doesn't appear start- Mag, but when it is known that the three young men dolled all up with the idea in view of giving a few Hip- podrome chorus girls the."howdy do,” and were then disappointed, it takes on another aspect. Now, go on with the story. Mr. Muller bought three tickets to the outing of the Hippo- drome employees, held at New Dorp, 8. recently. He couldn't go, so he gave the tickets to Herman, Frank cher ot ‘be do! f ere’ zens of peachy chorus ore there,” said Mr. Muller. ow!" said Herman, And Frank ana) Jack echoed the word, The trio then went on a purchasing expedition, Money flowed like molas- ple of coal heavers were the only others present. LIFE IN THE IRONX, Jake Rosenthal was in the box of- fice of the Bronx Opera House yess terday when a litte old woman stepped up to the window and sald: sy. “Is there a matinee up there too?” asked the little old woman, Gossip, When the Friars bring their Frolic’ With\e Pencil line connect the dots In numerical order beginning with No. 1. Lover ment at the Longacre June 10 and re- sume in August. “Robinson Cruso Jr.” is to close up shop June 10 and Al Jolson will leave the next day for the Pacific Coast to role of the a Lady's Nas her whole family is worried, ver ‘Canary back to New York several perform. great favor, VOODBDDODIVIGHGAOGVS©PGOOGIDOOODOHOGOGHHHHOGOHHGOHOGHOGHHOSDGGOOOHOOOGG will likely be given at the Hip- shea will sail for London in mond Hit Leo Ditrichstein and will conclude their engage- rest. Richard Lambert 1s preparing to wend ‘The Blue Envelope” Lillian Cavanagh, who plays the letic Suffragette in “A is losing weight and Reports fro Los Angeles say Oli- Morosco' new musical piece, Cottage,” has leaped into "By Ferd G. ‘Tong 8 on tour| —. = |next season with Walter Jones and Carrie Keynolds featured, Mr. and Mra, W. gone West. mer in San Francisco. They ing East. Cedar Rapids’ colm Will 4, York from ¢ Mrs. Williams (Flore: Mare Klaw ia home again Klaw left New York in March anc of the time in Honolulu, San Fran cisco and Los Angeles, H. Crane have They will spend the sum- may take a trip to Honolulu before return- favorite son, Mal- has arrived in New Mr. went West, spending the greater part ABE, YOU DEVIL, YOU! Have you seen Abe Nathanfon me torcycling? Her address, please, Rambler, in Greenpoint Hom FOOLISHMENT. He stole some scenery, did McPhail, Of course, they put him into jail And whet te found himself in Duteh, He said “T took @ drop too much," d FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. “What is your idea of happiness?” ° “Nothing to do and lots of time to do it in.” Had Made Start. ETE, the hired man, was known for his prodigious appetite, One morning he had eaten a normal breakfast of oatmeal, buckwheat cakes, toast, fried potatoes, ham, eggs, doughnuts, coffee and the usual trimmings, and gone to the ne ighbors to help with extra work. rived before Senile had risen fr oo the morning meal, |. “Weill, Pe hospitably inquired the farmer, d breakfast yet?" “Aw d Pete in a whe iz —Everybody'a M. ° pa Going to Headquarters. ARL FRED BONDY answered the telephone, An excited wo- man was on the line, says the New York Railway Employees’ Mag- azine, “Is this the New York Rallwayat’ she asked, “This is the office, madam.” “Ie the General Manager there?” “IT am madam,” “Well, you know how warm It was this morning and then how terribly cold it turned shortly afterward?” madam." , my daughter Nora went the General Manager, “We downtown early this morning and she wore only a light waist and skirt. You Know how the people keep the car windows open in the summer time and I'm afraid she'll cateh her death of cold coming home. le [OOD0 COO GOO D000 000000000: SCRAMBLED. “EGG. ‘PUZZLES OOOO @, by The Press Publaiag Co, (The ew Sen Bvening World), WS SRO AMIABLE LOOK- NS ING BOY- HE N MUST HAVE FOUND A POCKET BOOK FULL OF MONEY 0 EN'RY BODY KNowS YER bd - wa Can't you issue an order to have all the car windows closed to-day?” —_—_—_——— Sufficient Proof. CITIZEN was standing on a bequeathed a allver service as the solid thing a few weeks ago, and now I know that ft 1s only plated ware.” “Sorry to hear that, old fellow,” re- turned the friend, “But you may be street corner looking a bit de- | mistaken.” : pressed when a friend saunter-}_ "Oh, no I'm not,” was the mourn- ad vainne ful rejoinder of the sad one. "The Sop service was on the sideboard the “What seems to be the trouble, old man?” solicitously queried the latter. extending the sympathetic hand. “You are a sight, like sad scenery.” “I have just had something of a jolt,” answered the sad one. “I was other night when burglars broke in, but they never touched it." fake at nee hl The Cost of It. X-CHAIRMAN WALSH, of the E Industrial Relations Commus- OGDHODHOS OO. sion, discussing the New Haven acquittals, said with a laugh: | “Some people thought the day had | come when a crooked million would po he crook dear, But I, for my BOG NO, 07, iF Hee : ver thought 80. Before the letters of this egg | Patt neve is Z “No, sir; the day has not yet come wore sorembled they od when the crooked millionaire will find something which you cai i i ition of the humble without making a single mark, himself in the position o! oe e ex-jailbird, “This humble jatlbird, invited one night to have an eleventh or twelfth beer, pulled out a big watch to see if he had time. “‘Holy smoke!’ eald bis host. See if you can arrange the lets ters to epell what they originally did, The scrambled letters in Sat. urday's Hed “GRATITUDE” ° OOPFN, INE TY Pubtihlig Co (8, Y. Bening Word) swered simply R boyhood friend one HAROLD 1S A STUPID N ‘ HEAD - HE GOT LEFT AS BACK - AN' WE GOT SS PERMOTED. 8 HE AINT GOT NO BRAINS- HE'S A DUNCE! i ‘Holy smoke, you've got a wateh! What did it ‘cost you?” ' “"Nine months,’ the ex-Jallbind an+ “Washington Star, | ae Some Refreshment, EAR ADMIRAL FLETCHER, during the manoeuvres off Newport, told a story et @ gar- den party, “The navy is as abstemtoug from ethical reasons," he began, “as ol4 Stingee was from miserliness, , “Old Stingee was entertaining a vening at his cot- After a couple of hours of ary alk, the old fellow said genlally: ba id you like some refreshment ling draught, say—George?* 1 don't care if I do,’ nd he passed his hand his mouth and brightened up fully "suid old Stingee, “I'll Just this window. ‘There's affine sea breeze blowing. Detroit Free i Bumstead’s Worm Syrup. For 50 years the safe Worms, It never Ee ne aa | A