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LLL A —— Se eaadidialatacaidieteeinhbedisamieceaieaaedamdiineae ee eee a ro: Home and Comic Page of THE EVENING WORLD, Thursday, June 8, 1916 ' | “"S*MATTER, POP?” oe we we we we we we we oe By C. M. Payne ‘i About Plays TAWE A SMALLER BITE AND EcAuse THe WHy-y-y SMALLER THE OBJECT i Hex THERE’? bs and Players THE EASIER (TIS YOULL GET ALONG t t ? » o SWALLOW: SEE? wus7 A0 FAST > a q iT is not improbable that the \ a Astor Theatre lease will change 1 Je | hands before the beginning of = “Whe new theatrical season, At pres- o / - ent it is held by Cohan & Harris, who bought it about three years ago; from Wagenhals & Kemper. It looks Row as though the Messrs, Shubert and A. H. Woods would acquire tt Negotiations to that end have been entered into. Sam H. Harris recentiy became sole owner of the Candler and Cohan & Harris moved their of fices to the Candler Theatre Building With the Candler under their direc tion, Cohan & Harris are in a pos tion to dispense with the Astor with Out inconvenience, it is said "Yes," said Mr. Harris, “I was Asked if we'd well our Astor lease | We'll sei! anvthing we own if we can) AENRY HASENPFEFFER—Apparently His Customer Had No Lights in His Dome! - we Bet our price.” Cv'tucky! x Me Va i ¢ ACCEPT OF COURSES S Sou can Ber, » SOR (OF Gram PENG Co mT Rrseme Woes BUT IM AFRAID TH MANS RELATIONS WILL FIND OUT HES CRAZY AFORE X Close TH DEAL A, WOT ARE YY’ DOIN’ Xve HAD AN OFF ) IN “TOWN “HEN” Nou MADE TH’ FoR TH Puate Toot © “THOUGHT ‘You HAD} ( GAME MISTAKE y A MAN WANTS TO “PAY " y A> X DiDirm * oe Pipes, WE yan fn the management of the Astor,” said Lee Shubert. “I think Cohan & Har- | fis would sell if they could make « Profit on their inv nt | ‘There was some talk of a change PT t vuer x wii! Ge A DRAMA LEAGUE SHOW. The Drama League of America will give a matinee formance of se- | cts from representative Ameri can plays in the near future, Arthur | Hopkins will be stage direc It is Probable that acts from ye | nd “Cousin Kate" will be pre- | LUCKY CHORUS PEOPLE! The twelve principals of “Very tddie” drew numbers out of a ter the performance at the st night, d thus decided the order In which will take their Vacations. For the benefit of the mem- ers of the chorus, it may be stated that the Marbury Press representa- : tive announces they aren't to bave any vacations, but that their salaries Will be trebled for two successive meeks this summer THEATRE seats AT BAzAAR. |FILOOEY AND AXEL—That’s One Thing Axel Is Very Sensitive About ! Although the tickets for the open- tng of “The Passing Show of 1916" are hot yet on sale for the benefit of the y NO PERSONAL REMARKS Permanent Blind War Relief Fund | |/ NOW YGOTTA @o BEFORE THE.’ PLEASE ~- AY VISH To aa?? rma 5 ef Fun / he ok Gn in WA wee be OHO! QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR ABouT MY SHAPE, Se! bids are coming In to the Winter Gar- RUIVEICAE SUA den box office and the Allied Bazaar ‘ x rN SH Pe already. Lee Shubert and George GEE —You'LL GET BY \ N Kessler bave arranged to auction the as \N GENERAL! = Seats not only at the big Fiftieth Street theatre but at the bazaar as well MISS THOMAS IN FILMS. Olive Thomas of the Ziegfeld “Mid- night Frolic’ has been engaged by the International Film Company as lead- ing woman for Harry Fox in comedies, ‘The first day she worked she got the toothache and had to hurry down toa dentist in her limousine, WOODS BUYS A TITLE. A. H. Woods bought from Matt Green the latter's claim to the title “Cheating Cheaters,” now being used in connection with a new play by Max Marcin, which ts in rehearsal. Mr, Green said he had used the title on a Vaudeville playlet and claimed previ- ous right to it — haaeann saat HAYNES ‘ON THE JOB. Copyrtett, 1916, Proms Publishing Co xy evening World.) Doc, Haynes returned from a Nr — — —— —— —-- - - - to the Jersey coast last night and im- | 6009909830000100919000090 9900085936 AAaTETENTTACSTTDBIOOUDIONROTAAETEAEEANOBEN ate Jo d vrot put | accommodation of the theatrical pro- “The Yankee Prince” is to be pro- MOAClAtely eat Gown AGG Wrote Cut tion end wit sive tree adraipslon to| ducsa at ihe Beictinn pesoh Moai 'g WHEN YOU WERE A BOY By Jack Callahan Now let's seo what Reporter Haynes ]@y actor who will donate $1 to the| Hall next week with Will Sellery in DHHDQHODHHHOHDOOQHHDSIHHODHBD ©OHHDHGHHDHHOODHAGOVHHS f nae nearthed in the way of gossip: fund to get the manager of the Lonx | the leading comedy role D visiting dis George A. Kingsbury, better known | Branch team a@ new suit of clothes. It - Copyright, 1918, by The Preys Publisiing Co. (The New York Frening World | HEY FOLK’ FOLKS, TAKE A { @s Kinkus, will arrive at Dingwall-| transpires that Jack served as water HE'D LOSE MONEY. | | YOUR FIRS Look AT THAT KID lis ville Tuesday and remain throughout | bey for the old Philadelphia Ath-| «1 near carfare in New York is to \ Thy . (pont Te he summer. He had planned to go|letics and he therefore knows quite @] 16 reduced from 6 to 8 cents,” sald @ | TRYING TO SHAVE. THERE'S AN oN’ oo fo the north of France for a quiet |lttle about water notwithstanding. Jinan at the Friars’ Club yesterday. “SHAVE “ AND HIS FACE IS AS | / OBITUARY ME HE'S 4 Beason of rest, but changed his mind. “Too bad!" muttered Tom Gill, tenor NOTICE , | USING MY PRINTED | | BEST CORN ON THAT | Otis Harlan, the fat comedian with Gossip. und soap, swlesman SMOOTH AS POPS DOME. Be whistle and the feet, says he will Beatrice Prentice is playing in stock s asked. f yg and dance at his Pleasure Bay] at Olentangy Park, Columbus, 0. growled Tom, “then my fe only when business is good. For| a) era has returned from the|save only 3 cents a trip Instea @ couple of weeks past he has done| Friars’ “Frolic” troupe. His fect be. | Nobody knew just what he Mttle else but warble “Kiss Me Sweet-|eamo sore and cold Beart if You Love Me" and ig the! yrarcid Vosbur FOOLISHMENT. . 5 gh ts playing in the Mobile buck. Ie says ho may run for! povaid Tirian Alm “The Sovncaleest” YOUNGSTERS IN A HAIR OF GEE, WHIZ! THIS DOING 'T, AN’ ! RAZOR AINT SHARP 1 | THATS HE'LL COME WITH- riff, he does, look out. ¥ = oo Daag Beran ‘his political] ‘The Aeroplane Girls are to perform K \ ENOUGH- THE = No ‘ rin Jersey at Luna, beginning next week. ‘They oui ish tie nee way'e with fork | WHISKERS BEND ( JOKE Booth Jack ex-champion|do feats while suspended from captive ek pou plaver of the Lambs, has blow. | aeroplanes FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. ( RIGHT OVER. eas < @oned out as manager of the Long| A play by Carl Mason, entitled “or | "When wax money invented?” =) Branch Baseball Club, With com-|the Man She Loved,” 1s being shown |. “I give it up | i~7 mendable enterprise he has set aside|at Keith's Hudson Theatre, Union “When the dove brought the green | section of the grand stand for _the Hill, this week. "k to Noah.’ ae ou - ! wan ; By Ferd G. ‘Long 8! fe ae YOUR corr Bat CODOOOWOSTH}OO2LOLOTOEIOCLOGOOD f GO AFTER THe | 3 With a rari line connect the dots in numerical order. 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