The evening world. Newspaper, November 23, 1916, Page 20

FS COMIC PAGE ’ ee | ABOUT | Plays and - Players By BIDE DUDLEY | ILLIE BURKE ts going back to the legitimate stage. Having conquered the movie art, at the same time acquiring many thousands of dollars for her work be- fore the film camera, she has decided to heed the of the spoken drama, and on or about Feb. 1 will appear in a new comedy-drama, as yet un. named, from the pen of Bdaward Shel- don, Miss Burke was last seen on the regular stage in New York jn “Jerry.” under the management of the late Charles Frohman. Since then she has been devoting har time to acting In a George Kleine film called “Gloria’s Romance” and to caring for a wonderful baby, Flor- enz Patricia Burke-Ziegteld, In the Sheldon play Mixs Burke will be nder the exclucive management of husband, Floreng Ziegfeld jr. Ho will have direct charge of the selec- tion of the m vers of the cast, the rehearsals and everything, except, of courae, when he has to stay at home d mind the baby | SQUARE MEAL FOR SHOWMEN.| | The outdoor showmen, who come to New York annually to spend the win- | ter and some of the season's boodle, | are going to have a blowout. On the evening of Thursday, Dec, 28, they | will hold a big banque such as no grub car @ be tackled. George who is doing the hooing for the \affair, says there's nothing to it—It's Kolng to be some feed. The proceeds Will be divided equally between the Showmen's League of America and| the Outdoor Showmen's Ward In the merican Theatrical Hospital, Chi- cago THIS BULLFINCH IMPUDENT. Sam Sotherr has a bullfinch, ‘The bulifinch is from Germany. It is at Sam's London home, The bullfinch can sing, Sam saya. Recently the bulifinch ‘has taken to singing “Die Wacht Am Rhein” from morning tll night, and Sam ts very much mortl- fied away over here, in Amorica, the gem of the ocean, the home of—or Sam has written his care- @peak to that bullfinich, He saya he'll have no bullfinches rooting for Germany in his home. Sort of an odd situation, isn't it? THEY HAD TO BE FRESH. Carrie De Mar doesn't know much about the culinary art. The other day she went to a poultry man who bas back yard—to his store, of course—and asked if he had any, fresh chickens. He showed her the back yard, full of nice, young f “How many?” he asked them and send them up.” “1 want two, if they're fresh,” re- pled Miss Do Mar. “But, unless they're absolutely fresh, don't you send them up!” BY WAY OF DIVERSION. Said Bilas McGuggin, in Poeweo- plo's store: "The high coat of living ia getting me sore. My eggs in the morning aie double the price that egge were last fall and that's not very nice, Why, even atick-candy's got into the game, It's rose Ilke the mischief; it's really a shame, while chockerlate drops are away out of sight. i'll buy no more candy with prices #o tight.” Just then Masle Peebles came through the front door, She had her effect on the crowd in the store, Sweet Masle's the pretti- est girl in the town and sways men with ease with her smile or her pe DAWGONIT “S HELP ME MacFarlane, | owls. ern kill “WaT ON Y' MIND ae Soe WANNA Yi Look Like “TH BUSTIN’ UP OF A HARD WINTER § Bs “FLOoEY ann Axet ¢ » > Haven ‘Rivats” Erisone, BL, yi IN vine tM | \ home TOUUU Huq Ht mi OH! wuz DEO LooKIN' INTO TH FUTURE "AVS ALLY Evening World Daily Magazine Even a Dog's Tail Can Upset the Best Plans of Men and Babes! os WUZ , WONDERIN' \e W'WuZ LEFT A WIDOWER 7 Sisk ou! DUNNO om Dear! wor YoUD Do" HENRY” : Flooey — TI X'SPote TH! GAME ad You woud DEAR IF You WOZ LEFY A WIDOW: “y'se€, MY FRIEND AXEL HAD MA, UUGGED To KEEP ME FROM CORPIRG HIS GAL FROM Him! FRAME-UPI! Now dust ‘TURN “THAY KEY OLD BIRD AN’ TLUSEND HIM WERE “TO “TAKE MY PLACE rane | Hi os i How oF te SOME TRIFLING CHAIN OF CIRCUMSTANCES WILL SIDE TRACK 6OME MOMENTOUS HAPPENING. OH! You « HORRID WRETCH aco “TWo -FACED Conran ew AN' TOLD ME SYou COULD NEVER CARE FoR ANYBODY ELSE. 14, Prem Pubianinw Ca ONT Reening Were By Bud Counihan 1 7 eB Baw By Vic frown. “Why, howdy, Miss Peeb! eal Si with a grin. "By golly, I'm turrible glad you come in. Here— have some nice candy—some chock- erlate drops!” He bought ker some} fine ones with fancy white tops, When Masie went out up stepped Grandpa McGee. “The high cost of ‘ivin's sure awful,” said he. “But SI's such a sport that he Ikes it, by gum! I'm fond of them candies, Si. Purchase me some.” Old Silas said: “Listen, you weak-minded chump! Your brain's like cement—just a heavy, hard lump.” Then, as he went out Silas sneered at the bunch, Said Grandpa: “SI's cranky—at least, that's my hunch."* NORA BAYES ENTERTAINS, ; Nora Bayes gave a : morning, beginning at It took place at her home, 4 West End Avenue, and a most won- derful time was had. Among thone invited were the Dillinghama, Dollys, Dressers (Loulse and Jack), Foxes, Barrymores (Ethel and Russell), the Kingsleys (Walter and smile) and oh, @ host of others, It was called al “hinese party und the like, ess It looks party's going to be A as Goss! has signed a ton with William Hodge, stage stars will be sold of the Stage Children's row at the McAlpin Leon Errol is number for the Allies at Nov. 28 Kathryn Dahl (Mrs, A is now playing the U. 5 4 Gillen, plu Phe Girl with th Madison The Rena Club will teenth annual nue and One Hundred ts mana because every- 18 supposed to wear kimonos, huge success, Ida Vernon, now in "Fixing Sister,” air contract to wet Autographed photograph » stage a Hawaiian Society of the Ten Square Gard minstrel dance at the Star Casino, Park Ave-| Street, Saturday night. Monroe Stiver Fayette Perry has signed with J. & N. Tait to go to Australia and act for a year, She will first appear in the Alice Dover role In “Very Good Eddie,” tn Sydney. The’ elephants at the Hippodrome are now playing football instead of baseball, The members of the orches- tra assisted last night—returning the ball after offside plays. DEVLIN 18 LONESOME. Jim Devlin, formerly of Devlin & Ellwood, writes us that he is in Belle- vue Hospital because of a trick k | He wants “some of the boys" to over and #ee him. The other knew all right, 4 we scamper though the of various he bazaar | nd to-mor= If. T. Wilton) 4. O. theatres unist, She is © Nightingale FOOLISHMENT, ‘ra dy, look a Ute out! hold its #ix- show and | “Why should teetotaler take a wife?" “L give it up." “Because he won't sup porter,” a never and Seventh POP NEVER FORGAVE YOU FOR THIS ONE ! NOW MY FINE YOUNG -=—>~ BUCKO, WE'LL SEE IF f / THIS PAIL OF WATER | WILL GET YOU uP je 5 : FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. | Kiddie Klub Korner } Dicky and Dot } in the ‘Wonder City’’ By Mary Graham Bonner | | Copsright. 1018, by The Drew Publla (Die New York Bvening World) The Telephone | | ICKY and Dot were spending the day with thelr cousin. They} were just @ little bit sad that they couldn't go cut and have a good me, but atill thelr mother had told them they must be quiet sometimes | and that an afternoon spent in play. |ing games and reading would be good for them Of course, they had been in the Wonder City such a short time that |they wanted to keep on going In search of adventures and seeing won ders until they had se “Hut you c dors of the city | be wonders to see," sald thelr moth Dicky and Dot were j when suddenly thet n everything. n never see all the we here will always aying yusin said, there ts the teley Their cousin had always Nyed 4 and after they had g: home that ing Dicky had re marked to Dot: “Why, said that just as you or I w have suid, | “Dhere's @ rod in tho yard!" She » to a little black in- | had go | had 5 BGINNING with any numb the pin coupe tod tn Toeadaye, have als no Klub, Evening World York Cit ; YOUR NAME. YOU AGE Nos fn ° the city, ey 4 How to Join the Klub } | P out atx of | Kiub Korner When you YOUR ADDRESS. r site EVENING WORLD “KIDDIE KLUB" 89 strument which was ona table, From the side she had taken a part of It which was attached by @ green cord and had put it to her ear, It's some one to speak to you, he And she handed Dot} 6a | Dot the receiver, “No one ts speaking, is she Hstened. “Well, say ‘Hello,’ sald her cousin. “Hel sald Dot, “Hello,” Un and W | replied Dot, John's voice, 2” asked Dot answer which caine you downstairs 1 for the so clearly o, im few milea away from you." “Oh Dick,” cried Dot, dropping the “you must listen to Uncle! hear him perfectly | niles away | sald Dicky as he tt afier he ‘way downtown—quite a recelver, John, I could and he says he ts "Oh, he's fooli tho receive had} talked a few minutes he Knew that Uncle John was not fooling, for he nised to come and get the and had sald that it would hree-quarters of an hour to tah roa I never knew before that a person Nd far away over the n indoors there | d Dicky, story was con- It seems that @ are wond The idea for to-day’ “OH, tributed 13, No. ton, N. The ¥ DOLLA for th tributed Suggest DEAR KIDDIE MEMBERS: HAT do you think of the plan that our young cous- ph Musial, has of dumb ¢ i} t # and wish to | kind to them) should build little bird | houses for thoae of our brave, brown- feathered friends who do not fly to 4 sunny clime at the falling of the first leaves, but choose to remain with us plans which are printed here, with course you may make your house larger \f you wish to, but keep it in proportion with the given measure- ments, Wood used ts % Inch thick The “roof strip" is to keep wet weather out. The upper edge of the side elevation is slanted to make t DICK," CRIED DOT, “YOU M UST LISTEN TO UNCLE JOHN." by Madeline Pfromm: 66 Brookside Avenue, J ged! Dicky and Dot might see in th ing: | city ’ Write only on one alde of the p avening World will pay ONE| Put your name, age, address RK BACH for r a8) membership cert mnber at th Wonder Series stort con-| top of your first page. Mall to Won by Kiddie Klub members, | der Story Editor, Evening World, No- only REAL “wonders” which 63 Park Row, New York City, big } Cousin Eleanor’s ‘‘Klub Kolun through snow-weather and cold, And| Cousin Joseph haa drawn up a set ot} measurementa for you to follow, Of, ae in { OS You may paint i uid get it where sure to find it, so they may sing their sweet Thanksgiving hymn in a warm roof tit. propert your favorite t birds MARLEY 2% IN, DEVON 2X