The evening world. Newspaper, December 27, 1916, Page 16

ow | | i RS Pe « [__comre race] Evening World Daily Magazine _— - | “'S'MATTER, POP?” ‘The Child Is Willing for His Belief to Be Put to Another Test! — —— ——— ee By C. M. Payne ©” 9 if SMATTER mi _@ “PoP ABUUT | Plays and | Players By BIDE DUDLEY mM. ANDERSON, who recently @. purchased H. H. Frazee's the- atrical holdings in New York, annowaces that he us to enter th. pro- Aucing business actively. Hie sta- tonery shows that he is to do business under the firm name of the Frand Theatre Company, Inc. Mr. Ander- son's first offering will be a new mu- ical comedy for which no title has been selected as yet. The book and lyrics are by Frank Stammers and the music by Harold Orlob. There will be a chorus of only twelve girls. Re- hearsals will begin Jan, 2 under the direction of the author. | THIS DOG TALKS. | Zyris, an English bulldog, enter-/ tained an audience of men in the of-| fices of Edward Keller, Palace Thea- sheng shisha cain can ma HENRY HASENPFEFFER The Pebble May Not Have Been as Thick as Henry's Head, but It Wasn't as Soft as Jake’s! By Bud Counihan Sigmon” best ot all the words. ho at | : although he went around | / Woon “Boss, joe. Cook Renieve iN SANTA CLAU Now ts Gort ALOT OF NICE THINGS FoR CHRISTMAS DIDNT You — on Yes, WHat MAKES YA ASK, POP OH-H-H-H ‘Yes indeed! SOME MORE FoR va Gr (a DapTAPL (NE Prong Petdianing, Ca. ORT, Renate rere, NoZUR — He Now DAKE — WuZ tempte pe: 1 ." a good deal ' 7 v rT Oe the: time, and bis words ‘could be AN’ te HAD NUTHER )/QDANGONE! Fear inesag Ver hale “TLL Look INT =) xf &. te a? BUY NoY Quite understood. When Al Head and Eddie LILY ARGUMENT AN! OME. : v OUND HIG —No EMPLOYEE i Ti 1 Well entered the room, Zyrls_ said Wor DID HE “~~ c_ PeBBiet CAN FAN anotHer So THICK! “lemon” twice, adding that ho Joved He eg tht 4 wr Sows y WITH AY PAUIN, ROCK mamma. he dog belon: “4 UNF AW TA . ' = S, Ric f Columbus, O, He : Bare © 6 AN GEY aula with Cr! a A. E, Richario of Columbus p) ‘va 4 GWe Me ALL TH EacTé- a said he bated cats. : Mee MOVIE STAR IN fot care sha Nou, F\ROY SES Hou BIG ighton Hale, who has en | best hpown in recent years as @ He HeaveD? screen star, 1s to do spme work on| the regular stage. He has been, en-| gaged by the Comstock-Elllott Com- pany to create the principal juvenile role in “Oh Boy,” the new Kern- Bolton-Wodehouse musical comedy, A NOTE FROM BERNHARDT. When Maude Adams arrived at the Empire Theatre Monday evening to repare for her opening in “A Kiss for Cinderella,” she found her dress- Ing room a bower of flowers and in the corner of @ mirror was the fol- lowing note: “Dear Maude Adams; Since I can- not be here to give Cinderella a kiss, Gioia a Taek Ad es 0 econ oa I leave these flowers for her instead. FLOOEY AND AXEL ee o 2 May all your wishes, like Cinderella's, come true. “SARAH BERNHARDT.” BY WAY OF DIVERSION. Come here to my arms, little baby of mine, and let mother rock you to sleep. Your tiny tin soldier, in unt- form fine, a vigil most faithful will keep. Your wee woolly dog ia ~ A al hausted, I fear; your jack-in- we, 1S A XMAS GET FROM needs a rest. So put them aside, for ‘ : AXEL sor SPose Loorra DRE: lone to my breast, Come dream, lit-| ining af OT OR RURT HIS FEELINGS! tle boy, of that valley of peace where plaything and candies abound; where trouble’s unknown and real joys never Cease and sweet, gentle fairies are found. All night the tin soldier, with musket in hand, will guard mother’s baby from harm. It's time that you |- visited Nodaway Land—that country of wonderful charm. You've worked pretty hard with your toys, little boy, and my! you've accompiished a lot. But all things must stop for a while— even joy. The Sandman draws near, Nttle tot. To-morrow your train will @peed over its track; your ship will again Ball the deep, but naught can be done till the aunlight comes back. Go let mother rock you to sleep. JEFF WAS TO BLAME, Mrs. Jeff Nutt, wife of the come- dian, always blames her husband for things that go wrong. Christmas Day she went to the home of some friends for dinner, Jeff was in Honkytonk, N. J. playing. During the course of the meal a chicken was served and Mrs. Nutt got a bone stuck in her throat, Dislodging it with great dif- ficulty, she directed a tirade of abuse at Jeff, the absent one, WONDER How Y'RUN 'EM?” iS tea vi le oon ne au » Copyright, 1916, Publishing Co, | by The Preas (The New York Erening World) | By Jack Callahan Good Stories| ' ne tee ail sates fault’ she sald. it i) MR. HOOZIS “You Li CoULO Lise 1e een here he wou ave HAVE THE WORD HE WORD RIGHT, Wl § LITERAL. u Seeke’ on Mist bone ane Woule bs ve [eS 4H \RIGHT SPELLED WRONG AIN'T RIGHT, LONDON wholesale’ provision part of the chicken he always eats, * x R ’ WRONG - OR RIGHT AIN'T house, which prides itself on darn him!" >>> WRONG, IS IT? filling all orders correctly, re- ceived a letter fron # provincial eye- tomer recently complaining of the very poor quality of the last two lote of eggs supplied, The reputation of the house for never making an error seemed-to be at stake, but the bright mind of the & junior partner found a way out of it, He wrote: Gossip. | Blanche Merrill is to furnish the music and lyrics for the show at the Cocoanut Grove, The British Red Cross so far has Teceived $17,564 from E. H. Sothern's tour in “If 1 Were King.” Special New Year's Eve concerts will be given at the Casino and the Astor. Shubert stars will appear. athe Cohan & Hats Tei ’ é | == = “Gentlemen: We ore sorry to hear day morning, Capt. Kidd will dis-| WHEN 1T COMES TO DECIDING AN ARGUMENT | HE'LL At GUE y that our consignment did not suit setted Wilelentilien ease isesieacs| YIM HOOZIS 1S THE BOY -HE KNOWS | AND HE CONNIAKE'S MNERYEODY THAT Fee. ane Wat LONOYAC ia petct nis Curicieans presentemonn® | EVERY SUBJECT FLOM AB z~ HE'S RIGHT- HE NEVER GET'S LEFT. your otiginal crden cht Aaa hat there were only a few gi While: Toto, the Hippodrome was giving away alphabet books yes. | terday one ilttie girl kissed him right | on the nose. Grace George, William Christy Ca- banne, Viola Dana, Evelyn rent and Shirley Mason are skating at St. Nich- | {'M TELLIN’ YA, THAT * [reads as follows: ‘Rush fifty boxes A ee en oe GUY 1S INNCCENT- B logue, We want theca bad, "Til Metal SA Biba FROM THE YEAR ONE. | HILE pawing through the ar- hy chives of ancient Thebes a ? olas Kink between falls. The funeral of Clara Loulse Ramsey, scribe came across Aaa Vaudeville actress who died Saturduy papyruson which were Wii qnter, fopure, was held yesterday at | acters that seemed to bear some rela- anilyde Rigby is teaching the girls of | tion to the etyle then in vogue, ‘The Century Girl" to use therr tare After much laborious effort he was gy ete Bade, one of bese Was accosted lable to translate the words which } cen le v chased him. Failing to catch him, Cheats proved to jest, venerable with Graenleed bin panne nts | age, and musty from long retirement, palwyn anu Compaty iting 4 Calling the custodian of the temple lah Covington's play " ‘ i | to him the scribe translated the words » thie "week at ihe, kaicola “Paeatre, NOBODY DARES To QUESTION HIM- HE STORS AT NOTHING- WHY- HE'LL. as follows: Way. The’ play is said to be very HE'S THE ORIGINAL “IM RIGHT You'RE | ACTUALLY GIVE A COP AN ARGUMENT “Why does a hen lay an egg?" promising. Tne cast is excellent, WRONG" PERSON - ANO HE GETS AWAY WITH IT And tffen, deciphering the answer, —— = ————= he wa ily able to furth ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. (>) INSTEAD OF YOU SITTING I THINK TLL Go v Bec it cant’ eee coals M. B.—Arthur Hammerstein pro- THERE READING, I THINK | | DOWN AND CLEAN || | s stown Telegram, ¥ duced "Katinka." fs) aa YOU OUGHT TO G DOWN | | oUT THE FURNACE, | | >—— Buller — Telephone John Pollock v AND CLEAN OUT THE DARLIN y " Palace Theatre Building, and ask bin’ 5 FURNACE, WHAT @D You BING? sm THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW. tY vicar advertised for an “Ineligible” to make himself useful, ete, In his grounds and HE'S ONE OF THOSE "MEN WHO FAIL" THINK ? = ed hone 18 THIS BROTHERLY? Where do you keep yourself 0: Monday nights, Da our brother Charlie, is curting t 4 rl ; Ram- | A likely candidate tier,” tir Ceeonpuine Hone News | |WHEN IT COMES TO atier being quettionsa dha FOOLISHMENT, eral points, the vicar said to him: Vy Nor Nears Dar GINNING HIS WIFE You know, we ae all vegetarians 4 oon be here, hing nd if Lengage you T should ike conform to our rules, Could AN ARGUMENT- FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE ake AGD00P) nym © applicant ¢ rd into a brown Ethei ‘That sear i i 67 > . |study, end then t he replied: Bevery wunoying 7 OMT Mead inust Oy \ ; Jogct thinks so. sir. But should ke to L < "s ne. F ” ask un important question first, Do Avebibuld—Ob, it's next to nothing. ; aN Y Al jyou reckon beer & vegetable tai Bits, Lo