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

ABOUT Plays and Players By BIDE DUDLEY T the New Year's Day matinee of “Old Lady 31" at the Thirty- ninth Street Theatre, Marie |— Pecheur will step into the ingenuc / i role of Mary, The engagement of | ‘i Mise Pecheur for the role je in the ‘. nature of @ prize for which she con- ie * tested with 199 other ambitious girls, 7 Lee Kugel found his company was going to need a new ingenue, ao he passed the word along Broadway. So many giris applied for the part that he decided to hold an elimination con- test. Commissioning Emma Dunn and Rachel Crothers, star and author of the play, to act with him as judges, Mr, Kugel permitted the girls to read the part. From each ten, one was @elected for the finals, Then the twenty competed again, and the prizo went to Miss Pechour. The new Mary is without experi- ence #0 far as Broadway theatricals @o, Mr. Kugel predicts she will see her name eventually in the lights on that famed thoroughfare. H WHY FOOTNER DISAPPEARED. “Shirley Kay siarring vehicle, at the Hudson The- @tre Monday night, may remember n Miss Ferguson made hor ech at the end of the third couldn't find the author of , Hulbert Footn “I have lost my autho: Stage Manager McGregor immedi- ately began a hot search for Mr. Footner. He couldn't locate him just &ben, but later he found him in @ Yooth in a nearby cigar store fran- tically telephoning an uptown doctor. ‘The next morning the reason came to light when it became known that Mr. and Mrs, Footner were receiving con ératulations on the arrival of a girl Baby at their home, The betting around the Hudson is 4 to 1 that sho will be named Shirley Kayo Footner. BY WAY OF DIVERSION. It's such a little time, my Gear, that you and I are here. To-day so soon ig yesterday; this year is yesteryear. It doesn’t pay to mope, my dear; it doesn't pay to sigh. ‘Tis bost to drink of bappiness as time goes slip- ping by. It's such @ little way, my dear, that you and I must go. 1e path is shorter than it seems and rougher than you know, But though the sky has clouds, my de. they cannot mar the day, is no cloud, however dark, but what must pass away. HE’S FOND OF KATINKA, Alice Ryan, who is singing in'“Ka- vunka” on tour, encountered a dra- matic critic who ts also a poet, out in Fort Wayne, Ind. Before his facile pen got through this is what it had done to her: Ou fis tot aa Hae And wo didn't even think « Maid ooukt dance diving as abe Feirlive is gay Katinka, Charm of volow hae this’ Katinke And her bair in black as ink. a Dainty lag we think abo be, Mithewome is the matd, Ketinks Lithesoue too ts Min ‘Katinks And Ler eyes know how to wiuk « tl i 4 ey THE COUNTRY 18 SAFE. COMIC PAGE. “rg? Foo MATTER, iP \ Por I Go DEA ‘7 a ENRY HASEN HENRY | THIS HERE _GERVANT PROBLEM (6 Davin’ me “BATty’! LIFES DED ONE “COOK” « OOEY AND Axeu ? aes a evs Fiuivwver™s - ——_. POP?” TTA J > aman Tere ipeeti donnie a ph pitenes Evening World Daily Magazine If Pop Shaved Off One Hair a Second It Would Take Him Just Four Seconds to Fini PFEFFER So V’'GonINA BLOW U6 Hun? DAWGON(T SYONLY BEEN CTH U6 A SHORT SPELL GAL—WHY TH’ @AM HILL ARE “GONNA LeAte $0 Goon ? i “IE MY, ENGINE STALLS 1 GOTTA GET OUT "TO CRANK (T/AINT TOR [> You CAN WATCH ME CAN'T CHAZ. K * LAINT GONNA RUN Away.” 2 bye | nation that happens to be con- templating going to war with the United States would do well to forget it, For we come with bad news for this country’s enemies. The chorus men of “Her Soldier Boy,” at the Astor Theatre, have organized a mil- (tary company and will throw them- selves into the fray any time they rt Needed to keep this country from betng wiped off the map, Ani they eall themselves the Crawford @uards. SLEET COULDN'T stop poris. Doris Kenyon is busy Just at pres- “ent receiving the congratulations of her friends on her auto drive to Fall River and Boston, made a few d ago. Alone in a roadster she the trip from New York to Full | & Erlanger’ brought last night. bed at his h fifth Street, fifty-five of Albany. twc kW gastritis after Whitaker and Mrs, Charles W ¢ brother, € 7 Martin some sort of a record and is willing to | defend her title, whatever it may be. MARTINEAU WAS POPULAR. Tho news of the death of Frank W. Martineau, business manager of Klaw company, forth many expressions of sincere regret in the theatrical district ‘s “Hen Hur" Mr. Martineau died. of {at the Hippodrome’s concert to-mor- being: fined to his|FrowWw night. George Braham, son of in the ome, No Went Forty-| the composer, will conduct’ the or- but three days, He was) chestra OW ‘ ms ” ears old, and Was a native — onder Cit He in survived by his ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. 3}. y » daughters, Mrs. Paul] Pearce—A manager is usually neces- id Winter Garden to-morrow night. The "VWAS ONLY YESTERDAY THAT SHE GAVE You TH KEYS To HER TRUNKS AN’ DRESSER AN' DEWEL COPrTiaht, 1918. Prony HuBnine Co (NY. Evening World) It Wasn't FLOOEY Who Ran Away, and That’s a Fact! (Next Week “Swearing Oft.”) Ua ik Now MR. FLOQEY, \ “THIS LITTLE CAR OF YOuRSTTIHAT. t eat We LTS GET i, RAN ME DOWN! WE CAN ENJOY: A SIGHT-SEEING “TouR = WE. CAN SEE STATON AND THE, DESK. ERGEANT AND “THE CELLS AN! “THE JUDGE. AND LOTS OF THitas! FE x m We i show will last tll midnight. Raymond Hitchcock, Sam Bernard and Frank Tinney have arranged a special number, said to bo very funny, for the Century's New Year's Eve concert to-morrow night. William Harrigan will sing the old songs of his father, Edward Harrigan, Dicky and Dot i sary. By Mary Graham Bonner Oayyrigh! by The Prem Pubil New York Brening Wo: B.—The sketch ‘The Hold-t'p” produced by Taylor Granville, was f | fine Jows that ever lived —- in six hourw and wirty-tive minutes. | —— FOOLISHMENT. The Fire twenty minutes in a storm of rain| gan as, ont Greve will open Sg saan ee | | Dicky and Dot were aitting in e and aleet. Miss Kenyon mado the!" ‘louise Dresser in to niay~ the (sien echoo! when a fire-gong sounded trip to, fula A Promise to Marcus Orpheum Cireuit, opening in icansas| FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE, | throughout the building. Academy Phdetive a Pan Riot ang | Clty Jan, eee “What are you crying for, Mttle} Atl the obildren got into their places 0 Goldsworthy and Lionel | boy? along the line she was mst by news-| poimore have been engaged for “The| cAty father Just fell downstaina,” . | 4 Without any excitement Aled out Paper men, and at Fall River society | teautiful Caknown.” “Was he badly hurt?!” of the rooms and down the stairs into are, er a reception, M ma Banvon | More than twenty stars will appear| “No, but sleter saw him fall and I' the etreet. They thought that it was ; 5] | in tho New par's Eve cone the | didn't. Boo, hoo!" @ fire drill, but as soun as they Teached the street what should they aL, if | #00 Duta fro engine with great, big By Jack Callahan |] | White horses rushing toward the i — a ——————'] | school, It was a hook and ladder | vagon, and then came an engine, and { BY RINGING IN THE ‘ [stl another. ‘The fremen had boen 3 NEW YEAR AT ELEVEN |S HAPPY es to thelr fire sults while the | } To engines wero rushing to the blax: f THIRTY, YOU STOLE ! A man tn a red automobile with a A MARCH ON THE FOLKS. BUT-WHY DID You USE MOM'S NEW DISH PAN ? jdell ringing as it hurried al out and directions, were put against tho alde of the {butlding. ‘The men rushed up them [to see if any children were still in the building. ‘Then the hose was ‘turned for great flames came ‘ shooting out of the windows and dark |. |smoke came curling forth 1 A line was drawn beyond which {no one could pass. A large crowd rt Ladders gave 0 on, H 2 | en % if How to Join the Klub B EGINNIN Seordaye, When y ‘coupons pumiered |. rotation, like 106 105-106-107 108 108, vail them t tee Kid | die Kinb, Krentng World, No. 68 Park Row, New York City, with a note in wuieh you must’ mate YOUR NAMY, YOUR AGE, YOUR ADDRESS, io application will be considered unlaw thee ‘TMaemlagy, H three facta are stated, Chiliren everwhere not over fittwon years of age may tooome members. Seb eire-enr Keb joate, EVENING WORLD “KIDDIE KLUB” ~ Kiddie K lub Korner_ YV'see-NOT A ONE OF *EM By Bud Counihan FITS § \ THE FIREMEN TURNED A HOSE UPON THE FLAMES. had gathered and were watching the firemen in their efforts to put out the fire, “How brave those men are!” exclaimed Dicky. ‘Phey don't} seem to think of anything but to put out the fire.” More engines were coming, for the|these Wonder City fire was @ very big one and the fire- | Uted by Kiddie Klub members, men worked bard to put it out, at-| fost only REAL “wonders ter a while, thous), the fire was put out and slowly leave, “And we only thought it was a fire ire gepartment. The idea for to-day The Evening World will pay city, hw crowd began to per. Put and At the top of your first page, your name, a ittle and Tam very glad I did.” "Why?" asked Digky “Because it seems like even more of an adventure.” ws ‘oWell,” answered Dicky, “it's been red? th THE KIDDIE KLUB. the Kiddies wt: ‘cousins |< ts of teva a ban @ do saved by the marvellous Wonder City a story was hin, to Mr, Oskenonton, Master Pe DOLLAR each for accepted {deas Stories contrib. Dicky and Dot might see in the bi Write only on one side of the pa- age, address membership certificate number Mall to York City, , drill,” said Dicky, “We were not] Wonder Story Editor, Evening World, | frightened at all.” No, 63 Park Row, Ne “Well,” said Dot, “I did tremble ae heir toys, noley ar, i Cousin Eleanor’s EAR, DEAR KIDDIE COUSINS: What a lovely sight you were, gathered ‘round the gtunt Christmas treo in Madi son Square Park! ‘And what o jolly time we did have! How beau- tifully all the clever, erous people entertained Us! How aweetly the bis “ in bird watited! How Klub Pin.” Oy the juvenile Charile Chaplin and his pretty alster did their littlo skit and the American Indian Prince—-waa he not wonderful? And Master Preston Perkingon sang bewu- tifully! Wu you ever forget the four boy! bands and their splendid playing! | never shall, and the memory of all my Kiddie cousins singing the Christ- mas carol will remain with mo for- | ever. Last, but not least, Santa! Did you over see such a folly fellow before? Now, besides our hearty applause, which showed full well how thoroug’ Iy'we onjoyed each and every per- |sormer, we must thank them through our column. §o, to Mies Harrie Pu- |made, to Joseph and Janethol Mona- kinson, to St, George's, St. Malachy's, ¢\the New York Catholic Protectory and ltne Public Behoo! No. 21 Bands, and E Jastly to Mr, Robert Stuart Pigott we sweep our prettiest curtsey and say “LT thank you for the Jolliest day in all the year.” Why, on Santa hineelf said that in all his tong happy life he never had such a good time! Beginning with our first klub day next week, Tuesday, the Kiddie Klub Korner will be inside the paper, upon the magazine page, on the upper right- hand side. 1 know that you will Ike this rangement, becauge there will be {room for your contributions, Aren't tom: | you pleased? |" IT want to please you just as much as you have pleased me with your for Sug- whte h | | ™- CONDUCTED BY ELEANOR SCHORER 4 jhe enough of an adventure for mo, 4! ta the ha n many, many Christinas greetings and suppose you might have liked ‘the |i! ‘a goud wishes for the coming year, I adventure of belie burns up or car- ay a thank you for them @ thousand fold | ried from one of the windows by a | AP tei ts d say my heartiest ” fireman.” AS Tse wily a clined COUSIN ELEANOR, wo gst out in timmy, "And Low quieily [Ae Magali, MAITiRE Uozeng of hei ar the firemen came."* ‘Aide e'gosen ey varieties of nolse, noise, cole, From Kiddies, ‘ “I've heard,” #ald Dicky, “of the| Pm thee bawiing, ing ttle ‘Kiddies, CHRISTMAS DAY. * way the horses get into their harness, And, tease olay Uttle Kiddion sf and of the few seconds it takes for! jp telz nme aud, thelr middiog 3 love to me the Middien them to get out of the engine house, |Hilll sm hooknw, will ere. tootiny Wien oo Chasse Ber, ‘Then, on the street, everything moves | Aad ay proniland’ peace ad Guiet apt co the deme © ating, aside for them. And a crowded street | 14%, mad infirnal ro: Fey eee ale same ond way te Pa ‘Beare tor dear obt Gents, ts quickly cleared for fire engines. | sitet Wy. chembe door fe f We'll go and o60 them start from an ‘scming, banging on (be fone ‘Who has tought us taye in bis sleigh, ypngine-bouse some day, and then I ay ome bee, TO TARD ORBIST, ‘Over hills and dabes, Sblak we'll wee bow many lives are Ne, G44 Rast 147 Glan’ ’ Ore pack end valen \ ¥ — | “Klub Kolumn’ Ik travels to good little girle and bays) And leaven them such « lot of pretty ‘Dia old Santa’ . sou know, ‘Tw please the children large and eum, With auch a lot of different things And toys to please them all, JEANETTE LYDO} No. 1045 Fourteenth Street, Brooklyn, | | KINDNESS, Oo day an ttle Bina wap walking 4 felis she met o little girl, who was mt | asked ber why sho was sad, and the little| told Ler, "1 cannot belong to the Kiddie nd become « member,” And little Sir EES Sodiel] 9) a Ser hye THE HAPPY SQUIRREL, on. Magis ever, we a ey Wiis ar ent eo bapoy, * The Ile’ equtrel Poy Shy Saar at rer a to be No, 100 Namen, Ae, BRU, ed — THE KIDDIE KLUB. Dear liteie aquirrels, Siting in the tree, TH tell you what Joy came to axe! I've fom joined the Ki jel Fit in BEATRICE ia. No, 714 Second Avenue, A No man can commute and be about It, and Mr, Felix Fi le no exception to thie rule, | he gets on this page next going to start exposl: wi jusiness of commutil breakfast to bundles, And care whether you laugh wit at him as long ae you laugh '