The evening world. Newspaper, February 7, 1917, Page 16

‘ wright who lives in + Bronx. In a! Sh {About Plays and Players | | By BIDE DUDLEY | Le CCORDING t yrdon Whyte, A representin White Rats, that org on when ft calls a strike of s in the vaude- vilie theatres of Greater New York will not ask the union employees of the houses, su the stage hands aad musifa lk out, fle says come soon. has @ charter ration of La d » quit, Without the ac 1» be no show, and we pnt, organization in the which statement J. 6 United king Of fives, smiles a mentic bout the weather, | MOLIERE FOR COBURNS. Mr. and Mrs. Coburn, who have ‘The Yellow Jacket” Tueatre, anno’ thy iu Bnglish Moliere’s “La Imaginaire” at four matinee Harris. Tho dates are Feb. 15, 20, 23 and 2. ‘fhe play #s arranged is a free translation and will be given un- | der the Utle of “The Imaginary Ins} velid.” Kdith Elis staged it. 4 LIZZIE RETURNS, Uizsie, Harry Kelly's famous fish. hound, who was starred in “Watch Your Step." bag returned to the stage. Ske may Y ecco nightly dancing around With the other girls at the | Cocoanut Grove. A new sketch called | “Telepathy” has been added to the| show, but Lizzie isn’t in it. Besides | her dancing Lizzie supplies the bark | far the cocoanut trees, BY WAY OF DIVERSION. I cannot sing the oldtime songs, fim ‘Little Annie Rooney.” If [) @ tune you'd put! d . | pass up “Dari ing Nellie Gray” and many other num! in because I have no wish to spoil my neighbor's peaceful slum- bers, I cannot sing the modern songs like “Butterfly” and so on, and rag- ume stuff like “Memphis Blues" I've had to put the “Whoa” on. cannot sing the oldtime songs, nor, do 1 try the new ones. ‘The reason is, I nover sing, a8 all my notes are blue ones. 8AM SAYS IT’S EXCELLENT. | A. H. Woods's offer of two tickets to ‘Cheating Cheaters” for the best | rhyme about that camedy has | brought forth hundreds of ‘ poems.” Sam Hoffenstein, who judges the rhymes and who isa genuine poct in hia own right, likes the following beat bd te yery fond of “Cheating store," wakes the auitence burst out lauehing Pet) you think they're really ‘at HERE'S A GREAT CHANCE. “Destiny, or From Wealth to Pov- erty and From Poverty to Wealth,” te the title of a new play offered; Smith & Golden by an aspiring piay- | note accompanying the manuscript he states that “if this play were pre- sented on any stage there would be a | packed house.” He also tips Smith & Golden off to the fact that there's “over a million dollars in aight for those who produce the play.” Al Strassman is of the opinion that @omebody has been feeding this play- wright meat. @ossiP. joorge M, Cohan has returned from the South. Nazimova's engagement at the! Princess has been extended unt « week from Saturday, Lillian Albertson may appear in Eugene Walter's play, “The Knife.” | Mr. Walter may produce it himself. “The Garden of Allah” \s returning from the coast after having filled the kets of Otto Hauerbach and Abe lary with profits, To avoid arguments, the Century management has forbidden all war diacussions behind the scenes, Annette Kellermann says she'll act #2 an under-seas scout if the Gov- ernment dosires her services, | The Temple Emanu-El of Yonkers) has taken the Hippodrome for a bene- fit Sunday night. ‘They say Yonkers | will give Broadway a streat Gilda Varesi, now in London, te coming to New York, German U boats being willling, to appear In a Three Arts Club production at the Comedy ‘Theatre March 2 Fred Drewes the Rergen Play- ors of Jersey City all ready for their performance of “The District Attor- vey” on Friday night at the Bergen Lyceum The finale of the second act of "The Century Girl” has been rearranged through the addition of Charles Min- ton in the character of Uncle Sam The number is highly patriotic. G. B. Chamberlin says he will soon presént Madeline Rossi, Grand Opera singer, and Elmer Tenley, comedian, in an entertainment which will in- clude a sketoh based on Riley's poem, “There, Little Girl, Don't Cry.” Julla Arthur will take her produc- tlon of “Beremonda” to Boston on a epectal train Saturday night, leaving a8 soon as possible after the perform. ance. —coure saee] Fyening World Daily Magazine By Clifton Meek é “THE OFF DAY” An Umbrella Is Not Entirely a Means of “ Protection Mas -_ Pai <=> WAS HA) MR, TORE AY THE fe S ] Dony DooR ys ie Lot gi HNow | a Per \ » Toohhieds IMIWinse Pebioning Ce 1Y_Y. Brening Werle) | \Conrmight, 1017, Prose Pabtiching Ca. OL ¥, Breaing Worth) $0" DE MEGLOoK” UP YouR 7 AN' SAM" “X OUGHTA WAY GOT IN BAD HUH? Dip ~ ZAY So: WELL KNoW =F LIVED NEXT HE “TAKE Hid MISFORTUNE ANGT SORT OF A TH BEST I HA For SX YEARS LiKE A MAN “HEN? 1) gq] NEIGHBOR wuz He EVER HAD Nezzat OH! 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