The evening world. Newspaper, February 13, 1917, Page 18

, | Fe dll | Fvepi ee ‘About Plays. _and Players [By BIDE DUDLEY = JEW productions are being an- nounced by the Charles Froh- man Company and the Sel- wyns, The Frohman intereste will begin next Monday the staging of @ play by Horace Alnsiey Vachell en- titled “The Case of Lady Camber.” It was a success in London last year. The part of Dr. Napier, played by Mr. Irving in tie London eee | tion, bas been assigned to Lyn el ing. ‘The play which the Seiwyne will! produce is by 6 Cow) and Jane Murfin, who collaborated in writing Miss Cowl's present starring vehicle “Lalao Time.” It is agit hlan ee prelim! juction wi be made and it’ail goes well the play will be the opening bill at the new Selwyn Theatre in West Forty-Sec- ond Street in the fall, THAT RENFROW TRAINING. Grace Valentine ts a versatile! person. At 1.20 o'clook yes-| y afternoon the Morosoo offices! ‘were notified that Hazel Turney, who plays Nelly in “Upstairs and Down,” | t, was ill and could not act In desperation Jay Barnes begged Miss Valentine to “try to though she was scheduled to create a role in “Johnny Get Your Gun" at the Criterion last night, Miss Valen- | tine read the Nelly part through once and went on at the Cort and played it exceedingly wey. When the final urtein pad descended she went to nes and asked: “ls there anything else I can do be- tween now Sy ren time at the Criterion?” TOOK THEM BACK HOME. A bride and groom from the rural Gistriots were walking along Broad- way bear Ap Ad og eeighie Pd terday, looking at the “sights.” They weren't exhibiting any enthusiasm. Suddenly there hove in view a genu- fmo farm w, and in St was a red calf. The Yarmer on the seat had evidently come from Jersey on te . “Look, Mary!" said the rural bride- groom, catching sight of the wagon. “Nice appeasin’ outnt, ain't it?” “You bet!” abe replied. “An’ that’s @ nice calif be's got.” As they stood devouring the famil- jar sight with thelr eyes, a blockade in the traffic made the farmer on the Feet T tdeeroom arepped out into tbe rural] bridegroom out atreet and, extending bis hand to the man on the wagon, asked: “Whar you frum, stranger?" THE SAME SCENERY. ‘Ward Caulfield, actor, was heard Jest pight telling a story ons OR Mee) morning the troupe went to Wichita, and immediately upon ite arrival the My land!” eh said, “do they du- plicate the scenery in each town for wer" BY WAY OF DIVERSION. ‘0. ‘a the coldest day we've had @ince 1892,” said Henry Smith to Mar- never felt real cold,” said Uncle Hi “You should have sean the back in 1869, My horse was in his stall; my cow was turned to ice. For three whole days I bad to make one loaf of bread suf- “On, fddiesticks!” said Peter | reneven, h the ch f coldest day we ever had was back in dite rad sant © chorus o Jones, “You fellows are a bore. The "44, My whiskers froze and broke it I guess that can't be beat.” Oot beter Jones was far from right. I deat it (in retreat). t WHEN MEYERS SANQ. All the funny things that happen in a theatre do not take stage. Frank Meyers, the Liberty, was selling tickets last night whee tho telephone rang. A women had e@alled up. “Hello!” ene said. “I'm trying to think of the tune Billy B. Van sings | It in ‘Have a Heart’ at your theatre and Tean't. Won't you sing a fow strains | given by Mrs. C. B, of it for me?” B “Surely!” replied Frank. And then he hummed the tune of the only song| It 0 ek THE EVENING WORLD WILL PAY Ten Dollars | FOR THE BEST NAME FOR THE CHARACTER IN “The Off Day,” DRAWN BY Cliiton Meek. Read this entertaining comic | every night in The Evening World until you become fami! jar with its intensely human character and his humorous “herd luck” adventures, Then try to think of the best name for him. Get your friends to pe ye will close 28, Ten dol- id to The Even- der who submits ra ra re in u Write the name you select on @ postal card your own name and address, and tend it to “The Off Day Con. test, Evening World, No, 63 Park Row, New York City,” You may submit more than one mame, but not more than one on each | Flynn of the stage career when she was but elg Greenpoint Home News. “THE OFF DAY" “'S'MATTER, POP?” ‘Theis Magran: B, Iden Pay: t ‘sa baby carriage. The segond of thi rooklyn Zoo is dead, self to death, “T" Wanderer” did @ tremendous | an Opera Seventy seats on age were sold for each per- formance, Smith & Golden received a bill for $10 yesterday from man for an automobile Heense, proved to be a joke. | for the cardboard auto used in a8 at the Manhatt yesterday, their of the show, w 4, he | ositively ann are old Anne Kellermanr property tarris ess. One number on t hich cam WELL, RAWTHAH! Pick Wolf now has a girl nod for a Ihdy-hater A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. An Tilinois automobilist n over a man had the sted because s tac his pocket punctured whose fellow SHAT [READS A LOT “ANT Yuu? learned and she thanked him y. preparing to pro- duce an Irish play called “The Grass- Mes" wayburn brought back from nM lace on the! London some novelties for the forth- reasurer of | coming “Follies” and Century produc- two lion cubs} three weeks ago and the other grieved The license was “Turn “For Her Children's Sake Ivan, Harris & Woods's old car ur © carrie th car FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE, “Is his Job a hard one? “Naw; ite a regular M Vhat do you mean?" t's @ pipe,” % All of Which Goes to S PoP Just went IN To SHow me THERE'S Notdine Yo Ger SCAteD AT IN THe DAR WELL “TH GANG DOWN-STNRS DANGUNIT- LAY OFF Me —T Ai how You Must Did de oir SCARED 418 eal NG World Daily Magazine frees n't Believe Too Strongly in Signs! No StR FELL OVER WELL AY “TH END OF TH’ Discussion X ARRIVED AT TH * HOSPITAL # The Premises Upon Which Their Argument Started Were Nearer Together Than Their Premises at the Finish! RTS AN’ “DAL ARRIVED _) AT “TH “PoLice- — STATION"! By Bud Counihan Ki FEATURING: i FLOOEY ans AXE », (i PLOOEY “GEE THAT PooR BIRD OUGHTA BE FED! AXEL. 1S ALLA TIME. BUYING PETS AND FORGETTING To FEED NEM! (LL GIVE Hit A Bug” PAVING HIS WAY. made @ ruling so unfair that three young lawyers at once protested against such a miscarriage of justice. Tho squire immediately fined each of the lawyers $5 for contempt of court ‘There was silence, and then an older the room tho clerk Ho then addressed the 8 .» I wish to state that as much contempt for this court as any man in the room,"— Youth's Companion, pa dh AN ! A LARGE ORDER. St had been sitting in the furni- ture shop for nearly two hours inspecting thelr stock of linole- ums. Roll after roll the Perspiring assiat- ant brought out, but atill she seemed dissatisfied, From her dress he judged her to be a person of wealth, and thought it likely sl® would have a | good order to-give. |" When at last he had shown her the last roll he paused in despair. | “I'm sorry, madam," he said apdi- etically, “but if you could wait I could get some more pieces from the fact ¥; Perhaps you would call in | "Tho prospective customer gathered her belongings together and rose from the chair, |" “Yes, do.” she sald, with a gracious | smile, “and ask them to send you one Jor two with very small designs, suit- }able for putting in the bottom of a jcanary's cage. nawers, pl | NOT 80 GREEN AFTER ALL. N Idaho guide, whose services A were retained by some wealthy | Easterners desirous of hunting in the Northwest, took them to be tho grmNnew tenderfect, since he un- dertook to chaff them with a recital | something as foows: | "It was my finst grizzly, so I wan | mighty proud to kill him in a hand- to-hand struggle. We started to fight | about sunrise, When he finally gave | up the ghost the sun was going down,” At this point the guide paused to note the effect of his story. Not a word was seid by the Easterners, s0 lawyer walked slowly to the front of | nd deposited a $10 bill with | jn | the guide added very slowly, “far the N @ rural court the old squire had | Second time.” “I gather the: nileman, a ¢ hat it requ’ to enable said one y er little Rostonian, a period of two You to dispose Of that and a night,” sald the. 0 grin. “That irigaly dled asked theAlos- 1 the guide. continued the HIS METHOD, HE little girl who was visiting at a neighbor's house had gone out to look at the horses, “Here's one of them," she eald, “that has watery eyes and coughs jand hangs his head just the way Papa's horse did last summer." aid asked horse? Is, answer. your papa do for tte the owner of the ant. le sold him," was the innocent Pearson's Weekly, —>—___. 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