The evening world. Newspaper, March 1, 1917, Page 18

About Plays: and Players By BIDE DUDLEY RS, EMILIE HAPGOOD, who te primarily responsible for the Production of “Magic” at Max- ine Elitott’s Theatre, ts plan- ning to do some more producing for ; the New York stage. Just what tho / hature of her next play js has not bean disclosed, but Mra. Hapgood re- fers to it as ber “new dramatic eur- prise.” Sho is negotiating for @ Broadway theatre for it. “Magic” has met with considerable success, and thie fact has whetted Mra. Hapgood’s appetite for furthor theatrical ven- tures. TO PLAY SEX DRAMA. “The Awakening of Spring,” Wede- kind’s drama of the sexes, will be Played at a special matinee on the last Friday in March by Geoffrey ( Stein and a company under the aus pices of the Medical Review of Re- views Sociological Fund. The Francis J. Ziegler English translation will be used. The theatre will be one of two in the Times Square district. Mr. Stein and his co-workers believe there in as & @ need for this play ast was for “Damaged Goods.” Awakening of Spring” ts supposed to show the evil in the neglect to Inform young people on certain subjects. IN “THE WILLOW TREE.” Conan & Harris have se! ted a good cast for “Lhe Willow Tree,” the Japanese play which goes into the Cohan & Harris Theatre March 6. It ts composed of Arvid Paulson, Harold De Lecker, Harold Vosburgh, Shelley Hull, Richard Taber, George W. Wilson, Fay Bainter, 8. Hatake- | naka, Darrel Vinton and Mra. Thomas Wise, BY WAY OF DIVERSION. Suid Silas McGuggin, in Peeweeple's store: “The ball teams are toasin the horsehide once more. They've | gene into trainin’, It won't be #0 Jong tll they’ all be playin’ the n’ atrong. If 1 owned | Giants I'd order McGraw to trade) this guy Cobb for speedy nouth-| He needs a good pitcher. Gobb'a arm is all through. Good twirlers like Evers, for instance, are few.” When 81 finished talking, old Grandpa McGee looked up and sald: | “Bay—yer a wonder to me, Yer knowledge of baseball has got me ainazed, I'd almost be willin’ to say “that I'm dazed. Detroit has Ty C He's no pitcher—not him. He in the field, although battin’ whim. You, Mkewise, got B wrong, by the way. Outside of all that, I'll admit yer O. K." Said Silas: “Ob, bosh! You're a fossil, McGee. 1 guess I'll get out. This is no place for me. Not one of you fellers h fot.@ real brain. Your talk is #0 all It gives mea pain.” Then Silas moved off, As he went through the door he told them he'd never come back any more. Jed Peeweeple screwed up his face as he sighed: “That means I'll | ro broke.” Then he laughed till he erted, D. F. ESCAPES INJURY. While akating together on tce re. cently Laurette Taylor and Daniel Frohman fell and turned turtle “O-o-o-h!” came from Misa Taylor, | fas she lay on her back “I's all right,” sang out Mr. Froh- | man, adjusting his goatee, Don't) worry—I'm not hurt | ROTH CELEBRATES, Nat Roth celebrated his fifty-ffth birthday yesterday at the Montmartre Cafe by drinking @ bottle of Rhine wine 100 years old. The wine was given him by A. Toxen Worm, who bottled ft originally. MAINTAINING SILENCE! | Behind the acenes at thes Repub! Theatre is a sign reading: "Silence! A sixteen-year-old Vited to meet Jane Cow! in her dress. | tre room yesterday noticed the sign, | What do you do," she asked of the doorman, “if people disregard the sign and talk?" T holler at ‘em,” oily WON'T FORCE PATRIOTISM, Us, S. Moss announces that “The Star Spangled Banner” and the United #tates flag will no longer be In evi- dence in the Moss vaudeville and pie- ture house He has issued an order 8 effect out of respect to the song He thinks that com permitted to ate fax he replied lacont anthem. It is to enc fl what hi ers the desecration of the song emblem that he has taken thie stand GOSSIP. stus Thomas 1s an play rris Dance,” at the Lit will quit and pay the fiddle day ni Pierrot, 1, Who plays Pierrot, writing an the Prodigal,” next week, Maj Jolson and hed Detroit dvance saly star- face tomaine Simmons can as well ax he {e's noted for t rter stuff, you kn The new name for **4 OF Day,” Clifton Mec comic series, to be chosen from among the several jthousand submitted in the contest which closed yester- day, will appear over the strip in Monday's Evening World, together with the name of the award winner, girl who was in-| ! Pe Dine wnt te OFF Day" ““S'MATTER, POP?’’ —_—~., ; Jvé Been A | (ve “PRETTY GooD; % ka \ TROY Today ~ PoP -~ ) Cou Piihl INT Press PURMening Co (NY Reening Wan) HENRY HASENPFEFFER T GOT BOME WoRK “To CLEAN UP! So You RUN OVER “To “Wh RAILROAD aleg AN’ FIND OUT Wi Time “TH LAST STARTS, & o'clock Wednosday at the Winter tween 3 and afternoon, March 12, Garden Annette Kellermann, who has been training at St, Nicholas Rink, will onter the skating races at the Hippo- drome, Sho expects to win, too, on Errol to the cast of » Century Girl terday after a lef absence caused by an injury to} an ankle. Doraldina, the Hawatian dancer at Montmartre, has been offered a big | salary to go to London and do her shredded wheat steps, | As a result of her fall on the Lib erty's stage, Loulse Dresser is tn the Stern Sanitarium with a broken right wrist. Flora Zabelle is being rebearsed in the role Miss Dresser bus in "Have & Heart | An organization in the Bronx | known us the Forum Players bas | been formed with the ultimate alm of | developing Into a community theatre. It will present three playlets Satur- day night, March 10, In the auditor- jum of the Morris High School [ FLOOEY AND AXEL Copyrlah I¥1T, Preas Publishing Co. (N.Y, Evening FEATURING FLOoEY Ano AXEL hie visa Kine REEL IZ | LICKER, ld a F.C. 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