The evening world. Newspaper, March 16, 1917, Page 20

Hm-m, His WIsDo oot J “PResume BS = ——Sf\, ey and Players By BIDE DUDLEY CORT has decided to stage the musical play “Molly O” again. This piece was produced earty in the season but something hap- ened to it and it disappeared. Now, under another name, yet to be an- ounced, jt will be sent West. Mr. Cort is busy engaging a good cast for the production. Among the players ‘Will be Bonita and Lew Hearn | poe | MANY MUSICAL STOCKS, It looks as though this spring and @ummer will see more musical stock Gompanies playing in the vicinity of New York than ever before. The or-| ization of troupes for Hartford, | jew Haven and Providence is already ‘under way. Florence Webber, Forrest Hoff and Fritzi von Busing will bead the cast at Providence. “NUMBER 356” OPENS. A wire from Atlantic City states that “Number 355," a mystery play, grocers by Anna Goldmark Gross, ! rnest Shuter and Charles H, Bauer, has received a good start down there. | Holen Holmes, Percy Helton, Kate @uyon, Robert Thorn and Cari Gerard, according to the telegram, Bave made nal hits in the play “Number 856" is intended for Broad- Way consumption. THE NEWS IN RHYME. Battleaxe, the Pittsville correspond. | ent of the Leesville Light, frequently | ‘writes his news in rhyme. This week's} eontribution follows: | played, last rts to might, AM theft aie work to po. ‘ e eg ae ener ee eters eset ll ig tess ij i i 2f te i se oan ent MAC’S A TRAIL-HITTER, Undoubtedly many theatrical le who have visited Kansas City in the state ol ae have mot A. B. Donald the Kansas City Star. Those who have enjoyed that priv- ilege will have a chance to renew their acquaintance with him next Sea EE RS Bu bere in New York. When ThE fund n New nen! ~=HENRY HASENPFEFFER Mac, as he is known, “covered” his meetings for the Star. Billy's talks ic the trail and hit it 90 hand he has { Besa talking in churches since. Next | So YourRe “Blue” Ned “Unk” | Bunday he will be heard at the Metro- | Beae CAUSE “STELLA” Broke ec, UN | Hitan Temple, Seventh Avenue and | P7\\W S'ALL OFF. 1 teenth Btreet, in the morning OFF HER ENGAGEMENT )Ustween us! and at the Union Church, Forty- WITH You HuH ? Vv t® eighth Street, near Broadway, in the i) ] afternoon. Mac ts quoted as saying | iw that when it comes to showing sin- ners the light Billy Sunday bas a tall- bolt and a down-hill pull. PHILIP TO ELSA, When Philip B. Dooner, our West Ninety-seventh Street poet, sees an actress he fancies he positively can- not make his muse behave. Ink and free mean nothing to him. His jatest favorite is Hisa Ryan, Of her he sings: tak can make t clear. oe, can utes ymin of ier, ee ey Thad’ to' dave I'ey tated in, Wate end fo thyme Jou many tare, fo exutain | TOMS icine ey ‘flores alle veins | “5g Tun] toate tao ues 30 tering To, write or the churus you're shows ie your hal ont, Miss base liven, Gossip. ne THe, UT THeem/ To BE A THweer « ee EE ~~ CoP 1817, Prone Potmamng Om FT. Meng wertes WELL DAWGoNIT HECTOR" IM GuRE SORRY ~'DEED I “HouaHY NW’ wuz A IDEAL MATCH ~ WHY DID SHE BREAK ITS eee “Mother Carey's Chickens” js in its fifth week in Pittsburgh. It will be Wor! S'HELP Me BoB- SHE MUST Be “LOONEY” TO OBSECT TO HAVIN’ HER OWN “SWEETHEART” STEAL A Kio FROM y/ BRCoTH +e ITH THIMPLY CRAZY ABovT CANDY Clifton Meek SS HER ¢ brought to New York next season. Annette Kellermann’s Hippodrome contract has been extended for an in- dofinite period. if Clifton Crawford will be Collie of } the next Lambs’ Gambol, to be held : early in April. Elisabeth Marbury and Lee B&hu- bert will send three “Love o' Mike” companies vu. tour next season. Roshanara end Ratan-Devi will give thelr Bast Indian entertainment at the Hudson next Friday afternoon, is Nance O'Neill will return to the cast of “The Wanderer” Monday. Harda Daube, who has been playing Miss O'Neill's part for three weeks, has been given a contract by Elliott, Comstock & Gest. William A. Brady, who always keeps TH ¥ Evening Word) AY DIDN'T MEAN “To tt | aw) oe mM! O\<a’! g | the Playhouse, dark on Good Friday a A night, will do it again this year. He ro i has ‘also called off the Thursday Oe AS 7 j matinee the same week, and will re-}|_— 3 " / i place It with an afternoon perform- a =¥ ign i ance of “The Man Who Came Back,” — a ; Easter Monday. _— ; sila A WINTER WRITER, Caroline Bostwick, @#rmerly of the | Winter Garden chorus, has sent in a rhyme. She says she wrote it the other day, but doesn't say which day, | 4 Well, anyway, here it ts: Wo winter 1 write yoetsy. ‘Toe best io all the naljon, i int wor duu't Write, Bap tn Ge pommer, Iu ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. Brodel—Don't know. 8. Galub—-"Springtime” has had the longest run. Noel P.--Go and see Miss Marbury & musical education is not impera- ve. Evelyn Cudner—Jane Cooper was born in Odessa, N. Y., and brought up in California, Her first part was in “The Little Cafe’ at the I’lay- house, London, in the fall of 1912. She played tn “Maternity,” “Nearly Mar- ried,” “Kick In” and with David War field in “Van der Decken.” She is about twenty-five years old FOOLISHMENT. | r Tere ee See en pace asked why HEY YoU — gust TAKE A PEEK AT wot YER. YOUNG HOPEFUL'S DONE" ONE PEEK! VoT DID YOU DO To UNCLE FLOOEY aay: “1 doa't Muse end don't care FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. { “Is he thrifty?” “Yes, spend-thrifty,” Bumstead’s Worm Syrup 4 ao! vy al 5) 4 HIGH LID! Haw! | | HEE - HEE - wee! | OH, WAIT TILL AXEL GETS | A SLANT AT HIS NEW _/ | |) THEY Must bE IN | |) EASY Over TweRE, GET A STON Like THAT IA THIS AY WITH YES 17'S I\U% THis Surrcase,) 4 ~\ It’s dustad\ |LON THE FIVE-FIFTEEN i Felix Fiefifteen Finds That Paris Ha’ ord Paris. So.viers cer sears y { By Bud Counihan (. I Dwr STEAL “IY FROM HER? “an GY > KIND Face: (Svcd & WCE » x ‘ by Jo! IO YOU HEAR » A TICKING Noise Too? CROWDED CARS IN PARIS SUBWAY BY SAYING Don'T | du MEVER COULD ¢ CROWD ME OR My GRENADES MPY BLOW UP”*. “THIS Hoax USUPLLY CAUSES Many PASSENGERS To GEv OvT AT THE Peer SToR_** a in iN io.) ?| Ane mA,