The evening world. Newspaper, April 25, 1917, Page 16

[ceemre race] Evening ‘About Plays /and Players i] F C. WHITNDY'S revival of the ¢ patriotic military comic opera “When Johnny Comes Marching Home,” will open an engagement at the New Amsterdam Theatre on Mon- day, May f. The book of this opera was written by Stanisiaus Stange and the music by Julian Kdwards. The story deals with the Civil War period, the scenes being laid in the south about the time peace was de- ciared. Mr, Whitney believes the opera's presentation will be appro- priate at this time, when patriotiem \® @weeping the country. ‘The production will be most elabo- rate. Besides a large cast and a eborus of unusual proportions there will be a military band, a fife and drum corps, &c. In all nearly 300 people will be used. Among those who will have principal roles are Nannette Flack, Edward Basse, Juan- ta Fletcher, Nelson Riley, Julla Git-| ford, Maurice Darcy, Else Garrette, | Percy Parsons, Bonnie Boyoe, Wilbur | Cox, Amy Torriana, George Tallman, Harrison Garret and Roy Raymond. BY WAY OF DIVERSION. 1 don’t know what's got into Rufe— | var eldem son, I mean, His daddy | vows the boy’s become plum loco in the bean, He's bought bimself a trom. | vone thing, He toots it night and day, ) BO says he wants to learn Jazz unes, for they're the stuff to play. ive Jaxx band thie an’ Jess band! 1 We don’t jest understand. But “Wait until you see me n a big Jaze band.” He tells us that | ne’ soon be rich. It worries us a lot. | @ doctor in an’ see | . But Uncle Zeke coda is discipline from | ‘e if Dad would lick him onet ‘twould cure the silly cuss. F haps Zeke's right, Dad says he think: ne'll try it, anyhow, So, like as not, you'll soon see Rufe “Jase bandin’ Bind a plow. ATLANTIC CITY GETS “ANNIE.” Barney Riley i. going to Atlantic City ahead of “De Lux Annie,” to be! produced by Lee Shubert and Arthur Hammerstein at the Apollo Theatre In the cast are Jane Grey, Serrano, Thurlow Bergen, Mary Hall, Harold Hartzal, Percy Poliook, Jack MoBride, Dore David- Russell Davies. TIDBITS 18 THROUGH. Oliver Morosco has given Tidbits, the dog actor in “Canary Cottage,” his unconditional release. Tidbita, you may remember, made his entrance in Prixie Frigansa’ arms and she handed bim to @ chauffeur, Two alghts ago Jimmy Dunn was assigned the role of the chauffeur and he vlacked up and played it as a negro, Vidbits said Played by the unde: night and when came out of the theatre Tidbits, who had been laying for him, chewed him up TWO SHOWS AT THE GROVE. Instead of giving two performances each night of the sume show at the “ocoanut Grove, a plan scheduled to | become operative next Monday eve- ning, Messrs, Dillingham and Zieg- eld have decided to give two diffe ent entertainments by different com- panies. “Dance and Grow Thin” will | begin at 9 P. M., and at 11.30 a new production will be offered MORE HACKETT MUSIC, James K, Hackett is still grinding out tunes, At the Professional Wom- an's League benefit at the Criterion yesterday afternoon he directed the orebestra while it played several of vis selections, One called “The Col- onel” was dedicated to Col. Roosevelt. A composition of Mr. Hackett's will oon be included in the musical pro- srainme at the New Bijou Theatre, where his wife, Beatrice Beckley, is appearing in “The Knife." Gossip, “Turn to the Right” will hit the 800 | verformance mark to-morrow night. | Iden Payne will produce the group | of Barrie plays for the Frohman oom. | pany. Ethel Clifton is rehearsing in 4, sketch called "Cindy," She wrote it herself, Louis Calvert of “The Masquerader” | de writing a book of advice for stage people. Sam Ash has the tenor role tn “The Highwayman.” He was the tenor in “Katinka.” Branch O’Brien has resigned from the business staff of “Pala First” to| sandle the publicity for the Casino of | the Holyoke Street Railway. | Louis Rosenberg thinks Scotchmen | should make good soldiers because, | he says, #o many of them refuse to re-treat, | Selwyn and Company will produce | Owen Davis's new comedy, “Her Dearest Friend,” in Atlantic City | May 21. | Loulse Beautora, described as a| statuesque beauty, has been added to the tableau “Our Allies" at the Hip prodrome in the character of Britannia. ‘The Theatrical Treasurers’ Club of New York will hold its annual benefit | show at the Hudson Theatre Sunday | evening, May 6. The programme will include specialties by two dozen well | known performe ERS TO INQUIRIES, Stone is the tall one, Francis Powell left the theatre at Northampton because its season closed, A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY, The average man, according to the Hon, Alex. Appleby, dovsn't get a manicure just for the sake of bis fin- | wer nails, | FOOLISHMENT. | 1 ppren's ont 0 dollar fy pues bo seidoms fot "AR tae fe att tae fat WRC. aly iors wells, ey OB1y way, n ‘can't appreciate my emis, FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. “A rat jumped out of wy kitchen stove last night.” “Why didn't you shoot it?” “Couldn't. It was out gf my range.” ‘'S'MATTER, POP?” Ydar Toy 1S ALWAYS GOING AROUND GETTING NICWELS 7 = { So FROM Fours] | Cg oe ae ict (7 DONT LIVE vo) \ i) HAVE You “PLAY \ey , y eT HIM "4 Oe acs Yes IKE" © Gave “Har dTHER, BIRD TH AR” Cavu6e < San, Him Ly “_GeT Me (} PARLOR CHAIRS ON “TH “LIMITED # wor With “It’s Now the Roads Are Full of Iron Beetles and Me- chanical Insects, Unique Flocks of Chugging Hy-) brids”—“If They Have Engines They Are Autos; If They Had Legs They'd Be Bugs’—‘Motoring Is/ Great When You Are Motoring, but It Ain't So! Much Fun When You Are Garaging”—‘“Summer | Motoring Is Something Enjoyed Most in Winter.” CHAIRS 2 World Daily Magazine Wednesday, April 25, 1917 Successful “Teaching” Is Impossible if the Pupil Can’t “Learn!” Im AFRAID HE WILL ‘Teact you To Do THe SAME He Retired Much More Swiftly Than He Approached! WELL SEE I WANTED ONE “TO GIT IN AN’ ONE DID Y WANT “Wo GETTING OUT THE CAR carburetor, pulls a few dozen bird | nests out of the transmission and amputates the spider webs from the | xelf-commencer, This is tough on the spider, as he uses the self-com- mencer more than the owner doe The car tsn't on the road more than an hour than the spider web is right back again and this time ft stays there for the summer. | After the gondola 1s thoroughly | overhauled the owner caJoles it onto} the road and here the real overhaul: | ing starts. Everything on the road overhauls ft. One of the most unclub- by thing things in the world ts when | one flivver passes another going in| the same direction, Tortoises thundor by and snails rush past like mad. Every once in @ while some careless Pedestrian caroms around @ corner) and steps on the car, There should be a law compelling pedestrians to carry Claxons, You can't discourage a By Arthur (“ Bugs”) Baer. Copyright, 1917, by The Preas Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World) It's pretty sweet for the entomologists these days. All they have to do 1s to get out the bottle of chloroform, shine up the net and park them selves on the nearest highway, The roads are full of weird, rattling fur-| less tron beetles and mechanical insects, On bright sunshiny days the thoroughfares are coagulated with unique flocks of chugging hybrids which are neither auto, insect nor good red herring. If they had engines }in ‘em they would be autos, and if they had legs they would be bugs. |! I's a great life, Although, as a rule, creeping things don't like the daylight, the sun brings out the zine road roaches in multitudinous swa na, Instead of sticking to the footpaths with the other pe uns they hobble out into the middle of the lar and wave their tin antennae at the wide, wide world, Some of these travelling hardware exhibitions a weird and wonderful institut 8 never seen before on land or sea, When on comes chugging down the road you wonder what Noah did with its ma i} There are two seasons to automobiling. Indoor and out. The garage | season Is the more ular, When you break down In the garage you break down near home. The garage tourist enjoys his touring. Gasoline doesn't cost much ff you don't buy a The road tourist has a tough time, At every repair station he has to tcke down his pocketbook and jet the mechantel | overhaul it, At every roadhouse he has to dismantle his bank account and let the village expert clean the carbon out, Jesse James could have done | tetter with a monkey wrench than with a revolver The average auto Is a hibernating! animal that festers in the garage ten! ®YDSY's vena and he accumulates the| months of the y and then festors oad fever, He gets a medicated axe} outside the other two. When the old|#"d an antiseptic monkey wrench gun slants off the the inaugurates a garage | garage roof, clin 1 jout of his form fitting flivver. | ist “fo Pur ME FEET ON — x oOL1e STUPID meet ME AT “TH' STATION Ing. After winding it up for three or| four hours he gets tired of filibuster- ing and agrees with the engine, which seema to be in the majority, That engine has the strength of Gibraltar | She's dead The owner decides | make ft unan pus, Another life in- | surance policy has matured, No constable can get a filvver te ore by pinching him for o speeding. The flivverist appreciat the compliment, Motoring 1s great when you are mo- toring, but {t ain't so much fun when you are garaging. Every spring automobilist shou carry an extra cylinder. The other one is Hable to stop. | Don't be so eager to accept spring touring invitations. The guy who said misery loves accomplices said a fork ful. Noise never got you anywhere, You | real car owner though. He perches| @n't tour in a car where nothing 1s working except the horn, there in tho driver's seat, looking as| “ 6 we 8 | if he had just put his heavy woollen| So far as we can figure, summer car up for the winter was just| touring ts something that 1s enjoyed wearing the light linen one because | ™°St !m the winter it was so much cooler. Some loafer Segnrrimees hollers something about junk and A GLORIOUS TRINITY. scrap iron and the owner wonders how N an Ohio town Is a colored mar he can tell unless there is another whose last name is Washington leak on the White House telepho | Heaven has blessed Dim with jHowever, you can't discoura tien eons Tiindgeacy i, Ratt ee When the first son arrived the when any whizzes| father named him George Washing by Mk and|ton. In due season the second son | whistles down to the engine room for| came. Naturally he was christened speed sideways, The calyacade| Booker Washington, When the third its loose again, They pass a pup|Manchild was born his phrent was Standing still, Just|“t ® loss, at first, for a name, Fin iN atarting to swell| ally, though, he hit om a@ suitable sponge, some kid! selection comes up the rear on roller) The third gon, If he lives, will go skates and shows him. up, Roller! through lfe as Spokane Washington skate dust is flerce, There should be| Saturday Evening Post. more fraternal spirit’ among the _> masses ne owner makes some light remark! INTELLIGENT CAT. about the European war, throws * WO suburban gardeners were into high and sevots by a couple swearing vengeance on cats. tombstones that seem be stalled some- iis anpeava to cos! asia one, how, Just then the engine forgets] ,, . 5 i that it is an engine, and rigor mortis that they se to pick out your! sets in, ‘The owner hears the old death rattle, makes sure that it vin't himself and then prices himself The ¢ © is laying on its back with Its legs up in the air, aria to crank her again, The scow is one of those old Spanish Armada type which crank up near the left hindieg. The engine ia 40-horse power when she ts goin, choteest plants to scratch out of the! ground,” “There's a big tomeat," the other) sald, hat fetches my plants out and | then sits and actually defies me.” “Why don't you hurl a brick at! him?” asked the first gardener. “That's what makes me mad," was the reply. “I can't. 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