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the principal role in Jobo Cort's production of “Mother | Carey's Chickens,” which will be pre- sented at the Cort Theatre in Bep- tember, The play is by Kate Doug- jas Wiggin and Rachel Crothers. It wae staged by Mr. Cort out of the city last January and spent twenty euccessful weeks on the road with Antoinette Walker in the role of Naney, which Mies Taltaferro will act here, Miss Taliaferro was the orig- tl rt, but bav- nl clef ects sh to’ fa TALIAFERRO Is to have by tain Kidd Fe" she could not into “Mother Carey's Chickens.” bo fe said to suit ber talents “HITCHY-KOO” SOON. te has been definitely decided that Hitohcock’s musical play, i 00,” shall open at thé Co- haa Harris Theatre during the week of June 4. The preceding week will be divided by the company be- tween Atlantic City and Wilmington, Del. Irene Bordon! bas been adued to the cast. BY WAY OF DIVERSION. ‘The breezes are blowing and spring- time is » The duc 1 on his tuetyecty Bigkt It's time, Bill and get ready to send kite. Go borrow ‘and spend half an hour in pasting one up right away. Your kite wi remind me of years now behind me when I sent one up ev'ry day. By I’m thi..king, with heart sort o' Stating. of times wae my joy st Again I am rag beg and making @ tall on thi waves ctream, a kite and I'm pull on the twine. ae kids, you to it! Hagdoms ot Youth ist mine. ITS QUITE A THING. ‘The Friars’ Daily Epistle, printed in the interest of the Actors’ Fund Fair, is an interesting little sheet. Dante! Frohman is honorary editor, John J. Qleason is editor and Arthur Levy does the work. ACCORDING TO B. BROWN. The lawn mower u two-whealed machine that cutts grass until it bite @ rock an’ busts, It tiles lyke @ no an’ recreashun BoB -\F “he saya to my motbir, ‘just watch me git n’ strong.” “Big an’ lagi,” says my mothir. My fathir went out an’ begin to runn the lawn mower an’ feal bis wuestl, T beered bim say direckly ue wud fight Jess Willard. Purt; io the macheene gits to runnin’ «ut my fathir begin to swet an’ gil soar, He was pushin’ furious when cur old catt, Lily, hopped out 1 frunt of the lawn mower. My fat! ryed to stop, but fayled. The cheene kiogged upp on Lily's tale, My mothir, heerin’ the catt's yowlln’, come out of the house, “Hennery Brown!" sho hollered. ‘ou inhumanic brutus, Leave go ot t Lily catt’s tale.” My fathir tryed to grasp the catt. She skratched him, butt he backed lawn mower off'n hur tale. ‘Hennery Brown!" says my mothir, grabbin' Lily, “you have skinned pore Lily's tale.” “Well,” says my fathir, “whose catt \s she, I'd lyke to no?” MAD \# Some MAN SAID 1 Wu2 SomeTIuDDY EL.se Son OLD GRINDSTONE GEORGE Fvening Worle) WELL “@'HELP Me {T AINT OLE “Barn DAZZBO" ALL Dressed UP Like A SORE THUMB! ) “For Want Ip Just DARE ANYONE To LAY CLAIM To You AS A SON +e SAY You ‘S'MAH “SILVAH WEDDIN™) BosS ~YEZZAH! AWM DES CELIYBRATIN’ MAH CELEBRATIN' “S\LNAH WEDDIN'"? Bay “Sam’= wor TH’ BiG Dea — WoT ARE ‘Y’CELEBRATIN’ WITH THEM WHITE GLoveS AN’ “TH BuT WHY AINT WIFE IT Too? X= GAN HER THS MORNIN’ GOIN’ TO WORK A6 USUAL- “WHY AINT SHe GoT WHITE GLOVES AN'A ain't yores to cutt off hur/put the audience gays my mothir. | til after Joseph G “Oh, rott!” says my fathir. he added: “Bolivar, goe get old man|done their bits. Batley to cutt this grass. I'm too] Ben Atwe nory a man to wayste tyme on ft “Somewh . tL gays.—Bol. Brown {non show tan't te Milwaukee, but GossiP. Coast tour. The Fay Marbe has joined tho cast of /#4¥*, will make him happy 1n the bank | account, ‘Oh, Boy.” Sire it H. Woods rides horseback in order to be ready if the ent needs her in the cavalry. ‘Walter Young has resigrfed a» stage | suit. to Meee iehiahe ave decided The ave decided to post- a é pone wiele Gamool, scheduled for the| tom iene eae veek of May 26 at the New A.nster- | Waldemar de Bil jam, until the third week in June. | reasonably hp Mlle. Dazie, Adele Rowland and Whorence Moore will assist at the Marine Corps. Patriotic League's venefit at the Hippodrome next Sun jay night. kmma MoCann Kemble, actress, nnounces she has written a usica! drama called "America’s Su which will be produced [ren THE C The Greenroom Club's siow at the | more Astor Theatre Sunday was unique in! “N: that every act announced but one| “Because appeared. The progra: n black Good Stor i NEEDLESS TORTURE. ENERAL SHERMAN stopped at a country where a tin basin and roller towel sufficed for the family’s ablu- tons, For two mornings the small once! on it at once In his astonis no heavy he d expl home| y of the household watched tr fence the visitor's tol When o hird day the toothbrush, nail fle nisk broom, &e.) had been duly use ¢ asked; "Say, mister, alr you #! aya that much trouble to you'se't? stian Kexinte OLDER ONES HERE found a live shell left by artl- lerymen who had been at target prac. | it?” tlee on the plains a few days before.! young Not knowing it was louded, they| i941) whitewashed it and placed it in an| ly needs and ostrich’s nest, thinking to play a Joke |, Old Doctor on the boss in that method. Whenever r pa- ‘The next morning one of the handa| tient has diagnosed her own case and ame around eges, and, finding, | ‘els you she needs @ tonte, you pre scribe a tonte ev “i Young Doctor ' Old Docto: Bumstead's Worm Syrup ‘2s si» Then |Jumes Hagan and Pe in Towa” that the Al, Jol COME ON, LET'S GO! Joe Meehan looks cute tn his baseball We like it, Joe.—"Mrs. mt of “Dhe Thirteenth Chair,” | bier,” in Greenpoint Home News, tak over a California estate he A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. | FOOLISHMENT. Haid he: “I intend to be bol: Aud buy tons of ice to be eld.’ d you know white sheep eat Why is that?” there ure ne was long,’ sheep than there jas he thought, a large one, be es | pped it, with the re joded. ‘The man was WISDOM OME workmen ¢ 1 strich LD DOCTO what are you guing to do about | Doctor—"Find wat she! “Wrong! ears the standerd remedy. [t oat, iC 1 shea . * much about medicine he does!""=- ee oRitaEE HE Be paks, We Puls. as she does refused to leave un jree rtis Benton, Hilton had 1 postals us from | » close its season In will go West for a| change in plans, he | Ram- | Director of the Ac- bears the name of le, and yet be seems | ow! Gee"! } HESTNUT TREE. ones?” \ more white are black." So. ent at finding it yards uway, but, beyond lying w minutes he wa when y kas yar ou for « tonte, | prescribe { No success! ery t less why? foe that quite, a ‘ 4 4 ( WHAT THE MATTER WITH You sonn?) \ You've BEEN GRUMBLING EVER ~~ L since You Gov uP! \ WELL, IF You HADN'T ExeReseD ALL WINTER AND HAD GONE OUT AND{ (nen anal PLAYED “TEN HARD SETS OF “TENNIS |} BUT YOU WOMEN , DON T UNDERSTAND ~ | | | | ra) i THE FIRST DAY -- | SHE AINT Gor S NUFFIN’ To Do} wos SON did Lucile the Waitress By Bide Dudley | Covsright, 1617, by the Pree a reaing World), “ . OLLY, I wisht you could ‘a'/at yourself in a mirror, I'm begin been in here a while ago,”|/"Ing to think it was you who discov- bald Lucile, the Walttress, | iy America! 7 ‘Wow! ight in the Oliver Optic: to the Friendly Patron, “We had a|‘You got argument between a chauffeur and a| ain't twic y age I'll eat my hat! teamster about the orlginal naturall.|__“‘You always was fond of ten cent zation of the United States.” [RRA Tbeot Beek “What do you mean?” he asked. eT Gammanatdh sd an pedites at me. ‘ ‘About who first set feet in this ‘IL got you the first time, aa: land. While I'm bean-souping a vic-| !!tUe me. ‘But I wouldn't advi - tim I hear the chauffeur say he'll! (oman ieee cid bonnet unie leave it to me, I step up. well eins it hooked haere te “ ‘Leave what to me? I ask back to Pleville ang pe wealth when you die her ruby ilps again. the ind the teamster gets ine nerve,’ Lily says. ‘Tf you "your She goe If so lemme change your order and I'll soon be a about the At 2 qu |haress. We got a chicken patties ut I stop ‘em, Tne oO here wil minate your ten!’ To suys. ‘You o earthly tendency } Rerstfet ie bate conace Old ae Naw, bi Not that! This| Hubbard went to the cupboard ett guy says Font vd | not to discuss the installation sr America and | say Which| America, Go on und’ Inhale yoo. of us Is off? ; | id both off tp the upper story,’ | n stuff,” m. Then I get thorough in| “It stopped ‘em and I wi, my emphasis. ‘Why don't you guys around, as us Dont a study up on geography?’ I ask. By the wa sald the Frt ‘Don't you know George Washington | Patron, “did you ever hear Paro was the father of this country?” | lumbus?"" 3 “‘Sure!" says uhe chauffeur, ‘but| "Sure!" replied Luctle Washington wasn't the first’ man) gentleman friend who ere. there. It must be some villa; ""And I suppose you'd blame m¢ a" for that,’ I guys rather sniftylike. |'w bm] have I Kot to do with ocean el?” (Al right,’ says the chauffeur. Have {t your own way, But what did this gink Balboa do if he didn't} he United States?’ | mn and hang off that ennydely. New York wouldn't ‘a’ named |lumbus Circle after it.” The Newest ‘ound the Pacific, saya the| teamster ¥ | } *'Oh, T see,’ I saya. ‘He was one| RR W f Pacifists.’ in’t according to the geol Jogy 1s s comes from the chauf feur It sald Balboa happened to FORM-FIT his yacht. The Ponto guy, who was an old duck, come here looking for a lake he could leap into and come out @ young tango lizard again.’ “ "Did Ponto find the lake? I ask. o, where's It at?’ Want to dip into tt? asks the ffeur, grinning “Bay, friend and fellow oftizen, I |was mad. There he sets incinderating that I'm ancient and me est girl in the pl. head at the ple co gives a merry haw 4 per gets ratner loose and carel: “ ‘Listen, Lily,’ I says. ‘If yor te have @ good laugh go take @ look | | bump into this country while out Ragtime Piano Plaving, tave ection ik Pe LY th pS