The evening world. Newspaper, June 27, 1917, Page 16

a —_— — oo ee Serre PSL About Plays| and Players | By BIDE DUDLEY TOR MAPES has added his name to the list of authors who have taken up producing. He ts arranging to put on his own Play, “The Lasso,” a society comedy. Robert Milton will direct the rehear- roducing their @hell Smith, and, of course, George M. Cohan. Mr, Mapes should be able to make “The Lasso” go, since he Anorra the ropes. i A CHANGE IN TITLE. Recently A. H. Woods bad « sign @noouncing “The Potesh & Perimut- | ter Film Company,” placed in front of the Bitinge Theatre. Yesterday he found « dozen “movie extras” at tho Bitinges looking for work. Mr. Woods went to his office and changed the play's naine to “Potash & Perlmut- ters Vampire.” Just like that! , ANEW SHUBERT OPERETTA. ‘The Messrs, Shubert will place in rehearsal next week “Wie Binet Im Mai,” an operetta which hes had/ flong runs in Berlin and Vienna and ‘was successfully produced at the frving Plave Theatre, here, last win- ter. Rida Johnson Young has adapted it. It is practically “Milestones” eet te music, i ADVISING 8. SCHMID. Bam Schmid, Friar and so forth, was seated n'a Broadway cafe re- | tly when Loney Haskell approached Si table to say how-de-do! Just be- fore Mr. Haskell reached the table a| raiter arrived. H “Pardon me, Mr. Schmid,” said the ‘waiter, “but your chicken will be here | fa two minut _ Loney Haskell kept right on going: 4 IT PUZZLED FLORENCE. Florence Cripps, a chorus girl in “Hitohy-! .” arrived at her dressing oom last night with a smali piece of |, Dive pasteboard which #be had picked ‘Up as she left ber limousine. It proved to be a subway ticket. Miss Cripps said she had never seen one before. i BY WAY OF DIVERSION. A very, very strange young miss was Mary Jane McFall. The stage bed captured Mary but the parts she Played were small. She really neoded work, but I know you'll think I Eovwhen 1 assert she onve refused to | some on the fly. It happened jus: One day she bought a war bond ‘with her dough. It pleased the press ™man very much. He'd let the pubilo know. But Mary merely shook her head and told him straight and flat her patriotism mustn't be involved In g@ohemes like that. At acting Mary Jane MoFall may never be @ star, ‘Thus handicapped by common sense @e may not get that far. But many might learn a lot from this same Jane because, dear reader, it @ppeare that Mary bes @ brain. i SILLY SEASON STUFF, John H. Woods, a Brooklyn under- taker, advertises in « theatrical pro- @ramme as follows: ing my career as an under- taker I am yot to have my first dis. @atisfed patron.” Harold Dogstory sends the Honora- Ble Kolumn Konductor the following Me. net go mae bere 9 tometer el" : : ¥1. A. B. of Port Richmond philoso- Phizes as per follows: Ob. June hath weary pamed sway, merely’ pow restaloe dai, or Bo be"icehle pmaweth itm, Mark B. Cooper of ‘No, 619 East Fortieth Strect uses us to address a Blea to David Belasco, ke this: To St, . bey byw ry Bet Phatee’t been’ rest beter, ‘ Tm only « little snob, bgt 'e wishing David Belasco 1 fo his pert productica © part to just oult ma ' cossip, <. Bill Raymond Sill is being pointed ut on Broadway asain. Carroll Fieming is directing the Miming of 2 movie serial. Polly Van, the “Wild woman of the films,” has returned from the South, ‘There will be an extra matinee at Bhe Winter Garden on July 4 Fatty Arbuckle came from Smith Center, Kan. He's afraid to go back for fear they'll elect him Mayor, David Belasco will reopen the Bel- sco Theatre in August instead of Beptember. He will have a play for tthe Lycoum, too. Pauline ;Hall will return to the stage BRet season, in the mupport of Alice jellson in “ » Darlin’.” Jean Stuart, film si waged by Elliott, Comstock & Gest to lay the Vampire in “The Wanderer.” Louls Pincus will take a vaudeville @how to Sing Sing July 4. Jack Glea- @on wil! be master of ceremonies, F, Ziegteld jr. says Raymond Hitoh- | wock signed to appear.at the Century Next season, so there! Mr. Hitchcock Fefuses to admit it Frank Keeney is going into the film in’, , has been en- business on a large scale. He has en- gaged Catherine Calvert to act in features. Hell build studios, Between the acts at the Comedy this week the patrons are permitted to dance behind the theatre. If you feel like embracing a Washington Square Player, drop in and shake a boot. DON’T TELL HER, GIRLS! Gertie and Florence he early boat | Keeping good hours, | a Greenpoint DR. BINGL.E’S TIPS, If you're delicate physically ride on the New York street cars and you'll! Become a strapping fellow. FOOLISHMENT. now ol4 man was Jerry Biiok, rink it the bill. Take it back boil it d Fe Piano Playing ta Pstiea frwe. 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