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=e ORES, FS a i ; | iow ~-eef Met” (Brown was ‘MATTER, POP?" What a Foolish Question to Ask! iia cli ~ 4 About Plays ————— —— $e or haan By C. M. By BIDE DUDLEY «44 oe nor | e You 4» Yeluo vehi / ‘You FiRey Time Yer wour mar | ¢ \ Know | . “Sa Dua, 'S opvemen Te MARLES DILAANONAM 404 5 jan Wk Teva of - pol ro Tare ctcey y. The latest to te | " Gapene 5 A eee ch oep, toon, Lae ) seiniiagaladl ver “Hetty “Oh, Nor! The ap for the new revue now in- Lew Pielde, Mre. Vernon Cow Melly, Bessie MoCoy, Margaret Revaties and Mise Davies FOR BETTER OF WORSE. Katherine Daly of the “Midnight Frolic’ wae married recently in Providence, KR 1, to Cyril Crimmioe, gen of John D. Crimmine thes the Pretty litte one w the Irish » BY WAY OF DIVERSION. Baid Bilas MoGugeio, in Peeweeple’ store: “You ‘member that good ol song, ‘Pull for the Shore’? Well, weed to sing it in elegant style. I had ' Oh, pe, Not #0 strong. morni: 1 burst that old ‘Pull for the ty sweet. Just listen, now fel- jers; Til give You @ treat.” i looked | the cel! and men, all but sll out. 8 finished his song my! how he did swear on finding Jed was the only one there. “An t mult!” said he with a terrible hiss, | “Bay, Peeweeple, tell me the meaning arted to shout weople, quickly | nd | af this.” “i'm sorry,” sald Jed, “but! now, Si, don't get sore. 1 couldn't! run ovft and abandon the stor | A CLOWN PARTY. ‘There appears to be no such thing as professional jealousy at the Hip- | podrome. Nat Wills is to give a clown party at his home, Woodcli® N. J. to-morrow, and all the dig playhouge’s laugh-makers will be | muests, including Bluch Landolf, who is 80 fuany he could make even Mar- | fin Beck laugh, Mr. Wills is giving his party at this time because of a certain Governinent ruling that goes | Into effect Sept. 8. A NOTE FROM RUCKER. There is a touch of pathos in a note Just hand from Richmond, Mo. "Dear Dudiey,” it says, “some day, in| ip column, please tell ‘em ELV. EvRucker, for years a dramatic writer for the United Press, has quit Broadway because of blindness and ined the board of strategy which the war daily on the Court House steps in Richmond, Mo, There are some folks between Thirty-ninth Street and Fiftioth who, I know, are wondering about me. I'm stone blind. TVours as ever, L. V. B. RUCKER,” CUMMINGS IN A SKETCH. Irving Cummings, screen actor usu- ally, has decided to give the spoken drama another whirl. About a year he appeared in one of William Brady's regular productions, but it bit the rocks, and he landed buck in m, sketch Movies’ s ¥ . Now he is to play in @ called “Breaking Out of thy ”" over the B, 8. Moss time. | whose face is his fortune, used to be « matinee idol in a Harlem stock company. BERNHARDT TO RECITE. The benefit for the emergency fund of the Twelfth Infantry, Ni York Na- tional Guard, at the hattan Opera House to-morrow evening promises to be a great big show. The pro- gramme, arranged by the Friars, in- @iudes Mme. Sarah Bernhardt, who ‘will recite “La Patrice.” Signor Amato will eing the French national air, and the Twelfth Regiment Glee Club, aided by 100 musicians, with a color h of the Allied udience in the Spangied Ban- In addition there wi!! be twen- ty-five other numbers. Gossip. srs. Shubert are to send a Maytime” company on tour. After a siege of illness Marie Nord- strom has returned to the cast of “The Passing Show of 1917." Alice Johns has been engaged by the Mesers. Shubert for the role of Mrs. Deane in “Peter Ibbetson,” which resumes its run at the Republic Mon- day afternoon. ‘The Red Clock” will open on Sept, 24 at Buffalo. The 100 members of the company will leave New York by special train, Arthur Levy will be business manager. Ed Rosenbaum jr. has resigned as manager of the “Leave It to Jan company to take charge of the pub Hclty of the King-Bee Films Cor- poration. Colgate Baker's waf playlet, “Chil- dren of France,” has been booked as & headline act over the Marcus Loew Cireult. It will open at the Palace, Brooklyn, Monday, Barney Bernard and Alexander Carr of “Business Before Pleasure” have both purchased expensive auto, mobiles since the show opened. There's no telling what they'll buy next. Mme. Nadine Troubetzkain, a Rus- stan, noblewoman, will join Adolf Bolm's ballet entertainment at the Booth to-night, She will sing Rus sian songs in costumes she brought from Russia. WELL, WE SWAN! John Connery met Beatrice Morgan on Broadway recently and discovered she was crying, When he asked the cause of her tears, she replied: “George Tyler and Mr. Barfut have heen 90 kind to me at rehearsals,” ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. A. McK.—Don't know where Rich- ard Buhler is. Maybe he'll see this and let us know. ‘Wild Flower—What do you mean by “The Whole World Will Be Jealous A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. When a Kentucky negro was asked if he Progeny he said he had never had anything but smallpox jo not bel do 1 care, FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. “What's the matter, Bill?" . “Jones shot at Brown and the bullet through me. Then it hit Bro: ona killed him. ‘They ‘arrested me.” sagee eds Ppa for?" said it was through me that shot.” it. ? { BEEN PLUGGIN' ALONG FoR AN Give ME A LIL) s-—> ONY ALL Wot No PLAY =Here ve Qe Years withoUuT A ReeT~ \— (TS A WONDER “OLE GIMON LEGREE WOoULD'NT OPEN HI® HEART 5 Coerna HOF", Pram Punmening Co Om T Reening Won) Did You Ever Know It to Fail? By Clifton Meek Ce Ot. Rvening BY TH! Way ‘pRupcer’ ) ~DYeE KNOW Youre > BECOMIN' VERY ROUND: ) —stoucdereD ? v WHY Don You SP RIDIN’ A BICYCLE ? “MORNIN’ WELL “THEN. Y'FATHEAD! A HAIR RAISER, CITY-BRED child whose knowl- edge of the wild was very lim ited was walking through the They woods with her chanced upon a porcupine, accord- ing to the Chi- cago Herald, At the approuch of the two individ- uals whose inten tions might be hostile the crea- bristled ag- gressively, its weaponlike quills rising in menace. “Oh, look!" exclaimed the little girl governess, ture that town THE EVEN burglary by the power of bis eye as he! 2 - hastily dreased, Mulliger led him ee ae . — — ay Py es “ita as) = Moe aide the. Duralar tore of Outdoorland i | Cousin Eleanor’s Klub Kolumn his ma and laughed great, round ° eeitnaeieneaaaaas sina ae tate se Copyright, 1917, by The fross Publishing Qo, (The New York Bvening Worid,) The Pewee. 66Q0YAN you climb @ tree?” Bom- | “Oh! Oh! Ob!" ‘Then he and Malliger repaired arm In arm to the club and dr: poker, It was the first night's vacation that poor Mul- wer Tawny had had in two months. a layeh Dear Cousins o Min OU have done yourselves proud in this month's interesting con- very big, too, so I could write sto: and poems.” Suddenly a lady with a hite = bus asked Bess and Bob, Weets Yehan 3 se this) erent iat oft & panersn Bee br HIS WEDDING UNIFORM. “Can we?" exclaimed the bile of contestants’ work it bewilders | "Tm Dauindg & tree : ? z sweet votc F ROM a story told in Little Rock | ehildren, looking at each other with me. How shall I out of all these! you could do what you it ni it would appear that a certain| merry, twinkling eyes, ‘They both| choose the best? But it shall be done, Browing, young man of that town was] thought of all the trees they had| eae nretiend rae SHS ARAESS Be seer ppg oie errifled b he ¢ e jonalitios c ped o} e ANC rl : is healt v ; sarrlaty By aia ey nile ith hat tnt e n their grandfather's farm i af Gauls On priced yee Worla, where the Klaaie appeared to o be necessa |and said: “Of course we can!" With Sener vas and explain the case of his marriage to a girl of | Hombus playing “leader” they climbed | the names of the award winners of! Just how they could do these a They did what Every even Kiddie Klub the other age classes will be an- she told them. nounced, together with the names of ing now they read news, Both mado behind him up a tree, From pranch|{ The youth sent a letter to a large) to branch they swung until Bombus ; a | those cousins whose work has re- vr | clothing concern in New York to ask:! stopped at a fork in the tr | ‘ork has re-itempts to do ago “What a fright we have given that! “What Is the proper dress for &/a nest was lo he ny rab bagi celved honorable mention, Well may | successful. ‘They are very nap f nimal! t's hair is standing! groom?” s located, Jt was 4 | those’ wha Ana have their wish aypeFity | "Now, It scoms that the clerk who| Mest made of moss, fine grasses and Ae ee tna mee eae in these! By LILLIAN LABBISCH” aoe oo Fe opened the mail referrod thix inquiry | rootlets cleverly edged with lichen, Meepirating’ see ue pe it will be an/ No, 103 Bowers Street Jereey Ot oO e J departme: and : e) 7 mm 1 COUNTED BUT NOT HEARD. |! BA gf saat pepe ged phat] The children wondered whut kind things in the future po teas Doing Their Bi er knocked at the d ~ a. RAPE POE) of a bird lived the “We jombus, ir Bit, HE egy nla pasties aval awit | TORRY vs See eal eae ives ie ae Sih ean BOMBUS STOPPED AT A FORK IN THE TREE. do not find themselves mentioned I 4 little girl was knitting, | re » sounds t ottle-green coat, fawn-colored Hives. e rs is hope it will be a spur to try just a| Mor & brother who enlisted, pfoost - ond: splashing water, irousera, With top yold alli hat ba ake ‘ they asked. United es, He is famous for his| children knew that he had no more} little harder next time, What ths knitted was a scarf of Oe ey. “Thinking he had not| prices aa follows:” Re lek tate ome of the Pewee, If/ plaintive cail—s-h, keep quiet now,|to tell them, They climbed down Cousin Eleanor, |ter father was in the medical e been heard, he knocked louder In a short time came this plaintive | 7°" Jak Into the nest you will see| here comes Mamma Powee!!" From| out of the tree and started for home, peer Her mother was a Red ete Faster went tho footateps, and there letter from the young man in Little | "Me eags.” And the children, doing| behind a branch where the children| and as they walked further and fur- Our Flag. Tourely think that family wa: was noise as of moving chairs and tables, Waiting a reasonable length of time, ht again knocked vigorously In a few moments a smiling woman came to the door and exclaimed “Oh, I'm 80 glad to see you, but you must excuse me, I did not hear you as they were bid, did see four cream- | loyal and true. were sitting they saw ther away from the tree they could I always knew it was expensi alta ane an olive-green Que country's flag so brave and true,| By MARIP ER, get_married, but can't you, suggeat| ni cues with lac spots at the| bird about 6 1-2 inches long, with a| hear the plaintive call of the Pewee! With its feld of deep aky blue, aura Sane 0 Weer Oe something ® ilttle less elaborate?”—| MERCY end. oh breast of white feathers tinged with| bird for her mate. Resembise sy circus auare. and Thirty-ninth Street, New | Soura’y yineanics. Jat peautifuli” exclaimed Bes-| yellow. ‘The under part of her bill] Written by DOROTHY MIBRRITT, w SUmmeT Ake. | City, sie. “They are the most ae SANITARY STATUARY, hey Are the most beautiful] was yellow and the upper part black. | aged thirteen, No, 108 Waverly Street, | Its stripes of spotless white, {eggs I have si d The } the first two times you knocked OTH Mr. and Mrs, Knight were rien n 4) Ourdooriang The children were entranced with her| Yonkers, N. Y¥. Are ene of purity in all its holy Due Aunday tilittie aaa th pose of a lecturer Bom- Sudd : » he . Christian Herald, if B of @ Very artistic temperament, | bis ested . b! urer Bom-| beauty, Suddenly they saw her snap| Old Glory with its colors red, white|!!8 through a park and she m . Ruasl pestaed to the enio ae ed, ‘ewee is noto- {at something and on looking sharply 1} E Klub P. t i ‘and blue, - squirrel. She called the squirrel e HVSRANG'S RUSE. only natural that rlous asa iy she her and he is very| they saw that as fast as the files|$ sarn a Klub Fennan Ia the prettiest flag I ever knew, | {0 Bive It a peanine, The squirrel “ ULIGER," whispered Mrs.) her maid, who common in the eastern part of the| flew over the nest ver Mrs, Peweo | * > © peanut an it. ‘hile tt TANAH UT Beer something | AG | ReMR | Wee Qeerrrreneenverg| caught them, It was @ remarkable TWENTY-TWO-INCH felt pen-| no.” 296 Haat, Soveete ene rien | wan swatehing, Then the tah ; : Raving iS the next room, | 10m shoul 4) | SHOW TO JOIN THE KLUB AND$ | exhibition of quickness, Bombus re- nant, made in the Klub colors,| New York. 5 squires dug it up and hid it in {must be a burglar.” have developed | OBTAIN YOUR Pp mained quiet through St all and the blue and gold, and bearing t — other place. Nyt tbroneneeal The cee neem nee: | some lave. of art | Benalla Uk is ant |6 === | Kiddie Klub name, will be given free] | Granted: Wishes, age sevens No. i Ute det ROOres Pott in that f4me. One | ber, cus wx ol thew “ iy ‘ ber wh @ shady slope of the Palisades ? 1 ae ca Aver Oh eee ie BHENRE A Durmiaty morning while Pennant Winners, AG Orary ee cra andl te every now [tW2_ little girls played quite | con- | Brooklyn. ahiftiess wretch, but the burglar don't | fan” ghee tutte GORDON BUTTERWORTH, No.| Kip member who brings in with him| other was Sat rag eined Fane: the The Ki know it! hineed, rs rewny, “Oh, | room Mrs. Knight \ Knicke rboc ker A nue, Brooklyn, or her four other new members, Six|old; Ruth was nine. After they had|Of the Kiddie Klub | am a memb ‘Let, Ahan) BI a on enters entered and found BRANK PORCARO, No. 176 Buy coupons, numbered in rotation, must Ured of playing “Indian,” they sat on| And mighty proud of it, Tawny, And in one round he had the | Wey earns of j@am Street, Brooklyn, ‘ be sent with each name, together with | STK to rest. Silence prevailed for And all ite members must rem d in one round he had the! yj e Milo. , SCHWARTZ - ay q some time. : masked intruder by the throat ak: a ad ree A Gficen roars, of DAVID SCHWARTZ, No, 317 Ver-| the signature, age and address of each| At last the silence was broken by|To Seats tain enae ola ite Penman , “I surrender!" gurgled the house-|her best of all, Ellen?” resented with a silver gray Yaub Pin $ | non Avenue, Brooklyn, new member, just as required when| Exina saying, “What would you do if and certificate breaker. i Hrs : | “Bure, an’ I'do ma’am, Bhe may mamhermlp cortifirate, ELBANOR SILVI, No, 1685 Bath-| individual kiddies apply for member-|a fairy appeared now?" Helps all its members to remember” “Take him out to a policeman,” ult KIDDIE K enue, Bronx. shi Ruth answered, “ r cried Mrs, ‘Tawny from under the| arms gone: but Sy COUPONNO. 209 HEL. “ZIMMDRMAN, No. asp Members who cannot save the cou- | grow vary, very big s0'T'could araw| By OLGA FRANKEL, age twsivy bedclothes. And after holding the I just love ier.’—Harper's ey . * 599 pons may obtain pennants by sending | nice pictures,” No. 114 South ‘Oxtord Fourth Avenue, Long Island City, 10 cents, with name. Edna sald, “I should wish to be! Brooklyn. " | ‘