The evening world. Newspaper, October 22, 1917, Page 16

| | | ' 5 About Plays and Players. By BIDE DUDLEY HOMAS MELVIN of Danbury, Conn., wishes to know how t Church of tho Transfiguration in East 20th Street acquired tho} name of the Little Church Around the Corner, The generally accepted explanation is as follows: George Holand, a comedian, father of E. M Holland, died about fifty years ago. His son and Joseph Jefferson ar- ranged to hold the funeral at a SHTELL THAT FATHEAD Z DOCTOR OKEEZIKG BE Cord CROAKS ,/ _ me ¢ Mi \) WW) church in Madison Avenue. As they were leaving the pastor, Mr. Holland decided it might be well to tell bim the dead man had been on the stage. “We don't make & dirp tal ing actors from this church,” replied the pastor. ‘There is a litue church around the corner where the service can bo held.” Jod bil the little church around the corne said Mr, Jefferson. ‘The Church of the Transfiguration ‘willingly threw its doors open for the funeral, and from that time on was known as The Little Church Around eo Corner. Since then it has been loved by the theatrical profession. TORTOLA ARRIVES. Tortola de Valencta, Spanish dancer and beauty, bas arrived in New York to dance in “Miss 1917," which Messrs, Dillingham & Ziegfeld are @oon to put in the Century. She was engaged on the recommendations of Mrs. Philip Lydig and Mra. E. Thomas, She is twenty-three years old and has danced before many of tue rulers of Burope. NORWORTH DROPS IN. Jack Norworth spent Sunday in New York. He 1s on tour in Nor- worth & Shannon's “Odds and Ends of 1917." Mr. Norworth was in @ particularly-optimistic frame of mind, The reason being that "Odds and Ends of 1917," without a New York Teputation as yet, has been playing to capacity everywhere. Work on the Norworth Theatre is going along nicely. The chummy revue certainly is living up to Lee Shubert's opinion of it. Mr. Shubert said it was one of the best musical shows he ever saw, In this connection Junie McCree ts telling o story. He ys Mr. Nor- worth wired his partner, Sam Shan- Ty Ot aonlgsht. & RF. 0” BACHELOR BILL Mr. Shannon immediately sent him $1,000, Mr. Norworth wired again asking why. And then the explana- tion came. Mr. Shannon thoug! t “8. R. 0.” meant, “Send Roll On.” PLAYS IN FILMS. Tho Famous Players-Lasky Cor- poration has acquired for films “Be- lieve me, Xantippe!” “Th Land of Promise” and “Mrs. Di 's Defense.” ‘These will be released as Paramount pictures 8. W. W. R. TO ENTERTAIN. Mrs. Henry B, Harris announces that -the first party of the Btage Women's War Relief will be held in the Cascade Room of the Biltmore on the afternoon and evening of Nov. 2. Tea will be werved by prominent act- resses in afternoon, A stage en. tertainment at night will include a new one-act play by Bayard Veiller. POETS AND MORE POETS. Our poet friends invariably get busy ‘en Sunday and stir up the muse, Our mail this morning was heavy with the results of their genius. Dave 8. Eisman, (ae bell-hop with a heart and @ soul, sent a poem all the way from Bahimore. Hear him: “'S'MATTER, POP?” q wi Siete f2% Gree vith ome, It does always please ‘To know Gying te worth while, Then John C. Leach, who pla: butler in “De Luxe Annie,” ma old postman work a bit, His poem follows, in part: ‘Lave your country’s awe, nother rhymo camo from Willard hooley of Larchmont, It ds entitled “Bleep.” Here's just a snoose: Biewed is SHE'S GOT Me teres the ‘_ THE “KINIS* Wo"hae E "PRUNES, Farry G. Bates of Port Riohmond took a swipe at the muse also, His subject was “Candidates. " After eay- ing it makes little difference who gets the offices, he burst out like this: | ‘The, wil shine an ua | "fue days. will come. aud Whoever "gets ie favored “cbadr Cy Will abo got the dough, Gossip. Commodore Abner Robinson has raised a weird mustache. Maxine Fillott will return to the stage in the Rosemary Red Cross at the Metropolitan Opera 000 has been collected tn Keith vaudeville theatres Army Girls’ Trans) bacco Pund Henry Miller will ment the Cri night Anthony in We id has been engaged by their new »e produced Ibbetson” a colored maid who belonged getting the kal to a "ft eral club," which red dress? \ TH Come RIGHT Pp AWAY AFORE “THIS x) > Gy : Oe) =| j ° y 8 V, ’ 1|\i A xl | i iT 0?) | | | | } i oe ANE Mile ata a0 ractice of bury- rel —_. NN 1 aN COLOR VALUE, corner of her apron and said: "N RS. BLANK had in her employ | dida't. have until just latel Does you remenvber that funeral Ah|On the day after went to one time when L wore my war | mai Nice DAY? Hows be CoD “LUKE” mmm UP TT _SAYs THE AVERAGE CAP ON A MILK BOTTLE YEH! | HAE A DITTLE HOw CAN STRAWBERRY, PINEAPPLE, [_comre race] Evening World Daily Magazine _ THE BIG LITTLE FAMILY Luke Can Almost Cough Tunes by This Time! ou! Couch! Kare! Care! KooF! HAKI KAAFt \ «ROTTEN! THIS LADY + 1S MAKING PEACH, PEAR, PLUM, CHERRY] Root BEER You TELL WHEN IT'S | | AND GOOSEBERRY LEFT, COOKED ? ip PUT AL. IN ONE BY THE SMELL . YEH! BUT WHAT OF COURSE! Ree ya GON RALIT! Magazine. oo has an old neg round his place |declared war Un missus, dat shade|and early to do n Will go up on “Chu h binds all ita me tt it the Manhattan Opera my attend every of done ketched de eye ob del “Ww 08. 1 Nght. Late are {funeral of a member upon receipt of | COrPse's husband!” Well, Mistan he oflbk Be Teetad. WiGil Wie | RMIMAC OR sexe tae TenuluR One DODGING THE DRAFT ae éome down the al BURLY negro who registered in| talking alt A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. Out die la with a la a wert x. Blank FOOLISHMENT. acy Saat Siete’ " him auaaions and an ; sie ial TT ho funeral," gwera on his card wery as follows: |MAKING A BAD MATTER WORSE e rr eu “How old are you” au Hut you ought not to wear red t 6 i " ost thutty-one.” | M ne whe » we! no her bs A funeral Eig Mia: Blank. 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SHE "PUT UP" 150 JARS AND SHE'S DISSATISFIED! ‘ XX PRACTISED By Bud Counihan Comrriaht, Wit, Press Publishing co iN. ¥. evening Worthy ZN RIN ALL ) SHE SOME JO BEAT THE COST OF. LNING- SHE GOT ‘EM MIXED UP WITH THE. FRUITS AND SHE ws "ANI awyer has Then it dawned ¢ talking to the w TOO SYMPATHETIC. aie hastily: Queen Elizab Mark Twain, Balzac and a score allus was a hustler = dead an hour yet!" THE RETORT, MISDIRECTED ENERGY,__ HE fact that Sir Douglas Tale attained his fifty-sixth birthday on June 19 brings back to mind} 4 story told of him a short while right or was discussing the food control bill, “While the bill has tts drawbac are you|he went on, “ther 1 1 know we're | draw: | face our « the old | ‘My love, head, | lady, ‘You 6 is, of course, well known that Sir s is a soldier first, last and all her husband sai » neat way in which 1 made in some of the} oe — GOOD USE OF TIME, HE | ment on t “Lowe ery good work,” he remarked to roop sergeant major. “Who di t ter speak ter a pal|!" He seated y good iva radi, Wek. Be ented, Gy KoOd air You're fortunate to have two such ieee et een nedium |expert saddiers in your troop,” 4 m in touch with the person you n for a bright! want,” he said at last, 7 that he has “As a matter of fact, sir, reply, “they're not saddiers, in elvil! ife being lawyers.” “Well, ejaculated Sir Douglas, "how these little p nade a lot of friends. said Mrs. G, diuauy, “a ready Be has met Cromwell, ‘Shake: the Australian ‘ n't bin himself. phia Ledger. was particularly whose hous jat a business the main theme of his address was pet student, who asked impressively “Yes, sir; but how are we s. inspecting a|the right people to pluck?” one to find} at the table opposite Philadel- | «sf didn’t notice her A TALE OF TRIESTE. HE Italians are fighting to get back Trieste, How some of the | inhabitants wo of my troopers, sir,” was the towards their shown by the following story: gaid| traveller went into a church there and 4 been overrun with peach, wa: Be ‘Oh, “he said, he was & After her gift tothe Bulletin"! + Hagel ts. h, Henry Ir-|men who can do work | dina, y ¢ ike that could Madonna, the mice entirel \ have wasted their lives over law J peared from) her place. ‘ can't magine!”—Minneapolis Tribune > marked the skeptical traveller, ondo: -Bits. w London Tit-Bits. ie NAAR ARE THY? a huge | Sats "or We should have made a stl ad mac ustrian long ago."— fran - I fortune was fav One ene ena Sa words to a number of students > — course, THE NEW FASHION, ZORGE ADE, the humorist, was 2 talking at the Chicago Athletic All my success in life, all my tre- Club about the new fashions, mendous financial prestige,” he said| “I took te 1 | proudly, “I owe to one thing alone— , | pluck, pluck, pluck! x jing all other profes-| He made an impressive pause here, ons as of quite negligible impor-| but the tance, a trait tn his character whic hy} point to the anecdot« I remarked at Was a pretty girl who pat ’ the bacl answered, absently bachelor blond head.’ feel is| peated. “lm sure vou mu . i. just have noticed her,’ [ said. ‘She had on high-heeled bronze shoes and bronge silk stoek- of] ings with openwork'——- “You don't believe that yarn? re- “Of course not,” replied the saerts- at the Auditorium with bachelor the other day,” he sald. “After tea, as we waited for @ taxt, “Oh, yes, you did,’ said 1. girl with the ‘sable collar, the waits Blouse, the string of pearis and the black ‘velvet veret on her charming 1 didn’t notice her,’ he ree a delighted laugh.