The evening world. Newspaper, July 19, 1918, Page 14

ee ee ee COMIC PAGE Friday, July 19, 1918 | Mary Was the Only Thing She'd Overlooked! WELL. HOw Do You Like OUR STUFF anyway & {UNE By BIDE DUDLEY ACH Summer, as the new thea- trical season la about to begin. some producer moves the open- ing date of an attraction forward to get bis show on Broadway before some other fellow, with @ play re ported to be of a similar nature launches his. This time, if reports dre to be credited, A. H. Woods will fanke such a move with “Friendly Hinemies,” in which Louls Mann and Sam Bernard are the stars. Mr Woods bad planned to put this play ip the Hudson Theatre in August, but ‘now he may decide to open it as early as next Monday. ‘The reason ts that be has beard another pro- @ucer is preparing & play which Is ‘somewhat like "Friendly Enemies” in theme. In this connection we hear | William Faversham's name Loge tioned. Mr. Faversham is getting 4| Play ready, but as to its similarity to “Priendly Enemies” wo can't Say: And now you have the whole story. FORBES- ROBERTSON IN IT. A letter from Gertrude Hillott Cady, Forbes-Robertson) to her sis fer, Maxine Hiliott, contains the in- | formation that Sir Johnston Forbes- Robertson, who is retired from the except. for occasional charity formances in London, will appear oon in the chief role in @ new playlet| by Bir James M. Barrie at a benefit. ‘The actor still maintains he will never go back to the stage regularly. | I° A NEW MUSICAL PLAY. ‘The Messrs. Shubert will place in re-| hearsal next week @ now play with music entitled “Miss, I Don't Know.” Rida Jobnson Young has written the ogg ‘and Augustus Barratt the mu-! iv iiaiti THE BIG LITTLE FAMILY (ES DEARTH’ COOK ( LEFT US FLAT-AN' T HAD TO MAKE 7H BREAD AN’ EVERY THIN’ -ER- DID You «MAKE THIS BREAD Move 2 UU WOoULDNT Do ANY MORE WoRK LIKE “THIS- MY OWN ! THE ONLY STAR. At the present time Raymond) Hitchcock is the only star playing on | Broadway. This fact, however, is not | due to « lack of stars. It may be blamed on the summer season. Now wait a minute! Before we let you; go we want to say that ten girls ap- plied for a vacancy in the Hitehy- Koo" chorus ranks yesterday and all | were rejected because they were not | under twenty. Several girls eald they | were younger than twenty, but Mr. | Hitchcock, who used to raise horses, | could tell by their teeth that they weren't. ‘ 7 ~ A . ‘The opening of “The Passing Show | of 1918” at the Winter Garden bas | been postponed from next Tuesday to | next Thursday night. The show is a ‘one and more time is needed to cut it down and whip it into shape. MISS PERRY WRITES. ‘A letter from Fayette Perry, Inge- wus, who went to Australia somo months ago to act for the Taits, dated Kyoto, Japan, states that she has signed with another Australian man- agement for an engagement of s , beginning Aux. 1. The writ | af this column once gave & vaudeville | show in Denver which was the most ‘awful crime ever perpetrated in the | Gity of the Plains. Fayotte Perry car- | ried off first honors and that was her start in the theatrical business. Now ft is success that has crowned her. ta tae Denver performance a newsboy | im the gallery tried to crown her wich a banana. | THE BOY GUESSED WRONG. | Max Dreyfus, the rausic publisher, yesterday handed a handsome youth | ‘@ statement of phonograpa record | sales of a song of which the young man is part author, covering the t “NOBODY DOES IT” (Send » Nobody’ to Grindstone George) NOBoDYS wire. who th can at a dog ond Ee ‘ three monthe of the ditty's exist “Before you look at it,” sald Max, “make a guess at the number of rec: | Capt, 18. Prose Pebiiatag Co || (NY Evening World) ' onde sold - oe LH tess “About 3,000,” replied the copy writer “Now look at it,” sald Max JOE'S CAR © | THE MODERN HOPEFUL. ‘The statement showed sales amount. | ing to 127,378 records. A stenographer | summoned @ doctor | GOSSIP. ‘The run of “Hearts of the World” | at the 44th Street Theatre will not end in August as reported. | "A special performance of “Rock-a Bye Baby” will be given at the | ‘Theatre Sunday night for soldiers a sailors. ‘The Friars had a party at the Hf head of a certain manufac- turing firm is an old gentieman built up his business from y dogged and persistent toil, ever fell that he could epare Capreigel, 1 Pree ~$ \ bles! a nei oldies ZEB. AINT TOLD Ye 'BouT LITTLE | We NY Wrenne Wana) WED OFF RUNT | nothing und whe -~HADNT BIN FER HIS d wanta u . ' panne eA eer, TH’ CITY FELLER 1 COME NIGH WE WUZ PUFFIN’ ON A BEANS ETC ,we'RE ON | QN1O ARRESTIN' YisTIDDAY ! eric tet exanre WO wiee AN’ YOUNG UN’, AN AUTO “TouR! —S “an (pps 2 ‘ iJ ois aH HEH HEH ie CALL ME DAOWN FER GitTin’ ie DA BUN (mW sees ; = IN His WAY! HAH! HAH! ~— —————,,—— brand new boy gmokes around. 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