The evening world. Newspaper, August 1, 1918, Page 16

—— a ee Oe ee 6 = oe we Jand Players Rt WGP ESD a enc mr COMIC PAGE Thursday, August 1, 1918 Yes, He 18 “PRETTY STRONG - By BIDE DUDLEY ‘A WELL-KNOWN magazine writer, who Is also a play- wright, led us to the edge of the sidewalk on Broadway last night tell us what's wrong with the) era in America to-day y"'The ‘high-brow’ idea is the cause Of the trouble,” he said, “All the Producers, with one or two exceptions, Want to be ‘high brow’ and, as a re €ak, they're not producing enough of the common heart stuf! that the American playgocr loves so well. ! regard the average English play 23 ‘high brow’ in a way. It is not writ- t@h 80 that the a ge American can Amimilate | ues to the fullest extent, yet almost any New York manager will ss up a dozen Ame Cem playa t ‘duce one with Lgndon stamp on it. There ian't any} Big money in the ‘high brow’ stuf that is non-understandabie to the 16 from Quincy, Ii. People who dice it in this country gain mosily glory from it. They might be likened 16 the editorial writer Harry Tammen had on the Denver Post Comr rien, 1918 Prene Potting Oa (M7. venting Wer'd? JOE'S CAR Caprtiaht. Ivik Pree Puvun GARAGE 3 muec * Listen, old boy!’ Harry sald to hie. ‘You're writing for the twelvs GPlege professors who take this and forge ¢ all about the 68,09 chambermatids.’ ” INTERRUPTING LOUIS. At the “get together’ dinner given bg the Hriars Tuesday evening, Louts Maan inade a speec hin which he com plimented ‘he club on rapid growth. "The Friars Club,” he somo real oratory, the economonaciap, ar mal, ‘with its head in the pampas grass at the equator and its tall among the icicles of the North I “E phould think,” piped the volce of & new member, “that in this hot weather your animal would have his head at tho North Pole and his tail In| the pampas grass at the equator.” ‘Mr, Mann gave the new member one 160k, but it spoke volumes. may be E OF BERLIN. —— Be Satta agay: when. Ievine =e z Berlin was ordered aun arate board OH!BoY! IM IN ae Bee a a Yank rt at Cam Tpton for service, . . \ Nani Berar ntact a cos) |-( {FORT Com, Seow (9 READY Lock STRIKE TW you Dp) _RUNT =Nay, ADMIT mmplained. |. pad,” said one, “that! | Say OLE. SICK FRIEND NIGHT HAWK, IN. LAST NIGHT By, jn tle fall bor er arhea ne coud do his | STUFF DONT Cro 3 HoH? : pit so nicely entertaining the men in MEMHER FAW! ILL OES aK uniform, The rough work they put | BULL HER! Nery 57 OY him through }s apt to kill him.” | We met Irving on Broadway the! other day. Sergt. Berlin is just about ‘as husky a little man now as we ever | saw. Army service has improved his) health wonderfully and it is improve- ment money could never buy ‘And | happy--say, he was just bubbling over with Joy “WASHINGTON” SOON. » Arthur Hopkins has begun prepara tions for his production of “Washing 4am, the Man Who Made Us," by Per- | ey MacKaye. The play, which is in} prose, is in sixteen actions and four then transitions. If you don't under- | giand what that means, ask Mr. Mac- Kaye | HONEST JOHN SHELDON. | Jobn , the dusky carriage) paler at the Strand, left the sidewals | q last night and followed a into the lobby. | “Boss,” he said, “I've sho’ been Jookin' fo’ you fo' a long time. ‘The | last time yo' wus here yo’ handed moe} ‘a $10 gold piece an’ drove away. | Jenew yo' made a mistake 0 I kop’ !t| rhe man accepted the gold piece | handed John « $10 bill, Joan) at it and grinned. "SOhicken ‘fo’ one three times Sun- | @ay,” ho said. | : ne ; Gossir. | © Wana Whitney, Genevieve Willment | Helen Webgr have joined the Cen- ‘: Grove show | AN is sending out “Mutt & , Jeff in the Woolly West” this neason. | Up” will hit the 250th per- | formance mark to-night, and ‘Tailor-Made Man” will score 400. Ed Wynn has leased a home at Great Neck. Every once in a while gays, he rubs up against real so- WHA’ ILD YOU ; on 1AT WOULD YOU DO? Riches Must Give First Place to Courage! Copyright, 1914, Prese Publishing Co. CN, T. Zrening Werk) opty, TiGeorse C. Tyler and Klaw & Erlan- | will put “Penrod” in the Globe eatre, Sept John Birch, recently of “Odds and Ends of 1917." is arranging a new! Mgingle” for vaudeville. | Peggy Wood has completed, in col Jaboration wiih her father, a sketch “The Sleeping Beauty.” | Harold Atteridge, who writes the ‘Winter Garden shows, has gone to the AMirondacks on a motor trip | Margaret Wilson, the President's ughter, saw “Getting Together” at | fe Shubert yesterday as the guest of | meen bet | “SOMEWHERE IN NEW YORK" ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. | Beli—This 1s primarily a theatrical) colu ) mn. J. P.—Meyer Cohen, Astor Theatre| Building. —- | A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. Tom Hines, who breeds rabbits in Dutchess County, says his calling is a| thrilling one becouse it's hare-raising HAD MET YOUR FORMER SWEETHEART IN ORDER TO BECOME AND YOU ENGAGED TO AN ENORMOUSLY WEALTHY CHAP AND SPURN HIS HAD CONTINUED TC ADVANCES IF You HAD BROKEN Yo ENGAGEMENT TO A Pook YOUNG MAN WHOM YOu COULD NOT FORGET AND WHO HAD JUST ENLISTED WHAT WOULD VOU DO! Who Said Women Were the Vain Creatures? WAY IS MARCA, |WEATAER-VANE ¢ PB SHAW iTS A 1 Blow HARD! ANOTHIS, SLUG~HES GOTTA NERVE To SA\ WOMEN ARE VAIN CREATURES OH-SEE TH’ PRETTY 4 THIS WILLIE B04 15 15 SILK SOCKIES OHINAWT-TATALL! FLOWER ——— HE'S UNCONSCIOUS; Honer A WHO'S She t {ISNT HE OF HAVING’EM ON: YOUNG ) \VAIN? | “THATS Wikar BROKERS \ i “You saip! BIN. CARNATION ) GET THIS) An? \ ws THIS REALLY HAPPENED INA CIGAR SToRE- AN! IT Cops THE UNVER CUP = PIPE THE Goon Ay HES ANVAIN PERSON — OA NERY WELL THEN- WAN Cors KE PUT THIS MARNE s5 2: OUST LOOK AY THIS OHNNIE? AES ATIE JO! OK, DEAR. NO- AES NOT VAIN AT ALL! 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