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COMIC PAGE | Friday, August 9, 1918 a \ . Pin ; In Fact, He, Perhaps, Needs It Toot About Plays MARY You MUST Kee “WAT ot WE ‘Re Téo Busy “To : VA , iby Go AHEAD AND Sceua r, h | ; C DIRTY C.D DOO OUT oF Yi Be SsTumoune Over } ML AND Besides Thwe 4 . C__Went MIND & BiT- and Players Qs Kirerten , j Him Aue THE Tine p YY S$ SusT Cone +e By BIDE DUDLEY || / Scavs We «irene hy ICHARD WALTON TULLY Is @ peculiar man, if you care to regard him in that light. Ho doesn't worry to any great extent over wat a roadway first night audl- ence thinks of a new production ho! may make, but goes right along the even tenor of his way losing money in New York, if necessary, and mak- ing it back, with a lot more, “on the road.” He says he doesn’t consider the verdict of the first nighters typical of what the great bulk of the public thinks. “I gelect a play, or write one, that I consider natural and human,” says he. “Before I produce it, I feel pretty mure it will appeal to the everyday human being who doesn't frequent Broadway, When I am certain in my own mind that this ordinary human — . ar, anita ane . en eye eee THE BIG LITTLE FAMILY é The Next One She Buys Will Be Reinforced C t ites to go wild over it, If they do, I eintorce oncrete oss ——— ‘ | = wonder if my play will please tho + ee | OH! BoY! TH’ WIFF : Bundreds of th de of oth " a aot atecped tn the drama, Expe.| MU WAS A SHY YOUNG Pry” OW DURE CLOUTED SORRY “This a Weg- xm i= : = ME A*CUCKOO™ WIT vA Ty AH! IM GLAD ! rience has taught me that a good piay “THING WHEN WHEN T rr GR GARY MORNIN’ “DEED ap EA: SHO VERY Sorry! i dak a nm lines will succeed wullt along hui MARRIED HER —AN' SHE'S J Fs ; NIGHT-SES ‘CAUSE ) ( fm the long run, even though it is se- BEEN SHYIN' “THINGS = MAS OUT A LIL New ; VASE verely criticised in New York. That's . AY ME EvER Since ! why I never quit and that’s also why I am away ahead of the game on ‘The Bird of Paradise,’ ‘Omar the ‘Tent-Maker,’ ‘The Flame’ and ‘The Masquerader,’ BY WAY OF DIVERSION. fald Silas McGuggin, in Peewee- ples store: “Hot weather should} f] ' never make anyone sore. You may i Wf = not feel good, but just take my ad- 4 e Y "4 $ ip vice and tackle some sody; you'll Fa “ ae , find it right nice. I get pretty warm w five or mix times a day and down to fmith’s drug store I go right away. One sody's @ cure an’ it costs just a dime, “Cwill drive all the heat from your dleod for a time.” “éi's right about svdy,” said Grandpa MoGee. “He shore likes to drink iy—tgt take it from me. Why, only to-day he drank eight in that place an’ emiled ev'ry time at the clerk, Lissie Case.” “Hey, stop!" came from Si. “I'm no handsome young fiirt.” With that he stalked out feeling pretty much hurt. “Si's heat,” chuckled Grandpa, “has went to his heart. He's right, though, about that there ‘handsome young’ part” “NOBODY DOES IT” (Send a Nobody’ to “Grindstone George) REASSURING HIM. John Birch, comedian, t# an Irish- man and his remarks frequently carry with them a touch of the pine | of the Jdmerald Isle, On Broadway last night John met a friend who had @ cold. The friend sneezed sev- eral times and said: | “What do you think of my cold?’ “I think," replied John, “that you're a’ sneezin fr flowers.” | BY GUM, THAT'S 80! John W. Allison, of No. 302 West 86th Street, New York, writes us to comment on the tale we printed Wed- nesday about R. H. Burnside's pigs. “I think,” saya his note, “it was un- for Mr. Burnside to name one of TH vice Houdini, He will never be able to keep the little porker in the pen.” He gets forty miles.on & gailon of gas. —_——_ Plena Fu bd LS \ Le i S : & a ee ae Giriprehs © te § Cure ; Add “Pleasures of Automobile Touring”! THERE! Now \F YoutLL & GET UP, I'LL GET THE TOP COVER FROM UNDER Y'SEAT! A STUCK UP GIRL. At the matinee performance of “The Passing Show of 1918," at the Winter Garden yesterday, a man in the audi- ence caused much amusement during the fay cotant phot Koay iy fod Leifer g Pyon ber yu) ing $10 worth of 26 cent War Stamps and sticking them on the “THe? + LETS Have YEAH! ANYTHING “To arms of Grace Keeshon, one of the ETOP DOWN So's wk MAKE. ME WORK ON | chorus girls. It took Miss Keeshou CAN SEE BETTER ~- half an hour to soak them off and/ A HoT Day tf paste them in ber litle war savings BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE. T was a case of assault. The tll- used wife was bringing the charge against ber brutal husband, and laying her grievance before the Mage Good HEAVENS JoE ~- I'DA LOT RATHER HAVE “HE “ToP uP “TRAN “TO. HAVE. “16 CRAWL OUT OF HERE OVER THis “Tent! IM SORRY 1 MADE. You “THAT TROUBLE. JOE — started by givin’ me a biff on | the nut,” she exclaimed, tearfully. “A biff on the nut? My good woman, you mustn't talk like that in a court of justice, I presume you mean he gave you a blow on the BACK TO NATURE. Bob Carson, one of the Metro's tech- nical directors, has gone to Bloom. | burgh, N. Y., to try to live in the woods 30 days, starting without clothing or | food. At is a motion picture stunt the f rights of which are controlled by Major | J. Allenbaugh. If Carson succeeds in his venture he will receive $1,000, If | he fails he will have to pay the ox- penses of his trial. A camera ian ts with bam, Kun up and visit him any ume, Ale has nothing on. | “Yus, yer washup. And then 'e | tried to do me in by chuckin’ ‘is tere | baccy at me hoptics.”” “By which I take it that you mean | he empted to injure you by pre= ating his tobacco box at you. nue, and try to avold lang. inform the court what further nee he attempted." Vell, yer washup, 'e~—'e—er’— 0 on. Don't waste the time of the court." “I was just a-wonderin' what was the pet name of this ‘ere court for @ dot on the boko that caused two black eyes.""—Tit-Bits. _ R" GOSSIP. William Fox will show fine at the Casino for three weeks, beginning Aug. 19. \ John Warner, Mrs, Russ Whytal, Isabelle Lamon and Robert will support Alice Brady in “ After.” JOKE ON MOTHER, NING home one afternoon, hard's mother found rently in great pain, te Kershaw has been engaged yn and company for a promi- » in “The Crowded Hour,” To avoid a conflict with another opening, Cohan & Harris will open 4 ices basen Wnat* Caundes hua it - . - : Careful questioning failed to disclose free bucen ast” nay, ' 1 Crewe the cause of the lad’s suffering. Pree But Ls,” in whic William ; RESTAURANT | Richard viceity was ie cetera wil star wilt take place at Perth GcANGaUT iin teatdele A HAS” PRcTORY SL othe / ; Richard probably was in need of that Eamun hag chy 5 ‘ oil #0 Unpopy ae with children, and d to administer a gene has been engaged aaah ; z ( TON ih sh zr Ss nd ANOTHER PLATE 5 =: i « REVENGE ’ despite the crying re- by Henr ge to pla Cock- ‘NOE'EGOODE IS ! 5 play a f My ( } | O* SOUP - YA Richard ew minutes ney sole in M musical play, FORGED TO. GET. 4 GEO i Head Over Hee mis SUPPFR OUT! Sa\\\" z0 , jz] DOGGONE BIG , - REVENGE !1 | |! ¥ appear pparenuly w ie | 9 : yt ; erive. A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY, | ZA \ WA S RE-E-VENGE “I've got a joke on mother—I’ve got Myrtle Pinckney of Wellsville has i vam ofthe tay : s Members of the family were curious, teken a position counting money in > , < ve Farmers’ Bank. She is now \ \ = . ‘< NN FOOD WILL WIN = oo known as Countess Pinckney, | Me " i i S 8 } " THE wart 3 4 = = CHOOSE YOUR s > Ww ¢ < J EXIT, Now! FOOLISH MENT. 7 = Brae to Peart wert pbs cUN a FeNe sweet earl, | [our oF oxor| |}, Fa en But | 4 ys | 4G j ih. RULES IS RULES FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE, | p E¢C, to) " ~ May HB decis 3 “Haven't I seen you befot . » Art y x? FINEST SOUP T “CURSES!” tH 50h i90 of the Appellate Di- “1 don't know—bave you? | art ro mM |: eVeR TASTED!" . ; mo Of She Bupreme: Solus “Yes, before a free lundh counter - = ok head that a loft tenant map brea ’ F the. eND his lease if the elevator service fails, two years ago,” observes the Buffalo Commercial, re« : P : calls by contrast the ol ee ae " . conductor who refused to carry. ture maton rs os| D Far She Damenger that tried to board Ho be A Ree A avin, ; the window: a he Pe 1 train tyrant, “Your ticket,” ruled not good tf a as ee your journey.” 1 y