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ae Meth apes: COMIC PAGE Friday; August 30, 1918 Else, They Are HIGHER SINCE! har WHAT ARE You —— d ¢ P CHARGING Ko 4 and Players ae ews i a Wacarat”>) {|LEAVE IT By BIDE DUDLEY ! FLOWER - WHAT T the Friare Club Inst night j : a z a Y Bert Levy, Loney Haskell and Louis Mann gathered at & . IT S HARDLY WorTH table to dine. The subject of lim- ericks came up and each claimed to : ; e : “a wee wo Dony, when They be able to write that form of rhyme. ( It was finally agreed that each should a f ‘ Riewr Las try, and the firct man who came in p : a AWAY ~START B e SomeMING ELSE, the room after the rhymes were fin- ished should decide which was worst. ‘The author of the worst should then @onsider himself the host at the din- ner, Mr. Levy wrote the following: The neightors of Smith, in Bayonne, Grow wlld when he played the, trombone, Tis played “Sweet Marie” Very much, off the key, ‘and thay ‘tallied ‘the police on the phone, Then Mr. Haskell submitted this one: \e teacher acked wee Willie Hest « TNpktae tee ery umn, bs that, wana "ie fale ones,” ‘pela. Wri, “At least, it's been so in the past.” Mr. Mann offered this: ‘Whenever 1 act In a show ’ bial or, i olan JOE’S CAR ee Sect at Jost watch and you'll see that it's 60, eee bine 7 ‘The first man entering the room) @ald Mr. Mann should pay for the meal. He was Sam Bernard. BY WAY OF DIVERSION. . Baw a dog, a great big fellow, just ; the other day. Saw a kitten, lean and yellow, come along bis way Kitty was a’ rank intruder, #o believed ths - pup. Off she ran and he pursued her, } primed to eat her up. Suddenly she 7 turned and faced him. That was \ where he stopped. Then she bristled up and chased him, howling as he hopped. Rover's plan to dine on Kitty vanished then and there. Ile } ‘was now the thing to pity as he split the air. Saw a man pursued by Trouble. He was mighty blue, Fright! } was making him sec double. Trouble | i looked like two. Next I saw the man) defy it. Trouble hit the trail, It's a BLANCHE , (M GONNA “TAKE. “We CAR OP Town AN’ HAVE A MECHANIC LOOk fY OVER WITH ME. 'T MAY NEED A LiL" “TUNING UP - see? Now-essenriat (npusteies No. axxiw3 We GOT T HAVE THE CAR AT NOON doe - Don't FoRGET ! Joe, L Put YouR BAG IN “THE GaRAGE So you'd FIND a! Now REMEMBER ED —*- lGorta BE HOME BY Noon ! IpD An 85 wHILe YOU WERE AWAY. Joe! TS A PIPE OF VLe LOAD HIS PIPE UP WITH RUBBER BANDS AN “TREN WATCH Him SMOKE ay sit _— i old plan—just try it. Spunk | f will never fail. i HARTFORD LIKED IT. ' Kifbourn Gordon's play, “Enemies ‘ft Within,” broke the house record for | receipts when it was tried out last) bs week at the Palace, Hartford. Kil- | bourn says he cannot say positively | ¢ that it will be produced for Broadway | consumption, but advises everybody to look out. + ae WANTED—A THEATRE. THE BIG LITTLE FAMILY ‘The Messrs. Shuber! haven't found & theatre in which to put “Maytime” Luke Has a Sterner Judge at Home! WELL- MY T TEU “ou CANDIDLY ‘Cag WE Einan Pevishinw Ce HX. remng Weney < after Mt closes ite man i ‘9 Lyric <DONT. BELIEVE .. week morrow, ut ey're , MAI Re reek from to eady “it has, been| 1/7 WEZZAl’ © N ‘You 7 WorD OF Your Wives Sree! j played in four Broadway houses. A SWORE “TO TH’ SHOULD BE a third “Mayuime” company is in re- a ty MORI CARI Fi L ‘ hearsal. WIFED STORY e ' EFU BUT TIVE DUDGE! ‘ATS ALL VERY WELL —‘You CAN Do AS Gor To! FAY WEDS AGAIN. i i Frank Fay, one of the comedians of mS “The Passing Show of 1918," at the ‘Winter Garden, is married again. A Bt year or 80 ago he became the husband of Frances White of Rock & White, but it didn’t take. Yesterday he mar- ried Lee Buchanan at Union Hill, N. i J, His wife is an actress, but she in- i tends to retire from the stage and be @ homebody. One report says M'an ; White has decided to incorporate Eva is famous song, “I Don't 4a ‘Tanguay’ 8 Care,” in her act. KEENEY BUYS A STUDIO. ie Tre Frank A. Keeney Pictures | Corporation has purchased a studio at 812 Fast 48th Street. Mr. Keeney is to reeume making Catherine Calvort films soon and, in addition, will have Jewel Carmen as a star in snother series. It is understood WilliNn Fox 7 claims the services of Miss Carmen, s A wut Mr. Keeney thinks his contract - = ° | ‘ Po sabes SOMEWHERE IN NEW YORK AS YOU'D EXPECT. re Tne | an ithe Sean 0 Broadway PRE WE Hane OANO!HAROLD AND DAISY? GA! LISSEN AT , THEY ' ag ES RE ME HAN QIGUL ONT Say : , WAY-TAEYRE) ANDTHE KIDS,Too! YS : Wise caiee crt ERC SuEs = SNYTAING MEAN Guiry) CAARLE! Common AS G THEY MUSTINAERIT (EVERY SONS Shea Own Twolncn many fs tent ot ak ALONG DISTANCE, SGoOLT ANYBODY [AE CERTAINLY Say! 3 WouLON'r IE DiRT I knew) IT! OT TE SKA 3300K SHELF CHAMPION GossiP? 7 Ore —~ DOESN'T AcT TRUST TAAT GUY THEIR THAT WOMAN 7 Aver eat YTAR GER A LXE A PERSON) | WITA A LEAD HE ' g Sat ; geiata! ous mew Bre etter) Bimnarin = AGS ee Reus) (Wa diy fangggrows Beans | | Sah ot Arata! | fo) TAANENT pe (PER Ee IIg WAS TAINKIN') THAT gunen ‘ons us} i] TARY Fwas A’ BEENS. # t Looe LimERicic S t Was We ; T's 4 crime To STeAL oe Oh . A MANS PURSE “4 To svander’s 4 DARN SIGAT WURSE Bor From NyAciw To DANVILLE William Faversham is to act in a) fim version of “The Silver King” for the Lasky Company. % Forrest Huff and his wife, Fritz Von Busing, returned from an auto! ‘ 2. e yesterday to rehearse jarvis \s making arrange- L . ments to t pig sho to Pel f Biase tor tos nave) boys | = y THE HAMMER. AND eonitien Holcomb has been engaged | F . t, < . ANVILLE “ e Country Cousin,” | hich \ : ; Mlinnave Gartisie is tne star, | YI RE WORKING IN) During the first week of the new! PROSPAND i URS. { TAberty Loan drive, Fred Stone, in a film “Under the Top,” will be a Strand ature, Manager Edel will try to get chorus girls to sell bonds. | Be K n wil c ting | in“ Wom co y ‘The New York opening Is scheduled | a aes a : TOF OSI CF on has about tnirty| GRINDSTONE GEORG headline acts opening in the various big time vaudeville houses on Labor| | « . bis OD YHHL, 1918, Press Pbtehing Co, AN. ¥. Kenting Wortd y James C. Lane of “Lightnin’” can as well as act. The other day “Nebedy” nn three-cornered rece from | swimmers ned nurses who are - \ GR G Send w Nebedy te Grindstone George, on of Mon” at the 7). A Se - a ; , i) ' ; Oa He comes out ahead y J i In & law suit, —~ Casino night guests of the Pioneer Film Corporation ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. Bealise—Cannot use your rhyme Try again Brown—Apply at any studio, Fort Lee has a number, : A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY c,) Jeff Marshall of Wellsville says he lets his whiskers grow go's to get them out of his system. FOOLISHNENT. T knew a ynung gift nora Hortnne, Whe teed to had uo senee FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE “Why are you rushing around so “I'm trying to get something for