The evening world. Newspaper, October 12, 1918, Page 12

a me ie ee te ee OWS eB ee ee FA ee wet ee et ait es * aici * t i f _ COMIC PAGE Saturday, October 12, 1918 By BIDE ND now,” said Dagwell, as they left the Temple Theatre, after the performance, “I'm going to show you Tony's Place, It's ® cheap dance hall.” Oscar, his country cousin, exhibited real interest. "Go tv it,” he sah “I'm here to see the sights.” A taxicab dropped them at Tony's im five minutes, The door-tender know Dagwell and readily admitted them. Jody Johnson, waiter and lieu- tenant of the Car Barn Gang, shored them to a table in @ corner, He and Dagweill were friends, the former h ing run acroes Jody while “covering” & story for the Daily Star. “Want to meet a couple of dames?” asked the waiter, “They's two over 4 just waitin’ to be entertained. One's called Tango Annie and the other Marie.” “Sure!” said Dagwell. “Anything goes to-night. Slip us the wild wo- men.” | Jody brought the girls over, Intro- | ductions were not necessary. They | @miled and sat down, Tango Annie| took a fancy to Oscar, The other ad- @ressed her remarks to Dagwell. | Jody was told to get busy and it wasn't long until the drinks began to arrive at regular intervals. | ‘Annie was affable, She told Oscar | ow she had come to New York from | Sullivan County and had joined, the | big revue. “Tidings of the Town,” @ chorus girl. She had learned to like liquor and it had ruined ber ea- reer. * Tango Annie had her sentimental) side. She told Oscar she often thought) of the old folks at home. Tears came’ jn her eyes. After the seventh high- ball it happened, ‘The orchestra began to play “Silver Threads Among the Gold.” A few strains were too muoh for Tango! ‘Annie. Arising with the end of her| story about the old folks on her tongue, she staggered toward the ladies’ room. Any way, it had “Ladies” over the door. Oscar did the right thing. He caught in bis ppeared about to she moaned, “I—I can't stand it. It takes me home; it breaks my heart.” Marie and Dagwell arrived. “Annie can't stand that song,” ex- imme a dollar for ake her home.” anded over the dollar and Marie took Annie out of the place. w let's turn the clock ahead to 4 peep into two habitations. “Yeu,” said a young man from the country, in one home, “somebody got my watch last night, Wow, but my “Ob, Marie said a girl in the other habitation, a $10-a-week flat in West 48th Street, “go out and soak my new watch before the cops get a! report on it. And, dearie, get a curtain for the front window nd a new record for the phonograph.” “What tun¢ do you want?” asked the other girl “There's one I'm absolutely dippy about.” “What is it?” “‘silver Threads Among the Gold,’ kid. Get that.” Bo! LOAD THE GUN. You cannot hit the bull's eye, friend, unless the gun is Joaded: Preparednens for anyth' Neglect of it. in this old is tbankrolla and it'e caused wach beige, fall. | Your Sivan’ "may bes dandy, but uniew you apt to fail: soa ead ing is needed al: Me aa Th fae twas ¥, understand it From erry angle possible, it's ver Your army. inay be legion, bot nl com mand it. | We may be likened to the movement ote ena fle don't be caught neglectful, friend: there's | Pothing in this nagwing Get “Trny and prepare yourself before you launch pour pian, APN, tame, oF cise mo hare your dendtall Ate aioe: een @ prover ever since the | with preaching, but the ne for ev'ry one who lives About Plays and Players at one of Skippy's tables. They're | w ied “8! You finally gave me tho job, but 1 In Fact, Mary Was “Struck by the Evidence”! Tm so soray -8ur I'm sure SHE DynT We inal 'T HURT— DID you SAY MARY ID NT KNow IT HURT DUDLEY WHEN SHE HIT MARY HIT Me -sHE Dib LITTLE MARY'S HANDS. | Robert Hilliard, actor and abso- |lutely the best dressed man in New York = theatric circles, was intro duced to Mary Pickford recently. As they a! ook he smiled and sald: ) iv TR Mt BRIN RERHOFE — That Word on Joe’s Car Refers Only to Your Uncle! dear Miss Pickford, 1 have! ed to meet you for a long time. 8 is A pleasure, | assure you.” “Thank you, Mr. Hilliard,” replied the movie actress, “but I must sav your memory for faces isn’t very good.” “Why? he asked. “Some twenty years ago, when you were playing in The Littiest Girl’ in Toronto, you needed « child to ba the girl. My mother offered my services. I was little Gladys Smith then. You looked ma over and told me to go home and wash my hands.” ! “No, no!” replied the horrified Hil- | ard, “Tt couldn’t have said that.” | “But you did,” persisted Miss Pick- ford, “and I told you my hands weren't ditty—they were chapped JOE'S CAR LISTEN doe! HAVE .YGoT A LOOSE “FIFTY” *Y'COULD GEE , “Here's ED! 1 woNnDER LEMME HAVE FOR A MONTH? WHAT’ HE'S SO EXCITED. qveR! M GONNA LET - =+ BUT UNCLE SAM, Have (T took a dislike to “You di vhy? “Because,” concluded Miss Pickford “you made me go home and wash my hands, anyway, and I detested soap and water in those days.” ‘Well, I declare!” said Mr. Hilliard, as he arranged his boutonniere. A NEW VENPORT PLAY. The fifth s@ason of the Bramhall Playhouse wiilbegin Monday, Oct. 21 with “The Comforts of Ignorance, satirical comedy in three acts by Bu ler Davenport. In the company will be Elsie Rizer, Emily Stevers, Marion | McCrea, Jane Burr, Catherine Coz-, zins, Mr, Davenport and others. | A REGISTERING PARTY. dear,” said an actor to his they ‘sat in their apartment] in G6th Street last night, “We'll have to go out and register this} you, just the same.” Eid LIT 7 DANGONCT- EVEN HATS” ARE. AWAY UP-AN' I GOTTA BUY ONE Thié YEAR! Ive HAD IT CLEANED A COUPLA “TIMES - AN' ONCE IT EXCHANGED (T IN A RESTAURANT— \ezzal an’ SHE LookS ALLRIGHT Yer ¢ FoR A NICE wee! “Oh, I'm not going with you,” replied. “Some of my girl friends ure) to have a registering party up in Harlem to-morrow night and lin geing up and register with them.” It took him a full bour to convince her that she couldn't register outsid the precinct in which she lives, —_ ° } FILMING THE HOME FOLKS. Thomas H. Ince, the producer of Paramount and Artcraft pictures, has conceived a promising patriotic plan. He js taking motion pictures of rela- tives of boys in the war to be sent abroad and run for the fighters, In) this way many of the soldiers will see | their loved ones in pictires, Mr, Ince| is not only contributing his own (ine to the project but is paying all ex- penses. EGUES A FIGHTER. Paul W. Egues, formerly with the] Charles Frohman Company, is a brave young man. Not only nas he joined the Navy as a fighter but he has just been married. His bride was Florence Baker of Elmburst, L. 1, Adolph Z OssiP. | Day In the Liberty Loan drive Was been postponed to next Saturday, | Mary Boland has joined the cast of Leo Ditrichstein's piny, “The Matinee | Hero,” at the Vanderbilt Theatre, | Ceell Yapp and Mrs. Jacques Mar. tin have been engaged by Winthrop Ames for his production of “The Be- trothal.” AWS DOING HIS BIT IN ITGHEN | AELPING MAW vali THE DisHeS! Epa eur: OBS NS EM Finis EN He's ¥ OH. Aas! You £ CAN GET AELPE WHATS THE . HARDEST G BUF: TS GET, eee PArs ? " sone pd ON T 2A WE A SERVANT): AROUND: (OMPANY= | A CROWD: ae To N HED! “ TWo. THREE WE OH, BOY: OUGHTA | TH! ror! HELPS THE EAT our. ol pee what good a plan in one ‘prevered to handle it; get busy uD! Who's not toad Uh HOPPER AND BERLIN, | phe Little Brother,” with Walker Sergt: Irving Berlin appeared at the Hippodrome last night with De Wolf Hopper during the Liberty bond drive, and when the audience called | for "Casey at the Bat” and “Oh, How I, Mate to Get Up in the Morning.” Mr. Hopper sang Mr. Berlin's gong and Sergt. Berlin recited “Casey.” Teo effect was surprising. Not a per- son left the theatre BACON MAKES A SALE. Frank Bacon of “Lightnin'" is near. sighted, The other night John Le. Golden, who produced the play with sought Winchell Smith, Mr. Bacon behind the scenes at the Gaiety and urged him to make a strong Liberty Loan speech, “Make ‘em buy Mr, Bacon said he time he implored the people buy bonds with all his persuasive ness, Suddenly he spied a man sanding in the rear of a box and directed his plea at him “You,” said Mr. Bacon, “You buy @ bond, Show your patriotism.” The man stepped back Into a shadow and Mr. Bacon went after him «gain, The man finally said he'd take $500 worth and the actor awked his name “John L, Golden, durn ye!" came fre reply. 4, WEE BIT OF A STORY, Being a devotee of shinny rather than of golf, the following sta told by Arthur Aylesworth o! he believe we should print it one time ball and picked it up. Giving it sev- eral determined chews, structor. Pwallowed that ball and I game! ~ spe in Her Sleep” is a bit in- yolved to us. However, as some- A TH thing like 400,000 golf players are| Th¢ FHOvaHT: FOR TO-DAY. mumbered among our readers, Wel dom writes checks. POY 8 Mr. Aylesworth was practising golf under the eye of a Scotch instructor A cow took # fancy to the| she dropped | M. Mr. Aylesworth turned to the in- “Bandy,” he said, “suppose she had was play- would I ing @ match ‘What ey 2? RB. replied Gandy, “ye'd ‘a’ wad mburie oe 7a Welbe. | The influenza having closed many THEMSELVES: theatres “on the road," the Messrs. - |Shubert wil’ not end the run of |*Maytime" at the Broadhurst, | Whiteside and Tyrone Power, |hit, says a report from Toronto, opens in Chicago next week, Secretary McAdoo was tn the aud jience at the Century Thursday night Jani at the suggestion of Al Jolson | made a bond speceh | Francis K. Lieb, baritone, Ix 100 |per cent. Americ He has had his |name changed to Francis Barrett | Health Commissioner Copeland has |given the Empire ‘Theatre permission is a It to raise itm carain at 8.45, Instead of 9 in ordeg that Cyril Maude may have more time for his bond selling work The Liberty Loan Committee yes |terday presented Winchell Smith John 1. Golden a 100 ‘toatl MUP nant aga bth f their “Lightni company's having filled its bond 7 quota. | GRINDSTONE GEORGE vest cat oy Atl rE The Barrel Had a Better Head Than George, at That! Marjorie Gateson has been engaged by the Messrs. Shubert for a lendi : jrole In “Miss Simplicity.” Mim }xon was in dier Boy” and ana *Nebody" te “Grindstone Gearge” His wife gets ready (7 “Just a minute, rs ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES, Hall—Cohen is in the Astor The atre Bulldini Wana Oscar—Mary Miles Minter is act ing in films out West FOOLISHMENT. 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