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ig Bate a el COMIC PAGE | Monday, October 28, 1918 | LITTLE MARY MIXUP mane YAN onescee, ae Frecoom @.tyace owere ae KING JonN “Freedom,” in tableaux, elf through history. C. Lewis Hind! that matter it was all very fine. © THE NEW PLAYS © “Freedom” a Fine, Inspiring Spectacle BY CHARLES DARNTON BFF RE were cheers for Sarah Bernhardt in her box at the Century ‘Theatre on Saturday night, and still more cheers for “Freedom,” a patriotic spectacle, produced in an elaborate manner “Phe play. according to the pro Gramme, muy bera dream, but it 18 @) 144 © Lyall Swete have made the D dream that \we sare realizing to-day | with every change offthe tide that very well indeed. As their guiding ‘Plits Prussianism intorthe backwashi spirit, Marcia Van Dresser rose su- Of war. spread it- — here sa man x Tew Hig WITH A Rie WANTS Tm Nor : ia A ~~ TEL Your MA T wane 76 see ter On Business I eid 4m You were NeT “RECEIVING BUT HE COLLECTING SAID HE WAS NoT GIVING AWAY ANYTHING — ¢ most of England's endeavor in the | struggle that life and death for the world, and music by Norman | O'Neill was heard occasionally | ‘There was a great deal of English history from the freeman to the curled king, and with it all the heavy | weight of accepted glory. For seven scones, in fact, there was nothing » ay 7) but English on the scene. The spec : = ———— p ta) | tacle took in Robin Hood, passed by pore. Thi trees Pettey a. 8 ¥ Rtg ed E—4 ¢ a | King John, caught Christopher Co-| - THE BIG LITTLE MYOMY! WoT AN }]umbus on the sail and finally found | America in the war that Ls the last word of civilization In Fact He Was Both “Freedom” cannot be judged as A You SAID iT! AN DID HE y sé INTERESTIN' MAN . WELL-T SHOULD lay, for it cals onl jctures of >) Py | tha eetgate that te -eelll: eetbe OF. YouR “GRANDFATHER OLE "GRANDPOP ATTAIN A GREEN HE WAS SWINDLED SASPER® WA® C SAY HE DID! OLD AGE “ . come Guy! a But these pictures at the Century mMusTA BEEN Dear! Theatre challenge attention and ad miration, for they are given on & huge scale and with an artistic sense that make "Freedom" an inspiring patriotic spectacle The slang of the kiddies who dreamed well was in poor taste, though aside from it, am only too glad to say, the youngsters behaved FouR “TIMES AFTER HE wAS SEVENTY ! perbly to her role of Freedom, and read her lines with fine spirit. For bout Plays and Players. By BIDE DUDLEY EVERAL changes in attractions, easy, We'll never see Turkey gob- i at Shubert theatres here are to| bler up. take place soon. One of them will Mend Ai Joon and his “Sinbad” com-|employee was an alleged thief. May- | back to their originating point, is Winter Garden, after having to the Casino, and 's production of “The played the Century and the Casino. wa ra troupe, now at the Casino, ‘at the expiration of the fortnight, Ar- thur Hammerstein's production of "o*eme dime,” now at the snubert, will remain there two weeks more. it returns to the Winter Garden, Winthrop Betrothal,” sequel to “Tho Bluebird,” will go into he Shubert. “The Passing Show of 2918," now at the Winter Garden, will main at the Winter Garden tour, Philadelphia, opening at the ut Street Opera House on Nov HL Mr, Jolson and “Sinbad” will re- unt Jan 1, and then, with a record of elesun ) onths in New York to their credit, go ) BY WAY OF DIVERSION. War and I schemed out fen thousand a day if he'd Bald Silas McGuggin, in Peeweeple's “I bad a bright thought as I ome through the door, My mind was @ plan to Make the old Kaiser a new sort o' |) man. They tell me he's greedy—just "4 pd to have cash, Why ni Jane make a long dash and drow him 4 note which would offer a clean ot have an act on t ? No doubt he'd quit figh pick up the dough «@ Would flock just to hiss nd pe him, you ' know. The man who employed hi | Would waller in golds With Bill doin’ * the war would grow cold.” Old @ndpa McCice took & uixeable cho ®, a Dy Col. Roosevelt is sixty to never coulgebe. Y r, Vil bet, than a pea.” TI grew haughty and stalked fro place, a very dark t on his fac inned and said: “CG it. My compliments, areaw ai very much lke Carl ‘ ) film star, and has al Sr proud of the fuct, Mr. Co Was attending the funeral “trical man at Campbell's * he replied “I'm in a predicament,” “When I left home th t my purse. to comply rs. VYesterday. So did the cl Listen, foolish, it’s th it make corn so high COVERT “CAME ACROSS.” ur Covert, newspaper man, yle Black- ways been ert of a thea- the other qwhen a young woman, evidently| become his own manager AN actress, approached him, “How are you, Mr, Blackwell?” shy Here her| § she went |! is morning let OBSERVATIONS, The Germans received a set-back k: 8. profit ears -day. He's Peon scrapping like it for years. po PAfter this war ( (Harrison feted Instruction ible st All Dealers Bonds Bought 25, breathe Nowark garer Chey, | Singers at the Park 1 How About YOU, AN WHAT'S MoRE. — VD YA KNow WHAT TIME Joe Did You Set YOURS? The widow in the case says she! didn't know that Kansas City bank | ~~ AH, HERE HE. (s! 1M GONNA HAND HIM A BAWLING OUT HE'LL NEVER FoRGET CONFOUND “THAT Fook RUFus, HERE (T IS SIX O'CLOCK AN’ I TOLD Him T'BE AT. THis ADRESS AT FAVE! be he didn’t teller. | ---IT am es) Five! AH SET MA WATCH BACK A HouR YesTipby tt! SHORTY AOMIRES RUBY, Shorty, a messenger boy in the Broadway district, has sent us a rhyme of admiration aimed at Ruby De Remer, film star. Have @ look YASSAH =! Pitty Bene aet wena MOG cM easly yass AH — 1 eeen her in “Ashes of Lowe z Atha" ttm no dak She's fairer than angels above bere sti gad tubs De Tomare Te | he. 2 poacher and creamer, bewt ever come Gow the fe, MONK’S NEW JOB. Old Monk, the horse that always carried Ben Hur to victory in the chariot race in “Ben Hur,” racing like mad on Chateau-Thierry thing” at the Hippodrome. another “Ben Hur’ steed, is at tho Hip, too, as are six other equines from the Wallace stage production. Their spirit adds greatly to the scene's offect Gossip, | “SOMEWHERE , - ro joriann opening to-night at the 1 Liberty Theatre, TOST SIS WAT CHARLIES UP AGAINST DAISYS TRYING AW'S WAT BEHIN : 5 The curtain time on “The Big! Beno IN AS OFFICE in HE'S ISEEPINGA TO CATCH UP Wik) IN HER MEN yi caren ie eats Benito Mie soca IF A Tom ATo WAS A Chance” at the 48th Street Theatre| | WORK-HE BROUGAT |ARY, AR'S ONLY) HER PERIODICALS SHE'S MONTHLY B)LLS ENGAGEMENTS! TRIFLE BACICWARE tosmtght 1a 830 o'clock, IS EEOGER IME A MONTH GEAIND! THEY IEEP PILIN) . HELL NEVER CATCH UP! WOULD THE Dorothy Cheston and Edward Long-|| WOOL You Loox)t — bead * Tamatro C ¥ 2 man are the latest additions to the|| ‘AIRY Ae CATCHING 3! : GoonneEss' L INTENDED To 1 PROMISED To CALL } SO SAXTCHsOP! cast of “Remnant.” UP! GOSH. T DONTSEE [ }: pS TafeTED TAAT TA, RUT I GEENSO THERE LAST WEEK: SS Selwyn & Co, moved into their new | BN ro, STORY Two Montas Bu — a ! Ea offices in the Sclwyn Theatre Building OP WITH THIS ORG TORS FORSET) |. = D §N_Cronintro Sales to-da | OW IT GOFS BY THE’ Homer's wus ,OH,SLUSA, =— C J | ' SLO THING! TAIS TIME! Gor iy IMA MILLION Years ‘a ~ orge H. Brennan has acquired a 2 ep waned BEAIND AND I TL Yio play called “The Supper of Pra 1 LOTTA _y mee AWAY, TAKE CE ‘7 ate | Jokers," which he will produce soon, | ROVGLE He’ SCREENS Re to Cees Frank Bacon of “Lightnin'," was SOONER ORL OY the honored guest at a dinner at tho! Greenroom Club last night | Marjorie Gateson, for the first time in her career, will have to wear a wig in “Little Simplicity,” and sho doesn't like it a darn bit | “The Follies" is laying off this - LATER! Some of the stars will appear | 4 Midnight Holic," Through with C stein, Hero,” The iliness of Jane Burr, of th | Bramhall Players, has caused the K of “The Comforts of Ignor Bramhall Playhouse t A few days, zance” is 1 & Sullivan revival ‘tA Sack of Spuds and a Barrel of George”! r Duffteld and Josephine Jacoby will be In the cast, A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY, Old Jep Robinson of Weilsvilio Send p Nobody "to “Grindstone Gconge” dresses in such a slovenly manner He understands the language of after bim and chased him seven ie Street Car conductors: blocks, > —$——— _<———— ee These lé | \ Streets have IE, | New names \ | every day. FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE Wife— Why ¢ maker like my Husband—Go on! I make mor money accidentally than your father ever did on purpose UP TO THE STANDARD, (Fram the Columbia State.) “Ah, 1 perceive you at work early as usual, my young friend, in your war, garde . a, the benevolent old eS a 9 Fs is right, that is t find that work ype eet prisen hours?’ | en carrots,” mutt H the emall bey observing his crop. a St —neepmenito