The evening world. Newspaper, November 25, 1918, Page 18

By BIDE |ANAGERS along Broadway are unanimous in predicting that, from now on, the theatrical eager will be exceedingly profitable if proprietors of shows. The ne of hund of theatres M@roughout the country on account of influenza. only served to make the public hungry for entertainment @nd, at the same time, it cut out a lot Of apferior attractions which had to pit because of loss: Practically the entire country is n again, #0] far as the playhouses are concerned, ‘ana from everywhere come reports of business. Producers are looking New stage material assiduously and everything points to_ prosperity ‘Watil late in the spring. With thou- @mnds of soldiers returning from Ku- Feps, most of whom will insist, it is) thought, on visiting Now York be-| fore going to their homes, it looks us| h things will hum in the Wh t District, ] THE PATH 18 SHORT. W's mach & lite time, my dear, ‘That you and | are bere, H As Lune goes slipping by | 1 ! Me shorter than Mt metas | © *“ RATTLING THE SKELETON. Otto Harbach, playwright, won an £ tate oratorical contest in Galos- Pa | , li. twenty-five years ago, and | the next day was seon driving an old ¥. | muley cow to the pasture. ] ; | M'COY IN IT. | te Duvis has been en-| wage by F. Zi the new 9/ aioe “Midnight Frolic,” which will pen Le. 5. * TO HONOR LIEUT. LEVY. broken propeller blades from j roplane in ‘which Lieut. Bert & ir. gon of the “Everything” met his death in England, have fi in New York, and will be in in the Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity fuse at Columbla as mementoes, euday. Lieut. Levy was a mem- wer of that fraternity. His parents have been invited to witness the dedi- bation of the relica, a HE WAS HUGGINS. At the Bronx Opera House box of- fico yesterday Jake Rosenthal thought be recognized a man he had met. “Hello, Pebble!” sang out the man- ager. “You got the wrong man,” replicd ‘the patron. “I'm Huggins. I'm not a man to go around uL .er no consumed ‘uame.” LOVE AND LIFE. Betty Blythe, screen star, sends us arhyme. Have a look: ve a life . Fe Nea aks YOU CAN'T Do IT. ‘You may be a good electrician, but ‘lL bet you can't say how long a circuit is, nd although you may be a strong fmm you can't drive a nail with a sponge no matter how hard you svak | MAVERICK RHYMES. Day Pp, Seana 1 ae as! re KEEP IT UP. ' Star wa OF THH TREAs- | URY M'ADOO was comment- ing on the War Savingy Stamp a jeampaign, and remarked that a great many givers lived up to the letter, | @ut not up to the spirit of patriotism. | | @eThey remind me of the man who pas accosted by a beggar who asked | vr a dime to get some breakfast. ea“But aren't you the same chop I| k a, dime to day before yester- jan"l wouldn't be surprised, sir,” re- Dlied the mendicant, “but I hope you dent think that dime would make fe independent for life! Geles Times, : listeria aestenesien . ISSED HIS CHANCE. 1. average Oklahoma Indian is '—Los An- more interested in oi! royalties than in current events, Recently & locally well known Indian came into Ardmore to cash his quarterly check, and on being approached for a Red Cross contribution asked “What for, Red Cross?” Red Cross work was briefly ex- : plained, and the Indian came back 4 with another query. “What war?" “Why, the war with the Germans,’ was the answer America is at war with the Ger- an ens?” t © No” replied the on The situation was explaimed at fergth, and after studying over the Gatrer the Indian said: “Too bad Know um yesterday, @ould help heap. Two Germans by @y place, hauling well-rig. Coulu ‘batty ‘em easy.”—Everybody's Maga- sine. —X—X—X—<__——— Indian. “How Aad Magtime Viane t Plays jin the garden! | when. the President DUDLEY DIPPY DOODLEUMS. “Oh, mother, sweet, I see by the pers that th ev. Bilas Hoosick as sold his saloon. Isn't that annoy- ing?” “Dear, dear! How peculiar! Now the choir will not sing the drinking song at the church socti But why does Pettie call mothe: tention to it when he knows ebe is suffering | with earache?” “I did not remember, fairest flower | But that reminds me. Last night I dreamed I was at the North Pole and wore earmuffs, It/ seemed you called me, love.” “Mother did call her sweet potootic in the middie of the night, but he 4id | not answer.” | “True, angel! 1 had forgotten to take off my earmuffs and couldn't hear you.” "Oh, fiddle! Momsey cannot believe | it. If it 8 true my little skeesicks shall not see mother fire the good | looking maid papa hired.” ‘Mother, mother, woe is me!” Gossip. “The Gondoliers” will be the next operatic revival at the Park. David Warfield {s to play at the Manhattan Opera House in “The Auctioneer” until Dec. 14 The Hanneford Family of riders will remain at the Hippodrome through the holiday season. They have can- celled ongagements in England. Samucl L. Rothapfel has gone to Washington to be present to-day sees the film ‘\inder Four Flags.” Ken Kling of the navy has written a song called “They Dress Us in Blue but We Don't Feel That Way.” Malcolm Mortimer will play oppo- site Doris Rankin in “Betty at Bay,” opening at the 39h Street Theatre Dee, 2. Al Jolson will celebrate his 300th appearance in “Sinbad” at the Winter Garden next Monday evening. Mile. Lucie Lacoste will act her new playlet, “Petticoat Loyalty,” at the Neighborhood Playhouse to-mor- row evening. Forty years ago to-day “Pinafore” first presented in America, To- night a tabloid version of it goes {nto the Hippodrome show, THE POWER OF THE PABS. Mrs, Rambler of the Greenpoint Home News speaks of the press agent at the Hippodrome as “the eeable and handsome Mr. Con- ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. A.J. L- ik Meyer Cohen, Astor Theatre Building, New York. Nemo~Several World men live in Newark. Isnacs—No, we're not going ‘1 vaudeville. And we don't sing. A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. Bilgo Peters of Wellsville, aged seventy-two years, had his nails manicured for the first time lost week and the girl was very pratty. Bilge says he enjoyed it very much. FOOLISHMENT. ‘Twere was @ young woman named Hine Who bad © great weakness for wise, « When asked (0 take beer, he'd may: “Listen bere, You're craay, my friend; 1 decline FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. “Hank Brown's barn burned doy yesterday. It was full of pop-corn. “Any loss of life?” “Yep, one mule! The corn popped and the mule thought it was snow and froze to death." EARNED HIS MEAL. OV, STEPHENS was comment. | ing on the misuse of the uni- | form by persons who have no! right to use it, “They ought to be put in Jail” he declared, “but once in a while you can't help but forgive the culprit. 1 have in mind the case of a tramp in uniform who asked hive ed a housewife for a “So ,f2u Were in the battle of the pa ¥ melon,” replied the tramp. can you tel! Ps 1 me about that “Not @ word, ma'am, I'm on my Uong I saw or Ne suict military Rh isitiinceen ane HE QUALIFIED, | “ce OMMY ATKINS,” Pleaded ex- | emption from chureh Parade on the ground that he wasan agnostic. The Sergeant Ma, \. sumed an expression of ean interest, “Don't you believe in the Ten © mandments?” he mildly asked ‘t Ki was the reply, t the rule about keep. | | : |, “Ah, well, you're the very rf 5 man I've |been looking for to scrub out the canteen.”---London Tit-Bits, | _ KNOWLEDGE UNTO HIMSELF. | GROUP of business men in a southern Indiana city some | weeks ago met on a street | corner and were discussing the prog- | ress that had been made by the | |Allied forces on the western front | During the conversation a fellow cit. igen who is fond of expressing ‘hi opinion, bu! whose field of informa- tion 18 $0 limited that he doesn't ap- Preciate bow small it is, Jolned the crowd and listened to the Various ex- pressions. Unable to hold his silence, he de- | in't no doubt bat thrown new that our into the N schoo. or voru MUSIC. Biudiog in al Primeval sie jena ‘rowchm, °Wecin ith bid Ave New Yi 4) my opin he Boches can't fight like the Ger: aid.” And then, before any one could get in a word, he added: “And then we've done tots better. work since our merchant marines has t into the front line action.”—In- News, " WoOTBIE. PUTS A COMIC PAGE Monday, November 25, 1918 | Maga a MoM, ‘You Dont Guess RentT every Time = Do You 2 se a eo wee, IT “ Mot sick @ WHAT are you WELL, You SAD iF T dS ‘ache oe Ave THE CAKE Of THe PLATE Bsc © 3m SCR You SAY Youre IN Love WITH "miss Prosar’? WHY="T CANT SEE ANY THIN’ ATTRACTIVE ABOUT } “HAT BIRD "Soe"! ) © BoT ITS IN \ | (sw BANK’ ) (| " TTT mouay abe ee -* ar sare Yea, Bo! Joe Stuck His Foot in It This Time! BLANCHE —~- DYA KNOW WHAT 1 BEEN “Hinkin’ 2 ~~. WELL,1 BEEN TTHINKIN’ “THAT Now “Th' war's OVER — ~ WE CouLd AFFORD To SPEND A FEW DOLLARS FIKIN' UP TH CAR! 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