The evening world. Newspaper, December 21, 1918, Page 12

a abi COMIC PAGE. 4918 ‘About P lays and Players By BIDE DUDLEY 'T is being freely predicted along| was the first Arnerican dancing Broadway that the theatrical Sane. in Paris business will boom after Jan no first half of the season en- puntered the influenza and a certain] 4 Amount of depression that goes with War, and conditions were rather un certain. With these obstacles re- moved and with thousands of soldiers} d¢ returning from bu jean _cantonmenta, tremely bright fo entertainment line. As a result of “this optimism the coming spring prob ably will see more new productions than ever. TE EXTRAORDINARY | LITTLE MARY MIXUP “Or Ice Cream—or Cocoa!” OPEN YOuR MOUTH “ ou-u- Osta =—= = —— ( WIDE = Castor on is) f Awruc — I auways Get \ AND Mom NEVER a CHICKEN BROTH tN Neh FoR YOu * ( SOMETHING THAT CasTorR M LETS ME Have ANy~ S Good FoR, ’ Oh 1S Good KoR = THING. THAT — r Sve caemaet we oo edbene Pergatiesacied BY WAY OF DIVERSION. be started in tay f absolute fact that rmance of our play] if you laugh you'll get the theatre's carpenter has to repair}in‘, [11 pass you each the arms of from eieven to sixteen after you hav Meats. ‘Tho people pull them loose, "FINE! BUT WOT MAKES | YOU THINK $0 LUKE ? WELL- HE: DROPPED. IN “TH' OFFICE \ HERE YESTERDAY aS NES Doc THINK TH’ COUNTS GETTIN’ n furjous, you mean? “Furious? No, a thousand t y laugh so hard they dont bey re doing. Its funny break up things when TH GAL WILL ,LAND “THIS Y.Count De GRAFF ) AN’ BORROWED #3007 oFF ME ! h a ain't been in a church for along without ‘em. ‘Then children, they laugh. Garefui, friends, when you read this fiery: y A NOVEL IDEA. I'm bound to Oliver y has od a unique | Mrs, Ezra Skin orghestra gallery in Fulton The- | by askin’ up th aire and will put it in use wh 8 entertainin n social Nif6,"" sai¢ “Pm startin’ ri minister to dinner.” Bertha Kalich opens at that house Gossip. Monday evening. It is an upper box “Daddies” will reach its 125th per- | When the time comes for tie musi-|formance at the Lyceum to-night Clans to play, a little curtain cover-] Twenty-five hundred wounded sot ing the front of the box will rise and | diers will be enterta at the Strand] thus the presence of an orchestra performance Monday Will be disclosed. An extra row of inning at is being put in the orchestra pit Is hav downstairs. night ce arden anc y arra HE WAS NO DIVER. The Universal's new film, "hel, KY will He given at the Heart of Humanity," was shown tol-rheaire to-morrow night for s an Invited audience at the Broadway | 4 aallors. ‘Theatre last night. The firs Christmas Eve will} pregentation will take — pli -lat the Lexington morrow. It tells a roman Frank Tion and “Atta Be story with a war angle, While mak-|playing. 8 ing the picture Director Allen Holu-| invited wartengaged a young man who was ak JO AS CAR ' : - Pe e id told bh to ‘| . Ed ; SAE PtP ikea le | rant Meggan rans att | [SH TANT ET Never Fails to Get Joe’s Angora! “died” in a trenc¥ filled with water |rongacre Theatre, has AYs somebody stepped on him, almost |trophies of a hunt for Navy Night | where " will be tary Daniels has been drowning him. Naturally his enthus-|his nephew. Lieut. tick | 3 Gost ED. 'M Havin’ ONE SAY. I KNow SOMEBODY wro } iam ‘a dampened. When he came|U, §. A. a Ge | ova his a by Sr don cee ateenre| tt, belonged ey sinte mane” ot TERRIBLE TIME CF IT! Twanta }] | MIGHT BUY tT ——\F Y'DoN'T J AK = You'RE Ascut “I want to be an actor, not a diver, he Crow 4 ces army, hom £ 4 s > ) he growied. I just naturally couldnt agree,” wrot | GET “TH WIFF A SEDAN FOR WANT “Too MUCH, JOE AS FUNNY AS A peat . Lieut. French 7 XMAS ANS LCANT GET RID u— ” Th! THE WRONG OSCAR. RUBBER CRITCHY TV yeau—? WHO ??? ager of “Sometime,” Uncle By — musical show at the Casino, Last | !n “tf { night an elderly woman appeared at the stage door and said*she want to see Oscar Hamn Bhe heard he was there. ung O} i > 7a) OF MY OLD FLIVVER: Oscar Hammerstein, son of the late ANSWER jhe pleat William Hammerstein and grandson | M.A . of the original Oscar, ix atage man. | Montauk, Br | ‘Art’s| Bailey 4 as Ke 5 a) | a THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY, | The longer the legs the bigger the Patepa.Pinklespeare ] . | "Who are you?’ @mnandod the FOOLISHMENT. We oscar Hammerstein,” he re- | ; fea, | ee MPooh!" she exclaimed, “I sang FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. | Prof, Bumps (At the meeting) —I » present who believes lammerstein twenty y aga, You must think I'm crazy Where's your old plug hat?" Mul away she. went, thoroughly abbused, H ‘ OCCASIONAL BIOGRAPHIES, | you You, O'Reilly! De ) tell me you believe | iS Ada Mae Weeks, who js with|ghos ; E ‘ l = “Bpisten is a dancer famed | sts? Oh, Ol thought you og mht ta . . yar , ro j EAPtns cadltals .abrond. tier tainer 's | SOMEWHERE IN NEW YORK Stand Up, or Be Seated! OFAR LILTeoTSiE = CHARLIE'S GOTTA HEAR: CH, wx 7 D = Nite tater ‘ 6 ERE 1 BANG SHE THINKS CAUSE Theat uc AND OFFERS AIS) AND GIVES Him A Voi-rt WILL GET UP First! : GENTLEMEN |b ti) HE'S JUST TOO =o BEA Ee AEE SEAT, TO TH SQUAB: inet iit C FINE JoB HE'D HAVE, GN THIS CAR? SUBWAY! COSTLY ECONOMY. Jaze of seven, and on arriving } GRAno! ON TOU ve SEEN ‘EM ANT WAY, WITR AIS” Ye aLE | I MUST SE sussen Hriving, home Do WT! MANYS TH nme! . PILE ' Foret) 1s [NEAR SIGHTED] QR aN HERE was a wild, haunted look |4t the end of the firs ‘on his face as he slipped out of |Me¥spaper eagerly and turned to the| comic page his office in the city, pS | poe urchin studied the comic page “Look here,” he observed to an uc- intently, then he tossed it down and quaiptance he bumped int In a disgusted voice heard that ‘economy ix wealth'—that That's no good of a schou Why do you say that, dear?” his Vie PAIL TS At A Em “you've ‘a. penny saved is a penny earned’ | mother asked. ang.a lot of other rubbish, haven't! ‘Here I've been goin’ to it a whole a jday." he answered, 1 ain't learned . to read yet Ww ston Star 1, yes, and what of it? “Well, it's all lies—every bit tics. Economy means bankruptcy if you on NOT TOO GOOD FOR 'ENERY. reos't careful.” 669 YW are you terday, Mrs #What's the matter now?" Jones?” sald Mos, Mug er! Why, just now rave gins from the corner . 1 tried ‘to black house I'm very sorry to ‘ear of At the first brush my # [the death of your ‘usband.” aro dropped off and broke on ¢ ith aga f and,” 1 bi The next move 1 mac y braces. nd now I 1} stoppir r ve busted three dime |the Qigazs into smash. That shine cont | +), galls Fre dollars and’ u hall in| tt , fant half a shine, either."—Philadel. | "'¥ty fe phia Ledger. | = A REAL GERMAN. | ATIVE LADISLAS GRINDSTONE GEORGE RO said at a luncheon The Germans are absurd hs Tl miteiN 1 tag ae —— Hilye them b igre they Ap ‘ | \ | ” b ” | astic front and thelr victor — [terriers eee i ns ° ody Bottle up their port “aa Dak te’ ‘ 2 a Nebody'te ‘Gr e ships He steps forward in the st car to make more reor “\ Aherbet and hookah, watch nautch | >. dance, the Grand Vizier burst in ex-| WILD MIX-UP OVER JUDGE'S Realy. | BLACK CAP. “Commander of the Faithful,’ he ; | etied, ‘the enemy penetrated our AULINE PREDERICK is fond of || Unes and cut our army in halt.’ te “The Caliph, smiling, ladied som more snow into his s : “ ‘Good!’ he said Dr @ bulletin announcing that we now got two armies instead of on where Washington Star, story about one o} ure plays in which s a a IMPATIENCE, SHNATOR said the other day tos welt pe Is A Don't be impatient about tho | {tone of thos: Snell ov pietur ge; slowness of the world war. |of a singlc pianist, || Th Allies have got a big job ahcad | “Imagine my feelings when, direct. || ot them and it will wake them a lony, |1y the jong time to finish it, Impatience, |the yo ten, is absurd, playing “es, it's as absurd as the urchin Hat?" ~ + Wie was started off for school at the graph, s black cap, &