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is Be ee a COMIC PAGE Monday, March 24, 101) By BIDE ACHEL CROTHERS'S new comedy, “39 Kast,” wil open an engagement at the Broadhurst ‘Theatre on Monday evening, March #1, under the direction of the Messrs. Shubert. “The Kiss Burglar,” now at that house, will move across the Street to Nora Bayes's Theatre, where it will continue indefinitely, In the cast of “39 Kast" are Henry Hull, Gonstance Binney and numerous others. ‘BROKE THE RECORD. Eddio Garvie of “Listen, Lester,” told us a story of his early experi- ces with a medicine show last t. “I was with Dr. Blue Moun- Bik," he sald, “and we met up with Dr. Diamond Joo and his medi- cine outfit. Dr. Joe said business had been wonderful “‘In Bidora, Iu.,' he said, ‘we broke the hall record. We sold 645 blood , 789 Indian ofls, 348 turkey salves, and 875 stomach cures.’ “"My boy,’ responded Dr. Blue Mountain Bill, ‘you did capacity for Hidora aimost, but I broke the town record. I sold as much as you did and, in addition, pulled four teeth.’ ” “LINGER LONGER, LETTY.” Oliver Morssco has decided to call Charlotte Greenwood's new starring vehicle “Linger Longer, Letty.” Moz than 1,000 suggestions were sent Mr. concerning a title for the plece, but he chose “Linger, Longer, Latty’” because of its similarity to “So Long, Letty,” in which Miss Greenwood has appeared six soasons, new musical comedy will be en a try out in July in Los Au- LOUIS MANN’S PARTY. Louls Mann is to have a theatre of 100 little poor children at Matinee performance of “Every- ," at the Hippodrome next ursday. Seventy-five of them will come from Day Camp Rutherford, at the foot of North Second Street, Brooklyn, and the others from the Crippled Children’s East Side Free School, No. 167 Henry Street. It was after a matinee of “Friendly Enemies” last week that we met Mr, Maun on the street. “Say,” he said, “I want to give some Itttle unfortunate children some fun. How can I do it?” ‘We had just received word from the two institutions mentioned above that there were some kiddies there who About Plays and Players |position with Variety | he says. | Stranger,” |sals soon for a short spring tour. LITTLE MARY MIXUP_ the Picture, but He's in the Story! os CARE Yu THE ONLY LITTLE GIRL YOuR MAMMA WAS 2 ‘Yes, The ResT OF US ARE Boys ? Peay oat DUDLEY I Like TS TALK “TS KITTLE GIRLS ing us down for conjuring up a poem about hash, He seems to think we haven't indulged in that mysterious dish enough to know much about it. Well, he's wrong—we've boarded at least fifteen yenrs of our existence Read thia, L. M., and realize what a wonderful man you aren't I wish to say in manner nice I like to get your sage advice— I like it ev'ry little while Because it always makes me smile. Of course for you 'twould be mere play To run this earth the proper way: You're great, and yct you haven't got The nerve to sign your awful rot GOSSIP. | ‘There will be matinees at nearly all the Broadway theatres to-morrow The opening performance of “Lot's Beat It” at the ury to-night will begin at 9.15 o'clock Otto Henry Harras haa resigned bis He will be come connected with another publiva- tion. Daisy Do Witt has been added to the cast of the Morris Gest “Century Midnight Whiri.” Sousa and bis band will bogin a country-wide tour June 14 at tho Academy of Music, Brooklyn. “The Invisible Foo" reac 100th performance at tho ris Wednesday night. Flora MacDonald will entertain acter the show Anent this agitation about the camp at Brost, a Corporal in the army has written us that Brest is O. K. “It the best casuai camp I have visite THE BIG LITTLE FAMILY (AN! Y'REMEMBERED WES-AN' I WENT ae i O TH! STATION FINE !-eR-WHERE . AN! GOT ~TH’ Kee 6 IT 2 “UMBRELLA” LEFT NK ON "H' 5:15 LAST WW x\ WEEK | Ma | iM, AND “jo PosT MY LeTTeR AN’ 2 EVERY THIN, EHS HATS Nice! xaP MUSTA LEFT IT) IN “TH “TRAIN « a> SID QS ES Emilie Lea, who left “Glorianna’ to join the cast of another musical show, is back in the Cort production. It is heading for Chicago. Harry L. Cort didn’t sail for Lon- don after all. When he had com- pleted preparations to leave, the business which he was to look after was attended to by cable Aaron Hoffman is aclecting a cast for his new comedy. "Welcome, which will begin rehear- = The Famous Players-Lasky Corpo- ration will break groun ortly in Long Island City for the ction of @ big studio and laboratory. Anticipating the visit of hundreds of the boys of the 27th Division to Terrace Garden Dance Palace to- night, Evelyn Iubbell and her Castle House instructors have invited 1,000 | girla to drop in and dance with the JOE’S CAR were awfully eager to see the Hippo- drome show with all its clowns, ele- Phants, &c., and we told Mr, Mann about them. In an instant his check- book was in play and the party was arranged. Mrs. Mann, known profes- sionally as Clara Lippman, ts to be Wagtces to the little ones. 'm going to get over and see the kiddies some time during the after- noon,” said Mr. Mann, as we parted. “If you do,” we replied, “you'll be the happiest actor on the American stage.” “RED HEART” AGAIN. James P. Sinnott of the Evening Mail has turned playwright. He has rewritten ‘Red Heart,” the comedy- drama played at the Republic Thea- tre two Sundays ago. George Miller will put it in rehearsal soon with a gast headed by Olive Wyndham. 8. & G. PLAY FOR LONDON. Andre Charlot, the Lantos, pane: , bas completed arran: Finonen Smith und John I. Golden produce “Three Wise Fools" tn Fontion at the conclusion of the play's New York run. The New York cast Will bo sent abroad intact. Smith and Golden also plan to send to Lon- don “Turn to the Right” and “Light- ofn’ ith Frank Bacon. “Lightnin’,” howe: will play engagements in Uicago, Boston and Philadelphia ‘Giret. REPRIMANDING L. M. Dawgonne it, wo're mad. An anony- soldiers. ‘Coprraht (18 Press Pobahine Co OXY. Reem Wer} “COME ALONG” AGAIN. "Come Along,” the Marne Produc- | tions Company's new musical comedy, after a week's lay-off for slight rv casting, will open again to-night in Hartford and then play Albany, which is the home of the composer, Jobn Louw Nelson. Florence Webber now has the prima 4 a role. “SUSAN LENOX” THURSDAY. “Susan Lenox” will open in Stam- | ford Thursday. New additions to the cast aro Walter Lewis, John Nichol son, William Norton, Willian Freder ick, Adelina Thomason, Bugene Keith | and Jack Baston, Eleanor Allenby is | understudy. | | A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. Doc Robinson says he'll be glad when the weather gets warner, as he hates to wear = socks.—-Wellsvill: Light. | FOOLISHMENT. | With Charley one evening sat Nell, | They talked and they spvoned some as well, Her brother yelled: “Hey, Youse two break away!" | And the poor, frightened girl said: “Oh, heavens!" | WHERE'S “TH CANTEEN? ' be WOE. DID YOu HEAR MES 1 Gor7a WASH UP! \ come To YouR LUNCH! WELL, PLEASE PUT A GOB OF BREAD AN JAM ON MY FORK “THE LAST OF “THE WATER ISIN “Ta' COFFEE PoT! GEE , 1 WANTA FINISH CLEANIN' “THE ENGINE! Y SKELETON He Was Nice to Work For, but That Wouldn't Work as an Excuse! + * | | “ manne” i FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. contributor known only as L. aa been writing us in rhyme call- SHORT END OF IT. BSCONDING cashiers are by no means a new invention, and #0 the manager of Doughnut Bank thought he had better get a de- fective on the job and make his cash- jer run for bis money. Of course the detective wanted particulars. “Will you furnish me with a de- acription of the missing cashi 4. “For instance, how tall I “I don't know how tall he is, - ‘ewered the manager testily. ‘What ‘Worries mo is that he ts $50,000 short.” Hackensack Republican. * ne NO MORE MOONING. EET EACON,” said a fellow to me D the other day, “I should think these beautiful moon- light nights would cause your soul to fairly bubble over. Aren't they rand?" [71 used to be full of that stuff, but T got over it. I had a fine job one » fatal evening | began to feok at Nature by the light of the fame wonderful moon. The longer 1 fJooked at it the grander it became. Me whole world was aglow with Nee eee ee DEVELOPS THE BUST Removes Wrinkles food been used nded for ov Dr. Charles ¥ urge you to do pleasing, wonder male at all drugetets or Department sample box with ~ Mother—Do you know where little J Aways o1vie S every MORNIN (> fee. Maa I we “ye 8s <a HE agers OTHERS BF USING ino—Te the penny: tontiary. GoARs re) we eRovoNT THE ) THEM Auer THATS WHY Send AHI tar serene doo Silemecene Gors AT THE. GIRLSA BOWQUET | Ke 7o LuMew tJ” | ( WIS wiké LEFT ty ste Geor; enn iea « OF FlowERS- / — \ {> ian atetl | = g iH glory. I became so enraptured wit) that moon that I stayed up until () wee small hours watching it. caused me to oversleep in the morn ing and I was late getting down to my work. About the third morning boss met me at the door and told me I wasn’t needed any longer. Some other son-of-a-gun who diin't know @ moon from a jack-knife ha my place.—Bert Walker in the Osborne oie County (Kan.) Farmer | CLEAN HANDS, SQ } 66 Z7XLEAN hands,” said Senator povese neanee Cuerod Simmons, in a Red Cross ap- | | 'yuve west aed at weer ) ye gt ce peal. “The Allies have cle 6 hands In this war, while the Germa hands—and well they know it dirty “The Germans’ es prove to me that the Germans are in exactly the same frame of mind as the rich litigant | “This chap's lawyer wired him at id of an important case Right has triumphed.’ he rich litixant w Appeal ut | Star, n HOME, SWEET HOME AAROLOS wrist WATCH, Ws ALWAYs SPoontN’ Must GE ON A STRIKE: “TIME WITH TOOTSIE a AND WooTsik! WAADDA TREY CARE FOR Crocies t OK, DEAR .mMAw! Your. WAY BEHIND Te' Times! ‘You OUGHTA GETTA Cucicod) CrLecte! MAWS. GONNA SET TH OLD MA On siusn! \ (CAN YaTeL NTLE Clock! { % LMoPE maw FRom Your \ TIME- PIECE BONE we \ WHAT BAGromN IME PEACE Ticicin’} { ML Ey 1T GETS ON DECLARED; MYT NERVES, GosH' \1s ZERO Aor BY MYL JEWEL! NouGnryt GOSH! jp YA sev THAT OLO WAR HORSE BY MOILLIES Gorta WAT CHE“ MAY CALI-IT-A oy BCoOLLAR ONE ¥ {Arrrsooy GoT TH RIGAT Time! ‘PAW OUGHTA GOTTA STOP WATCH To Srop yr back Washington once You must BUY mE _ HAVING A GOOD TIME, | 4 ig constitutes recreation de. & 1 ‘ CD pends, of course, on the point ) va of view, says rybody's Ld = kan | Magaaine. Here is that of a certain ‘ pay | bi 29 »‘ THEY ALWAYS SET + THE SON BY HOMERS OLD REWABLE! ITS EXACTLY 2 minutes 44 SECONDS AND A FRACTION PAST | small citizen in a school for depend ent children, He wrote to his father thus: “We are having a good time her now. Mr. Jones broke his log and can't work, We went on a picnic anc rained and we all got wet. Many dren here are sick with mumps | Smith fell off the wagon and broke his ribs, but he can wo man that is digying whipt us boys with a by cause we threw sand in his machine, and made black and blue murks on it, 1 geal dit fete de ne