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ae Ce Sere 2 SS ++ - > eee SO oo Sewage pees age mS —— em a ce eS TE By BIDE RACH GEORGE Europe on May 1 in sea plays for her own use here Mert season. Miss George plans to make another attempt to establish in New York a stock company similar in eharacter to those made famous by Augustin Daly, A) M. Palmer and Lester Wallack. Already she has ob- tained two American plays, one being She Would and She Did," a comedy | by Mark Keed which she tried out on tour recently, The other is a comedy called “The Ruined Lady,” written by | Frances Nordstrom. Miss George's trip abroad will be a brief one, Sha| ‘will spend most of the me in Lon- | don and Paris. | “THREE FOR DIANA” John D. Williams will present, on | Monday, April 21, in a New ¥ theatre to be announced lat for Dia @ new comedy by Chester Bailey Fernald, based to @ certain | extent on “Il Terzo Marito,” by Saba- | tino Lopez. In the cast will be Mar- | tha Hedraan, John Halliday, David estord, Blanche Chapman, Anne Faystone aud Lillian Brennard. LUCK BY PIGEON POST. | Charles Dillinghani's latest musical iece, “The New Girl,” opened at the ‘ational Theatre, Washington, last | ight, and Mr. Dulingham went down to see it. The Hippodrome staff sent him,a good luck message by carrier Pigeon. Five other pigeons were re- leased ot the Hip yesterday. They | bore messages ty members of the | National Administration, pledging the support of the Liverty Loan Foreign Language Bureau to the forthcoming | pijly Bp, bond tssue, not a little bullet. | arrrre The opening of “Papa,” scheduled ENGAGES MISS LAMAR. for to-night at the Little ' Lew Field new musi-|has been postponed until | eal show in day. Broad-| Rachel Crothers will b guest | way hears he bas Lamar for an Lamar made her recently with the Opera ( commendation beauty Marguerite important role. Miss | New York debut | Chie for her singing and She is a daughter of the late Lamar Middleton, who well kn Chicago newspaper man Ghe intends to return to grand opera later. +. NEW PLAY FOR WISE. Oliver Morosco has obtained the | Judge,” was held yesterday after- @ramatic rights to Joseph C. Lin. | 200n- coln's novel, “Cap'n. Warren's |. The 200th performance of “The Bet-| Wards,” and will have a play written | ter Ole” will be given at the Cort Frederic and Fanny Hatton with | Theatre Wednesday evening. the idea in view of using it as a ve- hiclo for Tom Wise after he is through with tbe role in “Cappy Ricks,” now at the Morosco Theatre. OPERA FOR BROOKLYN. The Commonwealth Opera Asso- tation, of which John Philip Sousa is President and William G. Stewart | @eneral director, is to have a four ‘Weeks’ season of light opera at the Brooklyn Academy of Music begin- ning April 21. ‘Three Gilbert and Sullivan operas and “The Geinba” will be given, OUR NEW Cow. A week ago my father thought we ought to have a cow. Baid he: “She'll be a bother, but 'u get one, anyhow; Bhe'll furnish us with milk and cream and good fresh butter too, ‘And we can scl the surplus milk— that's just what we can do,” “Who'll milk this cow?" my mother asked. “I will,” my father said. | Next day a farmer brought a cow and tied her in the shed, That night my father took a pail to) milk old Boss. Said he: “1 used to do this years ago; just) keep your eye on me.” He went and borrowed from the Smiths a little milking stool, ‘And then he led the cow outside to keep her calm and cool. “4h, hal” he said, “Now, here we 90! I Uke this job, by heck!” Just then the cows hind hoof flew out and caught him in the neck, About Plays and Players |both pieces, M of “East Is West” to seen in “The Midnight Frolic” |ning to-night. ly Enemies” of honor at the Grand | [It From ompany and received much | the Mesars. was a|nite engage’ DUDLEY It knocked him backward off the stool, My father shouted “Whoa!” And then he said a lot about where “auch beasts” ought to go. He sold the cow, and now when we would have some fun with dad, We ask him if he likes to milk, He gets riproaring mad. JOHN CORT IS BUSY. Rehearsals bean yesterday for John Cort’a new dramatic production featuring Josephine V or, No name has been selected for the play, which is by Edith bis, For “Just fora Min y the new Cort musical comedy by Harry L. Cort, George B. Stoddard and Harold Orlob, which will have an early fall production, Louise Groody the Morin Sistera and Handers and Millis have been enguged. FRIEDLANDER HAS TWO. | William BR. Friedlander, heretofore identified with vaudeville, announces he will enter the so-called legitimate production work. He will present Nan Halperin in a new light opera and will have Robert Edeson in a new play. Mr. Friedlander will write Bentham and Mr ociated with him the Edeson play 1 Ederson will be in the production Gossip, Fay Rainter will return to the cast ht. anart Seventeen trained will be begin- The 200th performance of “Friend- "will given at the Hudson Theatre to-night. | has been given a bull by ‘an, It's a full sized one, dinne wrights’ Club on April Will B, Johnstone, author of “Take * is to write a comedy for The new going to Ho. n for an inde Willtam ape drama, “T! The funeral of Frank musical director for & Gest's Paret, late “Good Morning, lone Bright has been engaged by Adolph Klauber for the ingenue role in “Nightie Night.” | The Century Grove will have been open a year under Morris Gest’s man-) agement to-night. A ball is to be held. Marjorie Rambeau ts to play « brief} vaudeville season under M. 8, Ben- ham’s direction when she tinishes in| "The Fortune Teller.” | Mr. and Mrs, William Wade Hin-| shaw were entertained at dinner by| the members of the society of Amer-| foan Singers last night. It was aj “surprise party.” ] Julia Keloty has been added to the cast of “Come Along,” the new musi- | cal comedy which will open at the Nora Bayes Theatre to-morrow eve- ning | A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY, Divide your hopes by two and then | cut the result in half and you won't | be disappointed | FOOLISHMENT. | A Yonkers young fellow named Jimmy Would shimmy und shimmy and shimmy; Quite often he'd state “The shimmy is great | I love it because it's so vimmie.” LUCKY HEATHEN! The ladies of the Greasy Rock Chureh gave a pile social last night and cleared $3.10. The money will be used to educate the heathen in Africa and other lands.--Wellaville Optic. FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. “My neighbors are suing me because | of my new chimney.” “I heard the chimney had brought ‘i A TERRIBLE DEAL. AYING down a harshly unfavor- able criticism of a brother nov- elist's book, Novelist Robert W. Chambers laughed heartily and said: “We writers get a terrible deal from the public. Did you ever hear the story about the playwright? typical of the deal we all get “A playwright sat in the front row for the premiere of hia new play. The first two acts went splendidly, and in the second intermission a lad ‘ed behind him, leaned forwa: without a word, snipped off a bis hair with « pair of pocket scis- ore. “The last two acts went very badly, "he play ended, in fact, in total fail- tre. As, amid low hisses, the curtain ell, the lady leaned over the play- wright again and placed the lock of tair ia hin hand, ‘allow me to return you this,’ she id contemptuously.”—Pittsburgh a — FUEL ECONOMY. rT AL miners are nvw making ( from $200 to $300 a month. i And don’t they earn it!” "The speaker was a labor leader, He resumed: “Imagine a coal miner’s life ft's not a life at all coal miner once sald to me with bit- ter exaggeration—but there was more ghan a little truth in her words; “‘Dr. Harry Garfield would be in- terested in my fuel economy pro- gramme. Every night when Pete comes home I shove him into the bath clothes and all, and after he gets I sieve the water make beau But of 1h! "We Stas, Why, Ws ; | ward. The wite of a| S44 MANNERS IN 1855. OME people affect to think that nice table manners are of recent rt | ry ‘Susan, Lenox,” | invention, and that our grand- | fathers were unacquainted with dain-| ts for the People,” published elphia in 1856 “If possible, the knife should never be put in the mouth at all, but if it is Necessary, let the edge be turned out “The teeth should be picked as little as possible, and never with the fork. “Carefully abstain from rinsing the mouth or spitting while at t e “When napkins are provided they | are to be unfolded and laid on the knees. Use the napkin to wipe the mouth or the fingers; never as a| handkerchief, or to mop the brow." Cleveland Plain Dealer - — PRESENCE OF MIND. P* and Mike were working on a new building. Pat was laying bricks and Mike was carrying the hod. Mike had just come up to the fourth floor when the dinner whistle blew. His lunch was on the ground. “T hate to walk down after it,” he 4 “Take hold of this rope,” said Pat, “and I'll let you down.” Pat let him down half way and| then let go of the rope. Mike landed in the mortar bed, not much hurt but terribly angry. “And why did you let go of the rope?” be demanded. “1 thought it was going to break, waid Pat, “acd I had presence of mind enough ip let #o,"—Tibabiita, ; COMIC PAGE Monday, April 7, 1919 UMBRELLA oR ANYTHING UMBRELLAS HAND CANES Must BE or NATURAL WISPORY 7 y— BEFoRe BHTERING fAUSEYM wHy ? DD You SAID GOME ONE SNUB 2 ATS wot T GAID- —WHEN “I SPEAK “TO ANY MORE OF ( YoUR STUCK- UP FRIEND “THEY'LL ee WHIGKERS ON “TH MOON vases Trin WELL; WHICH ARE “THe | Poisonous KIND? |M READIN “THis LIL BOOK ON “KIZARDS' 1 WANTA’ FIND OUT WHICH ARE “Ty' PosoNoUS VARIETY! iT TOOK UNCLE SULIWs FO LAND THE B/G Nor oeRS ! uncLe JULIUS WAS A MIGHTY GOOD Sle seman t 7 I TRAVELED FoR. YEARS FoR THE GLUGBER CANNING? ' OMAN Yt po \ ——— ty conduct. 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