The evening world. Newspaper, April 28, 1919, Page 22

By BIDE Ms SHAW and her eon, Ar-) Frank Engleman, Charies B. thur Shaw, have been engaged by the Messra, Shubert for Important roles in Owen Davis's new drama, “Those Who Walk in Dark-| ness.” The cast will include also Irene Fonwick, William Harrigan, | George W. Wilson, Consuelo Bailey, | Edward O’Connor, Katherine Shel- don and Jerome Brunner, For “Oh, Uncle” the Mesars. Shubert have en- | gaged Sam Ash, Frank Fay, Harry Kelly, Lew Cooper and Sam J. Cur- tis, They have signed up for Lew! Fields's show Frances Cameron, Harry Clarke Willie Solar, Jeanette Cook and Gladys Lang ACTOR SAYS JESS |S FIT. Asking the indulgence of the e4- itor of the best sporting page in New York, we're going to print a letter just ‘at band from an actor, Albert Hast. Here it is: “Am out here in Chicago doing a picture with Jess Willard, and Mon-| day we go to Los Angeles to finish it. | ‘Well, the big fellow is certainly in «reat condition, He has a rin erected in the studio (Hssanay), an I watched him this afternoon go| eight rounds with bis sparring part- | ner, After that came shadow boxing and strenuous exercises for half an hour steady, and he was in perfect | nd. I cannot see where Dempsey | have a chance with him. He nds up while his sparring partner is some awful punches into bis tomach and there is not @ whimper him. He is a marvel, so you w that he must be fit’ You and friends better take some of that Dempsey dough. Am playing the ‘heavy’ with Jeas, and have a big fight with him in the picture, oh boy! If you care to have any more dope on the big fellow will gladly keep you posted.” w HER SECOND SHOw. Mrs. Henry Dunning, eighty yeor old, of Newburgh, N. Y. saw a per- | formance of “39 East" at the Broad- hurst Theatre Saturday night. It was the seoond time she had ever |) witnessed a theatrical entertainment and the first time she had been in a theatre in forty years. She said tt ‘was more fun than the sewin' circle. DAWSON I8 REBUKED. Dan Dawson, who 8 a British Sergeant im the musical comedy, Come Along,” at the Nora Bayes ‘Theatre, went to a photographer's studio in uniform yesterday to have some pictures taken. While standing on the sidewalk in front of the build- ing a British officer came along. Na- rurally Dawson did not salute and the officer began to upbraid him ve- hemently. When he could get a word in edgewise, the actor said: ‘Just a moment, old top! I'm not tm the British Army. I'm an actor und I've been posine for photo- eraphs.” Gradually the officer's demeanor changed and be smiled. “Well, you're a Britisher, anyw. he said. “Let's go to a tea-room @ pave some liquid refreshment.” “I know a better place,” said Daw- son. And be proved it. ! FOR A SUMMER RUN, The summer season at the Columbia Vheatre will begin Monday afternoon, May 19, with @ new two-act burlesque called “Peek-a-Boo.” Jean Bedini will be the producer, TO STAGE “CLAUDIA.” John Cort will stage Edith Ellis’ @rama, “Claudia,” at the Duquesne ‘Theatre, Pittsburgh, on May 19. Mme. Mimi Aguglia, a Sicilian actress, will create the leading role. ANOTHER NOTE NEEDED. William Dooley, comedian, was dancing for pleasure in a Broadway wate the other night, when the orvhes- tra stopped euddenly in the middle mmy tune, leaving ong of logs in the air, nd William to the fiddler, note and let me ive us get this leg down. THE BATTLE IS OVER. We herewith notify our poet can- tributors that the battle of the rhyme- ance to-night. COMIC PAGE Monday, April LITTLE MARY MIXUP ———, /_ Woyou canT / Im Gowe 5 asx FoR» * Go Wis “THE MEAT Wy) S DUDLEY SOMETHING AND T Hirsch. It's too bad, as the rhymes are all wonderful. In fact, Tennyson couldn't write like these contributors, EZRA SPEAKS UP. “I haven't got riches,” said Eero McGee, “Rut say, Pve got Maggie and Mag. gies got me; There's nothin’ else much with us two,” Then Ezra McGee took a gencrous chew. | “I see by the papers some felicr to dap Lost mebbde @ million by stock mar. ket play, | And then, im despair, put a hole in! Mas head— He had the wrong dope, and he's bet- ter off dead. “It ain't what you twin and it ain't) what you lose In dollar or centa or in peanuts or booze That matters the most in this funny old life, DONT Cohen, \ Sttop ~ WANT You TS He hud Harris, Bob Bichberg, Bidney \“ WITH ME Aik tok O HEAR ME Flamm, Blias Hatem and Henry counts very THE BIG LITTLE FAMILY XM GooD ENOUGH 2 TO ALLOW “THESE HoBoES” To FLOP 'RouND MY PRIVATE GROUNDS - It's love for @ husband or love for a BUT THIS BIRD THINKS wife; | 1TS HIG Home! Now, mebbe I'm wrong a8 you see it," Es said, ' “Im that case ['d say you've been agree, H For say, Pre got Maggie ond Mag-| gie's got me. gossip. | ‘Cappy Ticks will leave the Mo- | sco ‘Theatre Saturday night and) art for the Pacific Coast. | Roy Cochrane, Edward Durand, Ellen Poe, Joseph Allenton and Harry ners ‘have been engaged for retty Soft.” “Please Get Married,” at the Fulton Theatre, will reach its 100th perform- Mollie King is to return to the mo- vies, acting in her spare time, She'll make @ series of six pictures. “Hello, Alexander,” the McIntyre & Heath production, was damaged by fire Saturday in Atlantic City and had to close. Joe Barrett says 35,000 persone saw | “The Passion Play” at Unten Hill) during Lent. George H. Williams, master carpen- ter at the Hippodrome, was decorated with @ good service medal by Charles Dillingham yesterday, It was Will- lam's birthday, Dorothy Green has just finished a film under the direction of Allen Dwan and will start om apother one soon. Verified subscriptions to the Viet: Loan totalling $1,600,000 were reported from the theatres last week. David Belasco's comedy, “Daddies,” will reach its 276th performance at the Lyceum Theatre to-night, Cyril Keightley, of “A Léttle Jour-| ney,” has written @ book on his stage | experiences and it is to be published | in the near future. | “The Unknown Purple” will leave | the Lyric Theatre May 10 and con- tinue its New York run at another | Shubert playhouse. JOE’S CAR CRANKING ('T EH? 1. MEAN “T'SAY \'HAFTA CRANK “THAT WONDERFUL CAR ? MY~ my! “THa's AWFUL, Joe! WHaT's “T'MATTER Joe? Y'Look LINE Y'Jusy come. | BACK FROM “TH' TRENCHES! 1 WAS CRANKIN’ ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. W. F. C—No, not now. C. L. T.—Begin in the chorus and work up. Steele--It's the same show, Rot so good! Tithe A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. Clint Harkness of Wellevillo thinking of starting @ circus, caught 4 big snake last week. FOOLISHMENT. T shot an arrow in the ow, | UNCLE “SHAN * ‘ I spose tt fell, but don't know wiere, WAS A NMATURAL. \ It's possible it's going yet, BORN ACTOR. a But don't you worry, little pet! te He \| Tee (waa eo Mote: | TALENY PLAY WAS ( Comerere usTHoUT \ ONCLE. “SHAN 1 As A Semeo He PLAYED THE \OING ROLE. SUNDAY i | i \ | sters, inv Brooklyn and the Bronx, is over and has been declared a draw. This being the case we can not print further volleys fired by the following named: Jessie W. Franklin, . i (Ad ei | \ : THE CAST, . FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. — Pass | ™ aaa i j Joe Flynn--What's the best way to | | ii ; ra Nes? } lay Burnes—tT don't know, Foolish. H Joe Vlynn-—With a spoon. i Art Maciiugh—Very good, Joe! no in A DISTURBING INFLUENCE. | “ BRMANY,” eaid a lawyer of | '@ New York—"Germany now | declares her pacifism. She | wants to participate in the League| of Nations. Our parlor Bolshevists would welcome her, too, “But the rest of us know well that) O88 Germany's pres- r ence the League of Na tions would be like Wash White’: presence at the wedding.” “What caused the wedding to up a fight? asked the magistrate. “Tt wa. Washin'ton White's fault yer Honer,' said the bride. ‘De wed din’ guests was frowin’ ole shoes at us from de gallery, and Walsh, wot was jealous, 'kase I jilted him, @tarted frowin’ ole hoss Washington Star. —_— shoe FATE WAS AGAINST HIM. 66]GUESS rm about the unlucki | eat feller alive,” asserted the long, narrow, mournful look ing individual. “What seems to be the trouble?” inquired his sympathetic compani: ordering something consoling for them both. “I'm jest naturally unlucky—Fato's it in fer me. I'll leave it to you ny Serre, Oe Pater. eek A The Day’s Good Storie +} appendicitis the year ago I gits tired of livin’ in boardin’ houses an’ I ups and gets| married. Now fer a home an' good- | by boarding-house vittles, say L An‘ | before six months was past ny wife | she opened a boardin’ house to sup. | us Ain't that fierce? Why dn't the woman git some other of work to do?” | brushed his hand across his! % lest a briny drop might «mbit ter his beer.Cleveland Plain Deuler, - _ MAKING A BAD MATTER WORSE. | DOROTHY I is a dangerous thing, when yoa| have let slip an unfortunate re-| J\LOOKA WHAT How bib You der. ET THAT NICKEL? FOR KISSIN’ AMOS-THE MONKEY FACE MAN-~IN Twe CIRCUS SIDE ( 'T WAS WORTH IT - ~ NATURA Ve ORIFTED (NTO TAR SHOW BUSINESS n ANO FOLLOWEO 17 ANCYOCVANNS. Mary Is Learning Polite Conversation! weut--- [---Dwanr & SEVEN PounD LIMB ae Luan MIND me? 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Cessidy Mippodveme YOu CAN JUST ‘1 1) per iris- nark, to try to cover up the blun ' Ger Te-biy Mrs. G. was talking with the wife | of Judge H. about her son's choice of | a profession. | “T don't want him to be a lawyer,” | she said i “Why not?” asked the Judge's wife. “LT think there is noth ng much finer than the legal profession for a bright boy Well,” said Mrs, G. bluntly, wyer has to tell so many lies.” J la | Then it dawned 66 TCUNSY thing “Why, they operated on him tor other day, and, by r, when they came to look there wasn't anything there,” said Wiggins, We I'm not surprised,” said Bjones; “I never cou'd see anything in Boliver myself."—Harper's Weekly, ) | gini