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x By BIDE HE Protective Asso- an formed by the New York theatrical producers last week, met yesterday at the Hotel Glaridge and had a square meal An Managers’ ciation, other mee will be held at the same otal to-morrow noon. Plans for a Gons'!tution are being discussed. “This ation,” said & member, “is to be patterned some- what after the Stock Exchange. It will have mambershins which will be forfeited if the holders fall to live up to the rules and rulings of the or @anization. As a bday we will be able to cops with th« ‘actor situation’ 96 tLe acto. is now able to cop with ation’ the ‘manager sit through th. Actors’ Equity. The association will be to tne manager what the Equity is to the actor, The actor will no longer be able to fluke on his contract with he manager. If he tries It we'll find @ way to see that he doesn’t get any contracts. lor firm, time we are in full accord with each other and we @re going to wee that the oroducing manager gots a square deal.” “TOOT SWEET” COMING. William Morrissey’s “Overseas Re- vue,” now called “Toot Sweet,” will be- n chgagement at the Princess atre Wednesday evening, May 7 The cast will be headed by Elizabeth Brice. Mr. Morrissey and others wrote the book of the revue; the lyrics are by Raymond B. Ragan and the mume by Richard A, Whiting. In the chorus will be seen Salvation Army girls Ked Cross nurses and doughboya A BOND FOR MAE. “Please Get Married,” the comedy at the Fulton, passed its 100th perform ance last night and Oliver D. Bailey, rictor of the theatre, offered a $100 ory bond to the member of the house staff who could make tho moat words out of the play's title, Mae Mc Auiiffe, Assistant Treasurer, but he wore out eleven pencils and a dic- Uonary doing it FILM FOR THE HARRIS. “Fires of Faith,” @ feature motion Qtoture, will become the attraction at the Harris Theatre Monday night Evangeline Booth, Commander of the Balvation Army forces in the United Btates, appears tn this film. Cath. erine Calvert, Eugene O'Brien and Ruby de Remer have the principal olen. The Famous yeors-Lasky Corporation made the picture. WHAT DID HARRY SAY? An elderly woman entered the Gold- Wyn scenario department recently with a manuscript for a photoplay entitled “I will Dio First." She banded it to Harry Durant, scenario editor, saying: “You may read this play, but you must do so In my presence.” Editor Harry took a slant at the manuscript and replied: “I will d—!" Wait! On second} thought, we think you'd better try @uessing what he said ANOTHER MOSS HOUSE. Fe eee emnty pate we COMIC PAGE | Wednesday, April 30, 1919 It Was a Moment That Demanded Snap Judgment! / THE WIND WAS “Blowin MY HAT OFF So Had ‘To LET GO OF BROTHER o The MILK we agin na AND BROTHER Never BReaks WHEN He Fauws — So I Thouent rp save. “The MILK ¢ DUDLEY | Prospect Avenue and 161et Btrest, the Bronx. It will have « ecating capacity of 3,500, and will offer vaudeville and pictures, RIGHTO, EDDIE! Bay Ridge has He bas Eddie Nemo of scored a poetry calls us “Dudely” we're going to slap it right into the paper, So, bold Ught-—here it comes |1'd rather have a passable girt | Than @ beauty who ts attraction, Because my gai Would be my pal, When the beauty would be my de. struction, PLANS MORE COMPANIES, A. H. Woods is to have four com- panies each of “Friendly Enemies,” |"Up in Mabel's Room’ and “The Woman in Room 13" next season. GOSsiP, r , x atl H, Smith will pat en wo! THE BIG LITTLE FAMILY Nothing Like Getting an “Honest” Opinion! new] show, “I Love a Lassie.” | Henry Hull and Victor Sutherland) of "39 Kast,” attended the same schoo! in Louinville, it seems. The Messrs. Shubert have accepted a new play entitled, “The Wicked Streak,” written by Edgar Franklin The old roof constable, Ed Wynn, returned to the Morris Gest “Century Midnight Whirl” last night Gov, Roberts and Lieut. Gov. Todd of Tennessee saw “Good Morning, Judge” at the Shubert last night Isadore Marcil, basso, has been en- 4 for the role of a priest in John} Claudia." an been added to WHY \FATHEAD - 7TH’ “OLE : BorLer” 1S WoRih AT east Soo. ! NEZZA - DoE” TU Give Nou #200. Spar cas! THATS NICE OF NOU “LUKE” - BUT IVE ALREADY SOLD IT FoR YES-AN X OUGHTA CoP fT ALLOWED YY’ SELF jo Be TRimmeD IN THAT OUTRAGEOUS MANNER * AL SELL HIS rag Cort's production of Margaret Nybloc the of Paul Potter's new farce, “Pretty Soft.” | “The Unknown Purple,” at the) Lyric, will pass its 276th performance | on May 8. Louis A, Hirsch is writing the score for Henry W. Savago's musical farce, “The Love Boat.” Amy Ie#ah Dennis, of “Come-On Charley,” says she positively has no ambition to be a star. Stop that, Amy Leah! Jeasica Brown, the featured dancer} Theatre, China in the fall A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY, Chet Perkins of W ville says | Paris may be a hum-dinger, but he] wants to see Elmira first JOE'S CAR Corrvaghe OA Prom Pebnebing Ca (HX Evang Wath) FOOLISHMENT. Said he; “With you I am in love” And then he gave the girl a shove. She came right back and blacked his WHY DON'T CHA GET A \\GET RID OF TT AN BUY "GRANK A GOOD CAR, JOE? “THEN [JONE LIKE MINE -"HEN}|CHEAP CAR ! “THAT NEVER WOULDA You'l. HAVE SumpP'N! ) CAN'T "BE DONE HAPPENED! DYA ALWAYS CRANK IT, JOE? eve. That love is strange, you can’t deny. COMFORT ‘FOR THE SICK. Lonely Haskell visited a hospital fc yesterday and told funny stories to g) the patients. After he left two of the nurses went to bed sick FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. “I staged @ play called ‘The Eleo- B. 8. Moss has arranged to erect a big theatre on the northwest coreg OTHERWISE A GOOD MARE. LD FARMER SPUDS was very O keen on a deal. Last week he managed to sell an old crock $m the shape of a horse for $40, Honesty, however, compelied him to speak out. “I tell yer, mate, that there mare's got two faults.” “Only two? A dozen, I should think! But what are the two? “Well, once yer let that mare out ter grass it'll take yer about a week to catch her; and when you do catch her, she ain't worth catching’ Oth- “erwise she's all right” News. —— oe QUICK RETORT. LADY while going downstairs A to dinner had the misfortune to step lightly on the dress of @ lady in front of her, The man on whose arm the former was leaning rudely said aloud, so that the couple fm front might hear: “Always getting in the way like Baloam's ass!” Upon which the lady whose gown had been trodden on, turning round, replied, with @ sweet smile: “Pardon me, it was the angel who stood in the way and the asy which spoke."—Vancouver Province, of fetal bea WHAT THE TEACHER SENT. ITTLE MARY started to school iD on her second year last Mon- day. When she came home her moth Real Fried Chicken|: y Do you know the rea/ taste of chicken? If you've been frying it in butter or lard, you don’t. These fats are stronger than the delicate chicken flavor and smother it Fried in SAW- TAY, chicken is free from grease | and so delicious in flavor, you'll re- alize that you've never really tasted chicken belore, “Makes Good Things to Eat” PRODUCTS CORP., Woolworth Towor,M.Y. The Day’s eee S Chicago | trie Bulb.’ be as business asked, “We Mary, what did teacher say to you after the summer vacation?" “She sald, ‘Hello, Mary,'” the child replied, “And what else? asked the mother, he said, ‘When you go home the long je) = o co) > < > n = & ‘3 I 4 ie) Zz - WHEW THEY “al LAY EGe ite four-year-old Marjorie and waited please tell your mamma that I sent > Ge ies cen ond reply. —Miuneapolis: Tribune, at Mee | . — i s vegpcioinl BUT SHE LIKED IT, (40 Was atware S| Jie mein > ay, he, Ces VPp ole ewe > yes, » | CUS NEN EGA WHEN THER (Cm RY strong peppermints are LAW. 72 [une wae Wie | (ae Oto. SKA ) |S MRE "abe Car Ae Useo 7O\ | “hevody” to Cneaston V RY none cyberia are CLE sre } - CUSS THE HENS |) Send a? ehedy” te Crinastene Ceorge® tion, One day he gave one to i, oa chi: | | \| =[ AacuwO THE YARD. WHY, THOSE AN AALS fs YUST LOVE, 10 UNCLE Wace jelyly to see what she would do when £0! fit BUY Some she should diucover the pungent MORE FANCY flavor of the candy, A few minutes | | ~~ _ UROS! ¥ } later he saw her take the partly came aa } eaten peppermint from her mouth and place it on @ table beside an open window, “What's the matter™ he asked. |“Don't you like the candy? “Ob, yes,” replied Marjorie, “1 like tt, but I thought I'd tet it cool for @ Uitte while"—Christian Herald, | PHYSICIAN boarded @ crowded \A Crosstown car, A woman was | standing and @ big man, seat- |ed, sprawling over twice the space necessary, Indignantly the doctor said to him: | “See here! Why don't you move a |Uttle so that this tired woman may | have a seat?” For a moment the man looked od. Then @ broad smile spread his countenance as he answered “Say, dot's @ Joke on you, all right! | Dot's my wite!*—8t. Louls Ties. oo MORE FRIGHTFULNESS, WHERE ARE WE REIN kha TO SEE Your NEw 4 MUSIC TEACHER =) DOROTHY THE GREAT 'Switde DOROTHY — PROFESSOR OH KIN ANYBODY TELL STRICT OBEDIENCE. T A RECENT church wedding tn Buffalo, relates the Commercial, the assembled guests, who filled every seat in the edifice, began to wonder, as the hour of the ceremony was left farther and farther behind. what was the cause of the delay, In the vestry the groom also was won jdering, but not about the same| thing, He was extremely anxious becaus: the bride had pot appeared. |The intimate friends ef the young |couple were {tn gomething of «| Nutter too, Finally the groom spurred to action, pulled on his hat and coat and dashed out In a do-or- | die spirit. At the door he almost col- lided with the janitor, who was firm. | ly assuring the flushed and appeal. | ‘ing ‘bride that the church was full and he ‘had strict orders to admit no ono eloa 4mm stants moe > ' = right, 1919, by The Bell yndieate, fr i REE Crncamaadabbe aS cdg PRR A RTT