The evening world. Newspaper, June 28, 1919, Page 14

ELWYN AND COMPANY, S through an arrangement with the Messrs. Shubert, have placed Peggy Wood under contract to star With Donald Brian and Wallace I Ginger in “Kuddios.” Later in tue season Miss Wood will be seen in an- other play to be produced by the Messrs, Shubert in association with Pelwyn and Company, ALMOST THE SAME, ANYWAY. ‘4 Now York young woman, visiting at the Sanford country piace at Ped- @ing Ridge, Conn, was taken to Bethel in an auto by Mr, Sanford re- cently, As they drove up to the Post office he said: “Barnum was born in this town.” “How wonderful!” replied the girl. | “1 think he's the best looking thing I over saw. Mr. Sanford was amazed. te dead,” he said. “Who'd you say?” asked the young ‘woman. “Barnum.” “Oh, you'll have to excuse me,” “Barnum aid the girl “I thougt you said Farnum—you know—Dustin.” “Very good!” said Mr. Sanfcrd Pleasantly. “Now we'll drive hove.” And away they went WYNN IN “GAIETIES.” When “The Shubert Gaietics of 182° opens at the 44th Street Theatre “Tuesday evening Ed Wynn will be featured in the cast. He was called t@ Atlantic City Thursday, The show is there now. PLAYHOUSE GETS IT. William A. Brady announces that his new play, “At 9:46," positively will open at the Playhouse to-night. | . When he heard that George Broad- | Wurst aught launch a play, said to be built along the lines of his, Mr, Brady @oecided to use the Theatre for “At 9:45." Yesterday he thanged his mind again, The Play- ‘Bouse gets the attraction. KIND WOIDS FOR EDGAR. A letter from Dick Barem, a Clothier, addressed to us, says: "I was pleased to read in your eolumn that Edgar Selwyn will ap- Bear again in ‘Pierre of the Plains,’ -I with great pleasure having seen » Selwyn in tois play, and if the cers would give us more plays it, especially with such sterling actors as Mr. Selwyn, the theatrical Vasiness would never have a failure.” Wil Mr, Selwyn kindly take a bow. LINK ON DRINK. A Constant Reader, having ground out a rhyme, sends it in and asks hat it be printed. With your per- mission, folks, we'll start him on the road to fame: Mon who drink Nquor | Are beginning to snicker, | Starting to wonder and think, | When this thing, Prohibition, uns true to tradition, Will they have to get theirs at the sink ?—Dave Link. NUTT'S FIGHT DOPE. About Plays and Players «| the big financier sth Street | | numerous friends will seo t Saturday) June 28, 1919 rs co by the name of Al, Benny Leonard is here and will chalienge tne winner of the battle, they tell me, He's hang- ing around with a member of the Morgan family, but I'm sure it isn’t Jess Willard went into a restaurant to-day and asked for a steak, The waiter wanted to| know what sort of a cut, and Jens | replied uppercut. This is exclusive, | so go ahead and play It up A chumming with the sporting editor the Kent (Ohio) Weekly Bee, ag he seems to be the best Informed of all the scribes. Met a telegraph opera tor who knew you when you boarded with his mother in Kansas, he'd like to see you again, would mother, Nothing out h but expect some news | soon. —Jeft.” | A RHYME BY US, [I’ve got to write a tittle rhyme | IN call it “To @ Daisy, [in any land; in any clime | (Thia typeroriter’s yone crazy); In any clime, no matter where, ‘Twould be the utmost folly To say the daiay were not fair (The ridbon'’s jur.ped its troliey). | Let's see—oh, yes—the datsy’s fair, In fact it shames the ily, |1¢ sheds ite fragrance on the air (The spacer’s acting silly) — It sheds its fragrance all the time, And thug it acenta the breezes |(This old machine's not worth a dime, It writes just as it pleases) The daisy is a pretty thing, I love to see it growing (Um getting rather mad, by jingt The back apace key's quit going), So let ws sing the daisy’s praise, It’s such @ dandy flower, (Goodnight! I’ve busted both the And, gosh! I’m feeling sour). SAYINGS OF CHILDREN. In a certain hotel on Central P: | West works a diminutive, solemn ele vator boy aged about te a and his wife stepped in th last night discussing the conviction |of a man charged with murder, The | case was tried four or five days ago. “’m inclined to think he len’t guilty,” said the woman, At that the | elevator boy turned and said gravely: “Lady, he's guilty as h—t1." Gi IP, The runs of “Dark Roésaleen” and “Daddies” will be interrupted to- night so that the players may have a brief rest. The Ferris Wheel at the Bronx Amusement Park was started last night. 1 is a new feature up there. Two daughters of Edwin 8. Bettel- heim, Editor of the Dramatic News, acted recently ina film with Marion Davies. Kenneth and Roy Webb have writ- ten several vaudeville sketches while vacationing in New England. Tessa Kosta, prima donna of “The Royal Vagabond,” will make an aero- Plane flight at Atlantic City next Sunday. Cohan & Harris are « company which is to Acquittal” to Atlantic George M. Cohan, Sam I ding the ent “The City to-day, Harris and » initial Theatre performance Monday nig! the Apollo A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. Wellsville is the home of a dentist who is often seen about the streets giving children taffy candy. Jet Nutt, our fight correspondent @ Toledo, wires us as follows; “Dear Dud: 1 just ran across a man named Otto Moto who lives in Denver or Kansas City, I've got a hunch he’s a Prohibition lecturer or | something like that and am tralling wet the right dope on him. . If ds to attempt to give = | * an Opposition attrac to} wht, will Up you off. Ran across @ felow named Lard Kingner to-day, ‘They tell me he's out here to write a story entit! ‘Al Hinows Me, Kid,’ ~ but T don’t believe there's any news| Jn it aw nelther of the fighters goes The Day’s Good Stories | THE RETORT CRISP. | “FTPR a grand peview of Ger- man troovs at Potsdam the Kalser called out to the officer | | commanding the Prussian Guard in “| voice loud enough to be heard by all thé distinguished guests who were Grouped in front of the paluce; “Pick me out a hundred men from the Prussian Guard!” Then, taking the arm of King Ed- ward VII, who was there, be sald, 4 King vund the d banter- 1, do you think you could ndred men in England to beat them?” “1 don't know 80 much about that,” promptly replied the late King, “but | I could ily find fifty who would try. neat WASH YOUR WOOLENS fore you put m away for immer, They will keep much better and then be ready for instant use, Don't send them away to be washed. , 4] r- ove you of the work. ‘They will be clean and fluffy — just TA Se and 10c At Your Grocer VAN ZILE CO., Mfrs. West Hoboken, N, J. FOOLISHMENT. I know a girl from Perdue, Who promised a Gob she'd be true, He sailed off and oh, boy! She married a doughboy, The following Thursday at 2. FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. “Whenever [ loseba dollar 1 try to lose another the next day.” “Why?” “So as to make my loss a-yain.” NOVEL UMBRELLA STAND. 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