The evening world. Newspaper, July 15, 1919, Page 20

MINES ah About Plays By BIDE OB WEBER ts preparing to pro- duct a musical comedy called “The Little Blue Devil,” the book of is founded on Clyde Fitch's + “The Blue Mouse.” Harold has written the book and t and Harry Carroll ‘the music, Among those engaged for the cast / are Bernard Granville, Fay Marbe, _ Baward Martindel, Jack McGowan, Kelley, Wilfred Clark, Jean and Catherine Duffin. “The je Blue Devil” will be played out @f the city for three weeks in Sep- tember and is schedpied to. open on _ Broadway early in October. Messrs, Atteridge and Carrol) are on a farm tn New Jersey” putting the final on ‘another musical comedy Mr. Weber will produce dur- ing. the coming season. “ALIBI” THURSDAY. George Broadhurst postponed the of “The Crimson Alibi" at & Broadhurst Theatre from inst it to Thursday night. He an- ounces that nobody will be seated daring the prologue. ‘WANGER BECOMING ACTIVE, Walter Wanger, having returned from Europe, where be was in the Air Service of the A. E. F., is beccm- ing active in theatricals again. He taken over the management of John Ferguson” and transferred it from the Garrick to the Fulton The- atre, which house he has leased for ‘two months from. Oliver D. Batley. He has arranged also to produce a ‘ @emedy drama of American life by ia Thompson Davies entitled Purple Slipper” and a drama of Parisian life called “Profane Love,” ‘This jast named play is an adap‘ation ANENT “THE RED DAWN.” ‘Thomas Dixon states that his new “The Red Dawn,” is @ serious Also that, the play is intended as an in- against Bolshevism, he has cast several comedy well as somo specialty Doraldina, The in a Shubert i | : g Z z i zg q : She will be seen in the Bel- play when it opens here, and say her role is quite a thing too. 4 BROADWAY HITS. ir Adolph Mann loves prune tarts the prunes are seeued. Octroy Cohen has separated Gold- ‘wyn from quite a gang of money for some of his stories. “Bill Roddy has been mustered out the army and is around again ing very much Dodge City. Rarry Bulger says Prohibition isn't ubling him muc have ‘Freeport. Arthur Barney of the Woods forors refuses to wear a toupee, although he been ips nome time, Bach was heard yes- terda: ¥ saying it is no wonder 424 @ince Broadway crosses it, Ht e 4 as-down his way i and Players DUDLEY i Teached us with a réquest that it be printed. Here it is: We drink to Brownie, big and strong, Who's always right and never wrong, Who's always there in time of need , To help you out by some hind deed. He'll make you smile and smile with you, He'll even shed a tear or two, Bo let us show how much we think | Of Alew by just one more drink, AND TH. A FACT. In spite of the watchfulness of the gatemen at Terrace Garden Dance’ Palace, various sorts of tickets other | the right sort, ate handed them | occasionally in the rush of dancers | eager to get on the floor, One man! caught a dancer handing him a pawn ticket by mistake last night. “Here,” said the attendant, “this isn’t a ballroom ticket.” The dancer took it back, “No,” ho Pie “but it will admit me to three 18." Gor Hl ‘The new Strand Theatre in Brook- lyn will be formally opened Saturday evening, Aug. 30, Alber Grey, General - Manager. GriMth, is carrying his wt for D. W. right arm in a splint. His auto bucked. : Amy Ongley of “The Five Millio! 8 built a bungalow on yesterday to seo “Oh, My Dear” open, Marjorie Wood has been re-engaged to play the role of the desert woman! in “Chu Chin Chow,” Walter C. Jordan ia en route to Eu- | Tope to spend six weeks arranging London and’ Paris prodyctions of American plays. “Three W Fools" will not close | until July 26, After that date the) ps reel ‘Theatre Will be entirely re-| * moved to from the! Broadhurst yesterday. The 200th performance of “Monte Cristo Jr." was given at the Winter Garden night. Lew Plelds is giving the people of “A Lonely Romeo’ tons, five at a time, ‘The annual outing of the Friars has been postponed from July 17 to July 24 to give Tom Gill and Dr, J. Lewen- good time to train for the greased pole climbing contest. Ethel Dane's nephew Daniel was used in “A_ Little Journey” at the Vanderbilt Theatre last night in the place of a “pi baby, Dan was a chorus " vaca- Park has a mystery. autiful girl who wears a red mask when she swims, When peo- ple ask her who she is, she jugt says, “Oh, squah!" BOWERS IN A NEW ONE. Frederick V, Bowers has renewed | his contract with Max Spiegel for two | years and will oj in August in a new musical piece called “Kiss Me Again. Mr. Bowers will write the music to the lyrics of Arthur J, Lamb, A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. ‘The call of the stomach is stronger than the ery of the heart.—Doris K, FOOLISHMENT. A Danbury hostler named Joe Once went to a vaudeville show; A girl, long and limby, Attempted the shimmy, While Joe, out in front, holered, “Whoa!” FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. is such a mad thoroughfare * WE'LL TAKE A BRONX. A poem, dedicated to the old-time @inger and hoofer, Alex J. Brown, has )POLLY KNEW, AFTER ALL. LD Fiiat grew sentimental as the’ lonely years rolled by. There were no childish voices “Uncle Bob,” no badly scrawled his birthday and he worried about it, A parrot seemed to be the remedy for at feast one of these things, and so Flint Dought one. For hours he tried in Yain to extract from the bird one single word of any kind, and in the evening he flung Polly out into the yard apd ‘sat down, a disappointed man, to his lonely dinner. Suddenly there arose in the yard a ie din, and out he rushed to ir the cause. sat Poll om the top of the ‘ The Sheerest of Fabrics ac ican Begs The Day's Good Stories letters to enliven | “What kind of a bird is most apt to commit suicide “1 give it up. “A bluebird.” dog kennel, feathers ruffied and with }@ vindictive look in her eye holding | aloft by the neck a poor chicken, and \a8 she shook him violently, squawking ‘Uncle,’ “4 you beggar; say ‘Un —Our Dumb’ Animals. ——— |A SAMPLE OF NEW PHONE SERVICE! Year | BUSINBSS mun was staying in| A @ large provincial town when he heard that Mr, Smith, -his partner, was at a neighboring city, so he rang up bis hotel (as he thought). “Is Mr. Smith there?” he inquired. “No, he is not,” came the response. “Well, has he engaged rooms?" “No; we don't reserve rooms here. First come, first served, is the rule,” came the shurp and somewhat airy reply. “Can't you tell me if he will stay| with you when he reaches town?” “It's possible he may, but we can't say.” “Look bere!" roared the irate gen- tleman, “you are the most impudent Jack-in-office that ever spoiled his' muster’s business, Go away and tell some one who knows more about the business of the hotel to come and speak to me.” There was a chuckle at the other end, “This isn't a hotel; it's the gounty jail,” said the voice.—Phila- delphia Telegraph. ——— HERE had been a slight acct- | dent in a Pennsylvania. coal miné, with the result that Casey Uty of earth, * Callahan, the leader of the rescuing party, called down to Casey, “Kape a hereupon there came from the ‘h a muffled voice, “Is that big lntyre up there wid ye?" ENOUGH 18 ENOUGH! was partly buried by a smali quan- Casey. We're resouin' ye.” I Do Gust as I PLUBASE — I can co TO BED Wien EVER Mary - on- Mary ? 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