The evening world. Newspaper, September 20, 1919, Page 14

Qe Se About Plays EE title of the new Krelsler- Jacobi-Le Baron operetta, which Charles Dillingham will present at the Globe Theatre not later than Oct. 6, will be “Apple Blossoms.” fhe production will open at Ford's Theatre, Baltimore, on Sept. 29. In the cast will be John Charles Thomas, Wilda Bennett, Florence Shirley, Per- ¢cival Knight, Roy Atwell, Harrison Brockbank and Rena Parker. Fred @, Latham and Edward Royce are busy at present conducting the rebearsals. A PLAY FOR BARRYMORE. John D. Williams has arranged to Produce the next play to be written! dy Booth Tarkington, one of the au- thors of “Up From Nowhere,” now Being presented by Mr. Williams at the Comedy Theatre. new play will be “Kunnel Blake,” and fAonel Barrymore will likely act the stellar role whon he is tree to ac- cept it. BY WAY OF DIVERSION. Bill Smith may be @ rotter, like #0 many people say. Per- haps he has @ scowl for folks who chance along his way. Yep, maybe he's a mean one an' it's possible he's bad, but never once has he forgot his mother an’ his dad. His brother was a wow der; everybody thought him fine, Dut when old age an’ trouble come a’ tootin' down the line, the old folka, sort @’. tremblin’, wondered what they'd better do, About that Mme Bill happened in an’ Bill, he econ 'em through, They've got a ttle cottage home, bark in the town they love, an’ side by side they're waitin’ for the summons from above. They're smilin' while they're waitin’; oh, Bill may be pretty dad, but never once has heiforgot his mother an’ his dad, ANOTHER REVUE AHEAD. - ‘Morris Green and John Murray An~ Aerson, who originally produced “The ‘Greenwich Village Follies,” are plan- ning another revue said to be along Miusual lines. It will be called ~ what's in a Name? and it will be Awunched about Dec. \TWO WOODS SHOWS COMING, . A. H. Woods will apring the barrier ‘@m two theatrical entries in New York evening, Oct. $. One will ‘in the Limousine,” which ‘Open at the Witinge Theatre. The wilt ‘be “Too Many Husbands.” i will begin an engagement at the th. Martin Herman, the Woods Manager, will see a part of each performance attired in a new Gress suit. A LETTER FROM FLYNN. Joe Fiynn, who was Arthur Ham- merstein’s press agent last season, ff now advance man for a Hammer- show. Joe writes to tell of a ing experience he had with recently. “I was viewing the luke,” his letter ays, “when @ man happened along. to him 1 asked if it were salty like the Atlantic Ocean, He} William Fox Enterprises, is now ad- Gian’t ynderstand me. vertising manager for all the B. 8. Oa: Unie lake fresti?’ 1 naked in al Mogs theatres, It's a big job, but louder tone. “4 don't know,’ he replied. ‘It hagn't said anything toee.'” OUR OWN MINSTRELS. Baterlocutor—Mr. Bones, I under- stand Fred Fulton is chilly toward Dempsey tor—I hear the baseball are going to form a union, If they do the umpires will] Van Harbor, .N. H., but the jail and ‘Tambo— we the walking delegates. ‘Interlocutor—Why? ‘Tamibo—They call the strikes, don't by Al Mr, Worthless Worth- will sing his latest ballad, ‘A Tack tn Grandpa's Bed.” G@randpa Jason-Hopkins Had a dandy habit, Hts health was good and not a thing He ever did to crab it. His grandson, Willie Petrovitch, Was quite an empty head, One night he got the poor old man To hustle off to bed. anes, - Furnitur ing Bill The title of the} Players DUDLEY Before to sicep he sped off He darn near yelled his head off. | Chorus. Willie put a tack in Grandpo's bed, An act, beyond a doubt, that was ill- bred. It stuck him deeply in the calf | And every one gave him the laugh When Willie put a tack in Grandpa's bed. | | GRANT SUGGESTS A PLAN. | Hert French, staging the numbers in Abraham ‘Levy's production of ttle Whopper,” was telling © Segal and Sidney Grant to do in case the audience de- mands encores of a certain, song in Baltimore Monday night | “We'll take a bow,” suggested Miss | Segal “I'm afraid that won't be enough,” | | said Mr. French, | “Then we'd better take a tow and | a couple of bends,” interposed Mr, | Grant Laughter followed. A NEW BRONX WARRIOR. Harry Levin of No, 1443 Boston; ; Road, the Bronx, is the latest poet- | warrior to enter the battle of the poets. Get this broadside: My middle name is Peace, and 1 Think little of the sort of guy Who looks for trouble, like the pest Who thinks his borough is the best. A Brookiyn nut (no brains out | | there) Gives Yorkville and the-Heights a} scare, ° While they (what oil-cans they must be) Throw mud at Harlem; yet to me ‘Tis sport to hear the stuff they throw And knock each other (justly so). Oh, Wisdom, pierce their domes of fat show them where the Brone is at. And GOSSIP. “An Exchange of Wives’! opened in Stamford last night. William Caryl is casting the new Kinkhead play, “The Mood of the Moon,” for the Mesars, Shubert. Arvid Paulson, who was in “The Willow gTree,” has returned from France and will be seen in a new Play soon. David Warfield opened his season in “The Auctioneer” at Hartford last night. He'll go as far West as San Francisco, The Hudson Dramatic Society of West Hoboken, N. J., will present “A Poor Married Man" at the Seamen's Institute on Oct. 31. Marc Kiaw haa placed “Petroleum Prince,” his new comedy, in re- hearsa). Bennison has the title role. Helen Rolton has been ongaged by Henry W. Savage for a “vampire role” in “See-Saw," opening at the Cohan Theater Tuesday Henry Lewis will be member of the ¢ast of G. son's “Frivolities of 1919." ‘The Selwyns will give the Butlding Fund of the Federation of Jewish In- stitutions the entire receipts of the “Challenge” matinee Wednesday. Gerald B. Spiro, formerly with the Touls a featured M. Ander. 4 Gerry can handle it. James Madison has returned from the Pacific Odast, where he spent sev- eral months. He reports the theatri- cal business booming out there, es- pecially in San Francisco. Marion Davies, film star, has just purchased a fur cape that cost $19,600, ‘ut for the love of Mike don't tell our wife. A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. Billy B, Van owns everything at ‘he often renis that to store potatoes in. FOOLSHMENT. I know two girls, They tive in Harlem, They bobbed their curls So's nut to snarl ‘em. FROM Vid CHESTNUT TREE. “Why Is a bald-headed man like @ hunting dog?" 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