The evening world. Newspaper, November 8, 1919, Page 12

SUCHIN Colurld ‘LITTLE MARY MIXUP [About Phys and Players | By BIDE DUDLEY cl FOKINE, creator of the Russian Ballet and, unti) the Knseian revolution. ballet mas- ? the Crare Imperial Opera in Petrograd, has arrived in York, accompanied by his wife, Fokine. He is under contract Gest to stage the dances ghoreographic scenes in “Aphro- which Mr, Gest and F. Ray 3 will produce at the Century Mi Noy. 24. This is his first visit to 5 Fokine will remain here Jong enough to do his work at ry. Before sailing for home h es vt Washington and several ar cittes. IT BROUGHT HIM PIE. 19% see you spoke of my having com- | +), ‘Byncopated Sandy’ in your yesterday,” sald Ned Way- to us Inst fitght. “I wrote that 4m 1897, and it was the first rag- tune published. 1 received $15 royalties for it from Bro- asked. ly landlady. I gave her the fif- F SEEES iH COBB PLAY WON'T CLOSE. | Since the management of “Boys ‘Wil Be Boys” cannot get a theatre for that show to continue the run be- fun at the Belmont, it is planned to give matinee performances in a house already occupied evenings. While appearing at these matinees Harry Beresford will act in @ picture ver- sion of this Cobb play. NEAR JOKES AND OTHERS. Just a minute, boys, and we'll straighten that “near beer” matter out! The joke about the man who created near beer being a poor judge of distance was invented by Igoe, the fic sport paragrapher of Tho lorning World. A note just in from him tells ws as much and makes us ack our statement that it first appeared in @ column conducted by the veneradle Pop Price. Igoe says © people who copped it without credit are Jesse James j . Wo have offered Igoo a goodly sum for the dramatic rights and, if we get them, we'll make a three-act play out of the line Tt was Louis Rosenberg, who used to have a lot of new jokes, who sent it in to us. We'd heard it so often that we couldn't refrain from rebuking Louis mildly for trying to hand it to us as new, Louis's brother Al ts in to-day with @ letter saying we did exactly bog in handling Louis. And then Al tries to slip us one almost as old as the other. Here it is: “Broadway certainly is the most in- clement ‘section in the country, for does it mot harbor ‘The Storm,’ ‘Lightnin’ and ‘Thunder’?” '¢ bave received that joke in vari- ous forms from fifty Powgreen’s And now comes Al, after “Thunder” Oe ashe off Broadway three weeks. Now for a word with Eugene O’Brien, who also peddies old ones. The other day we chastised Eugene) verbally for handing us a story that| Was new when the ‘dvers started West. He comes back with this:\ “There ts plenty of ine in Los aes, but no moo ine.” ill the six or seven dozen jokesters who have sent us this quip please stan4 up and let Eugene use his add- ‘ns ine on them? 4 sorry! Gossip. Jane Lowe has been engaged by ‘Cecil Owen for bis Cleveland stock Ruth Terry, who “rolls her own” in pees” ran out of ‘West Players will repeat Stone House” - the Jow- vaudeville scout, re- found a man named appear at the burt in a fall in a Chicago theatre ‘Thursday. She ie in a hos- ANSWERS TO jNQUIRIES. Constant Reader—Have sent your note to the show's management. J. S$. RRoonsy has two sisters in vaudeville, Kate and Julia. Julla is Playing in this vicinity, Ploquart, Jean Nel, Lucien Weber and we Degreziane. The Day's Good Stories | SAVING IT. A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. Walter Siagsley, known the world over as a judge of feminine beauty, Says Bee Palmer, the shimmy artist, “shivers pretty.” FOOLISHMENT. The Hendersons, who once were poor, Have struck it rich, they say; I hear they order milk and eggs, ‘When dining, every day. FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. “What horse did you bet on?” “How did he finish?” “Won by a head.” you see, sor, ‘tis this way, Pat and READY 7% “th IS hs Pecey > WELL , TELL MARY To “BRING BRoTH#eR Home L-RIGHT Away — iTS TIME FoR pis NAP ¢ : sup Pu! FORGET “TO hex You HOW You LIKED “THAT OPONGE CAKE I MADE. AND LEFT AT | DUR OFFICE YESTERDAY: DID You EAT ITF ~“, Cree 8 Me Patten EDDIE! Have ~rH'car pT DRIVE ME DOWN CLUB RIGUT AWAY! YAS SAH - AW wit! MARY, YouR Mom SAY FoR You “TS BRING BROTHER HOME RIGHT” THE BIG LITTLE FAMILY Gave \T To TH (T AIN'T So BAD “To ROLL UP To “TH CLUS WITH A CHAUFFEUR AT “TU WHEEL! Gwes one QUITE AN AIR OF “TONES Not “T'say “CLass*!! —_——~— —— HE NEVER (M0 70 OA LICK OF WORK AFTER WS WEOIINE arr 7 cis canal 48 THREW WS ALARM CLOCK AWO OWWER FAL, AWAY AND tiVEO THE SFE OF A GENTLEMAN, B-BuT 8-B8-Boss- AH DIDN' BRUNG NOMO CLOTHES wiF mew uber tye THAT “ar footy Cov.o OWY Ano ms Wire FUT SHE WOULON'? LET 41M SMOKE IN THE ‘House! “NOBODY” HE PUTS THE OYSTERS IN THE \ RESTAURANT OYSTER STBuWA Send »*Tedoay* te 'Grindstona George* 1M and Pat had always been|me talked it over. We're both kind Such good friends that when/of hot headed and we were afraid one morning they passed one|that some day we might get into an another on thelargument that would break our atreet without | friendship, “In order that this will never hap- pen, sor, we decided niver to mpake voth could not|to each other a Angel repress his sur-/Times, Oye hee mm prise and hailed ‘Tim, asking bim it he and Pat BETWEEN THOSE TWO .CHILDREN wLL GO MAO DOROTHY, TAKE MY NEW HAT , OFF YOUR HEAD "mM GONNA GIv—E You A WHUIPDING DONT MAKE A NOISE OR You'LL HAVE ‘YOUR HANDS —— CHEERFUL NEWS. ‘OR several weeks they had been had had a row. doing shocking business. ure, an wo havo not,” protested “It's no use, old man," We'ro better friends than |Othelfo to his trusty ancie: |peare don't pay nowaday: . persisted the questioner,| “You wait till we play in Great a" 1 weo You pass each other this|Slumton to-morrow," replied Iago, ibrhiug with every sign of cool-| "That's where you'll find people with| ~ intellect, and, take «iy word, wwll t"* eaid Tim, and added: “But | hve a fine audience.” . | In due course Slumton was reached, 5 and but five minutes remained ore the ‘| curtain would rise, “How's the house, Otho?” asked Tago, as the former was looking through the curtain peephole. “Well,” replied Othello, “there are & few out there. But we're still in the ority, old boy; sti in the ma-