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j FRIDAY,NOVEMBER 28, COMIC PAGE About Plays By BIDE NNOUNCEMENTS from the) managers would indicate that there is to be no let-up in pro- ducing. William A, Brady has ob- ‘wained for immediate staging a play called “Opportunity,” written by John ‘T. Glynn of San Francisco. It is con- atructed on a plan not unlike that of “Experience” and “Everywoman.” Jt @eala with the get-rich-quick fever. Oliver Morosco has taken an option om a new comedy by John H. Black- ‘wood entitled “A Dollar Down.” This fame manager has accepterd a new Play by Avery Hopwood calied "The Litue Clown.” It deals with circus Ife, and Mr. Morosco plans to feature] Ida St. Leon in’ the principal role.| Hermun Timberg announces that he has written a musical show which he hopes to offer on Broadway before that street becomes much older. Walter Hast has a new comedy called “Let Tommy Do It” ready to open in | Stamford on Dec. 5, and it is under-| up [Std0d the Messrs, Shubert are about ready to stage several new plays. HONORING MISS SEGAL. ‘Twelve girls who live in Upper Manhattan have formed a Viv | Segal Club and elected the feat j actress in “The Little Whor ‘the Casino their “Honorary Imagi- nary President.” Taube Barkow ct No, 21§ East 112th Street is thie real President. Each member is to hav picture of Miss Segal—a real one, not imaginary. RUNS AT THE CRESCENT. ‘The Messrs. Shubert announce that beginning on Dec. 22 they will oper- ate the Crescent Theatre, Brooklyn, | om the same basis as their Broadway houses. Attractions will be booked there for runs, instead of for one week only, The first show ‘to play the! Crescent under these new conditions will be Al Jolson in “Sinbad.” ‘THE SMITHS ARE WITH US. The Smith Brothers, those noted | @nemies of the cough, oughtyto be drawing royalties on about thfee mu- sical shows now playing in the Broad- way district. Mach of the shows features them in at least one joke. (Jack Norworth and John Birch, in| / and Ends of 1917,” started this Smith Brothers thing, and now no- | not even librettists like Geor han and Guy Bolton, seems able to stop it | SHE WANTED A TICKET. | A woman pushed per way through the crowd in the Globe's lobby last night and, approaching the reserva- tion ticket window, told Henry Young she wanted a ticket for “Apple Bios- “THis is the reservation window,” he said “What d’ye mean—you have to be fam Indian and live on @ reservation to At seats here?” she demanded, “No, thank you!” said the confused Henry. “ NUTT’S DOPE. Jeff Nutt, special correspondent of this column, wentgut to see the mine | sweepers yesterday, He hgs wired us | trom Fort Lee as follows: “Dear Dud—These little boats are Wonders, They tell] me one of thew can sweep out anything but a coal mine in half a day. A Gob named O'Donnell showed me over one of the sweepers and gave me a lot of inside inforthation that no other newspaper man got, He said his boat had just | ‘got in froin Colorado where it swept thirty silver mines out in three weeks He showed me boats that had been jaweeping gold mines in California Jform CoOL furprised a ton Hocky called “Impressions of the} |New W ‘s | We have been advised that Esther Walker, who is singing in “Hello \for the feminine lead in “The Return ARROW Peasopy & Co., Inc., and Players DUDLEY ever since the ‘49ers went West in 1909 He told me it wasn't generally known but that gold made a mine dirtier than silver, He also showed me sev- eral boats that had been sweeping out coal mines in Kansas. I forgot to ark him how the boats got out tv Kansas, but undoubtedly they went up the Ohio River. I got your note assigning me to cover the Army- Navy baseball game Saturday, Don't, worry, I'll be at Weat Point promptly at 2.80 o'clock. Will pick the wife up on the way out at Trenton, #o she can write the game from the stand- point of the internal feminine.—Jeff.” SAID BAILEY TO GOLDEN, Several weeks ago, when John Gol- leave the see Oliver D. the Fulton. sald, “I've got a I'd like to ha our un- Lightnin’ ’ in the Fulton and * in the Gaiety,” suggested Mr. Bailey, lt didn't colne to pass HE HIDES AND DARES. Some anonymous person, “who is our ignor The New York the kick to the kicker calls us coupled ‘with the ys to print a All of whic that he dare on and doesn't dare to sign his name, makes u cranky W going to call it a and go ho! to dinner, ne GOSSIP. | “Apple Blossoms" peat Afi” the | 's records for one day's receipts inter Garden Gun Club will | ay for the cup at Travers Isi- | and Monday | Samuel Joffrey of the original Wash-| ington Square i ers will start in vaudeville next week in an act by Mi-| Alexander,” has written a song in collaboration with Sam Coslow ‘and Peter De Rose, It's about a toreador and it needs a new title, Marshall Hall and Ann Linn will appear in a new musical skit ealled “lights of Fancy” soon to the ac- companiment of Lew Pollack’s music and H. Robert Law's scenery. Hvelyn Fariss, one of the mont promising of the younger film stars, has been engaged by Welss Brothers of Tarzan.” George Goldberg and Nat Shapiro | have Joined pens in the writing of a| vaudeville act which, according to their own predictions, will be of “in- tensely interesting merit.” A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY, Blister Pipp of Wellaville amoked a quarter cigar yesterday by way of celebrating ‘Thanksgiving. A travel- ling man gave it to him last May. FOOLISHMENT. (iy Mobby Speck.y When a man proposes to A girl down'on his knees He looks very foolish, as Most any mortal sees, | But if he is standing up, Or sitting by the dame, He may not look foolish, but He's foolish, just the same. FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. you gwine to de party dis in’, Sam?" ain't sayin’ I ain't.” “T ain't askin’ you is you ain't; 'se askin’ you aifi't you The OKEH is all that its LITTLE MARY | j WIEELIN G ( You sit st conrnens ‘ATS Wot X SAID~ JOE’S. 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