The evening world. Newspaper, December 4, 1919, Page 32

COMIC PAGE | | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4 1919 " | =| LITTLE MARY MIXUP © THE NEW PLAYS © yen Teer wnt cone S Clifion Crawford a Great Help to “My Lady Friends” BY CHARLES DARNTON ItHinK T'ee Jost PULL “THis Door sstur Tew. you to 7 41 DID AT 4 “Pus iT! | ) Push iv! | “Baw! I DD sit | Ie Ua | | | N MIS ¢ going way, that droll light comedian, Clifton Crawford, made i I “My Lady Friends” entertaining last night at the Comedy Theatfa Crawford has much in common with “Georgie” Cohan and “Willte” \ Collier, Le ambles on and off the stage with no apparent sense of responsi- bility, as though "Here Lam, boys and girls, playing the game and hoping’ you'll sing e than he When he spreads n the play © should be more sat his best when he fat the plano and “spreads sunshine.” . The man who has made a lot of mopey by printing Bibles is so innocent that he seems detached from the practical age. While his wife is intent upon saving money, he throws it umny on girls in San Francisco, Boston and Philadelphia, with a platonic affection that puts understanding out of gear. The play is silly—for no man does this sort of thing In order to spend money without a thought of getting some return for it, Byven farce must count the cost of extravagance. ‘Tho girls are gold-dis: , except ‘ " bed little Eva, who was born in Utica. Sho longs for the sea, #0 she r ‘ : drought to Atlantic City. The hero of th orinted Bibles in the THE , PY eourse of the wat and male a food profit vllt of the business THE BIG LITTLE FAMILY Mom’s No Dead One; She’s Alive an’ Kicking Mr. Crawford spreads sunshine with his one song. He should give ‘ , Be: mere songs to the performance, for he is wholly at home when he seats nKreuore — RR er ree reer AS on nares Damesif at the piano. ee, i. ‘A Comite servant exctaimed “My Gawd!"—and she should meet instant Goop Maina SHELP Me HANNA aa: ernie! 5 death. Theresn Maxwell Conover figured as a worldly woman who left —bU Loo Seems Le I oF Your 4 ! to the fmagination of her dressmaker, and, as little va, a clever, | 7H’ BUSTIN UP OF | CAN NEVER GET BA nich “hake \ ; legged youngster, June Walker kicked in delightfully , take it OUTA “Th’ HOLE - T Youre from me, Clifton Crawford in a great help to y Lady Friends.” : opi 1 wisn Bu 4 7 sf LIFES DES ONE EAR Ner “BURIED! ‘ DANGONE BILL I KNew WHERE AFTER ANOTHER! & CovLD FIND About Plays and Players ONTRACTS have been entered | SMALLER QUARTERS. into whereby Leo Ditrichstein | R. H. Burnside’s new musical com- comes under the management | d¢y, “Miss Millions #8 rehearsed on | ——— entsiiiaiidiiiiar tea t in @ play called “The Purple Mask.” | ¢ ch has just 299 seats, | Py ed opéning in Hartford on Dec. 16, with Iq) 4 Broadway gngagemont to follow) HONORING THE ELEPHANTS. | ee bat 4 i ‘ if : soon afters The play is from “Le! gignorms Caruso and Scott! of the | : Chovalier au Masque,” by Paul Ar-| Metropolitan Opera Company went to | mont and Jean Manoussi, It was | the Hippodrome recently and, during | adapted ‘for the British stage by |? interminsion, visted the elephants | Charles Latour and presented in Lon- | Enoer tbe ataee bao grabhed @ | aN { Bs eo pitehfor! fl sv ba ‘The Scarlet Mask.” In Mr. | Scotti took ay stroll with J : q i Jitrichstein's support will be Bran- | biggest re] # a " ‘ don Tyhan, Lily Cahill, Ann Mac- | treated her to a barrel of water. Any JOE’S CAR ? e— i , Dosald Orlhto Daly, Lynn Pratt, | {rmer needing a couple of good sta- That’s a Very Excellent Stall, Jo Theoretically ' | ho J ned * |e boys next summer might apply to ¢ Walter Howe, Burr Caruth, Margaret | the Motroplitan. while | er, t 2 Pome Peg Co OK. Boman Wet) Sutherland, Earl Mitchell, Elate Car- | 1 3s PRT) it. roll, Hoots’ Wooster and, Violet Ken- | wore (OME NICE GIFTS. Gosu! Now wuat? ' HEE HEE! IGorTcHA! NOW DONT GT FUNNY. : y MEVER CONEN DIES, __|iSinut were going to sak’ bin to|] | (TT WAS DRIvIN’ IN TH moDLe, IS FIFT’ AVENOO ~~ AN] | | TRYIN’ “T'moocH A dicar| | MAKE THAT CAR QUIT ee Ve [\prosaway heard with deep. regret | Bring! OF AFRICA, SOME. COP WOULD YER SMOKLN' 2% 2 Smokin’ OR TLL HAND ‘Lt Take IT “TO A GARAGE « J last might that Meyer Cohen, musie| Laurette Taylor another real good ~~ < ER i OFF ME. HEY? t RIGHT Now publisher, was dead. He died in etn Carroll a tip that the Chinese BE HERE STOP Met HAVE one! YE A SUMMONS - : ‘Misercordia Hospital at an carly | drama is in danger of being done to |) 2: hour yesterday morning from tho ef- | death. fects of blood poisoning. Mrs.Colien | Comstock & Gest plenty of coal with died Aug. 5 last. Meyor Cohen was Which to keep the Century Theatre | 4 gentleman, a true friend and a] warm ‘back stage. | Y square music publisher. He was a| E. Wallace Dunn a, new black-and- | native of San Francisco and bean | white checkered vest and some crimé | hia professional carecr as a singer of | sor spats. songs. The funeral will | -— j | be held at noon to-morrow at Camp- | Gossip. ‘ bell’s undertaking establishment. Tho | . . Masons will be in charge. «+ Montague Glass leaves for Califor- yuan nia “THE MOVING FINGER.” © Harold been engaged ’ | ‘ for “My 5 G When Channing Pollock's new) ‘qiarnival” will be presented in melodrama reaches Broadway it will wy, ‘ M ‘ashington Sunday night be called “The Moving Finger. It) “The Mood of Moon” calls for will be presented on a prejiminary | ine usclof fifty su 5 tour under the title of “A Room at! pHoriy Duane of undal” is teach- ’ Ube Ritz,’ It ie understood the Hotel | 0°73 Dm : stb f ing Francine Larrimore to speak fa | ; the producer to change the title and| Tiavia Arcaro of “Tho Magis Mel- Pcs ik li a Mr. Pollock, 'in his search for a new Ppetorr beat gna Mes acute: : Aan rash aeronn «vores by “Onin oul It’s a Shame the Way Lou Scares ’Em!— Khayyam reading: asia sa: Growatlewrll open’ (as Er } The were writes and, hav- Siesta to Gort It was fg have 0) = - 3 ened last night, t was postponed 1} - -A-| —_ \% on Wirt freee Seah Be aon AvicfrWal 5 Peey WHADD'YA Mean-A 4-1 |T way He's Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit | carnival wili be held on the evenings BSTIER NOW — ED MAN AFTER Your OWN Wick “TOLD ME WE ' i - Shall lure it back to cancel half a | ot Dec. 10, 11 and f line, Guy Bates Post will give his 1,000th COULO PROVE tearr?! performance in ‘Tho Masquerader” HAT YOU DIDN'T! i Wer all your tears wash out a word | {iy Denver to-night. : ee, a A benefit performance will be giv: jat the Republic Theatre Sunday i} a Bree tee fo. Lsrcenne 4 air. Woods ning for the building fund of the ; Written around it if Mr. Pollock didn’t gf Peace Temple. 5 take “The Moving Finger” part as a \itle for hls melodrama. So Mr. Pols] ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. B leek took, Ward—'The Maxirigral of May," —— . | Kennedy—Go to any music store. * OH, LADIES, LADIES! | piBaci } Bobb Spécland, who is quite a stu-| A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. dent of women, has made this dis-| Whiff MoGee of Wellsville, who : used to be a hard drinker, is now a covery: “A woman is like an open book; | hard cider drinker | d. That phrase has stood for tong, sir; 4 if ABut df. you try fo shut her ups | FOOLISHMENT. : I> ¥ow:know whercin it's wrong, air.| A¢ SPoemine 4 fellow named Len Hi) ra ’ aor Had made for himself quite a rep. | 2 a i THE CELLAR’S FAULT. But big Mary Yetter | } HPT HL 4 1 And now that you're in a poetry When Lep tried to pet her, rame of mind, just look what R. 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