The evening world. Newspaper, March 9, 1920, Page 20

eee SS By BIDE BORGE M. COHAN has organ- ized a musical comedy com- - pany which will be known as George M. Cohan's Comedians. The Hist of players include Charles Judels, Jack MoGowan, James Marlowe, Alfred Girard, George Fredericks, Georgia Caine, Florrie Millership and Estaire Kaye. The first production will be “The House That Jack Built,” by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel, with music by Louis Hirsch. It will open at the National Theatre, Washington, @uring the week of March 29, with a four-woeeks engagement at the Gar- wick Theatre, Philadelphia, to follow. Mr, Cohan has decided to change the titie of “The Irresistible Genius,” Rls new play by John T. Mcintyre and Francis Hill, in which Georges Renavent is starred. The rechristen- img will take place in Buffalo next Monday, and it will be called “Genius - and the Crowd.” RANDALL TO MARRY. ‘On the same ship that brought Cart Randall to New York from Durope ‘was | young woman named Solange ‘Hutchins, to whom he will be married oon. She is the daughter of a re- Gred army officer. 4 FUNNY SIGHTS. Near the Times Building on a windy day last week a man with a window card reading “The Hottentot” held to his back by the breeze—Dick Kline. “BUDDIES” ADOPTS A BOY. .. x ‘Theatre have to under- ce the care and education of little Henri Gey, a orphan, whose father waa killed in the war. “LASSIE” STARTS. Sung with ruse by Dr. Hugo holm 5 mi y Dr. Hugo Felix, was produced at the Shubert Majestic Theatre in Providence last it. The reports on the show are BROKE HIS FAST. Two ne of them very port- actors, 0! . > At that point a boy on roller skates whiz fround a corner and A MISPLACED WORD. Bhe called me dear, and do you know, My heart just ekipped a beat, and, though Pm hard to please, I have to soy My reason nearly lost its sway. Bhe called me dear, and, do you know, nce, often to myself I've said, As on her bills I've dropped a tear, ‘Twas she who should have been called dear. OH, HENRY! George Stacy, manager of “The Little Whopper,” at the Casino, met @ charming little widow at a party recently. He asked her where she ved. She said whe was stopping at a certain hotel. “I have a room there, too,” re- Mr. Stacy. “However, I'm thinking of changing. ‘There's a woman in the room next to mine who comes in every morning about 2 o'clock and makes eo much noise she ‘wakes mé¢ up. I'm going to leave the hotel if the management doesn't oust “I don't blame you,” replied the widow. “I know just how you feel. LECTURES GRAY TOO. On @ certain occasion Prof. Brander Matthews of Columbia University, epeaking jokingly of his age, sald he trusted that he was not go old that the students could play on him the trick he once saw tried on a senior professor in his own college days. “Prot. Blank,” he said, “was our most venerable instructor, and he could be just a little irritable at times. Once, noticing that a member of his class who sat right under his eye never took any notes or paid the slightest attention to his lectures, he stopped abruptly and demanded: “ ‘See here, young man, what do you mean by coming into my classroom day after day and never notes?” “4 have my father’s,’ was the stu- " HOUSEWORK 2 lborious Writer and © siwlutely fe & 1Ce at ycur Grocer VAN ZILE CO., Mfr's, W st Heb. ken, N. J About Plays and Pla;ers Day's Good Stories taking DUDLEY There's a man in the room next to mine who must get full every night. | Anyway, he comes in and knocks che furniture around jn an awfully noisy | manner. I'm going to complain about | him if he doesn't reform.” | Later Mr. Stacy escorted the widow | to their hotel. They went to the desk for their keys and were handed 202 and 204. They were for adjoining rooms. | TO-DAY’S PUZZLE RHYME. | Attention, Limerickers! To-day’s puzzle rhyme concerns something that | goes around a yard to keep the cows and horses out. Those who supply the correct final word may send us @ check for $200 and a dozen nice Blue- points, with horseradish and crackers. Please make the crackers the litle round ones and have them fresh, Here's the rhyme: While courting a girl named Hortense, Her dad, who was simply immense, Got after Joe Price, And, kicking him twice, Compelied him to jump a high —. THE NEWS AT KELTON. (Kelton Gazette.) Ling Kling, the Chinese laundry- man, has subscribed to this news- paper. He can't read, but says he needs it to wrap clothes in. George Lillis has written a song called “1 Love You, Mamie,” and ex- pects to make a fortune out of it When he does, we hope he'll drop in and pay his back subscription. We are in receipt of a little poem from Miss Pansy Glover which is too long to print this week. It is fine, though, being called “Winter Poetry.” We have room for the first verse, and you may expect the rest next week. It follows: I love to write fine poetry, Because it is so easy; But in warm weather I don’t write— It makes my hand #0 greasy. Gossip. Harry Fender has been added to the cast of “Florodora.” Walter Hast will present ‘Martin- ique” in New Haven March 29. The Pleiades Club will see “My Golden Girl” to-night, Helen Lee Worthing has joined the cast of “What's In a Name.” ‘The Council of Jewish Womep will see Nance O'Neil in “The Passion Flower” at the Belmont, March 22. George Appleton, the youngest old Friar in captivity, will be dined and «ingeraled at the Monastery March 13. Jogeph Allenton has been engaged for “The Piper,” soon to be seen at the Fulton at special matinees. Morris Gest will send “The Century Midnight Whirl” on tour soon under the direction of John Henry Mears, EB. Romaine Simmons, on finding one of the “Florodora” girls called herself La Mort, suggested that she change it to La Vie. She ald. Doris Kenyon, film star, now acting in the spoken comedy, “The Girl in the Limousine.” has given a silver | cup as the prize in an Inner Circle Toddies contest to-night at the Ter- race Garden Dance Palace. ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. | P. G.—Nelmes is spelled with two | “E's.” J, B—One week in Brooklyn. The rest is indefinite. A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. The man who borrows anything borrows trouble. FOOLISHMENT. A man who collected carfares Grew rich and put on many airs When folks out his way Would wonder, he'd say: “I work my position on sharcs.” FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. “I just got out of an awful scrape.” “Where?” own at the barber shop.” | dent's complacent Companion, ae aie NOT WORTH MUCH, Harold Bell Wright, the novelist, | said in an after-dinner speech in San | Francisco: | “After all, success—financial suc- cess—in the best proof of a book's merit, All good books, from ‘Robin- son Crusoe’ down, have had a phe- nomena! success—made hundreds of thousands of dollars, “We all know this is true about financial success. We are all like the tramp who asked the old gentle- man for the price of a glass of beer. “‘{ have no money,’ the old gentle- | man said, ‘bi : . “The tramp lit a cigarette butt and blew a contemptuous puff of smoke into the old gentleman's face, | “*Well, if ye ain't got no money,’ | advice can’t be very vale | ashington Stai eee Asa ll AUTHOR'S SECLUSION. | Brand Whitlock said in an address |in Washington: “My war experiences have dona me good. They have broadened my mind. I am a writer rather than a| politician, and we writers live too re- | stricted lives, “You know the story of Carlyle and his sound-proof room in Chelsea Carlyle had built reply."—Youth’s | | | & the room was shown proudly |by Carlyle, and the visitor gave a jeackling laugh and said: “My conscience, this is fine! Here ye may write and study aj) the rest © yer life, and nobody'll be a bit the wiser!’"—Washington Star, | COMIC PAGE | TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1920 Time for Gessitt to Holler “Help” Himself? WR. GOSSITT Ta! 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