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EUcVdA “ Broadway B: By CHARLE “Broadway Brevities 1920" at “eavt for the THE NEW PLAYS A Big Variety Show revities 1920” S DARNTON ITHOUT doubdt George Le Maire found the right place for his the Winter Garden last ni@ht, for it fit into the place like chorus girl climbing into a taxicab, Ex- performers there would be nothing more to say. t With that born comedian, Bert Williams, and that wild growth of wile, Edie Cantor, the page widens. To both of these funmakers ‘of thie entertainment set forth a big revue, By thie simple sinning Willams good enough as for Badie Cantor, he revealed burnt cork. In soreamingly fu to vered was dim, i : | : it HI i f E [ to their hearts’ content, i! _ About Plays By BIDE Fred Stone opens in “Tip at the Globe Theatre ‘Tuesday evening, he will begin im 1900 for “The Girl From There,” in whicl’ produbtion he ghief comedian with Edna May. & scratch of the pen has been neosasary by either star to bind them, They have and the agreements been violated in the Mr. Stone went to Girl From Up There” hit. When bo re- itgorhery and he ‘Wizard of Os" who had merely from Mr. Dillingham. ingham presented them i” and then “The Old , Hl Hate ae g Mr, Stone be- ual star, The Difling- combination ts now #ich that the profits on a ited only by the capact~ theatres Mr, Stone plays. 5 TO BURPRIGE DARLING. ‘Wagetaft Gribble, ng featured, at t) ‘Theatre op Tucmlay cye- do the cast will be “Nh Standing, nie Blair, "I George, ith Rose Mam Hilt, Loulee (not De Foo and Jave Evans. MISS CLAIRE’S neers. a r matines performance en eee enter upon her seoond ‘Belaaco’s production of Diggers” at the Lyceum. has not missed @ per- HURRY THIS UP, FLO! ISG MANNING ENGAGED. Manning has been engaged 'W. Bavage, Inc. for a role Madge Kennedy's now vehicle, Miss Manning |s a Loule Mann, the noted base- aoesiP, lacoby ie now directing the or pie Lee rue Greanwich Village ‘gpecial matines performance of of Arc” will be given by Mar- jal matines of on Columbus od Jessie Bus- Welford has been signed up Maro Kiow for 4 role in “French sh $500 prize offered by Hugo Rie- Dh Genteld tor the best overture by an i will be awarded at the day morning, Oct, 5. erson’s New England Singers > engaged by D. W. Griff with “Way Down Bast’ Marcus Loew chain of theatres tion called Loew's mote by it that Viola marvellous shimmy, is to return to the ‘will act in filma for A. J Aret will be “What Is fale in Eve short. out of town 0 tried cinging al ¢ him and equal enjoyment to the audience. 1B. the ‘Te Maire sery.4 excellently as a “foeder,” Aside from them the producer variety show, with songs, dances and women striding the length of the overburdened runway. It is vaudeville performer who saves enough money to “put on’ " what he may become wealthy, if not Just because he had thrown « doughnut at « waiter, After put on and took off a $i7 pair of they went, but not good enough for & face too funny in its natural state white-face—if you will accept hia! nny as the victim of an oateopathto | through mich violent exercioes that he resembled a je bYkok-face antics were an anti-climax, i danced lke a nymph; Hdith Hallor sang well and often; iy danced as though he had gone mad, and gorgeous girls sang * of them struck the prohibition note with: “f once had a lobster, a quy, tut be turned to a crab when the country went dry.” that “Broadway Brevities 1920" scored a Broadway success, ‘Thus and Players DUDLEY By Way of Diversion. )| A ttle girt named Malone, who lives up-State, has sent us the following jingle: I'm working for Cy Perlina here, who haa the yellar barn, The work of mindin’ sheep and lamba ta chiefly my consarn, I drive them lambs each mornin’ down the valley to the brook an’ see 'em there adrinkin’ with a mild and peaceful look. But of late T've read the papers, an’ it's caused me some alarm to learn of wild an’ woolly lambs nd¥ rateed on any farm that got mined up in. trouble and jest ratsed a fine hubbud. Seems a kind I never heered of ts a kind that needs a club. In reodin’ "bout thie rumpus I feat thought dt auch a pity that, to straighten out this tangle, I come rushin’ to the city, What launched this awful mizup sure had mate me do some thinkin,’ an’ I asked what kind of water aly them Lambs’ Club lambda are drinkin’, I inquired of a wise guy an’ { got a city look. He says out for them there lamba; yer goose they're apt to cook, I don't believe I'd question ‘om, Their wrath yer apt to rankle, There's danger you'd get slammed av hard that i would break yer ~ ankle.” That sort o' talk was not the kind I'd clase aa very cheer- iw’. I'm goin’ home an’ jest fer- get my plan fer interferin’ Century Promenade the other night, and bis father, who was present, went home mad. , Mr. and Mrs, Carter I Hy 5 = the direction . Kane Pictures Corport in “The Girl in the Ta Haven, star. the Arthur jon, will act Fair this week. George. taker credit, however. am oem Be ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES, J. J. 8. and Mra. M, W.—We have Mr. Anderson's assurance that every- ‘body will be given a chance at the Shubert aa outlined in this column and see him. A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. ‘Tho only real Presidential oand!- @ate who hasn't been in a railroad wreck this year is Dudley, FOOL MENT, Said Cholly: “I'm sorry to say, sir, Ive been very wild in @ way, sir; T've drunk here of late Much soda-pop straight With strong ginger ale aa a chaser FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. “London is to have weroplane po- Moemen,”* “Fly caps, I presume.” a A Modern Fantasy, HE Mehta glittered brightly in the spacious cafe, At tables on which never a thin-stemme: Calurla He alno| COMIC PAGE KATINKA — : He an swarcereo The TEN cenrs Yes Yu CAN CARRY Thm TEN CRANTS BUT Dont DRoP (T. 1 How. ‘You Kins HurRY “BAcK with THAT PINT of MK a THISLLE BE GES Like “IH’ REAL STUFF -wart AN’ ee! WET “HAT WAS FIT DRINK | “Wid BATCH AN’ “buULL CHANGE Y' Tone ft WEA Hert— T Jus’ CPLLED UP ‘Cause T WOW Youle WEAR T- KEN ! e Metal ate’ ncn ae ~ \ \ HAW! Hal A BOOK TO WAKE ON OUR P % — WHAT. “Ter \3 \T CALLED.% 2 Lissen!— W'eN's TH’ NEXT DELIVERY, GROTHER — For INDESD I'm_So SOwrRY BUB, KEEP AWAY FRom THAT CAT WHEN SHE HAS HER BACK HUMPED LIKE THA WHAT MAKES HER BUMP HER BACK, MUWER ? Look }- He's HUMPED HIS BACK IN TWO OW HERES A | ANWMUL WHATS Twice AS CROSS as our cat t r! apartment if it had eo many things in my engraved atations! al nese ment The garr_Jtimily J with its bubbles o Joy sat disconsolate couples, whining and dining. Cloyds of tobacco smoke, the only remaining dissipation the jaw permitted, hung low throughout tn: room, Here and there walters p to the lad aaworted elie while gentiemen puffing pipes wit huge bowls xed t favorit« blends of tob in cocktail shakers Of in an mata bored young habitue, her willy sinuous dr fusely covered with glittering and war taxes, Ono jeweled lazily Micked into the obicken a la king the last of her agur- ottes, Haattly her escort rolled her another and placed tt between he: carmine es She is pid end the lumpy, |ll-made thing back falee face, thas nol k in bis the kind that my "oho puffed once—then other r ry all up if I . Its favor, tmoluding double rent?”| bad any,” ead Mre. Jarr, Dor. Pg Mas 4 eignle to cog asked Mr, Jarr, “TH ng you some engraved paper,” 12, Who wrote lke Lady of ime “Bec 6 tho Hicketts had just} sald , Jarr, “But I don't eee the The MI Cardelill. Camelias?” ot of new note paper, Their | Use of it” Comrrtaht, 1920, by Tine Hrrwas Publish’ New York Kventng World.) ddress was engraved on it, “Would you go calling on people asa Sapa 2 ene. Could they throw that away? It] wearing ragged old clothes?” asked ¥ : A} 66] GOT & letter trom Uncle Ken- ahe I've never been) (ous papa erew og mt tuo to the| Mrs. Jarr, "No; you'd put on your] 1 In whet sea are the Lalearic * 6; 4 edward vi 5, Fete ce; neth out in Columbus, O,, to- afford either. Hicketta if they moved, Women don't | best, It's the same about your sta-| Islands? iM »: hoor Bier ao Aaree ie Yes day. He's writing our family's n afford what-|inrow away money Uke men do, If] tonery. One might aa well be un-| 3, What were the rulers of Venice 1) Mon vt tvery five yearel; Ip history,” remarked Mrs. Jarr exolt y really do want,” wuld Mr.) sire, Hickett had © a ian she| tidy about ono's personal appearance | called during her independence? Ape ME TE a ee ; ss q {it would give you any hop: loud have said, ‘€ ‘bother tha} &* about one's correspondence, Only| 3, How many Cleopatras ruled) Alexnndre Dumay © edly when Mr, Jarr came home the | pincas in having engraved notepaper) SOUd Reve | salds cost!’ and)cheap peaple use cheap stationery. | Kpypt? =~ other evening With the family crest on it let's gec| ONOY INS leklel Meta are Hickott | [18 a& though one's acif was calling| 4 What English king was never Thi yc of Wiltahiats “The only trouble with that," repliod | !t Aye Mr carhed, | through the malt and there's nothing | crowned? ere had been a difference Manwere a thew tually stontans| “But then you see we might move,” | M8 4 pepmy saved 8 a Genny MENT | makes people think a» well of you! 6. In what Italian State did Machia-lopinion in the preacher's family } leave out all the family black replied Mrs, Jarr, “It would be terri- | thoy use up all the engraved paper. | stationery in good taste. velit hold office? 6. What was the namo of the great kingdom that existed in the tenth century between France and Ger- blo to, get a lot of n your name ei seo a nice m like Cora Hicke which six-year-old Hllzabeth thoug she got the worat of It. So at pra; time she was unhappy and reaent toward the world fn general and “There aro no more black sh our family than in yours," Mra, Jarr. e paper with aved on it and then to flat away uptown, * mother saw and it will take at least a year, although Cora Hickett and her mother are writing long letters to everybody they can think of to get rid of tt quickly, “Think it will please Unole Henry and Aunt Hotty In Swope Corners?" asked Mr, Jarr, “to get engraved and crested totters from ust’ replied “And why should biack sheep be put in a family history with told me about. the nice er" . | MEDC) socause, as they say, the landlord Is] “On, for goodness sake! ‘e| 7. Who appotts the three Commia- “Well, Fine tact shake the | Wares wag, # bis tied batnroems se coing to raise thelr rent so much couldn't use It writing to themt* sid | stonere who govern the District of ning aan wont through her uaual # family ‘firet,” said Mr. Jarr. “They gee {| choy’ have to move anyway.” ra, Jerr. am 2 pray never use the family crest on their let. | tne, nel #nd servante’ rooms all to- wi “economy. law aplendia| writing Back’ to che effect that it we] 4, Who won the national eingléx| | (Oh, Lord make all the bad ter paper when they write from jall"|was only twice as much as Mra.| thing, suid Mr. Jarr, “But we will] had moosy to waste on fancy ynetip a 2 tua weneal a an umarthoaght she Hickett is paying where they live.| not let the cost of a little engraved| ! that we might send, comer an was the name o re “and, God, if you can, please But Mra, wicket! couldn't take the note paper stand in the way, will No, always use cheap at and write about the with mort of your paper e : ly sunk on hard Jona of 29 lives? ” does fi “fia hate to move, to, betore 1 weed . 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