The evening world. Newspaper, December 29, 1920, Page 28

4 By BIDE 4 j dropped in the McBride head- quarters to-day and took a ¥ | ‘look at John McBride's theat- Urieal batometer. Mr. MtBride has @ map of the season om his wall on ‘which an undulating ink-line tells | Bow things are going in the Broad- “Way amusement business, At present the line is headed downward and indi- ates that the season's business is off about 2% per cent. from the high pont. Mr. McBride expects it to go sower, but says a reduction in theatre ticket prices might retard its fall. ‘Within the past week he visited Gen- @ral Manager Long of the Shubert , Shterprises and urged a reduction in “top prices” at the Shubert houses. i ome of the ticket brokers have fmaugurated new plans to help them meet their running expenses, Tyson, Inc, has sent out notices that « ‘ charge of $2 a month will be made “3 on all-credit accounts and McBride Is (is . Bow chargins % a year on these ac- : counts, These charges are made, it i fa explained, to cover part of the a Dobickeeping expense. Cash custo- ke mots, of course, do not encounter ie them. In addition, it is now the custom to charge 2% cents for the delivery of each order of tickets sent out. Mr. McBride says it costs him 82 |" ents *0 deliver auch an order. The i brokers mentioned use the “60 cents ever box office price” plan. FUND BENEFIT JAN. 21. The ainual Acter’s Fund benefit ‘will be held at the Century Theatre @n Friday afternoon, Jan. 21. Daniel’ Frohman has obtained the assistance | in the proposition of Margaret Anglin, Nora Bayes, Florence Reed, May) Irwin, Marilynn Miller, Patricia Col-| linge, Frances White, Julia Arthnr,| Ada Mae Weeks, Holbrook Blinn, | Frank Bacon, Leon Errol, Edmund Breese, Frank Browne, Edgar Selwyn, | Fred. Truesdel, Willlam Faversham, | Harry C:° Browne and Alphonse Bithier. . Mrs, Fiske has bought a gallery seat for $50, and twe orches- tra seats have been purchased by Frank Z, Storrs for $260. _ FOUR NEW KEITH HOUSES. Early in the coming year B. F. Keith's Fordham Theatre, at Ford- fham Road and Valentine Avenue, will be opened by BH. F. Albee. It will haversix acts of Keith vaudeville and &@ photo drama. Over in Brooklyn ‘Work has been started on the new Keith Orpheum. It will play the same Bill as the Palace. B, 8. Mous is g@ompleting the Atlas, at Prospect Avenue and i6ist Street, and the “Grant, at Tremont and Webster Ave-|. ‘ues. a Mr, Moss's arrange- ment with Mr, Albeo, these houses _ Will offer Keith vaudeville. | OUR BABY DEPARTMENT. Horace C. Wood of the Donnelley ‘Company, says he saw a six-year-old * eh ‘steal a. penny off a newostand Pe ‘ Other day, and he said to the a, , do you know where little boys a whe ea! pennies go?" ona the eeeee iy, I guess,” a the boy. At least, Mr. Wood ways A well known actress, middle-aged ‘and rather fat, called at the home of @ friend aptown recently, but found ‘Wasn't in, As the actress turned Jeave she saw the friend's little ‘on the sidewalk. | your mamma _ I _ caiied, "she sald, “I'm awfully 1 — hott ‘i don’ sorry,” ed “Mamma won't Care” @ossiP. Keith vaudeville houses, will two shows New Year's Eve. ‘The Gaiety Theatre's cat is a pluto- She sleeps in a coal bin. “The Passing Show for 1921" opens jm the Winter Garden to-night. \, The League of Notions,” 5 taged by i egtind Anderson, will open in Jan, 7, Ethe Clayton, film star, has started California after spending Christ- with her mother here, ‘The Selwyns, Arthur Hammerstein Sam H, Ferris have Joined in in- crippled ers to the! ‘Wednesday matinee performances of Tiokle ile,” Jimmie" and “Wel- ‘The Mummers will present three . ‘plays at the Bramhall Play- ‘on Sunday evenings, Jan 9 and. i. The are “Overtones,” “Funicull a” and “The Noble Bard.” Beginning to-day, matinee perform- ries Stew oely, rough the “Mary,” “The Tavern” and Phe Meancst Man in the World.” ‘The “Love Birds" company, star- Pat Rooney and Marion Bent, . leave to-morrow morning for Fa. where the show will be ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. BPR perry pote, & salary of "4 Mg “pall pa sd igh erage . W.—Yes, Thomas played th male lead in Now York for about a A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. is but one porcelain bath- @ub in Hoxie, Kans, and it is cracked - | ytd one must bathe rapidly or leakage. POOLISHMENT. Zauw a fly walk up the wail, | And woadered why he did not fall, To me it was a mystery, And even now it. puzzles me, PROM THE CHESTNUT TREE, amiaina™ de of Boer — al abe always has the last About Plays and Players DUDLEY Why wasn't Rome built in a day? What is a foothill, and what relation is it to @ Gus Hill? Who invented hash, and what did he put in it to make board eTe suspicious? In what year did Simpson Le- gree write “Uncle Tom's Cabin,” and who wag little Christmas Evat How many popular-song writ- ers have used the “gat and pal” rhyme, and how sore does it make you? What ia the political condi- tion of the Republic of Scorpol- titan, and what difference does it make? In Beethoven's snorter in A Flat Basement, which finger hits the © in the major scale pro- fundist ——-— News Ciwpers THIS IS THE WEEK FoR "RAPPING" XMAS GIFTS MANY WILL RAVE i TENDER FEELINGS FOR OLD 1920 HE KEPT THEM * So LONG IN HoT WATER LAWYER LITTLETON CALLS BRINDELL' CASE A LYNCHING BY INK — MANY 5 @_MAN HAS Go’ “4 OVER WRITING LETTERS COMMISSIONER ENRIGHT HAS A GIFT OF A 140 PounlD , DEER On His HANDS_*¢ FATHER KNICK Has A FEW WHITE ELEPHANTS ON HIS THIS SPRING — Pde? GETTING THE SLATE hy Ste FROM THIS WINTERS s coaL. BOSTON Now SAID SP GREATEST FISH PORT IN THE WorLD AS Ponzi CAUGHT ‘ A FEW OF THE 70 PooR FISH é | AEE NO WONDER WE HAVE. SO MANY DESCENDANTS OF BLUE LAW FANATICS IN AMERICA, NO IMMIGRATION LAWS WHEN ‘THEIR FOREFATHERS LANDED ‘THOUSANDS OF Movie STARS LOSE THEIR JOBS. —~_—~—— % UNCLE JOE Cannon BREAKS RECORD FOR LONG SERVICE IN 9 CONGRESS AND IT WASN'T A STEADY JOB WHEN HE TooK IT WASHINGTON DRESSMAKERS ARE ELATED OVER THE COMING INAUGURAL BaLt THEY CLAIM IT Witt OUT STRIP ALL OTHERS ee | What Don’t You Know? | Olaely i CAR YEAH = YouR J iwens ON ECONOMY ARE MARVELOUS! SAVE. MONEY ON A CAR AN’ BLow IT ON A Qoat! ‘IN A DAWGONE HARD “THING “To Do — Ive Ried IT EACH NEW YEAR— AN’ BY “THUNDER! IM GONNA “TRY - an LITTLE ———— nae A TRAMP OUT IH /) THe YARD * . [7 ENERN FELLOW L VAMP GOES CRAZY ABOUT MY SOFT HANDS Now wart — You vaven'T HEARD YET wHat My GET MY THINGS Y MIxXUP Wedel rd nt ol- e's He Pour” WHA | Dietiesr TRAMP LY’ ever saw ¢ \T. (Min THE Hi FOR A Goo) ECONOMY u = He WANTS AND MV CHARMING— NAMPIE,MAN 4 ASK WOW YOU KE! 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