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COMIC PAGE TUESDAY{ FEBRUARY 15,. 1921 About Plays By BIDE , Commissioner of Internal Rev- enue at Washington, in charge ‘of the Income Tax Unit, has resigned Phat position to join the forces of A. 1, Erlanger, as General Director of the syndicate theatres throughout Wie United States, His resignation Will’ take effect at the end of this Month and he will enter’ immediately fipon his new duties, Mr, Newton Is @ native of Missouri and has been Ir the Government service nearly twen- ty-one,years, Mr. Erlanger says the Appointment of Mr. Newton js in line With a policy to put the theatres udder his direction and contro! on a { @trictly business basis. MACK !N A NEW PLAY. 4 — It develops that Willard Mack is to be seen at the Lexington Theatre in ‘Smooth ws Sik,” a play of his own, fand not Shakespeare. He will close in “Near Santa Barbara” at the | Greenwich Village Theatre Saturday ight and open in the new play Tues- | day night. From this it may be seen, that Willard isn’t letting any grash’ ~ sprout under his No. 11's. OH, MARY, PIPE THIS! | Philip B. Dooner, who is quite) noted as an admiration poet, saw! “Sally” recently and decided Mary { Hay deserved immortalization in fhyme. On reaching home he set his Muse to working and the result was | Here it 1s: im our mail last night. Look at the style of her, *Gaze al! the while at her, At that sweet smile of her | Miss Mary Hay! My, how real sweet she is! Ae how petife she is! | What a real treat she is! Miss Mary Hay! | Watch her sweet, winsome face, | Bee her cute, lissome grace; { Charm years will ne'er erase Miss Mary Hay! Pretty, the hair of her, Childlike the air of her, None can compare with her, Miss \Mary Hay! | HONORS FOR SIR HARRY. Cable advices from London indi~ cate that Harry Lauder is cutting a wide swath in social circles over re. He received the accolade of knighthood, conferred upon him by | the King at Buckingham Palace, | a@nd at the finish of the ceremony had | the privilege of shaking the King’s band. Sir Harry was accompanied to the palace by his band of pipers, who rendered “The Cock o' the North,” but the noise failed to cause in the complacency of the . “Upon leaving the palace,” writes Eddie Weil, preas representa-" tive, “Sir Harry was met by a kiss i. from Lady Lauder, ‘his manager, as William Morris and Mrs. Morris, as a well as by hundreds of admirers and Scottish -clans.” | The motion picture rights of Bin| Morris kissing Sir Hank must have eost a tidy sum. | —— | JOHN, YOU'RE NEXT. | William Harris jr, replying to! John Emerson's statement that it would be impossible for the Equity fo operate successfully withoit the aid of some form of the Equity shop, says: “The Producing Managers’ Aagocia- Mon iwishes to point out that it is definitely pledged, in accordance with the agreement of Sept. 6, 1919, to ar- bitrate any and all claims that the Actors’ Equity Assoctation desires to bring before it; that more than 200 eases have al y been adjusted, and that there is, to the best of our | + knowledge, no oytstanding grievance or dispute, In the words of Frank Gilmore, Secretary of the Equity, the Present arbitration committee has Proven 90 per cent. efficient. In ali gases the decisions of this committee have been arrived at promptly and without recourse to a third party arbiter. The Producing Managers’ Association therefore challenges Mr. Bmerson to expliin the imperstive / Mecessity for a closed shop.” | Gossip. George M. Cohan Is taking a rest at Malone, N, Y, . New Year" will be put in ‘y John Golden on Mareh 7. Lew Fields and Mollie King opened | fo “Bluc Eyes" in Springtield last nigh . A party of ‘slectricians examined the electrical appliances of “In the Night Watch” at the Century last night. Shakespeare Lodge, No. 750, Masons, will have a dinner and dance at the Century Promendde Feb. 27. “The Midnight Rounders” will entertain | the visitors. ’ They say the American chorus | beauties John Murray Anderson tock | to London for “The League of No- | tions” are causing London to sit up | and he: Why was Valentine's Day named for Grace Valentine? What tailor advertises to make pants at $2 a leg, seats free? . If George M. Cohan gets through work at 6 P. M., when ts Eddie Dunn? On what corner ts the only cigar store in New York that has never been held up? Who wrote the song, “Bweet \ Little Bughouse Darling” and in what church was it first sung? Who was t& that said they built subways in the Flatbush gection 80 people could go there without being seent How many cackles docs the | average hen give after laying an gg ond what is the color of a Plymouth Rock's eye-browst BORGE V, NEWTON, Deputy beauty een, “Alas and Players DUDLEY. A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. It Is said that every contributor to “The Quill” writes his stuff on the typewriter. FOOLISHMENT. By the Abwlempeare Kid A young Jap, by name Iwamura, Was secking something that scould cure a Bad cold that he had That near drove him mad, But he only could buy aqua pura, And seeing the fellow's dilemma, The chorus, from Lizzie to Emma, While seeking a way His distress to allay, Decided to put it up to Bide Dudley. FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE, “When is a lover like a tailor?” “When? “When he presses his suit.” . => Alews (pers BY ygarree—” MAN MARRIES WIDOW WITH EIGHT CHILDREN — Must BE A GLUTTON FoR Nel PUNISHMENT ans HIGHEST DAM IN THE WORLD 1S PLANNED FOR THE SUTLEJ RIVER. 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