The evening world. Newspaper, June 20, 1921, Page 18

—————————e—————— Staten OHN R. WILLADSEN, European representative of Oliver Morosco, with headquarters in London, has @frived for a conference regarding @heatrical ventures that Mr. Morosco to launch, Mr, Willadsen brought a trunk filled with manu- Seripts which he found during recent travels through France, Germany, Italy and Spain, It is not unlikely that the services of several of the players Mr, Willadsen discovered in jis travels will be secured for the musical plays Mr. Morosco has in prep- ‘eration. According to Mr. Willadsen, the heat, strikes and various indus- trial diMcultics have greatly affected the theatrical prosperity of England. HISTORICAL DRAMA. When Avery Hopwood, playwright, Was in Paris, he was asked: “What is your most famous his- Werical drama?” , “*Ten Nights in a Bar Room,'" Mr. Hopwood answered sadly. NICE BUT CAREFUL. As Dorothy Ward, of “The Whirl of New York,” entered the stage door ef the Winter Garden, a vision of freshness and loveliness, an admirer | aid: “My, you look as though you had Just stepped out of a fashion book!" | “Indeed!” the singer replied with feigned hauteur, “I try to dress more Pespectably than that.” 1 DEMPSEY TRAINED WITH BEAR. Jimmie Adams, film actor, narrow- Jy escaped death a few days ago in the making of “A Good Scout.” Adams was being chased by John Brown, the wrestling bear. Brown) dearly loves to hug anybody who) plays with him. In such playful mood he ducked Adams under water and held him there until he was al- most drowned. Incidentally, the bear has a reputation. When Jack Dempsey was selling fruit in Albuquerque, N. M., according to the bear's trainer, the @himal was travelling with a show. A wrestler was needed and Dempsey tok the job for three weeks. SNAPPY STUFF? A. H. Woods will open the Repub- ic Theatre on July 25 with “Getting rtie’s Garter,” a farce by Wilson | Collison and Avery Hopwood, which tly had a long run in Chicago. e cast includes Walter Jones, Dor- thy Mackaye, Adele Rolland, Lorin Raker, Donald MacDonald and Loms Kimball. THE IMPOSSIBLE DISCOVERED. ‘By way of starting a contest Galled “Discovered Impossibilities,” lenry Harrison of No. 469 Schenck kvenue, Brooklyn, kicks off in this fashion: come this stuff that poots seek ing to eat right thru each week? false as that of Brodie's leap, never felt the river deep, For list, ye sons that jeer the bard, There's one that eats (and note ye, pard); ‘The best of foods that “mon” can buy, ag you shall know the reason why. fe wears not long his jet-black hair, Nor trousers “bagged” that show no care; Just like a dude's is fixed his tie— In plain words, he's a “reg'lar guy.” ‘You wonder where he's at, you say— He floorwalks down at Zach's each day. A ONE-WAY WOMAN. Buster Keaton, on entering the ‘Times Square station of the subway, fheard a nervous weman questioning the ticket chopper. “Is this the uptown or downtown! entrance?" she asked. “Both,” said the man at the gate. ‘The woman stared at him help- lessly. . “But I can't go both ways,” she protested. LASKY TO ECONOMIZE. Jesse L. Lasky, First Vice President ef the Famous Players-Lasky Corpo- | ration, says conditions have made it mecessary that every economy should | ‘be practised in the production of pic- tgres, and that through reorganiza- dion he expects to effect a big cut in Be cont of production at the Lasky 0. * se ‘TENT SHOW FOR SOLDIERS A circus tent from the Ringling Brothers’ winter quarters at Bridge- port, Conn., will be erected on the minds of the United States Public fealth Service Hospital at Fox Hilla, | Island, for the National Vaudeville Artists, Inc., entertainment | pied field day to be given for the inded men of Fox Hills and other | Bospitals in Greater New York, on ‘Thursday, June 30. More than 2,000 ‘wounded men will be entertained. ‘The B. F. Keith's Boys Band will fur- mish music. Several hundred vaude- ville artists will take part in a con- tinuous show from 1 o'clock until dark. There will be a big array of aide shows, carnival shows, paddle Wheels, soft drink concessions and ether Coney Island attractions. The | Fox Hills Baseball Club will play the | WN. V. A. team during the afternoon and there will be a number of ath-| Tetic contests for prizes in gold to be @ffered by the N. V. A. Each of the Wounded men will be supplied with @everal dollars worth of N. V, A. cou. Pons, each one good for ® cents at al! etands and attractions, No other “money” will be accepted, | SUBURBAN TICKET OFFICES. In order to accommodate suburban theatre-goers who desire to attend Performances of “The Last “Waltz” at the Century Theatre, ticket offices wi!) ‘Be opened this week in White Plains, ew Rochelle, Mount Vernon, Hack- @fisack, New Brunswick, Elizabeth, Newark, Bast Orange, Montclair and Flushing. It is the first tame in the Bistory of @ New York attraction that | tokets have been placed on sale in| heighboring towns, * | ‘ Gossip. | “The Scarlet Man.” a comedy by} William Le Baron, will be produced ‘o might at the New National Theatre in Washington by Charlies Dillingham. the company are John Cumberiand, es Carson, John Craig, Olive ¥, Richard Barbee, Diantha Patti- won, Clay Carroll, John Gray and Grace Perkins. Jobn Drinkwater's “Abraham Lin- @oln” bas. been revived Opera House in Hamd & athe = aan Si, COLOR FOR A el “EXACTLY Tat! do y'THINK VD Ler Th’ BUNCH SEE mE » DRIWIN AROUND IN AN ALICE BLyE" CAR? Nor —AND Do You Think MD Ler LH MY BUNCH SEE ME DRWING AROUND IN A FIRE-CRACKER GoLoRED CIRCUS WAGON 7. London suburb, The play first at-) tracted attention while playing at this house in a run that lasted twelve | months. 3 Eleanor Woodruff has been added to the cast of Roi Cooper Megrue’s new play “Honors Are Even,” which NICE CoLoR “T'PAINT THICAR, \F WE HAVE (T PAINTED ? \ KNow WHAT EH THittk — J 4 wae SPEENSTER IS A SNAPPY RED — sump'N Wit A Lic! azz 7 vt ~ cunss'| Sect erg oe ee 7 WHATTA Y'THINK WOULD Be ‘| “er opens at the Times Square Theatre ; ob August 8 x as NOT Muck ti! Doris Mitchell will appear in “Blue- iy “| beard’s Eighth Wife.” George Broadhurst has engaged Byron Beasley, Percy Helton and A Sutherland for “The Bilton ‘the William Devereux play. which is to have its try-ou Branch the first week ¢ “Six-Cylinder Love William Anthony Met in rehearsal to-day by ris “The Broken Wing” Corp bought from Glenn H siandard Curtiss airplane, eq with a K-6 motor, capable of « of 140 milex an hour, for the nmnedy by was placed am H, Har Paul Dickey. The ship wil by Mr. Dickey, co-author (9) Rroken Wing,” next a moans of transportation to carry him ! iit from one company to another, Mr. AN Wyyy ie Dickey was a pilot with the a my ui Corps in France during th Late in the summer he will fi from New York to Grand Rapids, Mich. and thence to Chicago. THE BIG LITTLE FAMILY OFF FoR YouR But Think of the Pleasure in Coming Home! — ‘ WES -IM VACATION “ ~¢ GOIN’ To ~TH’ ES) hess Alews (opens : NJOY MYSELF | RESTAURANT MEN ASK TRAFFIC Rute CHANGE — MOsT | RESTAURANTS TAKE ALL Your. CHANGE | .| BARBERS | HARD HIT LITTLE MARY MIXUP GETTING. 4 ’ NG One Can't Do It All! Tenmep —_— — 1 Hey -mom-.* L] BAW - F = OWN Bouse Any irs MY 4's Sud ME (Bur sie porcar | GAME “TWIN “BROWN BEEN FIGHTIN’ AGAIN — | Darren JERSEY COMMUTER RETURHI HOME LATE FINDS Case - OF RYE ON SIDEWALK = THE EARLY BIRD AND THE WoRM “YP - TO-DATE No MORE EARLY, Q a RISING FoR me see? 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