The evening world. Newspaper, June 25, 1921, Page 12

~ os 4 sONT w how I write plays, . | ud 1 don't know how 1 act; i| jet da, that’s all,” is the way | Pronk Craven pate it nd if tf knew }}eontd explain how, and thought it nil te praple any good, I'd tell Ht is hard to get Crayts. 40 take him- isty. One of ye dest glories Lami is centred en that when the w n Golden, contrary nt of other come- ing, would produce eSpite Corne by Frank Craven, Augustus Thomas smilimgly asked Craven why Golden had changed his mind. Ties in the About Plays and Players | as two reasons for get- t week, One is his de- tend the Dempsey-Carpen- in tier f the other his time-honored custom of spending July 4, bis birth- day, at bis boyhood home in Bucks- port, Me Florence Normand will be a “va in “Greenwich Village Follies of 192 Dorot i of "The Whirl of nw ¥ make her screen following her en Winter Garden “To take the conceit out of me," was | Pearl White has returned from | he reply. ‘To have written one of the best comedies of a decade, “The First Year.” and to have played the princi- pal part in it, and thereby helped materially to its success, might be just cause for an inflated cranium, but Craven just ploughs along, head down, | smoking bis bulldog pipe and wearing | a funny cap the same as he did before. | Before he saw his first extended | Play produced, Craven had written more than ten one-act plays, mostly | for the Lams’ Gambols. One in par tioular, “Up in Minnie's Room," pre- | ceded the farce “Up in Mabel's Room,” by another author. j Graven is of the theatre, His! parents, Mr. and Mrs, John T. Craven, were well known players, devoting their time principally to stock work im Boston and Baltimore. At the age of three, Frank played the child in “The Silver King.” This was in Prov- idence, R. I. Craven's first comedy, “Too Many} Cooks,” produced at the 39th Street Theatre, proved a success, Another, | “This Way Out,” was not s0 ,0« The former play was also presento in London. A story of his first trip across is told. He was sitting in the lobby af the Savoy and seemed impressed with the gorgeous appearance of one of the hotel flunkies. ‘The gold braid and pompous dignity finally overcame Craven, and calling the lordly person to his chair he said seriously: “You know, I've played hundreds of ae” HELEN HAYES TO BE A STAR. Helen Hayes sailed to-day on her first visit to Europe. ‘This will be an eventful year for the popular young actress. Besides discovering Furope she will in the wutumn be starred for, the first time by George C. Tyler in Hooth Tarking- ton’s new play, "The Wren,” written for her, Last season Mr. Tyler only “featured” her in “Bab” Miss Hayes was accompanied ‘abroad by her mother, Mrs. C. C. Brown of Washington, D. C. On their arrival it is their plan to start on a motor trip through France and Italy that will last through the month of July. They will then visit Eng- land for a couple of weeks, returning to America about the middie of August, just in time for Miss Hayes to begin rehearsals of her new play which opens at the Hollis Street The- sg Boston, on Sept. 19. ‘The Selwyns announce the premier ot “The Poppy God” at the Hudson Theatre on Aug. 29. This is the new play by Leon Gordon, Le Roy Clem- ene and Thomas Gramt Springer in which Ralph Morgan will give a char acterization totally different from anything he has ever done in the the- atre and for which John Wenger, the Russian artist, has been engared to create the scenic and lighting effects requisite to its Chinese atmosphere. | A MOTHER OF TASTE. ‘Pauline Stark, who appears on the screen in the title role of “Sulva- tion Nell,” gives it as her opinion, after hearing a masculine friend de- acribe a boxing match, that “a clinch im the movies is worth ten in the fonder if she ever heard that “a peach on the lap is worth two on Une tree?” “MEXICAN PETE.” “Speaking of slumps,” Frank Bacon, “who's this Pete they're talking about?” “Oh,” replied John Golden, "“Mexi- can Pete is Villa in disguise going through the New York Stock Ex- change.” drawled Mexican GossIP. Willlam Farnum, who has been tour- WHY MIKE CAME OVER. ISS MOLLIF CARROLL, the actress, who flew over the British Embassy dropping leaflets of protest about Ireland, said at a Washington dinner party the other day: “Poor Ireland! 1 know an Irish voy named Mike Shane who immi- svated into America last month, when he reached here the immigra- lien officer started to question him. “Where do you come trom? he ays. “1 come from Ballybunion,’ saya Uh Rallybunion,’ says the immigras tion officer, ‘And what state is Bal. iybunion in? s h, sort.’ says Mike, ‘she's in a state, That's why I emi- —Detroit Free Prem, a PASTOR TOOK NO CHANCES. TLANTIC CITY is a spot to which many New Yorkers go for a fling. A Broadwayite was time on his hands, passed by a emureh where a prayer meeting was being held. He dropped in, Shortly m@erward the minister called on him ( lead in prayer. He dtd the best he knew how, and afterward he met the minister at the @oor and said: re taking a chance to call on @ stranger to lead horrt grated! Mathis, formerly in musical sutnedy and now a chief scenario writer, will resume acting on Broad- way i} the spring. She is to appear in is It was the Span- ish i Four Horsemen,” which sho adapted to the sereen, that won the highest literary honors for her. Purope much lighter than when she went abroad | Hale Norcross, James Seeley and | William H. Sams been added to the cast of “Like a King," which Adolph Klauber will produce in the fall. Sybil Vane sailed to-day to play a four weeks’ engagement at the Lon- don Coliseum. THE BIG —— re COUNTRY, VACATIONS REAGOMALE f = hint LITTLE MARY MIXUP You've ONLY RUNG UP S FARES! Now EITHER COME Lssen EYDON'T qucelaa HERE ARE INSPECTo! 6 PEOPLE IN THIS CAR AN’ HEONE IT REMEMBER WHEN {WAS A KID, MAKIN" THar STEAM ENGINE — AN' HOW ' THING T.wiSh 1 Hapn'T BEEN BORN WITH A BUG FoR MACHINERY ! ( MUST HAVE WHEELS IN MY me \ HEAD oR Tsump'n ! NOW “THAT FATHERS GOT, WIS VACATION — LETS SEE WHERE WE'LL GPEND IT @ : I KNoW-WELL Go “6 “KOSTLY BEACH*-ITS So Exclusive $ Houwd “His ROPE FOR ME A MINUTE Wit You? I dave TS GO 4sttoreE — HOLDING “THis OLD RoPe 30SH, WHAT CAN £ Do- 1 AIN'T GoT A NICKEL ? JOE’S CAR ote ae RAN BACKWARDS 4 FEW “TIMES THE sAmE WAY — THa's Tue TROUBLE WI GETTIN” seconD ALL “H'@ars 1 BUY ACT HAND BOILERS .@ ¥ THINK OF HoBNOBBING WITH THE * ELITE" AT “BUNKUM LODGE" IN , “THE “BERKSHIRES * \ WELL LET US °\ eiT DowN AND DECIDE WHICH ITLL Be! = a | . Wi j= TTT weit-T MicHT AS WELL SIT DowN AND WAIT DRIFTING OUT INTO FERDIE LAMEBRAIN IF You PuT ME OFF THis CAR - OUR COURTSHIP_IS OVER! And One for You! j SOMEBODY OUGHTA BUILD JUST ONE COPY OF A FOOL-PROOF Car ~ ane WHO TH’ SAM HILLS VACATION 1S Sids EVEN IF THE ' DIDNT | MARRY THE DUKE OF | MaRLBoRougn | A DEACON 3 | DID yf nowrap NATIONAL, GEOGRAPHI Wy SOCIETY AT | Bx WASHINGTON SAYS AMERICAS RUBBER H~ TRADE iS ~~ FoR vyou'—# Wy ENo ¥ ITS Aw RIGHT— | MORE 50 Mister ~ I'm \ “Wow he. STite rhowDsn? | is BEACHES THe ROPE | ARE OPEN PoLice Pour $75,000 c* WORTH OF LIQuoRS | INTO SEWERS — WELL / We STILL HAVE ONE MANHATTAN 4ND A BRONX LEFT Sy WHERE ? ’ (Hee? To ARGUMENT [LET You WHETHER =| Have LOAN eis 1S | soon OUND OR Vie FLAT Downey, LAND Two \ IN JERSEY |} | JAIL om \ 17'S USUALLY FLAT BEFORE PAY CAY 4 reno SPOUTING WHALE KILLED OFF STATEN i ISLAND ome } WA/CH PROVES THAT BLOWING GETS You NOTHING ener COST OF MAKING ICE CREAM SODAS_HAS ADVANCED 70o PER CENT SINCE 1914 = HEARD OF ONE — ee . oe ¢ $75 in Awards | Every Week For Children Under 15 Years of Age. To stimulate interest in drawing among the New York school children The Evening World is publishing, three days each week, a strip similar to the one printed here to-day. Only three of the four intended pictures aro completed, the space which the fourth should occupy being left blank, The pictures illustrate verses based on familiar nursery rhymes. ‘These verses are also left unfinished | Children under fifteen years of age are invited to complete these strips P osing the missing lines of the Ss and by drawing the missing pictures For the best work done in com: |pleting each strip published in The Evening World one award of TEN DOLLARS and three awards of FIVE DOLLARS each will be made. To-day's strip is the third that has TO FILL UP ON RASPBERRY JAM; LITTLE_ MiSs HUBBARD WENT TO THE CUPBOARD - the same style as that in which the| your drawing is mailed. other pictures in the strip are drawn. | portant. Your completed rhyme must end with! Your completea drawing must be deen printed. Fach strip offers sep- arate awards, 80 you can begin your efforts to-day. Complete |the strip from the paper and draw later than § P. M, Wednesday, June |it will neparate awards, gov- faut shure and print your words in| 29. Address Summer Drawing Schoo! | erned by theeame rules that apply to|one of your parents or your guardian | cleverness of the line completing the Cra “o the ‘epase there previced. Editor, Evening World, No. 68 Park |this one. stating your prosent age and the date | verse. WAVE cANDED Note that to-day’s drawing is aum- | Row. New York City. —_—_—- you were born (year, month, day). No|,,A0¢ in judging the drawing not only My, ADE bered 3. See that your drawing bears| The Evening World will not return VERY IMPORTANT. Seal Tab canstaerad antaue ita qualit t the faithfulness with ANY A } the same numbers and also print a!any of the drawings submitied, , bi < rawing will be consicered unre, - | whioh it follows the style of The Eve. | W748 & tm abe iower dntt coms ThejiW.wand: . Mou-svilly-be-eligiblete receive an panied by euch a note, givir Se worse watiab willtGo-eomstsored, EVENING WORLD’S SUMMER SCHOOL OF D L This is im-| from Monday, names of all four award winners. et and wait ‘Another strip will be published | a word rhyming with “JAM.” Clip received by The Evening World not|Monday-—the day RAWING—No. 3 : : BRINK THAT HAS DECREASED To HALF OF ONE PER CET together WAEN SHE, GOT THERE - SHE STOOD ON A CHAIRE— missing picture to fit your rhyme in|of the envelope or package in which|be published on this page one week award only if you have not yet reached | statistics required. the | your fifteenth birthday at the Stine | In making the awards the persons | with | your drawing is made. after to-inorrow. | Your drawing must have clipped or | the purpose will consider not only the Pinned to it (not pasted) a note from | merit pf the drawing but also the Pres, HARDIMG To SPEND 4 oF JUuLy GOLFING — WiLL AOPRESS THE BALL INSTEAD INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSION WILL TAG FISH | To SHOW THEIR \ MISRATORY. 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