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rs | i Theatrical News and Gossip _ od Evening! When the day has started dyin’ An’ the birds to rest are flyin’; When | smell the bacon fryin’ In the kitchen in the pan; When the western sky is glowin’ With the rays Old Sol is throwin, It 18 then | come near knowin I'm a doggone tucky man For I'm holdin’ while I'm waitin’ A wee bunch that’s laughin’, pratin’, Whose whole life is only datin’ From about twelve months ago. How | kiss him an’ caress him As I, clumsy-like, undress him! He is mine, that kid—God bless him! He's my antidote for woe. OBSERVATIONS, We predict Molla will come back seon—home. Now that there is no scrapping for them to do, twenty-eight United Btates warships are to be scrapped. When we were young we thought &® veteran always was a man who had fought in the Civil War. The Germans are making razors from old British ships. First they ocate a snip and then razor. If we could have just one wish to-day we'd wish for the recovery of Baby Virginia Brown, who has a bul- Jet in her brain. LAUGHING LENA, (Were ever @ woman's heart #0 torn? loptoncn:) Percival Leffingwell was a broad-minded man. In New York, where his father owned a feed store, he was always busy s80- elally. Society looked on him as fts leader and as a result his father often sold feed for the Astor horses. So when Lena, the Getective, gazed at him like that he knew society would have to crowd up some day and give her @ seat or make it 401. He in- tended to marry her {f possible. “Ahem!” said Leffingwell. He merely meant for Lena to Botice his affectionate manner. “Cuckoo!” sald the girl, just to tease him. Old man Hoskins, the store- Keeper, was worried. He had Bot found the lost nickel and, so far as he could see, no detec- tive had been sent to his store fo find out who had kicked him. But Mrs. Hod Barnstable was gerene. She had seen love mak- ing at Its start very often and mothing could deceive her. “Wow!” she shouted. Then very gracefully she jumped into the air and knocked her hebis together. Lefingwell was amazed, but Bis good breeding kept him from saying anything other than: “Oh, flooey!” Lena stepped forward, looked — By BIDE DUDLEY POEMS OF PREFERENCE. Bill Netch of Senator Street, Brooklyn—just a stone's throw from this country—wants the velvet-lined oyster opener to throw at cats who warble under his window. There: fore, he has sent us the following rhyme: Now when this contest started, I think you will recall, I said I was a bachelor. No girl has made me fall. Ive traveled far and wide, sir, Just thinking I could find The kind of girl I fancted— The girl I had tn mind, Folks say I tried but little, Or else I'm hard to suit. The latter part ie 0. K That much I'll not dispute. In going on my travels A world of girls I've seen, But fuat one girl I fancy, She's Lady Nicotine. ee into his loving eyes and laughed. She knew she would find the lost nickel. She was on the scent. “Good morning, all!" she mur- mured sweetly. (To Be Continued.) The Editor Hopes. A new shotgun was received by express at the raliroad depot yester- day. We hope it wasn't bought for use on us. — Henderson (Neb.) Tribune. She Surely Was. A woman weighing possibly 800 pounds was having an animated dis- cussion with another woman in a subway train this morning and we were sitting right across the aisle. The noise prevented our catching their words, At the 14th Street Sta- tion, however, the train stopped and we heard the fat woman say: “I'm very broad.” Everybody nearby smiled, but tho lady didn’t seem to mind. Some Grievance! Bé Marion has a grievance against the raliroad that will probably cost {t a lot of money. He was killed by & freight train at Diggs last night. —Hopatch (Ky.) News, Damn Fino Bothers Lil. Lillian Bell has written us a poem, Why say more? Looky what Lillian wrote: T love to loiter as I go Along our city streets And read those signs which give to me Such literary. treats. 1 chanced to gaze at one that read: “Bhoe shine by Joseph Fino," It gave more solid food for thought Than any sign that 1 know. Now I am far too sensitive, Yep, I've been told 1 am, 1 couldn't steep that night for fear He'd name his baby Damn, AND NOW PERMIT US To pester you with the information taat there fs a man living near Poughkeepsie named Ash Pyle, AM BH. HARRIS ts announcing his plans for the coming season ‘With Irving Berlin he will pro- @uce a new “Music Box Revue,” work m which bas already started under direction of Hassard Short. An- @ther Harris musical production will have tho Duncan Sisters as its stars The sisters. assisted by Guy Bolton, have written this one. Mr. Harris will gtage, also, a musical version of "Go- with book and lyrics by ich and music by Louts A. “It's a Boy," a new comedy Birech. by William Anthony McGuire, will be Jaunched by this manager at the Apollo. Atlantic City, and about Sept. 16 he will make a production of Clare Kummer's new play, ‘Pomery's Past." Following this will come ‘The Nervous Wreck,’ by Owen Davis, “The Great Music,"’ by Martin Brown, Fs babel by Edith Ellis, "The Vigil,” by Danie! N. Rubin, “Ir Love With Lave.” by Edward Locke, “A Man ng Women,” by Daniel Carson an and Alan Brooks, and "The Prude’s Fall," by Rudolph Besier and May Edginton Mr. Harris will import for revision fer American production ‘'The Myste- lous Story of Kappelmeister Kreiser,” & Berlin success, He will likely @hange the title. Another importation will be “The Robber Knight,” by La- dep Biro, adapted by Gilbert Emery. In association with Selwyn & Co., . Harris will produce ‘'The Rear by Edward E Rose, and ‘The "a new play by Channing Pol- On tour Mr. Harris will have Present ‘Music Box Revue," “Six Gytinder Love," “Captain Applejack,” ing Wallace Eddinger and Mary Francine Larrimore in “Nice People” and “Welcome §tranger,” with George Sidney 1 Mr. Harrie will open lila new house Mm Chicago, the Sam H. Harris, on Labor Day with “Six Cylinder Love'* and Ernest Truex. All attractions for the Cort, New York, will be by him, cual ATTENTION, BURGLARS! Al Strassman had an apartment up town. He had never told any burglars about it, but they discovered it, it seems. So one night recently, when Al and the Missus were out, they dropped tn and removed all the Strass- man clothes. “Please tell the burglars,’ writes Al to us, “that the six Palm Beach sults they took will never ft them be- wuse Iam 4o big. Also, explain to them that I need my undies badly, and then plead with them to retum my stuff," Evidently Al thinks this newspaper ‘s The Burgiars' Journal, or else he \s casting reflections on our social set. However, we don't mind If the bur- glare see this maybe they will return the undies, anyway. Al needs a change. AMATEURS IN REVUES. “The Harler.. Revue" was Produced lant night at the Regent Theatre and “The Bronx Follies” at the Franklin, Non-professional gtrla took part in these shows, They were selected by five Judges appointed for this pur- pose. Each revue pleased its audi- ence. “DAFFY DILL” STARTS, Arthur Hammerstein “Daffy Dill," Frank Tinney's new starring vehicle, into rehearsal to-day and will Inunch it in Long Hxaneh on Aug. 7 It will open at the Rpoti: Theatre hore on Aug 21 Georgia O'Ramey will be featured, will put **Bab”’ New Comic ‘Strip T o-Day | * | JOE'S CAR _«. a av . . ‘ : * Out of All Reason! nnn 1M Gonna Catt Him up | AN' STRAIGHTEN TH wine | OuT Amicasty ! sla wie 3, ~ 53 oaRN IY WHAT'S “TH USE OF Havin! 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There was a young gir! named Mo-| Edith Hallor is singing on the Proc te sem j or see aii will oleae in Bheton July Is |tln wil flee’ tocalent promptly: st —— i tor Cireuit Mureus Loew will sail for Europe y Sata Beatamber., wheleraa ; nr Pa the piano to pla T 1 nicht infor duly 18 His son, Arthur, will Ig tesqpen Shere FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE, Sh) ra he ‘ 7 ae Mrs Leng teste lnob for then. | hy , ning at the Timgh Diner-Hey, walter, what's this Her father snid: Stop, ae congUA i OR an toe \ THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. |. ton 5 ' f Or Pik:semman ¢ coy new ernanwich vit rH la Aristotle Q ‘ - a Lovers’ Lane With] ‘He us ulmcst us untortunate,”” suid vencl Wuilei—Bet te baxelywoup.|) | | And there was the devil to pay, Billie Burke and daugoter have tak- valet to Arman Kaliz, bung by Olga Steck, prima a mun lust night, ‘asa fellow 1 knew Diner—Yeu maid it, ma | \! wr