The evening world. Newspaper, August 17, 1922, Page 24

aa i tS RAINES een . Theatrical News and Gossip By BIDE CaOmOn OmUE “Oh, Margery!” the poet sang, “Thine eyes, so keen and bright, Remind me of the twinkling stars That dot the inky night Thy mouth, so puckerish and _ sweet, Hath lips divinely hung, ‘Which—ah, alas!—on opening, Disclose a woman's tongue.” We Forge Ahead. King Dud gets six more votes in the Coney Mard! Gras contest. Poor Rudolph Valentino! it looks as though he'll never be able to defeat us. Read this letter: “Bditor—Enclosed find six (6) votes for B, Dudley, the handsomest man in N. Y. His popularity needs no commet. Ii he isn’t elected I'll eat my wife's new bonnet.—Plug ” Note—If we are elected King we'll attend the Royal Hot-Dog banquet, but we'll eat no dogs. Remember, “ongreasy lies the head that wears a crown.” OBSERVATIONS. Raisin prices are lower. This means there'll be no raisin prices. Tickled, a policeman dropped the gun be was cleaning and a woman was shot. Cleaning guns isa ticklish business. Capt. Kelly’s men will have to be alert in the cabaret district or dance bootleggers will soon be on the job. Would it be right to say that John DeWolf of Erie, who lost his wooden leg recently, is temporarily DeWolf @opper? BLACK BART’S GAL (A ‘story of the rongh and rugged West, where the cocktall is unkaown and a man’s man.) There was but one theatre on Appendicitis Mountain and its proprietor had been shot for booking a production of Jeff Johnson's Janes in “Have a Care, Mister.” Nell was very fond of theatricals and she suggested to Reginald that they put on an amateur show for the benefit of the Home for Volstead Drunks. “A great idea!” responded the New York society man. “Have you ever played any- thing?” asked Nell, eyeing him suspiciously. “Orily the races.” “Wham!” Reginald picked himself up and suggested that it be a min-* etre! show, ‘We can get that rough fellow as endman,” he said. “But who will black Bart up?” asked Mile. Maggie O'Brien, Nell’s Wrench maid. The little éevil was fond of jokes and— well, you see the result. “Hello, Gal!” Black Bart had appeared on the scene and was addressing Nell. “Did I hear a noise?” It was About Plays HE musical version of Frank "Torven's comeay, Too Many Cooks," will be known as ‘Up Bhe Goes." This was decided yester- @ay at a conference participated in by William A. Brady, the producer, and Mr. Craven, Harry, Tierney and Joe McCarthy, writers of the piece. Mr. Brady expects to launch the new shew early in October. A BIG FAVOR. Through a special arrangement with the Messrs, Shubert, Wagenhals & Kemper will present their new Avery Hopwood comedy, “Why Men Leave Home,” at the Shubert-Belasco Theatre, Washington, one week prior to its opening at the Morosco Theatre here Sept. 12. The opening. of Shu- bert vaudeville at the Washington house was postponed a week to ac- commodate Wagenhals & Kemper, A. GOOD CAST. When William Courtenay opens at the Frazee Theatre on Labor Day in “Her Temporary Husband,” by Ed- ward A, Paulton, the company will iwclude Ann Andrews, George Par- sons, Henry Mortimer, Harry Allen and Selena Royle. SIDNEY CAINE, POET. Bidney Caine, songologist, has an ambition to shine as a poet. Shall we let him, folks? All right—here Boe: 1 called her on the phone to-day, IT know that she woe lonely, Good Evening ! Cua Ti en 17, 1922 + WELL — HERE'S How I LooK AT IT— TH’ FELLA WAS HONEST ENOUGH To TELL ME WHAT WAS WRONG WITH HIS CAR — 0 T FIGGER (T MUST BE ALL RIGHT ASIDE FROM “hose: “hincs! wT” "BUT MAYBE HE HASNT = ! o o i a ‘Trade Mark Reg. U. 6. Pat. Off. t-3 . How Can Y’ Tell ?—?—? rrr J Tere y'€o AGAIN! WOMEN ARE ALWAYS SusPICious OF _ey'RYTHIN' — @osn !! = Go AWE “a i's YOUR TAdMit [VE BEEN STING on: SECOND HAND CARS BUT “THEY ALL TOLD ME “THEY WERE PERRET, —!!- “THIS Guy “Texts me it's FAucTs — He's HONEST ABOUT, (T ~~ cayly DUDLEY MAYBE “THAT'S RE LATEST’ POEMS OF PREFERENCE | Harold M, of Mount Vernon has a definite idea as to the sort of girl he would marry. This morning old John Postman scampered in with the following rhyme from Harold: TOLD YOU EVERYTHING ABOUT IT, JOE T'd like to wed a movie queen, A blonde one who has money. | We'd have a car and gasoline And bankbooks fat and funny. T'd get her coin and get it good, And if I thus dismayed her, Td take her out to Hollywood her love. “Lady, you certainly did.” | Black Bart stepped forwasd | and handed Nell a bag of ‘pea- nuts. “For remembrance!” he sad, Nell ate a peanut; then an- other. Mile. O’Brjen ate several, and soon the entire assemblage, including Heart-Ache, the Indian Trade Mark Reg. U. 8. Pat, Off. A Good Head\for Business Pe vusT A MINUTE SiR! WE ADVERTISE ATS Wor Tt SA\D- guide, was cracking peanuts and T OUGHTA Sue You!)\, MERELY “THAT WE “ours CuRED re FaKER LIAR } 1) CuRE PARTIAL PARTIALLY BALD WHEN ° devouring tis agate Look army weapll \( GatpNess MDNETE)!|( x stamteD UsN’ YOUR OF Your” PARTIAL BLA - BULAN — : ; # BLA - BLAS ~ ¢ ame DAWGONE STUFF <NOwW “There is a storm coming up,’ HAVENT A HAIRY he said. “Are you sick?” asked Mile. O'Brien. For five minutes nothing was heard but the rattle of peanut shells. Then—— (To Be Continued.) 2\ BALDNESS ot It Might, at That. Please don't park your car In front of this office. Tt may make some of our delinquent subscribers think we don't need the money.— ‘Wellsville Optic. A HOT DAY. (In the Eve-World Qffice.) The weather's warm} It's really hot, | And, as | write this awful rot, The beads of sweat are on my brow As as horseflies on a cow. My collar I've removed a wreck; My shirt is open at the neck. And yet 4 sit right here and grin, For, thank the Lord, I'm very thin. | 2 BUD. eayrenns There Ought to Be Room for Both yi Now Har cousin TIN 1s HERE TS UST You. You Mast BE "REAL Goon té Hae ~ IW. YOU AND Bosse rake Hee FoR & Mice WALK MAKE HM GIMME MY TORN WALKIN" ON THE SHADY SIDE 0 COUSIN TILLY ¢ 4 Your “Torn 2 YouR TURN MAKE Bowsie GIMME MY Wynn Thomas, and red of face, | Is waddling slow around the place, | Allowing that he'd love to die | If he could find some ice on high. The ladies of the staff are pink. — | Each one looks like the missing link. | Their fuming tlekles me within, | For, thank the Lord, I'm very thin. Lmave iT Pag A Yous MordeR %e Dow MecQuald, who edits “Whacha S Freda saree Would make three puny guys ‘ He sits and steams and mo Another sight is Martin Green, Joe Jordan, as he passes by, Says heat is worse than poisoned pie. | laugh to hear his roars begin, For, thank the Lord, I'm very thin. Roo ~ Revere Oh, Sol, if you must soorch us jays, Why don't you wabble those hot rays And miss these heavyweights below, The beef trust of renowned Park Row? Dear reader, juat ae like as not, When this you read it won't be hot. But, hot or ool, I'll wear a grin, For, thank the Lord, I'm very thin. KATINKA GOLLY, IVE BEEN TRYING To Do THINGS WRONG SO THE MissUS WILL BREAK MY CONTRACT AN LET ME QUIT, BuT EVERYTHING 1 Do SEEMS “To PLEASE Hee! ~~ If She Isn’t Careful She'll Get a Raisel Racy RAK Good! Lucky I REMEMBERED ABOUT THAT TEN DOLLAR BILL 1 HAD IN THE POCKET — THE TAILOR WOULD SURELY Have CoPPED IT! NOPE~ NoT YeT! IVE BEEN Too Busy READING MY Book! IBRING MR. GeEssiT'S Dress SUIT T THE AM! Here's HY CHANCE TAILOR RIGHT AWAY — WE'RE GoING To A To CET FIRED! Lut ForceT|| { KATINKA! BANQUET AT SIX AND ITS FIVE -THIZTY To HAVE THose CLOTHES Did You PRESSED, Ai Brine my sm DREss SUT fo BE Rresseo ? » THE BOSS ‘LL a FuY UP IN A AND NOW PERMIT US to suggest that the girl who can make good bread doesn’t as a rule have much trouble finding a man to make {t for, and Players For just last night P'@ heard her say I was her one and only. “Is that you, Betty, dear?” 1 said, Her sweet voice answered, “Yes, Who is this?” and I said, “Just try And see if you can guess.” “Oh, Jim, I knew you'd call me, dear.” “This isn't Jim.” “Oh, no, I'm getting very thick, I fear, I should have known you, Joe.” 1 said no more, but after that Tl tell you what I did; hung right up and left her flat, Because my name is Sid. GOSSIP. Raymond Hitchcock is to have a show on the Nora Bayes Roof this fall. Eileen Wilson has been engaged by the Selwyns as Hattie in “Partners Again" at the Selwyn Theatre, Olga Petrova will open in “The White Peacock" at the Playhouse, Chicago, on Sept. 4. Julia Silver will be the ingenue in the new “Greenwich Village Follles."* Lenore Ulric will reach her gooth! performance in "Kiki" at the Belasco Theatre to-night Hal Forde has been engaged by Moore and Megley for a role in “Molly Darling.” GEE, THAT GUY'S PUTTIN IT ALL OVER ME = MY ONLY CHANCE IS To SERVE WITH THis BILLIARD BALL AN! LAY HIM OUT ITHINK He's TUST A BG He played the cornet too, A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. that Frank Tinney, in “Daffy pull,” ; - PUT IT IN THE ACT. the Hippodrome, are on a ship bound|New York from London and 1s re- will open at the Apollo Theatre next Leia ; a for New York from France, hearsing for Edward Koyce's produc- by ‘looked the d gvcarbon ars been fined Dp by Puseday aveRins: Willard Robertson of “Whispering | ton of “Orange Blossoms.” But why he ane fone he drum If Kid Gillmore and Battling] “I was just wondering.” Spbiie."! ho Star! op. Bares has been advised by| Wires” has written a play which FOOLISHMENT. 4 pa Thomas meet to settle that theatrical] “What?” : cable t Orlan Horses, a big|t™ay be produced this season . a, scrap why not appoint old Pop Public! ‘If every pugilist could be Arthur Hammerstein announces | aot intended for “Better Times,” at| Phyllis Le Grande has arrived in| @ Plaved #he Addie very well; But I'm not feoitng dine, reteree? ringer,” r; A A i