The evening world. Newspaper, September 14, 1922, Page 28

" Theatrical News and ( R 14, 1922 ee RSDAY, SEPTEMBE By BIDE Good Evening ! DUDLEY Eo Wat. Oh, friend, ever faithful, we'll soon have to part, | There's been a sharp change in the weather, And, truly, it causes an ache of the heart, So long we've been chumming together. fhe months of the violet, lily and all Will soon be just months to remember, id sweet-scented summer will make way for fall, Who'll visit with us till De- cember. You've been ever faithful in baf- ‘ fling the sun, | My face from his rays you have : shaded, fAnd e’en in the rain has your work been well done Till, really, you're awfully faded. Go gently I'l) take you and lay - you away . For the long winter's rest you've “been earning, land none shall disturb you till dawns that new day When bluebirds and wrens are returning. OBSERVATIONS. Bverybody seems to be giving the @ooney of Germany a kick. Toeing (ie mark, as it were. “Scandals Enliven Politics in Nas- Peal"—N, Y. American. Wonder hat George White is up to now! » The’ price of steel rails has ad- anced $3 a ton. Luckily we bought Pur winter's supply last month. -Rob-Roy Ricketts of Chicago has fesen sued for divorce. However, it tent because of that name. Candy makers from all over the Btate are meeting in New York to- @ay. A message of welcome from the dentists should be in order. TAXICAB TESSIE. elt Ars ETT often erect tor ait Jimtown, although it had a Population of 3,222, including two Chinemen, could boast of Wut three bootleggers. True, a elass in bootlegging was being taught. by one of the rum run- ners, but the pupils would not receive their diplomas for six Months after the arrival of Tes- sie in the town. Therefore, it ‘was not an easy job for the fair school teacher to get an edge on when the spirit moved. It was rather distressing, since she had lived so long in wideopen New 1 York. However, she lost no time bewsiling her fate, but set to ' work gtimly to make her school t whale of a success. 1 } <“Geod morning, Miss Tessie!” 1 Whe teacher, standing at the ' Blackboard showing Smudgie | Jones, the milkman's son, how 1 to use chalk, turned. The Hon. 1 James P. Scroggins, President { ef the Jimtown Bank, was tn the | door. | “How do you do!” $ ‘This in a carefree tone. - “Need any money?” It was a strange remark. About more than @ year as @& home of films, the Central ‘Theatre will undergo a change @t policy next Monday, It will be- weme a Shubert vaudeville hou ywill be opened as such with ‘Ri Garces,” in which Joe Weber and Lew Vields are the stars. Tho show ba really. musical comedy, which in- eludes a number of vaudeville acts. to the new policy, all foture bills at the Central will be eembingtions of musical comedy and veugeville. Matinees will be given Ugiy end the bills will be changed weekly. -PADDY COULDN'T SAY. ‘ asked to name his favorite Fight, Paddy Cain of Cain's Storehouse said he'd have to up the productions in his IEN AS SUE. en, remembered fi “The Royal Vagabond, and “The Chocola' ainip © wor $9 Soldier,’ will/assume the role of Sue » Dear,” at the Times Square ny to-morrow night. Gvuorge Sweet, ig another newcomer in the i + TO OFFER FEATURE ACTS, <The programme for the H. KE. Rice { ‘ TINO ONO NOLO TONLO I ~ | POEMS OF PREFERENCE | Saul Moss of N. Y. C. is out after the copy of “How to Laugh Though Afflicted With Corns,” the prize in this contest, He wants it for bis This ig the way Saul handled the wife question: cousin Isidor, J want a girl whose name is Rose, She'll be my heart's delight. She's got to have acute pink nose And lips that are all right. Her shape it must ve splendid, Her cyes they must be brown, Her kiss must not be blended, She mustn't wear a frown, Now if this girl feels very blue And wishes to be gay, If ashe is very lonesome, too, I'll marry her to-day. (Not 80 good!) Quickly there flashed through Tessie’s mind the thought that here was a chance to pay off the mortgage on the widow's home. my dear Mr. Scroggins.” “Come over to the bank and load up.” Tessie dismissed the pupils and picked up a gunny sack. “But,” she said, as she faltered, “won't you be short in your ac- counts?” “Hod durn it! I don’t care.” Quickly Tessie got the mop and slammed him in the face with it. “Oh, for the land’s sake!" marked President Scroggins. It all seemed so absurd. (To Be Continued.) re- This and That. For several years we have noticed a Negro girl standing in a window on West 45th Street, near Sixth Avenue, waiting to demonstrate the workings of a folding bed. Never yet have we seen her demonstrate. And she looks so tired. We'd like to suggest that if the girl has to be there her em- ployer provide her with a chair and some sort of a puzzle to occupy her mind, We received a bad shock to-day. A letter marked “Treasury Depart- ment, Internal Revenue Service,” reached us. “Golly!” we thought. “The Government is short of funds again and wants another loan from us.” In ‘fear and trembling we tore the envelope open and whaddye think we found inside? Not a re- quest for a loan at all, but a poem. ‘We were so relieved we got our ukelele and sang “Sweet Lady,” the latest divorce ditty, in our loud, clear East 85th Street tenor. Then we read the poem. It began: Dear Bide, I write a line to say I read your column ev'ry day And think yoyr stuff ts simply great— So humorous and up to date— Your poetry-— Excuse us a moment. Jeff Nutt has just come in to show us a new verse his wife has written for “Send Dudley to the Chair.” AND NOW PERMIT US To inform you eadly that a reader has written us to ask if Boomer isn't one of the big guns of the hotel business in New York, and Players benefit at the Apollo Theatre Sunday night is shaping up nicely. In addition to a dozen or two real Broadway stars, it is announced that J, Fenni- more Lee will be seen in the Helfer dance from ‘Evangeline, and that “Yours Merrily," John R, Rogers will vamp the audience from a slack wire, LAUDER WINS A PRIZE. Edwin C. Lauder, Vice President of the Keith Circuit, won a trophy in the Westchester-Biltmore Country Club Golf tournament. Harvey Wat- kins, Maj. L. E. Thompson, Pat Casey, Mark A. Luescher and Frank ‘Vincent looked on with mouths wide open in amazement. ANOTHER EQUITY MEETING. ‘The second of the series of informal meetings, under the auspices of the Equity Players, will be held at the 48th Street Theatre Sunday afternoon. Among the speakers will be John Emerson, President of the Equity; Edith Wynne Matthison and Dr. Rich- ard Burton. ‘he publio invited to the meeting. A NEW NICHOLS PLAY, Anne Nichols, author of ‘“Abie's Irish Rose," 1s to produce another play from her own pen. It is “A Bong at Twilight.’ Augustus Pitou will be associated with her tn the ven-|{ts picture policy. Weber & Fields, in ture. ) The Evening Wor i JOE’S C A R ‘Trade Mark Reg. U. 8. Pat. Off. . And Now a Real Detective—He ADMITS It! i % 10 ¢— YOu CLAIM 1 BOUGHT | } A STOLEN Gate ~ y' say The REAL TERE You ARE! | ‘ou { CWNER Wants IT 6 = SUPPOSE A BILL OF SALE FROM Bou ‘You PROVE Yo ME shat YouR “he AGENCY “That <1» | SuT | CLIENT OWNs tt Hey 22? HIM “THe CAR ~—— 1s THAT CoNcLuUSsivE Be \ ters Sea yipmoves ff vt — / THE BIG LITTLE FAMILY J \NHATS ALL THe FUSSIN ABouT “ \NHW THAT DAWGONE GoRE WISDOM “TOdTH Ad’ SAID (T WouLD BE ABSOLUTELY PAINLEss ! 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