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By BIDE 4 i They're runniti’ Bill for Council- i “man i In sh, where he’s at; i I'm ate "bout that son o' mine q Who left the old farm flat i To take up city life and earn ‘A fortune an’ some fame. ; He's comin’ back to visit us i With “Hon.” before his name. { } ; ; Il get a shave the day he comes, I'll wear a necktie too. Ill crease them Sunday pants o’ } mine Until they look like new. Bill went away a meek young «. Man, The lad’s sure famous now. ‘When he steps off that train an’ smiles, The whole “blamed: town will i bow. i They say he’s got to wearin’ i » - socks— j mean the city kind. | yy tell me Bill wears stand- ; ups too, | The highest he ‘can find \ It looks like Bill has showed the| world That statesmanship's his bent Hod durn it all! | really b'lieve I've raised a President. OBSERVATIONS. No wonder Mre. Oyster married again. Look at that namo! Mathilde now says she'll never t™matry Max. So the wedding is to be &s poon as that, eh? After all, it might be well for Bat- tling Siki to pay thia country a visit. He stems to need a littlo disciptin- fer = “Rev. Dr. Samuel MeUonnell. after inn hairy for fifty years as bd Christianity. has, repudi- at any rate, Ghristianity can find gratitude in tho dictionary. ICE-CREAM ARTHUR'S LOVE. ‘aha i, ah, whiat w lovely tri, The death of Kragorovitch caused much excitement in the Uttle town but, of course, the de- tectives could learn nothing. Anna Crackerja®ki was not sus- pected because she always had been decidedly anti-murder in her tendencies and had such a @arling disposition. But Sheriff Bangs made up bis mind to ques- tion her, anyway. He would go to her home. Even if she did not admit having murdered the Chinaman he undoubtedly would bo invited to dinner, and the Bheriff was a great eater. Ho hoped they’d have pork chops, since he revelled in greasy deli- eacles. “Well,Anna, did you murder Kregoroviteh?” ‘The Sheriff thus asked the girl @id she kill the man. © “Oh, you go slap a toad!” * Thus repited Anna petulantly, } The Sheriff dotted the reply fiown in hip note book. About Plays ? 1L MAUDE {is to appear as Mark Sabro jn. “If Winter Comes” in America ynder the Hon of Charles Dillingham, This by A. 8. M. Hutchinson al- has provdd successful as a play ‘where Owen Nares created the vole Mr. Maude will act. The dra- Matization was made. by Mr. Hut- chinson and Basil Macdonald Maet- tags. Mr. Hutchinson will come to New York to sce the play shortly @ftez tho first of the year. TO OPEN LITTLE THEATRE. ‘The formal opening of New York University’s Little Theatre, in Wash- tagton Squere, will take place to- at1f. M. . Speakers will be Catvert, Dudley Digges, Shet- Gon K. Viele, Chance}lor Brown, Dean ‘Turner and Professer Badger. 3 HE WON'T SHAVE. ‘A peng for female impersonators was d at the Winter Garden yes- terday, with’ view:to choosing vomu of ‘The Lady in Be featured by the ii 2 Good Evening! .. | ing about it. he, Kizz lives in tho Bronx and he’ @ bachelor. Needing a wife be has entered this contest, hoping to win both a better half and the pig iron sofa pillow, the prize for the best rhyme. His contribution follows: I want @ bimbo short and eweet, With tong black tresses to her feet, And big gray eycs with love to shine, A baby with a shape divine. The pirt l wed must squeeze and coo And whisper words like, “I love you.” Of joy she'll get the right amount Tf she has got g bank gccownt. rs SSA Er aE “You must not talk thet-a-way, Anna.” In this manner the Sherif? warned her to be very careful. Anna's eyes snappgd in gnger, but Bangs thongut ete was wink ing at hin “Ob, lioity toity! justing bis necktie. Anna touched a button and the secret chamber flew open. Out stepped Arthur Wow. “What do you want?” asked the Sheriff. “Til take. an ice cream soda.” Confidentially, Wow elected this delicacy In order to: boost tlie business of bis father, Honk- us P, Wow, the ice cream King. The Sheriff left the house {n a rage. Wow put his watch in his pants pocket and hugged the girl. The mystery was deepening. (To Be Continued.) be eatd, att THIS AND THAT. In our younger days we knew sev- eral country editors who wililngly accepted potatoes, eggs and cord- wood in payment for subseriptions to their papers, but until yesterday we had never heard, of a theatre ex- changing tickets for clothing. Three young men saw Grace George in “TO Love" at the Bijou recently and the cost of their seats was one overcoat. Just before the curtain went up John Tuerk, Miss George's manager, re- ceived a note offering the coat for the seate. Jolin accepted it and is bold- ing it for possible redemption by the youth who pledged it. “They were extremely anxlous, to see the play,” said John, “while ++ well, my overcoat is four years old. How are your children, anyway?” They're well, John. The new turnstiles were banging away like the rattle of musketry Ina battle at the Times Square subway stgtion when # rural visitor ‘ap proached the I, R. T. watchman on duty there. “Got two nickels for a dime?” he asked. The watchman shook his head: “Gosh!” said the ruralist, “How am I goin’ to git out o’ here?” AND NOW PERMIT US’ To laugaingly suggest that Bonar Law, with all those Lords in his Cabinet, can never properly referred to ag a peer- less leader, \ and Players Messrs. Shubert in a musical produc- tion next season, ROGERS WITH ZANCIGS, “Yours Merrily”. John R. Rogers ts in Washington, where he is booking a world tour for the Zancigs, mental radio scientists, who, according . to Jobn, transfer pictures by thought alone. Ho has invited us to tour the world with the troupe, but we have to take care of the baby on Sundays, ONE MORE NEGRO $How. Alfred C, Davis is staging an all- colored musical piece culled ‘‘Liza,"’ and expects to bring it to the Broud- Med district during the week © of lov. 6. ANOTHER MILNE PLAY. “The Romantic Age,’ a comedy by A, A. Milne, will be produced next month by Frederick Stanhope and Hugh Ford. Margalo Gilmore, and Leslie Howard will have the principal roles. \ SHE'S CURED. A “Passing Show" girl at the Win- ter Garden absented herself from a performance last week and sald noth- On opening her pay en, velope Saturday night she found ehe had not been docked. Sho was dig- mayed. * “Heave even miei eval, ‘They didn’t n stenographer. GOssiF. There will be a ven i ss nine ta abaeheaeaeeaaiaanadamataeaadia THE BIG U t gna nnnnnnen el ip aan nannan nanan ANNA AAAAAAAAMAARAAAAARRR Ne JOE’S CAR OSH, ALL “Uwe I'm GRoveHine OVER BLANCHE. BEING DowN IN ATLANTIC CITY 7M FORGETTING i ‘ WOR TLL HAVE “THE MINUTE SHE. wart: ANTE, “Pikce OF {nee of "Phe Faithful Heart'at Max- ine Elliott's Theatre, Oct. $1. ~ Geneva Duker, who dances at the Hippodrome, spends her mornings as The United states battlesbip Ar- kunsgs will givo a grand buf at Ter- rece Gurden Dance Palace to-morrow THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1922 ABOUT “iy SECOND SQUAWK ‘SHELL LEY OUT Wit BE — “Joe, WHEN ARE WE GOING “TO GET A NEW car ? I'M Ag BUSTED As. HE PITCHER “Tat WENT [fe hou’ Web f Uy Es — e's 7 CAPR@LE, HONEST AND FEARLESS—He'bL MAKE THe KIND OF SENATOR WE NEED! ONCE He SAVED MY LIFE FROM DROWNING! Bo Woure ELECTIONEERIN’ For tH Hon. “S. WONES’ P No ? ALL RIGHT ~ CTuc eat iT MYSELF - Gay |e Ry 2 - ‘Trade Mark Rog. U, 8. Pat. oft. OM MOTHER — How TDREAD y' scene THat'Lt tonow — {I Do INDeeD— BS TD DO ANYTHING To SEE Him cCTED Teo You REALIN WANT ‘Oo See TH’ HON... STONES: ELECTED? Roa ROE — a) g T COULD. NT | WA \ SAY “YES ; WELL WHY Dip NT Tou SAY you WANTED IT DEFORE I Are 17 wat Dy you Go_AN ASK ME “RIGHT THEN Fo@ ~ WHEN MY Mou TH WAS $0 FULL OF THe LAST ‘Piece - <i, THEN NEVER LeT ANYBODY KNow HE GAVED Wour — MixuPs — STOF> Toure MauTH 48 Fula 6 YOU CAN 9 KEHNENH. -Kennerd Mi DDAGH - 147 Rueda Viera AV. YouKses — Heer s Five Dowats~ > see How un You Can sew TeRissinGse - 208 atéwces ~ Feed THe ciheveus Tos Wa YOO Fee. Live iT ~ THonas Fay, canroecs Hate, Xi SIMG AS LOUD AS YOU Pleate OND WAKE THE BABY ~~ S.WASS. 2¢07-wWr3ae7, BIN Do: THe SHUr JAE nr Berliee Pf |pook Heearer~ser Mi wasters Josr .GAvE THAT MESS ON JE FLoole 3a =| TH AH = SARAN PICHINS?N~ Comona~Lide |-AND BOBBY BONDS! WHY BoBBY’S So RICH. (71'S A CRIME | MARRYING HIM MEANS PEARLS, LIMOUSINES! AND PARIS CLOTHES! OH ,MARGIE , L couLD NEVER MARRY. BOBBY ! Good: Bye VOTES! THE SIMP DIDN'T SHOW) UP AND HIS OPPONENT .GRABBED THE, STAND! THAT'LL KILL FERDIE'S CHANCE. OF BEIN’ ELECTED! OH DEAR, 1 HOPE. YESSUM + WE SAW A TALL! MAN UTH EYE-GLASSES RUN AROUND: THE LOT A HE'S SUCH A FUNNY LookING SAP! 1’D BE ASHAMED To GO OUT IN PUBLIC = with HIM ! co OUT wir HiM YOU FORGET, aim Why Not Practice Wagging His Tongue? ‘LINTEND T'PUT ANY OF B®. -\ My NEW LAWS ‘THROUGH= T'VE GOTTA GET IN L=\ SHAPE ft TVE HEARD ABOUT THOSE BATTLES: THEY HAVE IN CONGRESS, AN’ IF” = (@x2) night. Public for this occasion. The Theatrical Committ Assoclation Against the Amendment will have Greeywich Village T night, Nov. 6 Thomas W atre Sunday afternoon, Noy. 5. of the] Public is invited to attend ‘ohibition The cordial reception given Cha 3 Square Theatre lwyns to besin © fo evmpany Dickinson aid CF The hall will be closed to the|ers’ meeting at the 48th Street The- The -| Earl Carroll's Theatre. MoRase wil) speak at the Equity Play-1 The Young Folks’ pet ii A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY, Hopper Cooley says that anybody who'll give him a drink can set and alds Hebrew infants, will have a the- atro party on Nov. 20 when the mem- bers will see ‘The Gingham Girl"’ at i listen to his radio instrument.— Performances of the four one-act | Wellsville Optic plays, selected es the opening Lill of — the East-West Players, will be given FOOLISHMENT, at the Metropolitan Auditorium on| ‘Do you love mas” asked tie 1.cken. Nov, 18 and 26 “No, 1 ‘} the youth replied ¥ So she got a gun and shot him, She was groat at homicide. \ PUT IT IN THE ACT. “No, ma, the candy's into me,'' B y, are you into that cand: