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I About Plays
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By BIDE DUDLEY
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BOBBIE WATSON, comedian, has
come into possession of eomc
thlngr interesting. It Is an
Egyptian lock, of the sort used years
ago to lock up tho harems of Egypt.
It has . bis key, and when this Is
'turned tn the socket a bell rings sev
eral times. Then a couple of clasps
jprlng up and handcuff the person
who Is turning the key.
- "The Idea Is this," said Bobble last
lilght. "These old Egyptians were
.afraid their ladles would bo stolen
nnd. they locked the girls up with
these biff padlocks. Every time the
handcuff caught a love burglar, they
tried htm on a chargo of potlt larceny
Jind put him to death. The locks
Jieyer failed to hold the would-be
.thieves, and a lovely time was had
by all every time the boll rang."
. ' Bobble didn't say what he was go
'ing to do with tho lock. Ho refused
to cell It, however, to several Friars
ftho mado him good offers for It.
' . A NEW FARCE.
A new American farce entitled "Tho
JFIrst Night," written by Edgar J.
MacGrcgor and Hamuel Ruskln add
ing. Is announced to go Into rehearsal
peon for a Broadway summer engage
ment. Mr. MacGrcgor assures us It
la'not a bedroom affair.
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A BOX OFFICE RADIO SET.
rri. 1 l. rr-i. , , i t .
aiiu uivuo iKuairua uox oiuco is to
have a radiophone set and, according
to the press ngent, It will bo used to
iVcclvo scat reservations from paa
Mngcrs on Incoming ships who want
fi see "Good Morning Dearie." Sounds
rather perpendicular, but mebbo!
Zi HENRY, HOW COULD YOU?
: Henry Hull, ot "Tho Cat and the
Canary," called the show's press
agent Into a dressing room at the Na
tional yesterday and said bo had u
good Idea for a publicity stunt. f
' "I thought It out Just as I was
Erolnff to sleep last night," ho said.
"Yea, yes; go onl" camo from the
eager P. A.
2j,"Hut when I woke up this morn
ing" "You'd forgotten It."
i."That'a right. How did you know?"
J "Guessed!"
"Well, guess what the stunt was
ihen," chirped Henry Hull. And
ended tho conference.
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5 $1188 GARCEE TO REST.
A note from Miriam Oarcee Is Just
tB from Philadelphia. Miss Garcco
as4)ecn embellishing tho chorus of a
BJualcal show down that way and sho
wrlies us to stato that she Intends
to go to Beacon, N. Y for a good
,jest; Rest ,1s wonderful for a girl
rtio. has danced 10,000 miles In a
theatrical season. Oh, by tho way,
you:, know who Miriam Garcco Is,
fton't you? No? Well, sho was tho
itrl' who was such a scream in
Patsy's Schooldays."
j THE OILY PRINCES8. ,
I (A novel of a beautiful girl and a
tnoanlnc- sazoDhone.)
Jyat as the strains of "Tho Liberty
table Blues" drifted In the window of
tlpccss Olga's boudoir, closely pur-.
ue'd by tho howls of the angry popu
ce, a mouse was seen peeking from
under the wash-stand.
j A mouse!" said Olga. " 'Twill
pnng mo good luck.
T But It never brought her a darn
thing. Once more, as tho howls of
tho .populace swelled, Olga shuddered.
'I wonder!" was all she said.
(To be continued.)
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I ROGERS IN "FOLLIES."
J'TVlll Itogers Is to be a member of
Jhe;new "Kollles" company, p. Zleg-
eld ir. will close the Itogers "Mid
ugnt Frolic" company in Chicago
Jjartirday night In order that the cow
boy Humorist may come here to ro
hearse. Ralph Spence, librettist of the
JFoJIlea," is writing scenes for Rogers
ANOTHER MUSICAL SHOW.
Prank Craven's plan 'to muko
musical show out of his comedy
fToo Many Cooks," should prove
good one. The play should lend It
elf to tunes nicely. Harry Tlerncy
and Joe McCarthy -will furnish the
pbngs and W. A. llrady will make tho
production In the fall.
AS TO ITS ORIGIN.
II ITay Peck and Percy Wenrich, au
nor and composer of the new must
ckl piece, "And very Nice, Too,'
Sen'y a report that it is a rewritten
Version of "The Right Girl." It
ttdapted, they say, from "Tho Woman
Slaters." which A. H. Woods nro
Rented on Broadway about eight years
GOSSIP.
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jWlllIam Nuzum is now with
eon) Time."
'Bios
Robert T, Haines of "Tho Gold
llj" has written a play called "Tli5
Grass Orphan."
Vlcnna
Wants Vnuxriyx WhMn
Wa over.' and create her lole
ae Hotel Mouno" there.
fc.delalde Rondelle of Cairo, III., has
mm aaaeu to me cast of "The Rose
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POEMS OF PROVOCATION
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Max M. Barknn of Brooklyn Is
making to-day'a bid for the iron
pansy. He says he wants It to give
to a girl named Steele. HIh rhyme
Indicates that Max a ladies' man
would be, but why worry about It?
Try this over on your nerves:
.Vote, I am handsome, tall and dark;
With me love is the rayc.
I love to love; oh, I'm a iharU;
To cover history's page
With smiles I quickly vamp all queens
That flutter in my way.
1 string 'em all like Boston beans,
And can 'em so they stay.
Ambition led me far and wide,
Experience 1 sought.
For one thing yet I had not tried,
Married lift I thought.
I have a provocation now;
I don't like bigamy.
They make me wad, these ladies, fair.
All want to marry me.
of Stamboul," and she's only eight
een. v
"iiuu Dog Drummond," at t'.m
knlckeiliocUcr, reached Its IDOtli por-
tormance last niglit.
Oscar Radin has been engaged by
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GO JOME.
FAMILY
P. Zlcgfeld Jr. as musical director of
tho now "Pollles."
Courtney Pooto has replaced Ken
neth Hill in "Tho Rubicon" at tho
Hudson Theatre.
It is being talked around that John
ny Dooloy will bo In tho play David
llclaaco will prouueo with Gcraldlno
Farra starred.
Robert Klllott has been engaged by
Players and Patrons Assocluted, Inc.,
for "Hor Temporary Husband."
Tho 700th performance of "The
Plrst Year" will be given at the Lit
tle Theatre on May 21.
ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES.
I). C. R. K. H. Sothern.
J. D. P. Get u MadlBon's Budget
II. T. Van Douscn By railroad
trains from Prance.
A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY.
President Harding has entered a
golf tournament. Will anybody havo
the nerva to beat him?
FOOLISHMENT.
A young woman artist named Hart
Baid: "Arthur, we never must part,
ttecause if we do
I'll be very blue.
You see, I'm in love with my Art."
FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE.
Parmer No hunting allowed lieie'
NJmrod Aloud? But 1 haven't any
noiseless powder.
you out drove, me. tuidty (
varus an' I'm in tU'Rougk Besibus -7
YOU SURE PASTt- h -TfiAT- I i- -)
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The Day's
NO THANKS.
APTRR 'nil, sorts of hints, finally
Johnny succeeded In getting
a niokel from his mother, but
ho failed to thank her for It.
Whereupon the
m o t he r, some
what ashamed of
her offspring's
rudeness, remon
strated: "Johnny, yon
are awfully for
getful. What
should you say
when you get
something?
"I can't tell,"
was Johnny's
only reply.
"You can't tell? Why, Johnny. It's
awful. What does mamma say when
papa gives ner money?"
"Is that all?" Judge.
COULDN'T BREAK IT GENTLY.
"B
AD news should 1m hrokan
gently," said Otto Kahn. tho
New York financier, anrooos
ui me ianure or a uank. "Tho bank
tiled to do tho thing gently, but It
ulctn l Bticeeeu nn honor than the
joung sopnomore who was expelled
from college.
AN Right r
I'll ieuberaiely'gum tui.
ONE. .THEE. RICH RiDhs
Lwys like, to win am' if
'nim him HE LL Get
ooKfc. at me
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Good Stories
"When this young man turned up
at home with his belongings, his
father said:
" 'What are you doing here? A
holiday?'
" 'Yes, a holiday,' said the boy.
" 'A long one?"
" 'A very long one. The fact is.
dad, I'm not going back to college
any more,'
" 'Don't say that, boy!' cried the
father. 'Don't say that! That instl
tutlon has turned out some of the
finest men our country boasts.'
" 'Yes, I know it's turned me out,'
said the young man." Detroit Free
Press.
THE ELECTIONEER.
IN a Western city, Just before
an election for city officers,
one of the candidates, a Mr.
Grow, a very fat man, who aspired to
be Councilman from his ward, made
a house-to-house canvass soliciting
votes.
At one place his knock brought
forth a young and frisky dog, which
leaped through the open door when It
was opened by the lady of the house
and ran the candidate off the poich
and down the front walk toward the
gate.
The woman at the door, knowing
tha dog to be harmlcis, called to tho
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Vbu ToLb me. tfcu coulp play Golf --..
DO YOU CALL THAT C70LF UQK UP ANd" "
;4 mimzw'tKS w.
Now Maybe He'll Feel Better
There's Something for Mom to Think About I
fleeing candidate, "What are you run
ning for, Mr. Grow?"
And Mr. Grow, with tho office In
his mind, even In the presenco of
danger, called back between gasps
"Councilman of this ward, madam!"
Judge.
HE, TOO, HAD HAD EXPERIENCE
MR. GARVER Is often invited to
say a few words to the stu
dents whenever he visits tho
public schools. As he Is an entirely
self-made man,
every boy who has
listened to his
stories Is made
aware that If it Is
not economy It Is
Industry that
eventually lands
one in his position
of dignity and
power, but a new
comer to town
drew his conclusions from tho depths
of his personal'expcrlcnce.
Mr. Garver had been addressing tho
school on tho subject of the bee Its
marvellous capacity for labor and ac
cumulation. "And now," he said,. In
conclusion, "what does the busy bee
teach us?"
"To keep away from the hive,
said the new boy, simply, but feel
ingly. Harper's Magazine.
Wrong Again 1
the. matter tunu vm?
Evolution of a Tipl
RE-TAKES.
The pralso agent for Corlnne Grif
fith "yesterday announced that the
cast In her new film could be labelled
"All star." Yes, and we've seen
stuff In bottles that was labelled
"Five Star," but It wasn't.
Tho Tom Inco Company now shoot
ing "Somo One to Love" Is travelling
with a circus to pick up atmosphere
und do a lot of shooting.
"Sunshine Sammy," Hal Roach's
eight-year-old chocolate drop starlet,
made a "puhsonal appearance" before
an audlenco composed only ot mem
bers of his own race this week. Was
ho a hit? Just ask Sammy.
Harry Pollard's next one-reoler will
be known as "Tho Dumb Bell."
Paul Pa'rrott haa.started work on a
street car comedy to be called
"Trolloy Troubles."
BIJly Dale, uuthor of "Tho Spirit of
Seventy-sixth Street," has been added
to tho scenario staff of Harold Lloyd.
His official title is now "tho gag
man."
A new Alice Cnlhoun production has
Just been finished. It Is known as
"Blue Blood."
To .make one scene that Is only a
flash In tho finished picture "My Wild
Irish Rose," a picturesque fishing
schooner was chartered for a day.
After the fifteen minutes necessary to
shoot the scene, the boat w.vj used by
members of the company for an after
noon's sail.
A new Alice Calhoun production has
just been finished. It is known as
"Blue Blood."
S cr-ee ning s
By DON ALLEN
ALTITUDE.
Altltudo Is 'New York's pet char
acteristic, according to Rllllo Dove,
the clghtcen-ycar-old beauty, who
icccntly aviated a bit herself when
she was elevated to stardom over
night by Metro.
'Everything is high In Now York,"
she cooed yesterday. "Buildings,
prices, skirts und" It was at this
point that sho remembered tho recent
airplane wedding D.000 feet abovo
Times Square, "even marriage,
ROUGH STUFF.
One of the two girls In an uptown
drug store edged far enough away,
from her Eskimo plo to speak.
"I see A'lola Dana has a new film
called "They llko 'Em Rough," she
blurbed.
"Yeah?" murmcrcd her companion.
deep In tho heart of a nut sundae
"I wonder It sho docs?
"What?"
"Like 'Em Rough?"
"If sho. docB." declared tho well
well. IjL
sundacd one. coming up for air, "sh
can tako my subway ride somp night,
That's rough enough for ANYONE."
RATHER LATE.
Wo were, informed yestprday, In
confidence, of course, that slnco the
screen productions ot -nio lurco
Musketeers" nnd "Tho Pour Horse-'
men" there hod lee.n a wonderful de
mand for the worWrt of Iboncz and
Dumas at all libraries and book stores.
That's strange; we sorter Imnglhcd
.there hud been somo llttln demand
even before the lllnilnlzatlons.
RUMOR AGAIN.
Dame Rumor, astride the four winds,
rodo swiftly up and down Movlo Way;
yesterday.
Sho started first with the story that
Mary Plckford had been shot acci
dentally. Before she had ttown two y
blocks Little Mary had been shot by a JJI
Jealous woman. .The next block had It
that Mary had lccn waylaid and shot,
but would recover, and by tho time tho
yarn reached, 4Id Street, Mary had
been foully murdered nnd Doug was
out gunning for her nssallant.
I.ito yesterday attcrnoon Mary
wired from tho West Coast that she
could pull a "Mark Twain" If she
only had time, but oho was too busy. ,
REEL ROYALTY.
Alliterative geniuses of the G arson V
Studio out in Hollywood recently com
peted in a contest to appropriately,
namo a young Russian, a cafeteria
worker, who will play a small part. In
Clara Kimball Young's next picture".
These titles Included "Baron of thte
Beanery." "Scion of the Sink" and
tho "Count of the Cafeteria-" When
tho foreigner heard that ho was being
kidded he rounded up his tormentors
and said:
"You are mistake. I work not In
tho kectchen. It was my duty to uso
the what you say the mop. I should
be more proud should you call me "Lo
Marnuls do la Mop."
And he got his wish. ,
NERVOUS.
Through somo oversight at tho
studio gate, tho author had slid
through and was standing in tho
magic presence of Rex Ingram, di
rector of super-specials. Llko most
of us, ho carried with him an Idea
for a big picture. Ho also waa lug
ging along a burning' desire to seo
his idea spread on the silver screen.
Rex, a klndheartcd sort of chap,
told him to "shoot", when ho asked if
ho could tell him tho story. But tfiu
author was frightfully nervous and
insisted upon biting his nails all dur
ing tho recitation.
"Excuse mo," Interrupted Ingram,
himself growing nervous, "but I'm
sure I can get Just as good an Idea
of your plot if you stop talking tooth
and nail." '
ART AND ATMOSPHERE!
"The atmosphere In 'Cap'n Kldd,'
Eddie Polo's first Independently-produced
chapter-play, is described as
'perfect.' "
"Beautiful Lady Janice, Interpreted
by Kathleen Myers, wrapped In
silken luxury, breathes forth from
the screen a scent of lavender and
old laco which seems to reach out
and envelop the beholder. Tho sea
scenes are redolent of wind-whipped
waters, tar and black powder."
"One can almost hear the grind of
cutlass on cutlass, tho roar of cannon
and tho thud of solid shot as tho old
muzzle loaders aro fired.""
"Buccaneers and buried treasure,
flint locks and foul play, pirate ships
and pistols! Yes, ail this Is promised
in 'Cap'n Kldd.' " .
"And to cap It all, Eddlo Polo, tho
serial king, nil dresesd up as a dash
ing and daring Cavalier as the horo."
"What Art! What Atmosphero!'
What woro-warbllng!
P. S. Only the last line Is ours.
The rest came from a chortling press
agent. '
HOPE WAS BUSY.
Whenever Hope Hampton thlnkB of "l,
Dallas, Tex., sho will recall tho
busiest hour of her career.
When the stnr of "Stnr Dust" ap
peared in tho Panhandle Stato town
sho was grabbed by society folks,
merchants, theatre owners and tho
worst of all reporters.
"I did a regular Elinor Glyn," sighed
Hope after it was all over. "I went
through three weeks' trials and trib
ulations In fifteen minutes. Now for
a rest. When do I start my next pic
ture?" FINDS.
According to a recent census the,
number of "Griffith finds" for this
season stands at twenty-four. That
many young women who worked In
recent D. W. Griffith films In minor
capacities nre being heralded by their
praise agents as "finds."
And nil tho while Mr. Griffith con
tlnues his search in the hopes thai
some day, he will reallyvflnd a V'niLr
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