The evening world., 1919-02-22

He means a lot to you. he'll tell the
So listen to his wall, it's a good old
fashioned tale.
In short. Mr.. Cohan takes us into
his confidence. just as good old Pete
Daley used to do at Weber and
Ffelds's when sounds OF merriment
were heard in the wings of the old
music hall. and Pete remarked:
Jolly dogs, those stage hands"
Cohan. in his turn, kids" comic
opera. For example:
my names Chefchick. I'm the
keeper of the inn.
Where the villagers 70. for the viii
layers know
Where to go to chin and drink their
gin,
There's a mortgage, a mortgage on
the inn.
Same old tale been told for years,
Selling beers and shedding tears.
Marcel
My names Marcel. I'm the barber OF
the town:
] hold the mortgage on the inn,
III get the girl or cash II in.
Chorus
Yes. he's Marcel. the barber OF re-
nown.
He hopes 20 win the hand
or the heroine. you understand.
Janku-
NV names Janku. apothecary man,
I deal in drugs and kill the bugs
And get my laughs with funny mugs,
Chorus
Yes, he's Janku. and Janku has a
plan
To save the girl and save the day
And incidentally save the play:
Good old Janhu. dear old Janku.
Three men
And now that we're all together
As happy as we can be,
We've started the play. we've started
away
On a trip to the land OF comedy.
Chorus
! Yes. now that we're all together
As happy as We can be.
We've started the play, we've started
away
! To the land Of comic, comic comic
opera comedy.
Opera. comic opera.
Good old time comic opera,
Gone forever and aye;
Words by Gilbert and tunes by Sulli-
| van,
| Opcra. comic opera.
| They produced II so proper,
Makes one feel old:
No more real old
Opera, comic opera,
Since the Gilbert and Sullivan days.
Here comes the heroine. she's a little
| dream;
Here comes the heroine. she will sing
| the theme,
Love is love. a beautiful song to lead
IL Is.
Love is love. a beautiful song indeed
II Is.
Love is in her heart, We fear.
Wait tn YOU hear, wait till you hear
Wait till you hear.
And then comes Love OF Mine
the sentimental song inevitable tC
comic opera. Now for the soldiers
all OF whom have the Cohan gait and
carry their swords as George NJ
used to carry his cane. Listen:
Here come the soldiers
With a rum tum- -tum tIIm -tun!
Here come the soldiers.
Every human hearts a drum.
Behold the great big strappng
glorious men,
Behold the fighting. scrapping, vic
torious men!
Here come the soldiers
| When the hand begins to play,
Here come the soldiers
That's the cue for Hip Hurray!
Because we must cheer
Whenever they do appear,
Hcre come the soldiers of the King!
Then the soldiers sing:
We're here 10 guard tho royal crowd
We're regular comic opera soldiers,
4 singing dancing, loyal crowd:
We're regular comic opera soldiers.
We know nothing soldier knows:
We're only dressed in soldiers clothes
We're only paid to please and pose:
We're on our toes TO fight the foes
That try 10 fight the royal crowd;
We're regular comic opera soldiers.
There's no mistaking these soldiers
because all OF them have the gait an(
the spirit OF Cohan.
Cohan dashes all through the whol,
performance, though, like Sheridan
he may be miles away. When he sat
through a performance OF "The Roya
Vagabond" at Washington, l am told
he put his hands to his head anC
moaned, This Is joke But i'm.
mediaAely he began changing a bat
Joke into a good one. Stage mana