Evening star., 1920-05-23
DILLINGHAM; the vietim-During his

Dillingham; the yietim-During his
recent trip south Lieut. Commander
John Philip Sousa stopped at VIII
mington, Del. long enough to par.
the Kinloch Gun Club, o. which he IS
one of the high guns" There he met
Fred Stone. who happened to be play
ing an enga cement
dancing comedian claim to be the
hest wing shots tha ever drew down
a Charles Dillingham; pay envelope.
Stone. the Mighty Hunter" chal-
al ffty birds. a box of stogies. purse
of 500 and the Dillingham; wing-shot
championship of the world
Sousa accepted with the understand
ing that the winner should send the
prize stogies to Mr.. Dillingham;. A
great gallery of Kinloch crack shots
and excited spectators witnessed the
contest.
Lieut.. Commander Sousa knocked
down forty-four and Fred Stone
thirty-nine pigeons out of the pos
sible fifty. the former thus winning
the Dillingham; championship. 800 in
real money and fifty Pittsburgh sto-
gies-
the thought that it is Sousa, and not
himself. who will have to send the
stogies TO the boss"
That's the way it goes said Fred.
Every time two of his artists get
into an argument Dillingham; gets
the worst of it,
Feathercd Footwear-Ethel Del
mar. who has been re-engaged by
George White for his latest edition
special Miss Mercury dance. in which
she will wear a pair of the new feath-
cred shoes that have recently invaded
New York. The winged footgear
comes from Paris and will be more
startling than anything heretofore
seen in the shoe line. according to
the dancers description. The ma
terial for the slippers is cloth OF gold
adorned with rich magenta plumes
from Brazilian bird -of-Paradise.
Reminder Of Jack London-The set
ting of Poker Ranch. Willard
Mack's latest drama. is a replica of
the home of the late Jack London in
California. Many of the decorations
OF the big living room in which the
action of the play takes place were
the personal property of the distin-
suished author.
One of these is massive piece of
coral. said TO be the largest single
London during one of his voyages in
rhe South Sea Islands and turned over
by him TO Willard Mack. for whom he
entertained great friendship to add
sidered Mack's greatest play.
A Come ian With . Record.-Ril.
liam Norris. a comedian. was borr
in New York in 1871. His profes.
sional debut was made in THE Cir
From Mexico at the Standard The.
ater in New York. 1892 Followins
this he appeared with Marie Janser
in "Delmonico's at Six and Mis-,
Dynamite. He played with r. NJ
and Joseph Holland in "A Social High
waynan" and with Thomas Q. Sea
brooke in Papa Con Gou." He playec
fhe polite lunatic" in The Belle o
New York. was Pepe, the jester. il
Otis SINNERS revival of ~Francesc.
da Rimini" and he played Pincha.
in THE Children OF the Ghetto" b,
Israel Zangwill.
He was the original Peter Stuy
vesant in The Burgomaster' an,
played in the Aueustin Daily produc
tions of The Geisha' and The Coun
try Girl" He played the dwarf
Adonis. y.ip- Viola. Aliens production
Of In the Palace of the King" an,
was the original Alan. the boy i,
Babes of Toyland." He played tn
old witch in David Belasco's produc
! tion OF The Good Little Devil" an,
has appeared in scores of other plays