The evening world. Newspaper, January 8, 1916, Page 11

— DANCING CARNIVAL HAS MORE PATRONS THAN A YEAR AGO Crowded Floors Testify to} Unfailing Popularity of ‘) Delightful Pastime. There is one place in New York where there is never any talk about the deoline of dancing in public favor due to the skating fad. It ts in the business office of the Nancing Carni- vai, temporarily transplanted from the Grand Central Palace to the Twelfth Regiment Armory because of the automobile show. The books tell the story, even though it were not told by the flashing kaleidoscope of hun- dreds of dancers. The books show, for | instance, that there are more patrons this week than in the corresponding | week last year. George Grundy, manager of the Carnival, is convinced out of his ex-| perience that dancing is no longer a fad. It has come to stay as a part} of the best amusement of people, | whether they are rich or of moderate | mi ne. “Look at the floor down th Mr. Grundy. "Do those people dance as if they had lost interest and were tired of it?) They are dancing better and there are more of them than there were a year ago. T been a day for weeks when our in- structors have not taught at least a thousand beginners between the hours of 11 and 1 o'clock “Let me tell you why I feel there fa no chance that the present tem- porary enthusiasm for skating will take a permanent hold on tho public to an extent that it will decrease the interest in dancing. “You can dance the year round.| You can dance almost anywhere, with the aid of a phonograph. It's a home| @ public one. | put to} eclal cos- | amusement as well « You can dance withc the expenses of tume. “Tce skating in New York is just a| passing fad. I know that’ ple said of the dancing when it! atarted. But there was nothing new about dancing In New York except the now dances. People had always need here, even under considerable Ities, when there were no large, moderate priced dancing establish ments. Well-to-do people danced at home, and the dance i flourished for the less fortunat ow that everybody can d. ice within their m nal superb floor ety, why| should they “But, anyhow, the fact remains, aside from any reasons, that people are dancing more than ever—not less, So I don't think we'll begin to worry about the skating fad just yet here at the Carnival.” sashes THREE BIG SUCCESSES OF COHAN & HARRIS ARE DRAWING THE CROWDS. | The brilliancy of Leo Ditrichstein’s | acting in “The Great Lover” and the | altogether charming atmosphere that nerve ades the entire performance of t delightful comedy have succeeded in filling the Longucre Theatre to the full seating capacity ever since the Ditrichstein engagement begun two inonths ago. Mr, Ditrichstein 1s supported by an} excellent cast, the principals including | Virginia Fox Brooks, Beverly sit-! graves, Anna MoNaughton, Camella 6,"" said} re has not| what peo- | ELEANOR PAINTER IN ‘THE PRINCESS Paty CORT THEATRE. @ima cyan BILLS AT COLONIAL, PALACE AND ALHAMBRA. | At the and Hughes will app ts, Elizab Howard be He Ahearn troupe of cyclists, Robbie Gordone and her models, Lady Sen Mei, Chinese prima donna, and Paul Gordon in a wire act Marie Tempest in songs, with Mel- ville tre. James and Bonnie Thornton, billed as ‘the old timers;" Bonnie Glass and Signor Rodolfo in new dances; Sophie Tucker in ragtime songs, Flanagan and Edwards in “On and Off" and the Arnaut Brothers, tumbling clowns, will also be on the Delberg, Cora Witherspoon, Mildred | programme Durand, Doris Easton, Arthur Lewis, Daniel Shetts, William Ricciardi, Ju- | lan Little, Malcolm Fassett, Alex Pollanov, Lee Milley, John Bedouin,|® monolosue, Leste Ryecrott, Alfred Kappelar and George E. Romain, George M, Cohan's American farce, “Hit-the-Trail Holliday,” is near its fifth month at the Astor Theatre, where capacity audiences continue to find keen delight tn the rich humor of Billy Holliday and the other char- acters In the comedy as visualized by | Fred Niblo, Katherine La Salle, Lo rena Atwood, Laura Bennett, Mac M Burnes, Joseph Allen, Purnell Pratt, Fdgar Halstead and others of the original cast, Lovers of good drama are findins plenty of excitement in viewing Me Marcin’s powerful play, 6 Hou of Glusy,” at the Candler Theatr where Mary Ryan and a fine sup- porting company continue to attract big audiences. —_—- JOSEPH BROOKS TO ADD TWO PLAY TO HIS PRODUCTIONS Joseph Brooks has planned one of the most active seasons in his long career us 4 producing manager, "ITs Majesty, Hunker Bean,” dramatized by Leg Wilson Dodd from tho stories by Harry Leon Wilson, is the most recent of hin productions, With Tay- lor Holmes in the title role, the com- dy is making a record in Chicago at the Cort Theatre, “The New Henri atta,” with William H, ¢ W. ‘Rosa, Ma Arbuckle, Amelir snd Edith Taliaferro, is r the success it has on, since it was revived three years The company is now in the South. Mr. Brooks will place in rehearsal next week a new play of Scottish fe of the early nineteenth century, writ- ten by MacDonough, George MacFuariine will be starred in the play, which will be called "Heart of th’ Heather.” Mr. Brooks also has in preparation a new play for Phyllis Ison-Terry, Tt will be prod late In February, ne, ‘Thomas | \unton and ‘TWo novelties, Langdon McCormick's “Forest Fire’ and Wyatt's "Scotch |Tads and Lassies,” will be offered at the Alhambra Theatre Andy B Victoria songs, the Wernor and Amoroso troupe in a European novelty, and Julia Curtis, comedienne, will be other features. |**4 PARISIAN ROMANCE” LATEST WM. FOX FILM. nost successful plays in the repertory ot fhe lite Richard Mansfeld and Fox, will be the attraction at the Academy of Music for the fur days ng Sunday, and at the River. heatre, Ninety-sixth Street and Broadway, on Sunday only, Mr. Fox {not only obtained the rights for the visualization of this play from Mr, Manstield’s widow but gained permission to use the actor's name In connection with the picture In the film version H. Cooper Cliffe will be seen as Bi Chevrial, the character made fa by Mr. Mans- id, and Dorothy nas Rosa, the beautiful Hallet g om Chevrial could not forget Baron C) tton with the arms of 1, a dancer of the Opera Comique. | He lavishes upon her the major part of his large in- come, ‘The baron. however, true to his nature, finds that Rosa does not entirely fill his craving for feminine nionship. Therese Beauchamp, e heautiful girl ninent In soctety nets his and he marrios but his interest in He les to give a party in honor of her birthday and thelr re- hrows open the magnifi- ent Che nquet hall for the occasion, Rosa and the other ballet girls still in. costume, are brought from the opera house in motor cars. During the progress of the dinner the haron rises to propose a toast to Rosa, when he is stricken with ap- oplexy and drops dead, Zesidea Mr. Cliffe and Miss Green, Margaret Skirvin, Angelica Spier, Isabel O'Madigan, Clarence Heritage, Harold Hartzell, Dion Titheradge and Mrs. Cecil Raleigh will be seen in im- portant parts, Many RYAN IN “THE ‘HOUSE OF atres, making the total attendance GLASS” CAN DLER THEATRE ynial Theatre Adelaide | CHARLES DILLING ws | HIPPODROME SHOW IS | SEASON'S BIG SUCCBSS. The present seacon at the Hippe- drome, under Charles Dillingham’s a reating new records ‘tion of the theatre ls Inet week witnessed the v od and seventy-fitth presen- | tation of “Hip, Hip, Hooray,” which at Chat time had been witnessed by Toe Hippodrome is the Mecca for | Visitors from out of town, a head- ities and the © which even the children inanimously selected as their ito rendezvous. [ts appeal is 1! and its popularity in every way substantial and deserved. To accommodate those why book seate in advance arrangements were made this week to Place seats on sale up to March 1, which includes the two Feb- Lincoln's and Wash- of social a The series of guest-star concerts with Sousa Sunday nights is one of the conspicuous successes of this remime, und no better cotertalnment BELLE STOvEY can be found anywhere in New Yor! “Hie oa than Mr, Dillingham is providing. ao ann Thin week Paviowa. returns wie members of her ballet and such fine soloists as Glovannt Zenatello and Tamaki Miura. —_——>_—_. SELWYN & COMPANY PLAN FOUR NEW PLAYS | FOR THEIR NEXT SEASON HIPPoDROME Selwyn & Co. make an announce- ment for next season which indicates |that producing plays isn't ag much of ja shot in the dark as it's sald to be, and that by another year they will have at least an ethical copyright on their “Four Big Hits” line. They plan four new plays which will follow in neral character their successes of # year and jlast—a farce, @ melo- jdrama, an emotional drama and @ satirical © y. One alteration, however, they will permit themselves Margaret Ulington will be starred in @ comedy. ; ‘YOUTH, BEAUTY, FOLLY” MASOAL NIE’ Ov molt ty, Cul eORtaS TO BE SEEN AT OLYMPIC. TRecvrRe + = LOWA TO “Beauty, Youth and Folly” will be PAVLOWA Mi ypu ‘i the attraction af the Olympic Theatre. AT SOUSA CERT. One of the features of the per — formance is “A Night on a Roof 1n eddition to the Sousa concert at/Garden." ‘The chief comedian is , Eddie Rwartz. In the vaudeville por- the sirrianohage Ret cuhsel night) tion of the entertainment will be Auna Paviowa will appear with her|jimes Prior and Delmore, presen Russian dancers in two ballets, slangy conceit called “The Strik maki Miura, Japanese prima donna,|Gold and Blondo in ragtime songs, will sing tho aria from Mascagni’s|and the Izabella Sisters, sin dancers. ELIZARETH myAR pry UA ar EMILY STEVENS IN OLIVER MOROSCOS PRODUCTION OF LOUIS K. ANSPACHERY BRILLIANT COMEDY DRAMA SOR TREASORE nessed it at the seashore, and approx imately 60,000 people have attended performances of it in outlying the- | for this elty 872,000. = ¥ COLUMBIA B RLESQUE |\“BIRTH OF A NATION” ae eee | 4 we eae wen ed INC HAS | k} ED FOR FORTY-FIVE WEEKS. 6 Tourists” will be produced at oe | the Columbia Theatre next week. It With the passing of D. W. Griffith's} was written by Frederick F, Chapin} spectacular production, ‘The Birth of | and George Totten Smith, with muste r in two bal- th Murray will contri- }bute dialect songs and stories and brook will offer “A Lit- tle Review.” Others on the bill will ert Clifton in character im- personations, Hugh Herbert in “The Sons of Abraham,” Morris Cronin and his Merry Men, the Charles !nomenal run ever made in the history | laid in the Catskills and show the of the New York stage. The run at) !nte’ |the Liberty Theatre continued forty-| the diticulties, and. embarrassments |five weeks without a break, The to-|of three wives who leave their ro-| number of consecutive perform-| spective husbands at work in the elty ances there was 620, mer months there was a supplement-| parture of thelr wives the three m: engagement at Brighton Beach, | st engagement was for fourteen! train is wrecked n weeks, with 182 performances, mak- SIMs at the piano, will make ber deville debut at the Palace Thea- a B02 § s it for the ormances in New York. In addition introduction of many oddly drawn to this there ha ; ae characters and of a large assemblage jto this there have been elghty-four| Cr’ ciniy that constitute the chorus, | performances of the spectacie in the- in Brooklyn however, are f h 60 Stevens, Ben Pierce, | her, Mile. Babette, Charles | bers 618,000 people saw the produc tion] Raymond, Waldo Whipple, Blanche! heatr ® consecutive run “A Parisiin Romance,” one of the | uved for the sereen by William | WEST 49-EAST OF e ey CHARLES foe DIRECTO! The Most Notable and aoe Production in Half a Century! _— pian TREASURE ISLAND STORY BY PLAY BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON JULES ECKERT GOODMAN Evenings - : at 8.30 Matinees Fridays rev Saturdays at 2.30 CALLED “ THE TOURIS the most phe-|by Leon De Costa, The scenes are or and exterior of a summer WOMAN AT THE Q=ST THEATER boarding house, ‘Tho story concerns while they seek recreation in the mountains, Shortly after the le-| t on a pleasure jaunt. The r| ar the resort and the unexpected meeting ides the humorous incidents that follow. The) consecutive per- | situations afford opportuni During the sum- The company embraces comedians, and the Bronx.) singers, dancers and sp ists. In not counted In| the c Leo Steve In round num anor 196,000 wit- Benton and Frances and Ross. MATINEE WEDNESDAY 7 SATURDAY TA TRIUM DPE ALL CRITICS ‘BEST PLAY IN NEW YORE eee TELE 1966 CAROLE ALL THEATER GOERS ee