The evening world. Newspaper, March 5, 1917, Page 14

‘About Play S | and Players | By BIDE DUDLEY | RE Messrs, Shubert announce they are planning to bulld « theatre in West Thirty-fifth Street, in the vicinity of the Garrick now called the New Garrick. “It is my plan,” said Lee Shubert, “to correct the prevailing opinion that the district below Thirty-ninth Street is inaccessible from a theatrical standpoint, To my mind the New Garrick is in the very heart of the ity, within easy reach of millions of esidents and visitors. We shall pro- luce plays at the New Garrick and he theatre to be built which will have a particularly popular appeal.” The New Garrick passes under the joint control of Mr. Shubert and John Craig to-night, when the John Craig- Mary Young season will begin. with he production of b. H. Sothern’s play, “Stranger Than Fiction.” THEATRE FOR “EILEEN.” Joe Weber's new Herbert-Blossor Irish operetta, “Etleen,” will go into he Shubert Theatre on March 1% Love o' Mike,” now at that house, will be moved to Maxine Elliott's The aire, where “Magic” will end its run March 17, BY WAY OF DIVERSION. A street car ride I thought I'd take ust as a little treat. I stoppa@l a car und stepped aboard; then dropped into « seat. I sighed, relaxed and settled lown as up the line we sped. About that time T heard: “All out! Another ar ahead!’ Without delay I made the hange and all seemed well again. My paper I began to read. I'd just got settied when the man in blue jerked hack the door and very curtly said: ‘This car goes to the barn. All out! Another car ahead!" Once more 1 changed and 'twasn't long until that same command was heard. I made an awful roar—just roared to beat the band. My anger rose right up and bucked, Icouldn't keep it hid, [didn't take the car ahead. | walked--that's what I did. ELY COMES TO TOWN. | Lewis B. Ely of St. Louis, who wrote “A Dry Town,” the comedy now in it's fifth week at the Players’ Theatre, St Louls, ta in New York negotiating for a Broadway showing for his play, He believes he has it all arranged, but will not know finally fo: or two. OH, HOW PROVOKING! A Buffrage organization had the Forty-eighth Street Theatre for a meeting the other afternoon. A cer- tain blond young actres) crowd of women in the then pbby, thor it @ performance of he Thir- teenth Chair” was to be given and de- | elded to see if the treasurer would ‘recognize the profession.” Edging her way up to the box office window she pushed her card in and asked if might have two sents. “To be sure!" replied the treasurer. and, with a the theatre, turned, “I don't know you and I don't want to know you,” #he @aid to the treas irer, “but to my way of (hinking you're a bean-head.” And out she went, NO BOX FOR HER! Frank Meyers of the Liberty box vMice tells it. He asserts that a Brooklyn youth and his best girl stepped up to the Liberty's ticket vindow and asked for two tickets for Mave a Heart.” vailable. outh said “They bave nothing left but box ri friend, disappeared in ‘on minutes later she re. Only box seats were Returning to the girl the “Lat's go home then,” she repiial with a frown T won't sit on a box,” STARDOM FOR BENNISON, Louis Bennison is to be starred oy Cort, Mr, Bennison i the hit Johnny Get Your Gun," at the riterion, and he will be h'isted up to jardom in that farce first. Later ell kave a new play FOR A CHANGE! Julian Anhalt says he heard o voman leaving the Republic after seeing “Lilac Time,” say Last week I saw Nazimova's play, n which @ man Went away and never eturned, Now I've seen ‘Lilac Time,’ n which the same thing happens. I uess I'll go up to the Playhouse and ee ‘The Man Who Came Back.’ Gossip. Bale Fisher and her vaudeville company Went to Washington last hight in a private car ‘The Awakening of Spring” taged for one matinee at th a inth Street Theatr we fifteenth a White Rats at the Amster Meeping Out, Mann Page, is op will be Thirty @ course in ning, now that swimming + to be taught at that coliege made @ record for himself ONE BRIGHT SPOT, ANYWAY The life of the dramatic editor is ot all hardship. Fy . alr press agent of her “stuff” on perfumed paper WHADDYE MEAN—“US?” Frances thinks Kissing is nothing ut nonsense. At that rate a | nust be foollsl.—The Lady Rep in Greenpoint Home News ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. Hauman.--Write the rhyme, bat ake it short Sydney M. KE Address both car Lewis J. 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