The evening world. Newspaper, May 9, 1917, Page 18

About Plays’ and Players | __ By BIDE DUDLEY | frame of mind last night. A. Ho had just been notified that @ restraining order had been fenued In the Supreme Court prevent- ing Willard Mack, playwright, from disposing of plays from his pen to other managers until they have been! offered to Mr. Woods. The action in| the result of @ suit started by Mr.| Woods against Devic Belasco and Mr.| Macke to restrain the former from using “The Tiger Rose,” a play the, authorship of which is credited to Mr. Belasco and Mr, Mack, but which, ac- | cording to Mr. Woo chiefly from the Mack pen. Mr, is asserts he has &@ contract with Mr. Mack, dated | Nov. &, 1915, which gives him first call on afl the Mack dramatic writings tor five years, Mr, Belasco has just produced “The Tiger Rose” with Lenora Ulirich in the principal role. It is probable that the two managers will “get together” in the matter of this play. A GREENROOM SHOW, The Greenroom Club will hold tts annual “rehearsal” at the Astor The- atre Sunday evening. A long and in- teresting programme haa been ar- ranged, a feature of which will be a! novel sketch called “Moonlight” by lengdon McCormick. In it a leading role is that of an idiot boy. It's a hard part, but the club had no trou- bie finding an actor in its member- ship to play it. BY WAY OF DIVERSION, When father’s booked to make a speech before some club or other, we have @ hot old time up home with all the blame on mother. Of course, he wears his evening clothes. The work he makes of dressing gets on the nerves of ev'ryone. It's really quite distressing. We hear bim yell: “Hey, where's my shirt?) Why ain’t it out and waiting?” And then he says a lot of things not very elevating. Hin shirt is found and next he yolla: ve got to have a collar. You'd love to seo me look like ain, I'll bet my bot- tom dollar!” It's “Where's my tle?” and “Where's my hat?" accompanied by grumbles, and then he jumps into « cab and down the street he rum- bles. When father's ne we're all relieved, from mother down to Rover, Ma dro; into « chair and aij 3 "Great Scott! I'm glad that’s ove A NEW.-LEITZBACH PLAY. Adeline Leltzbach, who wrote “The Man Who Lost” in collaboration with ‘Theodore Leibler jr., is the author of another play called “Apple Blos- soms,” which is to be produced early im the fall. T30y with A TRAIT CAN AND A +or SHow He WAY THe WIND TShows Stow How THA H. WOODS was in & happy WIND T3hows HENRY HASENPFEFFER We GIT SPLICED “THIS "De ba bg HERE Comin’ MoNTH! “HEN’ !. WELL I DUNNO WHETHER TH CONGRATULATE You OR NOT! Y'KNOW He's A EXACTIN' OLE Dott = ALTHOUGH SHE'S GOTTA LoT_oF “DouGH"! A MYSTERY PLAY COMING. A mystery play based on a story by Hdward P. Smaney entitied, “In the Cold Grey Dawn,” is being written by Hugh Stanislaus Stange and Stannard Mears. It deals with a phantom murder, whatever that is. WELL, NOW! Louts H. Chalif, addressing a num- ber of dancers at his studio the other night, sald of interpretive danc- ing: “The art 1s traduced by count- less young ladies who know nothing of interpretive, or any other kind of dancing, but who are pretty and realize it is easy to bring applause in any theatre by a lack of costuming-” ANNETTE AT THE FAIR. ‘The United States Navy's booth at the Actors’ Fund Fair will be aided by a. different theatrical manager cron night, Annette Kellermann was N WHAT DORS Stow MHA WAY THA WIND CUT our “TH'"CLUB" AN’ ALSa “SMOKIN IF Y/MARRY HER Soe’! T SWAN? ] Dont seem [erhicnens) a XLL Have To Cur ouT EATIN' ¢ { an nave BUSH A NICE \ Kind ace! AN" DRINKIN” Covrrignt, 17, Press Pudiishing C6 (N.Y. Rventng Word ) 4 to talk at the booth on “Dil- ingtam night.” Very appropriately the swimmer said she would urge VN THE FIVE-FIFTEEN’ recruiting for the sub-marine service. aossiP. ANYBoDY'D THINK, erbdert will conduct the or- enictor Heripilesn” at the Shubert “THEM CITY HUNTERS ‘ : Friday night. COULDN'T READ OF 'E'M SHOOT AT A woobCHuck AN HE'LL WIT SUMPTHIN' IN “THE NEXT ENGLISH - B'GOSH COUNTY ~~ CoNsARN 'EM!! unning, stage manager for a Tt ‘has joined the Re- serve Aviation Corps of the army, Messrs. Shubert announce the 2,p000h performance of “The High. wayman” for Wednesday evening, May 16. Mabdelle Estelle has recovered from the effect of an operation which ter- minated her tour in “The Girl He Couldn’t Buy.” William R. Sill ts ahead of Alan Brooks's production of "Dollars and Sense.” Elliot Foreman ts manager, Eugene Walter is getting ready to produce his play, "The Assassin. d Harry Davis came over from Pit bergh yesterday and obtained permission for the Vaughan ¢ Stock Company to play "Romi at the Alvin Theatre the week of May 14 Florence Mackie is singing the Fay Mary in Corse rty-five Min ts- Payton's H'Lo GEORGE, How'RE. YEw CHaPs GETTIN’ ON WITH YER PRACTICE ? OH, SOME OF THE BoYS ARE SHOOTING A BIT WiLD BuT we'lt HAVE. A REAL “RIOT SQUAD” BEFORE WE GET THROUGH | LIKE AS NOT ILL GET SHcT MYSELR AFORE 1 HEV Time T CHASE 'EM OFFEN TH’ Farm’ Vivian Wessel cast of “Love 0 evening. She left to appear in “T i return ¢ ke" next Mc piece of Molly,” ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES, 3. KR. 8 daly Was never in “The Man ‘ame Back." B.—Willig lette never had a play called "A Safety Razor.” A THOUGHT FOR TO-DaAy, ® Gillan, a Henderson, Ky,,| ell out of @ three-story win- ntly and escaped injury, He landed on bis head FOOLISHMENT, FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. imme @ piece of pie.” “Will you eat it h > fe it oO nere or take { “Both,” Felix Fiefifleen Wants to READ About It for - chonea? >) ASEVER MIND WHat I want 1T FOR =WRAP iT UP FORME 1 A HURRY - I GorTa GETTA TRAE —=—=- mA HELLO, FELIX ! > cae eet sTHE WAR'S oA 424). BEGINNING TO MAKE VUSELF FELT More é JUST LIKE I SRB IT ‘ H SSwourd Ant or? a WPRATT WITH BR GAS my 4 THE GERMANS CAN'T rey AT US TO MAiKe ANY GAS- ATTACKS .THE ALLiES ARE KEEPAG '8m TOO BUSY OVER OTHER soe —/ (Bas Sir! ware po vou Muytery SUPPLIES. EVERYTHING ¢ at ES. (Ci