The evening world. Newspaper, April 24, 1918, Page 18

ee ine ABEL E: and Players |) By BIDE DUDLEY AYMOND HITCHCOCK and his 7 pany will cir Chicago engage- and next Monday ome them back to K clude t ment Saturday Broadway will their old stamping-ground. Shortly after he a Mr. Hitchcock will begin rehearsing in “Hitehy Koo of 3918," which attraction will open in Atlantic City during the week of May 20 and come to the Globe Theatre, New York, during the week of June @ for a summer run. Among those engaged for the cast are Leon Errol, | Mrs. Hitchcock (Fiora Zabelle) and the Three Dooleys. = Incidentally, it may be stated that Mr. Hitchcock and bis partner, E., Ray Goets, are no longer lessees of | the Fulton Theatre. They had the house seventeen weeks, but did very Nittle with it. One night @ play there attracted gross receipts, amounting to exactly $5. However, it wasn't the fault of the house; the attractions were fo blame. “DOLLY OF THE FOLLIES.” A. H. Woods is to produce a farce by Hilliard Booth, entitled “Dolly of the Follies.” For the cast he has en- aged Hazel Dawn, Tom Wise, John MM.son and Homer Mason. BONCS FOR MRS. HARRIS. A Liberty bond salesman became 60 eloquent after the first act of “Nancy Lee” at the Hudson the other night that Charlotte Waiker handed bim two £00 bills used in the play as “props" to cover the purchase of two bonds. The money had been furnished for the play by Mrs. Henry B, Harris, Who appeared in Miss Walker's dreas- dng room five minutes after the pur- hase had been made. “I soe you bought $200 worth of donds to-night,” said Mrs, Harris, “No, my dear," replied the actress. "You bought them. I bought mine last week.” And #0 it came to pass, TALES OF THE WAR ZONE. Arthur Guy Empey, in bis address at the mass meeting of theatrical People at the Palace yesterday, told of & show he arranged in a Y. M. C. buliding just bebind the trenches France. “Now and then during the perform- ance,” she said, “we'd hear a German shell coming. Then the bass drummer ‘Would stop playing. He wanted to conserve his energy and he figured maybe the shell would hit the big @rum and save him one lick.” “In the French towns,” said E. H. Sothern at the same meeting, “I no- ticed that the plumbing, what they had of it, was very poor, Bomebody remurked that tho !deal marriage ‘would be one between a French cook and an American plumber.” TWO SPECIAL MATINEES. The Messrs. Shubert announce that because of the President's prociama- tion making next Friday Liberty Loan Day, extra matinees will be given by the Al Jolson company at the Winter Garden and by the “Fancy Free” company at the Astor, "These two theatres have made won- erful records in the sale of the bonds and special drives will be made in them Friday afternoon. AN ANNIVERSARY SHOW. ‘The Palais Royal will celebrato its first birthday to-night with a big show, which will include special acts as well as the regular performance of “Venus on Broadway.” Both society and tho stage will be represented in the audience. GossiP. W. HW. Wright will be advance man for the Red Cross “Out There” com- pany. Cyril Keightley and E. Lyall Swete will support Ethel Barrymore in “Belinda.” ‘The Federal employees of the Port of New York will hold a Liberty bond Tally at the Hippodrome Sunday afternoon, SHE WANTED TO KNOW. An old negro woman in the elevator at the New Amsterdam Theatre Building yesterday touched the pilot on the arm and sald “Ixcuse me, Mistah, but would yo’ Kindly tell me whut flo’ de ninth flo’ es on?" A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. 1 girl wh shoots her ad because he refuses to guindrops makes a mistake. FOOLISHMENT. Foolishment to-day, FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE, . Pinnicos warden. CASCO ~ 234 in. 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