The evening world. Newspaper, December 12, 1918, Page 24

About Plays and Players By BIDE DUDLEY FTER a long term of idleness hasn't been paid and we shut off the) Winthrop Ames’s Little The- | Service two hours ago.” atre is to be reopened Christ- TO BALK “SPECS” man night by the Moser Shubert! Gharies Dillingham will try @ plan with Rachel Crothers’s play “A Little | of hia own to balk sidewaik ticket Journey,” with Estelle Winwood fea- speculators at the Hippodrome next tured. Numerous changes are due at |) eek. | Por Senin jpatines pore r | formances, begin jonday, Shubert theatres before long. “It | seats will be withdrawn froin the Ue Simplicity” will be moved from | box offices and sold only at the hour the Astor to the 44th Street Theatre| of the show. They will be low-priced on Dec. 2%, The Astor will be dark| seats. Thus, late comers will We i etal ommodated without ving to deal oe nights and _ Mriver Harvis| vith @idewalk sales “ted Gartae ir. will present “Hast Is Vest,” with - - Yay Bainter in the chief part there. “WOW,” SAID THE MAN. Miss Bainter will have the role of aj May Irwin, who lives near 64th Chinese girl. Others in the cast wil | Street baggy pPrdbetbig nted he George Nash, Forrest Winant.| tact night) She could Lester Lonergan and Hassard Short. | phone so she walked to Fifth A Alice Brady and her play, “Morever| There she saw 4 | cur Without ” " oe Ce | wasting time, whe climbed into It anc After,” will move from the Central Hron a litte, thin man, to the Playhouse on Dec. 23. On the pontulate, same date Arthur Hammerstein will sineae\"” said Miss Irwin to her- offer bis new musical play, “Some-| self, yu believe there's something -, ‘ ” 7 wrong here.” Body's Sweetheart,” at the ntral.| “she investigated, and sure enough On Monday night, Dec. 30, the Messrs.|there was, Out’ got Miss Irwin, Shubert will present a new musical|avoirdupois and all, The little man} piece, “The Melting of Molly,” at tho | followed. e : cg | Bfoadburst. On the eame hight]! bes your pardon,” said the! George Broadburat will offer his new Take the ear.” he replied. Gwann farce, “Keep It to Youreeif," | got to go to bed now.” at the 39th Street Theatre. Miss Irwin finally piled in again and reached the theatre. When sho “LISTEN, LESTER” DEC. 23. offered the chauffeur pay, he de-!| sten, Lester,” John Cort's third |clined. It d the actress had sat musical show of the season, will co on one of New York's wealthiest citl- into the Knickerbocker Theatre on |#tnf and that the car belonged to the Dec, 23. In the cast will be Gertrude | vietim Vanderbilt, Clifton Webb, Ada Lewis, PLAY FOR ROSE STAHL. | Johnny Dooley, Eddie Garvie, Ada : | Mae Weeks, Hal Wilson, Ituth Mubev |, Broadway hears Kose Btahl te to vehicle and Esther Ingham. Harry 1 Cort, son of the producer, collaborated with George Stoddard in writing the book. The tnusic is by Harold Orlob, MOTHER'S “BECAUSE.” When Mother frowns “Because,” No matter how Dad ty nat down—ri He began to “l've Miss Hall GOSSIP, Tarn jerard and Gert of “Follies of the Day” w © married ” will talk on at the Neigh to-night | M borhood PI Samuel ¢ h bas signe Rogers to make films for ¢ despite the fact Will says he's of pichures.” Albert Brown has been engaged by George Broadhurst for an important role in “Keep It to Yourself.” Harry Lauder will auc tographed copies strel in’ Franc to-night, and give the proceeds to tae Jewish War Rellet Fund. To-day and to-morrow Mr. and Mra. Sidney Drew will make scenes | for a new comedy film at the Punch and Judy Theatre, They ure acting in Newark. ‘Tho first American production to be launched by Andre La Chappelle will be a playlet called “My Mary.” will be in the cast. | vy ix to remain at the Hip- | vess all women NEW DITRICHSTEIN PLAY. Leo Ditrichstein announces that he} will soon appear in a play called “The Marquis de Priola,” by Henri Lave- dan, It will be produced in Phiiadel- phia early im January and come di- wectly to New York. FOR THE FRIARS. The Friars are going to be very Eee DANE he Wan eats proud of Mgt Les ell adr tg Ls In aidering a plan to team up with publication, the Friar, which wi Frank Tinney for vaudeville, Bach member of the pear Saturday. five of | ih club will be given six copie which he will mail to soldier: ors abroad. Bert Le chief, Among tho ¢ be Josephus Daniels, Jobn F ing J. Lewis, Cyril Maude, o lof Three Faces 2 Walter Vert Thomas, E. F. Albee,/at the Cohan & Harris Theatre | Martin Beck, Jack Lait, Dean John J. | Doe, 27, | Gleason, George M. Cohan, Channing |" G ip ROT at George Kaufman, George Sammis, 8: | Careful,” isn't a musical comedy, but Jay Kaufman and & young fellow | is 4 straight comedy drama with sev- hamed Dudley, known as the Bard of| gra} ‘interpolated songs. Leavenworth, Kan. | 2 IMPRESSING A VICTIM. | Joe Flynn opened a vaudevil ing office two months ago. Business was 60 slack be Was actually lone- | some. One day a man came in who looked !ike a victim, Joe thought he'd | better impress him first, so be pick: up the telephone and pretended to talking to “bis old friend, Charlie Dillingham.” After Joe had fixed up $25,000 deal with “Charlie” he hunk | up the receiver and, believing the caller sufficiently impressed, a “What can I do for you, “I'm from the telephone o replied the visitor quiet “The Greatest Gift,” the Re film written by Hamish will be shown at the Ri week, Agnes Tait is in this picture In order to supply the demand fe pert at’? will b A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY. When far from home T am sad; when near home Iam sad, What am I to do?—-Grigaby. FOOLISHMENT,. There wes s young woman named Tester, Who'd hoa! when a fellow caressed ber, ‘gay: Now, yi FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE. lynn (at bar)—Let's have a horse's neck. | ny,” Macllugh—Sorry, but this is Iri- | sur biliiday. Tean't eat meat, NOT ESPERANTO, ! FOOD CONSERVATION, IR HENRY WOOD, #0 long and s0 ARK—There have been a good S closely associated with Queen's many changes in geographies | since Iw to school, Wood sup “Wor instance, | notived Ir name 4" ly speak 0. Hall, und who has been recently | offered the appointment of conductor | of the Boston (Mass.) Symphony Or- chestra, is a stickler for clear enuncia- | school book that tion in singing. Islands’ is no lon Lecturing on this subject one day,| “That's so; we he puzzled his hearers by addressing | them as the Hawatian Islands nov n us follows: | “1 wonder why they took away (ie ee-ded dwun dye at the ay wuz zweery and eel ut e | ru usu: ‘Sandwi “{ don't know, but Ul & yorgorn, His audience looked puzzled, as well |'t had something to do with t they might Jconservation movement.” - ltown ram, \ “Now,” proceeded Sir Henry, “this isn't, Esperanto, neither does it hap pen to be Chinese or Chocktaw, or any | other outlandish lingo. “It is merely how many wingers ren nia remarked der the first two lines of the ‘Lost at x in Wash Chora,’ whi h are, translated into ordi- | ington that things do not always turn | nary English, ated one day at tne organ, 1 was weary and ill at ease "—| OU oP Aenea aM Pearson's Week! 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