The evening world. Newspaper, May 22, 1919, Page 28

Cav About Plays and Players By BIDE bofore since the writer of this column has been observ. ing New York theatricals #0 many theatres in the Broad- istrict been open on May 22 as Open to-day. Ordinarily the sea- ‘Would have been over three | weeks ago and there would have -& doxen vacant houses; to-day ean Count the dark theatres on ‘Mngere of one hand, and of these ‘three or four at least two will be re- openéd with new attractions within | tem days. The town is jammed with Visitors and they all want theatrical _ @musement. ‘The fact that nearly all the theatres ‘APS open, nowever, doesn't mean that She Attractions they house are all money. Most of them are, ly half a dozen aren't. are not musical, The girl and| shows are doing business. But We Who would produce a straight iF Or m serious play would do zs walt a couple of months, The ‘week of hot weather will put the Padlock on a number of theatres, maybe a dozen. / IN PEANUT HEAVEN, When @ man has to pay for things himiséit he's usually apt to be careful. the members of the Dutch Treat for instance; they decided yes- | cal play, “Wanted, A Thrill.” ine Fox it wi laahecy seats. Gallery of course, and yet they have vantages. Up in peanut you can throw paper wada, gum-—in fact, it's just the place ‘an artistic temperament that it want te enthuse, MOE SPILLS A YARN. ‘The following note has just reached desk via the Burleson service; is one from Moe Mpstein, the Navy Yard pay-roll clerk, A asked Cally DUDLEY hard role in “Friendly Enemies” at the Hudson. If you see a stray theatrical com- pany at Belmont Park to-morrow it ‘will be the “Monte Criato Jr." troupe. Franklyn Ardell ts to yd Frank Tinney a tennis match July 1 for real money. He’l never beat Frank. Morris Gest has engaged “Dainty Marie” for the “Century Midnight Whirl.” Dainty’s from our home town. ‘The big Salvation Army film, “Fires of Faith,” will conclude its New York engagement Saturday at the Harris. Princess Ishtar, Oriental dancer, is at Luna, Coney’ Island, presenting some very nice dances, it seems. The initial performance of “Who at the Belmont Theatre, set ight, has been postponed to next week. 5: ‘The American rights to Brioux’s drama, “The Red Robe,” have been secured by Henry Naegle. The play sorry. That's fine, but then he js us @ rhyme which we suspect was written for him Pop Price. Lieut. Joba Philip Sousa bas en- ged as soloists with his band, May Stone ‘and Mary taker, both well known sopranos, The band goes on tour soon. ‘Van and Schenck, who sing at the pjano, have been engaged for the cast of the new “Follies.” The boys want to be careful or they'll be the hit of the show. ‘The vaudeville team of Rice and ‘Worner bas been signed up by Oliver Morosco for the cast of his new musi+ A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY, ‘What on earth would 10 writers of Bo- popular songs do if “blue” and " didn’t rhyme? pase Sai THATLL HELP SOME. Ben Atwell, who is press agent for “Pretty Soft,” wants everybody to know that, at the same time, he ts presse agenting a Shakespearean pro- duction. — FOOLISHMENT, “In Texas,” said Patrick Q. Boyle, “They're boring deep wells after oil,” “Well, what if they are?” Asked Henry V. 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Johnstons, oas- her life was a period spent on @ transport in a fog that was dense enough to block a snow plough, Shortly before landing time the transport received a wireless mess- age from a convoy asking the captain ae the exact location of the boat. | ere Was great excitement on| board for a time, as it was suspected that a German submarine commander was trying to obtain the location, “I know the paymaster of the gon- one of the office: 1g for the paymaster tho identity of the convoy was estab- lished and the transport soon reached port in safety. But the convoy, tt developed, also bad its share of the excitement. The paymaster had been having trouble with his wife, whom he had eluded for months. When the mess- age was ed asking if he was on board the man exclaimed in great consternation: “Great gobs of beeswax, has that woman followed me here?—Youngs- town Telegram. _———— THE BARGEE. don,” said Gen, Samuel A. THE OLD FAMILY AUNT SARAH CAREO AITTLE, Of WOTH/NG FOR. 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