Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-13
BIG TOUR FOR LAMBS
Object of Trip TO Raise Money For
Clubhouse In New Yerk-nairstrel
Parade to Be Given Where limo Per-
mits-Wli Travel In Special Train.

Clubhouse In New Yerk-Mirstrel
Parade to Be Given Where Tine Per-
nits-Wiii Travel In Special Train.
At business meeting recently held
by the Lambs club of New York In
its clubhouse in West Forty-fourth
street arrangements were completed
for an all star "gambor''. in the. Metro
politan Opera House on Monday, May
n, and gamboling tour tor the.a.rest
Of the week. i, It is to be almost unique
theatrical event. tsay its !organizers.
The services Of practically every. star
actor in New York city will be en-
listed. After the first performance In
New York the tour begins in special
train OF ten cars and will extend as
| far east as Boston and as.far west as
! Chicago For several weeks the plans
have been considered. and it is now
announced definitely that 1.-THE huge
gambol Will take place next month,
The booking has been arranged per-
sonallF by A. L. Erianger. the general
manager Of the tour Joseph Brooks.
/ as general business manager, is look
I ing after all Of the details. while Au-
| gustus Thomas. the shepherd of the
club. is the general amusement di-
rector.
The program is arranged on a star
| ting scale. Victor Herbert and his
band Of fifty pieces. will furnish the
music The first feeturesis tosbe a
huge negro minstrel act in which
every performer is star. In addition
to this. there Is to be big four song
and dance act. revival Of one Of the
old time features Of minstrelsy. Four
stars OF comedy and comic opera ap-
pear in this. There will be a revival
of the old stage clog done by, eight
men in the time honored spangled
tights
One big number enltstins the strength
of the club will be the mob scene from
Julius Caesar" with De Wolf Hopper
as Antony and forty stars and leading
men in the Roman mob. Then there
is to be skit called Tuesday Morn
Ing" written by-George Y. Hobart. 1t
shows the rehearsai:,of a .imelodra ma
on the morning safter the opening
night. One sceneFshows four promi-
nent dramatists called in to revise the
play. These parts are to be taken by
the dranatists themselves - William
Gillette, who wrote Sherlock Holmes"
Edwin Milton Royle, The Squaw
Man" Charles Klein, 1.-THE Lion and
the Mousse" Eugene Presbrey, Raj
hes," and. Augustus Thomas, THE
Witching Hour
Music for the entertainment IS being
written by Victor Herbert. Reginald
de koven ard others.
The train that will carry the players
is TO be on the same large scale. Be
, sides the club and baggage cars. there
win be four sleeping cars, two dining
cars and compartment car. There
will be en- extra sleeper for twenty lay
members Of the club. we'll known mer
chants and brokers, who are to &c
along and see the fun. These mem
bers are each to contribute fare OF
$500, which will go toward paying the
expenses Of the trip. At their Request
they will also appear in the ensemble
scenes as supernumeraries.
The train will be manned by servants
from the club, who are familiar witt
the wants Of the individual members
: The club car will be stocked from the
private cellars Of the Lambs, and the
, members will sign checks for thei
refreshments as if they were in the
: clubhouse.
Upon their arrival in the various cit
! les the members Of the company vii
: attire themselves in minstrel fashion
They will wear gray frock coats ant
0 gray trousers pongee overcoats ant
/ high white hats Where time permit
0 there will be the old fashioned min
: strel parade, headed by Herbert
7 band.
I The enterprise is planned to be evel
2 more pretentious than the gambo
which the Lambs gave eleven year
: ago. At that time they played to gros
@ receipts Of $4,000 a week. 1t is con
5 idently expected that this year th
= company will play to more than 500
600 The receipts will go for sit
for new clubhouse and the enlarge
ment of club facilities.
The membership Of the club en-
braces not only all the principal actor
in America, but all the prominent play
:, wrights, composers, many we'll know
authors. managers and producers an
J. large lay membership Of merchants
lawyers, brokers. doctors and polit
clans.
Besides New York, the company wi
play at the following cities: Ne,
), Haven, Conn: Boston, Brooklyl
q Philadelphia, Washington, Baltmor
Cleveland, Pittsburg and Chicago.
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