The evening world., 1911-10-07
Scotch Players Coming With
"Bunty Pulls the Strings
FRITZ Scheff to Appear in a
New Comic Opera. "The
Duchess" George Beban
VIII Be Made a Star In 1.-THE
Sign Of the Rose"

AVA night with THE Runaway" An
adaptation By Michael Morton Of .
French comedy By Pierre Weber and
Henri de oorsse. The young heroine
Is under tho guardianship q two
maiden aunts living In one Of ths nnau
Breton villages. A celebrated French
about to cave after . months star.
One Sunday morning. while The good
aunts are waiting for their summons to
church. Coletts has been out In the
fields with her brushes, her oanvss and
paInt-box. She has dared to paint Q
picture Of the little ~four-ysar~old son
OF one OF the shepherds. The aunts are
scandallzed when shown tNe canvas To
their mind Colette has committed an
objectionable sin. Vain are her az
plantations: the aun.s decide that mar
rlage is the only thing that will sAve
tho u girl from perdltion- A mar
riage Is arranged with the aid Of the
cure. but when she is wanted to raafy
tho engagement Colette Is missing. She
has run away to Paris, whore her ro-
nance with the artist develops.
Among others In the company viii BE-
Aubrey Smith. George Howell. Henry
Miller H., Morton Seton and Josephine
Morse.
A company composed almost entirely
of scotch actors will begin an engage
ment at the Comedy Theatre on Mon
day evening In a native comedy by
Graham Moffat called 'Bunty Pulls the
Strings" The name OF the play 10
intended to show the manner in which
"Bunty" Blggar. the daughter Of the
local provision dealer and grocer in a
mail Scotch town. sets to rights all
the comical and curious domestic tan
giles IN which the family inds itself
involved. The role OF Bunty will be
played by Molly Pearson. who vas seen
here as the slavey In The Passing Of
the Third Floor Back" Other members
OF the company are Jean Cadeh. Amy
Singleton, Margaret Nybloc, Marjory
davidson. Edmond Bcrcstord. Camp
bell Cuban. Sanderson Monfat. George
InSleton and WIN Jatone.
FIRTH Scher, at the Herald Square
Theatre on Tuesday evening. will intro.
duce This Duchess" a comic opera with
,muNc by Victor Herbert and book by
Joseph Herbert and Harry B. Smith.
Miss Scheff viii be seen as q flower girl
whose father wishes her TO marry a
wealthy count. Her preference.
however. Is for . handsome young cav
airy officer, and the complications which
lead to her eventful marriage make up
the incidents Of the play. Tho support
ing company will include George An
derson. John r. Hazard. Madison Smith,
George Graham, David Lindsey. May
Boley. LILLIAN Spencer and Mildred
Meade.
George Beban will appear In his own
play, THE Sign of the Rose" at the
Garrick Theatre beginning Wednesday
night. william Griswold, a wealthy
importer living in Gramercy Park. for
gets to order a Christmas tree for his
llt;le girl, and. going home the night
before the holiday. cts Pietro Mas
sena. an Italian laborer. on the street
and SKIS him to carry nome a tree he
has Just purchased Mt a nearby shop.
The Italian takes the Job and. carrying
the tree to the Gr,swold home. stays
there Ions enough to put II in position.
While there he encounters the daughter
OF the household. and. being a lover of
children. observes her closely. Philip
GrLswold, q scapegrace younger broth
er, has plotted to keep the little girl
in hiding and claim a ransom in order
to get money from his brother. After
tho Italian leaves II Ia discovered that
baby Dorothy has been kidnapped. and
suspicion Is directed toward him.
In Mr.. Beban's support will be Frank
lin Rltcaic. George Probert. Carl An
thony. Marie Pavey. EEth MaoBride
and Lillian Hathaway.
The original Fol,es Bcrgere company
IN th~e"revues 'lIell' and "Gaby" and
tho ballot spectacle Temptation" VIII
be- arcu at tho Grand Opera House.
uolhrook Bl!nn IN THE Boss' comes
20 the West End Theatre.
"Darkest Russia will DO played by
tho stock company at tho Academy OF
Music.
Tho Prospec. Theatre stock company
win present "Thc lrginian."
At tho Columbia Theatre viii bc Tho
Drc1mlard Burlesqucrs,"
"Iho Zig Gu'ety Company" IL an
rounced for tho Murray I'm Theatre.
The Passing Parade" will be seen NJ
tho Olympic,
Sam Devere's Buries1ucrs will be n,
Miners Eighth avenue theatre. Mis-
New York Jr." comes 20 Miners Brona
thc1'ro.
"The Gln-e- Girls" will be the attrac-
Atom Mt liurtig G. seamon's,
Tho T;.nenncolor pictures will be
moved from the Herald Square Theatre
10 Mcnlcisaohn Han on Saturday night.
VAUDEVILLE ATTRACTIONS.
Harry LGu-cr, with new Scotch songs,
hcs.ns a weeks gawcrt at the Man
haitian Onera Hduse on Monday night,
Others on tho MI VIII be william
Courtlclrh In peaches" Meuie Tiffany
In character songs, and Merkis. Ger
man mimic.
At Hammers STEMS VIII BE- Joe WEIGH,
Hebrew comedian; tEo jack Wilson
Trio. Harry Fox and tho Nillershir
Sisters, tho ST. Musical Cuttys, Eliza
beth Brice and Charles King, Mckay
and Cnwtwell and others.
Tho bin at tho F!fth Avenue Thsstre
VII include Helena Frederick, primR
donna. IN a condensed version OF
"Clyalleria Rusticana;" clayton Whitf
and Marie Stuart IN "C'her!e," Willard
Sims IN ~"fTinders' Furnished Flat" and
q boxing kangaroo,
The Colonial VIII have, among ochers,
Jack Lorimer, Scotch cOm.jiani Mar
guerlte Inlvey in THE Leading ISidy,''
Melville Ellis in his pianologGa, WEfred
Clarke IN "What WIN Happen NeSt7'
and Mr., and Mrs, stuart barrow,
Mabel IIite win be the headliner AZ the
Alhambra, whore the bill win also in