Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-05-11

hit continues to pack the house at l every performance, and seats are now selling for the month of June. "The | Rainbow will continue into the sum- mer unaffected by weather conditions | 1 and enjoying the reputation of be- ing BroadWay's reigning success. An | interesting feature of "The Rain bow s" run is the number of people for whom it eXerts compelling fas- cination that they return, not only | a second, but fourth and fifth time i to see the wonderfully human story unfolded behind the footlights. One famous member of New Yorks so- cial life has occupied box in the ! Liberty Theater six times since "The Rainbow" was produced. Seven of | the most famous dramatic critics for big New York newspapers have seen the play from three to six times, and | one of the critics has witnessed it | seven times, notwithstanding the un- usually large number of openings he ! has been obliged to attend in other houses this spring.
 Every year the Liebler Co. makes for charity at Wallacks Theater pro- ductiOn, by youngsters of the attrac- tion current at that playhouse. Year before last, it was Alias Jimmy Val | entine" that was done by children, lass year "Pomander Walk" was giv- en, and this year "Disraeli,' which has been running all season at Wal lacks and enjoys the longest run of any play in New York, will De acted by the boys and girls The date set for the all1kid performance is Thurs day afternoon April 25 As in the past, the receipts VII be turned over to St. Marys Free Hospital for children, and Mrs. James Speyer, as she has done in former years, will take ac> Five charge of the benefit.
 Last year, Mrs. Speyer's charity was benefited by more than $4,00O, and the Sisters in charge said yesterday that if it had not been for the special matinee of "Pomander Walk" the sum- mer home for little children, connect ed with the city hospital, would have had to close for lack of funds. call will soon be sent out to all the young actors and actresses in and around New York, and from the lot, Hugh Ford, general stage director for Lieb- Ter & Co.,, will make his selection.
 Haywood Broun, New York jour- nalist and magazine wTiter, has left New York for San Francisco, where, on May 27. he will take the steamer Chiyo Maru of the Toyo Risen kaisha line for Shanghai, whence he will ad- vance at once to Pekin, Nanking, and the scenes of the present disturban- ces. Mr. Broun has been sent to Chi ma bv The Liebler Go. in the interests of the forthcoming production of Pierre Loti and Judith Gautier's "The Daughter of Heaven,' big dramatic spectacle with it's scenes la in mod e,n China, which is to follow "The Garden of Allah" at the Century, New York. next fall. He will spend three months among the various scenes of Che play, equipped with sketch-book, notebook, and camera, and has in- structions to attach himself to one of six hostile armies now ravaging the country. in order to famil 'arize him. self with Chinese troops in action, as one of the principal scenes of the new drama depicts the siege of Ming fortress by the troops of the Tartar emperor. The fact that Mir. Broun un- dertakes his mission at no little risk shows to what lengths present-day managers are willing 10 go to insure accurate atmosphere settings to the plays they produce.
 George Broadhurst, author of 'The Price," in which Helen Ware is star ring, in recent interview, said:
 "A man who is going to become discouraged over few failures, and lose heart, has no business trying to write plays"
 "A play must be successful with the public instantly or it goes into the storehouse, and a successful play in the storehouse, is of no value at all.'
 "A big appeal in any play is the thing that everybody knows and rec ognizes."