New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-09
Winthrop Ames Offers an
Opportunity for Unpub-
liShed Works.
OTIS SKINNER
BEGINS TOUR
lie Fills Surnaturel" Now
"Papa'S Darling New
Shubert Production.
BY HECTOR TURNBULL.

Winthrop AmeS. the gifted director
OF the Little Theatre. has been sud
denly smitten with an attack of patri-
otlsm. and, of course. he intends TO
take II out on his theatre Not salts
ned with the number of innovations
already installed at that model play
house, where one may split a cup Of
coffee ton the house, with ones friend
between acts. he has resolved to have
his orchestra play nothing but the
works of American composers during
the entire season. This move. 1T is
hoped. will stimulate the output Of
domestic music. Furthermore, Mr..
Ames offers hearing to all American
composers who have original unpub-
lished works which may be considered
suitable by his musical director who,
by the way. bears the name Of Elliott
Schenck. We can hardly wait for the
opening of the Little.
Klaw e. Erlanger have again
changed the title of their new musical
comedy to "Papa's Darling" I'm its
original form il was "Le Fills Surnatu-
rel" by Grenet dam. vt and Maurice
Naucaire. The music for "Papa's Der
ling" has been composed by Ivan
Caryll. who wrote the music for THE
Pink -.ady." "Ohi OH Delphine" and
The Little Cafe" and the American
book and lyrics are by Harry b. Smith.
"Papa's Darling" will be the next at
traction at the New Amsterdam The
atre opening Monday, November ?. In
the cast are Frank Lalor, Dorothy Jar
do. Crank Doane. Alice Dewey. Fred
Walton. Octavia Broskc. Jack Hender-
son. Georgia Harvey. Edna Hunter
Lucille Saunders and others.
Something horrible is going to hap.
pen TO Houdini one Of these days II
he persists In tempting the fates IN
such an abandoned manner rms
time. owing either to prediction
Of his own or of his resS representa-
tive. his thoughts have turned to beer
Tonight At the Ahambra he viii be
securely fastened. head downward. IN
a huge key Of beer, Will, an enthusl-
astic committee from q large brewery
circles round him. gioating over the
happy possibility Of his failure 70 eN-
tricate himself in time to escape
drowning. For some reason the COM
mittee believed its beer 10 be more
deadly than the water IN which the
wizard" does mis- customary trick. and
dared him to try this beverage. i may
be right.
Otis skinner begins his ninth season
under the management OF haIles
Frohman tonight at NiXon'S Theatre.
Atlantic City. He is 10 appear IN
new play by Jules Ectert Goodman
called The Silent Voice. After lew
performances Mr.. Frohman plans to
bring the play to Broadway.
After the new Winter Garden pro-
duction. the next musical production
TO be presented under the direction OF
the Shuberts will be "Polenblut.' with
Emma Trentini as the star. The book
and lyrics are by Leo Stein and oscar
Nedbal composed the musical numbers;
"Polcnblut" was one Of the established
successes i'm Vienna, Budapest and
WARSAW last season.
lydia Lopoukowa, the onetlme dancer
who is now to be considered a ORA
lnatic star. has began rehearsalS IN
"The Young Idea" comedy when
Harrison Grey Fiske Will open IN thls
city, during the season. An out OF town
,onr viii begin in Syracuse on the ia
with an engagement IN Boston to iol-
low.
Cyril Harcourt and the London com
NAM which is TO present his play, "A
par Of silk Stockings" as the opening
attraction of the Little Theatre, begin
.%in@ on October 20, arrived yesterday
sfternoor on board the Celtic. Beside
Mr. Harcourt the cast includes NJ. Ham
low clifford. Sybil Carlisle, Mary
Civnne, Barbara Allen. +. Clayton
Crecne Kenneth Douglas, Lawrence
White. Edward Douglas. Caroline Bay
Low and Walter Macewan.