Arizona republican., 1914-08-16

Don't tell a soul, or if you do, speak of il only in a whisper the least thing might make the whole scheme fall through. and heaven knows that would be a calamity They are thinking, mark that TH-I-NK-I-N-G, of putting new curtain in the Elks; in fact they have gone further than that and it is likely that if everybody keeps quiet and holds his breath they WILL put in a new curtain. Too good to be true? Of course it is; but then there are modern miracles and why should not one be performed in Phoenix.
 All this is apropos of the fact that they are really fixing and furbishing up the old theater a bit. and may sue ceed i'll making something of it. The lighting system is to be entirely changed, and that beautiful half moon of blaring incandescents around the proscenium arch, that bang one in the eye and set off the awfulness of the decorative scheme in blithering brilliancy are to be no more. Think of the removal of that eyesore and be llinElul IO 1dlhtI W NOOtililelil- II liN did nothing else he would still be public benefactor; but he is THINK ING of removing that curtain and he has contracted for concealed lights throughout the theater. Now if he will only arrange to conceal the offer ings of any such purveyors of amuse- ment CD as the United Play Co. and others of that ilk, we will be still further in his debt
 There are surface indications that he is going to think of the public in his handling of the Elks and make 1t possible for anyone who has the price to get a good seat for a performance that is worth while, without having to fight for it, in other words all the good seats will not be held through the season; but it will be first come first served Maybe he will put little padding under the aisle carpets or rubber soles on the shoes of the ushers-one cannot tell where the lm- provements will stop. Of course this is not official and most of it only rumors; but in other years there was not even a rumor that the puphc would be considered.
 They really are THINKING about removing that curtain. Keep stlli about it.
 THEY SAY
 That a new farce named Twin Beds" will shortly be produced ln New York. It sounds interesting and should make fine companion piece tc "En Deshabille.'
 That King John of Bavaria has ordered a bust of Johann Sebastian Bach to be placed in the Valhalla at Regensburg. If the war news that comes in from day to day is at all authentic, King John is likely to have a bust of his own placed in the Valhalla before very long.
 That John Drew will appea' in a new comedy The Prodigal Husband, in the summer season. The prodlgal wife is a much more vital subject in Phoenix and it is no comedy.
 That Ethel Barrymore is to appear
 
 in a four-act play. The Bridge of Signs" by Edward sheldon. If it is at all like certain famous four act play in which Miss Barrymore ap- peared not so very long ago. the signs would build a most substantial bridge.
 That when the SShuberts bring out Are You My Wfe?" a new farce by Roy AtWell, the company will have Mr Atwell SIS one of the prin- cipals. It may be, so but any mem Der of the Lambs club will tell you that Roy could never answer that question with any certainty.
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