New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-13
NEWS OF PLAYS
And PLAYERS
Julia Arthur to Cooperate
with FaVersham for Act
Ors Destitute by War.

The plight of destitute families OF
actors ia Europe has brought Julia
Arthur, now Mrs. b. p. Cheney, Of boS-
ton, from her long retirement, and
William Faversham. at the Shubert
Theatre. received the following tele-
gram from her yesterday:
GAZE going TO play Mercedes b.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich, here some time
in November. Am breaking long silence
for benefit Of my former associates.
Proceeds will 20 to relief fund, as you
suggest, and VIII try 20 appear with
YOU in New York in December, as you
wish
Fuller details from Mrs. Cheney con-
vey the information that the Boston
performance Will be at the Plymouth
Theatre during the first week IN No
vember. With her in Mercedes" will
appear William Courtleigh. Nine. Ma
thliuc COttreliy, Ernest Glendlnnlng
and Forrest Robinson.
Early in December Mr.. Faversham
plans q big benefit performance. lie
has already received many promises Of
cooperation IN his plan, announced
soon after he opened in Tine Hawk
with Mile Dorziat. She is authority
Tor the statement that in Pans there
is unusual suffering among the theat-
rical profession. The men are at the
front. and the others are forced to sing
on street corners for money enough TO
buy food. .-,.-
Manuel Quiroga. the Spanish violin
ist. arrived Yesterday from Havre on
the Rochambeau, with letters from Jan
Kubelik and Fritz Kreisler, who are
serving with the Austrian forces; I'M
baud. in the French army, and fsaye,
who is marooned in Brussels. All have
given UP hope OF making American
tours this season, the young Spanlard
says.
Quiroga was in Zurich when the war
started. with long list Of European
engagements ahead of him. lie at once
cancelled these and made arrangements
with the Shuberts for tour OF TINS
country. where he has never appeared.
Attempting TO reach Rotterdam by way
of Salzburg, he was held as a French
spy for forty-eight hours, until re
leased OIL personal communication OF
King Alfonso. lie then went to Paris.
where he waited three weeks before
taking passage for New York.
lie viii make his American debut at
the Hippodrome Sunday night, assisted
by Nahan Franko's orchestra and Nine
Jeanne Jomelli, soprano.
Beginning Monday matinee, October
+ o6. there will be two Keith stock com
papies playing in New York. The
Gotham Players are already in their
fourth week in Brooklyn, and arrange
ments have been made for Il stock
company at the Bronx Theatre. where
vaudeville and moving pictures have
beeu the policy this season. Many good
plavers are o. liberty, and +. +. Albee.
manager of the Keith circuit, has com
missioner J. J. Maloney to organize a
banner company.
I, was q patriotic audience at the
Winter Garden last night, 80 patriotic,
in fact. that the regular production,
"Dancing Around" was stopped while
they sang "Thc Star-Spangled Banner
There is ID military number ~ the
show. and the music as arranged Tor ~
contains few bars Of the nations
song. Quick ears picked them out Of
the potpourri and many people stood
m and began 10 sing. Soon the entire
audience were on their feet, and the
orchestra was forced to change It's tune
until they had finished singing assisted
by the Winter Garden girls VINO hau
filed the runway before 'he pa'rlouc
feryor expressed itseN
Apdreas DIPPED announced yesterday
that the first performance OF The
Lilac Domino" would take place at the
Fortv-fourth Street Theatre Wednes-
day. October %. Rehearsals for, this
tbree-act French operetta are being
hold AZ the Metropolitan Opera House
+ vnder the direction of Sidney Ellison,
4 q "a. C.,;,fy Theatre. London.
A. II. Woods yesterday postponed
the opening of kick In" at the Long
acre Theatre from tomorrow to Mon
dav and added Josephine Victor to the
/ cast,
Thomas jefferson has arranged with
B. A. Rolfe Photo PLAYS, Inc, for "a