The Detroit times., 1914-11-28
YANKEE MINES
Still FAVORED
In LONDON
Emigration of Talent Because of
War Not All One Sided,
Says Scribe
CRY OF HARD TINES
BEING OVERWORKED
New Theater Opens in New
York and Two Others Will
Follow y
BY BEAU RlALTo,
Written for the United Press.)

NEW YORK. Nov 27,-The inya-
sion OF the United States by foreign
theatrical stars and dramatists IS
real, all right, but 1t isn't exactly one
sided. Despite the fact that MANI
London theaters are closed, ana
others are running six matinees and
two nights because OF the darkening
OF I.ondons thoroughfares through
fear OF possible Zeppelin raids, there
is room left for the home talent ana
for a number of American inyaders
as we'll
Looking over batch OF London pa.
pers that arrived recently, we turned
TO the theatrical advertisements in
the Daily Chronicle. Here's the ad-
vertisement that leads the column.
West End Theaters.
Aldwych-Belle of New York. Every
evening at :. etc. That looked inter
esting. glance through the re-
naming theatrical advertisements in
that column showed that at seven
other London theaters there were
either American plays or players.
Among the most prominent tit was
the third advertisement from the top
OF the pager was the ad for Seven
Keys TO Baldpate," at the Apollo. the
show dramatized from the Earl Derr
Biggers' book by George Nj. Conan.
champion American" OF the world.
The ad for the Comedy theater, di
rectly under that OF the Apollo,
tells the public that Laurette Tay-
lor is appearing at that theater In
Peg o. Ny Heart True, Peg was
written by Hartley Manners an Eng
lishman, and its scene is laid in Eng:
land, but Miss Taylor is the daughter
OF a Harlem dressmaker, Peg who
lived with her father in New York,
Is more American than. she is Irish,
and the play had It's premiere in
America and ran here at the Cort the
alter for more than year before IL
was sent to London. Not only that,
but Pegs" famous dog, really quite
parsonage" in the cast, is the same
little American terrier that played
the part over here.
At the Royalty theater, MY Lady's
Dress" by Edward Knoblauch. who
IS an American, despite his name. Is
playing to large audiences at every
performance Ethel Ievey is star
ring at Wyndham's theater in Out
Casts" and Harry Pilcer, who claims
TO be an American, Is on the pro-
gram at the Palace. Needless TO say,
the King exterminator, Gabys Deslys
also is at the Palace. While Gabys,
OF course, is not an American, she
still has left with her some thousands
or the United States eagles she re
ceived over here for prancing about
American stages.
And in passing. IL might be men
toned that Cyril Maude is playing
Grumpy" at the New theater Yes,
Cyril Maude is English. and Grumpy
Is an English play. but IL was held
over in England for year or two be-
fore being played first in America.
and Maude made his first and only
hit in America in that piece.
The CRY OF hard times may be heard
among Broadway producers, but L
hasn't any more ring OF truth TO II
than the cries OF calamity howlers
who said that the record wheat crops
would mean terribly low prices. On
daunted by the large number OF the
aters already running In New York,
one more has been added, and two
more will soon open.
The Punch & Judy theater, new
one, opened the night OF Tuesday
Nov 10 The Garden, which has been
used for rehearsals up TO this time,
will reopen next Monday night with
"Pontius Plate" a miracle play by
Francis l.. Kenxel. In which $50 char
acters will participate. The third will
be Days theater. abandoned by the
Shuberts a season back.
The announcement that Charles A.
Taylor will reopen Days, reminds
lot OF folks who had forgotten II, that
Taylor is the former husband OF Laur.
cite Taylor (Mrs. Hartley Manners)
who was such a sensation here last
year in Peg" II was as her man
ager that Taylor really made the
present Mrs Manners dramatical-
". in 1.-The Great John Canton" Tag
lor belonged to the old Thriller
school, OF playwrights. The King
OF the Opium Ring" From Rags to
Riches" and Queen OF the White
Slavers," were some OF the shivers
that came from Taylor's pen.