New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-10
y Woods Says He'll
= lice Merchants Meth
DDS in Theatre.
., ANS BIG HOUSE
AND A 81 SCALE
Garden and My Lady'S
WE" o,ess" Open Tonight
Princess Next Week.
D, HECTOR TuRNBUll~

"A Woods 0at'S ~ - ,r;,,,c
A.,,r TO the extent OF giving
Be ..S ouslity at the lowest price
,a Ns' iS the great capacity OF the
IL ~Ss ThoStrc winch enables h'm
MF Iobr Mason IN meiodrnma on
'lss .v a, 81 down to a quarter.
s'e'aSS occrries the New York only
As hs cNmept with William Morris
@ ara" ~ engagement Of Big Jim
taTlns he has already laid mis- plans
e'' ~, merchants methods ln'o inc
~ business by negotiating i0i
ii'aIsi' S,twecn 47th and 5lst SIS. lie
sioanS+o build = theatre that viii cover
FSns block and scat 1000 people.
sn.,S;re 10 his announcement, ne
: s'I W. one balcony holding 1000,
WI 's Is Aoor will Accommodate the
sue s oeo lie SAYS he Will dedicate
,iiu playhouse 10 new productions
~ az. hsst actors obtalnsble and get
SIN -. hack bv doing capacity bust
~. p" If 81 for the best seats lie eA-
- ,hs, it Is impossible with the
III Number Of seats IN the average
sl4N yors theatre 20 pay expenses OF
" g,oadway production with less than
4 uANNN
8 scale. ,,,., ,o;,, f..t
". ..;cs will not make any difference
~ quality OF the entertainment Of
',-sd ,-,. 90 o,o, tho Mason
.5,c,,o5 next Thursday has been
S..csd ana the premiere viii be on
Fr3sy.
Many other openings are scheduled
80. the amusement appetite of the
....-e,osr. The new Winter Garden
..3nr,,on dancing Around" gets
-, Vsy tonight az : o'clock sharp.
,bs management warns late corners
-. "a one will be seated during the
*, act, Near by, at William A.
Bady's Playhouse. Edward hnQo-
',s.b's MY Lsdy's Dress under Jo-
,.,s Brooks direction. with Mary Bo-
',,s and Leon Quartermaine in the
"a, also opens tonight.
Next week Kick IN an A. II.
Woods production. viii open al the
r,,sscrs on Thursday instead of
Wednesday. as announced. Then on
s,,urday comes the beginning o. the
,,s season at F. Ray Comstock's Prin-
90, Theatre Of onc-act plays. IN West
18th 81
The Princess programme. directed,
., formerly, by Holbrook Binn. con-
.i.s Of FIVE plays The Goal by
s,rrv Arthur Jones; Little Face" by
Fol,nd Oliver: The Forest Of Happy
Dreams by Edgar Wallace; the late
s,srley Houghton's "Phipps" and re-
,ivsl Of Chester Bailey Fernald's "The
"a, and the Cherub.'
Nr. Jones has been an interested
,sc;stor at many Of the rehearsals
nd has aided Mr.. Blinn greatly in the
y,para,icn Of The Goal"
Final rehestsals are now in progress
q The Little Theatre Of "A Pair
q silk Stockings Cyril Harcourt's
comedy. which opens tho season there
,ssek from Monday. Lydia Lopokova
!, also rsbesrsing FOR ner dubt as
dramatic star in Harrison Grey FlSke'S
gotsc,ion Of "The Young Idea
William Farnum broke MS arm yes
,gdsy at Fort Lee. when he was thrown
20, horse during a furious gallop
h'of, the film that was recording some
u The scenes Of The Battle Cry" He
ell be prevented for some time from
lking part IN the preparations for the
Tag, version OF the novel of that name,
mich the Shubcrts viii produce.
Among the engagements announced
yesterday were those Of Lionel Bel
zo'e for producer al the new Punch
nd Judy Theatre. Marguerite Leslie TO
'PDssr in Charles Frohman's "Outcast"
siih Elsie Ferguson and Clifton Webb
. dance with Bonnie Glass al the
'Udin de Danse.
esoul Lattou. said TO be one of the
'shest men in CUBA, gave a party in
40 boxes a. the Casino Theatre last
n,'ang to see Fritz Schef in Pretty
Yrs. Smith"