New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-16
NEWS OF PLAYS
AND PLAYERS
Some Baby" and "Mr.
Myd's Mystery" to be
Presented Tonight.

Artists have been hard at work
since the title for Some Baby" the
farce to be produced at the Fulton
Theatre tonight, was selected, trying
to reproduce in black and white a
picture to be adopted as the plays
trade mark. But the management. al
ter looking over a score of sketches,
decided that the best representative
of Some Baby" would be a real, live
child. Consequently the estate OF
Henry B. Harris announced yesterday
that a prize of 500 would be given
for the best baby model to be selected
at a date which will soon be an
nounced. There are to be no restric-
tons as to sex, race or color.
TAYLOR Holmes will make his first
appearance as an individual star at
the Comedy Theatre tonight in a
farcical play, "Mr. Myd's Mystery"
b. Lillian Trimble Bradley. In his
support will be seen Lucille Watson,
last seen here in under Cover" Clara
Louise Moores and Arthur Elliott.
David Bispham, the American barry
tone. announced his plans for the
coming season yesterday. He intends
to desert the travelled path, and Will
present the one-act play Adelaide
a combination of drama and song, IN
which he will be seen as Beethoven
This depicts one of the romantic cpl
sodes in the great composers life,
and was written about 1862 by Hugo
Muller 1t has long been classic IN
German theatres.
The attractions selected for the Tri-
angle opening bill at the Knickerbock-
err Theatre and the Studebaker Thea
tre. Chicago, are Raymond Hitchcock.
with Mabel Normand and the Sennett
company, in an original farce, MY
Valet" Douglass Fairbanks and the
Griffith players in THE Man and the
Test" and Frank keenan,, in Thomas
Ince's new Civil War play, "The Cow
ard" The opening date has not yet
been set, but will undoubtedly be be-
fore the middle of September. Be
sides the New York and Chicago the
aires, negotiations have been opened
for leasing playhouses in Philadelphia
and Boston.
The Shuberts will begin rehearsals
this morning of alone at Last" the
latest operetta by Franz Lehar, COM
poser OF THE Merry Widow" Re-
hearsals for "The Road to Happiness"
in which William Hedge will be seen
at the Shubert Theatre on August 20.
will also start to-day.
Anna Pennir gton. of "The Ziegfeld
Follies," stated last night that She
would rather be a dancer at $500 a
week than a motion picture star at
S52 900 a year This came after she
had refused a film offer, but John Nc
Keon, of the New York Motion Picture
Company. was positive that Miss PEN
nington would soon yield to the lure Of
the screen.
Clarence Harvey, late with "The Mid
night Girl" and Royden Keith have
been engaged by the Savoy Producing
Company for roles in Two Is Con-
pany," the Notwithstanding mu-
steal comedy.
Next Saturday afternoon and even
ing the Federation of Roumanian Jews
will present at the Peoples Theatre
THE Two Sergeants," with Nine. Sa-
bina Lskser in the principal role.
"The Last Laugh" now being pre-
sented at the Thirty-ninth Street The
atre. is TO be done in book form by
Charles ". Goddard, one of its authors,
according 10 an announcement from
! the Shubert Offices yesterday.
Weber and Fields will begin their
second and final week at the Palace
this afternoon. after which they will
tour the country as Keith head. lers.