New-York tribune., 1915-02-22
NEWS OF PLAYS
AND PLAYERS
FrOhman and BelasCO to
Decide on Their Joint
Production To-day.
HARVARD PLAYERS
ENGAGE ORDYNSKI
Trentini Promises Scenic Sur
prises-VernOn Castle Plans
National Dance.

Charles Frohman and David Belssco
will decide to-day upon the play and
roster Of stars for the production OF
which they will collaborate for linn
ited spring season in New York and
tour Of the principal cities o. the coun-
try. An important feature Of their
negotiations will be long engagement
in San Francisco during the Panama
Exposition.
During fortnights trip through the
West Mr.. Frohman found conditions
sufficiently promising to warrant the
extension of the tours Of several Of his
companies on tour. Notable among
these are the Diplomacy" revival, with
William Gillette, Blanche Bates and
Marie Doro. and Julia Sanderson, Dom
aid Brian and Joseph Cawthorn in The
Girl from Utah" The last named will
close its season with a return engage
ment in New York.
Otis SINNERS future for FIVE years is
assured by a new contract with Mr..
Frohman. He will have a new play
next season. After leaving the Liberty
Theatre this week he will take THE
Silent Voice" on the road The next
Frohman attraction to reach New York
will be Porter Emerson Brownies "A
Girl Of To-day" with Ann Murdock.
For next season at the Empire a
radical departure will be made. Cyril
Maude has been invited 70 appear
there, the first star not under Frohman
direction to play that house. John
Drew and Maude Adams will fill out the
season there.
The new j. VI. Barrie revue, planned
for the Duke Of York's Theatre, Lon
Gon. has been postponed until Gaby
Deslys is able to obtain transportation
from Paris.
The Harvard Dramatic Club has OBJ
tanned for coach and general director
for the coming spring production Dr.
r. Ordynski, Of Berlin and Warsaw.
lie has been chief aid to Max Rein
hardt and had charge Of "Sumurun" in
this country and the great spectacle,
THE Miracle" in London and the large
cities of Germany.
DR.. Ordynski has been associated
with Reinhardt since young man, and
his work on the Continent is so well
known that he was called to Warsaw
( just before the war began. Like many
of his colleagues he came to America
when hostlities started. His work
with the Harvard players will consist
of staging four one-act pieces.
Several scenic surprises are promised
Cor theatregoers when Emma Trentlnl
and "The Peasant Grip open at the
Forty fourth Street Theatre on Mon
day. J. II. Benrimo, who won an in
ternational reputation by his produc-
! ton of his own play, "The Yellow
Jacket" staged the operetta. Melville
Ellis has arranged the costumes for the
dance guests at the ball in the palace
at Trieste, and Jack Mason supervised
the dancing numbers. Clifton Craw-
ford returns to New York with Tren-
TIM.
Miss Mary Walls. buyer Of foreign
gowns for John Wanamaker, whose ad-
ventures last August in getting ham,
pers of gowns out of Paris in an auto
mobile gave Earl Derr Biggers the idea
for his play, Inside the Lines" is
now on her way to Europe in an at
tempt to repeat her exploit. She eX-
pects to return in six weeks, when she
will be the guest of honor at the Long
acre Theatre and watch Carol We.
Comas in the part of the American
buyer.
"The American woman demands her
fashions from Paris as always" said
Miss Walls before she sailed. 81 bave
been given message to Garcia to
bring back the latest styles. and I'm
going 10 do so. OF course. feel
honored that my adventures should
have been put in a play, but | felt all
the time that | was doing only a DAYS
work in bringing the gowns from PARIS
to Havre. | shall come back to New
York with what | set out to get. mines
or no mines. The American woman
shall not be disappointed "
Vernon Castle thinks that America
needs a national dance. For a month
he and Mrs. Castle have been working
out the figures, for which Irving Berlin
will compose the music.
There is no characteristic American
dance" says Mr.. Castle. THE cake
walk, the nearest approach to it, is
racial contortion. II is amusing apd
enliyening, but lacks in dignity and
grace. Every other country of i'm
portance has a national dance the
hornpipe, Highland fling. bolero. car
das, gavotte, minuet, etc. Zach name
suggests nationality; each dance IS
Characteristic OF il. Would not an
American dance, one that could be eas.
ily done and the public performance OF
which would seem the carving out OF
patriotic idea, be welcome"
Mr.. Castle answers the question him-
self. Result: His conception Will be
introduced into Watch Your Step at
the New Amsterdam Theatre.
Washington's Birthday at the Casino
Theatre will be whatever one wants 10
call il, depending on whether the term
ia applied By a theatregoer who has
been trying 20 get seats for "EXDerl-
ence" or whether a member Of the cast
is speaking. Breaking all records for
New York for an attraction Of its kind.
"Experience" will be given three times
to-day.
There will be the usual holiday mat
juee and evening performances, and in
addition the play will be presented in
the morning, beginning at 1880 o'clock.
Eleanor Christie will make her hrst ap-
pearance In the dual roles OF lntoxica-
tion and Frailty.
An idea has sprouted among the
girls in the chorus Of Chin Chin" At
he Globe. They have work, all they
want OF IL, eight times a week with the
Montgomery and Stone organization.
Naturally, their thoughts drift to the
unemployed. Lorayne Leslie got the
idea first. She suggests that designs
be invited for a Chin Chin hat; that
the girls then make their own, giving
the saving 20 the unemployed. and then
make others for public sale for the
same purpose.
DAVID HARUM SHOWN