The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-18
ALL ENGLISH HONORS FOR
Britain's Actors. With Broadway Jobs Must Lose
Beauty Sleep to Play in Matinees for Yankee
Observation-Disclosures All For 1t.

For the first time since the late
Gen. Washington had an active job
generating in the army there will be
an all English turnout in his honor next
Monday. one means to say. that IL,
that the beauty sleep Of about all the
English actors left in this world, IL
one knows VIVA; one means. will he
interrupted at high noon on Washing
tons Birthday so that they'll have thei.
monocles and thinss IN place In time
TO repair to their various show shops
and give special matinees in Georges
i'onor.
The entirely t:nglisn a.. ~ the
London c;a.ety Company ~ "ro-uights
the Night at tho Shubett Theatre Is
especially disturbed. That IT,. II ono
knows what one means. it, quite like
adding injury to insult To ask one when
ones country IL At war no. cnay to
cel"l rate the birthday OF . traitor like
Mr.. Washington. hut 10 get up AMI play
an extra matinee In his honor also.
Then there are Kennel Douglas and
the pair OF silk Stockings cast at
the Little Theatre. all English except
George Odell. who comes from Tainted
Fost. y. y. Miss I.illah Mccarthy down
AZ Wallack's is English for the moment
and playing with her are Miss Eva
Leonardo oyne and a page long list
OF English performers in the Granville
Barker company who are not exactly
~renbers Of the Sons or Daughters of the
Revolution.
They're all said 10 he thinking deeply
over the matter. In the meantime. how
ever. Winthrop and Lee and Mar and
Charley and all the other producers
have also been giving some thought to
an all English celebration Of Washing
tons Birthday. The sum total OF the
producers thoughts decides in favor OF
extra matinees next Monday. One
means 10 say. that is. that the extra
matinees will be given.
Youthful playwrights who insist that
;heir brain children 60 unread need
sorrow no longer. The postcard an
nouncement of the Society OF illustrators
annual smoker to he held at the Murray
Hin T.yceum on February IS. ~nnounces
- prize contest open 10 any one who
feels a play coming On.
"A French farce will be given by a
troupe OF trained Experts. says the Illus
traitors announcement. "A hat to ~
the head will be awarded 10 the write
submitting the best manuscript OF farce
not to run over fifteen minutes. Scene
\ Hotel Bedroom
The room in the hotel and the fifteer
minute time limit are tho only stipuld'
tons. Potential winners of the contes
may write whatever they please. \
least at former smokers held by tn
illustrators the writer's wrote anythini
they pleased. Stimulating scenes are no
barred either. In fact at the recent bal
the illustrators held the nearest thing e
Croton that appeared ALL evening wa.
the watercd silk opera hat worn n!
Albert LeVeriug.
Thirty year. man and boy" Franz
Daniels said yesterday, Nv come Il
Manhattan on at least one sunday nigh
of the winter to see a club gamDol a
The Lambs. but until the last sambol
never saw one
And why. M. Danie.s''
Because the last gambol was tn
first one at which they didn't seat m
behind he Wolf Hopper or linton O
Wilton t.ackayc. This time | got a sea
3 carly Dehlnd little Johnny Slavin"
A world famous prima donna recently
was approached by some magnates }
vaudeville who wanted 10 book her II