The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-20
AMES RETIRES FROM
The LITTLE THEATRE
Told by Doctor to Take a
~Rcst-Fysher Cabaret
Opens.
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP

=, the charming Little Theatre opens
~. nseudo Georgian doors this year 1t
r1l no, 10 under the management OF
Winthrop Ames. who built and until
last spring managed this attractive
,b.a,rc Mr.. Ames has been ordered
by his physicians to take at least
q yea of complete rest. lie has been
told that To- undertake theatrical man
ssemcnt In any form would seriously
undermine his health. He has for that
resson decided TO interest himself to no
deere In the active management of the
Playhouse.
Jus, what will be Zone at tine Little
Theatre has not yet been decided. There
has been some ak of a season of the
Shaw pllvs such as Getting Married"
aud others which ave never been given
here. II this plan shouid go through
n : not improbable that Granville
Barker will he In cha rye and that the
author may. for the first time. consent
% come to the United States. But
so far IT IS only definitely settled that
Mr. Anes will withdraw for a year
tom the management of the theatre.
A Nilsson Fysher opened his cabaret
q, l.i IVES, Forty-ffth street last
XII. His cousin. Maurice Farkoa. wa.
mong the singers and there were Irene
torion,, suzanne f'eindel and the or
estra of Don easier to open Chez
ysler.' a. the place IL called. NJ.
USHER has his own IDEAS as TO what "A
,.lale' should I've and teaches hls
,lp..s how to sing his SONGS. The
place IN West Forty-hfth street is said
o he a branch of the Cabaret Mondain
N rar.s, which was founded by NJ.
fysher.
WAT has VI. Fysher to do with I'm
Peu d'Amour." OF which he Is constantly
announced as the composer? He -
nnthing OF the kind. One need only 20
70 Chappel's and buy a copy OF the
piece and discover hat the music to this
popular bit OF musical talcum powder
d, none other than Lao Silesu. He is
= Hungarian composer living in Paris.
The French text was written by A. Nil
su Fysher. The English words are the
work cd: Adrian Ross. But NJ. F'ysher
sang last night "Folie." which he de-
sr bed as a little thing Of his own.
DORIS keane has been compelled 10
nov TO a larger theatre. The demand
for seats at the Duke Of York's Thea
re, az which Edward Sheldon's 'Ro-
nance was first acted. proved too large
fr the capacity of the playhouse AMI
Miss keane has transferred the play
20 the Lyric Theatre for the rest of
ne London run.
When Irene Franklin returns to the
sfaRa II Will - in "a Flnslral nntnadN
Tor waich she has supplied the idea. and
her husband will Of course write the
music. Two drama'!sts are II work
on the job. az VI takes a team TO pr.
Mss Franklin's dramatic ideas into
shape, Belle Storey and her girls from
ne Htppodrome contributed 200 az
heir share of the collection on Polish
day.
Concerning the difference in the point
Of View as to theatre and hotel prices
he following question from a hotel
proprietor is Illuminating
WY is IT," he asked, that when =
1t'ct tdveItiscs rooms for $3.50. and a
'Hs4'-r advertises Good seats for 81
everybody makes a dash FOR the cheaI,
"'ms n a hotel and won't accept any
'liug but the highest priced seat IN a
~" ''fa -
SIS" up. There are of cours. "A limited
tluh-r % these rooms, and when they
o. 70 zone the traveller makes a fright
u. fu" II ne has to pay 81 for a bette.
olu.
While our s. rooms are better than
the $3.50 rooms it has always seemed
o re mat a 81 seat in the balcony was
every lot as good ~ the $50 or 81
.ei' downstairs.
"bf course when a man occupies a
room IN a hotel nobody knows what he
Is paying for IL. but when "A man goes
To Nh. theatre IL seems TO me that he
sHouid GO there to see the play rather
IVAN 90 cNhibit himself to his friends.
Il appears To me that the femininity Is
.'srousihle for thiS condition of AFFAIRS.
When women h,mselvcs go to the the
- lor viii find them in the gallery ~
10 cents a head. Hotel proprietors ind
Un'pulty in providing "A sufficient num-
ter ~ cheap rooms. while theatrical
managers are unable to supply enough
t'urth row aisle seats to 60 around. A
'Gca'r'cal friend ~ mine tells me that
is the despair Of his confreres to keep
iNed nc cheap priced seats. Men seem
70 be 4 lot more particular as to where
tl1X SO tl,s. "a thor, ushara tl.N lie tnuVn ~