The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-04
GAMB0L OF LAMBS
STARTS TONIGHT
Rehearsal Of All Stars Shows
Performance Will Be
Perfection.
SAM WALLACE IS READY

The tall and willowy person standing
In Central Park West from dawn TO
dewy eve yesterday roaring at cnauf-
feurs to cut In their mufHers 80 that
great artists would not contract a case
Of nerves was Chairman OF the House
Committee of the Lambs Gu OF Amer
lea Frank Case. And I'D the century
Opera House. where several crates OF
actor Lambs had been unloaded IRON
Gains scenic transfer wagons at ~
earliest hour n Lamb ever had got W.
everybody In Broadway's who's ~-
was rehearsing hour after hour Tor I've
big Gamboi which will be given tonight.
tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow
night. for the benefit of the Actors Fund
Oh America
Chief Publicity Promoter and Toss
Canvasman Sam Wallach dog trottcd
around the Century Theatre block stead
lily from early forenoon until long after
dark with his language and blackthorn
| stick that grandfather brought over
with his duelling pistols from Donesel
years ago all set to launch against any
body that tried to sneak In and see tire
dress rehearsal.
Nevertheless II was possible 20 sneak
in under the canvas on tho Sixty-second
street side OF the Century while sam
Wallach was hotfooting IL around the
| Sixty-thlrd street and Broadway corner.
| Miss Louise Drew. Miss May MacKeu2ie.
Miss Marjorie Wood. Miss Eva Condor.
Shepherd Bill Courtlelgh, Victor Herbert.
Jack Devereux. George Hobart. joan
Golden. Jack Hazard and Benjamin
Hapgood Burt all sneaked in under
cover OF darkness. and so did Rubs
Goldberg. winsor SfcCay. Tom Powers,
Clare Briggs. Joe Keegan and lily
Meyers, or enough cartoonists 10 make
q mess.
In fact throughout the day there was
always a fair sized audience or hand
from the moment that the curtains
parted to disclose more planes or the
stage than ever Orson Lowell could get
into a furnished room double page dra "
ing-each piano presided over by a"
alphabetically inclined composer genius -
until the last Some OF the Gainbol had
been rehearsed and rehearsed and re
hearsed. But II shoul be stated 10;
fear that any one who was not In OH
the rehearsal might get peeved thai
every one there had business too In con-
nection with the Gambol yesterday OF
will nave tonight.
But Sam wallach said the Century
Interior yesterday was an absolute
vacuum compared to the Century In
terror OF tonight and tomorrow. and
hat the laughter and applause which
IOlltu dfOuIu the bIs playhouse Ut lUt
dress rehearsal was. compared to what
will happen when the regular audience
is on hand, positively a display of de.
risive Kissing And Sam Wallach ouchu
10 know. because he is the publicity mar
of the big show.
J Daniel Frohnan. president of III,
Actors Fund, issued a notice yesterda!
saying
81 would like to call the attention o
the public to the fact that all the none,
received for the three performances tina
are to be given by the Lambs CluI
Friday and Saturday at the Centur!
Theatre as a result OF their all sta
gambol will be turned over in gross t
the needs OF the Actors Fund o
America. and as the Performance
promised is one Of the most remarkubl
and unique in character. by the hi
=, stars in the dramatic profession, | woul'
4 like very much to have the public know
what is in store for them, and thus t
avoid any regrets as to any non-a;
, tendance after the event"