The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-05
NEW BROADWAY FARCE
PLOT is FROM THE GREEK
Tomocless Ideas Given Free Expression in Regard to
Play by Winche Smith, Which Will Be Pro-
duced With the Aid of David Belasco.

That's right, SIR" said Tom---hes a
and has more bushy black hair t;ssb n
movie idol-"there's little use hurrying
from the comfort OF table here In the
Pergola to 20 out on Broadway to pick
UP items Of interest
You're very right, sir, when you say
there's absolutely no Broadway news to
be had. Things are quite dull, sir. In
fact / was quite surprised last night when
Mr.. Belasco and Mr.. Wendell Phillips
Dodge came to the very table you're sit
ting at now and began to talk about the
cast Mr.. Belasco is picking for the new
farce by Mr.. winchel Smith. Mr. Smith
lives here. too. when he's in town for
the night Mr. Smith and Mr. John Drew
and the Bishop Of Kansas and Lady
Gregory and Richard Harding"
Yes. yes. yes. Tom" came an inter
rupuon. The advertisement Is familiar
to everybody. Wen take 1t for granted
that they all live here But what's this
about new farce MIR. Belasco is about
TO put on? Are you sure of that about
which you are speaking?'
YES, but before going farther" re-
piled the captain OF walters, give me
two or three asterisks."
Three--count them three!
Little remains to be told" said Tom
when he returned after confiding to
some one that the wafiies are beautiful
to-day, SIR" and had taken down the
order and passed IT to a subordinate. IAN
I know is that Mr.. Winchell Smith has
written a farce for MIR. Belasco and Mr..
BelascO Is now selecting the cast From
the little / gathered | fee safe in sur
missing that Miss Martha Hedman-she
lives here too--will he In the cast. May
I presume to ask for three more aster-
isks?"
/ II miss Mr. George Tyler so much"
/ Tom went on. when bell hop had been
summoned 10 go out and get the desired
! aster.sks. we saw him occasionally.
although ne didn't live here. All Broad
way has been saying, you know. sir,
since the Biebler failure that Mr.. Tyler.
: the managing director of Liebicr \ Co.,
would come back. Little does Broad
: way know that when the Lusitania
sailed for England last Saturday among
the passengers aboard--hs name wasn't
on the passenger list--was Nj. Tyler.
/ commissioned by klaw a Erlanger. so
( I've overheard here n the perRola, 90
buy any plays on the other side that he
takes a fancy to-"
And II you'l pardon me, sir. for
depressing. | heard Miss Eva Leonard
Boync say here al supper last night that
Mrs. Tully Marshall's Il forget her pen
uame) new play, The Trap, is being
staged by Mr. Tully with Holbroo5 Blinr
I playing the lead. They're to play three
nights on the road and then open al
the Booth Theatre under Arthur Ham
mersten's management about two weeks
from now"
The Klaw & Erlanger- Shubert book.
ing agreement on? I don't know, sir
rye read of IL, that's all. At dinner last
night | took the liberty OF asking j
Clarence Hyde about the reported split
He said he knew nothing OF the alleReC
trouble. Lee Shubert says it's all new,
10 iIin. ~ The i<iam * Etidns-i Office,
they refuse to discuss the matter sc
the papers say. Now I should saw tina
II the story were not true. sir. IN,
syndicate offices would promptly hav,
said that there's nothing In the story.
Instead they refuse to discuss
However. who am | TO mix M n
these matters2 An know is tina
everybody who comes in here says tina
the new agreement has been broken Of
before II was even signed
And have you heard about Miss Mar,
Ryan's box party at the IIippodrom
circus
mo. Tom. tell about Miss Mar,
Ryan's party at the circus Keep IL VI
80 far you done noble"
Miss Ryan--she lives here also, sir