New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-16
NEWS OF PLAYS
AND PLAYERS
Fine Feathers" at Stand
ard-Dinner Given to
Miss Farrar.

Another stock company has decided
to test the wishes of summer New
York, and has opened at the Standard
Theatre. The opening play was Zine
Feathers" Eugene Walters sombre
drama of New York life. To say the
least. "Fine Feathers" is not light
and fluffy hot weather killer. yet the
first two audiences at the Standard
appeared to enjoy it, Dudley Ayres,
the leading man, is good looking, as
stock company leading men should be,
and he acted with good deal OF re-
straint and authority. Miss Mabel
BrowneI as Mrs. Reynolds and Joseph
Egerton as John Brand were also eX-
cellent. "The Easiest Way" will be
next weeks offering.
The lights Of the stage are apparent
lv foregathering on the Pacific Coast,
the result, presumably, of the Panama
Pacific Exposition and of the Lasky
"movie" studios. At all events, the ac-
count of a dinner and dance given on
Monday to Miss Geraldine Farrar at
the Hollywood Hotel, Los Angeles, by
Jesse L. Lasky reads something like
Broadway who's Who" The feature
of the occasion is said to have been
one-step by Miss Farrar and John
Drew, which was given with all OF our
Gerry's peculiar elan and all OF MT
Drews drawing room grace. Inc
guests were as follows:
Mayor Rose of Los Angeles, John
Drew RAYMOND Hitchcock, Julian Ell
tinge, Mary Picktord, Fannie Ward,
Charlotte Walker, Laura Hope Crews,
Flora Zabelle, Blanche Ring, Julian
Dean. Blanche Sweet, Alexandria Car
lyle. Frances Ring, John Mears, Mr..
and Mrs. Morris Gest, Mrs. David Be
lasco, Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Farrar, Mr..
and Mrs. Adolph Zukor, Owen Moore,
CARLYLE Blackwell, Pedro De Cordoba,
Orrin Johnson. Hale Hamilton, Frank
Mills, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Reicher, Mr..
and Mrs. auckland, Hector Turnbull,
Jack Dean, Tully Marshall, Marion
Fairfax, Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Lasky, Mr..
and Mrs. Sam Goldfish, Mrs. LasSy,
Theodore Roberts, James Neil, George
Melford, Alfred Hertz, Louis Gott-
schalk, Thomas Meighen and Ralph
Kellsrd.
The nnal performance OF GlaHF my
Barker's season of Greek plays, which
occurred at Princeton on Saturday, was
marked by an occasion more often met
with in stories of the stage than IN act
ual stage life. Owing to a misunder-
standing of the time for the perform
ance Miss Chrystal Herne, the Cas-
sandra in THE Trojan Women" did
not reach Princeton by the early morn
ing train, and as there was no under
study for the part the management
was at its wits end. At the very last
moment it was discovered that Miss
Margaret Mower, member OF the
chorus, had learned the lines and the
business of the part solely for the
sake of practice, and almost before
she had time TO consent TO take the
part she was robed in the garments of
Cassandra and led to the stage. Be
sides saving the performance, she is
credited with having given a very in
telligent enactment of the character.
The Times Producing Corporation
has engaged Sam Tauber as general
manager for THE Girl Who Smiles"
which will open at the Cort Theatre,
Atlantic City, on August 2. Following
the presentation of "The Girl Who
Smiles" at the Lyric Theatre here on
August 0, the Times Producing Corpo-
ration will put into rehearsal two other
plays.