Arizona republican., 1915-08-08
News of the Theaters, Music,

Who's Who in Society,"" and Tho Spendthrift" He also announces that hereafter there will be Charlie Chaplin comedy at the Lion every week. Melville Ellis whose creative genius in the fashion line has caused many a girl to turn green with envy and | who has designed the gowns for win i ter garden productions for several years has decided to extend his va cation in Southern California 10 real one.
 And to keep busy while dcing so, he will give suggestions to Tom Ince for the costumng of the N. Y. E. P. productions. MT. Ellis was formerly a resident of Phoenix and spent seY- c.., days here on hIs way to the coast last month.
 Harry Mace announces that the next extra special feature at the Arizona will be Walker Whiteside in The Melting Pot" ono of the greatest picture hits of the year. As both Mir WhitesIde and The Melting Pot" are wei! known to Phoenicians it is likely that the Arizona has another set of gala days in store. It will come to the Arizona about the middle of the month.
 Blanch Ring is between the. 1evil and the deep sea. Olover Morosco wants her to star in Nobody Home" in Los Angeles this month. her hus- band Charles Winneger. himself movie star, wants her to take d flyer in the movies and she is under contract to her x-husband, Freddy Mckay, to appear in "Honor Bright" opening in Detroit, September 9. , Morosco says that if she will appear in Nobody Home" he will build Il production of "HCnor Bright" pro- duce 1t in Los Angeles with Miss Ring in the stellar role and then send it on to New York. Maybe that will fix things.
 Manager Purvines is beginning to think that every young man in town aspires to be a Chaplinesquc comedian. | From the interest already shown in the Charlie Chaplin contest which he proposes to hold at the Empress the last of this month. Purvfnes thinks he has hit upon the most po- pular idea of the season. Maybe all that gold, s15, s10 and 8, has some thing to do with all the interest he has discovered.
 It is reported that when Charle; Dillingham; opens the great Hoppo- drone in New York next month, the famous tank will have been done away with and the famous ''oarreF' curtain which sinks into the floor will be seen no more. Do away with those two things and nobody would know it was the Hippodrome.
 It is remarkable what a difference a few degrees in temperature make. Take the water in the swimming pool | at Riverside for instance Since the heating apparatus has been installed down there all the too cold" cranAs are delighted. The old guard com plaint that its too blamed warm to swim in" but they are there every day just the same and, incidentally, they stay in about an hour longer than usual. Night swimming ha& become all the go at Riverside lately. Nothing like it for 8 good sleep. | Oscar Hammerstein thought that he would make a few changes in his ! and that the people would think i- was brand new. So he went ahead and had it partly dismantled and planned to spend several thousand dol lars fixing it up. Then along come the building commissioner and told him that long as he had gone that far he had better continue, tear down all the walls and leave ali ley way all around the buildins otherwise he could not reopen. Poor old Oscar! It will cost just little less than s3o0.oOO to finish the job. STUNG:
 It is not often that one of Marie Corelli's works gets into the movies; but when they do they naturally nfake a stir. "WormWood" is one of the most famous books of this celebrate authoress and it has been made into & film play which has created seH- sation. It will be shown at the La mara theatre this afternoon.
 William Courtney recently ran over to London to see about the produc tion of Under Cover" over there. While walking down the strand one afternoon a saffron hued suffragette