Evening journal., 1916-05-19
'FRIARS' HERE FOR Matinee
on MEMORIAL DAY

That aristocracy OF American fun
makers "The Friars.' of New York
City. have been persuaded after sew
cral days urgent effort on the part of
many enterprising citizens. to visit
Wilmington for one performance only,
matinee on Decoration Day May 80
Wilmington streets will be converted
into a veritable New York RialtO for
there will be more theatrical stars
here at one time, than has ever oc-
CURED before in the history OF the
city. Among the 1863 men who will
arrive early on that morning are
George NJ. Cohan, William Collier
Louis Mann. Frank Tinney. George
Beban. Andrew Mack. Max Figman,
James j. Corbett. Irving Berlin,
"Rube" Goldberg. bud" Fisher Lew
Dockstader. Neil O'Brien. George
Primrose. Will Rogers. Laddie Cliff.
Tom Waters. Gus Edwards. Albert G..
Spaulding William Rock. Charles J.
Ross. Jerry J. Cohan. Hap Ward,
George Sidney. etc. II is like printing
pages OF who's Who On the Stage"
10 enumerate them all. George NJ. Co
han. who. in addition to being the alb
bot Of the organization. is also the
general stage director. promises that
Wilmington will have the exact pro-
gram that will be given before Presi-
dent Wilson and party in Baltimore
the same evening that they appear
here. Cohan also afirms that this will
be the biggest and best entertainment
! he has ever been associated with, and
that is some assurance. knowing many
Of his past achievements.
Wallace Munro. one of the officers
! Of the club. is in Wilmington today
arranging final details for this un-
usual and unique Offering
The program will consist of a mon
ster minstrel first part, with six sets
Of end men and interlocutors. George
NJ Cohan. William Collier, Frank
/ Tinney. Lew Dockstader, George
Primrose, Neil O'Brien, Louis Mann,
Irving Berlin. Andrew Mack, Hap
Ward, Eddie Garvie and Jack Wilson
| will manipulate the bones and tam
bos, and the interlocutors will be
James J. Corbett, Charles j. Ross.
Jerry J. Cohan. Julius Tannen, Fred
Niblo and George Dougherty.
A skit upon the Mexican situation.
with Collier, Cohan. Tinney. Ross,
Niblo, Dockstader. Mann. Mack and
Rock as emissaries from various
countries. imaginary and otherwise
in convention, solving the much-dis-
cussed tangle across the Rio Grande.
while the other hundred visiting
! friars constitute the "Watching-W Wait
ing" armies. This act is promised as
a scream.
Albert Spaulding. the eminent
American violinist. will play by re-
quest. his famous Southern classic,
b Alabama" in addition to one OF his
most popular concertos.
Twelve successful composers will
play upon twelve pianos in unison a
composition created specially for the
frolic. The players will be: Irving
Berlin, Gene Schwartz, Gus Edwards.
Andre Benoist. Charles Gebest Ernest
Ball, George Botsford. Ted Barron,
Harry Carroll, Dave Stamper, Albert
Spauding and George NJ. COhan.
Twenty prominent authors have
written a twenty-minute sketch on
twenty different subjects and pre-
sented by twenty leading men. The
authors are: Augustus Thomas. Eu-
gene Walter, Irwin Cobb, Montgomery
Wolf, Samuel Shipman. Thomas Gray,
Max Marcin, etc. etc.
''Rube" Goldberg. Bud" Fisher
and Bert Levy, the famous cartoon
lists, will give a delightful act of dis
closing how they work under inti-
mate conditions and with local ma
terial.
There will be dancing galore by
William Rock, Tom Dingle and a host
of associates. Frank Coombs. Charlie
, Orr, Charles Meakins. Andrew Mack
and Tom Waters will sing
"In fact it will be three hours OF
the most sparkling. snappy. peppery
and frolicsOme entertainment ever
given in America" says Mr.. Munro.
The box Office Of the theatre will re-
ceive mail orders and fill them in the
. order Of their receipt The regular
/. advance sale will commence Tuesday
morning