The sun., 1916-08-21
NIJINSKY SURE OF
DANCING PARTNER
His Sister Ready as Substitute
II Nine. Karsavina Re-
fuses to Come.
GOSSIP OF THE STAGE
Raymond Hitchcock to Be
Seen in "Betty" Under Dill
bingham Management.
GOSSIP OF THE STAGE

law NlJinSky there 10 already q sub
stitute provided. This il Mile. Nijinska,
a sister Of the more famous dancer.
She is also a graduate Of tho ballet
school at the Marien Theatre in Petro-
grad. There seems to be little prob
ability tina Nine. karsavina will be per-
suaded to come here so long as the
. war continues.
Mikail Fokinc and his sister. who are
among the most famous Of the members
Of the Ballet Russo. have already been
announced by Max RabinofY. He says
they will appear with Ida Rubinstein,
who is to be the dancer with the Bos-
ton Opera Company this year. The
Itabinon company will give Mascagni's
Iris" Rubinstein's THE Demon and
Giordano's And Chenier' among its
novelties.
Alice Zepilli. who appeared last In
New York In THE Geisha" and has been
for two seasons at Nice. will return
to the Chicago Opera Company this
season.
Lillian Lawrence has been engaged
as the first dramatic soprano Of the
organization which will sing as the Bra
Gale company in Havana next winter.
Giuseppe Sturani. h used to he a
conductor al the Metropolitan. will he
III NUlCdSO next SeaSOU as an assistant
to Cleofonte Campanini.
Raymond Hitchcock. who has been
appearing In London IN musical farce.
will be seen here In Betty" under the
management Of c. u. Dillingham;.
Eor Noveilo, the young English com
poser who spent several years IN this
country and Canada, is now one OF the
most popular composers OF musical
rnntndv In Landau He Ia nntv 10 lint
Ia under contract to supply the scores
for the Gaiety Theatre musical pieces
for the next four years. Theodore
& Co." to he given on September II,
Is the next piece 10 be seen at the Gaiety
Theatre. Lieut.. Novello. who is at
tached to the flying corps Of Great
Britain. expects at any time to be trans
ferred 20 regular service.
Dorothy Donneliy has formed a part
nership with Walter wanger to produce
In this country the plays Of Arthur
Schnitzler. Miss Donnelly. who pro-
duced countess Miszi'' at one OF the
stage Society performances, will have
the artistic control OF the enterprise.
and Mr.. Wanger will be the business
TIE plays Of Schnitzler are not alto |
gether unknown TO this city. Katherine
Grey was seen here In rLiebelei' at the
Berkeley Theatre. which was acted as
The Reckoning and Mrs. Fiske gave
The Green Cockatoo" at the Lyceum
Theatre. along with her revival OF Han
nele." winthrop Ames gave the "Anatol !
Cycle" at the Little Theatre. and last
year Literature" was in the compre-
hensive repertoire OF the Washington
Square Players. There are other plays
not yet seen here out of which Miss
Donnelly and Mr.. Wanger expect tn
acquire an interesting and profitable
repertoire.
Ruth Helen Davis all but missed
the chance to acknowledge the applause
'of the audience after the second act
OF THE Guilty Man" AT the Aston The
atrc the other night. when the curtain
fell there was a generous acknowledge
ment OF the excellent acting ~ the COM
pany. Then there was continued calling
for Miss Weilman. but for reasons best
known to the management she did not
appear. Mrs. Davis listened to the tu-
mutt from an orchestra seat on the right
side aisle.
The curtain was down. but the call
ing for Miss Wellmau continued. Miss
Fenwick had appeared several times.
and It was plain that the demand was
no. TO see her again. Mrs. Davis lis
tened intently and suddenly arose from
her seat to acknowledge the applause OF
the spectators. Rut there was no way
for her 10 reach the stage.
In the stage box on the left hand side
sat Maurice and Walton. who must be
.squandering a considerable part OF their
hard earned dollars In buying boxes for
first night performances. This seemed
to the author the only means OF making
an appearance before the public. which
was still clamoring for somebody. So
to the establishment OF the two dancers
Mrs. Davis suddenly APPEARED in the back
Of their hox Before 1t was possible for
them to determine Just what the stranger
was doing there Mrs. Davis bowed hur-
rled'y to the audience and left the box.
once she started 10 return to make an
other bow. but she met the astonished
gaze OF the boxholders. who had now
turned around to find out the cause OF
the intrusion. So the adapter OF THE
Guilty Man" after one glance at them.
returned TO her seat. After the close OF
the play. however. she a an oppor-
tunity to thank the audience at length
for the enthusiastic manner In which the
piece had been received.
Whatever the fate OF other American
plays may have been in London. edward
Sheldon's Romance" has met with great
success, Tonight II will be played for
the 35Oth time in London, with Doris
keane in the leading role. A second
company is acting the piece with success
in the English provinces. A. Il. Arson,
who played with Miss keane both here
and In London. has retired from the
company, as he is to appear in South
Africa.
Klaw 4 Erlanger n George e. Tyler
will present Catherine Chisholm Cush-
ing's four act comedy "%pollyanna" at
the Hudson Theatre OF September IS.
II IL based on the story of the same
name by Eleanor II. Porter. The cast
includes Patricia Cnllinge. Fife Shannon
and Herbert Kelley. "POllyanna' has
already been playing on tour for several
months.
THE Happy Ending.' ny the Mac
rhersons. will open at the Shubert The
atre tonight. Tomorrow evening
James T. Powers will be seen in some
body's Luggage" at the Forty-eighth
Street Theatre.
The London company headed by Her
bert jay. which is to present the comedy
Little Bit of Fun" at the Thirty
ninth street Theatre. arrived yesterday
on the 81. Paul.
The Silent Witness" now playing at
the I.ongacre Theatre. will be trans
seyred to the Fulton Theatre q week
from tonight. "A Pair OF Queens'' opens
at the Ionsacre Theatre on August 20.
cyril Maude 10 on his way to America
TO open an engagement at the Empire
Theatre in "The Barber Of Mariposa,"
by Michael Morton.
sidney IIerbert. Waiter Eippsford