Evening star., 1917-10-28
farce. Whats Your Husband Doingr
takes place tomorrow night at Hart
ford.

farce. What's Your Husband Doiugr
takes place tomorrow night at Hart
ford.
Maxine Elliott made her appearance
in New York last week. the first tins
in five years. in the Red Cross pageant,
The Drawing of the Sword"
Mother Carey's Chickens" closed 1ts
New York run last night and will go
on tour with the present cast The piece
is expected to make a hit on the road
Mrs Patrick Campbell is appearing
in London in Bayard Nieilers Thtr.
teenth Chair" in the role created In
this country by Margaret Wycherley.
Last Tuesday Sarah Bernhard cele-
brated her seventy second birthday in
her private car in the railroad yards at
Davenport Iowa. where she appeared
twice day in vaudeville.
Richard Walton Tully. author of The
Bird of Paradise" has leased a studio
in New York. where he ia working on
a new play which he expects TO have
produced next season.
The Messrs Shubert produced at the
Rijou Theater New York. last week
Henry Bataille's latest play. The
Torches" with Lester Lonergan and
Amy Ricard in the leading parts.
week ia Philadelphia. VIII visit Boston
before going into New York for a run.
contracts to that effect having been
signed last week by Selwyn & Co.
Chin Chin is making tour of the
country. with Doyle and Dixon in the
roles formerly played by Montgomery
and s one. This is the third season OF
the piece. and the new stars are re-
ported making a success.
Century Theater. New York. which
was carGed for tomorrow night, has
| been ostponcd until November 5. The
mana cement insisted further re-
hearsals.
.-rhe claim" closed its New York
I season last night at the Fulton
/ Theater and Broken Threads takes
! its place tomorrow night 1t Is by
| Ernes: wilkes and staged by Holbrook
! B.inr.
A testimonial benefit is to be rendered
, Edward +. Rice in New York this week.
| at which Nat Goodwin will give his fa-
nous lone Fisherman act and Henry
! L. Dixey will revive the garden scene
! from 'AGonis.
/ cha Chin Chow" a dramatic pageant
! taken from The Arabian Nights, and
! which is in its second season in Lon
] don. was produced in New York last
/ weel: after many delays. The piece is
/ by oscar AslIe and the music by Fred
/ e1 ok Norton.
| The shpberts announce that they
| have put in rehearsal The Melting Of
| Molly" comedy by Maria Thompson
! bav:ess, which was tried out last year.
/ This year Alma Tell. who is under
! fye-year contra ct TO this firm, Will ap-
/ pear in the leading role
! DE Luxe Annie. Edward Clark's
| rystery play closed its run at the
! Thirty-ninth street Theater. New York.
| last night and moved over to the Cort
| Theater. opening tomorrow night for
! continuation of its metropolitan run.
! si~ Johnston Forbes Robertson. who
! VIII shortj" arrive In New York from
| London. recently played in The Pass
! ing of the. Third Floor Back" for three
| weeks in the English metropolis and
! raised $4,000 for one of the war FUNDS.
! His health failed and he had 10 retire,
! hut is reported once more in good
! health.
I'VE should Worry" the new musical
| version of ~ Texas steer" which
| Eliza beth Marbury and Frederic Mckay
are backing. had its first performance
/ in Atlantic City last Thursday night
! The piece opens in Pittsburgh for two
! weeks tomorrow night and then goes
| to New York for a run
/ Bertha Mann. who has been leading
, woman of l\law n Erlanrer's western
! stock company. has Withdrawn. she Is
: now pia wing an engagement with the
! Morosco Stock Company on the Pacific
coast appearing in The Silent Wit
ness" She is expected TO appear IN
| New York around the holidays in
| new play
In the near niture Conan & Harris
! will produce two new plays in New
/ York One of them Is THE King. n
which Leo Ditrichstein VIII have the
! Loading part. and the other is as yet
! unnamed. Mary Ryan and Curtis
! tCooksey will have the leading parts in
/ the unnamed play.
! The orchestra al the National Theater
I during the engagement of Maude Ad-
! ans in "A Kiss for Cinderella, VIII be
! under the direction of Paul Tietjens.
4 who will he remembered az the COM
! poser of The Wizard of Or" Mr. Tfet-
! iens has given the Barrie play Gin
! derella" overture and its entire act Sc
/ lections There is music running all
1 through the dream ball scene of the
play and it is the music with which
! the little heroine is most familiar-the
airs she has heard on the hurdy-gur-
/ dies Of the street, mixture of English
tunes and American ragtime.
Barrie sent Maude Adams a rough
draft Of "A Kiss for Cindnrel}a'' year
, before it was produced. This was fol-
| lowed by a complete scenario and inn
mcdia:ely upon its receipt the actress
| began actual work on the play. As she
was playing at the time she sent her
/ stage manager. Homer Saint Gaudens.
| of the sculptor. 10 New York TO
! carry out her ideas for the play. Mr..
| Sa int 'Gaudens spent SIX months in do
! ing this and waiting for the first pub
! lie presentation Of the work before
eniistin@ in the army. where he is now
lieutenant assigned to designing
camouaage.