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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
A Hippodroy1,e Bill
For the Army and Macy

The Hippcdrome, which has been cell
ebrating its thirteenth birthday with
n week of special features, will stage
performance on Sunday for the army
and navy. The programme is in charge
Of the Stage Womens War Relief. The
army will be represented on the stage
by a detachment of officers Of the 313th
infantry from Camp Dix, who will give
IN cxhihtion Of intensive bayonct
training, and the navy will be repre-
scented oY $50 United States naval ca
diets from The Pelham naval training
station.
lIoudni will accept challenge from
the officers of the United States Tank
Corps, who think they have discovered
Il "restrain+ suit" from which he will
find it difficult to escape while sub
merged in the Hjppodrome tank.
Among the stars who Will appear are
Julia Arthur, Rose Coghlan, Chrystal
Herrc, Georgia Cnine, Frances Starr,
Margaret Mayo, Bijou Fernandez, Flor
ence Nash, Belle Storey, John Hend-
richs, Fred Walton and May Buckley.
The entire ensemble of the Hippo
drome will take part. Leo Carrillo will
be master of ceremonies. The four
hundredth performance Of "Chcer Up"
will be celebrated this week
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
Busy Season Ahead
For Sel1uyn & Co.

with "Rock-a Bye Baby" their first
musical play. snfcly launched on a
short tour, Sslwyn g. Co. are preparing
for one of tho busiest epring end carly
summer seasons in their history. No
less than four now plays have already
been booked for try-out weeks during
June, and it is likely that within the
newt few days at least one and perhaps
two other new plays will be an.
nounccd.
All Of the try-outs arc to be held
at the Belasco Theatre, Washington.
The first of the new plays will be
Avery Hopwood's Double Exposure"
a farce, on which Mr. Hopwood has
been at work for some months. One
week later Cosmo Hamilton's play,
Mrs. Larravee," will follow the Hop
wood farce. Preliminary work has al
ready started ION these two plays, and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
Effort Fails
To Learn Color of
An Actress S Hair

1t Is easy to account FOR ,ho natural
ness of Doris Rankin in playing
Martha, the wife Of Mit Shanks. in
"The Copperhcad," for she is the wife
of Lionel Barrymore, who plays the
title role but it is not so simple to
account for the deep tones Of her voice
in upbrading Milt for his seeming want
Of patriotism, nor the turning of her
hair from black to gold, for the third
and fourth acts, when she plays Mills
granddaughter. 1t was with real curios-
lty that an interviewer sought to dis
cover which was her everyday voice
and which was her everyday hair.
The secret remained with the actress.
however, for she received in small
black hat and a heavy white veil Her
voice was that Of the granddaugh ter.
with just a hint of the deeper register
when she laughed at the suggestion
that she should try on another modish
hat that perched on a trunk in her
dressing room.
kce Rankin and inherits TO little of
his histrionic gifts. 1t was in his COM
pany that she first appeared on the
stage. AT the age of eight she was
drafted for the part of Oliver Twist
during the Southern tour of Mrs. John
Drew.
At sixteen Doris Rankin played the
part Of IN East Side girl in \ sketch
with her father. and subsequently acted
an Italian white slave in sketch with
Lionel Barrymore and Mckee Rankin.
During her married life she has not
been on the stage nor in the motion
pictures in which Lionel BARRYMORE
took part for several years, both as
player and director. But the oppor-
tunity to play in "The Copperhcad" was
irresistible. Doris Rankin is on the
stage of the Shubert Theatre in this
play more than any other member of
the company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

as a collaboration Mrs Sybil Spotts
woode. who enjoyed some reputatlona
an author. The result Of their cor
ference was the drafting of "Her CouH'
try which was originally called "hu'
tur at Home" Mrs. Spottiswoode vS'
also qualified FOR the work by having
lived in Germany. For more than eish'
years she was resident of Borstadi'l'
Prussia, a little garrison town, upon
which she drew for several local chaf
acters that she transplanted to thepsF
One of these was Mrs. Colonel sea
Rapp, so admirably played by asf'''
Kerby, who is said to be an exact rep
lica of the colonel's wife Of Borstadf
1t is interesting to note that the 0e''
man government tried by every p'S
sible means to interfere with the w
Of the play at the Strand in Lonoe-
where it remained, nevertheless J"
two seasons. German secret agen'
warned people not to see the play w.
succeeded only in arousing greater I
terest in it. The British goverhm'''
made arrangements to have the pay
main as long as possible at the S1l'i'
Two or three disturbances tha' We.
caused by the arrest of Germans ~ "
theatre served to help publicity. w.
ing the long run OF the play in L0a''.
every British soldier who went o'e'
fight for the cause of liberty was as'''
to see the play. and three or fouF NV
dred soldiers attended every pel'V'I
ance. -
Some people have thought tna' -
Country" was inspired by the leV's''
christine" 1t is we'll, therefore
correct any such impression, OF
authority of Mr.. Besier, who has sa"
that the play was written shorti! ~ -.
the beginning of the war, whereas
letters of "Christine" were not W."
ten until after the play had been r. r.,
duced. In South Africa, where 'H' "a !.
has been running now for two ye''. a.,
has led to the arrest Of more 'na" -,
hundred Germans, and it is asset's' -,
the American management tha' 'a'
has had q similar success IN
liza.
Walter Knight, manager Of the -.
lean venture, declares that the O,s ~,
evidence exists to show that inc P''
not exaggerated in any parsiea'. h.
some persons lave supposed IL ,..r.y
This evidence, he says. is the sa' ,.,.
Of Germans themselves, who 'h''" /.
there is not a single eNaggei' :..oa.
the entire play. but that II Is v ~: is
pure Prussianism. There IS !" "
the play which reads as follows
There is great evil IN sh's az.
an evil that has to be crushed S'N
svil is Prussianism."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

Mrs Flske returns to the Now York
stage tomorrow night, when she will
be seen at the George NJ. Cohan
Theatre for the first time in the power
full French play "Service," written by
Henri Lavedan, of the Academic Fran
calsc. 1nasmuch as "Scrvice" is a play
in two acts only it viii be preceded bv
Lord Dursany's famous one-act piece.
"A Night at an Inn" which had a
few presentations at the Neighborhood
Playhouse two years ago. and which
has been held for more prctcntious
production ever since.
"Scrvice' is an English translation
of Lavedan's "Servir," which was first
presented by Lucicn Gutry at the
Theatre Sarah Bernhardt in Paris
early in 1913. Since the great war he
gan it has been revived twice, and has
been presented altogether in the
French capital upward of 500 times in
the last five years. On the face of
the record it has been the most sue
cassful play produced in France with
IN that time.
"Service' is described as powerful
drama built around the theme Of ma
tional service. The story develops in
the home OF a militant French army
officer, ard the conflict is struggle
between himself and his pacifst son.
Tie wife, played by Mrs Fiskc, at
first sides With the son. but is later
converted TO her husbands views. AZ is
the son. note of great spiritual
significance is said to run through the
play, which has been described as hav-
ing been really uncanny in its proph-
ccy Of the heights to which the French
people were capable of rising in the
face Of great national emergency. It
has proved TO be a great stimulus to
patriotism in France, and it's MESSAGE
IS particularly pertinent at the present
'imc IN this country. Mrs. Fishes role
is entirely dlsslmilar to the high COM
cdy part which she had in "Madame
Sand" her last play. The father will
be played by Lee Baker, and the son
by Georges Plateau, French actor
new to this country, who had his bap-
tism of fire at Verdun and who was
wounded in that now historic battle.
Other members Of the company will
include Ian Robertson, Robert Lytton
and Alexa Flor.
Lord Dunsany's "a Night at an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

lnn," is universally conceded to be
: one Of the greatest one-act plays of
modern times The cast which will
interpret it will include Harry Lam
bart, Tracy Barrow, Robert Vivian,
Gerald Pring, Charles Peyton, Owen
Mech, Rikel Kent and Rene dc la
Chapcllc.
Mrs. Fiskcs engagement is for a
limited period only.
Chaunccy Olcott is announced 10 be-
gin an engagement of three weeks at
tho Fulton Theatre, commencing to-
morrow evening, presenting for the first
time on Broadway Miss Rachel Croth-
evs's most recant play, "Once Upon a
Time"
Miss Crothers wrote "Oncc Upon a
Times especially for My Olcott, and the
character of Terence O'Shaughncssy,
which he plays, is said to bring out ali
the charm of his warm irish temporal
ment. The character is described as
the essence Of romantic Ireland.
"Once Upon Time" is somewhat Of
departure for ChaUnccy O!cott, in
that it is a modern story of to-day.
with its scenes laid. first in q small
Western town and then New York. 1t
is, however, none the less romance,
during the presentation of which Mr.
Olcott will be heard in number of
now songs.
Mr.. Olcotts company includes Ethel
Wilson, Bonnie Marie, Elsie Lvding,
Jessie Ralph, Edward Fielding. Thomas
Williams and George Brennan. The
matinee days VIII he Thursdays and
SATURDAYS.
The fourth bill at the Greenwich Vii
loge Theatre will be presented on Thurs
Gay evening, April Is, and will comprise
three oncact plays, two of which have
never before been seen and third
which will be given for the first time in
English. This is Arthur Schntzler's
1.-THE Big Scene" and has been espe-
cially translated for the Greenwich
Village Theatre by Charles Henry Melt
ger. The play is a satirical comedy
which Schnitzler himself considers his
best one-act play, and will be produced
by Roland Young, with cast including
Frank Conroy, Claire Eames, Harold
Meltzer, Joseph Daley and Francis Nc,
Donald.
The second play, the thriller" of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

of that playhouse and of the piece in
question. Mr.. Osborne is a young
American who has been on the stage
at various times and was stage man.
ager for Mrs. Fiske in "Erstwhile
Susan" At present he is the holder
of the Mcdowell Club Fellowship at
Harvard University. "April" was writ
ten originally just before Mr.. Osborne
took up his work at Harvard, and has
been revised since then under the su-
pervision of Professor Baker. One
other play by Mr.. Osborne was recent
~ produced in Philadelphia. It's title
was "The Good Men d." and it dealt
with the life of Shakespeare. Charles
Hopkins has purchased a second play
by Mr.. Osborne and probably will give
It early production. 1t is called cover
Here"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

took lessons in singing and acting. As
soon as she had finished the course
she went to Chicago and began sing
ing in hotel CONCERTS. From that IL
then She came to New York. Here
she got an engagement first as genera!
understudy for "Alone ct Last" Next
she was given leading part in "Her
Soldier Boy" and now she is in "The
Rainbow Girl That's all.
Her elder sister, Ruth, is at present
the premiere danseusc at the opcra
house in Mexico CITY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
Divinity In Drama
Charles Ram Kennedy One of the Few
Dranatisfs Who Seek Subjects in the
Field Of Religious Belief and Experience
BY Haywood Broun

It's that The Army With Banners"
better and coherent Mr.
erestg figure drama Since Vaughn Moody
practically other to
In spite the religion
has stunned playwrighs
God and the Reeemer frankly There have
Christ but they have been
the of LOGGER beggaman
the author the charge putting Divinity
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

they will go into rehearsal the first
part of May. The third play, called
Tea for Three" by Roi Cooper Me-
grue, is heralded as genuine novelty.
The title of the fourth play has not
been announced.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
Hubert Osborne Is Not
A Mere Pseudoravrne

A mistaken impression has gained
currency that the Hubert Osborne who
wrote april" now at the Punch and
Judy Theatre, is merely pen name for
Charles Hopkins, owner and director
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

bill, is "Ile" (oiD, one of Eugene
O'Neill's sea tales. Mr.. O'Neill is the son
Of James O'Neill, the veteran actor, and
has spent some years at sea. Mr.. Con-
roy, director OF the Greenwich Village
Theatre, will produce "Ile," and the
cast will include Margaret Farelcigh,
Joseph Macaulay, Harold Meltzer, Ev-
erett Glass and Francis Mcdonald.
The third play, described as the nov
alty of the bill, is a symbolic piece in
which French poilu and an English
Tommy nave an intimate chat with
the Maid Of Orleans on Christmas Eve,
Somewhere in France" "The Maid of
France was written by Harold Brig
house, the Englishman whose "Hob-
! sons Choice was one of the Broad
way successes two seasons ago. This
will also be produced by Mr.. Convoy,
with cast which comprises Ruth
Boyd, Helen Robbins, Frank Conroy.
Harold Meltzcr and Everett Glass. The
lettings have been painted and built
by John Wcngcr, the young Russian
colorst whose symbolic set for "Eni-
cicncy,' in the first bill at the theatre.
attracted considerable attention.
Owing to the interest shown in the
production of "Hedda Gabler," at the
Plymouth Theatre, with Nine. ALA Ma
z'mova in tho title role, Arthur Hop
kins has announced that the original
plan Of q fortnight engagement has
been changed. and that the play will be
continued until April 27. On Non
day, April 20, "a Dolls House will
bc presented with Nine. Nazimova as
Nora Helmer-the third CT tho series
Of Ibsen plays which Mr.. Hopkins is
producing at the Plymouth. Seats for
"A Dolls House" will be placed on sale
Monday
In addition to Oscar Wildc's ga
lone in which Yorska, the French ac-
tress. is to appear. there will be two
one-act comedies on tho now hll Of
Inc Washington Square Players which
IS TO be presented at the Com ,dy The
awe VIZ Noi'ud% evening, &pfll -. hey
arc "Lonesome Like by Harold Brig
house and enter the Hero" by The
reese Helburn. The bill is to be given
for two weeks only. Mrs. Warren's
Profession" which is still attracting
large audiences to the Comedy The
atre, will continue until the new bill
goes on and then it is to be sent on the
road. Its first out-of-town presentation
will be in Pittsburgh on April 90.
Tonight at the Neighborhood Play
house Miss Edith Wynne Matthison and
special company, including Pedro de
Cordoba, will present the woodland
scenes from GAS You Like 1t" and the
balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
NtezU Plays This Week

MONDAlAt the
AT the Fulton "Oncc Upon Time" Crothc
the Greenwich Village,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
One-Week Stands

Bronx Opera House. ."Gipsy Trail"
Columbia. ........" 1.-THE Spiegel Revue"
Lexington. ."You Know Me, AL"
Loew's 7th Avenue -. ."Why Marry? ?"
Majestic. ....." Odds and Ends Of 1917"
Standard. ....... .Arliss in Hamilton"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14
Nou on the Boards

Aston. Fancy Free"
Belasco. ."Polly With Past"
Belmont. Carter the Magician
Bijou. ."The SQUAD Farm"
BOOM. ............. seventeen
Broadhurst ..............." Maytimc"
Casino. ........... can American Ace"
Century. ........ ."Chu Chin Chow
Century Grove. Midnight Revue
Cort .............. Flo-Flo"
Cohan e. Harris. "A Tailor-Made Man"
Comedy. Mrs Warren's Profession"
Criterion northumberland" Happincss"
Eltnge. Business Before Pleasure
Empire. 1.-THE Off Chance"
Forty-fourth Street Roof,
"a Pair of Petticoats"
Forty-cighth Street,
"The Man Who Stayed at Home"
Halety .............. Slck-a-Bed"
Globe. "Jack o. Lantern"
Greenwich Village Theatre,
"Pan and the Young Shepherd"
Harris. ......... ..."Her Country"
Henry Miller. 1.-THE Fountain of Youth"
Hippodrome.. ............."C Cheer Up"
Hudson. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." Nancy Lee"
Liberty. ."Going Up"
Longacre Eyes or No"
Lyceum. ................"T Tiger Rose"
Maxine Elliott "Thc Eyes Of Youth"
Morosco. "Lombardi, Ltd"
New Amsterdam m. ."Thc Rainbow Girl"
New Amsterdam Roof
"The Midnight Frolic"
Park. .......... "Seven Days Leave"
Playhouse. ....." The Little Teacher"
Plymouth. ............ "Hedda Gabler"
Princess. oh, Lady. Lady"
Punch and Judy april"
Republic. ."Pa1lor, Bedroom and Bath
shubert. ..........." THE Comprehend"
Thirty-ninth Street,
"a Cure for Curables"
Vanderbilt. ."Oh, Look"
Vieux Colombier,
"The Army With Banners"
Winter Garden. ............." Sinbad"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

Tonight at the Neighborhood Play
house Miss Edith Wynne Matthison and
special company, including Pedro de
Cordoba, will present the woodland
scenes from GAS You Like 1t" and the
balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-14

In looking over our programmes of
the week we find that We forgot to
mention the excellent performance of
Violet Englefeld as Gussic Pope in
Fancy Free"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-04
RICH OLD NEWSBOY DIES:
NICKNAMED "HINKY-DINK''
ChicagOan Sold Papers Many Years
Ago With Men Who Won
Fame

Chicago, May AFTER an illness OF
three weeks, "Lonny" Wilson, for nearly
fifty years news-vender in the down
town district, is dead. Before the great
fire in 1871 he sold papers with the late
Johi II. Walsh, banker; William Lori
mer, once in the United States Senate,
and Michael Kenna, Alderman for nearly
thirty years in the First Ward, The
latter, in paying a tribute to his old.
time "newsie" associate, said:
He was the fellow who hung the
name of 'Hinky Dink' on me. Before
the fire bunch of us newsboys used
to go swimming in the lake at the foot
Of Washington street one day eight OF
ten of us started for the beach and
tagged behind. Some one of the bunch
missed me and not knowing my name
asked Where was the little guy {?
'Whodye mean, "HinRy Dink?"' Lonny
said, and I've been 'Hinky Dink' ever
since"
Wilson was a bachelor and amassed
a competence selling papers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-04
GERMAN NEWSPAPER
TO USE ENGLISH TYP
Daily Gazette Announce
Change Today-Campaign
Against Teuton Language
Continues

Beginning with next Thursdays issl
the Daily Gazette, II German langua
ncwspapcrswill be printed almost e
tirely in English type, according to
editorial appearing i'm today's issue.
The articles that will continue TO
printed in German will be those sent o
by the Government, dealing with Liber
Loan, food, fuel and other features tn
the Government believes should rea
every German home.
Decision to eliminate most of {
German type is by no means hasty,
editorial today points out, az the mo
has been contemplated for sevel
months.
The executive committee of the Char
Der of Commerce has gone on reco
favorng the discontinuanCe Of all Gt
man instruction i'm public and priva
schools. Their resolution urges acti
similar to that of the Gazette for
the English speaking and reading pu
lie may be built up.
A resolution demanding that I
Board Of Education eliminate the stu
of German in the public schools Il
been adopted by Washington Camp )
of the Patriotic order of Sons
America. The organization will begin
State wide campaign against Germ
propaganda Monday night
Four-minute men from the order "
visit each of the 1873 districts, and
their talks condemn use of the Germ
language in the schools, churches, new
papers, in books and in other literatu
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-04
SIBERIAN PROBLEMS
UNSOLVED, SAYS ISHI
japanese Will Act Only Wit
Allied Approval, Declares
Diplomat
Washington, May 4.

Washington, May 4.
The Siberian problem Is far from
settled one, Ambassador Ishii said toda!
adding, however, that he bears the jar
anese Governments pledge that any az
ton that may be eventually necessar
will be taken only after the Allies ar
prove.
Ishii has the confidence not alone {
his own Government, but Of the Pres
dent and high officials Of this Admin,
tration. Hence It is believed he wi
counsel with them on the whole easter
situation and come TO a definite polio
before long
The Ambassador declared he had con
here with the sole desire of dealing wit
questions arising between this countr
and Japan I'm a spirit of cooperation
the mutual benefit of the two nations.
lie expressed the opinion that thei
was no political significance i'm the n
cent retirement of Minister Motion
| from the japanese Ministry of Foreig
Affairs. but he pointed out the fact tn;
Minister Goto, the successor. is firm
( the Governments policy of deliberate
/ in regard to a move i'm Siberia
/ lie asserted that the people of Japa
hold the friendship and alliance of Il
| United States and the Entente in Il
| highest regard and that they star
/ firmly back Of the Government In its a
/ titudC.
/ The Ambassador believes yellow jou
/ ualism and tho yellow peril go hand
hand, the latter being the not unsui
/ prising of the former. He referred
/ the recent reports from Shanghai co
cerning alleged Japanese demands upc
/ China as the product of China's yello
/ journalism.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-04
AUTHOR OF BOOKLET
BEING SOUGHT BY EDGE
New Jersey Governor May Prosecute
Writer of Attack if He Is
Discovered

Trenton, May 4.-The authorship OF a
booklet criticlzing the Edge Admins
tration and circulated through the mails
this week is being made subject OF in
vestigation,
The campaign document was sent out
without any marks OF Identification other
than badly mutilated union label
which seems to indicate that It was
printed in Hudson County Although
the wording of the introduction Is such
as to indicate that the booklet ema-
rated from the State Democratic Com
mittee, this view is not accepted by
Governor Edge and his friends. who be-
lieve that the mention of the Democratic
committee was merely resorted to as
means OF concealing the authorship.
Believing that the circulation OF the
booklet without any Identification marks
is violation Of the corrupt practices
act Governor Edge is considering the
advisability Of referring the matter to
the Attorney General for investigation
and prosecution.