The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-18
LAMBS AND FRIARS
FR0LIC FOR FUND
Receipts at the Metropolitan
Opera House Pass $4,000
Mark Set.
CELEBRITIES FILL BILL.
Seven United War Work Or
CARNATIONS Will Receive
Entire Proceeds.

Sam Bernard, with a trick pencil that
wouldn't figure. and Louis Mann. with his
trick collar that never fits stepped right
out on the stage at the metropolitan
Opera House last night and INDUCED In
their favorite pastime of trying TO figure
the house. Friendly enemies, as they
may be, they could not agree on Just
how much the United War Fund was en-
rlched by last nights audience. and af-
ter a while gave it up as a bad job and
fell to berating their manager. Al II.
Woods
When the Metropolitan stage Is turned
over to minstrelsy and real food instead
Of the papier rnache article Is served to
real soldiers with real wounds instead OF
actors with practised limps and carmne
srease paint. there In generally good
reason. In fact, It had never been done
, before-just like II was last night, and
It never will be done again. The occa-
sion was the combined Frolic-Gambol Of
the Friars and Lambs In aid of the
United War Work Campaign. and to say
that the efforts OF the thespians were a
complete success would be putting 1t
far too mildly
Announcements were to the effect that
$4,000, and with that as a basis II
must certainly have appeared TO both
sam and Louis that the total would go
over the 800. 900 mark
BewiIderinE Array OF stars.
Space and time limitations prevent an
exhaustive review of the prog anime. 1t
was nearly II 40 when the intermission
point was reached But included in the
~ Nf
fair a success was nearly every male
star known to New York audiences on
the vaudeville and legitimate stage. to
say nothing OF the pictures. The women
did their bit. too, and must have added
several hundreds Of dollars to the fund
from the sale of the souvenir pro-
gramme
An old time minstrel show with the
Police Department Glee Club as the
chorus formed the first part OF the show.
with Conductor Richard Hageman and
the Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra
furnishing the music. Jim Corbett, De
Wolf Hopper and Cyril Maude took
turns addressing fool questions and get
ting more foolish replies from Mr.. Bones
and Mr.. Tambo. impersonated alter
nately by Leo Ditrichstein, Frank Tin
ney. Joseph Cawthorn, Frank Bacon,
Raymond Hitchcock and Jack Wilson
Willie Collier, George Conan. Donald
Brian. Ed Wynn, Sergeant Irving Ber-
lin. Bob Keane and William Farnum
also took turns and kept the entertain
ment hubbling from the beginning. In
fact nearly everybody whose name was
on the programme to appear did so and
lot of others who didn't think they
could make ii turned up at the last mo-
ment.
Wilson Good to His Family"
Jack Wilson had a hard time explain
ing 10 De Wolf Hopper that he couldn't
60 to France to fight under Pershing
because he thought he could do much
better here under President Wilson him
self. Jack allowed that he had a great
admiration for the President, and when
Mr. Hopper wanted to know why he
explained that 1t was because Mr.. VIII
son was so good to his family. He
took all the railroads and gave them to
his son-in-law. didn't he?" was the end
mans retort.
Capt. Frank Tinney deplored the fact
that nobody could get a drink in Wash
ington unless he was in uniform and
explained that the reason he selected
a Captains uniform when he went to
the tailor's after getting his commits
sion was that he didn't want to be a
Second Lieutenant because they were the
Fords Of the army, and IL he went any
higher he wouldn't have enough friends
of the same rank TO drink with.
TITS going to be awful hard on Gen.
March" Frank opined. Hes got TO wait
FOR Pershing to come back before he can
celebrate"
A score or more wounded American
doughboys were escorted TO the stage
and served with something better or
worse than trench meal Anyway. II
was real food, and the boys seemed TO
enjoy il and the closeup they got Of
Irene Franklin when she distributed
roses to them
In the Fury Of the Storm" an allie
CORY by George v Hobart. depicting a
ruined French village through the DAYS
OF pillage and trial, and later. as il was
restored, formed the second pa-t OF .he
programme. The cast included twenty
or more OF New York's best known
actors.
Among the stage women who assisted
20 make the affair success were Amelia
Bingham. Virginia Fox Brooks. Helen
Collier. Rae Selwyn. Mrs Sam Harris
Shirley Carter Beverly West and Others
The entire proceeds of the night will be
given by the Friars and the Lambs 70
the United War Fund