Evening star., 1918-02-10

Iord, was produced at Atlantic City 1aSt
Monday night.
"chu Chin Chow" recently celebrated
its Tooth performance in London. and
the piece continues to draw large
houses.
Vera Myers. daughter Of Jacob
Myers. Of the Klaw & Erdanger forces.
has been engaged for special dances
in ''The Love Mill
Zoe Barnet has returned to New York
from tho west to seek another engage
ment. Miss Barnet appeared In Georgia
Of miss Springtime"
Forty members Of the cover the Top''
company will go to Quantico on Tues
day. which Is designated as theaterless
day for the general public. They will
dinner at 7:30 give the performances Tor
the entertainment Of the soldiers.
Julia Herne is now an author as well
as leading woman. her play, '"The Girl
Who Stayed at Home" being produced
by a stock company at sommerville.
Mass. last Monday night. Arthur How
ard played the leading role.
"Fol1ow the GIRL" new musical
Parenteau. was given its hrSt perform
ance last week at Stamford, Conn, and
will be taken to New York for a. run.
valeska Suratt is featured in New
York in THE Purple Poppy" comedy
drama by Paul Potter and c. v. De
Vonda, Miss Surratt has a powerful
company and an elaborate production.
Forms Of dancing entertainment by
no means exhausted the picturesque
titles when the turkey ot,.. trot and ID the the
nounced as a Spanish product. signify
ing "a Land Of JOY" It will be re-
vealed in revue form by Klaw &
Erlanger at the National Theater. In
but a brand new variation of rhythmic
the title Of :'The Hinxle Tingie."
Apt ALTERATION is asserting itself at
the Cosmos. The publicity man was
restrained with difficulty from height-
sning the effect by referring to the
Fritzie Won Busing. Hazel Cox. vir-
ginia Fox Brooks, the Farber sisters,
Grace washburn and Nora White have
been engaged for roles in the new
Winter Garden (New York; extrava-
ganza "Sinbad," in which Al Jolson
will soon star.
Izetta Jewell, well known in this city.
is reported to be in New York hunting
for a play in which she can make her
reappearance on the stage in Broad
way theater.
Donald Mcdonald Joined the cast Of
"Toot, Toot. in Philadelphia last Mon
day night after a hurried call to his
New York residence.
Sam A. Scribner, general manager Of
the Columbia Amusement Company.
which controls the Gayety Theater
here, paid a week end visit to Manager
friends, to Pinehurst, N. c.
Richard Walton Tully has signed con-
tracts with mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Drew
by John Hunter Booth. author of 'The
Masquerader." Rehearsals for the play
will begin at once. and its out-of-town
opening will take place about the mid
die of March.
The Eyes of Youth" with Marjorie
Rambeau in the star role, reached it's
200th performance in New York last
Wednesday. Another A. H. Woods pro-
duction, "Parlor. Bedroom and Bath"
also reached its 200th performance last
week. counting its Chicago and New
York runs.
Success" at the Harris Theater. New
York. has established itself as one of
the biggest dramatic hits Broadway
has had in years. 1t is compared with
THE Music Master"
The tax on tickets collected for the
government by the Shuberts in their
different theaters throughout the coun-
try amounted to $4,000 for the month
of January.
Mollie King, the reel star. was CO.
starred in the Keith Palace. New York.
bill recently and made a hit. with time
all over the circuit, including Wash
ington. arranged for her.
An upheaval occurred in Honor
Bright" which was being rehearsed in
New York last week, and as a result
Grace La Rue and Catherine Chisholm
Gushing: the author. have Withdrawn;
that his part be enlarged. which the
authoress refused, hence the break
down.
in three acts, by Harry James Smith.
author of THE Tailor Made Man." was
produced in New York last week and
scored hit. Mary Ryan is playing the
leading role:
The Messrs. Shubert will produce
"Petticoats." a comedy by Cyril Har-
court. at Atlantic City on Monday even
ing, February IS. 1t will be taken into
New York for a run after a weeks
trial by the sea.
Dolly Connolly, the we'll known
vaudeville artistic. has made such a pro-
nounced hit with odds and Ends" in
New York that she has been retained to
create an original role in mic Macs of
Now" which will soon be brought out
at the Norworth Theater
When last Tuesdays holiday closed
all the New York playhouses, hundreds
of performers journeyed through the
cold to the cantonments around Gotham
and entertained the soldiers.
Helen Lowell is to go into vaudeville
with a playlet called The Critics
Comedy" which is reported to be very
clever.
A new war play has been produced in |
London, called "Out of He'll" dealing
with twin sisters and their sons, dupli- |
Gates in appearance, one cousin being
in the English army and the other in
the German.
It has been settled definitely that the |
opening attraction at the new Wander
bilt Theater. New York. will be "Oh, |
Look" musical piece by James Mont
gomery. with music by Harry Carroll |
Georeie O'Ramey has succeeded in