The sun., 1918-08-07
new PLAY TONIGHT
TO AID SMOKE FUND
.Mother's Liberty Bond" at
Park Theatre VIII Show
Real War Scenes.
WATER FETE AT SEAGATE
Atlantic Yacht Club Prepares
Fine Programme for This
Evenings Benefit.
WATER FETE AT SEAGATE

,yr srs Tobacco Fund continues to
',oor at a splendid clip. This morning
...s II close to s33i,0oo. the total hav-
,,x made an advance Of more than
$3.50 in day
Two attractive events from which the
fund will profit are scheduled for to-
r,,b, One OF them Is the opening per-
,ormance OF Mothers Liberty Bond"
q, the Park Theatre. Hundreds of SOL
ssrs. who on the invitation of the man
.r.r, witnessed the dress rehearsals
vonaay and last night, placed their
,.mp OF approval on the piece and the
company unaualifedly.
II the enthusiasm OF these fighting
man il a forecast Of what the audiences
ar, TO feel the play is in for a long New
work. soiourn The tfund naturally
homes the prediction is correct. for 1t is
10 receive a percentage OF the gross re-
ceipts during the local run.
. The MAY is melodrama Of the simple
tvne now so much in favor. Its very
simplicity OF character. delineation and
structure aid In setting CT the elaborate
scenic decoration and effects. which, II
ia said. have been added to II lavishly.
A number OF scenes new to the stage
will he shown, drawn FROM actual events
on the battle front in France.
One picture shows stage full of
men gassed by the Germans and the
first aid being applied to them. An
other timely scene represents base
hospital after a barrage and an infan-
try engagement. In the two scenes
care has been taken to make them true
10 life, and officers now on furlough
from the front have superintendent the
rehearsals TO this end.
To-nights audience will be represent
alive OF the allied nations at war with
Germany and despotism. Boxes reserved
for the highest officials representing
France, England and Belgium have been
draped with the colors OF these nations
and other parts of the house have been
devoted TO American officers and bodies
OF our troops. Col. Pierson and Col
Pickett Of Governors Island will repre-
sent the Department of the East. In
every sense the opening Of Mothers
Liberty Bond" will be gala and pa
triotic event.
Salt Water Fete This Evening.
This is the night also Of the Salt
Water Fete offered by the Atlantic
Yacht Club at Sea Gate, and there IL
every indication that the generosity OF
these hospitable yacbtsmen Is going to
yield a ripe harvest Of dollars to the
smoke fund. John B. Creighton. acting
for Commodore Luckenbach, has proved
10 he marvellous hustler. Nearly all
the thousand advance tickets issued have
been sold, and 1t may as well be told
here that everybody who goes tonight
will have a chance to buy a dainty pro-
gramme from a pretty girl for 10 cents
It's all for smokes for the soldiers.
The programme is interesting and
suited to the weather. Frank G. Toy
OF the Royal Air Force is TO talk skout
his experiences lowering over the lines ir
the Marine salient; Sergeant Joseph Kill
Ian will sell trophies taken from Ger
man officers the collie presented to tn,
fund by Irving Favor Is to be sold, anc
another item given to the fund onl!
yesterday is TO go under the hammer.
This is Robert Louis Stevensons "Es
say on Walt Whitman" with Elber
Hubhard's "A Little Journey TO thu
Home OF Whitman" as an Introduction
The volume is one of fifty copies d,
luxe printed on fine India paper and IL
lumined by Minnie Gardner. It bear
hound in green leather, hand fooled b,
Henry Blackwell Of University place
who presented the book TO be sold fo
soldiers smokes.
In the strict advertisement of tn,
entertainment Miss Margaret Weaver.
concert rec!talist with n glorious con
tralto voice; Miss Helen Ware, in {
recitation; Cipango, in one of her famous
Hawaiian dances. and troupe o
The toplners from The Shelburne Re
rue' will figure. The programme girl
are Miss Louise Turnbridge. Miss Eliza
beth Niedinghaus. Miss Catherine VIII
cox. Miss Marion Riordan. Miss Grac
Love, Miss Helen Rowland, Miss Cecil:
Thoms Miss Elizabeth Rowland.
The committee in charge for the clul
is made up Of Commodore Edgar
Luckenbach, Major John william Tum
bridge and John B. Creighton. The ush
ers are enlisted men from the radio sta
ton in Sea Gate, Charles d. Cushman
Elmer Morrow, Anthony Pasquale, Johi
J.. Roche, Clarence r. Crosby and Wal
ter c. Doncourt
Concert to De Given for Fund.
The executive committee CONDUCTING
he popular open air concerts at tn
City College stadium has offered TIL
stN Tobacco Fund the net proceeds of II
concert there on the evening OF Angus
10 Very great soloists are promise,
'or this performance Until the officia
nrosramme is issued by the committe
me fund has been asked to withhold tn
names, but this Is for only a day or two
Inc chairman OF the committee is Mrs
CHARLES S. Guggenhemer and the treas
rrer Is lie Roy w. Baldwin. Other ex
e,1tves are Mrs. Charles b. Alexander
MIS- New bold lie Roy Edgar. Mrs. Rob
ett L. Gerry. Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson
Mrs. L, H. Hartman, Mrs. Thoma
hastings aud Mrs. Charles II. SEMI.
ne Stadium Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arnold Volpe, has don
much 10 famillarize the great publ
WIN The nnnAnrf,h Sta dIur, u.l,IoL L.