El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-11
To Travel in Special Train
and Present An-Star Cast
in Many Cities.

NEW YORK. May 1.-THE most i'm
IN posing OF the many ventures IN
dertaken by the theater in association
with the American Red Cross devel-
opes in the announcement that .
dozen Of the biggest stars OF the stage
VIII participate this month in
three weeks tour Of the country in
connection with the Red ross cam
paign for 500. 100000.
"Out There" a war play with a
Red Cross motif. has been selected as
the vehicle. and one Of the most re-
markable casts ever organized viii
interpret the parts. Those already
recruited are George NJ Conan.
George Arliss, h 3. Warner. Chaun-
cy OlcOtt, James K Hackett. James
7. Powers. George MacFarlane. Mrs.
Fiske and Laurette Taylor, and Il Is
expected that Grace George, Viola Al
len and Arnold Daily also viii be add
ed to the list.
All persons concerned with the pro-
jeCt will. Of course. give their ser
vices without charge, and conse-
quenuy the entire gross receipts viii
be given TO the Red Cross Even the
problem OF transportation has been
solved. for a special train viii be
by the government The prices OF
tickets win range from so down TO
81. with the probability that seats
viii be sold at auction in many cities
and much larger sums thus realized.
All programs viii cost 81, and Burr
Mcintosh viii travel with the com
pany to auction off an autographed
program at every performance It is
expected that the three weeks tour
viii yield s1.000.000.
-Four performances viii be given in
New YoFk-One in Brooklyn and
three in Manhattan. The tour viii be-
gin in Washington next Monday night
and the cities then visited viii be
Baltimore, Philadelphia, Hartford.
Boston, Springfield, Buffalo. Pitts
burgh. Chicago. st. Louis, Indianapo-
lis. Detroit. Cincinnati and New York
In most cases only a single perform
ance viii be given in each city. The
Manhattan performances probably
will be given on Friday and Saturday,
Nay Il and IS. The theater has not
been selected
No Part for Mrs. FIske.
There is no part in the play FOR
Mrs. Fiske. but that actress viii read
a Red Cross appeal as a part OF the
action in the last act. President Will
son has been asked to write this ap-
peal At the conclusion Of every per-
Torrance The Star Spangled Ban.
ner" viii be sung by a grand opera
artist, who is at present undecided
upon
An American soldier is being added
TO the hospital scene in the plays sec
Ond act, and ii is this role in which
Mr. Conan will be seen Miss Taylor
viii play the part which she created.
George Arliss will be seen as the doc
tor. II. B. Warner as the brother,
Herb; James T. Powers as a cockney;
Chauncy Olcott as an Irish soldier:
u II Nnf =aaH# Harr-- al
der, and George NlacFarlane as a
Scotch soldier.
Those primrily responsible for the
undertaking are George c. Tyler,
klaw & Erlanger and Cohan s. Har-
ris. Playing a single night in a city
viii involve breaking into the weeks
run Of the attraction which is appear
ing there at the time, and IN every
instance the producer has Immediate
" agreed to step aside. The local
arrangements in each city and the
sale Of tickets viii be in charge OF
the Red Cross
No Summer Vacation.
For the first time in the history
Of the theatrical business Of Messrs.
Lee q j. J. Shubert the closed" sea-
son this summer viii not be observed.
This announcement was made by the
Shubert management following an in
teresting discussion as to what char
acter OF entertainment could be Of
fered men in the U. S. service in and
about New York. either in training
camps OF on their way over there"
The exceptionally large number OF
military men now in the city. and
who viii be in the city throughout
the summer. and the governments de-
sire to have entertainment provided to
tighten the worries of camp life. viii
undoubtedly prompt a large NUM- Der
Of producers, other than that of the
Shuberts, TO also present plays
throughout the summer season.
Several new plays VIII be produced
by the Messrs Shubert although
there are a number OF Shubert pro-
ductiOns now playing which Will run
through the summer season. These
are. Al Jolson in "Sinbad" at the VIM
ter Garden: Clifton Crawford in Fan
cy Free" at the AstOr theater; May
time" at the BrOadhurst theatsr; "A