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New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
Sweets to the Sweet

Blanche Sweet has been away from
the screen for year and a half, just
the same length OF time that we have
been keeping track Of the stars in the
film armament, so that accounts FOR
our never having seen her. We should
add before" for nov we have seen her.
not just black and white shadow of
her, either, but q pink checked, golden
haired Blanche, fresh from the Coast.
1t was our intention when we saw
Miss Sweet to ask her if that was her
real name, and then when we did see her
we talked of so many other things
that it escaped our mind But we are
quite sure that It sn't. now, since we
have seen her 1t suits her so well
that it never could just have happened.
1t must have been selected by some
one with a sense of congruity.
Blanche Sweet has the whtest skin.
and hair that is a cross between gold
and silver She isn't very pretty until
she smiles. and then she is beautiful.
I'm only IN tic city for few days"
SAID Miss Sweet, land then I'm going
back to the Coast to begin The Unpar-
donable Sim That doesn't sound like a
very laudablc ambition, does it, but
that is the name of my new Rupert
Hughes picture, you know.
Il feel that my rest has done me q
world of good, for I had worked with
out vacation Cor q number Of years
just one picture after another. When
inst retired said it would be for only
month. Thon when Che month was up
liked playing so we'll that | decided
to allow myself another month, and by
that time was quite spoiled. just
loafcd and enjoyed it, and | never
wanted to go back. until suddenly one
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
New Plays This Week

MoNDNN the Republic Marjorie Rambu Poppes
by Rol Cooper Megue;
love IN France In Miss Rambelus
Lewis Stone, Percva Knight, Will Other
Al Gaiety, "tghtnin,' and three
presented by "nchel Smith and John L. sponsors
the Right The leading lasts here in
Ihe Cinderella Man whose resemblance
quehty remarked heightened with
ME- Bacon Ralph Morgan Thomas
stanton h. P!ankal Sam Coiurn
the Bou Double E@pour Avery present
ahd franclne larrmo John Wesley,
Inns is Mr. Hop"oods Warmcr and
Germs the disturbance caused lately
thc advent Indian Yogi
to ~ N
lRspAyAt the 4Sh Street Theatre the Index bv
lAlan lmb!c Bradley George bv Mr.
hroadhus with Julia Dean
BLAIR Camilla labeg
Waiter Ringham Harry l{adfed George
The
AT the George NJ Cohan Mtzi Overt
cal play by Jerome Kern
taken from story Nabro
topmoun girl OF troupe of travelling
ing Robert Emmett
haye Gertrude Dallas Boyd Marshall RUNWAY
troupe of acrobats and
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25

day all Of my old ambition returned
end now I feel absolutely indefatigaole.
81 am Under The infringement o.
Harry Carson. you know. and have jus;
finished my first picture, The flushed
Hour don't know what it means any
more than / know what the unpardOn-
able sin is
Miss Sweet is here in New York 10
buy gowns, Could anything be more
delightful? Fancy being turned loose
on Fifth Avenue and told TO buy 8 lot
OF clothes, and then to realize that you
weren't doing anything wicF.edly eS'
travagant; that you had 10 have them
in your business, anyway
But Miss Sweet says that her favor
itc shop is a certain one on the corner
CT Thirty-sixth Street. 1t is the hone
of sweets, too, and how she does loTs
them, We saw her eat one maple layer
cake with nuts, one raspberry ice and
one green thing with pistache icing
and yet she continues to tip the sca!''
at one hundred pounds net.
We might wind up by saying some
thing banal about sweets to the sweeN
but we think we shall save It for tN
head. h. l.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
Booking Berlin

Richard Henry Little, famous dra-
matte critic and war correspondent,
who is now in the Y. NJ. c. A. service,
visited Morris Gcst at the Century
Theatre yesterday to say goodby be-
fore sailing to join his unit in active
service in France. Mr.. Little ceased
Delng dramatic critic when "The Chi
cago Herald" was recently purchased
by "The Chicago Examiner" and at
that time Mr.. Gest offered him posi-
ton as advance agent for "Chu Chin
Chow" touring this season.
When Mr.. Little called on Mr.. Gcst
yesterday at the Century Theatre and
announced that he was about to ioin
the American army, Mr. Gcst again
offered him Il position as his agent. 81
Will engage you right now rs NV ad
vance agent to go ahead Of the first
American show that the rm Of Elliott.
Comstock e. Gcst sends ever to France.
which is 'Experience.' As fast as
General Pershing gets across the
Rhine and toward Berlin our company
Will follow up behind the firing line.
am going to try to have the honor
of presenting the first American play
at the Royal Opera House in Berlin
after they change the name of the the
atre thcrA to the American Theatre
| want you, Mr.. Little, to be my ad
vance agent and attend to all details
when my American company goes to
Berlin"
Mr.. Little promptly accepted the en-
gagement and took 81 on account ia
bind the contract.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
Naturalized Singers
May Join Chorus

The response to the announceh'',
that the Society of American SlAE'"
chorus for its season st the PARK in
atrc Opening September 23) would y
recruited among young artists desiF'-'
of experience has been overwhelming
The original announcement mad' .
imperative that all singers, even 10 -
choristcrs. should be American Dol"
but at the earnest solicitation OF !"
rous individuals William Wade h''
shaw. president of the Society "
American Singers. said to-day v. y.
have decided not to limit our chorus "
American born, but to engage Amef'sr. -.
citizens or citizens of our Allies. "
will engage experienced chorus gifis :
do special work in connection WIN w.
ballet. We want young dancers -.
would be glad to hear from those W..
have been looking for their s'''
chance.
eve are also ready to engage en0'',
men. with or without experience ~.
subject 60 the draft and OF S'''
enemies.
.In the case OF the chorus We
paying good salaries. do not per"
il is wise thing for unframed WI y,
to sing in opera choruses' ou'
not harm any we'll trained voice "
IN the charus."
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
Many Plays on List
OF Cohan and Harris

Subsequent to the production of
Three Faces East" Anthony Paul
Kelly's play of the Secret Service, at
their West Forty second Street The
atrc Cohan. & Harris announced their
oehnitc plans for new productions dur
ing the season Of 1918-'19. These in
clude:
Leo Ditrichstein in an original nlay
IN three acts, entitled "Thc Star" by
Mr.. Ditr;chstcin and A. f. Thomas:
"Davlds Adventure" whimsical play
in prologue, two acts and epilogue,
by A. f. Thomas, based upon the story
of "The Driftwood Adventure. by
Leora Dalrymple; "The Kings Double" !"
a dramatic musical play, book and
lyrics by Stephen Ivor Szinnyey and
William Carry Duncan music by An
sclm Gotzl; Chaunccy Olcott in a new
play.
Mrs. Hopes Husband" dramati-
zation by George NJ. Cohan from Gelett
Burgess's novel Of the same name:
Queen" dramatization by George
NJ. Cohan from Henry Sydnor Harri-
sons novel Of the same name; "Three
Live Ghosts" comedy in three acts,
by Frederic S. Isham; "The Beautiful
one" musical play, book and lyrics
by Rcnnold Wolf the music by Louis
A. Hirsch
A new musical play, as yet unnamed,
book by Roi Cooper Mcgruc, music
and lyrics by Sergeant Irving Berlin;
Look Upon the Prisoner" a comedy
drama, in three acts, by Rita Weman,
ard Irene O'Darc," comedy in three
acts, by james Montgomery.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
JOSEPHINE MEYER

When Arthur Hopkins, who would
rather be unconventional in his stage
direction than President, was casting
"a Very Good Young Man" Martin
Browns unconventional comedy with
which the Plymouth returned to life
last week. he scanned his memory for
an actress who might be able to give
an unhackneyed portrait Of q Green
point Irish mother. After irving one
or two he remembered Josephine
Meyer, crstwhile Washington Square
Player, and that his memory was
happy one is evidenced by Miss
Meyers performance.
Like many of the valiant group of
explorers IN the uncnarted seas of the
dramatic novelty which left its impress
on the American stage in spite Of its
brief existence, Miss Meyer was
dilettante in several spheres. She
wrote pieces for the magazines-still
writes them, for the matter of that
was the author of a book for boys
called "The Green c." drew as a side
line and was nightly Interested in the
theatre.
1t Was this last named interest thai
finally determined her career Miss
Meyer was close friend of Philip
Moeller and Eddie Goodman. two other
inspjra.ional spirits of The late lament
ed Players, and often they went to see
the Abbey Players, from Dublin, when
they came n the city, and talked and
dreamed of the fun they might have
with q little MA vhnnsn nf thni,. or..,
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25

None Of them ever dreamed then that
some day they would have one.
When ehe day came and the Band
boA was a reality there was scurry
ing among their set for players to fiji
the parts in the first bill Thus it
came about that Miss Meyer was as.
signed TO the role of the Mother in
Maeterlinck's "Interior," a Hooverized
sort Of part, in which she spoke no line
and mad only two movements, although
she was IN full sight Of the audience
throughout the playlet Shortly befor,
the opening something happened to the
actress who was to play one of the
roles in "Licenscd," and Miss Meye,
was also drafted for that
Subsequently she appeared N "0ver.
tones "Moondown,' The Bear and
"Thc Clod." 1t was in this last grisly
slice of life that she did her mos.
compelling work, in the character Of q
drudge. This portraiture still stands
as one Of the best bits OF acting in the
history Of the Washington Square
group.
After The organization transferred
its base 20 the Comedy Miss Meyer hal
to give up acting because of her health,
ard latterly she was the theatres PLAY
reader. Always she took pains to write
encouraging notes to aspiring play
wrishts whose efforts were rejected
She wrote 50 many Of these she feels
sure she viii always have friendly
reception al the hands OF any audience,
no matter what the merit Of her act
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
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Vaudeville

PALACE Eddie Foy and all the lit
tie Foys will be the hcadliners in a
sketch called Somewhere in New
York;; Van and Schenck 20 into their
second week with new songs and
pianologues; Lester Shcehan and Pearl
Rcgay bring a distinctive new dance.
Other features are Maud Lambert and
Ernest r. Ball, Florence Ames and
Adelaide Winthrop, Herbert Clifton,
the Act Beautiful and the Asahi Four
RlVERSIDE-Joseph T. Howard, we'll
known composer, will present his new
Song Bird Revue as sequel to the
'Musical World Revue" of last season.
! Ethelyn Clark and large company
will assist him. Dolly Connolly viii
sing new songs The Barr Twins Will
have Grace Doro at the piano. Other
acts are Ben Ryan and Harriet Lee in
Hats and Shoes" Eddie Dowing, Bos-
tock's Riding School, Donald Kerr and
Etiie Weston, Bollinger and Reynolds,
and the news in moving pictures.
ROYAL-Nonettc, the gypsy violin
ist and singer. will share the top line
with George Whiting and Sadie Burt
Nonette Will have Dave Jordan at the
piano. Whiting and Burt have a new
edition OF "SonSsayings.' Other feat
ures are the "Jazzland Foliies," Lillian
Fitzgerald, Julia Nash and c. H. ODon-
nell in "Three G. NJ; Adrain and
company, the DeWof Girls, Georgette
and Capltola, Bissett and Beatty, and
Hector, the mind-reading dog.
LOEW'S AMERICAN-Three head
liners, Trovello, in an original ven
triloquial speciality. The Awaiting
Chauffeur. Tom Davies and company
in "Checkmated," and Captain Barnett
and son, midget entertainers, will have
the first three nights of the week
Other acts are Bradley and Wheeler,
Raincs and Goodrich, Barnold's Dogs,
Kemp and Hollinson, and Doris Kenyon
in "The Street of Seven Stars" pict-
ure from Mary Roberts Rinehart's
novel of the same name. The vaudeville
programme for the last half of the week
will include "Xhe Whirl Of Girls"
putting on Airs" Mumford and
Thompson, Schoen and Walton. Mnetti
and Sidclli, and Emmett and Ledy, and
the picture will be Norma Talmadgc in
"Her Only Way"
NEW BRIGHTON -"An American
Ace,' by Lincoln J. Carter, condensed
from the four-act play which was pre-
sented at the Casino Theatre earlier in
the season, will be the headline feat
ure. In its now form, the play has
eleven scenes and requires fifty per
sons to present it, with twenty speak
ing parts. The leading roles are played
by Taylor Granville and Laura Pier
pont. Marie Nordstrom will sing a
group of songs written for her by her
sister, Frances Nordstrom. Other acts
are Ralph Dunbar's Tennessee Ten.
Bob Hall, Senior Westony, Santi, Rives
and Arnold, and the Gladiators.
BUSHWICK-Hugh Herbert in .
new comedy sketch, "The Question:"
by Aaron Hoffman, will be the feature
of the bill. Henry Belli:t will have a
condensation of "The Only Girl book
by Henry Blossom, music bv Victor
Herbert, offered by company of
! ten
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
"She Took a Chance"
To Be Presented Soon

Klaw e. Erlanger's second musical
comedy production for the new season
will be "Shc Took a Chance" which will
be presented at the Apollo Theatre, A.
lantic City, on September Q. Henry
Blossom has written the book from
Fred Jacksons farce, "a Full House"
The score is by Oza Waldrop.
The company includes Dallas Wei.
ford, May Vokes, Wanda Lyons, Mary
M'llburn, Eleanor Gordon, Ben Linn,
Alfred Gerard, Charles Olcott and
William Sullivan.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
TWO PLAYS
By Haywood Broun

WO interesting plays last week "Why
still third midwee as Sunday news
exigences "Under by far
workmanke
Enemes itself ado technique
n sincerity.
Bere Thomas English his
OF writing 1t would
OF the shows
couple
least tor the sake Of the novelty And
audience almost certain to forget that the play novelty
the
0e stage who
more say hat r has has devised the best
he
players. -
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
YaphanA Show STAYS On

On account Of its great success "Yip,
Yip' Yaphank,' Will continue at thc
Century Theatre this week This is the
hnal week for the big soldier show.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
"Girls De Looks" Ready

"Grls de Looks" is the title of the
new burlcsque organization which will
be presented by Barney Gerard at the
Columbia Theatre tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
"Over Here" at Fulton

Oliver d. Bailey has decided to call
his new play "Ovcr Here" 1t will open
at the Fulton Theatre in the first week
in September
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25

capitalizes his condition that he ceases
to be funny
Floyd Gibbons, the war correspond
ent of "lhe Chicago Tribune," who i,
over here to lecture, dropped into a
barber shop as soon as he landed. His
arm is still in a sling and there is a
patch over his eye to cover the spot
whore machine gun bullet went
through. The barber looked at him
with mild interest as he started to
work 81 suppose now" he said, "that
you've gotten something in that eye,
haven't you?"
One of the prisoners whom Gibbons
saw was a German medical major.
Somebody asked him whether the
Americans were good soldiers.
Il don't know" said the major. 'I
only saw one during the battle, and he
was most unsoldierhke. was in a
dugout with forty men when the
bombardment started After the firing
stopped came up to the entrance.
There was an American soldier stand
ing there. He did not look military at
all. His steel helmet was on the back
of his head. He didn't have any coat
on. Even his shirt front was unbut-
toned. He had hand grenade in
either hand. When he saw me he
whirled around and said: Come out of
that hole, you dirty Dutch pretzel, or
I'll spill a whole basketful of these
things down into your cellar 1t was
most unsoldierlike."
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
Hillian in the Frolic

British Columbia" lillian in
piano talk Will appear in the "Zicgfeld
Midnight Frolic,' beginning tomorrow
niSh5.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
Record for Baby Boo

Baby BOO. the elephant at Luna Park.
has broken a record this week for eat
ing peanuts.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25


son with all the rest. 1t is thrilling
from beginning to end. Part of the
credit should go to Shelley Hull, who
does most competent and compelling
bit of acting. 1t is something for an
actor to play the part of a German
soldier and not make him an absolute
carlcature. Another act suffers ex-
ceedingly from Hull. "Under Orders"
begins with a good scene between a
mother and her son, who is off to the
front. The mother, played moderately
we'll by E.fie Shannon. is trying hard
not to break down during the parting.
Her son is endeavoring to keep up her
courage by a show of seeming uncon-
Germ. Hull has misinterpretcd this
mood into sheer condescension. and he
is altogether lacking in any boysh
suggestion.
skilful at all in the way in which it is
put together. 1t is a rather badly built
play, and yet it should command more
interest than Under Orders" and more
than many another better polished play
now in New York. After all, it does
catch something from life. That is a
relief. Never are plays in general so
true to theatrical conventions as in
war time. The very act of squeezing
battles and national emotions into band
boxes tends to conventionalze them.
"A Very Good Young Man" does not
observe life accurately throughout. At
least, 1t is not accurate in the sense of
being realistic. Much of it is caricature.
but that does not prevent it from being
authentic. Somebody has called the
play Goldbergian. Now, the cartoonist
OF The Mail" certainly does not draw
people just as they are, and yet his
material has a direct relation to life.
1t may be a fault of Martin Browns
play that not all the characters are
seen from the same angle. Some of
them are not caricatures. His hero
and heroine are drawn pretty faith
fully. But such criticism is bit
fnicky, for little drama is written in
which some figures are not drawn with
broader stroke than others.
Being human at heart, "a Very Good
Young Man" is perhaps the most anus
ing play IN town. Only rare geniuses
can make up funny things out of their
head. The everyday run of theatrical
craftsman is funniest when he is trans
forming something which he has OBJ
crvcd into stage form
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25

In recent review we maintained
that incbriety was difficult subject
for dramatic purposes, because as d
matter Of fact the drunken man il usu-
ally much more amusing to himself
than to anybody else. Az rule,
humor demands that It's subject should
not be interpretive. We failed TO note
an exception. There is no denying the
humor OF purely visual inebriety for
stage purposes. When we wrote our
reyiew we had forgotten Leon Frrol.
in the serious moments when d
roistcrer is trying 70 do nomething or
get some place he can readily be anus-
ing. 1t is only when he consciously
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25

Julia Heinrich, the we'll known So
prano, who will sing with the Society
of American Singers at the Park
Theatre beginning September %. has
changed her name. She is now Julia
Henry.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
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Plays and Players

Taylor Granville has revised "An
American Ace" the melodrama which
was seen at the Casino Theatre, and
will present it in vaudeville at the New
Brighton Theatre this week. In it's
original form it ran three hours. This
schedule has been reduced to one hour
and fifteen minutes. Granville saved
lot of time by dropping the first act al
together.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25

somebody thought, that Ruth Find.
Ay was lackadaiscsl in "a Very Good
Young Man" We thought her per
formance much the best in the com
pany. And we think so still. There is
deep suspicion in our mind that any
actor or actress who fails to shout is
always in danger of the accusation Of
no. trying hard enough.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25

Something Of a record in producing
is being made by Leon Errol, who is d-
recting four new productions at the
same time. The first is "Look Who's
Here new musical comedy for Nora
Bayes. Also, he is rehearsing a new
musical comedy by George V. Hobart
for c. B. Maddox, and two other short
musical plays for the same manager.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25

George Nash, who plays Police Com
missioner Drake in THE Blue Pearl"
was member OF Joseph JcAerson's
company for several years. NJ. Nash
says: Il have always regarded him as
one of the founders of the modern
school of acting Mr.. Jefferson was in
advance OF his times as an actor. AS a
disciple OF naturalism on the stage he
was almost alone for many years.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25

Lubovska, the dancer in Everything"
at the Hippodrome, although a Russian,
is essentially Latin in temperament and
training. She was brought UP in Mex
lco City. She has danced with Ruth St.
Denis, and for several seasons has been
featured in vaudeville.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25

Frank Bacon has acted in other peo-
pies plays for thirty years. All the
time he was nursing one Of his own.
Tomorrow evening at the Gaiety Thea
tire his dream of years will be realized
with the production Of "Lightnin',"
which Winchell Smith wrote from the
actors idea
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-16
Be Courteous Always.

Next to honesty courtesy is the best
asset. Remember few people or firms
have such monopoly of products that
they can afford to be dlscourteous,
There are thousands Of people who
prefer courteous treatment to SUI.
perior goods. There is no reason why
they should not have both. But If one
or the other must suffer the courteous
chap will win out. That explains why
the store with the highest grade of
goods does not always have the
crowds. People like to be treated "a
though they counted in the worlds
economy. Whether they do or not
makes little difference. Let them
think they do and they win boost your
business to people who do. You Sc.
cure their good will through courtesy
and they join the ranks of your adyer.
Users. Men of business insight have
learned this long ago.