The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-13
NAVY OFFICER MANS
THE WRONG PUMPS
Abandons Ship in Broadhurst
Theatre With Constance
Binney's Slipper.
AND SHOES so EXPENSIVE
Field Day at Polo Grounds for
the Actors Fund Of
America.

One was under the fixed conviction
that officers OF the navy were always
gallant, in sea fights and in tea fights
But Claude Greneker Of the Shuberts'
own bureau of public information as
serts there's one who isn't, because this
officer carried away slipper from tho
foot OF the leading woman of "3s East"
as loot Mr.. Greneker is still hunting
for the officer or the sllpper-he doesn't
care which.
He says II happened during the sec
ond act Of the play, when the leading
woman tripped over Central Park. Her
pump caught In q grass mat trans
planted, representing the park in the
Broadhurst Theatre. and the leading
woman promptly shed her footgear over
the footlights-from which It can be seen
II wasn't due to high kicking. for the
part doesn't call for that The flying
slipper struck the naval officer near
the belt whereupon he resorted to foul
tactics also and kept It For the rest Of
the act the leading woman had to be up
on her toes,
This is designed as an appeal 20 that
naval officer to return-with the slipper
and all will be forgiven. Prince
Charming will receive from Cinderella
a suitable reward-preeumably with the
other slipper. The leading woman's
name, by the way. is Constance Binney.
Field Day at Polo Grounds.
This afternoon the Polo Grounds will
have field day for the benefit of the
Actors Fund OF America. which is
planned to emphasize the comic rather
than the tragic side of life. The actors
will play the songwriters at baseball.
and it is expected that the actors will
win because performers at pianos all
around the field will play the writer's
song hits, which is enough to madden
all the stars into slamming out home
runs. Various noted performers will do
stunts and Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker,
the American ace, has promised to fly
over the field with Pearl White as a
passenger, while JEFF Davis will Try to
bum ride underneath the machine
without being put or
Winchell Smith and John L. Golden
celebrated their 3,oo0th birthday last
week. 1t was In Philadelphia. at the
S,000th performance OF Turn to the
Right" the comedy which brought them
together three years ago for the good
of their bank accounts. They were pre-
scented with a large birthday cake, bear
ing 5000 toothpicks as more typical than
candies OF the square meals they had
pctH tudDltu W Duy- anu 10 I1dke the
whole thing good yarn, previous to the
matinee they closed a contract with
1.angdon Mitchell for a new comedy just
completed by him, which will be given a
chance for it's life on Broadway soon.
The Morris Gest Century Midnight
Whirl also celebrated an anniversary
last week. cutting its first wisdom tooth
Sophie Tucker and her jazz bombing
squad Johnny Dooley OF the Listen
h~w n1 ~
smile: rorsidina as a plain clothes
woman and not an overdressed Hawaiian
belle: Bernard Granville. without his
flying. uniform, but still retaining his
flying foct, and Harry Carroll, who finds
Chopin a good stimulous to ragtime. were
among those who took part in what John
Henry Mears describes as an incandes
cent evening.
The Hippodrome last week had a fash
ion show in charge of Desiree Lubovska
the Russian dancer IN Everything" ant
Frances Ziebarth. head OF the costumins
department, and now Charles Dillingham;
10 thinking of having an article incor
porated in the League of Nations stipu
lating that the centre OF styles shall b
transferred from Paris to Sixth avenue
and Forty-foWth street
In the Lexington Theatre to-nigh
Mimi Agugiia, Italian actress, will ap
pear in "Passa Italia" play IN three
acts by Count Magnonni of Rutino, whicl
10 to be presented under the patronage
of the Italian Naval League for tn
benefit Of the orphans Of sailors who diet
In the war.
Thackeray Gets . Chance.
rhackeray will DO given another
chance when THE Rose and the Ring
Is presented In the Punch and Jud!
Theatre for a quickfire run beginninl
Tuesday OF Easter week. This produc
ton also will serve to bring Tony Sarg
raariopettes back to Broadway In wha
might be considered the most appropriate
theatre for them-though probabl.
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