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PLAYS THAT LAST.

Aston. East Is West; Be-
lasco, "Tigerl Tiger!"; Belmont,
The Little Brother; Bijou, "A
Sleepless Night; Booth, THE
Woman in Room 49,; Broad
hurst, "The Melting of Molly;
Casino, Some Time; Central,
"Somebody's Sweetheart: Cen
fury, "fhe Betroshal"; cohan,
"A Prince There Was: Conan
g. Harris, THE Royal Vaga-
bond; Comedy, "Toby's Bow;
Cort, THE Better Ole; Criter-
ion. Three Wise Fools;
Eltinge, up in Mabels Room;
Empire, Dear Brutus".; Forty
fourth Street, "Sinbad"; Forty
eighth Street, THE Net; Fulton,
The Riddle: Woman; Gaiety,
"Lightnin' Globe, THE Ca
nary; Greenwich Village,
"Hobohemia"; Harris, The In
visible Foe; Henry Miller's,
Mis- Nelly of N'Orleans"; Hud-
son, Friendly Enemies;
Knickerbocker. Listen Lester,
Liberty, Inc marquis DC
Priola": Little, please Get Mar
ried"; Longacre, Three Faces
East; Lyceum. "Daddies";
Lyric, THE Unknown Purple;
Maxine Elliott's, Tea for
Three; Morosco, "Cappy
Kicks; New Amsterdam, THE
Velvet Lady; New Amsterdam
Roof, Combination Frolic";
Nora Bayes, Ladies First;
Playhouse, Forever After;
plymouth, Redemption; Prin-
ress. "Oh, My Dear; Punch
I'D Judy. Portmanteau Plays;
ielwyn, The Crowded Hour;
shuoert, Good Morning, Judge;
'hirty-ninth Street, Keep 1t to
ourself"; Vanderbilt, "A Little
Quincy" Winter Garden,
Monte Cristo. Jr."
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WAR BENEFIT TONIGHT.

David Belasco is still doing his bit
Tonight at the Belasco Theatre there
will be presented as the result of his
careful preparation what will prove to
be perhaps the most elaborate pro-
gramme ever offered on the local stage.
After a brief introduction by
Thomas A. WISE who will act as
master of ceremonies, the first regular
feature will be a dancing number by
Dorothy Dickson and Carl Hyson.
Edith Wynne Matthison will read
three interesting selections: Masefield's
1.-THE West Wind is a Good Wind" a
'sha++e5pearea3 sonnet and poenlSSS
Charles Ram Kennedy.
A scene from the popular success,
1.-THE Better OLE will introduce Old
Bill and his two companions in the
persons Of Charles Coburn, Charles
McNaughton and Colin Campbell.
Then will come the piece dc resist
dnce, in which the Stage SWomen's
War Relief will present David Belasco
himself, supported by an all star cast
in the first release Of a two reel film
entitled, "A Star over Night" Besides
the greatest of our producers the cast
will include Bruce McRae, Hamilton
ReveIle. Kathleen Nesbitt, Gladys
Morris. Elizabeth Risdon and Edward
Martindale. This interesting number
was written by Ann Irish, with scenario
by Calder. johnson. IT was directed by
George Terwilliger, photographed by
Louis Demmeyre and supervised by
Eugene Spitz
The dramatic feature OF the pro-
gramme is one to which Mr.. Belasco
has really devoted the best Of his
genius 1t is a playlet entitled when
Baptiste Came Back" and Is said to
be a powerful little drama, written by
Ethellyn Brewer DE Foe. Mr.. Belasco
has given 1t "a thorough scenic pro-
duction and has staged II under his
personal direction with powerful
cast. which will include Frances Starr
IN the ieadins part, supported hy
Wallace Erskine, Pedro de Cordoba
and Julia Arthur
| George NJ. Conan. Americas most
popular comedian, will contribute the
next number, followed by "A dancing
| specially ~ Dsssio Mccoy Savls.
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By PERCY BURTON,
General Manager for Mr.. and Mrs
Coburn with 1.-THE Better Ole"

w 7 HEN 1 first Joined the late
w Charles Wyndham. twenty
years ago, found him literally
showed under a mass of CORE
spondence and Immediately devised a
scheme by which he should have the
burden of 1t taken off his mind.
opened his letters myself in the morn
Ing and gave him a typewriter and
tabulated form in three columns; the
first, from whom the letters came; the
second. rather more comprehensive in
extent, as to what they were about, and
in the third column what l proposed
to reply to them. Then If he wanted to
see the originals he could ask for them;
but, truth TO tell. there were very few
Of any real Importance. a great
many were platonic love letters from
anonymous admirers of his personality
and acting, so | found my work
as his amanueflsis very interesting. No
actor ever received so many billets
douN. | am sure-not even a moving
picture hero. Charles Wyndham had a
very Ingenious way of jogging his own
memory. The last thing at night he
would usually send himself a post card
about anything he wanted to remem-
Der the next morning. and anyNletters
he wanted to keep he would DEPOSIT
In his tophat. I have often seen him
absent mindedly raise his hat to his
head and be surprised to find a lot of
letters falling over him. He and
Miss Mary Moore ialso had so many
applications for autographs that we ar
ranged a contribution of two shillings
and siXpence each TO the Actors Be-
nevolent Fund and asked for a recipe
from that society before the autogra ph
fend was satisfied. And if photo
graphs were required an extra amour,
10 cover the cost of these was de-
manded. IL a stamped envelope were
sent this was used for the enclosure
OF neatly printed card to this effect
otherwise applicants were usually
doomed to disappointment. l can
recommend from experience this form
OF treatment for the importunate au-
tograph hunter. More fortunate on
my first application to Mr.. Wyndham.
I had just returned from tour as an
actor. spending more money than
made With some experience in Bar
nun & Bailey's managerial and press
departments, ! wrote Mr.. Wyndham
as he then was, applying to him in
scrio- comic vein for post as "secre
tary in real life" and as his SERVANT
in stageland."
Ny letter evidently appealed to him
for he at once wired asking me to see
his business manager, and i was en-
gagged as assistant manager and secre-
tary to Wyndham. 1t was the same
business manager of Wyndham
who experienced, perhaps, one of
the best retorts ever made by
q drunken man, which Wyndham
enjoyed more than any one. One
night some crude melodrama, THE
Face at the Window" l think, was
being played at the Fulham Theatre.
when q man, obviously the worse for
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Vaudeville and Burlesque.

PALACE-Ruth St. Denis, in
medieval, symbolic and dra-
matte dances. will show her old
friends at this theatre that she's
not through with them by a long
step: Louise Dresser and Jack
Gardner will stand by "The
Union" a dramatic burst from
Jack Lait's machine gun belt of
sketches: Lieut.. Pat O'Brien,
author of "Outwitting the Hum"
will jump into vaudeville with
the same elan with which he
leaned from a German express
train, aai.znpill naRate how. il
feels to fall several thousand feet
from an airplane and land safely
in a German prison camp.
RIVERSIDE-Mme. Olga Pc
trova, who has been lending her
countenance to the movies for
the past few semesters of the
dramatic curriculum, will return
to vaudeville in symphony of
beauty, color and song" guar
anteed to take ones mind off
the Peace Conference; Mabel
McCane will brighten the world
with a new revue, with AL Sex
ton, Grant and Wing as the guard
of honor, and other acts will in
clude a cyclonic cycle of song by
the Duncan Sisters, Rosetta and
Vivian, who have youth, ap-
pearance, personality, voices and
practically everything in their
favor. including the press agent.
COLUMBIA-Besides the ad-
vent of peace, another Cause for
rejoicing this week is the ap-
pearance at this theatre of
George Stone and Eta Pillard,
the two deans of the Social
Maids coalition. Assisted by
John O'Donnell, Bert Bernard.
Mabelle Blake, Rose Duffin and
others, they will present a new
tive act satire. "Te Boys From
Home" which is expected to
make anybody laugh at the lads
who felt they were needed during
the war to keep the home fires
burning.
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Where the Plays Change.

SHUBERT-RIVIERA Mary
Nash will offer upper Broadway
a weeks opportunity to make
good in the way of enthusiasm
over "The Big Chance" which
will be carried into action by the
same company that kept 'em COM
ing at the Forty-cighth Street
Theatre.
STANDARD-In George M.
Cohan's comedy THE Voice of
Mcconnell" Chauncey Olcott
will this week run up the scale
as far as Ninetieth street. Only
minor changes have been made
in the cast of players that
brought a touch of the brogue to
one of the downtown theatres,
and Mr.. Olcott's voice remains
the same.
LOEW'S SEVENTH AVE-
NUE-A. H. Woods has suf-
hcient faith in the artistic dis
cernment of Harlem to throw
open to that section Eyes Of
Youth" the play by Max MARGIN
and Charles Guernon, which re-
quired an entire year to get
started away from the Maxine
Elliott's Theatre. Besides Alma
Tell, the company comprises a
typical Woods cast, including a
small legion representing the
Hewitt family.
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brown and in spots to a lighter shade.
These limitations in regard TO complete
harmony of color were imposed by ma
ture, for the aforementioned guardian
Is a Boston bull and rejoices in the
name of Toodikins. Toodikins is an
accomplished canine. He is an actor
of sorts IL not of parts and his expert
nee embraces activities in both the
motion picture and legitimate fields
lie recently made his first appearance
IN Broadway at the Playhouse with
Miss Brady IN Forever After" adding
new color note to the scenic sur
roundings of the second act of owen
Davis's romance. Toodikins's debut In
Forever After" was an unqualified
success, which was not at all uneX-
pected when it Is known that he has
prominently with Miss Brady
in several potion pictures, and on the
word of his mistress, photographs well.
Prior to his appearance in Forever
After" Toodikins on one occasion al
most reached the stage in that play,
but fortunately in that instance was
thwarted in his ambition. When Miss
Brady was trying out Forever After"
n. Long Branch last summer, TODD
iiins Of course accompanied her. For
the premiere he was given seat be-
side one of Miss Brady's friends In the
sixth row in the orchestra. 1t must be
recorded that he didn't display great
deal of interest in the first two acts OF
Forever After" but in the third in
that scene in which Miss Brady cry
ing, pours out her heart, he was gall
vanized into immediate action. The
sound OF his mistress voice apparently
in distress reused Toodikins and he
started for the stage, first giving vent
to loud yelp meant to denote no
doubt that help was at hand. Fortu-
nately he was restrained before he
reached the stage and was escorted
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from the theatre. Strange as it may
seem Toodikins has not been priv
ileged to sit in the front since.
The motion picture activities OF the
guardian of her green room were re-
sponsible for joke on Miss Brady and
one she delights to tell. Miss Brady,
it seems, was en- route to Washington
and had Toodikins in the Pullman with
her. The conductor came along and
gave both Miss Brady and the dog a
critical survey Miss Brady looked up.
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The first or what may be described as
"the green ROOM" is of course the re-
ception room, where Miss Brady greets
her friends back stage. 1t is done in
ivory and old rose and reflects the
charm of its designer. The second
room is used altogether as a dressing
room.
follow out the proper scheme of things,
should also be done in ivory and old
rose AS matter of fact he is done
in black, running in places to dark
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present, L replied, and Wyndham,
who was signing photographs with one
hand and lathering his face prepara-
tory to shaving with the other,
looked as though he were foamlng at
he mouth. 1 got a raise, however.
Charles Wyndham had sudden attacks
IF generosity, and more than once
left for Paris with check for $3.50 or
5000 in my pocket. A touch Of humor
would always appeal to him. Truth to
tell, Wyndham was rather self-centred,
and rarely II ever got the worst of a
bargain. He brought all his charm of
personality and magnetism into busi-
ness. He could get an actor or actress
70 work for him at less terms than any
ther managers, and II there were
any dispute was always keen on arbi-
tration. He had q legal as we'll as
a medical mind and was as versatile as
he was brilliant, being just as good an
actor Off the stage as he was on. T
was with him when he opened Wynd-
hams Theatre, and though lie
promised to put me in as manager at
the New Theatre when it was ready
| was on tour with Wilson Barrett,
but rejoined him shortly afterward
during the run of Captain Drew on
cave" one of his happiest successes.
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MISS BRADY'S TWO JOYS.

Alice Brady has two especial joys in
life-her dressing room at the Play
house and the guardian of that sane
tum. The dressing room in reality is
suite Of two commodious rooms ex-
quisitely furnished and with every
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You're n motion picture actress,
aren't your" asked the conductor.
Yes" replied Miss Brady somewhat
delighted to find herself recognized.
II thought So" came from the con-
ductor. i've seen that dog on the
SCREEN"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-13
HALF HOLIDAY is
TAKEN BY STRIKE
Mdchinists Will Lay off on
Saturday Afternoons.

Having failed to get concession Of
the forty-four hour week. $500 MEM
bers OF the International Association Of
Machinists will quit work under orders
from the union heads to-day, take the
afternoon of and return to work Mon
day morning. BY so doing they avoid a
strike. but they will get the forty-four
hour week. They intend. to take Satur-
day afternoons off the remainder Of the
month and on October / will submit de-
mands for pay increases of rs per cent,
when there may be walkout. There
was no indication of the attitude which
the employers would assume toward the
workers declaration of a half holiday.
A shipyard strike may be called to-
day after a meeting in Palace Hail.
rwenty-third street and Third avenue,
Brooklyn, of workers of the Tebo Yacht
Basin and the Robins Dry Dock and Re-
pair Company. The demands are to be
formulated then. A report was received
at the Downey Shipbuilding Corporation
that the workmen would quit at IL
o'clock to-day and the Standard Ship
building Corporation did not expect the
men to return for the afternoon. Boiler
makers and shipbuildes in Jersey City
voted on a strike call, but the result was
not made known. The men are en-
ployed in Weehawken and Hoboken.
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PAPER MOVED. BUT
STRIKE is STILL ON
Publishers, However, Say
Freshmen Are Weakening.

Rolls of paper that had remained out
side the plant of the Publishers Print
ing Co.. 207 West Twenty-ffth street.
for several days were taken in yester-
day and the publishers consider the
moving of the paper a defeat for the
striking pressmen and paper handlers
Of their plant who have been on strike
since Saturday.
The strike probably IL the most COM
2licated that has come to public atten-
ton in some time. James ]. Ragley Of
Franklin Union %, and Bernard Nolan.
president of Pressmen's Union 81, the
two unions principally affected by the
strike, say they are affiliated with the
A F. of l. In a statement issued by the
Publishers Printing Co., the latter say
they are operating a strictly union shop
and the local unions have revolted from
the A. F. of La The strikers are called
members of the dissenting union by the
printing company's statement, which
also says that besides scoring a moral
pounds of paper that had been on the
sidewalk they also received a large
quantity of ink.
The striking union had stated that
this paper would not be taken into the
plant and the issues of several Inasa-
zines, among them the Literary Digest,
would not be got out. The Publish
ing company denies that the Digest
was prevented by the strike from get
ting out it's edition.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-13
SCHOOL HEAD BIDS GEORGE
BREAK STRIKE OF PUPILS
But Kids Hide Away and Truant Officer Is Baff1ed-
Breach to Go On Until Beloved Prin-
cipal Is Reinstated

matter to summon the parents Of the de-
linquent kids to court and make them
answer for their conduct, and with that
in view he gathered a bunch OF names
and returned to Superintendent Smith.
But there Is one kid In Clifton who is
In for an awful licking from the other
kids Yesterday the pickets saw him
marching right in the front door with
his books while a powerful maternal
parent acted as bodyguard. Just wait
till he tries to go to school without his
mother!
The kids VINO had vanished during
school hours had all been piped back in
some mysterious manner last night, and
they celebrated their strike by marching
the streets and banging on dishpans and
producing sweet and harmonious sounds
trying to read their papers didn't all like
this stun, but the mothers who are sup
porting the strike Of the kids went ahead
with plans for big mass meeting to be
held on Monday night. Then they will
voice their indignation over the removal
Of Principal PETER after he had refused
to pass the son OF William c. jackson.
president of the Board OF Education, In
examinations. I'VE will find out whether
jackson is the C1ar of Clifton" said
Mrs. Mary Townsend, one of the leaders
Of the movement
Among the banners carried by kids in
the streets last night was one reading.
Don't vote for William c. Jackson
jackson is running for member OF the
City Council. Mrs, Herbert Fenner, wife
of his opponent. is aiding the strike.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-13
SPEEDS PAST HYLAN
HOME: ARRESTED
Ex-Soldier Escapes Penalty
on Cops Plea.

Following the killing of Alfred Musca-
tella, 10. of 324 East 119th street by an
automobile at First avenue and 11Sth
street yesterday afternoon, the driver.
andrew Interato, 1916 First avenue, was
arrested on suspicion of manslaughter.
On his arrangement interato was held in
SIS, 900 bail by Magistrate Schwab.
Benjamin Berkowitz, Is, 60 East l0eth
street. was bruised and a bone in his
right foot fractured when he was thrown
from a horse drawn wagon in a collision
with an automobile at Broadway and
Sixty-eighth street No arrest was made
Charles Bast, %, of sos Hickory
street. Brooklyn, charged with speeding
at twenty-six miles an hour past the
home of Mayor Hylan in Bushwick ave-
nue., received a suspended sentence on
the plea of the arresting officer. who said
Bast was a first offender and was just
back from France, where he served with
the Twenty-elghth Infantry, First Dlvi-
sion. Frank Miller. 90, SIS Stanton
street. Brooklyn. was fined $50 for speed
Ing In St Johns place
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The scheme which Superintendent Of
Schools George c. Smith had yesterday
for breaking the pupils strike at Clifton.
N. j., was simple. In fact It looked so
easy that he wondered no one had
thought OF II the day before. He de-
cided to let George do It.
George, who Is also called Mr.. Eisen-
hauer, is a truant officer. and Superin-
tendent Smith Just told him that II was
UP to him to 80 to Clifton and gather all
Of those 1914 militant kids under his
arms and carry them kicking and
squirming off to school.
But when George arrived on the scene
he found Clifton just as depopulated Of
kids as IL the Pied Piper had been
along before him and had piped them
all over the hills and far away. 1t was
the Quietest and peacefullest town he
had ever laid eyes on. From the time
when the old bells OF the Albion place
school rang out their summons in early
morn until the teachers wendell their
homeward way not one infant stirred
on the broad highways. Cats and dogs
were In their glory as they prowled the
streets immune from innocent child
hoods pranks. But George Eisenhauer
was STEPPED In gloom as he paced back
and forth and peered behind trees and
shrubbery for the elusive Juveniles. find
ing nary a one.
At length George gave up in despair.
He decided that II would be an easier
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-13
TIDE SLAMS LINER
ABOUT IN RIVER
Caserta Damaged and Floods
Pier From Exhousts.

The steamship Caserta gave a spirited
Imitation Of bucking horse yesterday
under the influence of the strong food
tide which swirled up the North River
at Pier So. Before she was finally tied
down with hawsers the ship bumped
the structure 80 hard she broke a pull
ley support and a lamp. Then she
flooded the pier floor from her exhausts
so her 402 passengers leaped from rag
bale to rag bale to escape the wet floor.
Hector C. Drancati OF 100 Holland
avenue. The Bronx, brought home with
him hard luck story and an intense
hatred of red tape. After serving In
the 1929 Infantry. Drancati was dis
charged at st. Afghan last March. I'm
fortunately his discharge papers did not
show he was an American citizen, al
though he came to the United States in
1897 and was naturalized in 1912. After
going broke in Paris he had to declare
he was an Italian citizen in order to
get passport admitting him to Italy.
When in Italy he sent to the United
States for his citizenship papers and
when these reached him NE finally sue
ceeded In getting an American passport
from the American Consul at Milan.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-13
UNDERTAKEN JOINS
HIS PRIEST IN DEATH
Dooley and Father Reilly of
Bdyonne Long Friends.

The Rev. Peter e. Reilly Of st. Henry's
Church. Bayonne, N. j.. had been a close
friend OF John f. Dooley, an undertaken
Of that city. who lived at $50 Broadway,
The men were nearly of an age, Father
Reilly being so and Mr.. Dooley a year
or two younger. Through Father Reilly's
influence. Mr.. Dooley had been ac-
tive in the church affairs and q great
affection sprang up, ripening during the
fourteen years that Father Reilly held
the passionate.
On Thursday evening Father Reilly
succumbed to apoplexy. Mr.. Dooley was
called to attend the body. He arrived
with an assistant, but was so overcome
with grief that he expressed a wish to
be relieved Of his duties. He neverthe-
less remained. Suddenly he was seized
with heart attack and fell Unconscious
He was carried to an adjoining room In
the rectory, where in half an hour he
died.
FL Their Reilly was extremely popular
in church work On July "a, when
he Celebrated his jubilee anniversary a.
priest, he received from his parishion-
ers a gift OF $4,000 to apply on the
church debt and TO construct a new par
ish school.