The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-12
'HASHIMURA TOGO
WON BY THE STAGE
Gregory Kelly Agrees to Put
Life in the Irwinesque'
Creations.

Gregory Kelly. who has been 80 en-
sagingly American for two seasons as
Willie Baxter in Seventeen" hopes next
faii to become a yellow streak as Hash
Hnnra Togo. most famous japanese
schoolboy-which, in addition to their
peace treaty concessions, ought to sat
isfy the Japs themselves. He IL 20 be
presented by Stuart Walker in a dra-
matte version of Wallace Irwin's stories,
Whioh have lightened the labor of read :
ers OF Good Housekeeping Maoastne
while on still hunt for recipes,
Eleanor Gates, author-9f@ "a Poor
Little Rich Girl" Is making the dramati-
cation, and II is feared, in view of the
subject. that Mr.. Kelly at last will have
to cut his hair. Hashtmura already has
been presented on the screen but this
is the first time he has been involved
with the stage.
Paul NJ. Potter's farce Pretty Soft"
prior to its premiere on Thursday night,
will have private presentation tonight
before soldiers. sailors, marines. Red
Cross nurses and war workers awaiting
rehabilitation. the management having
chosen this method Of trying out the
play because persons in the service,
through being invited to 50 many pro-
auctions during the war, have developed
into some OF our best dramatic critics
The performance will be repeated to-
morrow night, and as both shows are
free to men In uniform the management
feels certain OF having at least two ca
pacity audiences during the run of the
piece.
Good Fellows as Mothers.
The girls in Charles Dillingham's
She's Good Fellow" company at the
Globe Theatre organized Little
Mothers" movement yesterday and now
every bonafide mother in the country
who feels that her wounded soldier boy
in a debarkation hospital in this city
needs a mother drawn from the ranks
o. actresses Is urged to send names and
addresses to Fred G.. Latham. stage
director Of the musical comsdy-and
her son doubtless will be grateful to her
for life. For the girls who are going
to take motherhood seriously in this
way are Ann Orr. Ivy Sawyer. Elsie
Lawson. Gertrude Maitland. Rozetta
Duncan. Vivian Duncan. Florence Edncy.
Nellie Fillmore. Florence bruce and
Airline Chase. and they will provide the
wounded soldier with reading matter
and amusement and will write home
ing anything about heart attacks.
William c.. McAdoo, who became
famous overnight as the general di-
rector for David w. Griffith and the
newly formed Big Five organization Of
motion pictures. together with Mrs. Nc
Adoo and Sir Thomas Upton. will be on
hand to say nice things as Mr.. Griffith's
guests tomorrow evening when his
repertoire season starts the neolithic age
OF the movies at the George NJ. Cohan
Theatre.
Ada Mae Weeks. who has been absent
the past few days from Listen Lester"
at the Knickerbocker Theatre while sus-
tanning a case of tonsilitis. heard that
the attending physicians were consider
ing an operation. Immediately recovered
and returned to the cast.
Follies Go to Court.
Florence Ziogfeld. Jr.. has served
notice OF an injunction suit on John NJ
Anderson, Bernard Gallant and Arthur
Pearson. prospective promoters OF the
Greenwich Village Follies, following Mr..
Ziegfeld's annual custom of seeking to
prevent the use of his trademark for his
own beauty output. This is the first
public intimation that Greenwich VIII
lage contemplated any follies outside
Of the usual variety.
F. Ray Comstock, protected from the
wind by Robert Milton, general stage
director. returned from Buffalo Satur-
day, where they were quite able to sit
through the newe Coms.ock & Gest pro-
duction. Through che Ages" This dra-
matte spectacle. by Guy Bolton and
George Middleton. after a week in those
hothouses OF the drama Detroit and Bal
timore will be considered ripe for New
York in August.
Meanwhile. with energy still to burn,
Mr. Comstock will place in rehearsal on
Wednesday welcome Home" new
comedy by Guy Bolton. which will try
also to find a home in Baltimore for the
FIRST week in June.
To mitigate the suffering and losses in
range stock among the Western states
Mrs. Ffske, the celebrated benefactor OF
cattie-as well as large part OF man
kind-will give benefit performance OF
Mis- Nelly Of " Orleans" at Henry
Miller's Theatre on Saturday afternoon,
May 81, the proceeds to go TO the Ameri-
can Red Star Relief. which looks after
Mrs. Fisle's dumb animal friends while
she is acting.
East Is West" will be viewed tonight
at the Astor Theatre by the Blooming
dale Dramatic Glass. which will have
theatre party given by Samuel ]. Bloom
ingdale of Bloomingdale Brothers, said
10 be the only department store that in
cludes the drama as part of its regular
stock.
Every one living at 80 East, no mat
ter what street, will be welcome to
performance OF "39 East" at the Broad
hurst Theatre at a special matinee to be
hxed by the Shuberts so as TO allow
nlef,ty OF time for a wholesale migration