The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-06
HIPPODROME SHOW
TO Be HAPPY DAYS
Charles Dillingham's New
Spectacle Will Have Pre-
miere This Month.
"CHU CHIN CHOW" FRIDAY
Adriatic's Delay Necessitates
Another Postponement at
Century Theatre.

Century Theatre.
Mark Luescher has had his mimeo-
graph premiere at the Hippodrome and
now It's Happy Days" at the big house.
Mark not only comes back from his
Sabine farm all primed with new ways
to break into print, but he actually
does It by announcing that Charles
Dillingham's forthcoming spectacle this
season will be called Happy Days"
in honor Of Marks annual vacation.
This show, the Nth OF the Dillingham;
pageants in the Hippodrome. will be
the opus Of r. II. Burnside. general
stage director, with a musical scaffold-
ing constructed by Raymond Hubbell.
who is thinking seriously of writing a
successor to poor Butterfly"
The opening date. which will be later
this month, will be announced sooner
than any one expects. Principals and
chorus are now doing road work under
Mr.. Burnside at the Seventy-hrst Regi-
ment Armory. The corps dc ballet are re-
hearsing in the ballet room. the corps
de carpenters are composing the me-
chanical effects on the huge stage. and
Mark 10 working UP to his old speed
on the typewriter. The scenery is being
stippled by Mark Lawson and the Tara
zona Brothers, the auditorium is being
redecorated and fresh water Is being
put in the Hippodrome tank for the cap
tive goldfish.
Adriatic Blamed Again.
That darned temperamental ship. the
Adriatic. bearing the costumes for the
new edition OF "Chu Chin Chow at the
Century Theatre. again ran into lots of
water after leaving Halifax yesterday.
go that the producers. F. Ray Comstock
and Morris Gest. 60 on record that
another delay has arisen compelling
them TO postpone the first night of this
extravaganza once more from tomorrow
until Friday. August 8. much as they
would like to get the thing over with
earlier. As the Adriatic is due here
early Thursday morning. the managers
expect to have smooth performance
the following night by putting up a bond
with the Collector of Customs and hav-
ing a dress rehearsal all Thursday night
with principals. chorus and customs
appraisers.
Joseph Klaw. son of Marc Klaw, will
tell the world a few things about play
producing this season with several offer
ings. the first of which will be Double
Harness" a comedy by Edward A. Paul
ton and Maurice e. Marks. which will be
issued to the cast in sections by Fred
erick Stanhope at rehearsals next week.
The young producer doesn't give a hang
who knows that he leans toward Ameri-
can playwrights and a clean wholesome
brand Of plays. suitable for any Brook
lyn family.
The news broke over Broadway yes
terday that Three Wise Fools" has
strapped all previous records for the
continuous performance of play In
Honolulu, thus. doubtless binding the
islanders closer to the United States
When Winchell Smith read the letter
bearing the glad tidings to his Office a
smile broke over his face that had
Sunrise" written all over II, while John
L. Golden calculated: Thunder
Ed Wynn. who is now intermittent in
the "Shubert Gaieties of 1913" at the
Forty-fourth Street Theatre, will cele.
brate the third birthday Of his SON
Frank Keenan, Wynn, at his Great Neck
home next Sunday afternoon by acting
as his POSTMASTER for a change. The
Invited guests include George NJ. Conan,
three youngsters. Mary, Helen and
George, Jr. 4; Anne, o. the clan of JacI
Hazard and Alice Dewey; william
Hopper. copyright by De Wolf Hopper
Frank Crayen's entrant, John: Franci,
X. Hopes hopeful. Francis. Jr. Ernest
Trucks team. James and Philip, Edward
and Jane North. direct descendants OF
BODY North, and Joseph Santley, Jr., tn,
| chief exhibit of Joseph Santley and Nv,
Sawyer. 1t is freely predicted on tn,
| Rialto that Wynn will have to pull
lot OF new ones to get by with that au
| dience.
Tallulah Bankhcad. who would lik,
the public to refer to her as "a daughter
| of the South" II 1t isn't too much of
strain. Is now chatting pleasantly will
everybody In $50 East having mad,
her debut this week In the leading
feminine role at Maxine Eiliott's Theatr,
| after holding the stage against $50 othe
| candidates for the part. Miss Bank
head, who can trace her ancestry bacl
| 10 a large part OF Alabama's presen
| Congressional representation, will heat
one of the road companies of Rache
| Crothers's play as soon as Constance
Binney gets tired of fishing and filming
VIII Hunt Out Two Plays.
Edward Clark. who did some Of tn,
collective thinking on the book for "Oh
What a GirP at the Shubert Theatre
has been subsidized by the Shuberts L
ferret out two new plays for them.
| With only the press agent watching
John Squires has horned into the cas-
of Monte Cristo, Jr," at the White
| Garden.
"My-once- ina While" is a new mu
steal comedy which the Scibilia Theatri
cal Enterprises have accepted for a fal
dressing. It is the gift Of Hagerstown
Nd. to the drama, since Charles George
who carried out the book, lyrics an
music for It 10 the smallest detail.
certified to come from there. Anton F
Sclbilia was said to be so stunned witt
this work that almost before he knew I
he had acquired an option on the writer
output for ten years.
Mr.. Scibilia has also contracted Leoi
| de Costa for a long siege. Mr.. De Costa
not content with letting his claim /
fame rest on the lyrics and music 10
| "Fifty-Fifty, Ltd.," now in rehearsal
stuffing ideas into a new musical piec
called "Oh. Dickey."
| Adele Ardsley. two years prima donni
with 'The Show OF Wonders" is tn
reigning debutante this week in the cas-
OF George Whites Scandals Of 1919" Il
the Liberty Theatre.
| Another debut will be that of tn
Strand Theatre in Brooklyn on Saturda!
noon. August 80 with John Loverfdge
| who has been keeping the Bushwicl
Theatre abreast of things In Brooklyn
| Issuing the free passes as managing di