The sun., 1919-03-29
LEW FIELDS SOON
WILL SHINE ANEW
Shuberts to Utilize His Dialect
in New Musical Comedy
Production.
JOLSON SAYS GOOD-By
A. Fl. Woods to Take Bijou
Cast and IA Sleepless
Night" to London.

At the same time that the city 10 cele-
brstins Victory Week ana the return OF
the Twenty-seventh, Lew Fields returns
from the road. He probably will be seen
soon in q new musical production, plac-
ing his dialect at the service of the
Shuberts.
Tonight in the Forty-fourth Street
Theatre the last sad rites will be held
over the final appearance here OF Al
Jolson IN "sinbad." This will mark the
earth successful shipwreck Of the play
in New York. Jolson will open in Polls
Theatre. Washington, tomorrow night.
in ahswere to the call Of ths road.
Marie Carroll. who will DO repatriated
in the Nora Bayss Theatre Monday
night with the musical comedy THE Kiss
Burglar" expects soon to have her dim
pies cast In a dramatic production.
Bailey sticks By FIeshpots.
Oliver D. Bailey, manager of the Full
ton Theatre, denies tho report that ne IL
tired Of making money in this city and
plans to return to tho Pacific coast,
where the sunshine 10 always golden but
the theatrical game isn't always. MT
Bailey announces that he inteNds to hold
on to his eight year lease Of tho theatre
until He'll Gate freezes over
william Harris, Jr., engaged Arthur
Ashley yesterday to play In the new
Shipman-Wilde comedy. First II Last"
but did not engage a new name for the
play.
NJ. Devereaux. q theatrical manager Of
Paris, has bought the French rights to
Oliver Morosco's production 'rPleace Get
Married" having decided that even IL
this farce wasn't written by French
playwrights II ought to have been.
The new Theatre Guild, soothing at the
imputations that have arisen because II
includes Helen Wesley. Philip Moeller,
Rollo Peters and Lawrence Langner,
salyased from the Washington Square
Players, takes its living oath that II
amt hiEhbrow.
THE Sunny South Syncopated Band"
composed Of the finest alumni from the
New York Syncopated Orchestra, having
been engaged to accompany the edibles
at The Little Club" will attempt to
counterfeit the effect OF the snowstorm,
beginning Monday evening.
A. II. Woods, now getting acquainted
with English box Offices, has cabled ar
ransements with Lee shubert to keep
London awake with "A sleepless Night"
In June. The entire Bijou cast, includ-
ing Peggy Hopkins, Ernest GlendinninR
Carlotta Monterey. William Morris
Donald Gallaher and Josephine Drake,
will be given this opportunity to grow
seasick for the sake OF London's artistic
Advancement.
Dinner in Mrs. Flakes Honor.
A dinner In honor of Mrs. Fiske. with
speakers drawn from the first platoon
OF the stage, will be held by the So
ciety OF Arts and Sciences in the grand
ballroom Of the Biltmore Hotel Sunday
night, April 6, in recognition OF Mrs
Fiske's services in keeping the art OF
the American theatre from getting ar
teriosclerosls.
Not satisfied with bringing penny
Wise" back to the Punch and Judy
Theatre next Monday night the Scibilia
Theatrical Enterprises Immediately will
form a road company for Canada.
Private Dan Burns, soubrette of the
Twenty-seventh Division musical show
Let's Beat It." held a tea party
back stage in the Century Theatre
yesterday afternoon. which all the other
ponies attended, and Eddie Crawford
poured.
Assurances were given yesterday by
the police that at Les Folies des Night
Sticks Masque." to be given by the
theatrical regiment of police reserves
In the Amsterdam Opera House on April
l. the cops would be able to hold back
the crowds