The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-10
CHILDREN OF STAGE
HAVE MAY PARTY
Hipp0drOme Swarms With Lit
tie Guests Who Enjoy
Merry Revel.
SHUBERT THEATRE LOSES
Kids at Rehearsal Steal Caba-
ret Implements of "Good
Morning, judge"

any one who rushed past the Hippo-
dromo yesterday afternoon in a careless
manner was likely to stumble over the
1ohn Drew and the Mrs Fiske of the
ruture' for the Juvenile players in the
dig house gave their annual May party
10 the children of the stage, and Sixth
avenue had a silver lining Of pigtails
ana leading men OF ten who were no
doubt already talking about their
public Their hostesses at the Hippo-
drome were Ann Orr and Ivy Sawyer
or Charles Dlllinghams new musical
show, She's Good Fellow" who
summed up the youngsters with candy.
The guests were recruited by the
Stage Children's Fund, which has Mrs.
Millie Thorne for president, Lee Shubert
Tor honorary president. and among It's
directors ALA Nazimova and Theda
bara. who can be quite motherly when
NOT reused to a vampire pitch. The
younger set from "Penrod," "A ROYAL
Vagabond." .'Daddies," "A Prince There
Was" and Somebody's Sweetheart"
filled boxes and loges and provided the
appropriate squeafing numbers for the
snow. Lorraine Webb. who is Just able
TO toddle into "A Royal Vagabond,
received, assisted by Dolly Emanuel.
Ruth Cloos. Estelle Levy and Georgia
Burns as ladies' in waiting, and after
ward assured Mr.. Dillingham; of their
fuii support in his future enterprises.
another juvenile affair yesterday
which. however, did not Drove so en-
Joyable to the management was a chill
dren's rehearsal at the Shubert Theatre
which almost ruined a scene In Good
Morning. Judge" at the evening per-
rormance and speeded up the stage
managers hair in its natural process
or turning gray. The kids stole the
rattles, cowbells and other thunder ma
chines from clothes basket they found.
and robbed the cabaret scene of the
SHOW OF its big impact However, the
property man Communicated all the
musical instruments from a jazz band
In nearby cabaret. and thus enabled
the scene to crash along smoothly
Movie Siren Writes OF Fame.
For the good OF her reputation and
in order to shatter the canard that she
Is practising vampire Vera Michelena,
the movie siren in Take II From Me-
at the Forty-fourth Street Theatre. Is
reported to be engaged on one OF the en-
during monuments OF literature - a
treatise on scientific agriculture. 1t is
based on her personal trials with a large
and irresponsible farm at Oyster Bay.
She has invited Alison Skipworth Of
"3s East" who also breeds mosquitoes
on Long Island farm. to contribute a
chapter on THE Care and Proper Train
ing Of trawberries."
Come Along" the musical comedy.
will be forced to move from the Nora
Bayes Theatre tonight. but this Is not
case of rent profiteering. as It has been
invited to accept the hospitality OF the
Thirty ninth Street Theatre on Monday
night.
Octavia Broske has been engaged by
the Shuberts for an important role in
Lew Fields's forthcoming revue, and yet
the title Of 1t remains The Lonely
Romeo"
Lew Cooper, black face comedian, who
is rehearsing with oh Uncle" was visit
ing Cyril Keightley In his featured
dressing room at the Vanderbilt Theatre
last night when the stage manager cried
out in a great voice that the negro actor
who plays a porter in the first act OF
"A Little journey" was absent, having
been reported to have had social debt
paid to him with a razor. Cooper volun-
teered for the part, made q few quick
passes with the burnt cortland behold I!
You couldn't tell him apart from a black
face comedian.
Tony sarg Keeps On.
Tony Sarg will continue his marion
cites in The Rose and the Ring" at the
Punch and Judy Theatre for one week
more. having found his wooden heads
suitable for Broadway audiences.
Some inquisitive person yesterday dis
covered that the book and lyrics for
George Whites Scandals OF 1919" which
will let fly at Washington on May 20
and then make tracks for the Liberty
Theatre, were written by Arthur Jack
son and George White, while the music
has been fastened on Richard Whiting
and Herbert Spencer.
Spurred on by the announcement that
a chorus girl In a musical show had re-
verified to writing farces while an usher
in another revue had pried her way into
the chorus Dave Wallace. premier
trumpeter for Fay BANTER In East Is
West" announces that May Rushing. an
usher at the Aston Theatre. has now
Joined the chorus OF the Ziegfeld Follies,
satisfying her life ambition, but that It
is expected east Is West" will still be
able 10 draw capacity audiences.
Joe Flynn of Arthur Hammerstein's
pure literature factory saves the world
from dizziness with this:
While boarding her cara cross
town-yesterday afternoon attired In a
new hobble skirt that she was just
breaking in Mae West sprained her
ankle 30 badly that she could hardly
walk. Nevertheless the dance she does
in Some Time" at the Casino went Just
as we'll as ever with her audience last
night, for, you see. despite Miss Vests
MEDAL handican hers Amt that kind OF