The sun., 1919-03-03
NOTES OF THE THEATRES.

Roi Cooper Megrue is getting his bushes
all ready in preparation for being hailed
The author OF Tea for Three" has been
Induced by the Tea Association OF tho
United States to write one act play en-
titled Tea for Everybody" which is to
be presented by Selwyn & Co. az part
OF the associations propaganda to msks
IT,, tea. the nstionSi drink after the sr9Seo
TO hear from the coffee plantations in
Brazil
A. demands have been madc tina, he
fulhl existing contracts in Philadelphia.
Cleveland, Chicago and points west Leo
DitrichStsin Will abdicate in The Marquis
de Priola" at the Liberty Theatre on sat
urdsy, March Is, and answer the call OF
the wild
Tonight the Zltgteld Midnight Frolic
atop the New Amsterdam Theatre will he
Evans Burrows Fontainc, the classic or
classy daneer-depending on how far your
duce new dance. called .'Pharaob' .
Daughter" as birthday present to tho
loyal legion OF family friends Of the rrolic
"Our Pleasant Sins" by Thomas w
Broadhurst. will. 1t Is hoped. do somethlnE
for Baltimore when It opens there at the
Academy OF Music on March II Henrietta
Crosman, Vincent serrano. Forrest wilma NJ
and Pauline Lord viii he among those who
Will be more sinned against than the au-
dience.
Good Morning. Judge" and the shuherts
have invited the police court Solomons OF
the city to be their guests at the shuhert
Theatre. being willing to run the risk
that the spectators will say Gee. don't
those Magistrates have graft. gettin' in
free on a good show like this"
Miss Rachel Crothers has been able 70
fnish a new comedy and start personally
| supervising Its rehearsal but hasn't enough
strength left to name II.
Jack Cag~in. playing the Juvenile lead
in THE Melting OF Molly" at the Broad :
hurst Theatre, has been roped thrown and
tied to long term contract by the shu-
~-ruture bookings at the Bliou Thentr.
hav--tesn cam 1870 allown<D, eriesS
Night" TO develop state OF permanent
When yesterday" the new De Koven
opera comiaue. starts TO change the map
day there will he three prima dome -
Ruth Miller, Sidonie Espero and Emile
I.ea--but II is said one can listen to them
| even when they are all going at once.
when Stuart Walker revives The Book
Of Job" at the Punch and Judy Theatre
will be spoken by os-ke non-ton. Mo-
hawk Indian, being qualified to represent
any atmospheric disturbance through long
pra ctice in speaking his own name.
The announcement that Ruth Benson
John Stokes and Edward Arnold have been
engaged to support Grace George ia ox-
pected to lead TO a strong bull market in
the stock OF Miss Georges new play she
Would and She Did"
John Cort has had Gertrude Vanderbilt
decorate long term contract with her
! signature for the all sufficient reason that
| rter her success In Listen. Lester" nj
| the Knickerhocker Theatre Miss Wander
bnt hasn't demanded that she be starred.
have new show written for her or have
| all her teeth gold plated.
The troubles of the MANAGEMENT of the
canary bird show at the Globe Theatre
| tomorrow morning are increasing daily.
Neglect In not stating that the show ia
| for live birds has brought them stuffed
| entries. paintings Of csnaries and cat
| with a tag attached that read: This car
| swallowed the canary"
| The NTH season Of the Passion Play.
| 'veronlca's Veil," opened with a special
Performance YESTERDAY afternoon in the
| auditorium Of st. Joseph's Church in West
! Hoboken. Mother Katherine Drexel took
1 several hundred colored orphans from New
| York to the performance
| The real reason for the existence OF n
| tank In the Hippodrome waa disclosed YES
Hip elephants a good Tubing. and yester-
day the parhyderms nHu their annual
! snring houseclesniuG. They all behaved
| as though they were quite used to taking
n bath except Julie. the baby, who had
20 he pried away from her abiutions by
/ four men assisted by n bag Of apples
4 Afterward the elephants were mRssagel--
~ Mark Lueschsr swsara