The sun., 1919-10-18
MIDNIGHT WHIRL'
TO OPEN NOV. 10
New Musical Riot Will Show
Old Favorites and New
Features.
LoEw CIRCUIT INCREASED
"Rose of China" Bolton
Wodhouse Show, Is Started
in Detroit Theatre.

Announcement that tho third revolu-
ton in the Morris Gest Midnight
Whirl'' viii occur at the Century Grove
on Monday. November 10. leaves the city
with practically nothing to worry about
now except the various strikes and the
League Of Nations. Rehearsals will
start on Monday with Julian Mitchell
coaching from the side lines.
Many new faces will be assigned to
principal parts. together with old favor
ties who. for the past two seasons have
made the Century Roof seem like home
TO so many. The new ''Whirl" will start
everyones head spinning promptly at
IL p. NJ, and the disziness will last
until 1 A. NJ.
r. Ray Comstock, Guy Bolton. P. G.
wodehouse, Joseph Urban and Armand
vecsey returned yesterday from Detroit,
where they had lodged flivvers and wit
messed the opening performance OF The
Rose OF China the new Chinese musical
comedy In which they all nicked their
initials. In the near future +. Ray
Comstock and Morris Gest will spread
IL ell over a Broadway theatre.
Eight New Loew Houses.
The Loew circuit has added eight
more theatres to its Hindenburg system
throughout the country by means OF
contract through which Marcus Loew.
on November Is. will take over control
of a string of houses in Oklahoma and
Texas safely out of reach of hurricanes
or Mexican raids. Mr.. Loew Is also
completing deals for several more the
atres nearer the Arctic Circle.
Leo Mielxiner, Jr.. having received a
long term CONTRACT from William A.
Brady as a reward for his performance
as Capt. Jim Everett in "At Q :45" at
the Vanderbilt Theatre, has treated him
self to a new cognomen, that of Ken
meth MacKenna, and A. II. Woods Is
reported to be bearing up stoutly even
If he wasn't consulted over this change
of name.
Abraham Levy. producer of THE
Little Whopper'' at the Casino Theatre
has eplaced Vivienne Segal, who heads
the roster. under long term contract
and it is reported that Miss Segal, un-
less something checks her. Is headed
straight for everlasting stardom.
Pitts Duffield has decided to have a
relapse to the original title for his
comedy. Blind Mans Bluff" the pro-
duction by BARLEY Gushing due In No
vember, since there Is a basis for the
title In the first act, which is about as
long as a title In a play holds good
nowadays.
Lessons Are Exchanged.
Adele Astaire of the Astaires. the as
trail dancing couple in the operetta
Apple Blossoms'' at the Globe Theatre,
is giving dancing lessons to John Charles
Thomas, who works in the show as a
handsome baritone. Mr.. Thomas has
come right back at her by teaching her
how to promulgate her voice.
Through the cooperation OF Adolph
Zukor, president of the Famous Players
Lasky Corporation. Hugo Riesenfeld has
arranged to present Maurice TournelY's
production of THE Blue Bird" at the
next children's performance at the Rivoli
on Saturday at 10 A. NJ, and Prof. Fir
min Swimmer will play on the organ the
music for the original presentation.
which is still in a good state of preser-
walton.
Alfred Head. who occupies the Wen
dell Phillips Dodge chair of English at
Belasco University, has written a short
monograph to the effect that Frances
Starr, while playing at Baltimore this
week in Tiger Tiger !" was invited by
Florence Lewis Speare, director of the
department of drama at Goucher Col
lege. to read to the students her paper
oil THE Creative Moment in the Presen-
tatIon of Character" after which those
present had their creative moments at a
free for all tea fight.
Edgar MacGregor Is willing to be
quoted as saying that Arthur Shaw has
been engaged for an important role in
his comedy production of The Haunted
Pajamas," by George C. Hazelton, in
which o. p Heggie will play the legs.
Patrons of the Shubert- Riviera have
been so clamorous to have Louis Mann
70 on talking in Friendly Enemies" at
that theatre that 1t has been decided to
let the star have one more week OF exer.
else there.
Harry Kelly. playing the role OF Ded-
con Amos TitmoUse in the musical CON-
edy. "Oh. What a Girl" has obtained the
consent of the Shuberts to hold his spe-
cial "deacons matinee" and on next
Wednesday afternoon at the Central
Theatre twenty of his clerical friends
will be convoked there.
On Monday Walter Hast will give
Washington something besides the Presi-
dents illness TO talk about with his pro-
duction of Eve and the Man." which is
expected to pass a comfortable night al
the Shubert-Garrick Theatre.
To-day is significant in being Eddie
Leonards birthday, and after the per.
Torrance of John Cort's "Roly- Boly
Eyes" tonight the minstrel will enter.
tain his fellow players on the stage OF
the Knickerbocker Theatre, this provok.
ing them to a counter entertainment
later. when they may have more success
than the press agent In extracting his
age from him.
John Drinkwater. author of the forth.
coming Abraham Lincoln" just to show
his versatility last night sat through 6
performance of the "Ziegfeld Follies'
with the aid OF Mrs. Drinkwater