New-York tribune., 1919-12-17

Edward Bowes, managing director of
the Capitol Theater. announced last
night that he would substitute string
orchestra for brass in that house. Ar
thur Pryor's contract expires at the
end Of next week, and the largest thea
ter orchestra in the world will be IN
musical director and is selecting the
orchestra. He is from the Rivoli-
Rialto group. He will swing his baton
over seventy musicians.
The cast supporting Henry Miller and
Blanche Bates in James Forbes's play,
"The Famous Mrs. Fair which opens
next Monday at Henry Miller's Thea
ter will include Margalo Gilmore, Vir-
ginia Hammond, Kathleen Comegys,
Dallas Tyler, Betty Hall, Marian Lord,
Maude Allen, Alice Baxter, Florence
Williams, Jack DevereauX and Robert
Strange.
Jane Cowl will conclude her Boston
engagement in "Smilin' Through" this
week, after which she will be in Wash
ington one week, coming to the Broad
hurst Theater Tuesday, December 80.
Every little girl attending Christmas
week matinees OF "Buddies" on Decem-
Der "a, 25, &c and 27 will receive a
doll dressed in the poilu costume worn
by Peggy Wood in the play.
Clare Runners comedy, to be pre-
sented by the Selwyns after the holi-
days, is called "Rollo's Wild Oats"
Roland Young will play the title part.
Seventy-fve wounded soldiers and
sailors from the Marine Hospital in
the Brooklyn navy yard are to be en-
tertained this afternoon in the Nora
Bayes Theater at "The Greenwich Viii
lage Follies." The wounded men will
be taken in automobiles furnished by
the Woman's Motor Corps. Mrs. Alice
Campbell Good is in charge Of the ar
rangements. Wounded service men
from the Fox Hills, Hospital, Staten
Island, will also be taken to the theater
at the same time.
More than $4,000 for boxes alone has
been received in the last three days
for the annual ball OF the Actors
Equity Association, to be held Satur
day night at the Hotel Astor The pro-
cecds of this ball will go toward build
ing $700,O00 Equity theater. Among
those who bought boxes yesterday were
Alf Hayman, Archibald Selwyn, Elsie
Ferguson, Edgar Selwyn, William Fox
and Hugh Ford.
The Hippodromc has placed on dis
play in its Sixth Avenue windows the
twelve dolls dressed by principals in
Happy Days" one of which will be
given free to some child in the audi
ence at each matinee of the two holi
day week, beginning next Monday.
The performance OF John Drnkwa-
ter's "Abraham Lincoln" at the Cort
Theatcr last night was for the benefit
of the League Of Women Voters Mrs
ond benefit for the league. This will
be the matinee on Wednesday, Deccm-
Der "a.
Vivian Tobn, ingenue of "on the
Hiring Line" has been engaged by
Henry W. Savage. Inc, for the dram
atized version of Joseph c. Lincoln's
"Shavings."
Percival Knight, English comedian
Of "Apple Blossoms" has completed the
book of an operctta, "Lassie," to be
produced by Wendell Phillips Dodge
and Willie Pogany. Dr.. Hugo Felix
collaboratcd with Mr. Knight in writ
ing the score. In the cast will be Carl
Hyson, Dorothy Dickson, Tessa Costa,
Mollie Persons and Roland Bottomly
Myron selznick has engaged Crau-
ford Kent to play opposite Olive
Thomas in her next picture, "Glorious
Youth"
Mildred Richardson, of Tho Little
Whopper,' will sing Round the Cor
ner" at the Friars Frolc, in Lexington
Theater, Sunday evening. Rudolph
Friml, the composer, will accompany
her on the piano.
One hundred and ten officers and
men from the battleship Arkansas,
now anchored in the North River, will
attend to-night's performance at the
Hippodromc. while 1870 officers and
men from the hattleship Pennsylvania
will attend the performance to-mor
row evening.
David Belasco has obtained the
American rights to Arnold Benefits
play Sacred and Profane Love"
Julia Arthur will rcite "The Night
Before Christmas" at the compliment
tary Christmas festival to 10000
needy children, to be held under the
direction Of the Peoples Liberty
Chorus at the list Regiment Armory
next Tuesday evening.
"The Wonderful Workshop" by Lu-
ther Reed and Hale Hamilton, will be
presented by John Golden, with Grace
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