The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-01
THROUGH THE AGES
GOES IN REHEARSAL
Drama by Guy Bolton and
George Middleton Will Have
Cast Of Sixty.
"PAPA" COMES NEXT WEEK
As for "Among the Girls"
Well, Selwyns Are Looking
for a Bashful Man.

Guy Bolton and George Middleton,
having decided that the public had done
without them for long enough. will re-
lieve this need before Bolshevism Is
spread by 1t with q new drama, Through
the Ages" which, It is authoritatively
stated, has not been 90 called as any
forecast Of its run. Elliott. Comstick &
Gest are the producers and Robert MIL
ton already has fired the starting pistol
for rehearsals.
According to Wallace Ham. the pub
licity organ for the managers, this play
by Messrs. Bolton and Middleton Is to-
tally different from anything the dram
atists have written before. using either
one or two hands. The cast. which will
come to New York early next season.
will include twenty speaking characters,
while forty more persons will be re-
CURED to back them UP. Tho scene Is
Switzerland and three baggage cars will
be required to transport II.
F. c. Whitney has completed arrange
ments for presenting papa" new
comedy by Zoe Aiken, which Is sad to
have been named after a famous Broad
the Little Theatre. and the date for
every chorus girl to watch Is next Mon
day, April 7.
New Theatre Tax On To-day.
The new theatre tax goes into effect
to-day. but the only increase occurs In
the impost on childrens tickets and the
country is expected 60 remain quiet
Instead OF n 1 cent tax for youngsters
they will be promoted to the full 10 per
cent. rank OF their parents. All motion
picture houses must also collect a tax on
the same basis az the legitimate thea
tres: that Is. cent on every 10; but
as this applies also to the five cent
cinema palaces. managers OF the latter
are reported to be worried about getting
that half cent, unless they accept far
things.
Selwyn q Cos new musical comedy, on
which the late Henry Blossom, Roi
Cooper Megrue and Raymond Hubbell
pooled their forces. has been called
Among the Girls" though It is not
known whether the name will take. The
story deals with n bashful young man
unique figure nowadays--who pro-
poses to seven girls withous stopping to
count and gets himself into regular
| musical comedy mesa It will be put
into the hands Of tho trainer at re-
hearsals shortly.
The most important interchange OF
notes which came to the attention OF his
torians yesterday was that between
Charles Dillingham;. who guides the
destinies Of the Hippodrome. and John
Ringing, tho leading statesman of the
greatest circus within the orbit OF the
sun. Mr.. Dillingham;. noticing the bot
tom line in the circus advertisement
lvw~kl 1A A. II. - H.
wrote expressing HIS thanks for the ad.
and in return promised to have the cir
Gus proprietor on view at the Hip called
John Jinsling," to compensate Mr..
Ringing for going TO all this expense.
Children Have q FroIic.
Capt. Max Montesole has been re-
called to England. though not because
he staged the Belmont Theatre produc-
tion of Maeterlincks "a Burgomaster
of Belsi He Is going back in duty
bound, but nothing can keep him from
returning next fall and putting on some-
thing else for W. X. Macdonald.
Nothing can prevent the youngsters In
"The Royal vagabond" from being chill
dren. Besides impersonating the leading
characters after the twenty-ffth per-
Torrance OF the Cohanized operetta al
the Cohan & Harris Theatre. the midgets
on the fiftieth performance last night
gave the members OF the company an
April Fools Frolic. choosing Mary Eaton
as the guest of honor-though Just why
wasn't clearly indicated.
Tho Theatrical Regiment OF the Police
Reserves will give their first annual
ball. called LES Folies des Night Sticks
Masque," at the Amsterdam Opera
House tonight. and Police Commissioned
Enright. his deputies and his inspectors
will be on hand to see that the crowds
| don't deprive the socially prominent box
holders of their chance to shake the
| shimmy.
Despite the title OF Keep 1t TO Your
| SELF" George Broadhurst wants the
| whole world to know that Clara Mackin
Joined the cast at the Thirty-ninth
Street Theatre last night.
Allan K. Foster, having recovered
from staging the dances in Monte
| Cristo Jr.." at the Winter Garden by
chopplng wood on his farm in Canada,
left for Philadelphia yesterday-thoush
, not with any idea OF resting there. He
will insert several dances in the new Nc
Intyre and Heath production, Hello,