Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-31
FINEST THEATRICAL
TALENT At SERVICE
or YANKS OVERSEAS

Kick In. said The Travelling
Salesman. as he smuggled 4 Pair Of
Skies into the deck. not having been
called. and adied. I'm Paid ID Full. !"
la spite Of the phraseology Of the
foregoing. this Is Z III. G. A. story,
inspired by the arrival IN Paris, Of q
dozen Broadway fayorites for q tour
over the A. b. nj circuit presenting the
four successful plays mentioned above
Mary Boland, for many years leading
woman with John Drew. and earlier
ii the present season one Of the sup
porting cast with Leo Ditrichatesn.
heads the company, which was as
sembIed and sent overseas By James
Forbes. author az The Chorus Lady !"
The Travelling Salesman, and other
plays.
Also In the company are Minnie
Dupree, Mary Hampton. Sydney
Shields. Leo CurIsy. =. Brattan KEN
nedy, Homer Miles, Albert Perry, Jack
Raymond and Walton Young Frank
Percy Waadon IL the company man
sger The organization Of this COM
pany Is the result or the new Y ". q
Al. entertainment program made pos
sible BY the signing. of the armistice.
Miss Boland and her associates will
not be subjected TO the thrills and In
conveniences which we're the lot or
their predecessors who came over
while hostilities were In progress. but
along with the compensation of easy
transportation. regular meals and
comfortable beds they will have the
satisfaction OF knowing that their his
trionic efforts are even more appre-
clated By soldiers who are now settled
down to the hnmdrun Of the period
Of occupation
Judging from the experiences Of
those who have come before them. the
members OF the new stock company
are entering upon the most success
fsll tour they have ever known. WILL
M. Cressy, who headed the first vau-
deyiile unit to come to France, says
that ne has never appeared before
such enthusiastic audiences In all his
long career. Just how many soldiers
hare revelsd III the performances OF
Cressy and his associates, Blanche
Dayne, George Austin Moore. Helene
Davies and Howard r Collins, Is q
matter for speculation Cressy
guesses that the total Is about mil
lion. and probably ne isn't far wrong.
Hundreds Of thousands Of dough
boys have been cheered BY Margaret
Mayo, Tommy Gray. Carol McConaas,
Stella Hoban, Rita Gould, Burr Nc
Tntosh, Vera Baratow. Maude Allen,
FRITZ Williams, Katherine Florence.
Margaret Williams, Garda Kova, EIiz-
abeth Page, Margaret Summer, Johnny
Cantwell, Rita Walker. George Bots
ford, Edna Aug, John Kelly, Emma
Pollock, walter Dale, Ida Brooks Hunt.
Clara BIandick, Dorothy Chessman.
Tony Huntlng. Corrine francis, Lois
Meredith. Gladys Sears Dallas Tyler.
IVY Troutman. Inez Williams and d
host of others.
Among the host or others IT Is not
possible to mention them al. although
all deserve mention are elsie Janis,
e. ri. Sothern, Julia AdarIowe, Irene
Franklin, Burton Green, Elizabeth
Brice, Amparito Farrar. Kate Condor,
Will M0rrissey and Leo DonnelIy
Many of these have returned to Amer
lea In all their future appearances
they are assured of the support Of d
legion OF volunteer doughboy press
agents
Down in Brest is the entertainer
who Get the pace for an the rest. Max
Charter IL his name. He YVES con-
cert pianist when tho war started. and
by the tilae the United States got into
the fight Max had done his BIT at the
front and was llmplng around on
crutches. He offered his services ID
the \. ~ g. Al and was at the plano
when the flKst American destroyers
steamed into Brest He has been there
ever since, and now has the assistance
0f al orchestra ef war veterans Ike
himself.