The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-29

m "On, Boy, for what appears to be many years, is again on Broadway and without his music roll. He has silenced his voice and will appear in a strictly non-musicai comedy.
 Sonia Serova, the lit le girl next door" of the artistic world, says that in view of the prohibition period she thinks that soda water should be made compound word, "connected," as she says, ''by a siphon.'
 Lionel Pape, an English actor fam iliar to Broadway theatregoers has returned to the United States with a new wife and an emphatic denial of his death, which was severally report ed along the Rialto two ye,-rs ago.
 John Cort will do what he can to make merriment for very un-merry New York with it's actors-managers strike. He has engaged Harold de Becker to play an important role in new comedy by Earl Derr Biggers.
 Madame Marguerita Sylva, has been engaged to star in series of a strong film dramas, beginning in November Although Madame Sylva is interna- tionally famous in the music world, it may be recalled that her first ap- pearance in the United States was in a drama, with Sir Herbert Tree.
 Ethel Newcomb, a celebrated Amer ican concert artiste, who was the prize pupil and later artistic associate of the noted Leschetizky. is writing a book of memoirs of her long associa- tion. It has been suggested that it would be easier to produce than pro- nounce a Leschetizky book.
 The operatic and musical play stage will be obliged to relinquish its claim upon the services of Helene Flanders, the remarkably brilliant prima don ma, who has arranged to devote most of her time to concertizing. She will. sing in every important American city across the continent
 According to Justina Wayne, an act ress who generally thinks straight,the ultimate result of the actors managers conflict will be a profit sharing con- test between the two parties, where by the actors become personally in terested in the operating company with which he is engaged.
 The Belmont theatre disappears from view in New York this season and the Theatre Parisienne is born in its stead. The latter will be dis tinctively Parisienne playhouse, rea- turing the light music and drama entertainment which has been a fea- ture of the playhouse along the boul- evard.
 Paul Gordon one of the many good American actors to win war honors. will resume his interrupted caree. as a popular actor on Broadway, when he returns from his present engage ment as the leading man with Miss Jessie Bonstelle's repertory company, now winning success at Buffalo.
 lane Houston, the stately Texan and brilliant leading actress return ed from London this week for fur tber stage operations in this country. She last acted as leading woman with Iohn Drew and William Faversham, and for two years had been enjoying a honeymoon with a well known English actor.
 Pietro Ton, the noted Italian mu- sician. who has set out to make the organ a popular concert instrument has accomplished this remarkable achievement. He will appear in con certs with the organ, in more than lOO cities of the United States and Cana da- beginning early next month
 Madame Desiree Loubovska, the most brilliant of our interpreLatlNe dancers, will not divide artistic hon. ors with the animals and others as
 6rnY1 r. This week she is the star with civic entertainment given by the City of Montreal She has created for the oc- casion a group of dances which will later he exhibited by her in concert. She is to make a tour of the leading American cities with her own com pany.
 The American actors in France seek