The sun., 1919-09-16
WANTED ONCE,
FRIVOLOUS GIRL
Still Alarm Sent Out to Fill
Principal Role in Care
Free Show.
TO STAGE NATURE STUDY
Ruth Chatterton to Appear in
'Moonlight and Honeysuckle'
on September 30.

Ruth Chatterton, according to an an
nouncement by Henry Miller. will re-
vert to Broadway at Henry Miller's
Theatre on Monday. September 20. In
Moonlight and Honeysuckle," comedy
by George Scarborough which. despite
the title, is said to be a study of human
nature rather than of science. Miss
Chatterton exploited this play for Balti-
more last spring under the name Of
THE Merrie Month of May" but 1t was
considered best to make the title over
for winter wear here.
Any girl who can be frivolous without
straining and who doesn't need a
voucher from her family to show 1t can
have a chance to cavort in 1.-THE Frivoli-
ties of 1919" G. NJ Anderson has sent
out a still alarm for such a girl for
the role of the Frivolity Girl in his
forthcoming production. the chief requi-
sites being that she shall have no pre-
vious stage experience and that any
man in the audience can tell that she Is
frivolous without needing to take her
out to supper.
Partisan Talent to Appear.
The former Belmont Theatre, herein
after to be referred to as the Theatre
Partisan, Is now at the mercy of the
architects. 1t will soon be ready to re-
ceive such well known Partisan per-
formers as Felix Barre of the Grand
Giugnol. Roger Piquard of the Theatre
| Antoine, Lii Rito of the Palais Royal,
Henriette Delaunois of the Coincide
Franchise, and Susanne Caubet of the
Theatre Sarah Bernhardt all of whom
are being mcbilized in France and will
anchor in New York early next month.
An innovation in the shape of femi-
nine harpist between the acts of the
Greenwich Village Follies' has been
introduced at the Nora Bayes Theatre
just to show that Greenwich Village
retains the old punch for knocking over
accepted conventions. Laura Newall
who is now shifting the blooming Tyre
has played the harp since she was IL
years old and is still fond of 1t.
| Nora Bayes at last nights perform
ance of the Schubert Gaieties of 1919
at the Forty-fourth Street Theatre In
| troduced entirely new songs, using the
same old fashioned voice.
George Monroe, who has been away
from the theatre for a year. looking
after an important illness, has now
fully recovered his stage presence ant
will be in the cast OF ''The Passing
Show Of 1919" which will follow Monte
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soon as the latter goes into a decline.
shakespearian Roles Again.
Rowland Blackstone. who has beef
associated for twenty-five years witt
e. H. Sothern and William Shakespeare
has been engaged for the Sothern ant
Marlowe company. which will give thu
bard of Avon a chance to compete witt
the bedroom farces this season
Henry w. Savages latest musica
comedy, "See Saw" with music b!
Louis Hirsch and ideas by Earl Der
Biegers, will have the veil torn aside a
the George NJ. Cohan Theatre on mex
Monday night.
The latest prose pastel from the A. H
Woods office Is that 800 Many Hus
bands" with Kenneth Douglas, Estell
Winwood and Lawrence Grossmith. viii
start fattening the bank roll of w
Somerset Vaughan at the Booth The
atre during the week of September q
and 1.-THE Girl in the Limousine" b,
Wilson Collision and Avery Hopwood
with John Cumberland, Doris Kenyon
Zelda Sears and Charles Ruggles, vii
start chasing around the Eltinge Theatr
during the week of October 6.
An announcement Is rushed out jus
in time to make this edition that Lett
Arrives" farcical romance by Sydne
Resented. will be the first of four neN
plays with which L. Lawrence Webe
will break into feverish activity this sea
son Lefty Arrives" will fulfil its It'll
there at the end of October and will
followed by 1.-THE Beautiful Virgin" b
H. r. Durant, touted as a dark hors
amcng the playwrights.