The sun., 1919-06-09
NEW COMEDY FACES
ENDURANCE CONTEST
Selwyns Will Make Boston
the Umpire in Musical
Play "Buddies."
EXIT MONKEY; ENTER DOG
Winter Garden Makes q Trade
Actors Fund Gets Boost
Gossip of the Stage.

wallace Eddinger, who OF late ye.re
has been using his good ofYices solely
for straight comedies, has been engaged
by Selwyn & Co. to co-star with Donald
Brian in one Of those giddy whirls called
musical comedies. The vehicle Is
Buddies." a new play by George V.
Hobart which Is described as q comedy,
fattened up with music.
This piece will come under control at
rehearsals next month. After brief
exercise periods in Stamford and New
port 1t will start running in Boston in
an endurance contest.
1t now appears that Henry Hull, in adj
dition to adding lustre to Central Park
In 3s East at the Broadhurst The
atre' claims the distinction of having
presented Lord Dunsany's The Tents OF
the Arabs before Stuart Walker shunt-
ed it into the Punch and Judy Theatre.
Young Mr.. Hull says he played the chief
role, that of the King in st. Louis.
March IL. 1914. when he was at the head
OF an organization which he admits
quite freely was known as the Tea Party
Players. The actor contemplates revly-
Ing his production here and a furious
controversy Is looked for as to who
first thrust The Tents OF the Arabs"
before the public.
Olive May is now playing the part Of
Aunt Selma in Tumble In" at the Sell
wyn Theatre. following Zelda Sears. who
had to retire from the cast last week
because a broken tree branch encoun-
tered while she was motoring. took lib
critics with one OF her eyes. The injury
hasn't proved serious to Miss Sears,
but she has gone to her country home
at Wilson. Conn. to give the optic a
vacation.
The latest geological exchange at the
Winter Garden has been the trading by
Gordon Dooley OF his South American
monkey. Dooley. Jr., to Chic Sale for
for the latter's Newfoundland dog,
Count of Monte Cristo, who can sing
even better than Chic can play the slip
horn. Mr.. Dooley is understood to have
snapped his recently acquired simian
because he tired OF explaining that the
monSc! didn't get It's manners from him.
Another interesting theatrical animal
Item Is that Bertee Beaumonte will take
her fellow principals of THE Lady in
Red company away from the Lyric
Theatre next Sunday in order to give
them chance at chicken dinner at
her poultry ranch in vineiand, n. j.,
where Miss Beaumonte is raising thou
sands OF such dinners.
The Lew Fields company, which will
release "A Lonely Romeo at the Shu-
bert Theatre tomorrow evening, re-
turned here yesterday from Washington.
thus making assurance doubly sure that
the musical comedy would be produced.
Take 1t From Me-" which has been
putting in its nights at the Forty fourth
Street Theatre. will become acclimated
to the Central Theatre tonight.
Somebody's Sweetheart" will Yield up
the Central without a struggle, having
found a new home in the Casino. All
the players, II Is reported, have been
outntted in openwork summer costumes
except Veronica. the dancer-Arthur
Hammerstein being unwilling to take too
many chances.
The Actors Fund of America has been
sped on its way by a check for $500
from the estate of the late Sam Meyers,
a life member and formerly a manager
for Maude Adams.
George White now expects a long run
for Scandals OF 1919" at the Liberty
Theatre for last week his mother and
sister, who hadn't seen him on the stage
for fifteen years. came on from Toronto
to view his production his two brothers
In the Canadian army-John OF the
Motor Corps and William OF the Avi-
alton Corps. recently decorated for dis
tinguished service-were able to sit
through 1t; Brothers Charles and Frank
White OF the Seventy seventh Division
attended a performance, and all in
formed him quite frankly that they liked
IL.