The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-09
NEW YORK TO HAVE
SPANISH THEATRE
Leoncia Mosquera Announces
Plans for New Musical
Comedy.
HENRY w. SAVAGE, CAUSE
Shuberts to Present Big Low.
ing Cup to Most Popular
Dancing Team.

Commencing next Monday q more de-
termined effort 10 to be made to impiant
. Spanish theatre in the dramatic soil Of
Of the Spanish Opera Company. an
nounced yesterday that the current IL
to set strongly in this direction on July
~ with a musical comedy by Manuel
Penella and M. Caballero. entitled
Dreams Of Three" with which New
York. accustomed to every other kind Of
musical show. will be grounded thor
oushiy In the principles Of the Spanish
revue.
This production at the Cort Theatre
will take the place OF THE Merry
Widow In Spanish. with which the
Spanish company had planned to rest Sc
curely a couple of weeks ago until It was
snatched from under them by Henry w.
Savage. A cast OF sixty, including prin-
cipals we'll known In Spanish operatio
circles. will speak. sing and dance In
Spanish.
The shuberts believe that competition
| Is the breath Of prancing For the vari-
| Gaieties OF 1919" at the Forty-fourth
Street Theatre they are having a large
t'eilver loving cup cast at q high class
foundry. to be presented to the team that
10 reluctantly dragged before the foot
lights to take the greatest number of
gasping and grinning curtain calls during
the run OF the production. Now White
! and Clayton, the Glorias. Kuy Kendall.
Walton and Lorraine. Gilda Gray and
Ina Williams are staying up late O.
nights figuring out new ways to twist the
| ankle and win applause.
Wilson's Double Acclaimed.
It's rather unfortunate that President
Wilson resembles closely Raidoph C.
Faulkner. Faulkner, q movie actor who
has impersonated the President in sew
| eral screen productions. walked into the
Hotel Aston yesterday TO see J. A. Quinn.
q California exhibitor. wearing, In addi-
ton to his usual face a high hat and
frock coat which also bore q distinct re-
semblance TO those featured In the
movies OF the President.
Instantly all the persons In the lobby
| had bounced to their feet to do honor to
tho man whom, they supposed, had just
returned from France to lift the curse on
! tho saloons Army ofYicers snapped to
the salute with the precision Of beautiful
machines. The crowd that gathered be-
came 30 great that Faulkner, fearful lest
l
| nish enough volunteers for u lynchipg,
ned into Broadway-probably the frst
man who was ever scared at being taken
for a President
One the street his appearance created
Just as much of n furry. and the multi
tude there caused him to hide his telltale
countenance in the Putnam Building I'M
| til his popularity had blown over. Then
| he climbed aboard a taxi and scudded
1 tn ~ nt.,ht ~ NhA Nat atAa
| Vile Artists, where a man can have all
the earmarks OF q Chief Executive and
still 30 unnoticed by all the self-con-
| scious vaudevillians present
| Lieut.. William Van Goethem, personal
aide to the President during his Belgian
J tour. who brought here the officisl pic
lures OF Mr.. Wilson's visit to King AL
| bert, together with Col. Leon Osterrieth,
head OF the Belgian Military Mission TO
the United States, has been studying his
movie folk lore. It is reported, in prepa-
ration for being the guest OF Mary Miles
Mlnter and her family at her home here
tonight
Irma to Quit Comedy.
| Irma Irving, who Is connected in an
intimate way with the social life Of la
La Lucille" at Henry Miller's Theatre. Is
about 70 leave musical comedy for the
legitimate, but It 10 II question whether a
week Of national mourning will be or
dered. A. II. Woods has her in leash for
a Forthcoming production. and later abe
| will be inclosed In new comedy by
| Fred Jackson.
! Tho Jackson brothers now claim the
mantle OF the Smith brothers-the
musical comedy geniuses. not the cough
drop phenomA During the last season
they have inserted their pens into the
royalties OF three musical shows. Arthur
Jackson wrote George Whites Scandals
OF 1919" right out of his own inkwell and
helped Brother Fred with some OF the
spelling In la La Lucille" Fred, for
his part, was strong enough to get away