The sun., 1919-05-16

more and more out OF Joint by playing
Mr. Demands gutturals in the Philadel-
phia and Boston productions OF the play.
Outside of q short vacation last sum-
mer. Mr.. Bernard's accent has had no
rest since the play began in February,
1918, and. moreover. he wants to get
his temper back before rejoining this
choleric comedy in Septsmber at the
Manhattan Opera House.
Besides presenting Will Rogers on the
ziegfeld Roof in his humorous outline Of
how the world should be run. F. Zieg-
field, Jr, has added to the cast Of the
Midnight Frolic w. c. Fields in his
heretical burlesqulns OF the game OF golf
without using a single cuss word.
New season OF French Plays.
Under the direction of Carlo Liten the
Belgian actor, who has been heard in
readings with the Philharmonic Orches-
ira, another French theatrical enterprise
Is coming to make New York pulsate.
As the Theatre dart des Poetes Fran
Gals ct Belges n limited season of four
weeks will be given at the Lenox Little
Theatre in East Seventy-eighth street
In December, and after 1t has added the
language Of Verhaeren, Richepin. Mater
linck. Rostand, Halevy, Coppee and De
.
stock Of French, menus will hold no ter
rors Cor him.
Fred Lennon. who plays the cop in
Tumble In at the Selwyn Theatre. has
cleaned up almost enough to have q hat
check boy beQueath him his hat, but in
20 doing he probably has got some real.
honest policeman in trouble for grating
In public. The stage officer had
headache recently from hearing too
theatre in his brass buttons for some
Of Broadway's freshest air. As he
strolled along Forty-third street he came
upon a group of chauffeurs crouching
low on the sidewalk, who promptly
scattered at his approach without regard
to the speed laws Behind them they
left 1888, for which the bones had
been rolling and which promptly cured
Lemons headache-and now some hon
est cop Is going to be blacklisted by the
chauffeurs' moneybund.
Conan & Harris will give Aaron Hoff-
mans new comedy. Welcome Stra nger,"
a chance for it's life 60 in Baltimore
next Monday Among the players who
will perform the introduction will be
George Sidney, Charles d. Clark, Mabel
Scott and Florence Ryerson, barricaded
by a dozen more. The week after It will
fit to Atlantic City as part Of a great
turning movement on new YORK.
Dillingham; Two Days shy.
Mark Luescher who still preserves a
boyish curiosity in finding out just how
odd life Is. has discovered that among
Charles Dillingham's musical comedy
successes are Violette Friday and Lu-
ellie Thursday at the Hippodrome
Jeanette Sunday with "Chin Chin;
Phyllis Munday with She's Good
Fellow" and Antoinette Toosday in
Jack O. Lantern" with Fred Stone.
II any girl Is willing to come forward
n Saturday, Mr.. Luescher all but prom
ises to have a new show written around
her. provided she can match herself
with a Wednesday.
Lew Fields has taken to learning the
latest lope in the fox trot at Terrace
Garden. where his company Is rehearsing
Tho Lonely Romeo" Just to show the
production Is far from putting him on
his last legs.
On Sunday, May %, at the Hotel
Astor the Friars Club will tender a din
ner OF noodles and everything to the
Stage Women's War Relief in apprecia-
ton OF the way the women of the stage
helped to make the war hit.
The 350th Field Artillery Black Devil