Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03

Della Macleod. The author was for
merry engaged In newspaper workiin
This month Grace George will APP,
pear, In New York In q comedy by
Marx y; Reed called she Would and
Ned Burton win be in the supporting.
company
A new play by Samuel shipman and
Percival Wilde Is called First Is
Maude Fealey is to appear in "a
FOOLS Came" comedy rama by
Crane Wilbur.
The. first performance Of "Too
Many Husbands" the new farce by
w. Somerset Vaughan, will be given
at the Globe Theater. Atlantic City.
tomorrow evening under the direction
Of A. H Woods. The New York pre-
later.
Tailulah Bankhead has been Sc
lected to play the leading feminine
role IN Q road company of 80 East"
but before leaving New York on tour
will appear In the play from time to
time ut the Maxine Elliott Theater,
where the piece 10 still drawing big
audiences.
"Just a Minute, !" which IL to make its
hrst appearance at the New National
Theater, and which will be the first
production Of John Cort this season, is
the joint work Of Harry E. Cort, George
L. stoddard and Harold Orlob. authors
Of Listen. Lester" Louise Groody will
play the leading dancing role with Hal
Skelsy, with whom she danced in
F1odlers Three" Others in the cast
are wellington Cross. Harry Kelly,
Knute Erickson. Diero, Merle Hartweii,
Rehearsais have begun In New York
OF the new Max Spiegel musical play
Look Who's Here" starring Cecil
Lean, with Cleo Mayneld. which will
New National Theater. Later it is
scheduled to enter one Of the Kiaw
Erlanger houses In New York.
Look Who's Here" was written by
Frank Mandel and Edward Pau1ton,
and the lyrics as well as the book and
score was written by Silvio Helm. The
staging is by Edward Emery.
Willy Pogany studied art in Munich
and Paris, and won gold medals for
paintings In Budapest, Leipsic. and at
/ the Panama p. L expedition. Among
his notable artistic stage successes
weSo $nS sc910fy en0 SoSS0uAsD uo-
signed Tor Max Refnhardts SUM
| urun," James K. Hackett'e production
Of The Merry Wives OF Windsor" in
association with Joseph Urban. the
lorigina1 '.Hftchie-Koo" production and
lie Coz dor" for the Metropolitan
Opera House. for which he also has
complsted designs OF the scenery and
costumes for two operas to be given
this coming season.
Wendell Phillips Dodge. who re-
Gently resigned as general press rep
resentative for David Belasco, for
mefly was editor Of the American
Strand Magazine and Of The Wide
World Magazine, and the sole Ameri-
can representative OF George Newnes,
limited. the big London, England.
publishing house. He also represented
several OF the leading authors of
Great Britain in this country. Mr..
Dodge was once the dramatic editor
and critic Of the New York Press,
since absorbed with the New York
Sun. Mr.. Dodge at one time was
civil engineer with the Pennsylvania
railroad.
With the inauguration Of the bur-
lesque season Of 1919-20 at the Gayety
Theater next Saturday. a distinctly
new policy will 60 into operation.
Smoking. which has heretofore been
permitted in all portions OF the audi
torium. will be confined to the boxes
and upper floors. This change came
only after thorough study of the
and a conference with the oficials Of
the Columbia Burlesque Association.
1t is realized that the new policy
will deprive some Of the occupants of
the orchestra chairs OF the privilege