The sun., 1919-04-03
BELASC0 TO OFFER
NEW IRISH COMEDY
ozark ROsaleen" Will Feature
Eileen Huban's Spar
king Eyes.
FIRST VIEW APRIL %
"Tiger! Tigers With Frances
Star to Move to Brooklyn
and Other Suburbs.

David Belasco comes forward WIN
his new spring and summer line, which
includes featuring Eileen Huban's eyes
or course the play In which she will
be presented will be Irish--a comedy,
Dark Rosaleen," for which Whitford
Kane and w. II. Hepenstall compounded
the brogue. The cast will include Dod-
son Mitchell and Beryl Mercier, with
a score OF others from the land Of peat
and potatoes.
This production will be fitted into tho
Belasco Theatre Tuesday, April %, three
days after Frances Starr will have
drawn Tiger! Tiger" away from the
temptations OF New York. Though leav-
Ing the heart of the metropolis. Miss
Starr will nevertheless circle on the
rim Of the horizon during the spring
In Brooklyn and other suburbs Of Long
acre Square. "Daddies' is being groomed
to perspire through the summer at the
Lyceum.
New Comedy at Upton,
Discharged soldiers will leave Camp
UPTON next Sunday night after a look at
William lie Baron's new comedy 81
Love You" q. NJ. Anderson will shortly
bring 1t to New York after trying II on
the doughboys' dogs. Tho cast now
comprises John Wesley. Diantha Patti
son, and-oh lots more.
Rachel Crothers, Ruthoress of "a Lit
tie Journey" will blow the cast Of this
play to a matinee to-day Of "Ss East"
by Rachel Crothers..
The Shuberts will smash a bottle OF
champagne In Stamford tonight over
their latest musical comedy 1.-The Wrong
Number" for which Edgar Smith chose
the best words to go with the music by
JACQUES Presburg and Charles Jules.
When the musical comedy "Come
Along is taken rom the cradle in the
Nora Bayes Theatre next Tuesday. one
of the roles will be played by Ethel Du
Ere Houston, a contralto formerly with
the Savage Grand Opera Company. who
reached the Japanese equivalent for r
sharp as Suzuki In Madame Butter
fly"
According to q report that everybody
refused to be quoted for. that crowd on
Fifth avenue last evening wasn't the
aftermath Of the Victory arade, but was
caused by Peggy Hopkins taking stroll
wearing her very own design In head
gear right on top of her own head.
Miss HopEns--who is In "a Sleepless
Night" st the Bijou. by the way--had
her head trimmed with a trench hat COW
cred with real blossoms, and It lie said
that all the milliners set their designers
on her.
"Lady in Red" Not Russian.
Frank Smithson has been coaxed Into
staging the new musical comedy by
Ann Caldwell and Robert w. Winter
bird, The Lady in Red" which, II Is
said, IL not an attempt 10 introduce Boil
shevism with a chorus.
Ida Waterman has been engaged BY
the Scib'ia Theatrical Enterprises for
George d. Parker's comedy "Propin-
guilty" which will soon endeavor TO get
close TO Broadway II permitted.
Paul Swan announces he will give
n series OF classic dances In the Selwyn
Theatre April IL at 3 ot.sock and warns
the public that unless they see him then
he will escape from them altogether this
season.
Knowing that the chief male parts will
he well looked after by John and Lionel
Barrymore. every one will feel safe on
hearing that Arthur Hopkins has en-
gagged Maude Hanaford for the leading
woman's part in The Jest" the Sem
Benefit play which will keep the
Plymouth Theatre busy, starting April Q.
The final appearance OF the French
players in the Theatre du Viex Colom-
bier will take place next Monday even
ing with n special performance Of La
Coupe Enchangee," by La Fontaine. for
the restitution of the Theatre du Vieux
Colombier In Paris NJ. de Billy, French
Deputy High Commissioner. and Otto
II. Kahn will deliver addresses.
Army Life Ruins skeleton.
Beatrice HEREFORD will show up our
modern civilization for her last matinee
at the Booth Theatre next Monday.
Jack Rose. who played The living
skeleton in the circus scene Of Every
thing" when the Hippodrome season
began. was mustered out recently at
Pelham and General Director Burnside
gave him back his Job---only to md
that the navy chow had ruined a per-
fectly good skeleton. Rose had filled
out, as did Marie Dressler I'm the coun-
try's service. Since his old tights
wouldn't At Rose, Mr.. Burnside had him
play the wild man. who needs no tights
George White. the vaudeville dancer,
will produce this summer his first an
nuai revue Scandal Of 1919" which will
give him greater scope than ever for
talking to tho orchestra leader.