The billboard (Feb 1910)

4 X ti e» Billboard FEBRUARY 2S, 19ia WOMAN AND WHY at Paytoa's Lee AveDU^'T^^tret^ BiooUifB, N. Y. THE CAST. Tjrlcr '.. .'toate 'Leoo Hall . .. .. .JcMiili W. GInid . ^ ..Albe^ O, Waibais . .iSeani <Btam Slsbac Bidurd -TiadCftUt Mlae Sarah DelmcM* Mn. Harlcn Ilam^ ., .. Uln Jane Brewvr XUu Leila Trne Mia. Niii7 T. 0'H>>cinian ^wcodobn O'lloidlban .. . Lama Laiw .. .. . .Claude PartL ..Ohailtii B- GrecE OrnHotU W. Danlela ..Grarv Fox .. ..Ullln Staait . ..VlrK*nta Wili-on - . .Grace Weatoc .. .~&lice Gtlicnre . .. ..Ktbel MUtfn .. ..Minna PUUliis It la delliiktbil to clinmlcla aneceaa. tiilUmtus afc-jjlBlja. iiMy wB Mi^iad tte ojr pttTllase ,. tb>' production of Woman and Wby, ' wUdi' Mi is Murie FltzG«nJd'!) tlu- antbor. MA'^Sm mvr llsbt on tbe 9t«E>? of Paxton'H taa ATCtaoe Xbratn, Btooklyn, N. Y., Febrnarr Ida mmulDstlTP of the motif of tUr plajr, Ulm Tl ta i 'l a ia lrt (upplemcnta. Ita tltte by aiipeiid(aj; dte Miawlnx: ■ J beart. time's no u i a'iiCT to Woman, iimI Why Xon iwrar ran tell: I, a man, Tivn't tty." Aa a atoiT tbe play la tbe very easeoce of aUu- flldty. but tbe deft snd femlafuo -way Mlaa 'ItxGerald baa bancUeil the ?4me famitibpa an atmoaptiet* ■iDespcesalbly sweeter pIcaMnc tban otdinasilr «aaU •taaeea oT'tbe ebaraeter. BdUli'lt^ Stat ■•. la fUir tain, adores the ronncr, bnt .fftbcr than fbeo .tbe rttal qneatioa sqoaielr, Ae deddea bar ebolee by Qte tm bt tbe canla. In tbe aefsod act abe la fooiKl U^lns na- bapplly wltb tier rich husband, but fbUowlnx cooventlooal lines, the poor lorer bu ao bnsIuO hlmaelf as to. become fajnooa and wealthy, aud tbe yoon^ woman ded'l^ to rtivorcr !ipt hushmd Viola Allen's " Valentine Party In a St. Valentine's postolQce. a mass of HoiTPrK with an open post window, Vlolt Allen, iin St. Valentloc'8 Day. dlstrlboted ralentlnes . and boxes of bonbons to 63 rrlppled children at the AlTln Theatre. Plttsbnrs. They were derrered by a little glrllah cupld. Then illss Allen sot a Talentlne. It was a* bunch of Anaiteaa Baant7 naea, nearly as tar^e as mn*' at tba chMlCD. Tbe children were vbMcd to tbe tbcgitte la Me taurine cats. At tbe tbaatxp tbe.fbndtw faMB.a stafe dec- orated wltb piaats and cat . MdHd In tbe fcats tb* little oaas MkcS^Mr tte htada 'Of the AMb accbestra. dgapij ttdr Ittle band* la slae sad ««e.Sa Ml fUijlaad. naa a prograv wss islTen br Hie mmSieet of SOsa Allen's company. Strippeil of any inake-np. JampM O'Neil. Mtss Gale. WlUlain Famnm and Mr^. Pitt, an weU'kbairn acton.- assisted by other 'members of the- eaaaasaw loalarts'aed tbe cMId^en. Mfss Allen. bSMHLvaMMtC Me smllpd and diatted her iH^t»-lbs'taorts of the chndreo.- '« -" . . - Thlj was tlie program: Pnt On Tonr Olil •Gny Konnet. Mr. Dana: recitation. Tbe Gooae. Mrs, Warner; sons. Norwefffan Slumber Soag, Miss Allmd; recitation. Prramus and Thishe, Miss -Gale; fong, Sall.T ;n Oar Alley. -Mr. Llns; -larttatlon. Mrs..Pitt: wmg. There.. Little Girl, SaaTLftr. illas y.aillere; recitation. The Dael, jK^nnnm; sons. Tbf rmg and the Hone; FOote; ledtation. Nora Darlln', Mr. A« the Mat tta children were carried to tlie (• aad bad tbeir plctnre taken with Uta Al- ia tbe center of the groop. WANTED, A NAME. New York, FM>. 19.—There la a One poser boat, folly eqnipped. .with a flae eoiitee in it ready te^nlow .the ptaeld waters of tbe Kndsao j>r the soond. .waiting for some m*-mber of the profesiMon to grasp the kIwp] anrf spend his emnmer. Tacatlon. powlhly after n season of hard oOe-nS^bt stapdn. oo the waters of some qidet atresm. Brerythlng . la Jn Tvadlness Intt fur one thing; It has no name—^who wantK a nny-pslated. bl^-power boat wittuxit a uame? ^nfi^^fa Ibe laxae power boat donated by tta SMiiKTSMt Onaanawr. ot lletiolt Mich.. tfee-Aetonr tad Flair. 4o be beld In tbe 7l»t AmMTT In'May. Mies Mabel Taliaferro bas been cboaen to ■dirliiteii It—dirlsten ft what? That is the anesttnn.—It can't be catted Inllet beranse one of tbe Blsner tirrrps may cet'lt and w«nt ■ Madae—4t can't be cilUd Madfre.— A Prabmaidte ma.T want .lonn of Arc, so tbere ft N., a jMMt wllboat a "handle." Tills ta iMetly a protrwlonal iMat siren to tbe uiof taa l OB br onr western donors, therefor.*. tt,MaaH baae a >wftasl I nasie. snKgesti-d THB COMMITTEE. QIRL raOM. RECTOR'S CLOSES. 01^. Hkb., IMk ISw—Tbe 6tal Fnm ■ jftBsd at »g,o^ijyf^glff £}' she din- Of U time ber bosband _ _ aad aaeesedx ta cootIoc- laK bar that etea ainiild tbe decree be graatad, tbe BMa abe loeaa wlU not asanr bar. Rattier meacre in. potata, -aay yoat Tet the splendtd ImagtBatlon oC tbe aadior bas aUH- tally handled the theme, lltted It wilk eam«d) and cood di^gne and the work at tbe *—y-T presenting It l>elng ao wen done, aa a whole, ihe iriay is lifted above the plane of tow aTer- sge. After Ihe ttUng baa been properly tilmnrd np, itgbtnuid here end laaadad oat U- less BroKlway wm aacstsa-Jt the andleoce oo Hi A BOON FOR AUTHORS The'Actors' Society of New York Has Elstablished a G>nttnittee Vo\ -Read All Play Manuscripts Submitted —Manager Deserts Brown .'■} of Haivaid Gnnpany, Leavk^ PUjnm Stianded .> - :c Tork-bi picuiad to csaaMcr all pi ted. and aUlaaaiat fbe aatbor ta a Aboot a,.jear see, tbe aodetr aa Thoae wbo bat-p wrltli* plays aad base ao far been unalHe. to get tbeoa «a tbe ataae seed no longer despair. Tbe Acton^ tiodetr oT New ~ ""an vlairs sabmlt- ~ a Bi tf da i tlow. „ established a committee' c^wcU-kaowa artocs and p>aywrigfata to read tnaanacttots of plays to !« Hobmirted antbaca wbo bave no means or presenting their plays to maoaBers who'might be Interested In tbem. 'Hie arheme grew oot of an Idea pi^ seated by Aognstns Thomas, wbo gare aa a^ dnas to the membeta of the .\ctors' Society Janoaiy 10, laOV. Tbis connnlttec (which inclndes F^ony Caa- ms. >Wlz VOBla. TbooMS Wlae. Ma<y. Sunday Shows [ bi Suniqr Florida That Hie atstntas of KIotMa do not apply to Soafiay theatrical peiformancca waa the decision glTcn Febmary 1. by Judge J. S. Maxwell In the case of the State vs. J. B. DrlcUer, man- ager of the Daral Theatre. The tnfonnatlon tUed by Comity Soliclttff- Gray a few iTCCks sgo charged IH-Icher with being 11 ipwialhlii for Snnday perrormancefc at Ms theatre, addeb were alleged to be sgsloat tbe Uws at the State. Cocnsel fOc tbe daCnm' called attention to <he fact that the atatnte prerentlns mamul labor m t1:e 3abT»atb waa not applicable to Sun- day performances at ibc ati 't i, and that the morlag of sreocrr and olbtr work was only In- rldeatal to tb<! performance, and that the pea did not pay to 4ee ;Ve •Cfoes pMfted. t>t.« The statutes itW not npply to an artlat exhfjit- Ittg tis or ber tal->nta. and tie aaked Judge Mfcx- srell to Instpiet the jnry ta bring la a eerllet •>t not giriltr. which. Jndae Maxwell, a ts li ir the airengtb of the posltloa takca br co un a I far ibe def^vs* dU at onee. Tl» de d atan meana that JMkMVTlIIe w!l. aaaday shows wttaoutfear or vide A NO. S at twi» cntoiKinlcs •a'tbe Box report a goul boalnrss to tbe Padfle Obaat. and r •turn a Ntt. ec tHe George Ada Still at Palm Beach Palm Beach, Fla.. Feb. 13.—George Ade. who haa been here a fortnight sod will spend the rest of the winter wandering ah«:ut among Ihe Florida rvMTrlK. wjk .Tlialnnau of tl>c Judges at tbe SL-rond calkwalk of the seniioo St the Breakers s few nlghtH igo. la aw.tniing tbe pslae be alUlaed Mf pnfrwlunal knuwli-dgc by iielaff II to Ihe eaaple wbosi be sal.l bad made a a bs wl ng meat. Mriftlir la ' accoolauce with tbe rules which were, originally formnlittcj lo gorem cakcxalklng. Sonethinc of a ban was thus ph«e<l tn>oa logiolrsia >t>-pa, nln-rg- Ing from the ohl-fakliloned. fur tlv» ilrai time, it Is said. In thi.- hlBlor.v of Palm Iteirh c.ike- walking, and there l« srwulatluu as lo whether It win hare a rahduSn? cffHct a;>'>n thoac (bat axe to follow. CORSE PAYTON REMEMBERS MIS8 ConK. I>aytoa - recently pcesented a ring, set with twenty dismoate. lo Mlaa l-'ox. who bas been In Ms serrlce fcr tiwenty yesrs. Each atoae commemorailea a year. In that time Mlis Fox baa played more tban nine bond red weeks, - than „ of ptariBK la re- jr on tae toad, playliw smn or cigbt plays eaieb awek. Mlas F>ox has bccB loeatid at tbe Lee Areane Tbrs- tre. Bnoklya. M. X~ (or a aaaber of years aad an OKor.tb tbat tbeir pla|« and eooa'derate reading by at leaac-flre eC thd cum ml t tee. Tbe bradquartcra. pt Ibe .ACtfn* Sodely wt America la la New York City, aad It Is aa ar^ . gaalsatlaa caaipnsed entirely of aetaca. ' ~^ ainmwiat aC-adeetlac seed idaya ' mats tsnid •Nor'ax the bsM «sa< ^ _ — —adttee • UKA,YR»/"-CO MWUt^ ^^ : Mflwaokee. Wla. Feb. 13.—learlag'fats cou- psay wltliaut a cent anil oot pa.-tog. salsrft-* for Ibrae weeks. WlU i. Nodtar. owacr' aad deoly dtiappeand ta parU' ■aknawa. Tbe b«k> oflloe teeelpta srere. attached hy Tbomaa aad. Ryan ao<1 Kitty Kyla> ■s^btJ^ of tbe < for bac^ salariti, Mft tlSS U doe them. w.-in ereslag: 1 they c«MH«C.1 Tdae. - . ■ It ii dalmed tbat Nodlne la a wealtli.v bual ueaa ssaa at Brooklyn. N. Y.. aad waa rer.':.tlT nianlcd «e TlisiaU FMada. a member or tbe tbans «C Mt I Merry Widow Merry Wife Seattle, Washington. Febmary jr.—Surpris- ing even their rlo»e»t friends Mlaa .Mabel Wliber. the "mcrr.r wJduw" of the fimac ' opera of thnt name at tbe .\udlli>rliim Tbes- tre, and Madison Corr.v. general manager of an llie Henry W. Savage enterprises, were mar- ried qnletly at All Saints' Cathedral, at S o'clock last n'ght. Mr. Cc-rcy resche,! tbe city >e»terday after an uninterrupted trip from Eu- rope, and lo a few hc»urii changed rbe "merry wHow" to a merry bndo. Only a few werv iimn-at at Ibe areddlsc which was solemnlied by Ihe Bee. J. O. Bob- Insna. acting rector of All Saints*. Hany jfc- llaywonl. maoxgrr of (be Andllorlnia. S>*^-tBS bride away, while Mn. llaywaid ettaaM . Heart OH sa lH. wba marts.la aitaaca f »-t»t Metiy Wi s y c*a»>>rt.-ss*.w>»,€«aw-fi*g[.. fraai Seattle to aMM. -mMk*. MS 'birt coaqmay. srere tbe saly etbrts p mwa t. Sboarera of tolegrams and gtfts were re- reired. Odc of tbe mo»t elaborate of tbe gifts was a diamond and coral pendant, sent by llesry W. Sarsge to Miss WUbcr. white tbe After the cTcnlog performanre. Mr. and Mm. Corey were enierlsloed by other memliera of tbe cootpary at the Sfiokane hotel 7u guests attending c tanqnct. njnnic tor wblrb was fur- nished by an orcbcslra of D" «rly 50 pieces. Miss Wilbcr has been In the leading rde of Tlic Merry Wrtow two yeare, while Mr. Corey hx* for 13 or li y^nrs bo-n what Is known as tlie "producing jnanjgcr" of Ihe Savage atlrac- tlnns. and ricbt-hnnd man to Mr. S.iTage. Their rnpa^ctucnt lias been an open secret for a loog time, bat tbe marriage ben waa a coauiiels IT PAItlO^TOjIIMII. at a key a* Jaat tbe wrong ^ jaee oTna Oaddeaa mt Ubarty Wbi.. Pdnair spalM -Ibe most resltatic accae. A di"«a- poar «f nria laatlng shoot a mlnate Is aa|ii>o«<d to be tbe dlmsx ot a rlotrat tbnader storm la the second act. Jnst the mln manlpnlator was shout to turn loose tl:»» artlflcl.-il Jupiter Plurlus, the kej thct unlocks (lie rjlo cocks sodilenly snapped and l( refused In Mia. Tbe electrical porlinn of (be ' and tMd tbe don-n-poiir oc' scene would liarc tiern perfect.. BEULAH POYNTER'8 NEW PLAY. Beolah Poynter. acut aa and ptaywrlgbt, arba baa made leaa Biisn as raolsr tbe psat taar gas. will sive a veelai u i i H i siaa ra sC bw -plw at Mamk. M. sa SMday.aftw- Msicb ^ Ma ■smb. Jaarpb Ks4«la, I«flai BsMi WatSM^