The billboard (Aug 1917)

't't»<e BtIIt>oteTd MIM ■«( Old 1 IT th» titt* <a T*t» Man New York, Angast E.—Tlfe cai Tbe Beauty Shop, which will he tskea on lour Chka season by Herman Moi will Include Charles M. HIaton. Frank Shea. Nanette Decoorey, Claudia Hocera. Hinda Hand, Paul Porter. Al- ice Sothem, -T«Hiard Delmora, E^d C Stone and HUiditiolI Tronpe. ' Hie BMutjr Sliop Wni open at ttae- Hooitaiik Theater, BrooMya, Septein- b«T IS, and will then make an tac- tMded tonr of the South and Middle Da l4ixe AiBda ten Da 1M» 4anlk vOI M npcoi Thm t iiinBhua win mot prove atart- ItaC T a «t^ bowwvav. beeann senral tad aec pgod ii a U o— Imv* been revealed wKUa rmjuCwiMi mdodlns' Ob, so Happr and Tini*re In Ifore. TVIille theie are In the natute of ann •hows, the fact that enntiner weathw will pMbabty maintain for many Ktcka to come makes It likely the public will receive next week^s All indications point to an i whelm Ins preponderance of rou Bhows, Of the resular run of pla^s tarcea will doubtless ba, in the inajor- llv. The fate oC serious plays that re- ceived Xjondon productlona in war- time has convinced produceis that shows written alonr lighter tbeniea are the Anaa'.Ufceljr to IntereM ItoOocuMk and Idsdo g Wftli Cba ChlD Cbow **miack and F. Newton Llndo, 'nentMlVM of Messrs. Billot, < Mock A OMt. will leave England ' a few days tor - ■ere sent ^iriNid to superintend the tnnifer to . this country of the pro- dnctloa and.coatnmea tor the bis epec- 'tM«. Cha'Cbln Chow, which (■ to be HDdDcu at- tba Manhattan Opera ™mt In Oobibar, Th«y are brltwUiB **tb tbtm • -edmplMa and elaborato *roAnetla»tor th% musical tale of tbe jUPANDDOWNBROADWAY New York, Angnat «.—Now that the theatrical Beaeon of 1>17-'1I U under way blase New Yorkers can bestn to sit up and take notice of what Is KoluB on In the footllsht world. Ttiat tbe present ductlve ot much in the war of cenulne entertainment 1 Musical plays, becanae of thetr Usht qualltlea, will have the p^dpaJ durluB the new seaaoD, espedally as' i^grxda the oat-of-town playhouses. True, there will be a tew ot the jM-called "heavy" productions, but the pro- ducers, InOuenced iMxely becanae of the war and partly thru the which musical shows enjoyed laat •eaaon. will axoln devpte moet ot their endeavors aloDK thk line. Just .what the season hfilda tprth is, of the 1 mistio air. amusement, aiid It W tv MtHOr O bia servtees in the' new Ccntmr _ .. will proceed, as offldaly announced this waiik, ertr Thoatvr'bnmedlatMy foUowlns Ma' . _~ neater. Broadway Is ansSoasiy aw mttte g Always, .with the passing of a well-known and beloved state celebrity come the stories ot beneBcence snd beaaty which hsre lain buried unti Oray Saaiper turned them to Ught and made them ot ootmsl interest. With the death ot Jerry J. Cohan there have been more. tl|an the i number of rinnliilscenCGs. The theatrical comeiB W the papers have crammed wIEh them; the old-timers have. resurreeta4 IfeHI flroB eobn comers of their brains and passed them alODE iintl Ow Cbaisi nd W sameness of Jerry Cohan's life has painted. BroadW^ tetnc tba paat as the memory of few lives .could have done. The stories of him be a lover.-as a. hitsband and father, in which his theatrical. life was of . less Imtio'rtance than his private lite, may well be envied and emulated. He made his last public appearance with The Friars' FroUo a year aso laat spring, when be added to the'color and tun by ateP' pins forward to the tr-r-rupp of the drummer and bowlnc to Georea Co- han's succinct Introduction: "My tatherl" The precadln* momant WlUlam CoIIlaT had presented his youthful progeny proudly as "My son!" The applause brougM the smiles In ripplee about his mouth and tbe led his gUstenlng silver hair to'An aiir^ole. He bowed, drank m. tnat last ude ot public appreciation <nd stepped back, leavlnK the stase to Us brllUaBt son, to whom he had given his birthright ot abUlty and niaitty. . -' " For the flm tlm«.lQ thetr long and intimate friendship John McCor- mack and Frits Krelsler will have a Joint recital.' The date Is set f< August ei In th« Budltorlura In Ocean Grove. N. Y. To preclude any notion that Ned Waybura may be enjoying the antic patioD of a. comfortably Idle life this next season we hasten to place in pni the announcement that the following dntles await his attention: IMrectlng CenloiT Aow and tbe Coeoasnt aro*p "wmrpam," thu next ^Mllea Bnt tlMn IB an tfufi to all sood tUnn attfi Vm to Ot* mgbt dMas «iv>emher I. Two days later Klaw A Sriangec asd Oaocm C ^rlar will Imt In The Country Oonsln, the " ' " Uan Street. One.ot the first deflnlte modes ot expressliiK the tact tbat thaatrlcals are touched by the war preparations, a^de tram the scattering an actor,here and there has enlisted or Is driving an ambulance or ffying In n Charles Dillingham. He has called oft tbe male chorus r scheduled tor the Globe and doubled tbe girls. '* t. H.'BnmsUto and Anne Cald- Ot «tw ta MoK ae mmlc will B ftf the Asm to H pwant. The _ _ _ ~ ■ flMMd oC tke ammi forty ■flannea Mr It No, thank you, Harry Delt, one o care to have a vacation of one day a tor seven days* work. He might (arthcomlnE- but when one-ieventh ot one's aaUiT la one has a right to kick. So Deir has been refusing to accept the new terms and has been llglously going thru his act at the ungodly hoaia before and after the crowds arrive before one lone witness, who will swear when the time con lat he has fuUllled bis contract-to the letter'and has duly appeared lake-up and eoatnme and given his turn. It laat hap, but IWt flgma It wIT ' ■ •roMiivaMt: . The Ooontty Ooosla New York, Aug. 4.—Klaw A. Er- laneer have compieled arrangements far the presentation of Tbe Country Coaaln at the Gaiety Theater Septem- ber J, following the closing at that house of Turn to the Right. Tbe Country Cousin Is by Booth Tarkia^. ton and Julian Street, and the leadbV ' role will be taken care of by AleKHi^ : dra CHPliHle. . J No Hale Ohoma For Fred Stone's Xew Fli^. New York, Aug. 4.—The new play In which Fred Stone Is to appear tbe Mining season will bo devoid of a male . chorus. Charles Dillingham put the ' company in rehearsal the past week, , and stated that he had Informed the writers of the musical piece. Anne Caldwell. B. H, Burnslde and Ivan Caryll, to leave out parts tor chorus men. This will give h i m room for more chorus girls, irtia wHl ba th* Bom Dv ii Tkb New York,* August G.—Amusement resorts In and about New York yes- terday enjoyed the most prosperona yesterday upward !Ople journeyed to Coney Island, with perhaps thirty to forty thousand at Palisades Park and correspondingly large - crowds at the numerous other outing places within a radius of twenty-five, mllea. Coney Island was remarkably free ot accidents, aside from a single case of drownliiK and the mrlong maled that El million roldier boys at American Idke, where he groat Northwest soldier city wDJ >e located, are to be amused. HelUg. k Ebrlanger are about to break [round for a theater where ato^ - vin hold sway In the tirao that t6m. aldleis fia in the making; AmerW.- - an IMie la miles from any dty. «■> they llgnra that tba vantnr* irin flat .