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The Billboard NOVEMBER 3. 1917 NEW YORK COLLECTOR R ULES ON WAR TAX Five-Cent Admissions to Theaters Subject to Tax When a Higher Price Is Charged for Better Seats—Exempt Only When Maxi- mum Charge "My attention has been called to tbe fact tbat certain statements have been made to the effect that there the East will open In Suuib Bend, Ind., Wednesday, Oc- tober 21, with the folio wing- players la the cast: Patti HcKInley. Jack Boyle, S. H. Thomas, Howard Walsh. Guy ftlbbe. Halcyon Bissonette and Gladys Swain. The company win be heralded by Claire Burdiek and man- which will play r h e Marriage Wfilard Kent. Lei Streeter, Eddie Rave and staged by Loriu How.ard ana produced by Ed exempt from taxation In alrdomea. "This is likewise not the fact. Tl law provides tbat there will be i by (he old custom of the slai ering In Congo Square on evenings to dance and enjoy their day of freedom. Rosina Galls, the pre- mier danseuse, will take the role of a quadroon girl, Mr. Bartik ,i.:n ¥ take with var" darkles Anson With Miss Taylor New York. Oct. M.—-A. E. Anson, M has been appearing In The Bar- n Mystery, which closed lis en sage- Big Liberty Loan 1 Providence, R. I, Oct. 27. —One the greatest theatrical performanc Wlltiam Fen nan. the Steaplechase Pier; members ol the Board of Directors, S. W. Megill, Garden Pier; M. H. Russell, Colonial Theater; M. A. Williams. Cafe Mar- Unique: Edward' J. O'Keefe. the City Square and Cort theaters. Charles ~ ihener Is fln ei-ofHcio member. An effort was made some time get tie amusement men together One of the first matters attention was the new Federal war tax. at ten per Mnt, which is to bt placed on the gross receipts or al amusement places on November 1 The association appointed a commit' This Bartik in New Orleans New Orleans, La, Oct. 37.—Ottokar Bartlk, the ballet master, has been several days to get the proper atmosphere and spirit for his ballet. The Danes of the Place Congo, which 111 be one of the features at the Mei- ipolitan Opera H< Keith's. Jan Ru- bin! from th< Majestic ant specialty artist! from Pay's, Feature pictures wen contributed by the Strand and Empire theaters. Falrman's band of forty musicians assisted the orchestra and played selections. Hew Seme in December New York. Oct. 29. —The new Hitchcock-GoeU revue goes Into re- th Is week, and will be pro- Arri v als in Los Angeles Allan Doone Will Open at Alcazs Theater, San Francisco—•Martel Starr Balling for Australia oyle. ■ i Keeley, : Lynch, Miles McCarthy and others, and members of the King Bee Company, arrived here via the Santa Fe from New York. Doone la en route to San Francisco to open an in definite e Cohan & Harris* New One New York, Oct. J7.- ris have a new play, i which they will produce future- It Is froi Doro will return to November 5 In Barbara, a romantic fantasy by Florence Lincoln, at the Plymouth Theater here. She will be Hopkins. Misa Dora was last seen on Diplomacy at tbe Empire Theater. Barbara will' succeed A Successful Calamity at tbe Plymouth, Miller to Atlantic City New York, Oct. f8.—Henry Miller, who produced and acted In Anthony In Wonderland at the Criterion Thea- ter during the past week, closed there last nurht. and Is taking the company to Atlantic City today. The play had a brief Slav of Ave days here. It failed to meet with the an-