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DECEMBER 1, 1917 ‘The Billboara Exempt From War Tax No Extras Charged on Red Cross Benefits New York, Nov. 24.—A. L, Erlanger and K. F. Albee. chairman of the committee in charge of the Théatrical National Red Crosé Day, which Henry B. Davison, “head of the American Red Cross, has set for Friday, December 7, wish to inform the managers of theaters all-over the United States that one clause in the war tax bill provides that no tax shall be charged on tickets for entertainments the gross receipts of which are to be donated to charitable purposes. Therefore the purchasers of tickets for the various matinees to be given on December 7 for the benefit of the American Red Cross will not be required to pay any war tax. It has been arranged that the vaudeville theaters shall give their benefit performances on the morning of December 7, and that the benefit performances at all other theaters shall take place on the afternoon of that day. Jack Welch Changes New York, Nov. 24.—Jack Welch this week became associated with Raymond Hitchcock and E. Ray Goetz as their general manager. Mr. Welch for thirteen years devoted his efforts to Cohan, & Harris and recently was general fepresentative for Arthur Hopkins. Hitehcock and Goetz have established temporary offices in the Fulton ‘Theater Building. They will send Hitchy-Koo on’ tour Christmas week at Philadelphia, ‘with Walter 8. Duggan in‘advance of the show. American Theater for Paris New York, Nov. 24,—Theatrical managers of New, York will hold a meeting next Wednesday afternoon at the Astor Hotel to discuss the idea of establishing an all-American theater in Paris for the presentation of American productions designed to please the tens of thousands of Americans now there and to be there. George Blumthe originator of the idea, and two trips to Washington to submit “the proposition to the Pres!dent and Secretary Baker, returning from his second trip on Wednesday. Payne Going to London New-York, Nov. 26.—Frank ‘Payne leaves for London in the nfar futur having been engaged by A. H. Woods to look after the latter's interests there, Mr. Payne replaces Philip Klein, who is with the Ambulance Corps at the front. i Amaldo Conti Conducts YY Chiéhes, Nov. 26.—Owing to the faétthat. Maestro Campanini, general dizgetor of, the Chicago Grand Opera, wae indisposed:most of last week, Arngjdo"Conti directed several of the performances that would have come der-‘the personal baton of the generavdirector. , Alien Enemies Barred ‘Washington, Nov. 24.—Under the alignpneray proclamation by President ‘Wison.; which. makes the District of Columnbig in :batred zone for all male nernigs:.over fourteen years of Agb<aye effect. wauld be to settle any controyaysy; which’ might arise here a: to's atiyg{eians, such as Dr. ler-of | the Boston Symphony ‘levying or conducting an otehestra th: Washington. As long as the proclamation ts in offect stich.German citizens would not be permitted to enter the District.” Old Broadway used to boast of signs, -Of lights and electrics many, But those are ‘way behind the times, For now there aren't any! Old Doctor Gloom came stealing here And threw the street a glance; ‘He snuffed out all the yellow glare ‘To give the moon a chance. For war has spread his saffron wings, And economy is with us. ‘We cut on sugar, juice and things, And grope around in darkness, ‘We never see a last act close, ‘We dash to catch the subwas Just half-way button up our clothes. ‘Then home. without a cab’ret. You'd think this Broadway bunch so gay . ‘Would_balk at turning miser On lights and fun and midnight play * ‘To further kan the Kaiser But home they go at 11 p.m. ‘To hearth fires long rejected; You never hear a grunt from them, Domestic life's elected, ‘The gala days are over, ‘We're saving coal and coke, Obeying Herbert Hoover ‘So the U. S. won't go broke. ear The Evening Sun’s réviewé? had a bright idea the other day after Leo Ditrichstein had opened ‘in The King:*~A few nights previous the new Mrs. Fisk play, Madame Sand, had had its first night a square up the street atthe Criterion. Both are full of frankly risque situations so open and freely discussed that they, are past the point of being shocking. And The Sun reviewer thought it would'be such great ‘sport if Madame Sand could have met The King! Quotation: “In passing 'we'can’t help remarking what a remarkable lover the King would be for George Sand, who. would love as she had ‘never loved before.’ No doubt George Sand would take the King home and put him to bed as she did the sick Chopin and. Philip Mueller would add a fourth act to Madame Sand about the episode. These two potential lovers are treading the stages of theaters that are only a block apart, and yet they will never meet —another tragedy of our metropolitan stage. It seems that Mississippi has about had its run in Frances White's catalog. of songs, At least she has accepted another song, of a sister sort, called Geography, written by Maribel Seymore, who is under commission to do some others for future use. Mississippi has become as much of a trade-mark for Frances White as Roly Boly Eyes for Eddie Leonard. Anyhow it will be a surefire encore always until Geography can be tried out. er i ed A small announcement contains: the information that George Anderson has replaced Vincent Serrano in the cast of De Luxe Annie. The small announcement does not intimate that the air has been blue for some time over several things of more or less importance wherein Mr. Hammerstein and Mr. Serrano were the actors-in-chief. ‘Mr. Hammerstein threw a few hailstones of wrath upon the head of the actor because he refused to make a trip to one of the military training camps on several occasions to present De Luxe Annie to the soldiers. It was up to ‘Mr. Serrano, after the charge was made against him, to defend himself, which he did with details of his reasons for refusing each time. Once it was a banquet which he was obliged to attend and the latest time his refusal was occasioned because of Jane Grey's-illness. Fearing for the effect of the trip on v health and on future performances of the show which her Indisposition would cause, he refused to go, ‘There's a new kind of New York graft now in operation, due to the new tax on theater tickets. It’s the penny graft. Nobody has enough. Box offices are drained of coppers constantly, and there are cases of banks refusing to supply individuals or even theater box offices with more than two dollars’ worth at a time. “s ‘Subway newsdealers, however, are rich in pennies. So some of them have gone in for peddling pennies to the box offices where the admission prices, plus the tax, make them a necessity, charging a dollar bonus for every hundred dollars in cents. But that is no worse than the practice at the Strand, Rialto and Broadway theaters, all pictures houses, which have raised standard admissions of 25 cents and 50 cents to 30 and 60 cents, thus obviating the necessity of dealing in pennies, and, if the Broadway rumor is right, paying the rent,of the theaters out of the excess even in advance of the taxed admission! A Night in Spain Postponed New York, Nov. 26.—The opening date of A Night in Spain at Cocoanut Grove, atop the Century Theater, has been postponed to December 6. Raymond Hitchcock will be seen in the new Spanish revue, but this will not interefere ‘with his appearance in Hitchy-Koo at the Forty-fourth Street ‘Theater. Jolson Off for Oakland ~ New York, Nov. 24.—Al Jolson, who has just closed a tour of fifteen months in Robinson Crusoe, Jr., left New York this week for Chicago, from. whence he will go to Oakland, Cal., for a short vacation before returning to Broadway to start rehearsals for the new Winter Garden production. He is accompanied by Harold Atteridge. Open New Theater Shuberts To Dedicate Thelr Latest ‘House New York, Nov. 24.—The Shuberts announce -that they will open their twenty-first theater in New York Wednesday night, when they will throw open the doors of the new theater built on the Forty-fourth Street ‘Theater Roof. and for which Over the Top has been selécted as the initial attraction. ‘The Shuberts desire to emphasize that the Forty-fourth Street Theater Roof Theater is a regular theater and not @ cabaret or music hall, and that there will be no smoking and no serving of refreshments of any kind. It is also the only “nine o'clock theater” in New York. It was originally built for the production of All Aboard five years ago, and since then it has been used for other purposes. Now it has been restored to its original plan and is as much a. regular theater as any one located on the street level. The performance will not start until nine o'clock. Plays Now in Chicago Chicago, Nov. 26.—A-humorist coula probably get a great deal out-of noting the fact that Here Comes the Bride replaced Parlor, Bedroom and Bath at the Colonial last night. Certain it is that producers would have to go far to find more logical replacement. This story of a young lawyer's iage to" ‘a velled woman is by Max Marcin and Roy: Atwell and. requires the acting services of Otto Kruger, Francine Larrimore, George Parsons, Franklyn Ardell, Maude Eburne.and others. George Arliss, whose name has exerted a peculiar fascination over Chicago theatergoers ever since he aj peared here in The Devil, came to the Blackstone tonight with Hamilton, a play dealing with early American history and politics—Philadelphia forming the scene of action. Jeanne Engels, Mrs. Arliss and Hardeo Kiri land are in the cast. Performers Auctioneer Chicago, Nov. 24.—De Wolfe Hopper, Nat Goodwin, Ruth ‘Chatterton, Blanche Ring and other actors and actresses occupying prominent places ‘on local boards auctioned off tickets in the Board of Trade rooms for the Camp Grant-Camp Custer football game to be played December 1. ‘Will Admitted to Probate New York, Nov. 24.—Thru the efforts of David Gerber and Mortimer Fishel, representing the Actors’ Fund, Judge Cohalan in the Surrogate Court this week signed an order permitting the probate of the will of Mary -Isabella Meek, in which the-Fund is rientloned as one of the charitable inst tutions to share in the residuary tate. : Captain Kidd, Jr., Stops New Haven, Conn., Nov. 26:—Thi plan of taking Captain Kidd, Jr..: to the Pacific Coast has been abandoned. The company will close-its tour here next Saturday night. Chicago, Nov. 26.—Despite his reiplution to ‘settle down in New York Maurice Browne, erstwhile mana; of Chicago's Littl and returned to this city’s stage’ tonight with the Little Theate) in George Bernard ‘Shaw's Catidida, which is being presented at Central ‘Music Hall. Medea will form Wednesay afternoon's program.