Variety (June 1917)

VAUDEVILLE AMONG THEJWOMEN The negligee worn by Emily Ann Wellman at the Palace this week dia- tinctly typifies the character of "The Yfting Mrs. Stanford," which the portrayt. Flesh pink silk, lacy and pearl trimmed, it is sweetly feminine, frail, clinging and dignified as Mrs. Stanford herself. A white evening gown with its tiny brilliant bodice and its long flowing draperies, increases her height and adds still more dignity to the enacting of the big moments of the sketch. Winifred Burke Wears a green velvet fur trimmed wrap over a black net, jet embroidered gown lined with green. Strings of jet beads fall over the upper arms. A long pearl necklace to toy with at nervous inter- vals and a large red rose carry out the vampire idea to perfection. Ivy Sawyer looks so bride-like in the title role title-page gown, "The Girl on the Magazine," it's surprising Joseph Santley can wait until next month to rush her to that little church. Miss Sawyer looks charm- ing in all of her gowns. As a little bright-eyed Japanese she is irresistibly cute and doll like. A white kimona over a green petticoat, showing large appliqued circles of gold and blue stripped material is an original touch. A changeable blue-violet skirt, a two- toned wistaria, laced girdle and lace bodice and cap make her a captivating peasant girl. As Liberty, Julia Arthur at the Pal- ace Monday looked graceful and dig- nified. In her changeable copper- green-blue draperies over a skirt of material that so closely resembled bronze itself, one watched to see if it moved with the sway of her body. It did not Hilda Wolfus, of Williams and Wolfus, displayed what looked like a brand new gown of green grey giver- ette cloth. The skirt shirred on .to the long waist with a two-inch heading had a panel or silver lace flounces back and front Green chiffon sleeves and a large hat jauntily turned up in the back completed it A peach colored bathing outfit was worn for a few sec- onds only. It's a pity Miss Wolfus does not have some opportunity to dis- play talent in the act besides the wear- ing of prety clothes. The young wom- an in the Page Hack and Mack turn has proved that acrobats can keep as up-to-date in their dressing as any- body else. With a.white cloth skirt— cut quite up to the minute, she wears a coat bodice of nile green satin, White collars, cuffs, gloves, button shoes and a sport hat set the stamp of approval. The purple velvet Bernhardt-Nazi- mova affair worn by Dorothy Jar don at the Riverside is far from becoming in color or design. A sleeveless Chi- nese blue wrap—mandarin looking in front and cut very low at back, is for the Carmen number. A large hat with ' black velvet around outline of brim and crown, has two large black pom- poms, which give the only Spanish touch. A simple white military coat is worn over a dress of red white and blue. An American flag worked out in the same trimming forms the entire front of bodice. Other than this last costume, Miss Jardon's display is not up to her former high standard, but what she lacks in effective wardrobe she makes up for with her fine spectacular voice. Little Ethlyn Clark has proved her unselfishness by giving her one new frock to "The Guide" in the new How- ard and Clark Musical Revue—pro- grammed as AUna Poe. It Would cer- tainly have been a shame to throw into the discard all of her pretty dresses, which for the most part look as fresh as they did a few months ago. The Guide, who looks very much like Miss Cla rk (who could eas ily have doubled to it) is a picture in black and white. A very short white flare skirt trimmed with bands of jet, has a black velvet bodice and chiffon sleeves. Black, white tipped ostrich feathers form the entire headdress and long black lace stockings topped with- double puffed white bloomers were generously dis- played and admired. The designer over worked in the Chinese affair worn by Flora Stem, and it lost its effective- ness by being too showy. Ottie Ardine (McKay and Ardine) is wearing a dainty dancing frock. Quantities of white and beach tulle form side pan- els over a silver skirt A silver bodice encrusted with brilliants has a crescent of tiny pink roses at the waist line. Watch your step at Freeport this sum- mer. Miss Ardine-—embonpoint it close upon yon. Many N. V. A. devotees will be pleased to know it's only a matter of a few days now before the club will have its own restaurant and bar and that while a table d'hote lunch and dinner may be served, chops and steaks will be features of the menu. Some special luncheon attractions are being dis- cussed to interest the women members. At the Colonial this week Marguerite (Sterling and Marguerite) is wearing a showy little costume for her athletics. It is a combination of pink, black and flowered material with pink marabou thrown in for good measure. Harriet Ross (Mary Lovejoy in the Digbv Bell act) in the same soft gray silk house- dress she wore when the sketch opened early in the season is ideal The white lace edged kerchief at neck and loose sleeves with the dainty lace falling over wrist and hand suit wonderfully, well her soft gray hair and young old lady character. May Duryea wears a mustard colored crepe with double skirt effect. A tiny black ribbon tie is just the neces- sary touch with her black hair. A white semi-tailored one piece cloth dress is worn by Helen Blair, who plays the daughter. Hilda Wolfus (Williams and Wolfus) wore quite the most becoming dress she has had, a turquoise blue satin with baby bodice showing soft lace at top and tiny sleeves of same material. A full skirt draped away from the front showed a silk lace underskirt. With this a tur- quoise blue hat faced with pink. Will Ward's "Symphony Girls" all wear the seemingly popular Colonial dame dresses at opening, changing to dancing frocks. .A white net caught up in headings here and there just be-' low the hips' shows a broad band of trimming on the underskirt. A blue clinging skirt has,a five-inch band of sequins half way down that matches the broad belt. A deep green tulle shows perpendicular bands of silver sequins in the skirt. A lavender ruffled skirt with gold bodice and an ecru net and lace ruffled dress all harmonize nicely and make a pretty setting for their various talents. Amelia Stone (Stone and Kalisz) looks particularly well in a gold velvet voluptuous wrap trimmed with civet fur in a specially pretty setting showing furniture, screen, chandelier, lamp, etc., covered with an artistic gold and black silk ma- terial. Her prettv silver, dancing frock 'looks last season s, as it is made with hoops at sides, but looks wonderfully well nevertheless. Margaret Farrell makes her appearance in front of a most attractive Chinese blue silk drop showing two Oriental looking suns and orange borders at top and bottom. A putty colored one-piece walking dress trimmed with heaver is first worn. It has smart little beaver edged pockets, as a novelty touch. A French soubret type of dress has royal blue sequin panels front and back and is trimmed with silver braid. A rose dress of grandmother's vintage with long lace pantalets showing Is worn for a song about the dress mother wore. A green tulle affair, not overly smart or overly becoming, is for her Irish number. Phyllis Relph wears a white tulle din- ner dress with a gayly colored flowered ribbon girdle which continues down the back in a sash effect The woman of Denny and Perri at the American the first half made three changes of costume. A little green shimmery affair coming half way to her knees is made up of three flounces edged with gold fringe. Short pants of the same material show just below the skirt and a large hat of same ma- terial as dress makes a pretty outfit for "Huckleberry Finn." For the closing number she wears a changeable blue taffeta with blue bodice. Elliott's "Mis- sissippi Maids" (girls in blackface) break the usual routine of chorus work by three stepping down to the foot- lights in their turn and singing a chorus by themselves capably. The principal girl looks exceedingly well in a white brocade taffeta made with polonaise effect, but her last dress can be im- proved upon—the white net looking soiled against the blue lining and top. The girls have three changes—the best the orange dresses trimmed with black bands. They all have pretty figures. Mabel Douglas of Sampson and Doug- las is improving in her comedy and style. She wears the same comedy makeup as for the past two seasons and changes in the hamper or dog crate brought on stage to a midnight blue chiffon dress having a tiny border of brilliants outlining its lower edge and a solid brilliant bodice. With this she wears a large silver cloth hat with large points forming the brim. Better dress- ing still will improve the act. Monard and Mayne do a fast little dancing turn. At the opening the girl has on a blue velvet full circular skirt, short flare coat and small hat all of same material, all trimmed with bands of black plush. A long blue cape appliqued with silver stars, a red satin bodice and white pants are worn for a toe dance, and a white ankle length dress for the double dance at finish. Alice Clifton shows a pretty head of tousled hair in the sketch she is now doing with Herold La Costa, but not much in the way of dress of any sort She makes her ap- pearance in her husband's dressing gown and slippers, getting a lot of laughs out of the dressing scene where she uses up almost a paper of pins put- ting herself together. Many women in the American audience were perhaps quite familiar with the careless, happy- go-lucky female she portrays. MARRIAGES. Mabele Cedars, leading woman to Julian Eltinge in "Cousin Lucy," to Jack Pierre, company manager, in Chi- cago, ten days ago. Frankie Wade, for two years with "The Bride Shop," last October, to Bernard Broadhurst, manager of the Bond Hotel, Hartford, Conn. The wed- ding has been kept a secret Ruby Jacquelin Smith and Majoi John Albert Brown of the 1st Inf. N. G. Penna., May 24, at St. Stephen's, New York City. John H. Billsbury, of the Victoria Four and interested in the Helen Mur- phy agency, Chicago, and Miss Mur- phy's sister, Laura May, in New York, May 30. Helen Murphy, who came on with her sister for the wedding, will look over local acts with a view of placing them under contract for west- ern dates. TOMMY'S TATTLES. By Thomas J. Gray. The income war tax won't be felt very hard by the acts playing the cut weeks. In the midst of the benefit season it is good to notice that the actors have two benefits for themselves, the Actors' Fund Fair, and the N. V. A.'s. Motion Picture Companies are now engaging orchestras to play appro- priate Junes while certain scenes art being played—we submit the following suggestions: When comedian throws pie— "Good Pie Sweetheart, Good Pit." When vampire starts to camp— "I Just Can't Make My Eyes Be- have. When "Father Returns from the Mines"— "The Old Soaken Bucket" Happy Ending-Kiss-Fade Out— "Everybody's Doing It" With the college boys enlisting, it looks like a tough season for the chorus girl. When you come to think of it, con- scription is not so bad. Besides "the folks you love," it also takes in au- thors, song pluggers, hotel clerks, bag- gage men, act reviewers, agents, chorus men, tagicab drivers, and female im- personators. We didn't think the war would effect musical comedy until yesterday. We heard that three costume designers were going to the front as Red Cross nurses. , , tjBJVJSjBJI People are using so much bunting and so many American flags it's going to be tough on magicians who use them for a finish. BIRTHS. Mr. and Mrs. Irving Cooper, May 30, daughter. CORSE LEAVING. Corse Payton's stock days at the Lexington O. H. are numbered. This week is expected to see the company wind up its unsuccessful engagement. Do You Know That- Few good Irish comedians come from Japan? Animal acts have to be fed while lay- ing off? Fink tights should not be worn for north pole scenes? Monologues are no good in a circus tent? They say love will find a way—lots of people love work, but they can't find a way to get it Suppose you're wondering how the summer home is going to look. INTERNATIONAL'S LAY-OUT. The. present lay-out for the Inter- national Circuit for next season in- cludes 22 shows, 12 new to the cir- cuit and seven brand new shows. In eluded in the list are "Which One Shall I Marry" (Ed. Rowland), "Peg O' Mv Heart" (Robert Campbell), "The Old Homestead" (James Thatch- er). "Shore Acres" ((Stair and Nic- olai), "My Irish Cinderella" (Chas. E. Blaney). r «The White Slave" and "The Cinderella Man" both by Robert Camp- bell, a Hawaiian show by Rowland & Howard, with four shows by Gus Hill, including "Mutt and Jeff " "Bring- ing Up Father," "Hans und Fritz," and a new piece by Martin Herman (A. H. W >ods), will place a company of "Common Clay'' on the circuit, with new shows (titles not selected) for George Sidney, Timmie Hodges and Halton Powers, the play for the latter being tried out at present in stock in Indianapolis. ''The Katzenjammer Kids" and prob- ably "Her Unborn Child" will se In- cluded on the circuit. Arthur Alston and Charles E. Blaney will also have new shows. FLORENCE NASH FOR "MOLLY .• Florence Nash may be seen in the title role of "The Melting of Moll/ 9 when the Shuberts snd Frederic Mc- Kay again send the piece out.