farce. -What's Your Husband DotnrJ* takes place tomorrow night at .Hart¬ ford. Maxine Elliott made her appoaruof in New York last week, th« first tlm# in five years, in the Red Cross pageant, "The Drawing of the Sword/* imiLrementy 'Mother Carey's Chickens" closed Its New York run last right and will *o on tour with tlie present cast. The piece is expected to make a hit on the road. GOODNESS gracious, A1 Woods' Mrs. Patrick ''ampbell is appearing: in London in Hayard Viellers' "Thir¬ On -with the Annabelles! teenth Chair." in the role created In Had it not been for Mr. this country by Margaret Wycherley. Woods many of us might not l ast Tuesday Sarah Bernhardt cele¬ have known what a wicked brated her seventy-second birthday In world we are living in. her private ar in the railroad yards at And had it not been for Annabelle Davenport. Iowa, where she appeared twice a day in vaudeville. many a glint of the sunshine that il¬ lumes this dance-riddcn orb would have Richard Walton Tully. author of "Th« Bird of Paradise." has leased a studio been overlooked. hrt on sfe a* s& in New ^ o»*k. where i* working of "Good¬ a new plav which he cxpects to have Arthur Hopkins, producrr produced next season. ness Gracious Annabelle'* is an inter¬ the current theater. The Messrs Shubert produced at the esting quantity in Bijou Theater. New York, last week His specialty is spontaneity. Henry Bataille's latest play. "The He makes productions for the fun "f Torches." with Lester Lonergan and It and apparently does not care whether Amy Ricard in the leading parts. he makes any money or not "The Grass Widow." now in its third The pretty comedy at the Belasco week in Philadelphia, will visit Boston the of before going into New York for a run, Hounded and looked like product been who wanted his contracts to that effect having a refined fun fancier, signed last week bv Selwyn & < *o. little joke expressed his own way; "<"hin Chin" is making a tour of the willing to let the pu blic in on the laugh, re¬ country, with I>oyle and Pixon in the but determined to tell the story roles formerly played by Montgomery gardless of box office consequences. By, ami S' one. This Is the third season of new stars are re* Fome managers this course of procedure the piece, and the making- a success. is considered almost unprofessional. ported Theatrical patronage, however, is fre¬ The opening of ' Mi.-=s 1917" at the enthusiastic in welcoming some C.-Mtury Theater. New York, which quently was carded for tomorrow night, ha.s carried out in tota1 indiffer¬ 5. The enterprise of to bee:: postponed until November ence to the laborious process trying mariiisemen: insisted on further re¬ give the public what it wants. hearsals. * * * tli^ A new order of thines sets in a' "The Claim" ejosed its Now York theaters November 1. The high cost <¦: sen son last night at the Fulton reach eve- Theniand "Broken Threads" takes sorrow-drowning \yill bv* on the to chare, it« plaee tomorrow niclit. It Is who depend playhouse the dull care. Already a drawer in Lvr-es: Wilkes and staged bv Holbrook treasurer's office is filling up with frac¬ Blinr.. set aside to be paid over tional currency to be tendered to Uncle Sam. The contribu¬ A ley iitMi-iiril benefit is In taxes I\d\v .«; f* Rice in New York this week, tion* are from those who are purchas-] for Thursday night and at which Nat Coodwin will give his fa¬ 1ns: In advance act and and they are so liberal as to do mous U»n» fisherman Henry later, of dis¬ 13. I»i.\« \ will revive the scene away with any apprehension garden couragement to theatrical attendance. from "Adonis."* a shuddct agi¬ Incidentally, suppressed dead¬ <'!n »*hin <"how." a dramatic pageant tates the frame of the habitual be never t -1 m froni "The Arabian Nights." and head. The management may vh ii is in irv second season in Lon- in extending hospitalities, so gracious .' \ .«. in New York last Sam insists on having his n. produced but Uncle oc¬ /"Vv w.-.-i; a'lor many delays. The piece is one-tenth of the value of the seat bought with real monej MAUDB by <»s> ii A she and the music by Fred- cupied, whether of ei ick Norton. or not. Contrary to the expectations a.t>/vn\s the cost of theatrical entertain-1 years, A number of Tli- Shnberts announce that thev Trent is not going down. U-tvo put in rehearsal "The Melting of theaters have raised p? ices "A. WSS TOT2 New York making CINDERELLA^ .M«.1'. a comedy by Maria Thompson for best seats to $2.50 and S3. which was tried out last or 30 cents l':'V;ess. year. the tax per Seat cents in, This year Alma Tell, who is under a addition. j !lve-year contract1 ti» this firm, will ap¬ ife 31 J pear in the leading role. feature has been The revenue-raising \ much discussed among managers. "I>e Luxe Annie." EJ ward Clark's as a e the ftvstem of stamps was suggested p~ y s f r v pi.;: closed its run at possible means of simplifying the trans-j Thin y-ninth Street The;' ter. New York. actions. As in the case of most taxes la*t night and movd over to the Cort proves delight- Theater, tomorrow night for a 1 he process of collection and opening fullv Simple. The purchaser pays continuation of its metropolitan run. ample compensation li¬ no doubt finds diver¬ e'ir Johns-en Korbes-Robertson, who the reflection that his evening's means of contributing w.ll shortt- arrive in New York from sion is the seri¬ in "The Pass¬ share toward the country's most London, recently played In other ways the ing of the Third Floor Back'' for three ous purposes. v and has been having a most im¬ "eks in t'i- English metropolis theater the history of raised .'JI.1.000 for one of the war funds. portant share in making he to 1917. By making addresses to, VJITL/rcun His health ta 'ed and had retir**, the year liberty bond ora-1 but is reported once more in good the audiences nightly, thei health. tors have been able to reach almost 15EBAN of a community. entire population -.LOST IN TRANSIT" "We Should Worry." the new musical -ersion of "V T»-;as Steer." which GAT-JDEM 131 izabeth Marbury and Frederic McKay NEW NATIONAL .ire hacking. had its first performance mi last Thursday in 'THE' WHIP ST12AND Atlantic City night. The engagement of Maude Adams B. F. KEITH'S The piece opens in Pittsburgh for two Sir James Barrie s new play. weeks tomorrow night and then goes Matthew be a featured at- a Cinderella." opens at the Sam Bernard will to New York for run. "A Ki^s for traction at B. F. Keith's Theater this tomorrow night. In stories which she began for a ma pa who has been leading National Theater week, and it will he the last time he Bertha Mann, pleasure and curios¬ zine. She wrote the plot and scenario, woman «>f Klaw Lrlanger's western the announcement will he seen this season, as he is tie- then put it away until the time came has withdrawn. She is The pleasure, or a good .stock company, ity commingle. parting from vaudeville for a new to develop it. now playing an engagement with the of it. will come from seeing an She has formulated another plav Morosco Stock on the Pacific part Broadway revue. Mr. Bernard is hilled ''ompany actress, who is always delightful in the which she intends completing after her coast, appearing in The Silent Wlt- to appear as he did "twenty-five years tour with The Brat" this season. It is ness." She is expected to appear in new role opportunity has given first ago."' which means that he is doing a said to l.e an allegorical comedy, the New York around the holidavs in a seasons. The curiosity She de¬ her in seweral in his "single" act, with the dialect drollery characters being symbolic. new play. is aroused as to how Sir James J sketch entitled "The Revue of the Show." scribes it as a story of everyday life. excursion since "The and unction that characterized him as I near Cohan Harris first long dramatic the "Sunlight's Last Raid." featuring Mary Tuesdays at 4:30. Mme. Schumann- After the tour of the larger cities in In the future of Leonora" has modernized a comedian in in be the will The .Miss she will two new plays in New Legend never popular those days, Anderson and Alfred Whitman, will Iteink. great contralto, open Brat Fulton declares produce oldefet of fairy tales. Barrie is Hula Hula the course on November 27, will the and devote her York. One of them is "The King." been ques¬ "The Rich Mr. Hoggenheimer," "Nearly the hip matinee photoplay "In Tuesday. give up stage j dull. His genius has never Land." the first run Keystone comedy, and followed by Josef Hofmann, pianist, time exclusively to her writing. 'which Leo Ditrichstein will have th«» His latest effort, in a whimsi¬ a Hero." "The Rollicking Girl." "The the Hearst-Pathe News will the 23; Mine. Frieda lyric part, and the other is as yet tioned. as a complete January Hempel, leading he is to class Girl and "He From from the Grand ;n and Curtis cal way, pleased with the Wizard," Came program.