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Show WHAT THESPIANS I ON BROADWAY H ; ARE DOING ' r i)ixi mnu, ' ' ; rTBW YORK, Aot. 1. Th ur- Z, rant weak Is wrollfls of prom la. ; suggesting that ths producing mis- " Mors of Broadway have decided t T offer opposition to th waathav da- . nartmvnt which ha bee furnlsh- lng a moat abominable brand of - ... weather. Broadway was appreasheJ . with heeltant feet laat Wfek, and the result was favorable. Ths at-. at-. tendance has not reached normalcy. but at Ira at it show encouraging . signs Even more encouraging than the signs of ths pint's. Bern of - tbam wer pretty bad. - "In Uov With Lov," a eummer - comedy by Vlncont LAWreno. fo- tared bv William Harris Jr., wss altogether dellghtfuL It was cher- erlv preeented with a caat of faal Tneiit. in which Lynn Fontaine starred lw Intereet It not In fact. Henry Hnll. ' Ralph Morgan and i " Robert Strang war a trio of In- gratlatlng fellowa, aaeh serving th unstable and fascinating maTd as " sweetheart, sometimes singly and oometimes mor volnmlnoua." " It was so smartly written and scted that the audience failed to realise Ita discomfort from th heat, and It ha registered a pronounced suc- raes. The story le that of a girl who loves often. Hardly Is one on before It Is half off. While the . weakling and the av man Strug-w Strug-w gla for her with amualng effect. the middle man wine her hesrt and ' m tames her t his wilt. Folks wb ale. th dancing aad th spirit at ths thins Is what counts As Mr. Morrlssy calls his ort"s; "? Kewooinary It may be recordsd th U while they are In th main new-sonjers new-sonjers to Brosdway, he has selset-ed selset-ed wleely snd well. The group of nsweomer csntalned nanny who will Juatlfy ths plaudits won on ths opening night. It Is "ons of those showa." snd may b recommended without reoervatioa of . any sort whstsosvsr. CH11-DRE OF BIOOH. Ths Children of the Moon" la ons of the new plsys scheduled for production pro-duction on Broadway thte year. Iden Payne Is staging ths play and Whltford Kane, always popular. Is sun bar, d among ths plsyera, Henrietta Hen-rietta Crosmsn, long sbsent front Broadway, returns as th principal act teas. Ths newsTpr reports from Newport New-port and alsswhsr along th lln tails waiting Bradway that "Uumbbsll," th new comedy r J. n Mueeei and Klllstt Nugent, la like a real comedy, actea wnn a e proper appreciation of the pelnta Involved, will fall rlgnt la lav with "In Love With Love." STOPS rOBJ BATH. , . ' "The. Mad Honeymoon." by Barry Connor.- was less happy. With Kenneth MacKenna, Boots Wooater - and Edward Arnsld giving satlafy-. satlafy-. lng Individual performances. .there . was Veallv little la the Play Itself to Interest. Miss Wosstsr. as ths v young lady who decides to ta We a- bathlefors shs slopes, helped soms. eepeclslly when the housemaid stele her clothes snd fereed'he to tsks her nocturnal sscapeds In French - pajamas. They were as hm as ths plrd of ths play, but dealdedly mors InsVeatlng. Our town Is flllsd with " fS'ers from all parts of ths United " F'.iea. To those .whs feel thst 'hey should know the latest things In " pajamas ws recommend Miss Boots , VYoontsr In "A Mad Honeymoon." " "The Newoomere" Is ths tltls of the lstest summer revue. Aa It name auggests. It la tbe latest contestant con-testant for populsr fsvsr smong theee who feel tli&t ns summer Is complete without A round of snows ronalatlng In the 'mala of pretty girls snd scsnt clothaa. "Tha Newcomers' New-comers' la sns of theee. Will Mor-rlrsy Mor-rlrsy is the chief promoter, both of M ' the organisation snd much of ths . fun. Al Fields helpe him a lot. but ss Is customary with plsys f this - 'sort, ths girls, the clothes, ths Bin- "most Interesting and amualng. Ths Nlgsat family and th sntlrs east mads ths event one that will bs remembered chiefly for the many ecessloas for lauvhlng" it 1 I be seen va Brosdwsy soon. Ths Oreen Ring, a new cooperative coopera-tive organisation, enlisting the support sup-port of maay of our best playsrs. writers directors and well wlehers of ths stags, will begla to function Shortlv with a Play by sn author said to be a likely candidate for high writing honors. Ons of lis plsys scheduled for production nsxt sesson will have as lie chief expoaent Theresa Meawell Consver. who has dons so mush to help others win artlsiie sucossa It Is likely that Saxon Kilns, himself sn actor, will writs ths play for ksr. ' . Laaratt Taylor wfll hava a new play by Hartley Msnnsrs nest ass-son, ass-son, bat before coming to 1 reader read-er ar as a contestant for local honors hon-ors Shs will divert herself on th lot In Hollywood, doing "Happiness" "Happi-ness" and "On Mght In Rme" fog th films Harriet Van Kmdsa sailed on ths Bergenlsnd this wee It for Europe, where shs Will sing until ths first of ths year, when she Is dus to return re-turn to tho United ehatee aad eon-certlcs eon-certlcs fur several mostha This Is ths singer who created an urttsttc furors last ysar In th principal Europsaa cltlsa |