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Show ! AMUSEMENTS . i THE Symphony orchestra of Paris . , will appear here in the Tabernacle m on December 9. The announcement M has been made by George D. Pyper, M representing the Musical Arts Society. M '" ' He is working in conjunction with Ed- H ' win P. Kimball and Prof. A. C. Lund. M ' There are eighty-six pieces in the or- B chestra under the direction of M, Mes- B sager, and the American tour is under m the direction of the Franco-American Hi Association for Musical Art of New H York. B Wilton Laclcaye and Miss Julia Ar- H thur are no longer of the case of Os- H car Wilde's "An Ideal Husband," and H for a time it was believed that the play H was done for. However, Lumsden H Haro and Miss Selene Johnson have H been recruited for the reading roles. -H-i H It is possible now to announce tbe H L complete cast of Barrie's "Dear Bru- H tus," which will be an important the- H atrical event this season. Assisting H Mr. Gillette will be Sam Sothern, H Louis Calvert, Grant Stewart, John H. B Brewer, Hilda Spong, Elsie Mackay, H Harriet Otis Dellenbaugh, Violet Keni- H bio Cooper and Helen Hayes. -' H District Attorney Swann of New H York finds that seven brokers there f collect premiums on 2,260,000 theater tickets annually. This, says Mr. Swann, is 80 per cent of the year's theatrical business. t H tr.s Some opulent verse is contained in B "Chu Chin Chow," the Elliott-Com- H I stock-Gest spectacle, which will come Hl west after the first of the year. This 1 is declaimed by women at auction in Ithe slave mart: , Oh ye who in walled cities dwell, I What do ye know of life? Hj Y Oh ye whose thought is buy and sell, j I What taste have ye of strife? H J Oh ye who breathe but reek and dust, H f Who hoard your wealth for moth and H ruBt H I Whose veins are clogged by lazy lust H What can ye know of passion's gust? H j But we who in the desert live, H Yeh! live and live,' and live; H We who sell not love, but give, M I Yeh! give, and give, and give; M By desert sire and mother bred, fl Our love is not on riches fed; M With teeth and lips we kisses shed, M We whose blood is hot and red. ' -B H Lionel Barrymore in "The Copper- M head" impersonates a figure of the m ''( civil war, convicted by his fellow- H j t townsmen of disloyalty, and so, for H : years, a subject of calumny and neg- ' l lect. His defense and explanation H, form the big scene of the play, which H is by Augustus Thomas. -Hi ' George L. Kauffman's column in the Ht New'York Times of Sundaysays that: Hj !j At the Friars-Lambs performance at H ', the Metropolitan Opera house last H Sunday night George M. Cohan, in a H 4 staged-duologue with William Collier, Hi opined that he may figure again as an H f actor before the season is over. The 1 H line, t to be sure, was spoken in jest, but Cohan has a habit of speaking the truth in his moments of levity, particularly partic-ularly when in converse with Collier, and it would not be overly surprising were such the case in this instance. Be that as it may, the line served as the introduction of a characteristic Cohan-Collierism. "You can't go back on the stage," said Collier. "Why, you've got a big business to attend to." "O, no, I have not." "Well, you've got a lot of plays, haven't you?" 'Tes, I've got a lot of plays." "A lot of theaters?" "Yes, that's true, too." "Then how can you find time to act? You've got to stick to business. Why" "No. You don't understand. I've got a lot of plays yes. And a lot of theaters. But no business." Rose Stahl is said to be about to act again in a" piece entitled, "Is Money Everything?" It has been written by Mrs. O. L. Hall. Mr. Hall is the dramatic dra-matic critic of the Chicago Journal. The cast which is being recruited for the Fay Bainter play, "East Is West," is heavy with the names of the well known. Those reported to be engaged en-gaged are George Nash, Lester Lon-ergan, Lon-ergan, Hassard Short, and Forrest Wi-nant. |