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Show FDDTLJGHT FLASHES Walter Prltchard Eaton, dramatic critic of the American Magazine, writing writ-ing of his inability to be in New York for the premiere of Edgar Selwyn's new comedy, "Rolling Stones," adds to his regrets: "Of course, I shall see 'Rolling Stones' when I do come first thing! I hope it is a great success, suc-cess, for your firm is one Qf the few that seems to me to have real theatrical theatri-cal brains (or do I mean artistic brains?) behind it." Marguerite Skirvin, the little Southerner South-erner who plays the leading feminine role in "Rolling Stones," has been reminded re-minded by the recent flood In Galveston Galves-ton that she was carried all through the first, historic one, when she was Just as big as a minute, she says, by her uncle and her father, who took turns keeping her head above water. Juliette Day, who plays Blanche Hawkins in the "Twin Beds" company which goes to the coast, made her first big success In New York as Modesty Mod-esty In "Everywoman," and her second sec-ond as the enthralling Plum Blossom, beloed of Woo Hoo Git In "The Yellow Yel-low Jacket" "Under Cover," tho melodrama of love, mystery and thrills, with which Rol Cooper Megruo not only broke all Boston and New York records, but wrote in the catalog of possibilities In the drama, the surprising of your audience aud-ience and Laving th'em like it. will begin the season of the Montauk Theater The-ater in Brooklyn. Florence Malone is In the leading woman's role of Ethel Cartwright After the most diligent search, there has been discovered in New II j York one woman who is willing to II H impersonate the "Stout Woman" in j IH the Whitney Fashion Show, which I H Selwyn & Company will present in j H conjunction with Mrs. Whitney at the j H Hudson Theater In a series of special j H matinees in September. I H The original "Twin BedB" company, r H "which is appearing in Selwyn & Com- j IH pany's Park Square theater in Boston, 11 IH gave a performance in Newport prior I M to the Boston run. Tho four other I "Twin Beds" companies will have H their dress rehearsals this week tat (ill IH the Harris Theater prior to the open- H H lng of the road, tours. ill M Owing to tho Immediate popularity R I bf Edgar Selwyn's "Rolling Stones," I IH Selwyn & Company decided to insti- l IH tute the mid-week matinees at the I Harris Theater, at once, despite their jj H first plan to omit them during the H warm weather. The matinee audlen- M ces would have none of such arrange- n M ments, so a Wednesday afternoon j H performance was given last week. jjlj H George Sidney and Zelda Sears, ilNH who will be featured in their original j jH roles in "The Show Shop," tbe James j H Forbes comedy of the stage which Sel- m H "wyn & Company will have on tour this season, will both play in Miss i IH Sears' dramatization of "The Heart of j H a Child" by Frank Danby, in its pre- fl H limlnary season of one week at Atlan- till IH tic City. Ill IH oo H IH When a 12-inch shell strikes tho jj H water it throws up a "splash." higher fi IH than a battleship's mast This $ H "splash" weighs about p.OOO tons, this 1 1 H leaving a small ship very little chance JH of escaping wreckage. j H |