The evening world., 1908-10-08
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TT doesn't take some theatrical pro-
n ducers long to tell If a play is GO
ID - ing to succeed Frederic Thompson
hurried into the lobby OF Wallack's The
atre Tuesday night, the opening per-
| Torrance of Arnold DAILY in His Wife's
l Family" and managed 70 catch George
1 Tyler who produced the piece. Just be-
fore he left right after the first act for
\ the Astor Theatre to console himself
4 with n sight Of The Man from Home"
II wan to know If you'll let me have
Il Edwin Arden said Thompson. Arden
being in His Wife's Family" II need
him for Wireless, and we begin re-
hearsipg tomorrow"
well as things look al present,
think you can have him" said Tyler,
\ peeping through n crack in the door to
H count the curtain calls. which didn't
a even make him pause in his CONVERSE
ton, "as believe this play has about
n one chance in hundred of getting over
and don't want him for some weeks for
II the Mcclellan play "A Matter of
\ Money But you call me up in the
morning-ln know by then about this
n play, and we'll see"
Morning passed into afternoon yester-
II day and there was no phone message
from Thompson. Tyler called him on
4 the wire and asked II he still wanted
Il Arden for the Paul Armstrong play.
4 "Wtreless"
4 "Oh. I forgot" said Thompson. "As
Il a matter of fact I wired him early and
he's rehearsing now. You see II didn't
take me long 20 find out His Wife's
Family didn't make TINT chance in
"A hundred you spoke OF I got the early
4 editions OF the papers and after l read
I the criticisms I didn't think It was ne
cessary to bother you any more, SO 7
! Just got hold OF Arden"
George Tyler and another manager
were talking about a certain successful
play producer.
He is unquestionably the greatest
lan in his line that ever lived" said
he other manager enthusiastically. My
hats off to him. A failure with him is
rarer than Il day in June-one success
has followed another time after time IN
bis career. and I don't believe ne can
Yes" said Tyler, dri,y. but re:nern-
Der Jesse James once got w on n chair
to nang picture"
A Peep Behind tho curtain.-wilton
LAckaye was once a cigar salesman
IN all Of George NJ cohan's musical
shows the characters are compelled to
act IN lively fashion. to do a good deal
Of running about, and his latest, The
American Idea" is far from an eIcep-
ton to this general rule.
,.. HOY s e9 yg oS Ike n,,t the show some
Before the play came into " New t Tor: Just
Immense" said Daley. II rnn
Twelve miles in three acts and Just lost
BY nose"
Mis- Louise Cunning. in ''Marcelle,"
is said to be the greatest high Fer in
captivity. She sings a high F. four
times at every performance. which
makes thirty high F's for the week, a
record that beats that of Tetrazzini
who only sings three times a week.
Miss Blanche Ring and Miss Laura
ouerite were at lunch yesterday in p
Broadway restaurant when two young
women. their cheeks beautifully max
heldparrished. and wearing hats five feet
in diameter and collars so high ms to
make Queen Elizabeth turn over in
her grave. came in and sat at an adj
."overture"' cried Miss Ring when
\ stage" '0'' '"e
m,
gyho overheard; Overture. indeed. II
some people was back where they be-
longed they wouldn't even be called for
no overture. And I guess that hurt,
j eh. Mame?"
Some language is funny" says os-
N car lHammerstein. IT took one OF my
4 lately arrived songbirds and her hus-
4 band out for an automobile ride, and
then we went to dinner. Ach. Him
Il mel. saws the lady, i am as hungry as
horse"
,.ouiGk. gssrcon,' says I. bring
N A playwright, before Miss Maxine FL.
iiott came TO Days Theatre, wrote 10
the actress telling her he had written
play that he thought would appeal 10
] her. and received the reply that she
has in her possession no less than four
"a completed plays by Clyde Fitch, all
4 written for her. One OF them Is ex-
R ins.s shortly TO succeed N'Se''-He'-
It was after a dress rehearsal of the
scene in the Hippodrome show when
the stage city that had been built after
much labor by an army Of stage hands
had been destroyed by the fleet of air
ships. The scene shifters and other
workmen We're hopping their brows
and preparing to build 1t up again
when out spoke Harry Palmer, an old
time stage carpenter who has been
'troopin'" for many n year,
Gee, boys" he said I'm afraid
we're going to have trouble with this
show in those op'ry house upstairs over
the banks"