New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
Tf Eccentric Dancing Pleases
the Public Why Not Let
Them Have It?" Says
George.
by Henry MacMahon.

George NJ. Cohan is coming back to the
stage next month with his tousied
mop Of hair. his jngly songs and his jerky
dancing He doesn't care who knows it.
The artists re-entry Will be made at the
Conan Theatre, in Conan play-'The Lit
lie Miluonaire"-and he will assume the de-
cldedly Cohanesque title part. In the
chaste vocabulary OF upper Broadway It
will be the old stuff all over again-songs.
dances walk-arounds, pretty girls, extreme
velocity and extreme slanginess.
Now. some things have happened in the
Thespian world since young Mr.. Conan
was last the personal idol of the folk who
gladly paid their 81 a seat to see his japes
With his partner, Sam Harris, he has come
into possession of three important THEATRE
the Cohan, the Gaiety and the Grand opera
House: he has produced two or three ster-
ling plays Of The Fortune Hunter" quail
ity." and best of all. he has personally
written and put on Il non-musieal comedy
'Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford," which all
the critics pronounced good and which has
delighted the discriminating theatregoers
Of New York and Chicago for more than
season.
Go up and see George NJ. Cohan' was
the Sunday Editors mandate TO the scribe
But which Cohan?' was the scribe
mental reply. The Cohan of Wallingford'
or the Conan of the idiotic gambols? Per-
haps they're both there" he reflected fur
ther "and / can catch EN- together
Pursuing this fascinating Jekyll-Hyde
Speculation. the interviewer entered the
outer Offices OF Conan & Harris, on the
81 hot
comedy-maker's name. Yes, this WAS clear
ly the home Of The Man VINO owns
Broadway." "The Yankee Prince ana
Little Johnny Jones
The apple-cheeked Office boy rushed
around like an automatOn galvanized ny
an electric current. Beautiful, respIehueht
Chickens OF the show girl variety ana
more mstronly, eager-faced hens were IN
curing at the gate for the heaos OF tle
urn The expressive lineaments OF bu
Wallace Dunn the press agent, were doihs
comedy act In one as he Chartered VOL
uoy with two French women Even inc
Girl typjsts of the establishment betrayed
roguish glance and moved about WIN
quick step. II seemed 10 require but the
Energetic presence Of the redouDtaoie
N'iSt NJ, WdNlnB MS Sei'DiS'~N "
mar, 10 start the whole merry once ioi
Waiting about and singing TIRE ciaSs''
Strains Of
Then give my regards 70 Brosdway'
- Remember me 10 HeIaid ~ street
Tel all the boys in Forty -ses'ho w."
That IN soon DC there. H.,
Tel them Of bsW ! am WaltluH
To join In the Oldtime thio.s,
- give my regards 70 Old Broao"S''
And say III be therc ere IONS
From this day dream Of the primitive 20
ashesque the visitor was awakened ~
ounn's rapid-hre message: MIR. Conan WIN
We You In two minutes" And presen"'
we latter led the interviewer through '"s
ss'e and past half dozen doors MAJ As'
fnyste,' TO e large room facing the COZ
vi OF the Great White Way and $50 SUE
which two little men were seated
MI. George cphsn Mr.. Sam haffIa'
$40 Dunn, and then one OF the little nie"
.sxed the visitor 10 accompany MN '''o
~ inner Office furnished with piano' .
'ee Table and other fxings. MT
y" Was he) took seat on inc p'"