The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-17
Roy L. Mccardell in the New York
Nyor1d


World.
~ My the people who can afford
to live in New York do not.
~ Those who can't afford it sim
ply swelter and exist in the summer
time.
This story concerns the unfortunate
managers and actors and notable New
Workers whose business habits is on or
near Longacre square, and who live out
of town in summer.
Yes, those who love dear old Broad
way" so very, very much spend their
spare time any place but there in sum-
mer-that Is, except on the rare mid
summer opening nights.
An opening night brings them back
in midsummer, back from abroad they
hurry in haste to see the first first
nights, and back they motor or come by
boat to be in at the opening opening.
There may be too many theatres now,
but each year still newer and more
beautiful ones arise and are opened,
and when they are opened with new
show in blazing midsummer the wailing
to town to hold reunion. From their
lodges in the wilderness they come,
from their mansions at Manhasset, from
their seaside homes-and they always
buy their tickets.
1t is an unwritten law in the theatri-
cal wrold that no manager, music pub
Usher, costumer, florist, scene painter
or star actor or actress ever asks or
expects "courtesies9 on the first night
of big show.
The Lambs, and Friars, the Green
Room club buy first night seats in sec
tions and blocks when there is an
opening in which any of their members
are concerned either rs producers OF
actors
There are few or any dead heads at
big first night in New York. Critics
get seats, but critics are there as work
ingmen, laboring at their vocation.
With critics evening dress is what over
alls are to workingmen.
| Here's how the evening goes.
scene-Entrance and lobby of a
Broadway theatre.
| Occasion-First night of summer
show.
Actual Time-Just little before the
curtain is due to arise.
Dialog follows as follows:
Hello, There's Joe Weber. Hows
the boy? (Aside) Weber and Fields
have been offered 100000 to put their
hits in the moving pictures"
rs that so? Introduce me. gotta
scheme
There's Sam Harris and George
Conan. You oughta heard George kid
himself in song he wrote and sung at
the F,riars the other night"
"Whaddya mean, kid hisself?"
why, kidded himself about drama
tizing the American flag and singing
through his nose, yah know"
! "Is Irwin Berlin here-he's a nice
little fellow, too"
| yep He just got back in time from
Europe to be heretonight. Timed him.
self. Say, Wilson Miner give him q
great blowoff in London the night be-
of doubts, of technical issue, but the
weight of authority seems to be against
the position he has taken.
The seventeenth, or direct elections
amendment to the constitution, which
annulled the state election laws then In
force in SO far as they regulated the
elections to fill senatorial vacancies
but such elections must be directed
| by the legislature The Alabama leg
| islature has not met since the seven
| taeuth arnendment became part of the
organic law. and consequently the
state has no statutes governing the
election of senators. The amendment
also provides that the legislature ol
any state may empower the executive
| 70 make temporary appointments
where vacancies occur. but no sucf
power has been conferred in Alabama
The governor was advised to call 4
special session of the legislature ard
procure the power of making tenn
porary appointment. Why he disre-
garded this advice and ventured tt
take a doubtful course has not beeI
explained. Perhaps economy was the
motive. and perhaps there are politt
cal reasons. If Mr.. Clayton is no
seated there will be no alternative K
the summoning of the legislature. Titt
lfor the tariff bill is advancing witt
slowness that argues infinite time anc
extreme fondness for Washington
weather--or for partisan politics.
\
THE EUGENICs LAW.
From the Washington Post.