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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22
"7he Old White Streak"
Has Taught Him Not 10
Waste His Time, as WeNas
Giving Him So. OOO.O 900.
and He WI Continue to
Be Its Advance Agent.
BY CHARLES DARNTON,
George 81. Conan say

TVO-NIGHT George 81. Conan says
80 long TO Broadway. The street
he has celebrated In song and
stage-story will see him for the last umo
as an actor. While II In by no means
improbable that the audience which bids
him goodby will. as he might say, make
fuss over him. he evidently has no
thought OF making a crawl exit. 1t viii
be Just like him to stroll or twirling a
light stick. and perhaps recalling that
IT'S Wanhlngton's Birthday.
To tell the truth In honor OF the day. -
he said. ITS really goodby to Broad
way. There won't be any Patti fare
wells unless they sic more new theatres
on me. and | don't think there's any
danger OF that. even though theatres are
coming so thick and fast that IT'S hard
TO dodge EN- l don't want TO play any
more--thats the whole story In a nut
shell. I've had twenty-three years OF
H. and I've had enough. don't care
about the managerial end OF II. either.
ia get out OF Il tomorrow II : could.
hut Sam Harris won't let me. That's
the worst OF having a good partner. III
have another year OF Il on the road, and
then plant myself on farm near Proyi-
dence. I'm really going through with
tnat agricultural stunt II you want "a
borrow any seed catalogues come
around ana help yourself rho author
OF seed catalogue certainly knows how
e write SCENARIO lie makes the whole
thing grow night before your eyes"
Turnlps, caDbages onions and other
vegetables dear to the neart of the ac-
tor sprang up Ike magic In tho dress
ag-rOom under the industrious hands o,
t.c rising young Agricultural
while may raise a crop big enough
10 feed ny family ami the stock" HI
continued. as George Parsons cent over
and pulled on u Shoe to bids his smile
''ths farn viii b . retreat where can
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22
II Your Smart Set Were
Fond of Music, Would
They Arrire in the
Middle of the Second
Act and Leave Before
the End?
In Paris the Doors Are
Closed When the Cur
tain Goes Up. and If
You Are Late You Can
Just Sit on the Steps
and Wait Outside Till
the Next Act or Go
Home and Think of the
Money You're Wasted.

gether II was a truly impressive sight.
was taken up to the club and snug
glcd into the little corner OF the room
where n screen Is put up to protect an
occasional lady visitor from the men,
bers (maybe It's to protect the members,
too.). You all looked very nice and
spandy. dear New York men. and Il
seemed hard to believe that IA few hours
earlier you were no doubt going about
IA your office with mussed up hair I'm
the cool ease OF shirt sleeves and the
comforting atmosphere of haif-chewed,
half-burnt cigars!
As you conversed so amlably over
your high balls at the club no one
imagines that you can be guilty. at
heated moments. OF conversations over
the phone with the Man Who Doesn't
Keep-Hs-Word. that send electric
sparks flying and half Kill the central
girl II she tries To listen'
Dolled up In your evening clothes on
opera nights you certainly look too good
tn be true and real illustration OF the
saying that Emusic hath charms tn
soothe the''-er-well. | think I'd better
leave Il at that
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22
George C0han Gives His Regards
To broadway Before LeQvi,,o If

people to listen to me, for after an n
SAID and written IT'S a wonderful street
Inc Old White Streak IL a liberai e1u
cation in itself 10 absorbed tcrpcratl,
or even intempera,eiy II the pers,
VINO pursues II knows when to stot
All or US, at least those OF us wfti
red blood In our vsAns, are handed vii,
oats 60 sow-and the richest soil O,
mis- footstooi Ia broadway. so why no
SOW 'em where the soil is warruDte,
90 produce a good time. even II It doe,
sprout q headachg'now and then7"
such a question IL. Of course. to b,
debated only on broadway. where an,
number of clubs are formed for tina
particular purpose. My interest isd m,
to ask the versatile oracle what pia,
OF his and what song. he considers,
most lyrical Ut Broadway.
i've mover thought Of that" he re.
hected. but Of my plays I should sal
Little Johnny Jones expresses Broad.
way most convincingiv because Its char.
acters include the toit. the Jockey. th'
CRATER, the politician and the sousc. at
OF whom are to be seen on the street
AZ for the song. " strikes mo tina.
'Barnum Had the Right idea hits The
mark for the reason that everyth.nl
along Broadway IL a show. But In IN,
popular mind. perhaps. Owe NY Re
CARDS Ia most Identified with Broad
way"
In considering the further possibilities
OF broadway for those who might fol
low him, George N. declared,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22
GOING TO A-BO<.

| poison peppermint Favored! Wherever
You go In this city you come across
| traces Of the animal! I've found Jumps
OF dried gum stuck on the furniture of
my room at the hotel, on the under
edge OF the seats at the theatre-why
| I've even seen the nasty stun sticking
to the iron ratings that guard the
visitors from the sea lions Cor are they
! at Bronx Park!
It was refreshing to find therefore
that chewing gum Is barred at the
opera. Maybe they have II upstairs In
the gallery, though l don't think true
music lovers would tolerate such A
nasty habit, They are true music low
ers. those gods In the gallery here! I
would rather rely on their judgment
! than on the disconcertingly misplaced
applause that comes from the stalls and
boxes!
| Everywhere in London. Paris. Brus-
sells and Munich. which are the only
towns can talk about. You will find
the would-be musician. who always
leads Off the applause at the WRONG
moment dragging part OF the audience
silly, sheepwise. after him. while the
gallery and a few real critics implor-
ingly murmur Ssh, SSH
| have never noticed u as strongly
as here, though. 1t seems as II people
| can only think about the tenor. who Is
giving return value for the fabulous
! salary he earns, for as soon as the last
yelp leaves his highly insured throat.
out they burst In tumultuous applause
with, much to the indignation OF the
gallery. fine disregard for the wonder
fully conducted orchestra that IL still
playing the beautiful music composed
by some man who has more intellect In
his little finger than there is In the
whole great body and swollen head OF
the large creature. male or female. on
the stage!
No wonder singers are ready to de
clare Now York the creates. musical
centre of the world. When you think
Of the generous applause and sala'
rles you give them they would he cut
ting off their nose to spite their face
if they said different | wonder what
the opinion of certain great musicians
would be. though. If they We're asked
I'm afraid Mozart must have beer
taking plenty of exercise In his grave
the other evening when the audience
in order to pay tribute To singers. cos
tuners and scenery, applauded enthu
siastically whenever singer stopped tC
take breath
OF course I'm not saying That tn
scenery VAS not magnificent because (!
IL, I have rarely seen such care o.
detail, such luxurious profus,on OF cos
tunes. such wonderful stage drilling
and chorus work; and perhaps when hi
sense OF sight is 50 pandered to yoi
cannot be surprised that people aImos
forget to listen
Would you be very much annoyed will
me. dear New York. II | said that m!
private conviction is that your smar
people who occupy stalls and boxes II
gala costumes are not very musical. ant
that one has the impression that op
cratic, productions are pills that hav
) " De csrstu.lS gilt Tor them 70 swAl
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22

Fifth avenue. OF the Rue de la Paix.
OF Bond street seem to have opened shop
windows on the grand tier boxes. and in
the orchestra stalls.
Even Gaby Deslys W ould have to take
back seat In the jewelry exhibition
line. and I'm not sure II you don't knock
Paris and London. In Paris ladies don't
put on quite 50 much all at once. Um
still talking about jewelry, let me re-
mind you.) Here your Dollar Princess.s
and Queens seem to wear all their
jewels together, just as Miss Sadie
Popgun of Sixth avenue wears her DIFF
ferent rabbit and cat skins at one
outing.
Why not do like the Turkish ladies'?
When one harem visits another each
woman carries all her jewelry with her
In a casket and from time to time her
attendant changes her rings. bracelets,
earrings and necklaces so that all her
possessions are shown around and yet
she is never overcrowded by their splen-
dor. 1t wouldn't be half a bad idea,
only Mr. Gatti-Casazza would nave tC
arrange for more intervals to give the
ladies time to change and get their
due OF admirat'on'
Yes, you certainly put on all your
prettlest frills. srandest diamonds and
incest manners at the opera, dear New
York You don't come bouncing Int
the place as you do In other theatres.
Really. at some Of the musical comedy
plays you run In as IL you were tryins
to catch the Pennsylvania express taal
left the day before yesterday: you
bump into your seat as II you had
declared war on Its springs and alto
gether you give stranger the i'm
preston OF taking your pleasure very
s:renuously.
| At the opera It's different. The vel
dressed ladies' wrapped up In cost.
cloaks sweep to their seats In the le.'
surely manner mat they positively owe
to their Clothes Beautiful clothes
ought to suggest leisure and repose
doht you thihN so' rerhaps us ra'nei
pity that you nave the Ens,s" Gus
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22

COMMUNICATE thaty-wlth nature and
perhaps raise a crop Of new Ideas for
plays. want to write a play about
people different from those that roam
broadway, but I can't do II while I'm
falling over tables and keeping up a
running conversation with my feet sup
pose I tackled play Of that kind and
after getting II produced heard some
one say. 'Oh. yes. I saw the author last
night doing "A headspln' wouldn't th3
dry up my ink"''
Mr.. Cohan's lucky father. dreaming
OF the day when he should be elected
president Of the Farmers Club. turned
his head and glanced over the collar
he was buttonlng. and Mr.. Parsons
grew red In the face tugEing at his
other shsc. George NJ dance-stepp, ID
into a freshIy-cr.ai ed pair OF trousers
and fastened the belt with this deter
m!natlon:
I'm going to try TO write an AmeH-
can comedy along different lines than
those I've followed. III read and write
| and travel IA bit Now broadway j
| the only thing | know, and I want /,
|
! like II but because | want 10 learn
| something about the rest OF the word
! It's not that I'm going to forsweai
| Broadway. The old street means toe
much to me for mo to forget H. II has
given me. among other things, abo1i
three million dollars, together with 8
! foundation for as much more. What.
more. Broadway has taught me not T.
waste my time. That's the great lessor
IL teaches those who know how to take
It. The important thing 10 learn i
, when and where TO stop. little OF
Broadway goes long way"
Al thlIty-hye (gray hairs do not al
| ways tell true story George NJ. Cohai
has the face OF hoyish philosopher
He's really a very odd mixture. les d
waste OF time to study him and enough
10 know that ne has learned a grea
deal since he was Peck's had Boy
Above everything else he IN a Brosdwa,
/ prodigy. This Is the only word that de
scrlbes him As for the rest OF III,
secret of his extraordinary success /
came out when he said
rive tried to play fair. I've done my
best 10 repay Broadway for all Il Ia,
done for me by writing more songs anC
plays about Il than any one In tn
world. | believe. and l don't intend e
stop there,s I'm going to 10 Droadway's
sdvance sksnt ~ long A. can hnG
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22

A RED CAP" In the PennsylvanfA
~ station approached = woman with
Is \ a suitcase In trent Of her In tho
waiting room this morning. He doifsd
his cap. bowed and said: .i
Pardon me. Madam. but may be
permitted the honor Of escorting yeu 10
your train?"
The woman almost collapsed IN her
surprise. she was q regular commuter.
wise IN the ways and manners OF red
caps" WEh an effort she controlled
herself and allowed tho bowling and
gflnnlng darkey to take her bag.
Pray be careful. that step Is liable
- latch your heel and you would sure
~ have bad fall" he remarked rs
they reached the stairway leading to
the train level
In the train he accepted the dine tip
she gave him as II II had been q dollar.
"Oh. thank YOU. madam" he said.
Once on a time, he would have departed
without a word at such a gratulty.
II wish YOU a pleasant trip" was
his parting remark.
But this is only one Of the export
ences which are enlivsning the lives or
Pennsy commuters these days. The
other morning the brakeman on the 100
from Railway held the silk floss while
a young woman stenographer. who oc-
cupies her time coming into New York
embrolderlng, made Il Into = pro5o.
sken And conductor on n Perth
Amboy Irain yesterday afternoon apollo
gized when he accidentally left door
open
No. they are not all Lord Chester
fields Neither are they ,ryinG to 0ivs
Mayor Gaynor lessons In politenssa
A general order has been issued that
! all Pennsylvania employees must b
polite TO passengers, Now commuters
are wondering 10 n really polite sasi.
neer would hold the SIT At MstueAsa
some morning until . be!stsd Neeua0en-
ite. hurdiins H. tenhstsass y . an1uos
aut ~ <AA citation aassiA - eAa0A
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22
New York Bows to BiAy Nolan. VIM?

whats Yer name?" demanded III,
Highness the cop
Nolan, sir; william Nolan" respect.
fully answered Rltchie's manager.
The Brass Buttons dropped the hand
holding the summons to his side. lie
pulled OF his hat as " to mop his brow
with the other. and he began to sputtei
alphabetically. lie looked search!ngly
into Nolans blue eyes. and as ~
jammed the summons back into his
coattail pocket finally muttered:
well. be jabe:s, It's lucky thin1
for you you're name Is Nolan. I thought
you were wan OF them fresh ginks."
Ritchle stood by noting tho discomh
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22
By Meg Villars. .

have been to the opera. What gor-
rssusness I have seen. dear New York,
~. c.r,.,r,v h,a,,, ,o,r ,,.,, r,d.r
. N,.,., III. =.
Wv" ."s.a"'e " ""''
sucn masnihcent interior 10 such
0~s"'aAe eA'er'or' am sorry "a''eu
20 long 10 visit one metropolitan ~?era
House. but you see. having heard so
much about IT. ! was fearfully disap-
pointed when ! saw what a puritanical
looking building 1t was as We've from
the sidewalk and II sort of discouraged
<ns to Enquire Within" However. hav'
ing once summoned up courage and
passed the severe portals. was dazzled
ana enchanted! What taxi-cabs have
begun the opera shall finish. have
calculated that I can AFFORD taxis and
operas three times Week for month
ana then It's visit to my consul ant
passage nome IN the steerage.
tnihk us really rather tricky OF you
10 crowd SO much luxury within such
usv "sns' WAS tne ne" 10TH opera
"ouse opened on the nrst OF April as
muse 'o~e' II comes as reai sur
!nss 10 an uhsuspee"hs Stranger you
"o~ - ohly you naa the OUTSIDE OF
s...', ~ ope,a "o"se anu ,'s
...,. ""N o",.o w..
,.n,s ~, IT., No, 80, 49,, ..,, =,
lot
~.
h,,,,d,.. g. 80, ~
h.,s ~. ,,.r.,. ~. -,
,ur. ou, 70 n. nausnan.r omo.. 49,,
~rs,d.r thar m. sx,.r,or nd .r,r.rce,
or IN. M.fropolI,an
7 vrinklsd I'M nv po.s 4, fine d,sr,s
whsn I frs, AZ, foo, IN Tho rather a,ny,
,ookrn. ,ohbv and .au tho, ,h.. nov
who vsrs selling tho ,hrot,o -, IN,
on.,. wa-~ wasr,ry ord,n,ry s,re.
cIo,h.. ana hadn't a single unifo-,, ha
twsen than, IT.. true ,ha, one anongs
en- mo,v ~o,,dn., nov. h.o, n,,,,h ,,no,
.nvv.v,
o.. ,,us, ,,.,,. .ouovo. ..,,a,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22

~ lilly NOLAN. manager OF Willie
X Richie, the lightweight cham
- plon. started down the subway
stairs to-day carrying q big black
lighted cigar
A big husky son OF ireland In the
uniform of the municipal police depart
ment hailed him:
Here. don't ye know It's agin the
law to smoke In the subway and
with that the copper began fumbling
through the pocket In the tail OF his
coat.
Nolan stood dumfounded. Coming all
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22

It's a pipe! But the sons-and dance
thing Is a harder game than Il was
when I played Il, because . lot OF very
clever kids are working u now. He
faster"
And Is Broadway fastsrf''
Il don't know" he laughed. Z 90
home nights now
Good luck to him when be goes homo
tonight leaving broadway bshtnd!
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22

the way across the country, ne Of
course wasn't familiar with the Sub-
way rules and regulations
I'm summon ye TO curt went on
Oflccr 49,, ana he finally extrlcated a
legal looking document from the rear
folds Of his coat
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22

Your. Dowagers Appear
No Chickens! --ButThey
Cover Up With JelUels-
All the Jewellers of
Fifth Avenue, of the
Rue de Ia Paix, of Bond
Street, Seen, to Haze
Opened Shop Windows
on the Grand Tier
Boxes Your "GalLerH
Gods" Are True Music
L0Uers-N IL the San:e
in London, Paris, Brus-
sells and Munich.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-22
Polite NeD York;

A RED CAP" In the Pennsylvaafn
~ station approached = woman with
Is \ a suitcase In trent Of her In tho
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-25
SPLIT Il Threatened.

NEW YORK oct PA split among
the officers oC tho Amateur Athletic union
over the proposition TO sanction contests
between anna teurs and professionals under
certain conditions is indicated tonight hy
statement issued by James r. Sulii-
van. secretary OF the 4 4. L., strongly
objcctlng 20 any such practice as pro-
posed. The Idea was advanced by Gus
tgvus T Kirby. president OF the 4. \.
L.. In an address reports OF which were
made public yesterday.
Il do not quite follow MT. Kirby In b.e
statement that. IN his opinion. the pres =
eut iInc Is drawn too flne and under GER
tain circumstance competition should
be permitted between anna teuTs and pro-
fcsslOnals. saws Secretary Sullivan. 81
cannot understand just what he means
by this sudden change OF heart for lt is
matter Of record that he did not fee!
as he does now al the congress in Berlin
last August. At that time ne was IN IA
Vor or making the amateur definition
even more binding.
There Is no demand for the good o,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-25
Latonia Entries.

ny International News Service.
First race. ono miie-pa yhcad. 81: Tomboy.
aa Bob Hensley. lDl Candy Box lO7: Edna
LIska. ~. J. Nolan. 100; stcvcsta. I0J: Duke OF
Shelby, Jos.
Roberts T0,. Tnlan. ioJ: Camel. lnI: Quarter
maf;cr. itg; Marie e. loi: James Dockcry. lo3
Royal Tea. i05 Back Bay. lo7.
Third race. mile and h1toeuth-Luthcr.
as Soeth li2; Samuel Il. McycT. rs; Any Port,
100: HoFriftnNn ne.
Fourth race handicap Fort Thomas stake. six
Furlongs-Iniy Moonor. ~: Bronze WING, i03
soslus. i0i: HodFr. III: B-uEhuEt l25. ClaHo-
uet;r. 100; Brg's Brother 10 Ralph, ll5 Black
Toney. lia.
Fifth race. riE fuTlongs-FoUi. l00. World
Wonder IpI: Princes Thorpe f15: The Roach
100. DuquCsne. ics WintcTgrcen. 100: Pierre pu-
mas lOJ Nrcclaud. 1Oj. Irish GcrtOmon, 100
sixth race. one mile and siNtccHth-CoppeT-
town Ioo: /. H. Adair. TO-. Irish Kid. io7 =
PLANT Ioa: Henry Rite. loc. sam Huch Toe T.
Follovman. 100
Weather CLOUDY. track sloppy
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-25
AL|MONY TROUBLES
COME BEFORE COURT
J. B. Buzzo, IL, Objects to
Turning Over Quarry
to Former Wife.

J. B. Buzzo 3 alinony trihulatious oc'
oupied most Of the time az the Friday
divorce matinee before Judge c. W
Morse In the district court. Buzzo has
been paying his former wife, Elizabeth
BuEzo. s45 a month for nearly fourteen
years. Now be is seeking an order re
ducing the amount OF alimony.
The present Mrs. Buzzo entered into
the case yesterday by filing r. petition
sn intervention 10 prevent the former
wife from obtaining possession Of 3
rock quarry at Gogorza as security for
back alimony. Attorneys for the di.
vorced Mrs. Buzzo sought An order as
signing the quarry TO her, but Bu7zo,
who is 70 years old, declared that the
rock quarry was his only means Of
support, and without il he could not
paw the Alimony or anything else. The
present Mrs Buzzo, in her petition, sets
out that il has been through her efforts
that the quarry has been held in the
family and that the former Mrs. Buzzo
has no right therein. The whole mat.
Ter was continued two weeks.
Eight inteylocutory DEGREES Of di
VCECe, tLl auN GU tLS USUAL
grounds Of desertion, failure 20 provide
and cruelty, were entered yesterday, as
follows:
Earl e. Rardin from Ruby Rsrdin;
Brown from Robert Brown;
Lucille 7. Peterson from Axel J.. Peter.
son; Elsie NJ Houghton from William
N. Houghton; Dorothy K. Corbin from
Clyde L. Corbin; Lawrence Standish
from Lillian Standish; Charlotte Rol-
land from Joseph G. Roland; Ruby l..
Allen from Charles Frances Allen.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-25

Despite the fact that the Contest
Editor is constantly warning Booklover
Contestants 20 use moro than one an
swer, n number Of participants DO rot
seem 70 have the reasons fixed clearly
in their minds. Once again these will
be set forth in detail.
To explain this point mos, clearly.
let's suppose that 4 submits ten an
swers for each OF the seveuty-seven
pictures-a total Of seven hundred and
seventy answers lie guesses seventy
five correctly. . submits but one an
swer 10 each Of tho seventy. seven pic
lures and gets scvcntv.four correct.
Now, II average or percentages were
being figured. would have n higher
average, but, As WRONG ANSWERS
DO NOT COUNT AGAINST \ CON
TESTANT IN THIS GAME. 4 WINS,
ALTHOUGH He HAS USED SIX
HUNDRED AND NINETYTHREE
ANSWERS MORE THAN r AND
HAS But ONE CORRECT ANSWER
MORE THAN r.
OF course, had \ and h guessed the
same number correctly. y would be
given the preference Here, then, is
the rule 20 follow:
Use as many answers as appeal 20
Won lvou are allowed ten). because
wrong answers 10 not count against
YOU. The only instance IN which the
number oi answers YOU submit would
be figured at all would be IN the re-
mote case Of n tie. and the likelihood
OF tie happening rs nowhere near as
great as tho likelihood of your losing
out altogether in irving 10 keep the
number of answers down 10 a mini
mum.
The big winners in the previous con.
test conducted by The Tribune won
because they used every answer that
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-25
ARRANGE BASKETBALL
DATES IN BOX ELDER
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
BRIGHAM CITY. Oct H.-The south-
ern division of the Box Elder county
basketball league has announced the fol-
lowing schedule Of games TO be played
I'm the first or its winters series:
October 2i-Whlttier school Brig
ham KS. Lincoln school. Brigham. at
Lincoln. Nantua -. Willard. at Willard.
October Mantua IS. Central. Brig
ham. at Central. Lincoln VS.. Whittier.
az Whittier
October 5l.-Mantua VS. whittier. at
Mantun. Central vs. Willard, at Central
November i.-Central vs.. Whittier. at
Central. Lincoln VS. Mantua at Lincoln.
November 7.-CentrHl VS.. Mantua, at
Mantua: Willard vs. Whittier, at Whit
tier.
November Il.-Llnroln VS., Central. at
Central: Willard VS.. Mantua. at Mantua.
November 1f-Willard VS.. Central at
willard: Mantua vs. Lincoln. at Mantua.