New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-05
Ethel Barrymore Pays a
Rare Tribute to
Eddie FOy.
RIVALRY
I'M WESTCHESTER
wbv II Happens That New
Rochelle Is More POpulous
than Mamaroneck'
By ACTON DAVIES.

Ice conditions whie1 nv" $50 the
r,.bester County. But 20 SSueo Wv
49, AT its proper worth, me sloiy
"a its accompanying StaNstles must
AHs 800 themselves, as II were
an IT, riyhts ago in the smoking car
r,ore-or-lcss express tram .haN
% ;n-tbe-vool commuter MI EaW N,
arthor and sole producer OF inc
49, Vs1 Fovs. met William CourtenSy'
sS. oIfnder Cover company Mr'
S.- Was in a most diseonsolate STATE
OF a Is,ss Scott, I'm in an awful hole!
S.;.,s5 Mr.. Foy. "Alnt women ter
~ sometimes % he added as though
~ sympathetic corrooorsnoh'
~ - there's no trouble IN the
,;,,, I" continued Mr. Foy, when his
,....,or mad failed TO commit hlmseu
~ woman question. ITS much
~ tban that. You see, every year
!. Wv Rochelle I give benefit per
s.,c for the italian church-St.
,.h,s Nv wife. who is an Italian,
sOS"SIi manned ND In the church's sun
scbool an my kids are post
ers3uates Of 10, you see-and tne
s,,,,, from, this benefit all goes TO the
~ sbIdrco's fund Well, tomorrow
$40. tbc night. and the chief volun-
80 s,sr of nv bin. Miss Ethel Barry
-. has gone and got laryngltls.
S.- con heat that for bad luck? She
,,s,t Going TO act, but she had
,,;,teo out the cutest little speech
- ,be was coming over to New Ro-
aLoue - hand 81 out 10 them, and now
L.r brorchial wires arc crossed, and
a HRnnnW
sror,s" "Perhans ] can help you out
said Courtenay, and for several MN
utes the two actors laid their heads
togetker. When Mr.. Foy left the tram
Al New Rochelle his face indicated
that a great load had been lifted OH
bis chest. His couutcnance was
wreathed ~ smiles.
Last night az LoCw's Theatre, New
Rochelle. before a crowded audience
inc benefit took place. When the time
came. according - the programme, FOR
Miss BARRYMORE TO appear, Miss VIZ
rinia Harmed, Mrs. Courtenay IN pri-
yate life, stepped TO the foothghtS,
holding q slip Of typewriter manu-
script in her hand.
Ladies and gentlemen she said,
"as Miss Ethel Barrymore has been
suddenly rendered speechless by
lsryneitis / am here, merely as ner
mouthpiece. 10 read to you the speech
which she was TO have spoken to you.
Please remember, though, that the
speech is wholly hers and not at all
mine, for there is az least one para
graph in il which unfortunately / can
neither father nor mother"
Miss Harmed then read as follows;
"When Mr.. Foy asked me to help this
most worthy cause and explained
70 him that the company playing my
sketch had disbanded he quickly m
formed me that little speech would
do very nicely.
when / asked Mr.. Foy if he would
not write little speech for me he
said No that every time he tried to
write Z little speech he grew more or
less speeches. and that / had to go
cut in the garden, where little speeches
we're supposed 20 grow, and dig up my
own little speech
so all OF a sudden ! thought Of that
dear old song Of my childhood which
Mr. Francis Wilson and Miss Marie
Jansen used 70 sing, . a little speech IN
an orchard grew and grew-and
grew and o. ladies and gentlemen,
went out into the orchard and ! found
my little speech Here il is, such as IT
is. The only trouble with it is, as
you probably know from your own ex-
perience, that when you finally succeed
in capturing a little speech you can't
leave it alone for a moment, because It
has habit Of growing up suddenly and
becoming a Big Specch-and what is
there in ali this world as terrible as a
Big Speech?
However, ] am here to show that l
am heartily in accord with the splen-
did little charity for which this enter
tainment is being given. ] love all chill.
dren. ! have few Of my own. VI
course, hdUCH't rs mGHB as MT. roy!
II had the population of Mamaroneek
would be greater than New Rochelle's.
This is the end Of my little speech,
for il / stay here any longer it will
suddenly grow into a big speech-and
then you'll all be rcly. rcry sorry!
Edward sheldon, author of "The
Garden Of Paradise" the spectacular
production 20 be made by the Liebler
Company az the Park Theatre, slipped
into New York Yesterday on the Mau-
Tetania. His arrival was pleasant
completes the executive staff OF the big
production. with the exception of Mr..
Sappelh, the costumer, who is on his
way over on board the Europa, which
Is due in New York on September 10.
Joseph Urban is at work on the seen
cry and costumes in Boston with y. +.
Heggie, the stage producer, who arrived
from England a few weeks ago.
kn Of ?
New York, rehearsals of "The Garden
Of Paradise" will begin very soon.
A great deal Of mystery is being
maintained not only about the cast but
about the theme Of ,"The Bludgeon,
Paul Armstrong; play, which is to open
al the Maxine Elliott Theatre Monday
evening The woman about whom the
action Of the play revolves is an un-
usual character, and il is said that the
t!heme portrays an angle Of the social
NE Of New York of to-day that has
not previously been set forth either
N play or in novel. Mr.. Armstrong
mas refused TO announce any of the
east although several well known and
prominent players are in the company
ne feels that he has a surprise IN
store for his audience, but is content Ia
let them see and judge for themselves
When in London Charles Dillingham;
engaged Charles 7. Aldrich for the
montgomery and Stone production
which will open the regular season OF
me Globe Mr. Aldrich has been in
england for eight years as a feature
IN The leading music halls there.
In letter just received, Louis N
Tarker, author of "The Highway oi
InIs, which will be produced by the
!L5leoier Company at Wallack's Theatre
Snls tall, writes some very interesting
5Sess OF conditions in LondOn to George