The Washington herald., 1914-11-02
THE GREAT WHITE WAY
By o. o. M'NTYRE.

tSpecal Corresp0ndent Of The Wasniagfon Heraidl
New York. Nov. L--Sir Michael Dom
lin has given art nasty slap He has
declined to appear before the footIights
the coming season. Also the stories
abroad that Sir MIque was going to
manage certain baseball teams next year
seem premature As a matter Of fact the
noted Thespian has secured a manager
for himself Yessir, He has taken unto
himself q wife. Her name Is Rita Ross,
a relative Of Charley Ross, of the Ross
Fenton farms. The knot was tied at As
bury Park and Sir Michael says he II
mot Interested in any league but the
Benedict League. He may become a
gentleman farmer In New Jersey. John
McGraw acted as best man for DonlIn.
1t was thought IL would be only q
question of time until he would do it
and now he has. Bob Davis, the big
Munsey Magazine chief. has written a
story. Davis is probably the best known
magazine editor in New York. For years
he has been the guiding hand Of the
Munsey Magazine publications-making
seads Of money for Boss NAunsey In the
magazine game 50 he can lose II In the
newspaper business. Davis has always
declared that he would never become an
author 1t seems that familiarity has
bred a sort Of contempt. although several
anonymous contributions Of note are said
ITO be his. But the war is a great leveIer
and 1t struck Editor Davis and he collab-
grated with PerIey Poore Sheehan in a
book called I'VE Are French" It con-
Germs the story of French Zouave.
Wilson Mizner gave a unique party the
other day complimentary to a we'll
known artist who has Just been "sprung"
from the Ludlow street jail for neglect
ing such trifles as alimony. II was
jolly time, a sizz affair. and some clev-
er toasts were pulled. II seems that .
member of the party had promised the
Ludlow occupant that he would get him
out IL II took all summer-and II did.
Pauline Frederick is playing in a play
on broadway that requires the wearing
Of silk pajamAs. She sent her stage cos
tunes out to be cleaned last week and
when the time came for her to appear
in her Chinese silk affair she couldn'tI
find the second section. The curtain was
due to rise when she sent for her man
ager.
Il cant find my"-she began.
Your what?'' asked the nervous man
ager.
why. my
Yes, yes. Go on
Miss Frederick tossed the top portion
of the costume out of her dressing room.
It's the other half 1 can't find, "she-
said.
Just then the laundryman came rush
ing in with the lost whateveritis and the
play went merrily on
Irwin Cobb. the mors or lesS well-raoWn,
Is due home this week
from the blood-soaked fields Of Europe.
Cobb has broken up his stay abroad be-,
cause he has for years been itching tOj
be an honest-to-goodness playwright Hei
had contracted to write play with the
assistance Of Bayard Weller called Back
Home" after his book Of the same name.
II the play can be gotten out in timei
now, MacIyn Arbuckle will star in It
Mayor Mitchell has been asked to be-
come a press agent The request was
made by none other than the Mayor OF
Berlin. In a letter the German official
asks Mitchell to aid in offsetting the in
fluence of press reports from allied
sources to this country. He says the al
lies reports are AL Hes"