The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-22
Latest Musical Farce "A Pair Of Sixes's
Makes Hit at the First
Show on Broad
way.
;UN JOHN BUNNY's BEAUTY
Has Insured His Face for $4,000
Against Danger Of Ever
Becoming Hand
some.
My Beau Rialto. Written for the
United Pressl

LBy Beau Rialto. Written for the
United Press1
NEW YORK, March 21--One of the
weeks pronounced successes was Ed
ward Poble's new musical farce. A
Pair of Skies" produced by II. II. Fra
zee at the Longacre theatre. The piece
which received PROLONGED road try
out on the Atlantic coast came to
Broadway with its success assured.
The action of the comedy is based on
the Potash and Perlmutter-esque quar-
rels Of two young men, partners in the
Eureka Digestive Pill Company.
| Broadway managers have found that
economy in the production OF new
play is a poor policy. This season. in
particular has demonstrated that the
only way to put play across is to
engage for It the very best cast OBJ
tainable. After a play has had
successful run, it may be carried ON
by actors of minor regulations, but for
the premiere it has become necessary
to have q very nearly all-star cast to
insure success A. H. Woods admit
ted this when he got together one OF
the strongest companies Broadway
ever saw to put on THE Yellow Ticket"
at the Eltinge. Frazee followed the
same precept in "A Pair Of Skies" In
the company are Halo Hamilton, Ann
Murdoch. Ivy Troutman, George Par
: sons, George Howard, Geraldine Beck
with and many others Of the same
calibre.
1 OF necessity the installation of "A
Pair OF Sixes," in the Longacre theatre
necessitated moving 1.-THE Last Re-
sort" George Scarbopugh's thrilling
melodramatic attack on the judiciary
out Of the playhouse, after run Of
three weeks. Scarborough, who made
his bow as a neutrality-suspicious. when
he put on "The Last Resort" says that
the piece will be placed In another
Broadway theatre Immediately. Scar
boroughs arrangement with Frazee.
lessee Of the Longacre, was that his
piece was to run as long as he de-
sired if it did $4,000 worth of business
the first week. Otherwise its stay I'm
the Longacre was to be at the option
Of F,razee. While THE Last Resort"
did reasonably well, 1t did not come up
to the $4,000 mark and Frazee exer-
else his option.
John Bunny, than whose face no
physiognomy is known to more people
all over the world, has insured himself
against beauty. Bunny's face is his
fortune, all right, but not in the usual
sense of the phrase. Bunny is as ugly
as the proverbial mud fence and he in
proud Of it. He jealousy safeguards
his LONELINESS, because he knows it
is the thing that makes him the high
est priced moving picture actor in the
business His insurance against
beauty followed casual conversation
with friend in one of the Broadway
restaurants.
| "Howdy, John, you are looking hand
somer every time I see you," said the
friend idly, little dreaming that he
was taking away the big fellows appe-
tite.
| Heaven forbid" calculated Bunny.
Are you joking or in earnestT. The
man assured the actor that he was SER
ious, telling Bunny that he really
thought he was getting handsome.
why, man. l cannot stand to get
good looking" shouted Bunny in gcTr-
inc panic. I've got to stop it. 1t
would ruin my business"
why not insure your face?' sug-
gested the friend, who was an insur-
ance agent. Bunny jumped at the
proposition and promptly took out
$4,000 policy against fatal beauty.
The other night the Playhouse in
Thirty eighth street was dark and
William A. Brady almost had apoplexy.
1t all came about through an over
I sight that gave Broadway one of its
heartiest laughs. Months ago.
benevolent organization asked Brady
to donate his "hings That Count" the
show at the Playhouse for one night
benefit performance in the West End
theatre in Harlem.
Brady consented, for al that time, he
thought he was sure to have Grace
George. his wife. installed in a new
production in the Playhouse. Things
. That Count" in which Alice Brady,
the managers daughter is the star: