The Washington herald., 1914-12-07
THE GREAT WHITE WAY
By o. o. M'NTYRE.

New York, Dec. 6-willie Collier was
loungtng in the Friars Club one rainy
day last week trying 10 be cheerful, even
though 1t was a struggle. As he lsapsd
mentally from craig to craig. IL came to
him that the casts Of many Of the at
fractions in New York could be improved.
Here are some Of the engagements he
dope'd out:
The High Cost OF Living. NAT Good
win
Bringing Up Father'-Buster Collier.
"Clothes''-Eddie Wallace Dunn.
The Things That Count'-Four we'll.
known theater treasurers.
The managing editor Of one Of the most.
successful papers in New York will not
employ any man on the editorial staff'
who was born and raised in New York.
It is the first question that Is asked an
applicant for a position.
1T may be absolutely wrong and also
unfair" said the NJ. E. but all OF the
bang-up writers and editors on my sheet
are from out OF town. The New York
men have encountered are willing to.
work for so much and they do not want
any more apparently. They are also et-
hcient in observing the clock
The fellow from Our Of town Is on the
jump every minute because ne wants the
folk back home TO know he can make
GOOD in the big towH-;O so back a fail
urr is his idea OF complete degradation.
He may go to the Waldor. and Ritz and
write his letters and al the same time be
living in a hall bedroom, but that is
merely a matter Of pride. I have found
that in other business enterprises the
man from out Of town in most instances
works the hardest
This has been a slim theatrical year
and you can't walk down Broadway with
out tripping over large bunches of the
well-known unemployed Consequently
the visitor wonders why all the theaters
are so well filed each night.
A new doorman-a man who had never
worked in a theater befOre-was put to
work at a Broadway house the other
night He had been admitting people for
twenty minutes when a man came up
and offered him s. ticket
The doorman looked at it carefully and
handed it back.
Nothing doing" he said. What do
You call that thing?"
Francis AIbertanti, Francis Of the
Evening Mail. took a friend OF his from
upstate out Summing the other night
ana aIIer SeelnS the SlSnIS OF CHINATOWN
they drifted up to q beer hall-a relic Of
the good old days on the Bowery.
The proprietor was all smiles and e.
cOrted them personally to a seat Of honor
up front. Later on he brought three
young women over and introduced them.
They seated themselves at the table and
Francis inquired II they would indulge
in liquid refreshments. Two giggled and
the other took on a Sahara desert look
that was pitiable.
I'm take a cherry flIp," said one. The
other opined that she would have a
pousse cafe and the third nonchal4ntly
cared for nothing other than q cham
pagne cocktail.
'All right" said Francis; waiter bring
Us FIVE beers"
These be days of trouble for Henry
Siegel, ex-merchant prince with the ac-
cent on the exD. The public in New York
was not especially pleased with allowing
Siegel to go free even though he must
make some restitution for the 100000
taken from the l5,O0O depositors. When
Siegel walks along the street he is al
ways sure to met somebody who was
pinched in the big crash and if they do
not engage in verbal fireworks they boo
which is the worse. A guard goes with
Siegel wherever he wanders
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