The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-18
IT'S AWFUL, REALLY,
RIGHT ON BROADWAY
Rozsika Dolly Rolls Blanche
Ring Around in the
Virgin Snow.
PRESS AGENT NO INDEED
Other Members Of Two Com.
panies Throw Snowballs
on the "Quiet."
PRESS AGENT NO INDEED

When q great, big. muscular, bron
shouidered. towering. two fsted youns
woman like Miss Rossika Dolly Of IN.
Winter Garden company picks on ,la,lt
little shrinking violet like Miss Blanch.
Ring who scarcely weighs more than 100
pounds even with all her Broadway mus.
cal comedy clothes on. and right gu. In
front OF crowd rolls the timid little Mis-,
Rins In the virgin SHOWS OF Broadway ia
no wonder there were Indignant cries O,
"Desist. you bully! For shame For
shame !"
Professional jealousy was back o, the
night In the snow at o'clock last evening
II seems that when Miss Doily-beg par,
don--when the lately rechristened Nh.
Rozsika was little girl back in that dear
Hungary one Of her little playmates Wa
Diamond Jim Brady.
When Diamond Jim. then a slip Of
youth, ernigrated TO this country 10 se.k
his fortune on Broadway. the then com.
paratively small Mile. Rossika made him
soiemnly promise that II she ever came 70
America and went on the stage here and
IL the Shuberts should open the Winter
Garden and she should be engaged 70 play
In the company. then Diamond Jim mus
promise never TO take a front seat at q
first night performance except on tho nigh,
she opened at the Winter Garden.
The day after Miss Ring opened he-
when Claudia Smiles down at the
Thirty ninth Street Theatre recently. word
came to Mile. Rozsika that Diamond jim
Brady for the frst time In HIS life had
broken his promise and had bought fra
night front row seat At some show o,he,
than one In which Mile. RoIsika wn
dancing.
Words followed words. whereupon last
night, promptly at 6 O'Clock. Mile. RozsllA
-. a L.. =
and snapshot taking free for all 10
avoid all possible notoriety an unos,en.
tatious spot In front of the Maine monu
ment, at broadway and Fifty-ninth street
during the rush hour WAS selected for
the BATTLE and the details OF the time
and place Of the battle were KEEP, from
everybody except the reporters and photo.
graphers Of the daily and Sunday nevs
papers
To make matters worse, each contestan6
had brought her gang with her but When
II came to comparative physical proper
tons the two ladies' gang fighters some.
times reversed the frishtful odds asains
little Miss Blanche Ring
The stalwart Miss Anna Laughlin. who
| could whip Marshall wilder himself. wad-d
into the Winter Gardens prina donna
Miss Juliette Lippe. slip Of a maiden
scarcely six feet two inches tall. who. II
will be remembered. posed--when very,
very young Of course--for the general
outline OF the Statue Of Liberty
With Mile. Roxsika, Miss Lppe VIZ
ginia Judge Walter Kelly. Lewis J Cody.
little Miss Boley. who 10 another tiny
| miss on the order Of Marie Dressler one
Round Bernard Granville. Willie Howard,
, all OF the Winter Garden. Lining up against
Miss Ring. Miss Laughlin. Harry Conor
little Nellie Fillmore. who. while playing
Irish cook parts. was looked upon as a
coming heavyweight white hope. but :os.
feited the title when she began play.
ing CIdudia's colored maid in Miss Rms
show, and finally Miss Rings husband
the battle was on.
Somebody on the side lines was .4s
about to place bet that both JULIET,
Lippe and Blanche Ring had armed them
selves against the deep snow b. wear!si
| --er-limb nuns Before the bet could
be placed. however. Mile. Rozsika dumpe.
Miss Ring into snow bank ana Ann,
Laughl!n did the same TO Jul!ct,c L.2p
right under an electric light Tho ii'
| who was about TO bet that frank .oA,,'e
were swathed In dainty fur nuns 80
denly called of his bet.
Looie Cody gentleman actor, arr 81
to "A cop when May Boley hit him w..
SNOWFALL IN which was concealed ga
mond horseshoe. There wer, geg"rS
complaints too that a lot OF the ra5r.
girls were conceaiing solid gold van"
bags in snowballs. which Is r.,a-.'
against the rules Thereu7or Pol-sms'
Geegan and Rausch stepped In arc erc"'
body pleaded to be arrested ~ lete' ".
enough to have their names entered '- ~
police blotters.
The police permitted n" :h' -".
enemies to line up long o.ovg' b." y
shl'shted.