The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-01

Stitch, stitch. stitch went the busy
needle OF the wan faced George NJ conan
in the Conan & Harris offices all day yes
terday and far into the pale night rs
George. defying the child labor laws, sat
with legs crossed tailor fashion and by
the p.tiful light OF suffering candle
sewed stars upon American flags designed
from copyright Conan plates.
For early yesterday forenoon the Actors
Society of America announced through
President Bill Haddock at its Offices, l4lo
broadway. that members Of the theatrical
profession have decided to raise reGl-
ment and book themselves through PM
Nash OF the United Booking Offices for al;
least forty solid weeks OF big time war.
And on top OF this along came another
ultimatum from Dave Robinson at the
Hotel Martinique that the broadway As
ISOLATION Intends to raise a regiment TOD.
thus enlisting the entire Main Line.
In a Conan & Harris office across the
corridor from where the seamster and
American flag inventor worked stood Ed
win waistcoat Dunn laboring before 4
high desk He was working over litho-
RraDn Uy w tiltI ihoOic Va "''''
and navy costumes that were perfect dears
designs by Will X. Barns Sind WAIST
COATS work was to add steadily to the
Autographed costume plates without stop
ping to eat or even to drink, new sartorla
colors conceived by and known only tt
himself and his colleague, Francis y
Hope.
! Lambs Artillery DRILLING.
Up from the Iongacre Square golf links
| OF the Forty Street Country '1ii
without came a rhytnmic Hep hep
Hen :" as the Lambs Club Light Artillery
Cen Frank Mcintyre and Big. Gen. VII
| ton Lackaye and his brother Jimton Al
| comman ding, raced the Light Artillery II
constant and fleet footed drill the length
| of a parade ground, which extends iron
the first hole far down at the Hotel Nc
Alpin out to the ninth hole at Browne
Chop House and In to the nineteenth ho.
up at Cap'n Jim Churchlfs.
And far to the north dense blue smoR
was beginning TO pour from the wicked
looking stoveplpe funnel of Admiral Franz
paniels's partly converted houseboat. IN
Floating Kidney. while the Admiral per
sonally with feverish patriotism wa
drilling and blasting beneath the celia
of his houseboat to separate her fror
the real estate wished upon the Admlra
by Mason Peters.
As far east as Great Neck and n
Greenport. down on Long Island. the va
fever had sAread In less than five MIR
utes after President Bill Haddock OF III
Actors Society of America had issued ger
eral order No early in the forenoo
which told the profession to book for wa
into regiments forthwith. At Greenpor
where Vice-Admirai William Gillette wa
doing his spring planting about the wal
OF his household the Aunt Polly. and
Great Neck where Admiral Raymon
Hitchcock was trimming the Ivy sprou
along the caves OF his good ship Heilar
gone, everything was forgotten except
rush along the painting and paper hans
ing to get these crafn ready for actio
In the actors branch OF the navy.
} 1.-THE call Is for an actors regimen
only" explained Admiral Frank DAME
to war correspondents yesterday afte
noon as the old sea dog huddled outslt
the bridesmaids entrance door of II
Q houseboat Floating Kidney, while waltz
for blast to go off on the starboai
pantry quarter But why not an n
tors fleet also? Admrals Hitchcoc
Gillette and shall join II. NJ. >, Pinafo