The Washington herald., 1914-12-30
THE GREAT WHITE WAY
By o. o. M'INTYRE.

New York. Dec. 2s.-Gustav Frohman.
the middle brother of the Frohmans, has
gone into the moving picture business
on a large scale and has organized the
FrOhman Amusement Corporation for
that purpose. The first production. which
includes seven stars. is from a scenario
written by Mrs. Frohmsn. who was her
self formerly a stage favOrite.
Among those who will play in the
piece are Percy Hilton, Juliet Shelby.
Will Archie. and Mr.. FrUhman's son.
Louis. and the FrOhman's family nurse
And so. altogether. the first production
will be a family affair
Mr.. Frohman is being besieged by all
OF his Old-time theatrical friends now
that he is back actively in theatrical
work. He remembers people peculiarly
by the place they call home. So the
other day he was introduced to a young
married woman from GallipOlis. which
is in Ohio. II was thought that the
name GalIipoIis would stamp Frohman.
bit il didn't. He Immediately located the
town exactly and told something's about
it that not even the young matrOn her
self knew.
When the six Iionesscs slipped out of
theater into Third avenue the other
day. there was enacted a tragedy that
WAS paTadOXically chOCk fun OF comedy.
IL will be remembered that five Of :hc
IIOnesses were Immediately captured,
but one roamed about until il was filed
with lead-One Of the policemen beng
accidentally shot in the fusillade
When the HOnesses trOtted out into the
street a little girl was rounding the
corner She bumped into the beast. fell
down. screamed. and picked herself up
and disappeared briskly. In the mean
time Alice. the Iioness. sat down on
her launches and looked NJ the door of
a saloon.
A man emerged with cheerful mien
and a bit OF list to starbOard- To the
horror Of those spectators who hesitated
in fight to look back. this inebriate
walked over 70 the Iioness. patted her
head as though she were friendly dog.
and then waveTingly passed on. The lion
ess poked its nose into a room where two
spinsters were having tea. one leaped
to the top Of an upright piano with
one cat spring and the other grabbed her
canary bird and tried TO crawl up the
chimney and was wedged in when the
fireman found her.
II is whispered about that society is
through with the One-time Mrs. Clar-
ence MaCkay. who rushed to get married
within twenty-four hours after DIR.
Blakes wife had secured divorce in
this country. Society considered II, o
say the least. rather to hasty.
The fact that Mrs. DR. Joseph Blake
is a hopeless invalid has not sOftened
society's attitude toward the woman who,
as katherine DueT. at one time had all
Of the marriaGeable men in New York
at her feet.
The marriage was also a vindication
for Col William Mann. who purveys
choice bits OF gossip to the public in his
weekly Town Topics. He was almost
lvuChcd in 1911 when he printed an
anonymous paragraph about Mrs. Mac
kay which said: 1t is to he hoped she
has common sense enough to curb her
fondness for the surgeon and spare us
another spectacle of high society drag
cling its skirts through the divorce
COurtsI
\ group of Park Rows newspa per-men
are to appear in vaudeville sketch
shortly after the first of the year. The
title Of The Truth Tellers' has been
suggested.
Charley Van Loan. the writer, on a
quick trip from the coast the other day,
denied that he was going into vaude-
VILE. II disappointed many of his friends
who had figured on bidding for the veGe-