The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-02
HOT AIR CLUB PIPES
CLAM TO ITS DOOM
1899 Of It's Sisters and Broth
crs Also Fall struggling
Victims.
VENERABLE MEN GUILTY

Tho Hot Air tsometimes known as
the Old Scouts) club. composed. as all
broadway knows, Of tho men who
manage New York's theatres and the
atrical companies. clambakcd on the
Shrewsbury River at the Silvermere
Inn last Saturday. hut almost nothing
was revealed of the really important
doiugs OF the venerable managers until
last night. when George Klngsbury. boss
OF the SEARCH Me- troupe. came W for
air.
The old gentleman spoke enthusiastic
cally Of the Hot Alrcrs' party. saying
that I'm his sixty years Of experience
with the club nothing so pleasurable
had ever been held. The club left its
town house at Forty-second street ana
broadway at 10 o'clock On Saturday
morning and proceeded In wheel chairs
and ambulances to the Sandy Hook boat
Monmouth. Arriving at Seabrlght ut
IL "a T.. VI. the broadway sages were
assisted into a sodate launch. which
carefully conveyed them up the Shrews-
bury River to the Silvermere Inn.
Debarklng Mt the inn and leaning on
the elbows OF stout young pcrters. the
old gentlemen were assisted to dinner.
whore they consumed (twenty-seven OF
them) 1910 steamed clans. "a blucfish.
81 brollcd Holsters. % chickens. Mary
land style. los ears OF sweet corn. 2l6
clam %fritters. 80 watermelors and
enough Of Irish and sweet potatoes TO
fFa., fI.,. fVnt,, er.fnv hungry nnfN
supper time.
Old Mr.. Kingshury called the roll AZ
? l.. NJ. and found that there were pres
ont Alexander W. SANDY Dingwall. Ed
Cooke. who has been out with BEN
Hur" companies for nfty-fve years Ed
win Booth Jack Of ION Trial" Joseph
buckley. capitalist Charles Rulkley. a
friend OF Joe Buckley's II. w. Haynes
(nearly-doctor FROM Omaha). who Is not
to be confused with Pink Hayes OF the
Selwyn forces. who sat next TO the doc
Frank Nartincau Of the X. & T.. forces.
James pooton. the Oldest living press
agent Harry Award, Richard IIatzel
Of tho Friars. Harry Elmer. William
Mallcy Of stamford. Al !. Simmons OF
the Lehish Valley Railroad. Henry G.
/ Mcclure. n steamship man Joseph
Brooks. who brought Phyllis Nelson
Terry over here to show folks what pu
Mauricr's idea Of Trllby really was n.
Frank Dodge. scene painter de luxe and
inventor Of the ice worm and ticker
ant John r. LeTingwcll. Otis SINNERS
manager Eddie Rosenhaum. wearing
81 Goodfrlond's high hat: Clarence
Hyde, A. J. Spencer. James Jay Brady
of the Conan 4 Harris forces. Theodore
tTccd) Mitchell, sam THAI
And right there an automobile horn
honked loudly on the inn drive. startling
the octogenarians and in~terrupting old
Mr. Klngsbury's count. The automobile
was conveying William a. Brady. who
had heard that the deans of the theatre
were gathered at Silvsrmere and who
desired greatly to deliver n speech. II
couldn't be done. Others tried later.
hut. lacking the strong, vibrant vocal
chords OF youth. they couldn't make
themselves heard above the clatter OF
reminiscence that went away back. more
than half a century, to the days when
George Welty was just becoming well
known.
Toward evening the Hot Air Club elected
Al Simmons to the office Of Grand Fam
nor Gas their president Is known for
the year 1876. Mr.. simmons succeed
ing Edwin Booth Jack.