The Washington times., 1915-01-17

There are seven or eight wise theatri-
cal managers and host OF capaoio
press agents In New York today aiter-
nately hunting an alibi and wonder'ne
what struck the public. A common
garden newspaper man with a story 10
tell has upset all thcatricaL traditions.
Old Ivy Cobb, who is tho most wef
correspondent ever done up In a single
package, has put II all over the theatri-
cal profession. Cobb curne back from
Europe, where he hobnobbed with the
Kaiser and Crown Prince and few
field marsha,s, and reckoned he'd tell
the home folks all about tho ruction
over there. Cobb had never told people
anything face to face before. He had
been informing a lot Of the population
throueli the medium Of tho press-but
Bat No thoust,t mebbe ne could do it.
Selwyn & CO. were persuaded inst nc
mfeht have tho goods Tho other t1,eat-
ricai rifanagers laughed. Cobb has the
f1Eurc-af1d tho grace and case that goes
and while his countcnance Expresses
benevoicnco and intelligence, the only
way it would ever get into beauty
Doctors ad would bo as horrible ex'
ample Of the well known Before Tak:
ing" And 80 the managers laughed
and. Of course. the press agents laughcd'
Cobb produced his lecture at the Wal
dorf- Astoria for tho bcneHt Of the Bel.
gian fund. The place was crowded. II
would naturally be crowded, because
to crowd any place and so mat htdn't
count. Then hc wont to Brooklyn. II
was a sell out In the largest thcater IN
tho piscc. Selwyn g. Co. whooped with
elec. In Boston the advance sale war
5000! The managcrs rnarveled. The
a x1-eclS'o s,f Naaf
shows haven't gonc very mudh over
q, 900 in Boston this season. Hut Cobt
got all the money IN circulation. And
the same has been the case wherever
way the thing has turned out. At first
he really thought he was putting ovel
a joke on the Sciwyns. They though
| SO, too, because they only made tenta.
tive bookings: But now-Irv,nE cobt
cordirg to the late Mr.. Pulitzer. r.,
! has assigned himself to cover the lee
! turc field and like the reporter, hc''
| covering It.
The semi-annuat reunion Of the ma.
trict Of Columbia will be held THIS
week when Billie Burke and I meet
Is called semi-because we canno
native son or daughter Of the Dis
Itrict OF Columbia only has these rar.
OCCASION. OF reunion to sioat over ,!,'
adopted sons and daughters take or
such airs that us poor natives fee
alone They ten , us that that they are th'
becausc, they selected 1t of all th'
Iother places as the one place TO live
while we were compelled to be Wash
l,ngtonians because VIC were borr
Miss Burke always feels tempted ts
'asSpdans spd dassi,ns' rooins y wher s
Tbe fasa r. that .tH
born Washin gtonians might--and d.
go to all the other places from tim.
to tin1e--but they always come back
our leading comebacks. but she la tn
most Joyous ono we have ever known
washington is home to her In all tina
real home meaTs: The streets, th
iieves are are Specially blessed oss bee becaSs u.s.
they can stay in Washington always
when she gets horc for her annua
that no outlander can possible feel
She has watched it Srow-and onl
these these ,Sf who hay have been constantly Wis
; and appreciate how Washingto
that Is the way Miss Burke feel
, about it and that is why she take
the time and trouble to 90 all owe
the city from Georgetown to Benning
and from Sligo to Gicsboro Poin
,...5 ,iI.i" sue cones neie.
\ famous traveller once declared tina
the way to acquire real knowledge q
TO tho people and places one visits Is /
lit ones self into the landscape. Thi
prouaoiy explains q lot of things to tn
friends OF e. N. Newman they nevo
understood before. AS a fittcr into land
Scapes Newman works So naturally tina