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sage telling him that the young wom-
an had arrived In New York and was
then occupying a booth In the depot
and wished advice as to her further
procedure.
Tell her to jump In n taxi and come
on up here" instructed Mr.. Ziegfeld.
II required twenty minutes for Miss
Perrin TO reach the Ziegfeld Office. but
only ten to convince him that her par
ticipation in Dance and Grow Thin"
would he to the advantage OF every
body concerned. possibly excepting
brother Herbert, who had not calcu-
lated closely upon the price of seal
skin.
One OF the few playhouses to he
open an New Years eve will be the
George NJ. Conan Theatre. There the
Green Room Club will present an
array Of theatrical favorites who have
volunteered for the clubs building
fund benefit. The club plans to add "a
theatre and a billiard room to its pres
ent building. and the receipts Of this
performance will he used for hat pur-
pose. There will he sketches on the
bill. but the individual talcnt OF
some twenty-five stars have been
placed at the disposal Of the club.
with tho positive assurance that the
stars will appear. The list includes
Raymond Hitchcock. Arnold DAILY. Will
lam \. BRADY. Eclle Storey. Eleanor
Painter. Mary Gaigan. Thcrese Suadri.
Harold Meek. Paquita Mordraguevita,
Otto Kruger. Jess Dandy. Victor Nor
ley. Tom Lewis. Julian Rose, Joseph
Lctora. Frank Wcstphal. Benno
Schcrek. Carl Jorn. Leo Garlic. Lou
Anger and Sophie BERNARD, Gene
We've Findlay Stuart. Stanley Forde,
Dan Casey and Florence stern.
Henry Lewis. with Anna Held In
Follow Me" at the Casino Theatre.
| made his professional debut AT Miners
Bowery Theatre at the age Of Is. En-
dowed with an exceptionally good tenor
voice. the young man sang rot the
gallery 10 the players on the stage.
Promotion soon followed and he was
assigned Ia "A regular place in Miners
bohemian Company. with which his
lyric voice made him especially happy
In the rendition Of ballads.
Leaving the Miner organization.
/! young Lewis joined Joseph Wood, a
producer NJ acts from vaudeville, and
appeared for the first time in the two
a day In a skit called THE Stage
struck Kids" 1t was at this time that
he improvised the German character
dialect type in which he IN now 20
popular.
After a season in the varieties he
formed n partnership with Joseph
Young and under the team name Of
| Lewis and Young toured the Orpheum
circuit. Returning east. the team was
! dissolved and Mr.. Lewis allied him
SET with another vaudeville player
named Brown. dis sa.nry in the
meantime had advanced from S25 to
$3.50 a week.
shortly after he married n girl not
Of the profession and decided to give
up the theatre and devote his atten-
/! ton to business. but the call Of the
stage could not be scsisted long and
he recntered the theatrical profession
as a member. Of the musical comedy
company playing "The Girl From
Brighton" al the Academy Of Music.
Three years g he returned 10
vaudeville and presented what he
aptly termed "A Vaudeville Cocktail -
In which no has gained signal success
over the Keith and Orpheum circuits.
"Whcn ] ave my first presentation
Of the net at the Colonial Theatre" he
said. sit did not win II favor ut all.
In fact. a good portion Of the audience
walked out on me. But I had faith In
my Idea and I kept plugging away
until ! began to win genuine cnthusi-
assn when I made my appearance at
the Palace. This Ii my first Broad
way appearance. but ] hope to stick
"Just see that child waste those
eggs" remarked the smartly gowned
matron in charge of a debutante box
party at the Conan Theatre at las,
Wednesdays matinee of "Come Out OF
the Kitchen" Similar remarks are
made by n goodly part Of every audi
encc when Miss Ruth Chatterton
masquerading AZ a cook. breaks q
dozen egg In the course of her Gull.
nary activities. As n matter OF fact
the Eggs (Which cost the property mar
80 cents IA DOZEN are not wasted any
more than the ana sweet 20.
tatoes and chicken ana other food
items which constitute the menu OF
the full course dinner which is served
In the next act. or course. the womer
In the audience realize that not enough
time elapses to cook the food. And II
isn't cooked--then. But long before
Miss Chattcrton prepares the stage
dinner, sven before the curtain rise,
on tn" play. a real Southern nanny
II busy In a real kitchen, In the base,
ment OF the theatre, II IL there tina
tho dinner Is really COOKED. All tn,
dishes which Miss C~hnttcrton IL sccI