New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-19
By GEORGE s. KAUFMAN

II HE power of the press is to be re-
Il responsible for no less a thing
than a new number in the show at the
Hippodrome. Egged on by occasional
mention in The Tribune, the Hippo
drome ushers are rehearsing a song,
and presently it will be part Of "The
Big Show" 1t is entitled Cushing
Amt the Only Thing We Do".now, if
you'll kindly give us that chord again:
Do you remember us2
Without a lot Of fuss,
We showed you to your seats when you
came In.
We try to do what's right;
We're always most polite;
Your admiration We all try to win.
We Ike TO watch the show.
And every song we know
But up I'll now we never 60, a chance
To show what we could do.
And now we'll prove 10 you
Not only can we sing, but we can dance
Hello. I've been looking for you" tddnce)
Is cinch for US to do.
CHORUS:
fishing amt the only thing We do
We've got ability. and versatility.
We can spout we can shout. or do any
thing at ALL
Tell a gag. sing rag, DO fall.
We're the prize wise guys; on the bunch
keep your eyes,
And we'll show you something new,
For we're not four-iushlng
When We say to you that ushing
Amt the only thing we do.
George Broadhurst, playwright, wired
$1,000 advance royalty to Macmillan
Foster on the day that the first install
ment Of "Rich Man, Poor Man" was
published in THE Saturday Evening
Post" and begged leave to dramatic
the story. All things conceded. how
much will he wire for the rights to
"Shoestrings"7
The town, unless the small ornitho-
logical specimens are in error, is pres
emily to be RECALLED with a trio Of
plays based upon hypothesis not wide
ly dissimiar. In the first place, Chan
ming Pollock is dramatizing o. Henry's
Roads of Destiny" and it has about
reached the stage where it is ready to
go into rehearsal The story, it will
be recalled, is a brief for Fate. A
young man, coming TO the forks OF the
road, takes the turn to the right win
chel Smith please write), and his adj
ventures upon this road are duly re-
corded. Similarly with the road to the
left, and similarly with the road back
home in each instance the fate Of the
young man is the same.
Secondly. George Scarborough and
somebody called Vincent S. Lawrence
are the authors OF Fate Decides"
which has already had its out-of-town
opening. Fate Decides" according to
the sometimes inaccurate information
which drifts to Broadway after rural
premiere, differs from Roads Of Des-
tiny" in that it breaches the impor-
lance of the inhnltesimal. It's cpl
sodes are only two in number. They
begin alike-a young man Is seated
at table. He looks to the right, and
one set Of events is the result. lie
looks 10 the left, and the consequences
are widely different.
The third of these plays is by an
unknown, and at present has just
reached such a vital point in its ca
reer that il may not be designated
here by name. Sooner or later, how
ever, the three plays promise to make
for an interesting theatrical situation,
and il is possible that there will be
hurried efforts on the part OF each pro-
Queer to get his wares into New York
ahead Of his competitors.
Also, there is the distinct possibility
that New York will see two copies OF
Tolstoi's The Living Corpse" before
another season rolls around. Recently
the piece was produced by the German
cop,nanv hcrc and this brought forth