The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-16

u IL, war correspondent OF the
~ London Telegraph and for
merry uf the United States
army. makes his first appearance at
Carnegie Hell before the general putt
lio in New York on January ~. Tie
will be the first to tell Of the little
known Turkish side of the Dardane les
operations. and his story is likely to
rouse as great interest here RS IL did
IN England when he published ii in
book form under the same title.
what of the Dardanelles?" As the
bnly English speaking correspondent
with the Turks he saw a side OF the
that has hitherto oNly been
guessed at. The whole campaign will
b Illustrated by Capt. Fortescue'e
wonderful animated map in addition
b slides and moving pictures.
The recon publication in THE SuN
Of the verses OF Some Little Bug VIII
Get You Some Day" the topical song
composed by Roy Atwcll and sung by
him in "Alone at Last" at the Shubert
Theatre. has had the result OF simply
delugng Mr.. Atwell with letters from
svery quarter OF the g.obe. The ma
$ority of writer's are physicians. who,
n their comment may be taken IA n
criterion, regard the song az an ey-
collent eatire on the present fight
n8ainst bacilli. Even from the trenches
oome notes Of praise. A few days aRo
the mail brought a letter from the far
Oh Philippines. his particular letter
enclosing n sc, Of substitute verses.
topical songs" says Mr.. Atwell.
sWore In great demand some ten or
twslvs years ago. At that time no
comic opera was thought complete
without n OF them. but they have
gradually dropped into d!suse. Old
time theatregoers will doubtless re-
member the singing comedians Of
their time who made a specially OF
asking the audience for a subject.
wheyeupon they would instantly sing a
song along the lines suggested.
II have always written verses for
songs, but have never been rewarded
to any great extent as far AS meeting
success or financial returns until !
reeled of Some Little Bug VIII Get
You Some Day This really came
about In the nature Of an inspira-
ton. Now I am working on another
topical song which deals with the
fluctuations OF the suburbanite. and
while this may appeal TO a limited
public I am confident that il will be
very popular
"Clerk. you must change my room.
] md that one-half or II Is ALREADY
occupied by the roof"
~ tI.. A.A 49, AIa a wis N
the role of Mdddme Mdtroppo In
Very Good Eddie never fails OF
getting a big laugh nightly at the
Princess Theatre. IT seems to
a responsive and reminiscent chord
an the r!sible mechanism OF every
man and woman in the audience. For
who indeed--if he has travelled much
has not at some time or other in
his peregrinations found himself IN
Just such "A room? And who. II he Is
at all Of an !nauiring mind. has not
wondered why such rooms were ever
designed in hotels. anyway.
Well, John Il. Hazard. who is the
inimitable hotel clerk In Every Good
Eddie" not only holds the key TO
that impossible little room in Elsie
de wolfe's otherwise perfectly built
and beautifully appointed stage hotel.
but he holds the key 20 the sanle ar
chi~tectural mystery of hotels in gen.
eral.
Mr.. Hazard speaks with the au-
thority Of one who knows. for he Is
moi only the nephew OF tive widely
known hotel men but some twenty
odd years ago was assistant room
clerk In the old Sherman House in
Chicago.
Take 1t from me, every hotel has
several such rooms" declared Mr.,
Hazard when making up for his part
in one Of the Princess dressing rooms
Hotels always have had them and
they always will. Their existence and
the reasons therefor are among the
secrets OF the hotel business. Don't
know what they call them here IN
New York. but out in Chicago and
Milwa ukee and ST. Louis they are
what Is known a. probationary rooms.
They are planned for the reception OF
guests about whom the room clerk
IL a little uncertain. Perhaps the
would-be patron "A no baggage,
perhaps he, or she, looks questionable
morally.
1.-THE clerk doesn't feel justified in
turning the patron away, as he may
t.irn out to be all right n in time a
steady patron of the hotel. He Is as
signed to one OF the probationary
rooms and put under observation, 10
to speak.
Now. II he makes a loud suueaI
at sight Of the room, it's n healthy
sign. II he will he patient, just an
hour or 80, the 10 clerk Will have
him transferred TO a room which viii
soon be vacated, and all Is well,
III. however. the new guest ac-
cepts the meagre accommodations OF
the probationary unCOmplain-
ingly no remains an object of suspicion
until by continued good behavior and
the arrival Of a sufficient quantity
of good looking baggage he earns the
right TO promotion to better quarters
With one exception every member
of tho cast of tn. Henry BLOSSOM
Victor Herbert comic opera "Tho
Princess Pat" Mt the Cort Theatre
was born In America. The exccp.
ton In Martin Hayden. who plays the
part OF h butler. Ten years ago MIR
Haydn came 10 this country at III,
instance OF Holbrook Biinn 10 pla,