The sun., 1916-12-04
LOOTE MANN'S FEET
SEALED IN MORTAR
His Speech About Greatest Ac-
tor in America Ends Abrupt
ly High in Air.
MANY AT AERIAL REvEL
Earl Carr0ll's Bungalow With
Eight Ice Boxes Atop Sky
scraper Is Dedicated.

Most Of Broadway's younger set Of
serious thinkers came up for air after
midnight yesterday morning In time TO
gather out on the roof Of the eighteen
story Godfrey Building. at Seventh ave-
nue. and Forty-ninth street. Looie Mann
thereupon had the elevators stopped
temporarily. and then Loole made a
lengthy speech. and from the spot on
the root where Looie was Grating to
the nearest soft spot on the sidewalk
below is q sheer jump Of about $50 feet.
The speech was a part OF a celebration
attending the laying Of the cornerstone
OF the new 'Starlit Bungalow" on top
Of the skyscraper. The eight-room-and-
eisht-ice-boxes bungalow Is to be the
town house Of Earl Carroll. composer Of
80 Long Lefty" and other musical
offerings. aad Mrs. Carroll-known as
Marcslle Hontabat Of the pictures
wherein young Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll in
tend to spend a happy married life
which already has lasted almost three
months.
The dedication Of the CAROLS partly
hiilSINu atTlui HOIlt OIL Nne TUT OIteTtu
Looie Mann splendid opportunities, Of
course. to say a lot Of nice things about
the host and hostess of the sky high
party and about 80 Long Lefty" up
Stairs and Down" or any other Moroscc
offering that Looie might care to men,
ton In the presence Of reporters. So
Looie Mann. facing the press gallery
present. waded right into the subject OF
his cornerstone laying speech. The Life
and Magnificent Artistic Successes OF
Americas Greatest Actor"
Comes to Sudden stop.
Passing on now from my scholasti,
successes in high school. from which.
was graduated with the highest honor.
ever accorded a pupil in that institution
| was about to enter Harvard or som,
school like that and graduate with high
est honors when IL say when i
That was as far as Looie Mann got fol
a few moments. 1t seems that when h,
was called upon to make a speech h,
had selected as n rostrum a box o
partly set mortar just outside and within
arm reach OF the Carrolls's ROOT gardei
ice box. Some say 1t was by acciden
Looie Mann happened to stand in tn,
mortar to speak and that his real inten
ton was to have the audience stand II
the mortar and let the mortar set Will,
Looie devoted the first hour or two o
his address to sketching his public schoo
successes that led UP to the even create
triumphs which awaited him as soon a
he decided to take uS the drama wher,
Edwin Booth had left II.
On the other hand there, were thos,
present who said that Looie' knew wha
he was doing when he spoke from q
a..As LA.- L- l-- a
held his feet would interfere with an,
other orator taking the rostrum. Blu
Looie hadn't counted on the well known
physical fact that a lot Of loose mortal
contracts excessively when II hardens
and abou the time the orator was grad
uating himself with highest honors from
high school the hard mortar had be
gun to squeeze his feet.
Looie Calls for u Pick.
Looie looked appcalingly toward tn,
roof audience and finally was forced q
admit hat he wanted some one to get
pick and loosen him. as he was sufferin,
intensely. So there were cries OF "Yoi
have nothing on u.s. and Three rousin,
cheers n other expressions of sym
pathy. w~hereupon the audience all lef
l.ooie rooted to the spot where he stoo,
while they all climbed down one fiigh
to the vacant top iloor OF the skyscrape
and called to the eight barkeeps to un
cork things that would kill the chill
contracted on the windy roof.
Looie Mann's speech. formidable a
was his oratorical effort. was but a
incident In n party that will go dow
in Broadway's social history. Any hos
who can persuade such high salarie
professional fox steppers as Guests Eve