The Washington herald., 1916-09-14
NEW YORK, DAY BY DAY
ny @. O. MerNTyurs

Special ooruspOudeni Of PIE wsshsns,o, E,,I~
NeN iork, Sept 15-Richard vyalto,
Iully' the playwright. is Just as Ioo.s -.
ssnes with his money An IDEA oarns ~
nm MN the other morning. and he began
- s peIihs across the check book, ana
lars. When he got throuxh M, sh..,,
BOOK was as lean and thin LOOKING a. r.
average musical comaky 1oke
Iely comes from California ana a. 49,.
produced play called The Flayns"
which up to the present writing hssr,,
gone up In smoke. He invited sirty-svs
SiIues OF me drama 70 come 70 N.pg
oIN % see the opening performance and
ne paid all their expenses inciudip, 49,
railroad fare, hotel bills ana Inc,ds.,.I
expenses for ice cream. candy and non
corn balls 'o pup
Instance didn't blum him. even ~ ~,
OF the critics came all the way from r,,U-
tornia. OF course, the big idea vss to %,
eountry-Nide Newspaper recognitIon A..
me merits or demerits OF his brain ch5is
also there is another reason, and ira, 4,
ms Is oealre 's,I % repay the Newspaper men FOR
the kindnesses they shave shovr -,
when he produced other plsvF ''"
Among those who came wa. tE....-
uIIef' VINO hasn't been heard from sfncs
ne maoe chase around the world ere
Hllllonaire.E son who ioped sSav p-tth
an actress. Tuliy discovered Fuller writ
ing pieces for an Indianapolis paper.
Gertrude Atherton, than rb,-, ,L.-. 4.
no Whomer as an authoress. h hscL- 1r,-.
france She travelled along the front Al
military automobile. placed at her di,-
posal by the French government
when she arrived she called tb. -.
porters and revealed something that All ~
Us have been eager and anxious to know
Tor several months. The war Will be over
by spring-there you have il.
J. Wade McGrath, who used N b,,
bells when he was q youngster IA
Cleveland hotel has just purchased the
Hotel St Andrew. He worked his wsy
up through different departments. and
several years ago became part owner and
manager Of the Hotel Hargrsve.
The St. Andrew is in an ideal loost t,or
being on Broadway at seventy-secon5
street but has been more Of a family
Motel McGrath expects 20 bid for the
regular transient trade that has resulted
from the trend Of business northward
Business houses are gradually creeping
along West seventy-second street. Five
yesrs ago Il was residential driveway
only-connecting Riverside Drive with
Central Park Nov only q few ~ the
old-time homes remain.
DID you ever think how romantic a
frog is? Well-if you did. could MN ~
your widest flights OF fancy irnsrfn. :
man writing a song about a frog's ro-
nance? II has been done and riFbt her.
In New York. Arthur Field wrote the
music and Walter Donovan, who work.
on Park Row. wrote the words
The name Of the song Is ella. GsIsb
Gsloo." and what is more they are slnR-
ing II all around town. still upon renee
iIon II ls not 80 remarkable, for Field
wrote song once called Aba Dahs d"
and ii made him a fortune
The truth Is that the EilIier the name ~
song the more likely Il IL to attract
that is. II the words are backed Un IA,
a tuneful and swinging melody There
seems to be no hard and fast rule In the
business OF trying TO put over q song
with the public.
"PalminE the subway ticket" fs fbs
latest dodge Of those who are unfeeinr
enough to defeat this rich transportation
system. Instead OF dropping the ticker
into the boN-it Is held under the thumb