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Which Al Woods Did a Good Stroke
of Business to Give the Job to a
Man Familiar With the Line

In the earlier days Of the Woods
school OF dramaturgy the drama was
divided into W. general classes.
heroes and their heroines In group
versus villains and their she de>n rum
ming mates in vhe other. At a dinner
at the Waldorf the other night in
honor OF a contemporary of Mr..
Meerue. an actor named Bill Crane. an
Indiana man named George AIDE said
that the drama was roughly divided
into two kinds, tragedy and comedy.
and just now more roughly divided
than ever before. II, said Oracle AIDE.
ali &c characters at the end " the
show curled up in a wad and died the
play was a tragedy, but II. on the other
hand. at the end OF the last act they all
Joined hands and bowed across the
footlights 1t was Il comedy.
These Indiana dicta may be set aside
30 far as Potash and Perlnutter in
Society" Is concerned. Everybody but
Julius Tanner. who plays Mduruss
PerImuttcr. joins hands and bows at
the end OF each act; nevertheless It's
"a tragedy. Ask Chuliuz Tannen II Il
isn't. Pm Chulius Tanner To the wall
back stage Just after he has been COM
PEELED III stand for ten minutes or
more on top VI the stage feeding all
the fat lines and funny wheezes In the
show to Barney Bernard, the Abe
Potash OF the play-in moments like
these just 60 ahead and ask Chulius
II potash and Perlmutter in Society
is a comedy. Heilige D~onnerwetter!
Ask even Barney Bernard whether
or not, despite all the curtain calls he
gets, the programme has any rig ut TO
call Potash and Perlmutter in So
ciety'' a comedy In three acts with a
happy ending" Six nights q week
and twice IA week at matinees Barney
Bernard not only has to stand In the
spotlight and while still conscious give
away $4,000 or spoil the whole plot,
but author and producer insist that he
actually feel the part while separating
himself nightly from a fortune. Ask
Barney Bernard whether the play is
a comicalness oder "a headache
Potash and Perlmutter in Society
does stand, however. the aesthetic test
10 which Oracle AIDE would submit al
drama-a fact overlooked, by the way,
by all the hasty morning after critics
in that IL is divided into two parts.
In other words. one OF the titular
characters Is Just a plain fathead. but
the other titular character Is a wholly
different kind of fsthead.
Abe Potash. to eluc.date. IL just one
OF those plain. money spending. gen.
erous. open handed hale fellow well
met fatheads SO common among cloak
and suit manufacturers. Md,cruSs
Pcrlmutter. on the other hand. Is some.
thing else again. Mdrruss Is u fatu-
Gus fatlIead. lie resembles Abe and
all other cloak and suit manufacturers
only In the matter Of being perfectly
loose with his money. Just why al
cloak. suit and pants makers are nc
silly with their savings that anybod.
can walk right up to them and TAXI
all their money away from them IL q
matter which 1t would be interestinl
to hear some psychologist explain. But
Judging from Potash and P'rlmuttei
In society" ~,ooseness in their persona
finances and generosity that il posi-
lively pitiful rather than a trait 10 be
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These Lines Never Failed to Win Applause When the
Eva Tanguay Of That Day Sang Them Roguishlv
at the Bashful Man in the Front Row

And bounce and srold. and toss his hat.
He II quickly ind I'm not SO young.
Rut l can beat him, sirs. at that
Beat him, beat him, sirs, - that.
but this | VOW. II he'll be good
And sometimes let me rave my vii.
Young wives, o KNOW, most surrey
should)
I'll duly ev'ry rite fulllhll.
And never. oh. no, never rove.
But stay At home and with him chat.
And prove by kindest deeds Of love
That | can beat him. slrs. at that
Beat him, beat him. sirs. at that.
In the ballad limo the bes, sellers OF
lS+U-50 appear TO have been The La
ment Of the Irish Emigrant." which
has endured through the succeeding
decades and is sung wen to-day as an
Irish folk song. The Pirates S,re-
made which was sung 10y MIR. Born
castle and composed by j. Thompson:
The Moon Oier the Mountain Is
Roaming published ON paper with n
moonlight tint to II and described as
a serenadc suns with great alplaI-c
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GATED COLLEGER ON THE CLOAK AMI SUIT TRADE
Referring, YUnderstand, to This Here
Potash and Perlmutter Play by
This Feller .Megrue

happened to happen. Once Al had hit
uron the title Of Nellie. the Beauti.
iul Cloak Modul." he got 10 wrought
up over the name of the tragedy that
ne uiunt seem to care n curse whether
even IA Yale man tackled the lob.
MI Al wanted was results: which he
got. as every n who saw the happy
little tragedy in five acts and four.
teen scenes will recall.
Them was the happy days for FRO.
ducer Al Woods. Year In and year
out, IN fact week in and week out, Al,
with no such disturbing longings then
to bust into Broadway with produc.
tons - ambitious as the Me-
Erue Potash and Pcrlmutter in So
cicty,' had nothing TO do but pick
snappy titles out of his head and let
mo office hands write the plays.
wherefore AL slammed on top of the
stage such sterling successes "a ''Har-
old. the Handsome Hangman," Re.
btcca Goldstcin," Bertha, the SEWING
Machine Singer" Queen Of the Opium
Z ng. The Millionaire and the Po-
liceman's Wife," Chinatown Charley"
The Fatal Weddink." Christmas in
tho Death House. "Belinda, the Dag
zling Pants Presser,' "Izzy from In
n.shannon." "Beckoned Back n
BROOKLYN" shot Through the Shirt
!or Honor's Sake" Welded and
Parted in the Electric Chair" "Reba.
the sinful Shoplifter." able. the King
Of h Cowboys" and why Yetta left
fonkers.' to mention only q given
months output.
but when A! had secured the rights
10 a perfectly good title. like Potash
and Pcr!inutter." ne was. as he nut Il
himself. plumb distrait. Owen Davis.
as has been said. had reformed. Theo-
dore krcmcr had retired to a thirty
room bungalow so entirely surrounded
by melodrama royalties that he would
sne"r ~scornfully. ever If asked to
write "a scenario for Charlie Chap,;n.
To make matters worse Producer
Arch Sclwyn. who had an interest IN
the proposed play. had begun to hint
around that Edgar ar Margaret or
some other p.aywriting member Of the
Selwyn family should have a crack Mt
the royalties. Arch Selwyn believing
that charity ought 70 stay home.
But quite by accident one day last
summer Al Woods stumbled upon a
struggling young playwright named,
# memory does not play false. Roi
Cooper Megruc. who had trudged down
Ia Manhattan on foot from his sum.
'ncr home AT Newport with q dusty
suit case filled with manuscripts of
plays II locking for advance royal
ties on II Of them. the June rent on
the Newport place being overdue. Me.
srue. a worthy stripping. had dropped
mo The eastcrly quick lunch room
Of Deimonlco's FOR his humble pie and
milk before taking up the weary grind
~ trying TO peddlc his plays UP and
down Broadway. onto the stool right
next TO the one occupied by the young
playwright at the lunch counter OF
Dels climbed Al Woods.
D Al began to launch some harmless
AIRY pers!t,age toward the blond wait
ross when she cane up the Sec
md time t. punch the price If another
slab NJ cheese cake on AIS check.
whcreupon young Mr.. Mcgrue. who OF
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MNNSe uss pc
JULIUS 7ANN eN
SeSc~

spin through the park in q hired tour
ing car and c!nch a commission and
possible advance royalties which not
only would bring pause TO a dunn!nS
landlord AT Newport but would pay
for "a furnished room at the RITZ dur
me- n weary week OF play peddling.
Before they had got half way up the
east drive Of the park Al had con-
v!nced himself that here was "a worthy
young man. ambitious and everything.
and trying 10 ge; along. The upshot
OF the whole trip was that on the way
home down Fifth avenue during the
late afternoon Al and the playwright
stopped into the Union Club, where
they found their favorite corner in
the club and drew ~ an agreement.
The:eup"n Playwright Megrue trudged
over To- Madison avenue. hired a hail
bedroom a. tn" RITZ and set 20 work
uu Potash ana Pcr!mu:'er In society
Nhi h. t. com" back to Il criticism ~
'h- play ;hc sol" purpose after All OF
TN. f"uilleton is q tragedy.
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admired seem to be characteristics
common to all magnates among gar
nent manufacturers.
In conclusion 1t is only fair to the
producer n players 10 say "a word
about the production and performance
before closing the criticism and outline
OF the plot of Mr.. Meprue's little effort
To be found in the preceding para
graphs.
Praise Of the highest should be &C.
corded Producer Al Woods for his gen.
erosity in supplying the Pcrlmutter
family in the first act with one O: the
roomiest fats in all "west :I4tn
street" as the programme has IL,
which IL IN near where 70 Megrue
lives and entertains socially. Instead
OF building a first act set showing one
Of those Harlem fats which ft tight
across the shoulders AL Woods shows
the Perlmuttcrs entertaining In a
drawing which. IL Roi Megrue
lived in n 80 comfnodious, he could
entertain every man of the rank and
file Of the National Guard regiment he
Is a member of at his regular Sunday
nights instead of inviting the stingy
number of guests. 600 or $50 al the
most. that he had up to the house for
a snack last SUNDAY night. And Al
Woods was no p!ker when 1t came to
providing Il home for the Potdshcs In
the second act either. The Potash
family. like the Perrin uttcrs. has u
far spreading drawing room that Ia
just as homelike and cute and COSBY IN
the beautiful waiting room OF the
Grand Central station.
There IL this to be said about the
cast-between shows the company does
not. Tx" most of the hands i'm cloak
and suit factories elsewhere, stand
out In ron of the show shop eating
bananas and blocking the sidewalk.
Al Woods has put his foot down on
that practice. And Al's troubles didn't
II with selecting a playwright. be-
cause once he had seWed up two such
swell looking matinee heroes us Bar
ney Bernard and Chulius Tanner with
contracts the art in his soul told him
that the whole play would ring false
If. FOR instance, he didn't sign II Mrs.
Perrin utter just a. attractive as Chu-
Illus Tanner.
Therefore he crui>-i around until
80 sh'' - iATF IT'SSfT--
who is not to be confused with Miss
Marie Dressler-and gag Miss
Dresser To- play Mrs. PerimUttcr. Let
other critics say what they will. hut
the Hat statement IS made here that
Miss Louise Dresser IL every bit An
good looking as Chulius Tann.n or
Barney Bernard in her way. Like a
lily yeinmed with the dew Of n fair
morning in spring, her ravishing smile
another dawn springing from eyes
which, my friends, sparkle with all
the tremulous beauty OF a--well. Miss
Dresser is some locker. that's al.
Miss Dresser is the only cloak and
II maker in the cast that does block
the sidewalk before and after per.
formances. Rather. she causes the
public to block the sidewalk. But do
not blame the girl for that-she can't
help II If she was created some PEG.
pile. Finally. Il should l.. said before
d!sm!ssing the cast fnr IN" Iay that
IN" hr>t am Of the young man down
on h programme as Leo DonnelIy In
private life Is Moe.
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Jokery. teerinr uuiy.
Many ok N his worlds ups and
downs
Very often astonish themselves
When they try to aStou!sh the Browns.
Here j. he moral:
JoNery, j"er.ug. quiz.
u" cautious ~ great ,stou town,
br IN trying 10 do you'll. get done.
And not only lone, but down brown
But Three Months Yet I've Been a
Wife, or | Can Beat Him. S.rs, a; That
- described on III" little page as "a
comic ballad arranged and partly COM
posed for tho especial benefit Of the
ladies', God bless EN-. Ivy W {. Peters"
II WIS published by James l.. Hewitt 4
Co. Of 2S9 Broadway. New York.
IN 1872. This also dealt n domestic
problems. II went Ike this:
But three months Yet I've been "A wife,
And pousc already shcws his airs.
! wish I'd lived n single life,
put ~ | do not. why who cares"
l}osidrs. let husband use his tongu"
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tour the tank towns by producers who
we're still optimistic enough TO believe
that the provinces would respond in
quantities sufficient to repay AZ ..ast
the cost q the initial productions.
Alphabetically the youthful play
wright old Al Woods about th.s.
plays tina; had had AZ least a Broad
way hearing. but the producer seemed
unimpressed. Young MIR. Megrue ner-
vousiy twined the dusty toes Of his
broken shoes around and around the
rungs Of the lunch counter stool and
tried to think of something else he
had done that might awaken Al
Woods's enthusiasm: but tn. best h.
could think Of. so he told me later
with a hearty laugh at the recollec-
ton. was TO discourse at length about
his long service as a gold .aCed officer
In the Sationa, Guard OF the Stat, and
his consequent knoSlcd"" Of military
affairs In case 4. va looking for "A
good war drama.
but do you know anything about
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not he considered 50 or the vaudeville
stage or In the cabarets OF the present
time. TWAS All to Astonish the
Browns" was written by J. Beuler and
published by Henry Prentiss of 33
Court street. Boston, In ls42. Here IL
the first verse:
There lived and may he living still.
In n Of the streets OF the town.
A respectable man who was called
by the neighborhood Gentleman
brown"
Very often grand parties ne gave.
At which In champagne you might
drown;
Nay. he cut such a dash all tho street
Was Jealous Of Gentleman Brown"
CHORUS.
Jokery. jeering. quis.
To the story I'm telling, Oh u0t.
How happy we mortals might b
" jealousy did not exist
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course recognized the eminent pro-
Queer because Of published photo
graphs ne had seen. went out Of his
way n be IA good audience for AIS
quick stun to tho Delmonico waitress.
Amid loud outlaws young Mr.. Megrue
would pound Al on the hack every
time Al cracked q good one: but for
some time their acquaintance pro-
ceeded no further.
Are they any horseradish near you.
boz" Al finally asked Mr.. Megrue def
arentially: and &c at last the ice was
broken.
One thing led to another. Al learned
early in the course Of the conversa.
ton with his new acquaintance that
the POLITICALLY ethereal looking youth
beside. him had turned some things
called Under Cover" 1T Pays to Al.
vcrtise' and a piece called Under
Fire. all Of which after struggling
along through runs Of a year or 70 on
broadway had TO be shipped out TO
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by Mr. BISHOP" the words nv DR.. John
LEGAL" and the music 10y Frances n
i'r""n, tn" song itself being dedicated
!" Miss q. Garrison: "Oh, Youth L.
the Tin"," which WIS "a ~fayoritc song
as sung IN the first private ~circlo : with
DISTINGUISHED ,cldt. composed and
dedicated 10 Miss Mary i'.ll 10y Miss
f..!'n bIund"ll'. odd King Time"
wh!ch was conn osed and dedicated
10 MS friend. George i. Morris. ESQ.
AS a mark of Respect for his talents
as a writer and OF his many estimahls
qualities as u gentleman, by Henry
Russell"
oiter ballads sung with more o-
loss success at h a time We're INV
l're'ty A2!le," "A L.fc in the Woods"
q From the Heart" or Yes. | VIII
Leave Ny Fathers Halls" sung by
Nine. Nes'r!s, who's" picture adorns
TIA" title page, The Spirit of R,auty,"
The SHIP Is Ready" composed and
died. Gated 10 his music pupils by Moritz
Richter. "Oh. Cast That Shadow
From Thy Brow" Il Heard Thy Fate
without - Tear" n "romlncc." tho
poetry" by Lord Byron and thr music
10y - NJ H. May. ana Sweet Memories
OF Thee" the ",o,,ry" hy ,u,ti,
"al,p,,d 10 tho ho,u,,,,I ,.,l,u 49,,
Ien"d'tt" STA Ia m1drc' ana .ns,r bod
10 the memory of Miss Susan E,l,r
10y w e. Peters"
nc ,.,,io,,,., ,..
,,,a. ""' " "'"'
" -" gym "'S S''N '"' ''iN'h"-
non 81 Il PORTION az l'IS'. of ih" : Ats
XII water supply. - the "~r,l,pr.tci
'ro;uu ode. w~it'cn NJ the r.ul..' ~
Morris. rQ., and sung n fro : oc the.
Park Fountain by Mr.. c,rnr., Nc.
/ p.1rSou Mr. p.,r.,, 90 ,..
h,rs 80 ,,o Nh. ~, -
49,, ~.
','' ~ v ~ ' - .'''
N~'''""''' '"'"'"r ~ 'Fs IN"
muse was ARRANGED ana "dtp'"' from
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09~sosA Ss1S

In the less difficult groups OF dance
music of hat time was "A popular ar.
rangement called the Crow Quad
rifles. For the first sett' the titles
of the subdivisions are given as Zip
Coon Jim Brown" "Scttin' on q
Rail" "J.m Crow Glare de Kitchen"
and "Slch "A Gcttin' Up Stairs In the
"second set were "GumbO Chaf,"
"Long Time Ago" "Sambo's Address
To the Bredren.'' "Coal Black Rose
Long Tail Blue" and Back Side Of
Albany"
In the same class with "Wm No
body Marry Me-" were other topical
or comic songs that were regarded IN
1910 as Lreat successes. Included
among them were "'Twas All to As
,onish the Browns a song with a
moral, and "Rut Three Months Yet
| I've Been a Wife" These were In
! tended tn M funny. though they might
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And cakes ornam"ntet with crowns.
Soups, ~J.llies and scented pts,lllcs.
And AL TO as'on'sh the Browns.
Jokery. %jecring. quiz.
Most people are fond ~ a feast.
And the, love those who give them the
most.
More than those folks who L We them the
least.
The emulation was kept up between
the two families. but with disaster tn
the Cargses. for
They we're forced to run oT from the
street,
FIR fortune LOOTED m them WITH frov ms g.
And what was more calling than AL
II did not aston.sh m" browns.
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o. FRANK WARD O'MALLEY.

,< r,Icr to begin this weeks
~d,am1turgic expose. which b.
accident IL concerned more or
,,-s with Potash ana Perlmut-
p . Soricty." at the very beginning
.tuu.d nr said carly that when IL
mo g., select Gg a playwright tn turn
:. Nsa,igue Glass Potash and Perl
,i,.i stories into a pay Producer
Woods for many weeks was men,
.v al to and ffO.
Tie kiud II playwright he wanted
ia, -'-p should have "A Thorough
,,.cr.t,niing of and be in proper AT
4, with the loneliness and poetry of
To-. ...,k and suit business. In ad-
a., having heard Of Harvard \.
p.,l. also he'd heard hints about Har-
,rd's prut. Baker. who each year
mt. Into Manhattan for the Broad
-,v p,bywriting trade crates OF high
.appius dramatists who have all the
hriuIe and diplomas ana every
Auc needed 10 start right SO and
IN oft, success after success after
recess.
v,ue realized better than Al Woods
,cyever. that Prof. Bakers brigh,
mirr dramatis's had but the slightes,
| NOV edge of the beauties Of the cloal,
| nd suit ulrinCss-a tieet!ng glance at
10 industry. perhaps, when. coming
.r,.ht to Broadway from Harvard
| y.h their first five act tragedies in
't,nk verse tCdcr their arms. Jake
l %..1iert or Abe Erlanger, after one
mpse AT their pays. had tied cans
20 them and chased them all the way
own Broadway to the Battery. on,
an, get into proper SYMPATHY with an
| -iustrv merely by hurrylng south be-
.re.n the loft buildings Of the Union
SNARE cloak and sult belt.
40" SAID Al Woods. what I want
. me II these 'rah rah guys who car
-. onlv pu, elegant talk into a play
~, also knows the clothing trade. The
,ll.-e of the City of New York OF
Heai Principal Nick Buffers Colum.
a University is where ! get OF"
FIR SIN another week early last
inner. however. Al Woods didn't get
sicn further. ~ said that he ant
rc-k Batter We're old friends and
nntual admirers and therefore FOL
tsrdsh.p's sake red ike to give the
,sywrtng commission Ia y Co.
mbil co,leger. At the same time. n,
sd. he didn't want IN start anythlnG
'-at might offend the City College
1eatrc t.cke. buying trade. And =,
e da,.ied.
There Was a time not Sc long ago
8. PRODUCER AIS aesthetic career whcr
g didn't give three Continenta! 'rah
. 'rah- whether his playwright,
.r' c~oilegers or not. In those day.
would just think up IA snappy TIL.
- ID molodrans. have a few bales O
ne sheets autographed for the cornsl
soon and Chinese laundry window
rade and then tell Theodore Kremer
,ohn Oliver OF some of the other hand,
a-ouud the office to go ahead anC
T-'o a 20, OF acts around the title an,
'-ographs.
TIE, f.'t that John Oliver" author
T. e d~eathless Nellie. the Beiuti,
" ,'rak Modul." and other dramati,
dnrvres. was really owen DaV.'
D .rir Id Harvard but now reforme,
wen has. not Harvard-merel,
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"" gao for a husband Heigho!
There's danger In longer delay.
Shall ! vel again have a beau?

Shall ! yer again have "A beau?
VIII body marry me. pray?
7 r Wa with a song sue as this
that the Eva Tanguay of seven
l tv-ive years ago made her big
g'st hir. The lines never failed
y SIN applause. The singer w.nked
smiled at a good looking young
'r IN ore Of the front seats. and
-" lldieuc" how,ed with delight. Then
" '1"'''u"d her hid for favor with
.'i" mort ines which went like this:
t'-n % feel strange. declare.
Win beauty my prospects viii, fade.
r. ~" myself up to despair
Il bought ! should de an old maid.
~ n smirk of satisfaction the
sag" fayurite waited n moment for
as sentiment to sink in, and then
sae struck up the chorus:
H.'-Sho for a husband. heighho,
WI nobody marry me. say"
Va nubody, nobody" No.
NNi uohpdy, nobody? No.
blanche Ring or May Irwin or Marie
p~r',>irr would doubtless think she
' '.'F f'f'A lARA'4 ii II i'l hlN''NS
could ind expression only through
''ngs such as this, but n glance over
NE popular music of threc-quarters
y q century ago shows that the
artist, probably gave the public what
waited. the same as they do to-day.
iN gong through an old chest be-
'Ei. T. a maternal grandmother,
WHO ALN 4Lfl. flNnr az q hnl'. In NAU
l"rf IN 'ur 'i0S ~ the last century,
'' writer came upon "A bound volume
""tn instrumental and vocal sue
'''''' ~ that tine. Apparently the
Most popular music for the piano was
ne lG.,N step, dedicated to a mill
@'y "iI-er or a fire company. For
Instance, 'Burnett's Quick Step"
COMPOSED by T. Rcbhun. was dedicated
o L'cl'. Ward Is. Burnett OF the
new York Light Guard; "Hcwitt's
S-ich step" was by the same com
poser and dedicated to Lieut.. James
y He"l't, and the officers and mem
"1s OF the New York Light Guard.
aHq the New York City Guards
suoH step" by Francis II. Brown.
vas 'or the military organization
whose name It was given, All OF these
SUhpoSli'ns were played with great
'"c"'9' by thu Jefferson Guards band.
"'''f marches Of equal popularity
wy" -" Wood Up Quick Stcp,"'com-
.'''' expressly Tor the anniversary Of
"' washington Light Infantry and
F'''iHed rs the Boston Band on
pc,5'"r Il 1894" and the Syracuse
ha"9.1i Quick STEP composed for
,"q respectfully dedicated to his friend
"h, 'l!'rurc by !. l.. Wind"
h'i me Instrumental music Of the
m M, was no ontincd TO quick steps,
1n'i" was dance music, much OF
""@N "hs mad" popular by famous
"'. q "dncers of the period. Fanny
.'"r va the Gaby Dcslys OF 1910.
music with the title Of La
''"F''hhc' Was published with the
' '''l.Nn ned picture ~ Miss E!lslcr
'Haractcr of La Cr%dcopicnnc
I'm" iltle page. LA Cachucha,"
s"'''ei as a admired Spanish
%'" MAS another Of Miss Ellsler's
The Washington herald., 1916-07-18
NOTIFICATION TO WAIT
UNTIL CONGRESS ENDS

The postponement of the Democratic
notification ceremony until after the ad-
tournment Of Congress. was announced
yesterday by Vance Mccormick, national
chairman. after conference with the
President, Secretaries McAdoo and Bur-
Lesson and several other administrator
leaders The President takes the view
that politics must wait until he has dis
posed of pressing public affairs
Il find the President embarrssNd by
the thought that he ought not 70 turn to
politics until the business Of this Con-
gressional session was over" said Mr.
Mccormick. ''Of course. it is possible
that the session may last so long as to
make it impracticable to wait for the
notification"
For the present the President is giving
no thought to the campaign. This does
not mean, however, that there will be
any lull in the campaign. Mr.. McCor-
mick said Chicago headquarters would
be opened during the week