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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-06

his first appearance in production
ton DAYS ago. incidentally and newt
ably ringing up the individual hit o.
the evening.
Sale is a product orc OF them
~ Urbana. III. Among the other
,roducts arc college students for the
University OF Illinois is in Urbana.
Sale cot TO trotting with the college
boys when youth, and was considcra-
bly abashed by the fact that they could
do so many things that he could not.
For example. nearly every one Of them
could twanc the mandolin, and not
rcw could sing. Sale, determined to
do his bit. started initiating his fellow
villagers. From time to time ne kept
At il. and presently he discovered that
no was becoming quite adept at it.
At that time he had no thought OF
q stage career. His interests were
centred in art. and he is to-day quite
capable craftsman. But an ae-
ouaintance who knew all actor sug-
coated that Sale go upon the stage,
and. after asking the actor. said that
the first step was to write to Gus Sun.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-06

THERE has come sharply to the
Il fore during the present season
young man whose portrayais Of rural
characters are so uncannily realistic
that it seems downright foolish 70 re-
cord the fact that he was raised in the
country. He is Chic Sale. At the be-
ginning of this season he was known
to few persistent vaudeville patrons
as the Interpreter of certain rural
characters in an act which he called
"The Country School" This act, with
certain variations, he had been playing
for about six years.
He came to the Palace early this
year with a new series OF character
cations. Almost Immediately he was
the talk of the town, vaudevilly speak.
ing. Sale, feeling that he was ell.
titled, by reason Of the ripening OF his
talents. to some recompense for the
lean years, demanded a larger weekly
wage than the vaudeville interests
were willing to give. For a time he
withdrew from vaudeville, but in \
few weeks the case was compromised.
A little later an indefinite vaudeville
tour was interrupted by an offer to
ioin the new entertainment al the
Winter Garden, and there Sale made
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-06
The Weeks Gyist

NORA BAYES tonight Thirynnth Street Theatre Miss byeS
adopts announcing the resumption OF er
New York appearances. the old songs some not ola
been printed she explains Ana again"
have surrounded myself with aids who wont interfere with my
holding the long the audience VIII let me anu
stands up
will tenant Of the Ihiynmth street
which means nightly performances the mane% Inc
curtain wilr a 3 and at g.
the Comedy The Washington square
PLAYERS have turned fifth bill OF their subscription
Mary Shaw for the role oil MIS-
be Oswald, Arthur f. ioh Will play faso
will Regina Engrand ana l. W.
Gibson will play The play will be gwen Tor one wen
This celebrated and highly farce will be revived with
played the parts seven or Hgt
Years ago Edward Ellis for example Will be j.
and Grace Gooda Fay Wallace
will be others whose are familiar Also
the company Horace James Harold Nemlye
John OIa Anderson Eugene Keith
Dorothy II. P. Nixon and B. Lamar.
"NHFN Johnny HOME evening at the
F. C. Whitney of operetta by
Sanau STANCE 1t tells story OF Cv
times patriotic the for the present revival
and less than 800 persons VIII
aid in sounding the patriotic appeal
The company Nannete Fack Arthur Cunningham
Juapia Fletcher Julia Clifford Elsa Garrette Percy
Parsons, Bonnie Boyce and Maurice Marcy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-06
SOMETHING ABOUT CHIC SALE

Sun operates a circuit of low-priced
vaudeville and picture theatres in the
Middle West, and makes his head
quarters in Springfield, Ohio. Almost
anybody with any ability at all, who
was willing to work for the price, could
have a job with Sun. Sale wrote let
ter and was told to come on.
For some months thereafter Sale did
seven shows a day for exactly twenty
five dollars a week. He was the only
act on the bill, splitting the honors
with two reels of motion pictures. Then
came a munifcent offer of forty dol
lars from another minor circuit, and
Sale jumped For two years Sale
knocked about the West, and then, five
years ago, he came to New York.
The Poll circuit bought his services
at 1925 weekly, but people in the East
did not seem to care for his work.
After few weeks Sale played New
Haven, and one night Mr.. Poll hap
pened to be in the audience. Fear net
this is no story of fairy prince.
Mr.. Poll thought Sale was terrible, to
put it bluntly. and ordered the imme-
diats cancellation of his time.
There followed another trip to the
West, a little more knocking around.
and then another try at New York.
From the beginning the vaudeville
authorities seemed to have the idea
that Sale would not do. He was not
routed; his act, despite the fact that
it was beginning to please people, was
given but one week at time. That
is TO say. Sale never was booked more
than a week ahead. But good newspaper
notices and enthusiastic receptions
came his way, and it was the weekly
custom of the booking powers to give
him another chance"
Probably the first kindly word which
he received in New York came from
the members of an act with which he
appeared AT tnc run hNCANC ihN"N'N
when that playhouse was devoted to
major time vaudeville. The members
of this act. the headlners on the bill,
took the trouble to tell Sale that he
was good and that eventually he would
be up among the leaders. The names
of these headliners were Irene Frank
lin and Burton Green, her husband
and il is a bit Of a coincidence that
these two arc now associated with Sale
in his first production. In fact, sale
and Burt Green share a dressing room
Sale was three years assembling jne
material for mis- present act, and ne
probably will be abe TO play for thrice
that ncriod without any calls Tor a
change. Excellent as that present act
is. however, it would be rather pity
r Sale does not employ his talents be-
fore long on the legitimate stage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-06

was given to him by somebody who
runs an elocution school in Brooklyn.
He got it by reciting "Gunga Din"
He recited it for me in the Office and
I've been sore at Kipling ever since.
And, to revert to a previous com
plant, no matter how much a vsude-
Vile writer does for an actor, in the
writing line, he rarely gets credit for
it. The average actor likes to have
people think he writes his own stuff,
or, better yet, that he is a great ad
lib comedian. If you ask him who
wrote his skit, the usual answer is:
"Well. So-and-So wrote it, but gave
I i'm the whole idea for it. You'd never
know the script now; I've changed it
all around and put in a lot of stuff"
Yes, getting credit is difficult
proposition. But collecting your roy
alties-well, that really should come
under the head of miracles
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-06

daughter" has no doubt but that
vaudeville has been missing a good
deal because her offspring has spent
all of her days in Bridgeport:
Dear Sir: want you to put my
daughter on the stage. Everybody who
hears her says she ought to be on the
stage; she can initiate any one she
sees and has a very loud voice. When
can expect to hear from YOU"
A postal card was enough for all
this fellow wanted to know-it came
from an r. F. D. route Somewhere in
Ohio:
Dear Sir: We want something
written for US. We have quartet
all we want is something to bring us
out on the stage
suggested a wheelbarrow, but,
strangely enough, never received Il
reply.
A resident Of Maine has his own
ideas about vaudeville. and, by gosh,
he is not slow about expressing them,
either:
Dear Sir: ! am writing to tell you
am sending in another package a
sketch. It's about country life. |
have seen lots Of actors in sketches
about rubcs and farmers. but they arc
all wrong. Now, can act this sketch
with my own family my son, daugh-
ter and my wife-and know the parts
would be taken right. It's called The
Maynard Son. and is about a farm
boy who goes to the city. Now, if you
like this and want to fix it for me. you
can. ! don't know what your rates
arc. but | want il done right. and I'm
willing TO go as high as $40 to have it
fixed If you don't want to do it, send
L back
Those are only few. Many others
tell how good they arc. One girl said
she was "considered the prettiest girl
in Canton. Ohio" You'd really be
surprised if you knew the number Of
people who can "imitate a phono-
graph" and want an act written around
that trick. Another young man says
he has a good voice, and that he in
tends to enter "stage life" with it. He
wrote: "You don't have to write any
thing much for me just give me about
twenty funny cracks 10 make"
One man brought his son in TO sec
me TO have an act written about his
ability 10 recitc. He told me his boy
was "the champion reciter of Brook
lyn." and (this sounds almost TOO
strong, but its true) he proudly dis
played a medal 10 prove il. The medal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-06
IN VAUDEVILLE

PALACE Eddie Foy. Emma Carus. lda
Brooks Hunt and Alfred de Nanny;
Odiya. Arnaut Brothers, Laurie ana
Bronson, Ameta.
Sa!lie Fisher in The
choir Rehearsal" Leo Beers, Dan
Burkc in The Old Master
RIVERSIDE Sophie Tucker, ! ne
Bride Shop" Williams and WoiiuS'
Frsnklyn Ardell.
ALEXANDRA Nat Wills, Lillian kings
bury I'm "The Coward; Winona WIN
ter.
POYAL-Roek and White, Dyer and
Fay. Gerard and Clark.
LoEW'S AMERICAN Six Royal Illus
sars; Lewis. Belmont and Lewis;
VIunford and Thompson. Ward and
schubert
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-06
MISCELLANEOUS BILLS

Through an error The Tribune an
OF onc-act plays would be given that
night and the following evening at the
Lenox Theatre, 81 East Seventy-eighth
Street. These plays, which are offered
under the direction of the Theatre
Workshop, will instead be played to-
right ard tomorrow night. They are
"Thc Tents of the Arabs" by Lord
Dunsany; "The Pot Boiler" by Alice
Gcrstenbcrg; "Thc Haunted Chamber"
by Felix O'Tool. and THE Bracelet"
b. Alfred Sutro.
At the Hudson Theatre tonight the
Theatrical Treasures Club will offer
their annual benefit performance
Among those announced to appear are
Frank Tinney. Laurettc Taylor, Clifton
Crawford. Rock and White, Bernard
Granville, viii Rogers, Nat Wills, Chic
Sale. Evelyn Ncsbt, Maude Fulton and
Fred Nibo.
The programme OF plays from the
Yiddsh which the East-West Players
offered recently. will be repeated twice
this week Monday and Thursday even
ings-at the Educational Alliance.
There arc four plays on the bill, the
NEST noteworthy Of which is Might
The organization known as the Com
munity Players. who come to the sur
face now and again, will give Perciyal
Wilde's play. According TO Darwin
at Richmond Hill on Thursday and
Friday. A marionette comedy, Tine
Prodical DOLL" will also be played.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-06
Nv THOMAS J. GRAY

JTNAY seem bit strange that there
should have TO be such a thing
&c = vaudeville author. ] have been
a vaudeville shows. and ! know that
ro-. o. those funny fellows seem to
mike f, up as they 90 along. In spite Of
which. gentle reader all readers are
r,,,le when they start to read an
article. there arc quite a number OF
men. and couple of women. VINO
make a living. if not killing, by turn
irc out Jokes. songs, skits, monologues
and sketches for the people in vaude-
Vile know, Of course. that the man
who tells the joke on the stage gets
,be credit for il; people think ne is
so funny. l admit the justice Of that
fot a. the vaudevilians so frequently
tells US authors, it is one thing to write
Z Joke and another to make it sound
funny.
]. has been my business to write for
VAUDEVILLE Cor d number of years, and
no. all my laughs have been at my
own material. / have found it eXpe-
dent 10 advertise my wares in few
Of the theatrical weeklies. and almost
any morning am liable to get a few
letters like this:
Dear Sir: would like to get a
sketch for my wife and myself. She
IS five feet three inches high and has
blond hair. ] am five feet nine inches
5i-a and look well in dress clothes.
Vc can do anything. What can you
wife for us?"
Of course, in this instance the au-
:sor has it pretty easy. They can do
ANYTHING. Except. Of course, that they
don't state whether that anything IS
comedy. drama. acrobatics, magic or
buck dancing. It may be all OF them,
but what is one to do? Write a SOU
brette sketch around her blond hair or
dramatic around his dress suit? It
would be Just about the same as writ
NJ to a doctor and saying: Dear Doc
Tor: I'm sick Kindly send me some
medicine
Another experience that I'm pretty
.5re 20 have every week or so is con-
ccued with the fellow who has 1.-The
IDEA an doped OUT and just wants
ne TO "6u it in for him" The usual
dialogue for that scene is about as
follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-06
BROADWAY AND ELSEWHERE

where he awakes to find the heroine
and a happy ending.
julius Tanner. probably the only
monologist in vaudeville who reads and
writes his own STUFF, is back in town
with a plan to leave the stage fiat for
he advertising business. Mr.. Tanner
ID highly accomplished citizen in
various lines Of eGdcayor, and the
change that be contemplates will be
unfortunate botn Tor the stage and
the other people in the advertising
business.
George Broadhurst, they do say, is
rewriting his greatest farce success.
what Happened TO Jones'" first pro-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-06
THE WEEK STANDS

STANDARD Anna Held, in Follow
Me-
ppoNy OPERA HOUSE AbOrnsOpcra
Company.
FyINGTON Corse Payton Players, II
..Forty-fve Minutes from Broadway.
"The Rag Doll in Rag
land" with George Stone and Etta
billiard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-06

Conscription has at least one merit
which none Of its advocates have point
cd ont. Any number of chorus men
will have to 20.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-06
Bv GEORGE $. KAUFMAN

THE WAR has hit the theatres. AT
l. all events, patronage during the
last few weeks has suffered slump
which cannot by any stretch OF the
Imagination. be attributed wholly to
the season, and the only natural and
feasible explanation is TO be found IN
the public absorption in the war. Even
the / O'Clock closing law, i is figured,
is having its efTcc: on theatrical at
tendance A certain number Of persons
regard the theatre merely as pre-
lude to making night of it, and if
they are to be denied the night they
see no particular reason for indulging
in the prelude.
A vast number of attractions ended
their runs last night, and in many in
stances the houses will remain dark.
II is only the beginning of May. and
the Hippodrome, the Century and the
Manhattan Opera House-the city's
three biggest playhouses-are already
cl0ScO LOT the season. 90, 100, - .Hc
Belasco, which last year operated
throughout the summer It is fact,
even though it meet with indignant
denial, that not more than two attrac-
tons-and perhaps only one-are at
present playing consistently to the
capacity OF their theatres. And the
one attraction which is undeniably SELL
ing out is housed in one of the city's
pillbox playhouses.
Present indications point to the de-
parture of another eight or ten attrac-
lions within the present month. and
June probably will find the city as
Electrically arid as is commonly the
case in July. The arrangements Of
numerous shows are talking bravely
about summer runs, but experience has
shown that summer runs are generally
prevented by one thing. That is sum-
mer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-06
New Brighton to Reopen

The New Brighton Theatre. down
Coney Island way. will open for It's
ninth season on May 81. The New
Brighton offers vaudeville Of the major
variety.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-06

The Hippodrome ended its season
last night, and, as is the annual GUS
tom, a number Of interesting and for
midable statistics are released for pub
LEGATION. II appears that the total at
tendance for the year was l,7J161O
persons, ard that 1,546,432 of these
were referred to some other aisle when
they first offered their coupons to an
usher. Also, S76,53o persons, S75,9S7
of whom we're women, came back after
the performances to look for things
dropped in the aisles. The hat racks
under the seats held 4j3,237 derby
hats during the season, and 1925 Of
these suffered more or less by the ex-
perience. II is also estimated that the
Arnaut Brothers, during their year at
the Hippodrome, emitted total Of
S73.S27, $685. whistles, which is a
figure greater than the national debts
Of Madagascar and Bolivia combined.
One Of the plays which lor~y Miller
will Try out in San Francisco this
spring. and the one with which ne
probably will open the Henry Miller
Theatre next season. is Anthony IN
Wonderland" strangely fantastic
piece which Charles Hawtrey IS now
playing with great success in London.
Monckton HofFc. who wrote "Panthea'"
is responsible for Anthony in Won
derland." which has as its central char
acter a bachelor who has habit Of
falling in love with pictured ladies and
passing b. the flesh and blood variety.
There IT,, Of course, Q viii which
STIMULATES that marriage must precede
inheritance. and Anthony's relatives
accordingly arrange an elaborate plan
to make him fall in love. He is taken
10 sec a motion picture OF the Western
variety, tho leading role in which is
played by a persOnablc, to say the
least. young woman. This film IS
shown to the audience. with Anthony
and mis- friends occupying box. IN
thony becomes interested in the film
actress. and. under the influence Of q
slecpng potion. is carried 20 the scenc
Of the film. Upon awakening he be-
comes involved in wild series OF
movie adventures. but he is made to
believe that he is dreaming. There ia
an entire act in this fantastic vein.
Another dose of the sleeping potion
makes possible his return TO his home,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-06

duced about fifteen years ago. He is
installing telephones and motor cars
and otherwise undermining il, and the
Forty-eighth Street Theatre probably
will house the results late in August.
Marie Tempest, after being unmen-
toned in theatrical dispatches since
the demise of "Hcr husbands Wife,"
has suddenly popped up in Melbourne.
In that city. strangely enough, she has
been playing Good Gracious Anna
belle" since carly in April, without
anybody knowing anything about II.
Along about 1921. when Chic Sale
begins 10 be well known entertainer
hcrcabouts. any number OF people
probably will know that his name is
not Chic Sales.
There will be a vacancy az the iia'-
RIG in another week. for Oliver Morosc1
will move "The Brat" to his own
Morocco Theatre on May II. Canary
Cottage" Will then pack up.
Bsyard WELLER, SO the story goes,
is seeking relaxation from melodramatie
work By writing a comedy. II is en-
titled THE Chatterbox," and Fay
Baintc- +, destined to create the lead
ine role.
There are times when cxpedicpcy
dictates a policy Of generosity. For
example, Billy Watson has ycl:'"'ze''-
raised the salaries Of his Beef Trust
girls, owing 10 tho high cost of food.
Consumption has at least one merit
which none Of its advocates have point
cd out Any number Of chorus men
will have to go.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-06-28

Mrs. Guy Beckwith, who has been
visiting Miss Carrie Sandel and Miss
Owens, returned to Grand Rapids
Thursday
l. P. Taylor and Clinton Nelson
were Vcstaburg callers Wednesday
evening.
+. A. Samain of Bridgeport is
spending the week with his daughter,
Mrs. |. p. Taylor.
Mrs Mabel Bowling, daughter of
Henry Conbern. died in Chicago last
week Thursday. She underwent an
operation. Mrs. Bowling was well
known here, was a sweet, lovable and
most exemplary lady, bearing her
physical Affections with patience and
resignation Mrs. Bowling leaves two
children, brother. sister, father and
mother to mourn their loss, besides
host Of friends.
Floyd Nelson and family and Miss
Ruth Nelson of Saginaw autoed 10
Alma Sunday evening
Harry Nelson and family of Sagi-
nav autoed to Elwel Sunday and
spent the day with his father, Clinton
Nelson
Mrs. Clarence Besore is improving
slowly from his recent illness.