The sun., 1917-09-09
By ROY X. MOULTON.
New YORK. September s

NJ" 1tkh, StpN'iIlitI .
~ EAR BUDDY: I see by one of
the papers that Mr.. Henry
- Eftingham, the eminent ju-
venile. has consented TO accept a part
in new Broadway production called
Gee Wh!z," or maybe it's Gosh
Darn" or "Oh, Fudge" | don't just re-
call the name. Names are so much
alike along Flash Alley these days.
When a producer wants to name a
show he steps out onto the sidewalk
and waits until somebody comes along
and says something and then he names
It that. 1t Is crime. punishable by
Punishment TO the uncharted wilds
west OF the Hudson. to use the name
picked out by the author. \ show by
any other name would smell as sweet,
and just to show the author that he's
Cne OF the least important persons
about the place they pick out name
that doesn't fit.
In most OF the modern shows the
audience can guess everything except
the title. It's bad taste TO have
title that in any way refers to the
plot Having a detached title gives the
audience an additional thrill at no eN-
pense whatever. 1t adds dash of
mystery.
+ went to see "Anne's Garter" the
other evening. But the title didn't
mean anything 1t wasn't daring
show at all. The young folk could
take their parents to il without the
slightest trepidation and with all the
npunity they desired.
But what was speaking about
when | started WAS Henry Ef'ingham's s
engagement. You remember Hank t.f-
/ fer. who went 10 the veterinary college
with you and me back in the good old
days when We thought that the auto
mobile would never replace the horse
! ! often wonder what has become of
/ al the hopeful young horse doctors
turned out by that institution Of
learning year after year.
horses. Several OF them have drifted
in on me occa sionaily ana then have
drifted ont again permanently when
the amount reached the maximum
under my code OF fiscal relations
had often wondered what had be-
come Of old Hank r.ner lie was
one Of the brightest young horse doc
tors in the college, as you will re-
member
one cold day last winter when old
Mr.. Fahrenheit had gone down into
the sub-ha sement and had failed to
return, my room phone tinkled inno-
Gently enough and | answered it. II
was once when my well known hunch
was not working,
The girl downstairs In the office told
me that Mr.. Henry Eninsham, the
well known actor. was waiting in TIE
of'ins. She said that. in her op MON,
he WAS not going tu torpedo me with
out warning and that he didn't look
er-Hooverized,' In her opinion he
had had dinner So ! told her TO send
him up.
When he came II was none other
than old Hank and certainly was
up like lounge liz and he had II
couple OF quarts of quartz distributed
around his clothing and fingers.
Henry was an old New Yorker. He
had lived here nearly two seasons and
after he lad told mo how TO succeed
and had spent two hours putting me
wise To the difference between making
good and putting a fOOzle and in re-
lating personal conversations with
: everybody from J. l.. Morgan down to
! the corner cop We got to talking sense
You have always got TO give one q.
these genuine imitation New Workers
time to blow off steam. They have
simply got 10 give you the work and
make you understand that YOU are a
rank boob and you may as well let
item get it off their chests at once
and have it over. After Henry had
pulled all the phony wisdoA he could