The Washington herald., 1917-11-22

New York. Nov. L. No public
clings so long to its idols as does
the public of Manhattan. Along
Broadway the mere mention Of Pete
Daily. Weber and Fields and other
stars of yesteryear brings the
audiences to their feet.
This adulation is perhaps best IL
lustrated by the opening night per-
formance at the Century Theater.
The Century. built by millionalres to
uplift the drama. and now turned
over to musical comedy, revived
many Of the songs Of the old timers
in their new production.
''ln the Good Old Summer Time
brought stirring rounds Of applause.
"Dinah"the song that Pete Daily used
to sing brought even more applause
and when they sang The Bowery" il
looked like the walls might fall from
the sheer force of the exhuberance
Old idols were brought out in new
settings and got all the applause
while the stars of the present day
merely got bare acknowledgement
The New York public is also kind
when star essays a certain part and
fails to reach the usual standard.
For instance in the Century show,
Mrs Vernon Castle sang a song.
Mrs. Castle can dance but she can
not sing and the audience knew It
but they applauded eagerly.
1t was all because her husband had
given up an income of more than $50
600 year to go to the front and fight
for his country and because as a
daring and resourceful aviator he
has brought down his share OF n.y.
ing Teutons from the sky.
When Mrs. Richard Harding Davis
appeared they stood up and cheered
and tore the air with their "Bravos."
Mrs. Davis is clever dancer. but there
are scores Just as talented. 1t was
because she was a wife of a beloved
man and because she is trying to
make living for herself and child
that she received this wonderful ova-
ton from the New York public.
The self-deluded tango crowd is
Growing over the defeat of Mayor
Mitchell. 1t actually believes that II
had something to do with his defeat.
When he torpedoed the cabarets they
puned angrily at their cigarettes and
swore vengeance.
VI II. Ne" 4OIk CLOSING It's
cafe doors, shutting its tango par
iors, muffling its snare drums, sup
pressing the thousand and one Lucille
clad ladies at l o'clock at night-just
like a New England village. New
l. Ycrk's joie de vivre dying at the
roots,
Talk about autocracy and the SUPP
preston of a free and enlightened
people. The trouble IS that the Tango
Crowd cannot realize that we are at
war. The subject bores them. And
so they now believe that tbey defeated
the mayor. Poor souls.
The other day I got a good square
look at Charles Murphy. the Tam
many leader. New Workers. impress
sions OF Mr.. Murphy are gathered
from the papers they read. II one
reads certain journals one mentally
pictures Murphy as a fearful. bull
necked orge and IL one reads others
one pictures him as a cherubic angel
with wings sprouting. Personally
Murphy appeared to me as a clean
cut business mana man who was
born to boss. He was dressed neatly
and in good taste. His eyes are keen
and when he gave his order to the
menial who served him l wished 1
might give an order in the same fash
ion. It Is a cinch would not have to
wait so long for my food. I do not
understand politics and Murphy may
be a flint hearted dictator, but there
is a man who owes me twenty lovely
dollars and I'd like to send Murphy
to collect II. / believe he would come
back with thirty.
Down on the Bowery they have
found a Chinaman who has whiskers.
And he Is getting into all the papers.
Nobody seemed to notice before that
a Chinaman never decorated his
visage with foliage.
Waiter B. Smith, Of Bangof, Ne,
has dug from the river bank musi-
cal stones thought to have been
fashioned by prehistoric man