New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
By Harriette Underhill

Always since the very first time we
saw Sidney Drew on the screen he has
seemed to us like man who has
achieved vast tolerance for all
things.
He laughs and ne makes the rest of
us laugh sometimes, but some of us,
the very tender hearted ones, cannot
always laugh at the Henrys of the
world, and when Henry, or rather Sid
ney himself, laughs he seems to be
saying, "What's the use ?-one may as
we'll laugh as cry"
The first time one talks to Mr. Drew
he does not say anything. You talk
to him, but he does not talk to you
Mrs. Drew does the talking, while Mr..
Drew sits back and smiles that am
biguous smile.
But the night that the Drews opened
in "the talkies" we went to see them.
and although we sat so close to the
stage that when we stood up we felt
| as though we were leading the or
chestra in "The Star pangled Banner"
Mr.. Drew was revealed as the same
smiling stole we had known on the
screen and off
The same may not be said of Mrs
Drew. Polly is not in the least like
the Polly of the screen, and much less
,, like Lucille McVey Drew; but then
If Polly were like Lucille there would
rot be any play, for Lucille never
never would talk baby talk nor faint,
nor run her husband into debt
Lucille McNey Drew is a wonderful
young person who has written within
the last three years $50 scenarios and
helped Mr.. Drew produce them, one a
week. Besides that she superntends
two establishments; one in the coun-
try and one in town, and in her spare
time she does interior decorating
She showed us her apartment on
Park Avenue which she decorated and
furnished herself. Knowing absolutely
nothing of periods or interior decora-
tons. we were still much impressed
The boudoir looks like the home of
a fairy princess; the library is like
library ought to be, place to sit down
IN, not place to GO and select books
from, and the dining room looks like
part of cathedral and is early
ltalian and the china is early Italian,
too; and we believe the service plates
must have cost about 81 900 apiece.
Mr.. Drew followed US around with his
funny smile, and occasionally he said
you've got to keep her smiling, you
know"
II can't tell you how delighted
was to have a chance to try my wings
or the stage. Writing, directing. act
ing and producing one comedy week
for period of three years is
colossal task. and finally my brain re-
fused to work any more. l tapped it
again and again, but comedy refused
to come forth. guess I was just all
written out And finally, one day
when | was in the throes of despair
ing effort the telephone rang and Mr.
Tully said, 4 wish you and Mr.. Drew
weren't ell tied up with the movies.
have comedy which fits you to T.
Tied up with the movies cried
why, Pm not!' Though a moment be-
fore I had felt that l was not only
tied up, but inextricably entangled.
And so we took it, and every one
liked Mr.. Drew and some of them liked
sme. My favorite dramatic critic did
not like me, but he is still my favorite
dramatic critic in spite of that. And
| believe. too, that it was Polly and
not ! whom he dsliked."
81 am so glad that there is not the
slightest reference to the war in our
new play" This is Mr. Drew TALKING
now. IL dislike flag plays of all kinds.
cannot bear to think that the deep