The Washington herald., 1918-02-14

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New York. Feb. 1L-Campbell Mac
CulIoch, who press agents film stars,
has just returned from London where
he has made the palpitating discovery
OF the difference between American
and English humor. II is simple,
American humor consists OF over
statement and English humor OF un-
der statement There you have it
Now go on with the story.
In America, MacCUlloch never failed
to get a laugh with this story. A muir
der had occurred in a Cincinnati hotel
Lobby and at the trial the principal
witness was a bell boy. The prosccu-
tor was quizzing the bell hop.
Now johnson you say you heard
two shots"
"Yessah. jes' two sah."
And how far apart were these two
shots?"
Bout five seconds. sab. JUS bout
laik dis" and the bellhoy Clapped
his hands at a brief interval.
Where were you when the first shot
was 1ired?'
"Ah was shinin' gentlcnan'E shoes
in de basement OBJ de hote'."
Where were you when the second
shot was fired?"
"Ah was just passiu' through III"
outskirts Of the city, sab. and ! was
goin' so fast that when An went
around corners my V,st pockets
dipped sand"
In the English clubs not a laugh
was evoked by this story I Tho reigning
story in London concerns terrific
bombardment before Cambria The air
is fiIled with shrieking shrapncl and
bursting bombs. Disaster is all about.
The British troops were waiting to
go over the top. Ar turns to his
trench mate Bill and roars above the
din.
Hi, Bill 'Elp us a oit?" And Bill
howIs back: "Wot = up. matey?"
'Ee-cups"' gulps All miserably. Mac
Culloch has failed to get single
laugh on Broadway with the Eng
lish story.
Shortly before the dinner hour on
Broadway the dressing rooms Of the
big hotels are the scenes of much
activity. Young stenOgraphers, who
live far away in Jersey, some to these
dressing rooms. They carry large
chintz knitting bags. In these bags
are a complete change of costume,
Even stockings and shoes. The dis
carded clothing is checked in the knit
ting bags in the dressing room and
! the young girls can step forth for their
dinner enga cement and adventure
without making the long trip home'
He has Just put over play. Al
Woods and Belasco are ready to read
all his script. lie talks to George
Cohan as an equal and calls Lee Shu-
bert Lee" He has arrived. Two
years ago he confided his ambition to
his city editor OIL Park Row. The city
editor smiled: stick to the steady
job. Play writing is a very big gam
| BILE and II will never keep your nose
in the feed bags" But that didn't
discourage him. The city editor lost
his job some time ago and couldn't
find another. He is working for the
playwright now as his press agent.
Every day he writes articles telling
how the young playwright disregard
ed the advice of his friends and stuck
, to his ambition to write a play.
A New York newspaper is In the
midst of a campaign to secure jobs for
men more than 80 years OF age. In
New York the age limit seems to be
80 and yet those who are employing
the men Of that age are enthusiastic
about the ability OF the workers IL
is declared that they are more
punctual. use better Judgment and do
better work. One man past 80. who
was graduated from large Eastern
university, revealed the fact that he
had been out OF job three years. He
| had visited 800 places for work and
the only thing that disqualified him
was his age. Then the newspaper got
him a job. He was promoted twice
in a month and received two increases
in salary.
The following gem is culled from the
! what the Men WIN Wear column
in the current addition Of New York
theater program:
"A skating waistcoat Of Persian
lamb is a Continental idea which is
very smart and cuddIy."
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