The Washington herald., 1918-06-07

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New York, June 6.-Another dis
agreement has resulted from the use
of the name Rector" This time the
dispute is between George Rector.
who owns the name. and Paul Salvin,
proprietor of "Eectors" on Broad
wGy. Salvin wants to use the name.
50 the report goes. and Rector wants
to use ii Ior some other enterprise.
The name Rector has been so wide
ly advertised that it means money
to the cafe using it. The management
of the Claridge wanted to use the
name but was forbidden 10y the
courts. 1t mas prospered. however,
under the London-made title.
George Rector, whose name Is
worth so much money. is a graduate
of Cornell. He went to Paris and
studied at the Ritz the art OF con-
Quoting a cafe. He is a son of the
celebrated Charles E. Rector, who
founded the business.
For some time he has been the man
a@er of Rector's and it is said was
paid $1,000 a year extra merely for
the use OF his name. Salvin, who
owns the place. is a product Of the
East Side. He began his career
with a secondhand clothing store but
was a shrewd business man and a
good mixer. lie forged his way to
the top and is now the owner OF seT-
eral popular Broadway cafes.
He is reputed TO be a millionaire
but he is known very little on Broad
way. George Rector believes In the
old-time hospitality. Every night in
his immaculate evening clothes he
stands at the main entrance of the
cafe.
He knows all the big men so well
that he calls ,hem by first names.
Only one other man Oh Broadway, il
is said, knows so many big men inti-
mately. The other is Capt. James
Churchill. who left a police capitaincy
to administer to the grastronomic
wants of the White Way.
Capt. Jim, too, stands at his main
entrance every night. He is an i'm
posing figure. tall and athletic with a
head of snow-white hair. He is
man one seldom forgets.
This is the day of the reporter The
trained magazine writers of New York
admit that the best stories of the
war have come from the reporter who
must write at top speed. The report
er "over there" has no time to pick
and choose his words or polish his
phrases. Life gallops, and he must
write on the run.
For the creation of what roughly
may be termed little masterpieces The
reporter is at a distinct disadvantage
as compared with the literary gentle
man who has time. seclusion, and
quiet at his command.
Yet it is from the clicking one
lunged typewriters or the correspond
ent's pencil galloping over a knee pad
in field or dugout that the big stories
of the war are coming and not from
the retreats Of the literati.
Richard Hatteras is an English ac-
tor who is playing with Ethel Barry
more. There was a disagreement at
the beginning of his engagement over
salary. He talked to the manager
who was final in his announcement
that there would be no change over
the salary offered
The actor was told to go to the first
rehearsal and to give his answer the
next day. He came back and with
a smile said he would accept the
terms.
why didn't you tell me in the first
place." he said, that / would be per-
mitted 10 kiss Miss Barrymore's hand
in the first act. My word! That is
worth something"
1t was on a subway train. Opposite
was a man of indisputable German
birth. His fierce mutache was waxed
and trained to point upward and gave
an indication of Hohenzollern fright
fulness. In fact, he only needed a
helmet to be an exact counterpart or
the kaiser. He seemed to glover at
everything. In his lapel was a service
pin with two stars,