The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-10-12

1 always spend lots of time when I'm
in New York circulating among the
big theatrical managers, producers, and
playwrights and there is no more in
teresting place in New York than the
Palace Theatre building where my
charming friend Celia Bloom (repres-
cnting Mr.. Carl Hoblitzelle, Lyric thea
tre) sits up inNher coming tour" max
ing her bookings for the southwest
ern circuit of the Interstate Amusement
company.
Miss Bloom is a stunning looking
girl with a great deal of magnetism
and personal charm, and her ability in
theatrical circles is known and appre-
ciated throughout New York's vast
area I also had the pleasure of meet
ing Mr.. Jules Delmar who books" for
visits to those nice people ! enjoyed
seeing the throngs of acts passing in
and out-waiting their turn all intent
upon their work-al1 eager for engage
ments, of course.
A visit to the great theatrical mag
bright spot during my New York visit;
Mr.. Loew is one OF the biggest men as
we all know in the theatrical world,
and one of the busiest; he is almost as
| hard to get to as President Wilson and
| when you do sec him II you are lucky
| enough to get five minutes, you pat
, yourself ON the back for within closed
a
| half dozen other big theatrical mag
| mates are ensconced waiting for Mr.
Loew, who with his usual graciousness
| and charming hospitality leaves them
! long enough to speak to friend from
the South" and you are all "puffed up"
| over the compliment and leave, voting
| him one of the incest men you've ever
met
| And Mr.. r. e. Johnston the big con-
! cert manager-who sponsors the fash
| ionable Biltmore Musicales and the
| Commodore concerts proved a most de-
| lightful addition to my list of profess
sional friends.
| Mr.. Johnston's career in the field of
| concert managers is unsurpassed; his
F., impressive personality and gracious
cordially. his splendid knowledge of
music and his friendship with all the
big musical people, enable him to oc-
cupy a position few others have as
PRED to, and when L chatted with him
in his office and he suggested that he'd
like to have me meet Mischa Elman who
| was in his private office-I had the
pleasure of renewing my acquaintance
with the King of Violinists-the great
and only Mischa Elman.
Mr.. Johnston and Mr. Elman invited
me to the Elman concert the following
! Sunday evening at the Hippodrome-
Mrs. Kettig and myself-to be among
the twenty guests to occupy stage
chairs When we arrived every seat in
the enormous Hippodrome was filled
and the IS R. o." sign was out in
big letters. and there were one thousand
paid" admissions to the stage ant
little u.s. if you please among the in
vited" few which included such cele.
berities as Ysaye, Louis Mann, Samue
Shipman, the playwright-an others
equally notable.
And such a programme! My friend:
nobody over played like Mischa Elmar
did that evening! The people rose Ell
masse and screamed bravo" after the
Bach "Chaconne" (unaccompanied); ant
when he played the Tschaikowsk
.Melodie" and the Sarasate Caprice
Basque" the audience went wild witt
applause.
Mischa Elman handles the violin a.
tho it were an orchestra playing eacf
string as If it were a silver lutte, ant
l unhesitatingly announce that l know
no greater virtupso with the fiddle THAI
this same little modest, unpretentious
superbly gifted Mischa Elman!
The shimmy dance is all the rage
In all the Broadway cabarets
Fifth Avenue itself essays
n The tantalizing measure;
! To jazz times syncopated beat
You shake -er-er-well-
, Everything Except your feeD
This is the recipe complete
Just use it at your leisure
THE Dancer"
OF course the dozens of friends il
/ Birmingham of lovely Viola Rodger!
(made during her visit last season t.
Mr.. and Mrs, Edward w. Barrett viii
, want to know what this charming cir
is doing and when l say that she il
+ prettier and more attractive, clevere
and more charming than ever I'm SUR
| it will hardly be believed, for how
, could she be any more of any of thes'
t nice things than she was last winter?
r enjoyed a wonderfully attractive
party one evening down at the LaFay
cite with my adorable Viola and Mr.
t Otto Carmichael one of the most charm
= ing and cultured men / have ever me
= and Mr. cambridge Colby, whom al
1 New York knows and likes; among tn
t celebrities was Florence Walton VIII
. was dining early SO that she might b
G in time for her turn" at the Cascades
S at the Biltmore; and-oh. yes, Viola /
t writing a book: she didn't tell me tn
title of it but I'm sure it will be cleve
: and 1 know she'll find a ready sale TO
' a lot of the copies down here in Biz
e mingham where she is SO much like
y and admired
. Some Of these days l hope Birming
D ham society will meet another of M
j New York girl friends-beautiful Hele
t. Maher-who is as clever as she is beau
tiful. which is the perihelion of prais
as I'm sure you'll say when you Sc