The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-11

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society thersupon arose from his stage
pos ana In q brief but eloquent address
pleaded with the illustrators and their
at least a little while.
Inc nshts thereupon were flashed on
again and the audience waited In silence
Tor two or three minutes Then there
was restlessness here and there. One or
two arose and wandered back to the
tables In the foyer. The general retreat
toward the foyer may be said to have
been begun then. BY . IA p. NJ, or four
minutes after the conclusion Of Charley
Gioson's perroration. the retreat was q
rout -.
At s:s1 p. NJ. James Montgomery
Flagg arrived. -
What did tell your Was I right
or was I wroner' cried President Gibson
impatiently. Back to your seats i'm
mediately and remain standing until Mr..
Flagg has been seated by the committee
In AA-2 ana All"
All OF which was done. Then when
MI. F1agg had waved the audience to It's
seats the programme was BEGUN with
the display OF Victory Loan poster. .
Twin pitcher by Jack Sheridan, posed
by Miss Jean Bella terrinoaiiy beauti-
ful model 10 Miss Bell-and arranged
by George Howe.
''rhe Thirst IL Yet TO Come"
Even the overcautions Max Goldberg
OF San Francisco would have applsuded
the Victory Loan poster, so delicately
beautiful II was, but right after the
poster the illustrators began exhibit two,
the same being a playlet OF gentle nature
called The Thirst Is Yet to Come"
written and largely acted by Illustrator
Soldier Frank Goodwin, who had Illus
traitors Louis Hanlon ana Raymond l.
Thayor to help him histrionicai1y. II
was the worst play that ever came out
OF philadelphia. the present home Of
Illustrator Soldier Playwright Frank
Goodwin. II was awful
Still worse were the other plays on the
bfl-"Une Barre de For" a dainty little
French thing by M. George r. Kerr OF
Paris, KY. and The Chariot Of Faith"
which was the title that Illustrators
Playwrights Marc Anthony Connolly and
Fred Dayton gave to their skit about a
Broadway trolley car which Illustrator.
Actor c. d. Williams had boarded TO
get to 111th street, despite the fact that
the impassioned young Mr.. williams was
In one goshawful hurry to keen his date.
When the lights were low and not
even the watchfui Representative Guy
was on the Job Lawyer McGovern and
Advertising Genius Art Samuels sneaked
under cover Of darkness from time to
time and beat up the plano in the or.
chestra nit Also Henry illustrator
Give did magical magic with cards
Clare Briggs showed one OF his tremend-
ously, amusing when a FeIia Needs q
Friend" movies, there was momentous
intermission that was the real hit of the
show. and the programme ended heated
ly With Jack Sheridan and George
Howes "Aeronaughty Posters Just
about the time Rube Goldberg was
dragged shriekinsly from the theatre.
General Present but He was Yo-ns
Brig. Gen. Cecil Critchley OF the Brit
lsh army-youngest general officer OF
any army IN the world--and Capt. John
Jacob Aston. son of Baron Aston. were
present as guests Of Charles Dana Glib
son. whose party also included George
B. Post. Jr., and Charles Hofbauer. And
there. were Reinald werrenrath and
John Barnes Wells. illustrators who do
concert and Metropolitan Opera House
singing on the side. Paul Thompson.
who had insisted upon bringing his
daughter, Miss Elisabeth Thompson--"if
she had been twins we; were going to call
| her Underwood 4 Underwood" Mr..
Thompson explained-until dissuaded by
INV phyoiSfdhs WHO bolu inc nlBHt
was too wet. indoors as well as out, for
| a three weeks old threatregoer.
But listen to reason, Doc" pleaded
the eminent news photographer, my
daughter IL too young to understand
the gags. It1l BE- all right" .s-'
And she's too young to 60 to smok-
ers." snapped tho nurse and doctor In
chorus. Give 'er time, Paul. Give 'er
time"-which ended the incident, so far
as Miss Thompson was concerned. :
And there were 30 many other cslebS
rites, from Charley Falls and Franklin
p. Adams, Charley Beck. Freddy Derr
steeie-the worst pool player In the
world--Norman Lynd. Rea Irwin and 80
| on down that all cannot be listed. Most
Of them could stand no more and quit
when the posters came on, leaving
| finally only the players and Novelist H.
8. Harrison. who comes from the hell
| roaring mountains OF West Virginia and
therefore can stand anything. and Char
ley Hanson Towne. who Is a big rough
lad. to the point OF gruffness. but good
| guy at heart.