New-York tribune., 1919-11-30
Looking Backward
By Ishbel Ross

porters. and We had all to get out for
our own news. as there were no press
agents them resumed Our Dramatic
Editor. Francis T. Reid, who is now
press agent for Klaw & Erlanger and
Charles Frohman, Inc, was then theat-
rical reporter for The Herald Colonel
George Frederic Hinton. who Is now
manager for Elsie Janis, was then with
The World Frost was with The Trib-
une. Joseph Burns with The Press and
Chapman with The Morning Adver-
tiser' represented The Sun
The Times did not have any
one. Thomas White was dramatic edl-
tor of The Herald and I'd Steinberg
was their critic The other dramatic
editors we're Edward Fales Coward. Of
The Worlds: William Winter. of The
Tribune; Hillary Bell, Of The Press;
Colonel John A. Cockrill. Of The Ad-
vertiser': Franklin Fyles, Of The
SUM-. and Alan Dale; OF The Evening
World
AT that time the Academy OF Music
was run BY Gilmore and TOmpkins.
Ed van Dusen was the business man
ager The old Star Theater was at
the corner Of Thirteenth Street and
Broadway. Charles Burnham was Its
manager. There were only three
vaudeville houses: Keith's at Union
Square. managed by J. Austin Fynes.
Tony Pastors in Fourteenth street.
run by Harry Sanderson, and Roster
& Balls. which was originally az
Twenty-third Street and Sixth Avenue.
but later moved up 70 Thlrty-four.n
Street. Roster & Bial's on Twenty
third Street was famous for the CORK
Room huge greenroom. which was
the rendezvous Of many of the young
'bloods' Of the day. Wine flowed
freely here and the walls were lavlshly
marked with the suffering or corEs.
The Irving Place Theater was run
in those days By Heinrich Conrled'
who afterward became manager OF the
METROPOLITAN. Otto We'll was ms act
ing manager. The old Lyceum, at
twenty-fourth Street and Fourth Ave
nue.. was conducted by Daniel Frohman.
There were several museums, lnc.ud-
ing Uuber's at Fourteenth Street; the
Eden Musec on Twenty-third street
near Sixth Avenue; Miners burlesque
at Twenty-ff'h Street and Eighth Ave
nue.. and John Z. Doris's Museum
at Thirt.eth street and Sixth Avenue.
There was Hoyt's Madison Square
Theater. jus. west of Broadway on
Twentv-f0urtn Street. Frank Mckee
was the manager. A Trip TO China
town was running there then. Il had
$50 continuous performances. the long
est run any play has ever had IN New
York
The Bijou Theater was just above
Thirtieth Street on Broadway. J. VI.
Viii was manager Of the Standard
Thea-er. where the Ten o'clock Club
members forcgathered He was a tall.
distinguis hed-.ooking man with gray
Duudreary vhiskers. Ned Harriean
Theater was what is now the Garrlck.
dark Hanley managed II. Inc old
Herald square Thcater, which had
originally been the Park Theater, was
managed by William Dunlevy who
af,erward became dramatic editor OF
The Ny York journal What Is now
The Knickerhocker was in those days
Abbev's Theater. K was built by
Henrv Z. Abbey. OF Abbey, Schoe.fel
& Grau. who ran the Meiropo.itah
for years and brought Nine. fatti
over here. The manager OF ABBEY
was Harry Mann, brother Of Al and All
Havman.
miners Fifth Avenue Theater was
where the present Fifth Avenue Thea
ter stands. Here many o. the ols
tragedies q the day We're presented
.Tosca.' for instance Fanny Daven-
ncrt and Duse played in Miners and
?. vas .here that the famous all-s,ar
show The Rivals was put on, with Joe
Jefferson. Nat Goodwin, old Mrs Drew
rr1ia Nariowe. Fanny Rice. joe Hol-
land. f. ". Holland and Robert Tabor
IN the cast.
"Daly's, one Of he bes, theaters in
-he citv. was or Th.rtie.h Street. op-
oosite Pslmer's Richard Dorney was
the manager. The old Waliack's The
ater' vas then known as Pa.mer's. Z
Wa famous place. owned by A. Il.
palmer. short man. with ruddy
cheeks and white side whiskers. Close
by Hermann. q magician, Operated IN
small upstairs theater Alexander
Comstock was his manager. IN the
some neighborhood was The Imperial
Music Han. which afterward became
y eber < Fields Music Hall. George