New-York tribune., 1919-10-05
At Hotel and Restaurant

Hello, Alexander!' That's what
they are going to say to me when l
come back to Paradise. Be sure and
be on hand for my return engagement,
won't you? I'm afraid We are a hit"
That is what Sophie Tucker wrote to
US from one of the suburbs like SIAM
ford or New Rochelle, where Hello.
Alexander" was making them sit up and
take notice. And not only Miss Tuck
er, but her seven kings of syncopation
Heath extravaganza. Tuesday night
the show opens, and after theatre time
we intend to go up to Reisenweber's,
although we must forego the pleasure
of seeing Miss Tucker make her stage
debut at the Forty-fourth Street The
atre. John Charles Thomas is going
to open that night, too, in Fritz Kreis-
ler's new opera, apple Blossoms" and
he invited us first. So we shall listen
to him from $3.50 till IL, and then go
up and hear Sophie sing "I'll Be Your
so long, but it seems long. AS she
said, twas short sojourn but merry
one. And Reisenweber's is having
special nights for special stars" so
that the patrons may see the stars of
the screen and stage at close range.
"I'm so glad they're at the Waldorf" +"
whispered The Tribune's most con-
servative stcry writer. excitedly. "Wh ho
is at the Waldorf, and why are you
glad ?" we asked. "The King and
Queen, of course; and I'm glad be-
cause l know where the stairs are in
the Waldorf" "Meaning?" "Mean-
ing that when they entertain person
II l0 hot
on the elevator, but I'm going to frus-
trate them" SO that is one thing we
never thought of when we chose the
Waldorf. 1t seems that the King of
the Belgians has always stopped there
since he was the Count de Rethy,
twenty years ago. We are not re-
specter of personages, but if ever there
was real king, the kind we believed
in when we are young and read of the
princess in the tower, that king is
Albert, God love him. We intend to
hang around the Waldorf until we
catch him in the act of taking tea in
the Jose Room.
Mathilde Cunz, who lets US know
what is happening at Murray's when we
Forty second Street allays more hunger
than any other street in the world u
but this is what we received, Forty
second Street alleys more hungry than
any other in the world" which is. per-
haps, also true. But we know the first
is because it is the announcement of
the Property Owners and Merchants
Association. They aver that five billion
persons dine annually in Forty-second
Streets hotels and restaurants, and
from the numbers we have seen in
~o11
tive estimate.
Rehearsals for the new revue at the
Ritz Restaurant in Brooklyn are well
under way and the completed article
is promised by Director Henry Fink
within the week Mr. Fink has written
the book and the lyrics and Abner Sill
yer furnished the score Mr.. Silver has
proved to be the bright lining in many
cloud. He it is who wrote Give Me
the Sultan's Harem." The revue is still
unnamed. Any suggestions?
Friday night we went to see Henry
Savage's "SeeSaw," and being still ir
a joyful daze induced by so mucl
beauty and rhythm, we went ovel
to the Cascades at the Bilt
more to see if the new orchestra wa
they have named it the Cascades Jazz
There are eleven Of 'em, count 'em
eleven Git would have been so ordi
nary to have twelve), and they were
discovered by Holland Ball Judkins
He got them from the four corner.
of the globe.
blossom Festival" enters upon it.
final week at Thomas Healy's Colder
Glades. 1t is Nh Healy's love OF
change that makes him take off the
Festival and put :. new show on the
ice. for the Blossom show is lust a.
popular as it was the first week of its
run. Those who wish may dance or
the ice between the shows, but the
Balconnades on the floor below are the
place where most of the dancing is
done. Even here, however, there ia an
entertainment furnished by some
strolling players. Ben Uberall is in
charge of the Balconnades.
"The Revue of Varieties' will enter
into it's sixth week at the Palais Roval
tomorrow night. 1t is so different
this new revue. from the usual girl an.