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New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Theatrical Clubs

walk through the front door Of q
brownstone house, which has been re-
modelled into clubrooms, right into the
co2y grllroom. 1t isn't big; there is
no pretense of expense in the furnish
lngs, but somehow you want to pull up
chair, sit down at the table in the
center of the room and say, "Mom,
will you bring me some more of that
apple pie, please?" You feel as though
you were home. And there won't be
any answer, "No, son, you've had
enough. You'll get sick if you eat any
more"
The Green Room Club is club of
contrast. On the one hand it has a
large membership of young men in the
theatrlcal profession, men who have
come to New York and are beginning
to make good. On the other, there are
Il number of old men, men who have
played in the theater of an earlier day.
many of them having retired. The lat
ter are members of the Edwin Forrest
Lodge of the Actors Order of Friend
ship. which owns the building. Every
member of the Actors Order Of Friend
ship is member of the Green Room
Club. N'''
George Majeroni, chairman of the
mouse committee, and John C. Peebles
call boy or vice president, showed me
through the club. They led me up the
narrow stairway to the quiet lodge
room, which is used only by the Actors
Order of Friendship. On the way up
we passed through the billiard room
Some OF the younger members were
preparing to play tournament game
and were seeking referee. The noise
OF ac5lve youth at play would have
brought back surprised echoes from
the revered walls of The Players
Hanging in the lodgeroom and also
III various other rooms of the house
are valuable old programs and plav
bllls. The clubhouse being smaller
the programs and play bills show up
more nor, prominently in the Green Room
Club than they do at The PLAYERS az
The Lambs, although the Latter two
haye excellent collections, also.
corresponding to The Lambs Gambol
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Intimate Information From the Realmaof Make Believe
Dirty !! Faced Girl of u,
Belle Baker, Now a Star.
Begged Chance to Sing

Streaks- of dirt on her dark face
rents in her faded dress, little girl
of twelve raped timidly on the door
OF Grand Street apartment occupied
BY Dora Weissman, sister-in-law' OF
Barney Bernard. The little girl was
permitted to enter and in a voice
which quivered partly because Of fear
and partly because Of desire she said /:
Please. kind lady, let me sing at
your benefit ball and concert?"
Miss Wcissmap looked at the ragged,
disheveled figure in amazement.
First you so in and wash your dirty
face she ordered.
Reluctantly, the black haired young
ster obcyed arEf then came back to re-
new her request.
We'll, you need new Dress" was
Miss Weissman's way of accepting the
child's offer to sing.
"But, haven't any money and can't
get. new Dress" she replied.
bills, "Abe Potash's" sister-in-law in
structed her to go home to her mother
and get new dress. The concert pro-
gram listed her as Belle Baker.
That was thirteen years ago and now
the same Belle Baker tops the bill at
every theater in which she appears on
the Keith vaudeville circuit. After her
debut at Miss w elSsmans benefit ball
and concert, the young East Side girl
went into Jacob Adler's company in
the Grand Theater and played ingenue
dramatic parts until nine years ago,
when she came uptown to start in
vaudeville, where she has been ever
since.
A new theater at Syracuse was added
to the Keith chain last week and for
this event star bill was provided.
Miss Baker was the headliner. On
the way from Syracuse to New York,
where she opened at the Palace The
ater last Monday afternoon, the train
on which she was travelling was
wrecked, the dining car was partly de-
molished and the passengers came into
the city eight hours late. Miss Baker
did not get to the theater until nearly
o'clock. hungry and upset by her
experiences. Afterward, in her dress
ing room, she said it had seemed al
most like debut performance to her
Marty Samter, a manager, saw Belle
Baker play in Adler's company on the |
East Side and suggested that she go
into vaudeville. She was then getting
SIS week for three performances. He
offered her 800 for her first week on
the English vaudeville stage.
"But didn't want to CO." Miss Baker
said after telling about her experiences
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08

o. on the way down from the Salt Citv
- was very contented on the Jewish
stage but my parents and friends
urged me to try it and finally gave in
l closed the show, singing coon songs
at the Manhattan Opera House. during
my nrst week, and then William Ham
merstein held me over for four weeks
for nine years she has played only
IN n vaudeville, but is now considering an
oner to appear in her first legitimate
PRODUCTION. Miss Baker explained that
sne gives vaudeville the preference
every time, and that if it were merely
question of vaudeville or the logiti-
mate, she would choose the former,
consider the vaudeville back
ground and reputation everything.
People who have this are bigger. bet
Ter and can get more for their work
IN the legitimate"
No longer does Miss Baker sing
coon songs. Her art has developed
and now she devotes herself to char
acter songs and ballads. Two years
ago she revived the mournful Hebrew
chant, eli, Eli" and since that time
1T has not been possible for her to
leave the song off her program in any
theater where it is known that she
sings it.
Sam Blum. Jewish actor, taught
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08

and the Friars Frolic, the Green Room
liClub has monthly rehearsals and also
gives annually a dress rehearsal for
the public, this years to be held on
Easter Sunday night.
In the spring Of 1918, George M.
Cohan, then abbot Of The Friars, led q
procession of Friars from the old mon
astery in Forty-ffth Street to the new
monastery in Forty eighth Street, and
threw the key Of the front door into
the street, to symbolic the fact that
the building would never be closed. And
it hasn't, being open not only to mem
bers, but during the war to countless
soldiers and sailors who were invited
to every entertainment given by the
cowled brethren. The Friars, Abbot
of their war record, and are arranging
hall Of fame to commemorate some of
the outstanding events.
The triars was founded in 1904 by
the Press Agents Association, the
founders of the organization being
Charles Emerson Cook, now an indie
pendent producer and publicity man:
Claiming Pollock, the playwright:
John S. Flaherty, deceased, who was
manager of the Majestic Theater. now
the Park, when Babes in Toyland"
and other successes played there; Will
liam Raymond Sill. now general repre-
sentative for Lew Fields; Mason Peters,
who has just bought "The Havana
Post" and is interested in other Cuban
enterprises, and Philip Mindil, dra-
matte editor of The Tribune.
A beehive of activity is the way Alb
bot Gleason describes The Friars' club
house. There is always something do
ing to interest the members.
And there must be-" he says. "Pro-
hibition won't affect. us at ali, but we,
must give the brothers entertainment
to keep them Interested We are re-
viving the midnight frolic for members
only and have arranged to serve dinner
to brothers and their lady guests on
Sunday evenings. During and after the
dinner there is dancing"
Perhaps the hustle and activity of
The Friars can be explained by the
large number of business men who have
been coming into the organization.
There is undoubted good fellowship at
The F'rlars, and to see group of them
IN the gymnasium or the handball
courts is to see this exemplified.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
g America Cripped Me-"
Saws Chic Julia KeIe.v

Julia Kelety is thinking longinglv of
the Paris she left in 1914. She is homo
sick, and this summer intends To sail
for the French capital to play at tba
Folies Marigny and to cure her homs-
sickness. Later, when the cure h.
been effected. Miss Kelety will cross
the channel to London. sing al Tho
Hippodrome, and then embark for tho
second time in six years for New York
City.
There seems to be an invisibls
magnet which is drawing me away from
here toward France. That is home.
sickness. But I know that in two or
three months / shall be looking for
ward to the time when | shall sail for
the United States, / can't expla;n
Americas fascination, but it certainly
has gripped me-"
If a Serb had not fred upon and
Killed an Austrian archduke in far
away SaraJevo, Miss Kelety might still
be acting at the Olympia in Paris. play
ing in French versions of Madame
Sherry" "The Marriage Market. and
similar operettas and revues like the
"Chantecler Revue burlesoue or
Rostand's play.
The attractive firtatious aunt of
always You" at the Lyric. came to
America to visit her brother in Indian.
apolis and to look over the American
theatrical situation for plays and ma.
terial to carry back to Paris with her
She made the visit and few months
later war broke out and she gave up
all thought of returning to France. For
ten years, since she was sixteen wears
old, she had been playing soubrette
parts in France. Not for months. how.
ever, did she go on the stage in Amer
lea. First she went into moving pict-
ures, having had experience in them in
France, and then into vaudeville. sing
ing songs in French and in her version
of English.
81 thought | knew English but the
words | heard were not those ! had
seen in the dictionary. 1t seemed that
the whole language was made I'D Of
slang. Now l SPEAK slang better than
anything else. l have plans. Yvette
GulIbert sings French character songs
in French. Il intend to try some in
English"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Continued from, preceding page

often subject Of discussion and pol-
ltics is not neglected. The majority
OF the members are actors who have
made secure places for themselves on
the American stage. There are also
playwrights, managers, theatrical press
representatives among the professional
mem Ders; there are non-professional
members. and army and navy members.
IN all, the groups at The Lambs are
very cosmopolitan indeed. There is 8
feeling of activity about the club, of
progress, of success in a big way.
IN one of the rooms five Lambs were
holding reading rehearsal Of a sketch
they. are to put on at the next Lambs
Gambol, while private gambols are
given in the clubhouse for members
and public gambol is given annually
IN Broadway theater, when outsiders
may attend
The Lambs was founded in 1874 by
Henry ). Montague, Harry Beckett,
John E. !. Granger, George II. Nc
Lean, Arthur Wallack and Edward
Arnott. At the suggestion of Mr..
Montague the name The Lambs was
adopted by the men who founded the
organization, five of whom had
gathered at supper in the Blue
Room Of Delmonico's, which was then
on Fourteenth Street, at Fifth Avenue.
Mr.. Montague was member of the
parent Lambs of London, WHICH had
been founded in 1869 by John Hare.
who become it's first shepherd Since
its organization the club has had
many homes and meeting places. but
on September 1, 1905, the club entered
the newly erected clubhouse at 100
West Forty-fourth Street, where it has
remained ever since.
Three blocks north of The Lambs.
still in the theatrical district, where
e club of the theater should be, is the
shummy little home Of the Green Room
Club, which was founded eighteen
years ago, developing from the Actors
Order OF Friendship, the oldest the
atrical body in the United States. Yon
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08

who has friend that's friend Of the
secretary of Mr. Moran, who owns the
theater here. One day last fall she
told me that she understood the COM
pany was going to put on q musical
comedy for which they wanted cho-
rus composed entirely of college men,
if they could get them. This young
lady knew | was studying at the School
OF Pharmacy, and she also knew that
] was working nights at the soda foun-
tain in one of the Liggctt drug stores.
She suggested that l go around and
try for the job I went that very
afternoon, met Mr.. Montgomery, who
wrote the piece, and also Mr.. Royce,
who was staging it, and after l had
told them my circumstances, what l
was doing, and all that, and they had
tried my voice and seen me dance q
few steps, | was engaged on the spot,
and told to report for rehearsal the
following week. Just as l was leaving,
an afterthought seemed to strike Mr..
Montgomery. DO you happen to know
any othsr students OR college men
whom you could bring here to-mor-
row.? he asked. Sure, lots Of them,
l replied.
"'can they sing?' inquired Mr..
Montgomery.
Mcan ... they?' l said-just like that.
And dance?'
'Oh boy!' said !, and next morning
tins outfit you see here now was lined
up at the stage door.
Clarke and McVey are from Iowa
both graduates Of Iowa State COLLEGE.
and both now students in the College
OF Physicians and Surgeons. Clarke
worked his way entirely through his
western alma mater by waiting on
table. and McVey added to a small
income by c!crking in men IS fur
nishlng store evenings and Saturdays.
Blake comes from Syracuse and Wat
son from Butler, Pa; Walton halls
from Canton, Ohio; Burns from st.
Louis, and Eising from Detroit. AS
ior myself--well, I'm not quite so am
bltlous as the other fellows. Ill be
content If | can learn to be .bang-up.
tirst-class druggist, which I'm trvino
with might and main to become up at
Columbia School of Pharmacy"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08

RIGHT embryo surgeons, doctors, dem
fists and druggists singing and
dancing in the chorus of "Irene."
From the dissccting table and the
; lecture room Of great medical college
to the stage of the Vande rbilt Thoater:
from dental clinic or pharmaceutical
laboratory to the irresponsible gayety
and humor of a smart musical comedy
these are antthescs presenting so
wide divergence of scene and of ac-
tlon that al attempt to reconcile them
is staggering to any Imagination less
topsy-turvy than that of the late la
mented w. S. Gilbert. And yet, ,how-
ever Gilbertan it may sound, it is
nevertheless a hard, cold, sober fact
that the eight men who sing and dance
nightly in the chorus Of James Mont
gomery's musical comedy spend their
daylight hours preparing for the re-
spective careers Of surgeons, physicians,
dentists and druggists. In other words,
they are not of the common garden
variety of chorus man Indigenous to
Broadway. They are, on the contrary,
carefully selected group of students
from Columbia University young men
who sooner or later will be fully quail
fed to doctor your Ills, remove your
your prescription at the corner drug
store as cheerfuNy as they now con-
tribute to your entertainment by their
dancing and singing.
The Identification of these eight
chorlsters was unsuspected except by
the heads of the Vanderbilt PRODUCING
Company until last Monday night,
when woman in the audience was
taken violently i'll toward the end of
the first act and carried to the retir-
ing room. Unable to get a physician
after fruitless telephoning because OF
the present "fu' epidemic, the man
agement was in despair, when Joseph
Moran, owner of the theater, suddenly
dispatched an usher backstage and
moment later two hatless young men
appeared in the white fannels, large
tortoise trimmed spectacles and grease
paint in which they had shortly be-
fore been disporting themselves
through the mazes Of the opening
dance
Notwithstanding their. anomalous
attire and the handicap of theatrical
makeup, the demeanor of the youths
was professional. Neither cracked a
smile. and in solemn dignity they
turned the restored patient over to
her waiting chauffeur and beat a hasty
exit backstage, there to jump into the
evening clothes their parts called for
in the next act.
The names Of the young men in
question are inscribed on the program
as Austin Clarke, Eugene McVey.
Harry Blake, Alfred Watson, Abner
Barnhart, Robert Burns, George Els
ing and Albert Walton. They have
been on the job, every mothers son
OF them, without missing a single per-
formance since the premier on No
vember Is last They are matrculated
az the College Of Physicians and Sur
geons OF Columbia University; Messrs.
Walton, Burns and Eising are students
IN the New York Dental School, and
Mr.. Barnhart in the School of Phar-
macy connected with the same insti-
tuition.
81 suppose you'd like to know, first,
now we happened to fall on to such
Job? Mr.. Barnhart suggested with
an engaging smile. "Well it was this
way. You see, | know young lady
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Xvc,te Guilbert Tonight

Tonight there will be a special pro
gram at the Ncighborhood Playhouse
oy Nine: Yvette Guilbert and the
pupils OF her School of the Theatre
she VIII dc many of the early Chris
t1an legends, and her pupils will sing
eleventh, Twelfth and thirteenth centurv
French songs. The following week
end the Neighborhood Players will pre-
sent, for the first time in New York
Andreyev's "The Beautiful SABINE
Women" 1t will be preceded by a
revival of Dunsany's "The Glitterine
Caro- - ~~~A 'AA +
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Fokines Dance Tuesday

On Tuesday evening Vera and Michel
Fokine, for the second time within s;y
weeks, will dance at the Metropolitan n
Opera House. "The Dying Swan" and
the Russian folk dances will be re-
peated. The new numbers will consist
of M. Fokine's Interpretation Of n
berceuse by Liadow; "The Moon]ipht
Sonata" of Beethoven, danced by Nine
Fokina,. which will be played or tho
piano by lila Seligman; a group of
CAUCASIAN dances, and a mazurka of
pellbes symphony orchestra will
assist the dancers.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08

me. the song when I was a little girl.
played at the National Winter Garden
on the East Side two years ago and
sang Eli, Eli and since that time it
has been a sxture on nv program.
The audiences call for it when / at
tempt to leave it out"
Although only twenty-five, Miss
Baker is considered an old-timer.
And | am single, thank God! l am
working only for my people They will
need me for long time to come.
have little brothers and sisters who
must be educated. If l ever get mar
RED l will want to quit and never see
the business again. But it is hard for
a woman who is making a lot of money
to make up her mind to stop"
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-09-29

En- ell ala del viento Y bajo las olas
de la mar ha circulado la sfntesis de
un informe que Sc dice rendido p0r Ell
gSbierno militar de ocupaci6n, desde
la profanada Cuna de America, uno
de- los departamentos del Gobierno de
Washington. Como sucuFento. plato,
plato del dfa aderezado gusto an
TOTO de alglnos comensales golosos,
la noticia oficiosa ha sido servida en-
las hoias voladoras de la prensa. Unas
10 han hecho sin comento nj glosa !;
otras, benefcio de inventariO.
A pregunta formulada por ell de-
partamento federal aludido- ''acerca
de que pasos habfan sid0 dados allf
para preparar a Santo Domingo para
ell gobierno por ell pueblo dominica
no. contesta el inforne que eel go
bierno militar establecido allf por hos
Estados Unidos ha puesto la Republf
ca en- ell camino de la prosperida1 y
de pm fructuoso gobierno propio'.
Para abonar esa afirmaci6n (guar-
dando sileneio en- cuanto al regimen
de fuerza, fmanu militari"'. que ha
pesado Y pesa con enorme pesadumbre
sobre Ell pueblo atormentado) aporta
Ell inforrne datos Embellishments es-
cogidos, sin duda, aunque la pestre
no sirvap para demostrar la tests de
la preparation en- camino Ell cami-
no del dolOr y de la amargnra!
Tn dato Sc refiere al volumen de los
negocios y al aumento de ingresos en-
el fisco Pero ese es un fen6meno
complejo. Originose en- una serie de
concausas la cardinal fue la guerra.
Ain habfa gobierno legftimo, ell Co
bierno DominicanO, de 1914 1916, v
en- ese periodic la exportaci6n aumen-
to EN- un so por ciento. En- 1914 era
de 100000 de d6lares; y en- -915. en-
solo un afio. aument6 hasta 10000, 600.
De 1916 191S-ya bajo el regimen
de la ocupacion intolerabEe fue rela-
tiyamente menor y en- un lapse mayor
el aumento obtenido. En- dos amos al
canz6 a 22,O00O0O la exportacidn do
minlcana.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-09-29
UN INFORME NEDITO

Otro datO Sc cOntrae al pago de la
deudas flotante. Els algO como un ar
cano, intangible, la liquidaci6n de esa
deuda. Acaso valdrfa la pena hacer,
81 no una reIiquidaci0n' mas eQuitati-
va, 10 menos una tiscalizaci6n de
la liquidation hechas Y Ell la cual pa
rece que no han faltado prejulcios.
Ese capftulo, aunque solo Ell parte, ca
be abonarlo al escasfsimo haber del
gobierno eXotico. N6tese de pas0 que
va, cuando ha llegado serlo, no Sc
lie llama deuda pdblica. Els que va
holgarfa ese pretextO.
FL emprestito suministra un dato
valiosfsimo Estfmase que para ell
,afio 1925-dentro de un lustro-se ha-
bra quitado el pals eSe dogal del cue
lIo. Ell Presidente de jure Y la Conf
sion Nacionalista Dominicana, hace
ah0ra un afio, estimaban que ell ter
mino de la ramortizaci0n coincidirfa
con el ano 1923. Ell informe, pues, re-
duce ell t6rmino. La deuda. pfblica
externa' de la Rep1blica DOminicana
quedara extinguida treinta afios an
ties del plazo convenido. Mas clio no
Sc deBe la. ingerencia extrafla en- ell
gobierno de Santo Domingo. En- tre-
ce amos transcurridos NADIA obst0, III
crisis economical nj crisis poiftica, que
de ambas hubo, al pagO puntual de la
Quota amortizadora del empr6stito.
Alin hay mas: hay que esa Quota iba
n aumento, por ell aument0 de los
ingresos aduanales, pesar de los dis
furbios que casi absorbieron Ell afio
1912 Y ell 1913. N
@Muchos fraudes han sido elimina-
dos ell dinero ahorrado ha lido hacia
los editicios pdblicos y para escnelas,
caminos, nejoras en- los puertos y ARE
CLOS sanitarios". ESQ dice el fnforme.
Decir es. Cabrfa puntualizar 81 en-
algunas oficinas t6cnicas. de varia In
dole, no han ocurrido iocurren hltra-
clones mas menos fraudulentas. Ell
informe habra omitido iIustrar, ese
dato suyo con La viril denuncia de la
(Consinda en- Ia pAgina 2a.)
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-09-29
UNA TENIPEsTAD ELECTRICA EN-
Ell SUR

q . F.
Ponce, septiembre 2S.--En estos Ill
'timOs dfaS las noches han sido caluro-
sas pesadas: en- la del domingo para
lunes llOvi6 fino Y casi toda la neche
Sc vic la ciudad iluminada por la viva
luz de los relampagos, mientras Sc ola
a 10 lejos el rufdo de truenos.
Anoche, como las diez media.
empez0 Hover tambien con intensi-
dad pero fue apretando ell aqua,
inirntras brisotes huracanados sacu-
dian los arboles y silbaban al colarse
por los ventanillos Y rendijas de las
casas de MADEIRA, Y de continue apa-
recfa iluminado ell cielo por ell resplan
dor vivfsimo de los relampagos, oy6n-
dose leios ,e crepitar de los trueh0s.
Como a las dos Ia tempestad elec-
trica Rstaba, en- tOda su lnagnitud v el
ruido ensordecedor de la lluvia ell
viento no fu6 bastante para apagaf
.el formidable ensordecedor ruido de
.un pavorosO trueno, que hizo extreme
GER la terra y .edificios, que crefmos
sc venfan a bajo. Luego entr0 la cal
ma y esta maiiana pudimos YER un sol
resplandeciente; pero va esta tarde
cmpieza otra vez a nublarse.
CORRESPONSAL.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-09-29
NQTl De pUEL0

Don Enrique Franco, ell veteraho ca
ballero espailOl que era tan estimado
en- Mayaguez donde fund6 SUI hogar Y
estableci6 sus negocios, cooperando al
mismo tempo al desarroIlo Y prOgreso
de las instituciones espa1olas Y del
pals, ACADIA de morir en- Asturias, dom
de- estaba pasando una temporada de
descanso, despu6s de algunos amos de
viyir alejado del lar nativo.
La noticia de la muerte de don En-
rique Franco ha de ser recibida aquf
con verdadera tristeza, va que ell finado
supo captarse las simpatfas de todos,
con SUI trato ameno, con la bondad de
su alma alberta todos los afectos no.
bles, con esa attraction communicative
que era ell distintivo de su caracter.
En- Mayaguez era muy popular, por-
que allf pas0 ell senior Franco los me-
jores amos de SUI vida, cooperando al
desarrolIo de todas las Obras de pro-
greso que han beneficiado a la ciudad.
FL finado era padre polftico de nues-
tro querido amigo don Angel Rodriguez,
Gerente de La Habanera, Y estaba ade-
mas emparentado con prestigiosas ia
milias del pals.
Ell IMPARCIAL lamenta la muerte
de don Enrique Franco, va que pierde
con ella un buen amigo, Y asf cOmpe-
netrado con ell dOlor que engendra esta
perdida dolorosa, tiene para los deudos
del senior Franco, SUI seiIora viuda, sus
hijos, nietos demds parientes una sin
cera adhesion plena de sentimiento,'
que hace extensive la comercial E.
Franco y Co., en- la que ell caballero fe-
necido tenfa una signiticaci6n tan i'm
portante.