The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-12-20
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Letter. III
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New York. = The last days OF this
year and the first of the new will be
interesting ones on Broadway. These
productions are announced to open
during the week with everyone or
them promising unusual merit, Mary
Rose" Belascos production OF de
bureau" and the "The Beggar's OPP
era" Ruth Chatterton will star in the
Barrie play, and Lionel Atwill, with
rahter an imposing cast, in "DeDu-
reau.' Rose Coghlan and Elsie Mac
kaye are featured in his support. Ar
thur Hopkins is presenting THE Beg
gar's Opera" iona Gales dramatiza-
ton of her own story, Miss Lulu
Bett," will probably be fourth play
to be put on during that same week.
When John Gabriel, 1920 Second
avenue, next sets forth to take
drink, he'll hoist the bottle in one
hand and a fire extinguisher in the
other Somebody made him present
the other day. 1t purported to be a
bottle of whisky. John is not accus-
toned to treating bottles lightly. So
he turned it up and let it go down his
throat. Then he lay down behind a
nile of lumber near the Harlem river
for nap. Suddenly he jumped with
a shrek and shouted that he was be-
ing burned up. Naturally under the
circumstances he ran to the river and
in a. determined effort to quench the
flames which he was sure were con-
Migrating his insides, jumped IN. IL
was a 3 foot leap but he made 1t all
safely. and was padding around look
ing for the wettest spot when two pa
trolmen rowed out and prevented him
from rescuing himself. The sent MN
to the hospital to be soothed.
If your past will bear investigation,
there Is no need any longer to be lone
~ and along in New York City-yes,
this is an entirely proper suggestion
The R. A. Unregistered Acquaint-
ance Dance Club-will take care OF
your vacant hours and heart. 1t has
chaperones who take your credentials
and pass upon your application. When
you are duly approved, you are noti-
fed and may then choose an evening
and be checked" for it. The rest is
simple. "Your membership is your
introduction" to any man or girl in
the room. THERE'S no "up-lift" about
It; now welfare" work; no anything
but dance club and a chance to be-
long tot t. 1t isn't a charity. The mem.
bers pay their way-and seem to ge
their moneys worth.
II one would be chosen as wife
every little moment of ones life
would we'll be watched This proves
It: Last May a Brooklyn widower ad
vertised for housekeeper whit
would look after little child as wei
as cook" He had rs applicants in twt
days. But he hired the third whit
came. And 1.-THE reason I hired her,
he said the other day, "was because
she did not ring the door bell. Whel
l asked her why she omitted this, sh'
said she did not wish to disturb tn,
baby. Three weeks later she becam
the baby's stepmother."
The oldest New York county womal
to have bee nadmitted to citizenship
is Miss Mathile Maxim, of the Preby
terrain Home. She is so years old AM
came here from England in 1854. Blu
said she didn't think it was wort
while to. take out citizenship paper
until she could vote. She went to tn
court house the other day, escorted b
the matron of the home and politica
district captain.
"The Post Office" lyric tragedy b
Rebindranath Tagore, made fsuffi
cient impression on the critics whe
II opened at the Garrick last week {
satisfy the worshippers of the Orient
al poet. The greater part of the audi
ence appeared at least, to know jus
what It all meant Lillian lagos voic
IL the one thing upon which they a
seemed agreed when 1t had ended.
Is lovely; vibrant and colorful "Sacri
fce,' the other Tagore play on tn
same bill, had quite a different r.
ception and deservedly SO. 1t may b
very well as an ORIENTAL composition
but to the Occidental mind. II SCENE
confused. formless and futile. It's
mixture of philosophical and religion
ideas. vague conflicts between lo'
and dffv Qrahmln h0ofry and fen