The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-10
The Seany Side Of Broadway
By Dixie Hines.

pared to group of American act0fS.
and all good ones. s. i| D
| When he comes back he viii pro1
ably decide to remain. which l16aSGS
that he VIII become naturalfzed. Ho4 a
that any such ceremony lis needed. ss
cause he will always remain th9
same. Naturalization will mean n1
little to him as it did to feilQS
countryman. This Irishman was nat.
uralized and the Judge congratuhteaR
him.
| Now you can VOTE" he declared.
| ''Will this ceremony" the new cftl-
zen inquired, ''hilp me t do ut any
better than / have been DOM. Il for
siven years.
! Nance O'Neil. the wonderful erlz,,
tional actress. who is playing in Thu
Passion Flower is i leader ia evsf7;s
movement for the betterment az Her
fellow workers. When the ActOf1ss
Fund was engaging the services az q
all players in collecting funds for fh01e2s
wonderful home for old players, 49,
|O'Neil ran across what BroaAWa1
calls a ..hard-boiled egg NJ,
iO'Neii dilated upon the virtues ct The
stage and its people. explaining hot
they are the first to respond W6aH
called upon for aid for otherA SSs
| Yes. / know all that" the egh{
war replied. II have very hig3 N
miration for the actors Of tho - e
They have done much good, ana r. r.
profession Is enshrined In my Meaf&
| WELL" Miss O,Neil answered. s.alfa
can say Is that it Is in very tigh&I
place" n
| Robert Rendel, the English antos
whose skillful performance In ssThas
Storm" is one of the best bits o1f1
dramatic Interpretation OF tho SEASON 81
was entertained with other memb1r 4
OF this company by a noted dlnin
scluh in New York. When the 4nx1
had been finished the guests were oSIl ~
cially introduced and each made
witty little speech. a.
The POSTMASTER, in fntroducfnR 1fTsN
Rendel, remarked:
Mr.. Rendel is guest whoSn ~ Y
are proud to entertain. He mr. H1&
1 peated On the American ntnst4 f1f%
great success he made on the RnSi +
stage. A linguist he has apr4SxG
successfully also tn Paris. and n On i
man can tell us about the dran1n 3ea
should be Mr.. RendeI am gOluG 11{
ask him to tell US what he thinka = r.
this new era OF bedroom plays wkl0SS
lappear to have taken poqnAaslon r. Z
the New York stage" M
| Mr.. Rendel arose. TT would u m
relief for me to do as the toastmaG fs1y
requests he declared. ssbnt thu I
mo time or place to do 80, there ar2
ladies present." q 7sa1ss
IAngdon Mccormick. the author w
George Broadhurst's big money! ~ iS8
ing nelodrama, The Storm" n IN +
producer Of plays, an inventDF O.
stage effects. manager OF SIENNA 1loaa1E
vaudeville acts and a. few other TIM L
One OF the plays controlled ~ ~
is The Forest Fire" and II was VIII
presenting this play In q Sour 80 B
city that large. fat and ebut3SSk
negress approached him with = rN.s'
guest for pass to the galiery. p
| mccormick inquired ~ TO her roArpI ].
from her that she was 1 ..retire1 49,
trees somewhat A4tontehAd h1s
sought further enliehtenment. Is ~
lssir. i'se retired actrAd 81
was u Antony and Cleopatraf vt6S
Ms Fanny Davenport T Wux ~ 1s
Mr.. Mccormick extended ~ 49, dss.a
courtesy Of the profession. S q asa
! Modesty 10 a becoming ~
MadAm9 Ruano Bogialav onserS SS1aI
reporter who interyiewsd hsr I ~ Y
dressing room on the stage whef2 Il
Lignt q the World" u hsiils psol ~ = ~
!rcturning for the nonoe ID her r. y s
art OF acting RI ass.E 's ss3
Mode1sy abe cnntiuuad
fearrted too fxr. howeve il u n
per young man who wA9
Ditioua A. he wAs mOdAet HIT e &
letter % r1a aAktn3 nv tntet =
behalf He wanted mA ID IN WI
name Ia nv M n 4 senr fsss n 5.s.ss