The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
New York City
B, o. Q. Mcintyre

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self. There is romance. excite
ment and hundred other thrills in
the mortal scurry and dash. Even
the calm and unrufled serenity ana
the dignified manner of the train
caller who gazes unperturbed upon
thousand emotions is worth at
least an hours study.
The person who presides over the
bulletin board is person of inys-
terry. He looks so bored at al:
| about him. One asks him a ques-
! ton. Not facial line changes and
he walks away You feel rebuffed
whipped. Then suddenly he will!
turn back and bark out an answer
Perhaps he will toss you a hair
sneer for good measure.
That man rushing down the con-
course looking about furtively may
De another Mickey Arnstein or he
may be Bayside commuter dodg-
ing his tailor. Then there is that
desperate and curious limbo known
as the exit course" where baffied
creatures walt to meet others ar
irving on trains and maledict the
architect who planned matters so
that the passengers arrive on two
sides at once, SO that one stanos
grievously in the middle slewinR
his eyes to one side and another IN
KIND OF vertigo, to scan both ex-
! its.
Ihen the newly-married. In New
iork there seem to be several pairs
OF newlyweds for each train. That
ar OF nonchalance they assume.
Inc husband, to masquerade the
ruth' may even speak gruffly to
her. But the rice in his hat brim
gives him away.
Ihose fearful ogres at the gates.
How forbidding they look. They
seem to be patterned after the
sphinx in temperament. And o.
my. how they do hate to part with
words. Perhaps they save them for
evening when they collect around
the parlor lamp.
| crowd collects. II NAV ha
William ]. Bryan or il may be TIllie
| Iwlnkletoes, the celebrated mid
night dancer. There races another
group-some with pads and pencils
out-following some celebrity to
the very door of his car. Now and
then there is a shot, a race across
Platforms, woman carrying a
child. husband in chains. The
neart beats wildly. Then you see
the cameramen bringing up the
rear. fou turn foolishIy for some
new thrill without the touch of the
movie director.
The waiting rooms. Tired old
women. Sleepy mothers with be-
draggled children smearing her
skirt with remnants OF cherry ME
Fussy old parties who walk ahout
ike penguins. A herd of immI-
grants. Eating rye bread and
seemingly alive with new emotions
IN new world. Then the rush IN
the gates when the train arrives.
ill BoaE' What a snappy namo
Tor a producer. He used to he n
neWspaperman and like the rest nj
MS lik he Is a gentleman. Oh. yes
there are exceptions. Gil Boae has
produced the best musical pIay in
New York in ''Lassies." One reason
VIII have long run is because
Is clean. There are no flashes
OF SILK tights. bare backs and feet
Ihere are instead beautiful gowns
gorgeous scenery and a gentle at
Ihospnere or sweetness. 'Lassies''
sot the most flattering notices OF
any musical play of the season
Gil Boag used to be a reporter on
the American. He drffted out M
newspaper work and made three
broadway restaurants-the PaIa,s
Royal. Moulin Rouge and the III.
Tie Cub. That was just star,
ne mas always wanted to produce
ana ne got his chance and went to
II like a shot,
Eegulus returned to Carthage
and the scene is embalmed in the
pages of Cicero and Livy.
RIP Van Wrinkle returned to his
village. and people still read Irv-
Ing just to know about it.
Enoch Arden returned home ano
gave Tennyson chance to write a
most popular poem. Who shall
make immortal the greatest of all
returns
For Nicky Arnstein is back. brave
as Regulus. romantic as Enoch and
mayhap rheumatic as Rip.
He was the same old Nickv y,
the White Lights. In his cell In
Ludlow he asked for rare chon.
golden brown coffee and the best
desserts. and he said "cawnt" and
rawther"-all with the English
drawl. '''
ANY fiction writer would ne
laughed to scorn if he had essaved
the role Mickey has played in tbe
underworld life of Manhattan
Even his ride down Fifth Avenue
during the police parade. bowing N
the police. could not be done in the
movies for fear of ridicule.
What is to become Of the mar.-
zines If the movies continue to
gobble up all the writer's. Last
week a friend of mine signed /,
contract for $4,000 year for four
original scenarios. Another man
know made $4,000 in one year
writing for the movies against SIo-
OVo ior the magazines and the day
OF the author has just arriyed
Salarles will go higher, II is pre-
dlcteo. Nearly every successful
movie scenario writer got his
training in the newspaper shops
one reason the movies have to paw
such high salaries to writers is be-
cause they didn't tote fair with
thcm In the beginning.
All average script brought $50.
The movie producers would mako
several thousands even on a moor
movie. Now the movies must pay
Tor their slip-shod methods. Al
though in fairness to them ii was
an entirely different crowd in the
old days. Men of high standing
are coming into the fold and not
very many companies resort to the
petty practices of the early days.
a producer of girl shows has de-
clared war on the makeup for cno-
rus and show girls. He believes in
[ NATURAL beauty and