The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-12-23
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New York. The horse markets, open
auctions, where gather the horse
trade lovers of all sorts and all tastes,
still exist, I had supposed, somehow,
that they had gone out Of existence
with the dog carts" Until l came
upon the block in the twenties, just
east and west Of Third avenue. 1t was
oen Of those summary days Of this last
week and the lock looked like an OLD
time horsefair-back in Ohio, for in
stance. There were some good looking
horses there, too, which attracted me
until someone showed me Tomas
Is" Even the horses couldn't compete
with Tom. He has complete scorn Of
pedigreed horses. Machines" he calls
them, and refused to enter the bid
ding while they are up. What I know
about horses" he explains, "I'll use in
my buying. The rest is gamble. Moth
ing else makes any business worth
while. l don't want any horses worth
all mapped out for me-" And not I'M
til the auctioneer cries, "As is, no
guarantee, no pedigree" does Tom get
interested.
This is a popular year for horses
around and about Manhattan. Never
has there been such season for fox
hunting. On Long Island, in West
chester county, and at the Essex Fox
hounds Club in New Jersey, week.
ends have been devoted to it almost
exclusively. Hunting clubs from Della
ware and from the Genesee Valley OF
New York, have been frequent visit
ors. In fact the hunting has been so
fast in ope popular region that the
M. F. H. has adopted plan to econ
omize on the foxes. Just when the
houds are upon the animal, he catches
It by the brush and swings 1t Into a
strong bag. And the fox is saved to
run another day.
Greenwich Village, the district
about Washington Square, has become
SO celebrated that 1t has been made
the scene of the latest musical COM
edy. LADY Billy the Henry W. Saw
age production starring Mitzi, intro
duces q Moumanian countess to the
village and throws in enough romance
to suit both Mitzi, the romance loving
Bohemia" and all Rounmania. Mitzi
Hajos, she use dto be, but like Naz-
imova, Cleopatra and other world-hits,
she has become n one-name person.
Because LADY Billy" Is put on by
Savage, one Is not as surprised as he
otherwise would be at finding real
singing voices in a musical comedy.
And New York is glad to have the
petite Mitzi with us once again.
In three plays running now all at
once. George SDelvin appears in the
cast. BY the tin.o one reads the pro-
gram through at the third one Of the
plays, he grow samazed. How does
George do 1t" all? He's a street car
conductor in "Pitter Patter," Marco In
"The Broken Wing" and Oscar Mel
son in "Lightnin'." There's a secret.
This it is. George Spelvin" is the
stage name adopted by actors who,
playing an unimportant role in a pro-
duction in addition to their own more
worthy parts, do not wish to be listed
on the program as doubling"
Forty child wonders are almost
more than the human brain ca nbear
to think about. And 40 child wonders
all gathered together, to meet each
other. is pretty nearly appalling. But
Cantor Joseph Rosenblatt had the
courage to give party" for them all
Il can't resist putting quotation marks
around that kind of "party') at his
home the other day. The most famous
Of them we're Samuel Rzeszewski, 8,
the chess master, Mildred Millerson,
II, cellist and Florence Stern, II.
violinist. But the rest we're pretty
nearly as prodigious.
The yanker Is our latest subway in
novation. He is companionpiece to
the pusher, the man who braced his
$50 pounds and sees that you are fully
inside the door before the train starts
He is valuable but he wasn't quite suf-
ficient Hence the yanker. He reaches
long arm inside and pulls you out II
you aren't making Sufficient speed in
accomplishing the Job by yourself.
Hes proving a great help.
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The first New York theater smoke
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