The Washington herald., 1921-10-05
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NEW YORK, Oct. 4.-one meets
strange people while playing
around this quaint little island.
Attic studio teas afford a delight
full closeup. ! looked in on one In
Sheridan Square-home of the Pr
rates Den and other knobby
oandle-sputtering eateries.
The host had written something
or other! He said IL made one
smell the soil" He received in a
batik dressing gown and was as
sisted by girl of the village
whose hair was cutely bobbed. She
was up in all the sordid Russian
fiction and there was a CLINT Of
much gold in her teeth.
Came a musical comedy haw-haw
English type with a walrus mus
tache who entered the room with a
declaration that the weather was
beastly and he'd like a spot of
Scotch He smacked OF Picadilly
and wore a ble-breasted weskit
which struck a daring note Of sar-
torial boldness. He dabbled in
clay.
A Junoesque woman with a fock
of double chins, clad in a loose sort
of wrapper caught in at the waist
with a hammered brass chain, re-
cited a poem. 1t was a symbolic
thing which told of blind
horse turning the millstones OF
despair-round and round. Every
body muffed the symbol, including
myself. but all applauded. She was
high priestess Of some new cult.
A pale young man who had been
dcdging his barber for years read
an epic all his own. He effected a
Towing bow tie and hoot-owl
glasses that made him fearfully in
tellectual looking. 1 was told he
used to wash dishes on Delaney
street. My own impression was
that he'd better get back on the
job for 1t looks like a hard winter
Someone called for Carlos -
And, my dears, you should see him.
He has John Barrymore lashed to
the mast with his velvet coat and
lace cuffs. He began by saying he
was more versatile than intensive
but he wanted to show us his
latest canvas. 1t was called AN
notation" 1t was a mere smear OF
canary yellow with a red splotch in
the center
After a time Tiny Tim came in
to sell some soul candy and Sonia
the cigarette girl, arrived with d
fresh supply of fags on her tray
so art was dropped for things
grossly material.
What becomes of straw hats
which purchasers of fall headgear
bequeath to hat shops? One shoT
on Broadway gets a nickel apiece
for them from theatrical costum-
ers. One costumer has an order tc
furnish twelve straw hats nightly
for a comedian who breaks up that
many in every performance.
My friend Sam Kingston 1.
moving picture casting dircc.
tor. He permitted me to water
him select 300 girls at a stu.
dio the other morning. Tn,
| girls must arrive before I O'Clock
for many of them have positions
| which require their services at $40
Most OF them were novices, young
and giggly. They parade back and
| forth in front of the director ant
those who are selected pose before
| the camera for stills. Later or
they are notified by postcard II
they have been accepted. One gir
left money so that she could b.
notified by telegraph.
New York's vaudeville war is on
| The Shuberts have thrown opeT
their Winter Garden TO the two-a
day and Al Jolson. who is general!
starred there, goes to a new the
Gter named after him. The Palace
| controlled by the Keiths. has here
tofore been the chief vaudevill,
house. Vaudeville patrons are nov
expecting some rare bargains.