The Washington herald., 1921-04-21
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NEW YORK. April so.-The sun
ny side of Broadway is dotted these
| days with returning troupers-back
from adventures with one night
stands, depot restaurants and bump
ing sd4y coaches. II has not been
an opulert winter for most OF them
| On account of high railroad rates
and the competition Of the movies,
salaries were held down to the min
| imum.
Many of the old timers are leaner
and more haggard. but all are as
perennially blithe as spring itself
and nothing can stop their un-
quenchable vanity. They. are back
in town ready to spurn rare offers
from Lee. Jake, Flo. Dave and Abe.
One trOuper confessed the other
day that he was picking up his
lunch money by juggling the hooks
in pay telephone booths to get
nickels that hurried telephone Gus
toners failed to collect when they
| couldn't get the proper numbers
And yet in a short time he was re-
ferring to an old mansion up on
the Hudson he was going to have
done over so he could install q
Roman bath and an indoor tennis
| court.
Unless something is done about
railroad rates very few companies
will 60 west OF Chicago next sea-
son and then only to the larger
cities. The tank trouper knows
things are bad but he treads the
stage Of other days and his manner
| remains both impressive and i'm
| perial.
They are eating these days at
Freeman's and wolpin's-two Sew
enth Avenue cafes that cater to
the profession. They can get a GER
tain amount OF credit there but
when the credit is cut on they will
just as cheerfully return to the
cruller and milk bottle In the pri-
vacy Of their hall bedrooms. Summer
consists in waiting hopefully in the
agency waiting rooms and baskfng
In the sun along the Broadway
| curbs.
The stark irony with which life
| s2metimes confronts US is regarded
| nightly as passing zephyr The
| door OF the past is tightly shut.
| The future is always big with
promise. super optimists indeed.
And yet I sometimes wonder IL they
|
most of Hs. We hear of starving
actors. But they do not .t,rve
| They are always well clothed and
happy. They have learned well the
Biblical injunction, Take mo
thought for the morrow"
| The theatrical world in Iauphin,
at joke that was played on a NOV
ing picture producer. who poses 8
painfully learned. He attended a
private dinner and was present.dl
to H. r. H. Prince Askadafka ard
was so impressed with the close
up OF royalty that he kneIt and
| kissed the Princes hand. He does
not know yet that the Prince was
well known vaudeville actor who
has been persistently refused n lob
by the producer. He might not
give me a job" said the actor ..I,ut !
certainly made that bird kneeI
and kiss my hand"
A Fifth Avenue window dtsnIav
Is exciting a lot Of people these
days. One window is devoted eo-
tirely to silver TASKS, from the
watch pocket size to those that
carry a half gallon. In the opno- /
site window is display OF dice Of |
all descriptions. Some are set, with
chip diamonds and all have neat
leather and silver and GOLD cases
On Sunday the window shades are
discreetly pulled down. AnD Gid
rounder took look at the wiodoUst
and remarked: Bootlegginr ana
crap-shooting! They go hand in
hand"
So many readers write in for the
names of the latest dance tunes thai
l asked Paul Whiteman, who lends
tne best known dance orchestra on
broadway, to give me the list OF
the tunes most in demand. h.
they are: Go Feather, Your NJ. !.
Grieving for You" II Nsvsr
Knew" Rose OF My Heart" 90
Il Never Realized" -,