The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-26
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NEW fORh, Nov. 2b.-Will Roy
ers Is back in town throwing his
lafiat and prodigiously chewing his
wad of gum. For two years Rog-
ers has been on the coast cavorting
about the movie lots.
He Is one Of the very few actors
unspoiled by Broadway's accolade.
He is today probably one Of Amer
iGa's highest salaried performers.
When he left here for the West ne
was making $4,000 a year.
His native wit, his quaint phil
osophy of life and homely home
spun ways prove that even Broad
way Is touched by human natural
ness. Rogers came originally from
Arkansas and roped steers in Okla
homa and Arizona.
He Is as much the cowboy as
when he rode the purple sage. The
nrst person he looked up when he
arrived in Manhattan was dock
worker who formerly worked with
him for $40 month on a ranch.
Hello. old buzzard" shouted
Rogers.
Hello yourself, you cross-eyed
coyote" was the reply. And Rogers
escorted his friend OF the range to
a West street greasy dish restau-
rant where they had a beef stew
and heaping portion of fried
onions
Rogers has no earthly use for
sham' The world to him Is q great
place and all its people worth
whls. When he was playing in a
mldnlght show attended by social
lions, lionesses and cubs several
years ago he was invited to a
magnificent mansion on Park
avenue to Il party
He wore what he called his Sun
day suit" and a bright red tie ana
ne not only shook hands with the
butler but actually jumped when
he put his foot into the luxurious
softness of the drawing room car
pet. He told the hostess he thought
ne had stepped on cat.
Rogers never signs a contract
with theatrical manager. He says
his word is his bond and when ne
is engaged he merely shakes hands.
SO Tar he has never broken a con-
tract nor has a theatrical pro-
n dress suit in a New York
theater is a sign the wearer is a
tourist. The New Yorker wears
nothing but the dinner jacket and
soft pleated shirt Incidentally the
one button dinner shirt has ap-
peared which ought to cut down
dinner dressing GUESSING by at leas.
so per cent.
Along West Fortieth street are a
number of bridge clubs-where
tired business men go to while
away few hours before dinner.
No telephone calls are answered
and no one is PACED. The clubs are
as secluded as the monastery.
Bridge is becoming a rival of golf
as a means of entertainment. IN
fact one of the club managers tells
me that quite a number of former
golf players gave up the game ell
tirely to devote their spare tire to
bridge.
A recent public exploitation of
my craving for homemade tsfry
has brought me so pany boxes OF
delightful sweets from friends that
it has given me an idea. Begin
ming with taffy in a modest sort
of way I'm going to work up TO
my craving for a limousine, the
| snohbish kind where you telephone
your chauffeur out in the rain. I
didn't know there were so many
homemade taffy makers left And
why not Taffy Week? Here in New
York we've had Cancer Week,
Milkless Week. Clean Up Week,
etc.
A sign in a Fifth avenue window
reads "Flasks and Games" There
is something amusing about it but
l can't tell what. Three jewelry
shops on the same avenue have
their windows decorated with ham,
mered silver and brass cocktail
shakers. And a large department
store has a window dressed with
wine buckets and gold edged wine
glasses.
Two New York wives are sueing
Morris Light to make him choose
/ between them. You've guessed it,
Six para graphers suggest they sing
Lead Kindly Light"