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New-York tribune., 1921-03-20

the house luxuriously, in which it
will contrast with the present Fifth
Avenue home. The furnishings
will be carefully selected from the
various Vanderbilt abodes, and only
informal things in keeping with the
type of house will be used.
The house will be completed in the
fall, together with those of Mrs.
Stephen H. Olin (Mrs. Vanderbilt's
sister), at No. 3; Francis B. Girls
void, at No. 9, and the Misses Elsie
De Wolfs and Elisabeth Marbury, at
No. 13, and Sutton Square bids fair
to surpass the days of the early
nineteenth century, when it was the
center of the social activity of old
Manhattan.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-20

even to the teeniest root, and pour
hot water into the holes.
Thirdly, you sprinkle whisky onts,
EN-, and the church members'll come
and ist gnaw all the bark off Of
'em."
His motto for world peace is
Mind only your own business" He
amplifies his view: "Thust, the best
way to handle the other feller's busi-
ness is to ist give it a good leavin'
alone. The law don't prohibit Won
from pokin' your nose into your
neighbor's affairs, but it does encour-
age the n1ashin' o. that nose all over
your face by the party O. the secont
part, under sich circumstances.
Nine hundred per cent O. the peo-
pie what's been hit in the jaw has
been hit away from home"
New-York tribune., 1921-03-20
7 HEN it was first announced
| several months ago that
Mrs. w. K. Vanderbilt in


taded to forsake Fifth Avenue and
erect house in Sutton Place, which
Is that portion of Avenue A between
the Greensboro Bridge and Fifty
seventh Street, there was consider
sble connection among the drivers of
Burns Brothers coal trucks, who
make their headquarters on the two
corners opposite the proposed site,
and general skepticism on the part
d the public.
watcher givin' u.s." asked the
.iormer.
Impossible echoed the latter.
Curiosity was stronger than the
skepticism, of course, and the public
locked over to the East Side to see
ior themselves. What they saw was
row of some eighteen brownstone
houses, known generally as the board
ing house type. There was nothing
prepossessing about them. They
we're all alike and all fronted on SUIT
ton Place. True, there was a view
If the river to be had from the rear
windows when the back yards were
devoid Of the weekly wash. The
public came, saw and departed, un-
eunvinced that any one would ex-
New-York tribune., 1921-03-20

600. He felt q quick clutch of the
heart. Ketcham had gotten up and
was examining the rubber plant.
Randolph set his big jaw. He
glanced stealthily at Ketcham, and
thought he saw the faintest imagi-
nable smile on his face. A great
rage possessed him slowly, and a
deep flush mounted upward to his
forehead. Muttering to himself, he
leaned over and, pulling out the bot
tom drawer, fumbled in the back of
1T until he found the indictments.
He was thinking as hard as ever he
thought. Ketcham had returned
from his saunter around the room
and stood innocently by his chair.
He had bought men like Carter be-
fore. Nothing ever flustered him.
He knew the game from A to lizard.
He thought he knew precisely what
was passing in his quarry's mind.
"Have cigar?" asked Randolph,
holding out his case.
Don't care if / do,' replied the
other affably, helping himself.
RANDOLPH stepped to the door
and opened it quickly. Pat was
sitting within plain view outside.
The District Attorney bit off the end
of his cigar, while the immaculate
Ketcham fastidiously performed the
same operation with pearl-handled
penknife.
Randolph with apparent uncon-
New-York tribune., 1921-03-20
! omely Philosophy of the Sage Of the Ozark

spoilin' it. Eff people wanted jestice
half as bad as they want verdicts
the little spiders d cobweb every
courtroom in Mizzoury."
When a Man Gets Too Smart
In the plain workaday affairs of
life Rube assays per cent initia-
tive and 95 per cent referendum.
"Thust, maxim success O. either
booze or business is lifetime job,"
says he. "My people come here from
Tennessee. They rode hosses and
packed the beddin' and the fryin'
pan on hosses. People was happy
and contented then because corn was
only 10 cents bushel.
"a man could get fat on bushel
o. corn where the 10 cents would
a-give him indigestion. The woods
was full o. deer and turkeys, and no.
body ever ct beef exceptin' shiftless
people what didn't do nothin' but
work their crops from daylight till
dark. Thust, all you had to do, to
kill wild hog, was to miss a deer or
turkey. Nowadays you've got to
raise a hog ist like you was bring
ing up a child; and the only way
you can git back the value o. the
corn you put into him is to eat the
hog. It's as hard TO keep a good
price on what you raise as it is to
keep the money arter you git it.
When you git up in the mornin'
you've got the whole world to face !;
and it's got you to face. Whenever
you think the odds is again you, ist
remember that no one man ever run
the whole world by hisself, but they's
many time when the whole worlds
been offerin' dead-or-alive rewards
fer one man. When man gifts SO
smart that he can out-sharp the
whole neighborhood he either runs
fer office or runs fer life"
Like most Ozark men, Rube has
decided opinions of his own; unlike
most Ozark men, he is tolerant of
those who differ from him.
Figuring What Friends Will Do
"Thust, they haint no law to keep
ary man what don't agree with me
from showin' his derned ignorance.
A man what'H speak his opinions is
a good man; but man what'H bet
his last nag in plowin' time is good
sport. Eff everybody was right all
the time you couldn't no more get up
a good hoss-race than you could put
two drinks O. good whisky into a
pint bottle. Let the other feller have
his opinions. That makes hoss-
trades. Thusts when you trade
hosses you're ist tradin' your opin-
ION on two hosses fer his opinion on
'em; and I've made more money
thataway than I've made on any
thing else.
"Thust," continues Mr.. Hilton,
sswhen it comes to fulfillin' the Scrip
lures and bearin' each others bur-
dens, a good nag'll pack pounds whar
man won't pack ounces. Eff God
Almighty could git! halt the work
New-York tribune., 1921-03-20

~
Ia punctures and a blowout on
the other side of the Santee
ahoolhouse, writes Frederick J.
Slssman in The ST. Louis Post Dis
patch, asserts that life is not at all
what we make it, because if we had
any influence whatsoever on the
making Of life we would make it last
ienger. Rube insists that life is a
En.refillable pocket with a hole IN
aand that death obviously is an un-
avoidable tragedy, like the poll tax
ora Republican landslide.
Life is entirely a matter o. what
imam wants." says Rube, the sage
q Maries County. "They's list two
'nlngs man ever hollers about
hls winnin's and his losin's; and
'ney's ist two things a man can lose
something he's got and something
No wants. BY usin' a little hoss
sense regardin' what he wants a
man can knock off half of his losin's.
lake care O. your wants and your
mnnin's II take care o. themselves.
Don't aggreyate yourself into an ap-
petite for somethin' what'll lay
heavy on your stummick. Thust, a
mans a whole lot like boss-give
nm everything he wants and he'll
founder hisself."
Justice and Verdicts
II Should be noted that the official
vlark language recognizes the word
Just only as an obsolete root word.
~ amodern derivatives, thus, "thust, +"
JEST" "jist," "thist" and s'ist," not
@iy cover the musical scale, but also
"Ver many shades of meaning. The
s9fd "thust," as used by Mr.. Helton,
"aveys sense of the abstract, as
merely or simply. AS a jumping-off
aace it performs somewhat the
ssme service as the English word,
aowever. The official Ozark Ian
slage produces more derivatives
man any known substance excepting
coal tar.
H.s .
horoy, man." says he a bit plain
seiy' Il never loaded nor fired a
gun nor had lawsuit in my life.
never had to shoot a man nor
aOck him on the head to git the
=. Of him. My people came here
hundred and twenty-five years
ssu' and they hain't one of 'em ever
ssus 70 the pen or sane asylum yet.
sAnk Farris says that there's a
worlds record"
! or all his lack of experience in
.awsu'ts old Rube is considered the
hampton of Maries County at
ssa'ng jury. Culling jury
Sc aas removing therefrom any man
3 Is not known to be solidly in
sua -. oi the cuiier's SHE OF the case.
must, properly culled and
]. .l,plcked jury is one O the great
0lessln's o the human race" de-
Y Rube. Il wouldn't swap that
a g . jury fer the best lawyer
g. The laws list about the
tning on earth that can be
ed al outa shape without
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y tO~'~~|'S'N~S~ - y'~"' r. @SSSfS2 1'N6S$
s'Whew! Think of a real live
man like you wasted down in place
ike thaty commented Endicott
"You must be glad you left"
''I'm not SO sure" replied Ran.
dolph, with a drawn face.
Endicott's eyes rested affection,
;.tely upon his chiefs leonine head
with its long black locks, upon his
strongly marked and still youthful
features, his broad shoulders and
powerful neck and chin.
whats the matter? Down or
your luck?" he asked with smile
IA little," answered Randolph.
"Then I'll cheer you up,' he
laughed. "Do you know what they
say? - That you're the biggest
man in New York to-day! The mar
with the biggest chance of anybody
A sure judge the next election, il
you want it. "A. comer'!"
Randolph shook his head bitterly
You've got me wrong, Larry hs
answered with smile. "I'm-I'm
eliminated
y
THERE was lot of business tt
attend to in the Office that after.
noon, and things did not get straight
ened out until nearly o'clock. I,
was well after that and almost time
to close UP when Pat announced 9
visitor--A Mr.. Ketcham.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-20

houses, it must be taken for granted
that he believes in the church-with
reservations.
The New York herald., 1921-08-28
Harry CarroRs New
Vaudeville Varieties

Harry Carroll will head his own
Varieties or 1921" at the Palace this
week. II IL new edition. staged by
Leon Enrol. for which Carroll has writ
ten new songs and comedy. Besides
Carroll. who will be at the piano, the
company includes Miss Grace Fisher.
prima donna the Benrett Twins and
Harry Laughlin. Miss May Tuily will
offer a condensed version OF "Parlor,
Bedroom and Bath" by c. w. Bell and
Mark Swan.
Others will be Johnny Burke In
Drafted: Irving and Jack Kaufman.
singers; Mac and Rose Wilton, c. r.
Maddox, In "Tiolse's Revue" "Dance
Fantasies" and Jidcll and Gibson.
Chief acts at other vaudeville houses
follow:
RTvERSfDE-Miss Josephine Victor.
Bavonne wh'pple and Walter Huston.
ETGIITY-FIRsT STREET-rvan Bnn-
kof, Miss Norma Talmadge, in the
photoplay THE Sign on the Door"
PROCTORS FIFTH AVENUE -
Spencer and williama. Tom Kelly
Street Byron and Pierce,
Gosler and Lusbv Fifty-eighth Street /:
Jane Shirley and her bows, Adolphus
and company. One Hundred and
Street: william Eba,
Brownlce's Rub. Band.
The New York herald., 1921-08-28

case OF the Repertory Theatre at Liver
pool. OF which he was the originator.
Later he went to His Majesty's Theatre
at the request OF Sir Herbert Tree as
assistant producer. He staged The
Blue Lagoon" which was seen at the
Prince OF Wales's Theatre. and The Skin
Came" which ran at ST. Martins. Hs
10 the director Of the Reandean Syndi-
cate and controls two theatres In Lon
don-St. Martins. where his production
OF "A BIZ Of Divorcement" is playing.
and the Aldwych. where he is planning
to present play based upon the life OF
Shakespeare.
1t was largely due TO Capt. Deans
efforts that theatres and plays were
provided during the wsr for entertain
ment or the troops. When Il was de-
cided to form an entertainment branch
OF the Navy and Army Canteen Board
Capt. Dean was placed In charge.
When the arn!stice was signed Capt.
Dean had under his direction fifteen
theatres and seven movie houses. Off
cial touring companies were formed that
presented ell kinds OF plays and musical
comedies.
The New York herald., 1921-08-28

proved unable to induce the theatre
goers to patroni2e the gallery In some OF
the older thcntres. In many OF the NOV
ing picture theatres 1t is difficult to get
the spectators TO go up one fight OF steps
even when the same arrangements are
made for their comfort.
"I could not help contrasting the ar
rangements made for the comfort OF
London theatregoers," said O manager
who returned yesterday. THE occu-
pants or the pit not only occupy a small
stretch OF wooden bench. but they
have to. stand In long queues awaiting
the opening OF the doors befone the per-
formance begins II they want 70 get any
sort OF seat at all. There are some
modern theatres. but only a few OF them
In which the seats In the pit may be
booked. AS a rule. however. their occu-
pants must stand outside and await
their turn. OF course, this makes the
atregoing seem medieval Managers
who say they will not number the pit
seats, since that would cause the ex-
pense of reconstruction as well as the
services of attendants. are telling the
truth. But those who maintain that the
pit is an institution everybody loves 50
much that II should not be abolished are
merely taking advantage OF the tradi-
tions. Probably the queue will be abol-
ished after while by law. But think
OF an American audience waiting outside
the playhouse until the doors open IN
order to get in early for the best un-
numbered seat Such a thing has not
been heard of IN years"
The New York herald., 1921-08-28

never prepared herself for stage ca
reer.
Il really believe that the dramatic In
stinct is born In women" she said re-
Gently Observe the average woman
when she is entertaining company In
her home. So far as she Is able she
stages everything. and the biggest stage
picture In her own mind Is of herself in
her new gown receiving ner guests. she
moves about. playing a part. that OF a
woman graciously entertaining others.
THAT Is why women as q class think
so much OF clothes. They are the means
through which she creates her effects
1t has often been observed that women
dress for women. They do. They wish
to produce certain effects. They wish
the other women to think that their hus-
bands are wealthy. have succeeded In
some business deal or other They have
a deep seated idea that they must con-
stantly act In order to reflect prosperity
or glory upon their husbands.
so II Is not strange when one Of
them goes upon the STAG, and succeeds.
That happens very. often. woman
need only have a fair appearance and
the self-confidencs to be herself. plus q
The New York herald., 1921-08-28
Ncws and Gossip
of a Nev Season
in the Theatres
Mr.. Shubert Wants Public's
Help to Beat Speculators--
Actors Oppose Tryouts.

T HERE is no more acute student
Of conditions In the theatre than
Lee Shubert He has the op-
portunity not only to study New
York but by means of his network OF
theatres over the country keeps sell
sltively in touch with every mood of
the public
I'm my opinion" Mr.. Shubert said last
night to the theatrical reporter for the
New York HERALD, "the season In the
theatres will be prosperous. But want
to add that II will be more than ever q
year for success for the good play.
can see nowadays no room for anything
but the genuine success. American
theatregoers are not in the mood to
spend their money on anything half way
IN the theatre. On the other hand. they
win literally support the best
But there must be cooperation from
the public In one matter. Theatregoers
must cease to pay the ticket spectators
the exorbitant premiums they are get
ting. The managers are doing their
snare. They are reducing the price OF
tickets. Already many are down to a
$3.50 basis again and there will before
long be manager who will charge in
his theatre SO for the best orchestra
seat, which has not been done. In years.
Now the public must do It's part and
cease to support the spectators in their
piratical demands.
THE plays that have already met with
SUCCESS will continue to draw the pub
lie. That has always been the rule.
The play that comes along in the early
season and gets its public at once will
continae prosperous until that public
las finally been exhausted
The New York herald., 1921-08-28

little training In how to get her effects
over. This latter she speedily acquires
as she goes along.
With a nan the case Is different. As
rule men In real life are crude actors.
IL is entirely natural for a man to be
himself all OF the time and very hard
Tor him 10 be any one else. So he must,
as rule, go through a long training
In order to succeed on the stage. Nan,
OF course, proceeds on the basis Of his
famous logic. So In the end he builds
up very good technique and succeeds.
but he has had to do It by an exercise Of
his conscious will. while the woman has
simply followed her intuition and the
promptings of her own .a.lre."
The New York herald., 1921-08-28

prevail at present had to supply them.
Every woman OF the four In the cast
scornfully refused to accept anything
out OF the wardrobe OF the managers
although II Is now presid ed over by an
! experienced rorewoman from Fifth
avenue establishment. Then the man
ayers agreed to pay half the expense
OF evening crowns from well known
couturiere especially noted for her high
prices.
Before the curtain arose on the firss
New York performance. one actress,
who had been out of a position for c
long time and had been engaged for
/ the play through the intersecession OF
another was the last to be ready.
Look in the corridor In front of my
dressing room," she said by way OF
explanation, land you win find why 7
was late in dressing After got on the
gown l bought from my own woman.
l determined 10 let these managers see
what / thought of that dress. for which
they had paid half the price. had
only pair OF nail scissors In the room.
So II took a long time to cut the dress
UP in small pieces. But Il is lying there
in the hall now. Nobody Will ever be
able to wear that rag again"
Then the actress went on tho stage
The Cnruso Records.
There has been no evident dimunition
IN the interest OF the public In the late
Enrico Caruso. All the uptown shops
which sell his records have adorned their
show windows with photographs Of the
tenor and his family In all sorts of inti-
tst.
wreaths. bands OF black and purple and
other emblems OF grief. There Is re-
ported to be an active demand for the
tenor's records Musicians are said 70
be anxious in certain cases for the ear
lier records made by the tenor. In the
case OF such arias as "Cielo mar" and
"Furtiva lagrima," the first made by the
tenor are often asked for. since they are
the best. N
1T will be interesting TO observe the
experience IN the case OF Caruso," said
one OF the largest distributors OF tho
records. "In every other instance. the
demand for the record has declined. ie
not altogether ceased, after the retire.
ment OF the artist from the public view.
with that incident In tho artistic career.
comes the end OF the profit from the
sale or the records.
"Just what reason there may be for
this change In the feelings Of the public
It he's never been possible 70 say. But
II has always occurred. For that rea-
son exhausted and voice'ess singers
drag themselves over the country giving
concerts when they lpuGht to he resting
at home. All this sacrifice and imposi-
tion on the public IA carried through IN
order that the record sale may continue.
The New York herald., 1921-08-28

.an, Malcolm Bradley, Arthur Housman
and Jed Prouty. Charles z. Whitaker
wrote the story and Alan Crosland d.
rected from the script prepared by
Oonnah Darrell.
The play concerns the fortunes of
Lady Noreen, daughter of an irrespon-
ible Irish earl. no leases the ancestral
home to a wealthy American In the hope
of paying the debts. A Chester comedy
called Ready to Serve" featuring
Smoky, trained chimpanzee. and "A
Winters Tale" will be other film num-
oers on the programme.
Miss Clara Kimball Young In Charge
It." presented by Harry Carson and re-
leased through the Equity Pictures Cor
poration, will be the feature at the
Capitol 1t Is a story dealing with the
wife of a prosperous financier who. un-
accustomed to wealth, Keeps draining
the family funds by shopping at ex-
elusive establishments and availing her
self or the formula charge it, at all
these places.
With Miss Young appear Miss Betty
Blythe, Herbert Rawlinson, Nigel Bar
rie and Dulcie Cooper. A scenic study
called Mount Katnai' Is also on the
programme.
George Arliss. In "DisraeE," VIII be
retained q. second week at the Strand.
an unusual procedure at this house. The
remainder OF the film programme. which
Includes a new Snub Pollard comedy
called Name the Day and an Outing
Chester scenic study entitled The Lost
Hops,'' will remain intact.
Thomas Meighan, IN "Cappy Kicks"
the Paramount picture from Peter y.
Kyne's sea story, will be shown second
week at the Rialto, and thus set rec
ord never before made at that motion
picture house Hard Knocks and Love
Taus." the Mack Sennett comedy, also
remains for q second week.
''rhunderclap." William Fox's racing
The New York herald., 1921-08-28
Music Programmes
At Screen Theatres

At the Capitol Erik Bye and Maria
Samson, assisted by the chorus. viii
sing selections from Carmen" includ-
ing the opening chorus. the Micaela aria
and the Toreador song. Miss Helena
Marsh. who has appeared here on sew
eral occasions. will sing MY Heart at
Thy Sweet Voice." from Samson and
Delilah." A feature will be ballad
number called Rendezvous Gavotte."
danced by Alexander Oumansky. ballet
MASTER Mile. Gambarelli, ballerina /;
Doris Niles and Thalia Zanou. The
Capitol quartet will sing.
The Rialto music programme will
feature instrumental as well as vocal
numbers and the dance. Miss Grace
Fisher, violinist. will play the Medita-
ton from "Thais." Max Francis, barry
tone. and the Rialto male chorus Will
sing "Stickles,'' a sea song. as an in
PRODUCTION to the feature film. and Mss
Lillian Powell will dance the 'valse
Brilliante" to the music by MoskowsSi.
At the Rivoli the opening number
viii be a selection from Pouchiellfs
II a Gioconda," in which Miss elizabeth
Clinton. sopranos Miss Susan Ida
Clough. mezzo soprano. and the chorus
Of forty will be heard. A bit preceding
the feature film and rejecting It's Irish
spirit will be Margaret Ruthven Lang's
Irish Love Song" sung by Miss Mary
Berne. soprano; Carl Enciso, tenor, and
a womens chorus. CASTOR Dubois.
rellist. viii play "Romance" and an
other number will oc the combination
of the Ampico reproducing piano and
two dancers. Paul Oscard and Miss
Grace Eastman. appearing in an origi-
nal bit Of choreogrphy to the music OF
Chopin's WALTZ in c Sharp Minor"
The New York herald., 1921-08-28
Women Are Born
A ctresses, Says
Miss Mortimer
Clothes the Means Through
Which She Creates Her Eff
fects, Declares Actress.

Miss Dorothy Mortimer. who plays
Mrs. Jack Stanley, the bride IN "Just
Married" at the Shubert Theatre, with
propensity for setting all OF those
about her at odds. believes that the
stage is one OF the natural professions
of women. Although she has played
leading roles in 'Nightie Night" IN the
company OF Leo Ditrichstein and with
other stars and acting organizations. she