The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-04-28
follows was written by Harriet Scan
land, New York correspondent of the

follows was written by Harriet Scan
land, New York correspondent of the
Star: 9 ,
That the popular farce comedy,
"Ladies' Night" has not been pro-
claimed as the work of an ex-Indiana
teacher and writer, Charlton An
drews, is due to an oversight, which
is left to the loyal Hoosier to per-
form. That the play itself was "pan-
ned" at it's premiere performance is
due to an error in judment, as the
popularity of the farce, which is in
it's thirty-ffth week, indicates. It
ton as playwright. ..
Mr.. Andrews is formerly of Con-
nersville, Indiana. His varied and
interesting career was prefaced by a
newspaper experience in Paris, France
and also in indianapolis as dramatic
editor of the Indianapolis Press and
later he held the same position with
the Indianapolis Sentinel. This work
is recalled by Mr.. Andrews with great
interest. Upon one occasion he was
asked to temper his criticism; much to
his amusement then and now. He gave
up the newspaper work for teaching.
He then taught in different high
schools in the state. One year found
him on the teaching staff of the State
College in Washington. For several
years he was head of the department
of English in the Valley City State
Normal School of North Dakota.
Through the years of teaching his
avocation called until he found HIM
self back in the newspaper world on
the editorial staff Of the New York
Tribune. The next year the old love:
teaching, beckoned, and to her he
would be true. Mr.. Andrews taught
in New York university, lectured in
Brooklyn, Polytechnic and taught
English in the Stuyvesant high school.
1t was not easy.
81 spent most of my young life on
the subway jumping from one of
these schools to the other,' he de-
clares.
Between times he wrote plays. If
there was a moment to spare he went
for stroll up and down Broadway
studying the people whose pockets
were bullying with money. How to give
his the same fine, plump outline was
the problem which he must solve. He
was working for A. H. Woods, the the
atrical producer, of the bedroom farce
fame, adapting plays.
"There is an end to all good
things" unused Mr.. Andrews one
day. "This type of play must have a
successor. What is the logical step?
What will Mr.. Woods do next?"
At this point the wife figures in
the story advantageously as wives
will do sometimes, She had been
taking course" at Turkish bath
and her experiences and observations
served as an inspiration-as the very
basis in fact of the new improved
farce.
eff it is funny to see an embarrass-
ed man hiding in woman's
bedroom, it ought to be even funnier
to see bashful man trying to hide
in a woman's Turkish BATH" Mr..
Andrews reasoned. The bathroom
in some shape or form was the next
step in this play development. He
would write the play! Very quickly
the work was accomplished and sub
mitted to the genial Mr.. Woods, who
accepted after twenty-four hours.
Ladies' Night" is particularly we'll
staged. The plot, Of course, is ex-
cruciatingly funny. The artists TAX
ing the roles have evidently been
chosen with the greatest care, and
every girl in the production besides
being a>fnished actress, is notable for
her beauty and grace.
Mr.. Andrews is the author of "A
Parfit Gentil Knight" written in 1901;
Uninterrupted Revels," written in 1910;
sThe Drama Today" 1918; Ellis Ma
jesty the Fool" play produced at
the Little Theater, Philadelphia, Pa,
in 1918; "The Technique of Play
writing" 1915; "The Torches" an
adaptation of the play by the same
name written by Balaille. produced in
New York, and Ladies' Night"