Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-31
Highways and By-Ways
of Lii OF New York
Copyright. 1921, by Public Ledger
BvRAYMOND CARROLL

ships. He said he was feeling pretty
well for 81 and told of seeing another
veteran, Bill Muldoon, the former
wrestler and now the head of the New
York State boxing commission, who is
rs. 1t appears that Mr.. MastersOn went
direct to his office, where after remov-
ing his hat and coat, he sat down in
his chair and another member of the
staff passing, looked in and asked how
he felt. Mr.. Masterson replied IAN
right" and 'they were his last words. He
put his head on his desk and died in
stantly.
About the time our boys were gathering
at the Army camps George NJ. Cohan,
actor, playwright, manager and song
writer, was asked why he did net turn
in and write a patriotic marching war
song He had written over There" and
his interrogation thought he was the
American best fitted to do something
bigger, the great song Of the war.
There is a guy over in France who
has done it, the composer of Madeleine "
replied Mr. Cohan. "AlI l can do is to
take them TO the boat"
The song Madeleine was written by
Louis BousQuest and Camille Robert and
not by Lucian Boyer, who arrived n few
days ago in New York. Boye1 wrote
a song called Madeleine YictoIre," -.hich
is not the song of the war. Bousquet is
the Irving Berlin of Paris, a song writer
who publishes his own lyrics Robert
is poor MOntmartre piano player who
sells his melodies for what be can get.
In France Madeleine" went 1000 900
copies OF sheet music, but for some III
known reason it did only 1905 900 copies In
the United States. Ii it had been written
in 6-S time instead OF "A it is believed
il would have gone better. Cohan's over
There" sold more than 1000 900 copies,
as did Long, Long Trail" another
American wartime song.
1.-The Six Fifty" a comedy drama just
opened. was both written and staged by
& woman, Kate McLaurln. Let some
thing happen" cries lonely farmers
wife in the first act, and instantly the
% train IS wrecked outside her door
and coming Of the people Of the train
is the story Of he play. In the event
the show lasts. and there IS indication
Of its permauency, the marvel will be
It's having been staged by a woman. An
old time theatrical man said he did not
recall a single instance Of successful
legitimate producing on the part OF a
woman stage manager. He went back
a quarter Of century 10 the time when
Mrs. Leland put on series Of plays,
then mentioned Martha Morton, who un-
dertook stage direction and Charles Froh-
man ordered her out Of the theater during
rehearsal Of her prize play at the
Criterion theatcr: Madeline Lucetta
Reilly. who staged the Henry Guy Carl
ton plays: Katherine Kidder, who lasted
one season. during which she produced
and staged IN partnership with Alice
and Rachel Crothers. who staged her
own play at the Little Theater with in
different results. The only definite hit
as a stage directress was that Of Jessie
Bonstelle, attained in her presentment
u Little Woman" Lee Kugel Is tho
manager who has had the courage to run
counter TO the popular superstition
about Lady Bosses" on the stage, and
be has pinned his profits OF "Old Lady
81" to a ticket on The SlR-hfty."