Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-05

HDear Me" at the Broad.
THERE will be lots of memories Of
L the old volunteer fire company days
aroused among the ancicnts when they
hear the younger generation telling each
otber about Little Old New York"
One Of its biggest scenes will recall
reminiscences of the times when the
only thing that could stop n fight was
FIRE and when, rs soon ms the fire was
mt, the fight was resumed.
The frehousc OF those days was the
clubhouse Of the menfolk Of the neigh
borbood and you proved yourself real
freman by wearing yanr red shirt TO
bed.
This scene shows one Of the old time.
bare -klhickled, knockdown fights staged
, i'm frehouse under
Old FIrehohSe the original Marquis
Days Sh0Dn of Queensberry rules.
In NeI1 Play and the slugfest
brings together Paul Porter tfor pur-
no,es Of the story and a gentleman
nsmed Edward. or Eddie Kelly (for
purposes Of realism).
Porter has TO fight because the author
makes the character fight. But Eddie
Kslly fights because that's his business
and always has been. There was day
when Kelly had many admirers to pre-
Sct a championship for him but he
never made It. He fought Abe Attell
scventeen rounds onCe-but only once.
Now he is permanently out of Bob Max
welI's department and comes into this
. one.
DUMOR has il mat mhen he
II "Follies" rent on tour /icgfeid
;s,ysd orders that any Girt rho used
oake.up on the stage ,cds to be hred:
Be rnnts to try the experiment of
,tric,Iv natural beauty enhanced only
M me lighting effects and not by
rSuoe aud mdScnrn. He deScrres oar
Messing for the inmOrdtiOn. Most girS
on the stage make mp so Edt 70" hna
yovrself irOndering 'chdt hPD renHV
look ike. And the men chorus haS
bser canned in this gears "F0HirS.
More blessings.
IT'S n coincidence that former Fol
l lies" star should be here next week
IN ber own play. Grace La Rue has
turned to the lc"it-
Former "F0ilies' innate drama. but
Star Is Here She haSh I 'n'ir'N
a. O,,, DJ,, robbed hCra"l oi
" opportunities I O
show some of the talents which mad"
her n favOritc in both vaudeville and
musical comedy
Miss La Rue and her husband. Hale
Hamilton. are CO. starred in Dear
Me-" It's comedy. but il has enough
music in it to let her do the Kind OF
songs that she does so we'll.
The story OF the play deals with
happiness in home for broken down
artists and writer's. Miss La Rue plays
the part Of sIavcy WHO lad becomes
an opcratic star. But. in her slavey
days. she finds inspiration in writing
letters to herself. and these she alwavS
addresses Dear Ne" and signs them
Myself" That's where the title comes
from.
II I'm not mistaken. Miss La Ru"'S
last Philadelphia appearance was in
special concert At the Brond Street
Theatres Rrfor" that Sh" cam" aS a
headliner at krith'S and with th"
"F0lli"s.
Mr. Hamilton 'Yappca:anr"s her" re
Gently have been in "A Pair Of SiXcS''
and aS Rufus WnlIngfo"d in tohrn's
get.rich -Quick comedy Mr.. Hamilton
wrote Dear Me" in collaboration with
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49,
WIZ o's haFh' h"''e seen" i'll III
! the Night Watch nt the Walnut is
sven more thrilling back stage than
from the front OF the house. That
whole bridge, which pitches with the
action of th" waves nj. the time the
actors are dashing M and down the
ladders and directing the battle. is
built ON hugo rockers like - rockinG
horse and rorked by rrcnt block and
tackle nrronpements
rbo ao,.I = 49,, ,
hr NV sol''u OF ,h' waves " maui
ny urn" o, w'Fe netl'hg INSIDE OF
J,ioJ ," ",' S'','"' ouHIr,S OF "'ulhhri
hn mMu pr"S' AS 'h' ornm ~ rocked
un,t; WatN ana lorth. the peas Si'ae along me
, ne,.lns ana CIV" on, mat Swishihg
Thcrr's % morrnct It hot,ory """e, ~ oonninc m%n,
Calling guns behind tbe scene for tLo
shots in the battle and rs mighty
Uncomfortable nIoce bark tbero II ynn're
at all inclined 70 no norynn.
The whoIo oction to nontroI,od hr
syst"m of oho, ",'tom tt - 'oIorT'art niob "S
another sroro ,f Iiah,s 81, nnoratnJ
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