The Washington herald., 1921-01-01
New York Citv
Day by Day
By o. o. MCINTYRE.

NEW YORK. Dec. s1.-The stury
httle ante-room where stage appIi.
cants wait their turn are denseIy
packed these days. There are about
hfty applicants for each job Each
room is filed with an assortment OF
interesting types. The young girls
who come with their mothers bring
their lunch, for 1t is a trait of the
theatrical managers to make people
wait.
In one office I saw golden haired
twins who were so much alike that
their jaws worked in unison on
their chewing gum. There was a
matronly woman pitifully over
painted and powdered. 1t was evil
dent that she had undergone the
facial operation for sagging skin but
Somehow the filling had slipped and
nestled under her neck, giving her
. turkey gobbler effect.
"A snAppy pair Of youths, magnifi-
Gently eau de cologned, practised
dance steps in a crowded corner.
There were young girls in fur coats,
With the fur worn away in spots,
rho had struggled laboriously to
make themselves presentabIe. Five
men, whose heights ranged in stair
steps, could easily be taken for
aerobatic tumblers, even If the tall
sst one did not have the customary
elack mustache.
s,Holding aloof and apparently
bored with their company, were
several who had not long to wait
There were special salaams from
the ofice marked Private" with
ladies, no doubt. The comedians are
easily distinguished by their horn
rimmed glasses. Nearly all wear
them to give them a sober, dolefuI
expression on stage-and too It
makes them look studious
Inside a piano thumped and a So
prsno voice trilled top notes. The
guardian OF destinies who sat at a
desk near the door was old, bald
and fat and his breakfast had not
set well He made each applicant
write the name and address and
then asked personal questions SO all
could hear.
Such as: what show were you
witt last? Fired or quit? Step out
there, Miss; let's see your legs.
Pretty skinny, and my GAwd, Cutie,
yours are warped. Say, you, II you
want a JOB you better get someone
10 learn you manners. Don't smoke
a pipe where there is ladies' and
germ'n- He dod't want any aero
bats He amt producing a circus
it's q musical comedy, high class
and Solvent the running fire mono
logue.
Frank Case, who runs a hotel
patrontzed chiefly by theatrical
folk, has always been a close friend
of the actor. There Is fellow, now
a star, who was saved from sleep
ing in the parks many times during
the lean years. He Is very grateful
10 Case
Several Of the banks downtown
recently started a free lunch in the
building for employees. The welfare
idea was quite popular-in fact, it
got too popular, for now identifica-
tion cards with photographs must
be held by all employees. All sorts
OF outsiders from other buildings
were slipping in and getting a fll-
ing meal free, as tipping had been
that nifty outsiders were slipping in
every day.
He had the silken whiskers, fero-
cfously black, OF one of E.. Phillips
Oppenheim's mysterious strangers
at Monte Carlo. He came into a bar
Der shop where 1 was waiting my
turn. He talked in French to the
barber and then ordered eyerythin1
on the menu-from singe to the
mud baking complexion accelerator.
Two manicure girls worked over
him. one at each hand, while a lit
fle italian boy made his brushes ny
yer the shoes. When he was nm
shed and all stood at that Gus
binary attention awaiting what
as to come-the stranger walked
81 without bestowing q single tip.
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