The New York herald., 1921-07-03

Now that transportation Is so costly,
materials all but prohibitive in price
and the wages of the necessary labor
mounting higher every year, the OPP
portunity for the men who design this
sort of scenery would seem TO have
arrived Their services should be In
demand by managers and there Will
doubtless be every encouragement for
them If ever the day for the new
school Of decoration was at hand, that
time would seem to be the present.
John Hazzard, of Course.
A correspondent complains that the
name Of John Hazard was recently
omitted from list of younger come
dams compiled by the editor of this
department. Any list of the new funny
men that left out John Hazard would
indeed be incomplete. There was moth
ing formal or complete, however, about
the selection of names. They were
merely picked at random from hur-
ried survey Of the metropolitan stage
at that time. Mr.. Hazard has done
nothing new here for several seasons,
but the undeniable force Of his comedy
will be gratefully admitted by all who
have had the opportunity to laugh at
him. He is The sort of comedian
for whom the author should also be
thankful. Much of his humor lies in
his impromptus. OF course the jokes
may once have been impromptu but
have in the course of time become as
corrugated as the most seasoned wheeze
of the librettist. Yet the comedian
knows how to keep them so fresh that
they create always the effect OF spon-
taneity. 1t was in the possession of
this particular gift that the late Pete
Daley was eminent. 1t was for his
seeming imprompu jokes that his adj
mirers most eagerly waited.
Another youthful comedian also OF
a school almost new is Oscar Shaw,
who supplies the polite comedy Of
1.-TWO Little Girls in Blue" Mr.. Shaw
does not in the least try to be broadly
amusing. He Is not apparently try
ing to do anything, so easy and nat
ural are his methods. But he sue
ceeds in supplying always quality Of
polite humor to the proceedings, IL not
by his speeches In the comic manner,
at least by his dancing or his singing
Of the lines OF his lyrics. Mr.. Shaw is
not the least bit noisy in what he does,
but goes about It very quietly. Pos
sibly for this reason the naturalness OF
everyday life blended with the ex-
travagance of music and dancing pro-
duces the new kind of comedy which
Mr.. Shaw so well exemplifies.
Taking on the Actresses.
Julian Eltinge has not acted in New
York for so long that the news of his
Illness in the West the other day
brought with It the suddenness Of sur
prise. Some Of his cinemas have been
exhibited in the theatres here, but they
were not notably successful. He
seemed 10 have dropped out Of metro
politan notice altogether. Who among
the spectators at the Eltinge Theatre
remembers that the building stands as
n monument 10 the successful partner
ship that existed between him and
A. III. Woods?
Probably the vogue OF the female
impersonator is as slight in the Ameri-
can theatre as II ever was. Mr..
EfltinRe came as Richard Harlowe did
from the Boston Cadet Corps. which
DIV means Oh 1lS annual
launched several similar actors In the
troubled waters Of burlesque. None OF
them was ever comic. The most they
achieved was a Photographic imitation
of feminine traits. Harlowe after
singing Queen Isabella IN "1492" so
long as that was popular tried vaude.
VILE. but soon disappeared altogether
from professional view Eltinge, who
had O somewhat more varied bag Of
tricks. kept in the public eve for
longer period. Indeed his services in
spite Of his monotonous performances
are said TO be in demand still in the
vaudeville theatres.
The only actor OF this kind that New
York Is especially cordial to nowadays
is the shrieklng Savoy Of the vaude-
Vile pair. savoy and Brennan, who
has at least made some attempt at
characterization In his sketch of n
loud, gossipy and giggling harridan.
C'ontrasted with the manner of such a
woman there is a vein OF vulgar