The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-01-07
lNewYork
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NeW iorh. - DO you carry u uttle
guinea pig In your pocket? Probably
not; but If you have any friends
among the unregenerate who have not
yet got around to applying the 18th
amendment personally, smooth coat
ed little guine pig would make
splendid New Year gift 1t has been
quite popular companion here in
New York. For 1t is the whisky tester
infallible. If the cavy, as it is known
in professional circles, drinks a few
drops Of the liquor and still lives, the
human being standing breathlessly by,
may safely go ahead with it. But If
so much as one drop Of wood alcohol
is present, the cavy dies without de-
lay. Incidentally, the price of the
little animal has risen from SO to SIS,
since its valuable quality became
more valuable. 1t must be smooth
coated guinea, though. The rough
coated ones haven't sufficiently riotous
spirit to drink liquor of any sort
Mrs. Arthur Hammerstein has re-
turned to the stage. When she was
married a year and half ago to the
theatrical producer, it was announced
that she had formally and permanent
ly renowned the stays. But the lure
of the footlights has brought her back
into her husbands own production
Tickle Me-" She has stepped, unan-
nounced, into the prima donna part
under her former stage name, Claire
Nagle. She will be remembered for
her work in "Ziegfeld's Follies," Jack
O. Lantern" and Tumble In," the
Hammerstein production which led to
her marriage with the producer.
New York Society is considerably
interested in the report from Buda-
pest that Count Laszlov Szechenyi is
preparing to sail soon for America to
visit his wife and children, and that he
plans to return to Hungary with them
in March. The Countess who was
Gladys Vanderbilt, has been here
since September visiting her mother,
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, and her
sister, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney
Ever since her arrival there have been
persistent rumors that divorce was
contemplated and that lat any rate, the
Countess and her children were here
to stay. Her family have refused to
discuss these reports but they also
now refuse to discuss the report of
the Counts plans to come after his
wife and children.
One thousand dollars plat for stew
bread and cocoa; that is what guests
paid and received at the European
Relief Council dinner the other night.
The dinner, arranged by Herbert
Hoover, was open to anyone who con-
tributed or collected $1,000 for the re-
lief fund, and it consisted of the exact
fare Of the dinners being served to the
hungry children of the Near East.
Magistrate SHERMAN Of the Wash
ington Heights Court is not entirely
certain that some one didn't slip him
one of those pills made famous by
Sam Bernard In "As You Were"
which carry you back through CEN
fury or two every time you swallow
one. He was forced to hold hearing
the other day in which the issue at
stake was whether or not Mrs. Bessie
Avorin Is a witch. And dozen unofii-
cial witnesses declared from their
seats in the courtroom that she Is.
Mrs. Sophie Stern, of w. 145th street,
declared that Mrs. Avorin has used
curse on her little girl and made
cripple of her. "She Is WITCH" she
answered to all questioning. Kisses
from the non-witch- believers contest
ed for supremacy with cries of witch
Witch" from the supporteds of Mrs.
Stern. The case was dismissed for
lack of evidence.
Box office prices are said to be get
ting ready to drop, yes, actually drop.
The Shuberts express the opinion that
so cents will be cut from the present
SO level and Charles Dillingham;
echoes the same thought. mot for the
elaborate productions which have
such a tremendous overhead that
charges must be high to cover It," he
said. 1.-THE average play, however, is
going to be seen at lower cost, with
out doubt"
Fortunately the eyes of youth grasp
only one sort frealism in the world
of motion pictures. The other day, at
one fthe especially popular show