The Washington herald., 1921-01-12
New YorkCitv
Day by Day
BY o. o. MCINTYRE.

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and Sixth avenue, is lined on either
side with theaters. The block is
atiame with light at dusk, and
crowds gather there to watch the
stage folk come to their nightly
duties. 1t is like waiting for the
circus parade in small communities,
The other night 1 Joined the
crowds to watch the free show. The
first to appear was a porcine gen.
tleman with heavy lidded eyes. He
was the kind that field cigar as If
there was danger of it being wrested
from his lips. Hanging to his arm
was fluffy creature in an orange
plush coat with a spangled hat TO
match.
She was conscious of attention,
and he seemed to beIconscious only
of a heavy dinner. At the little
alley leading back to the stage door
they stopped and she put her cheek
forward for a kiss. She got hur-
ried side swipe and darted away.
He moved of in a sort of torpor
and melted into the crowd.
Then a limousine came up and a
musical comedy star hoped out
ahead of a group Of young men in
dinner clothes. They collected about
| her like the chorus men do in the
Italian gardens when the star sings
under a spotlight She seemed to
have a bit of fiattery for each.
| Next came a leading man. You
could tell him by his velour hat and
sassafras gloves. Several women
mildly applauded, but he stared
straight ahead. A fig thN bird cared
for such plebeian receptions! The
put-a-put-put of a motorcycle. He
IS a well-known star and lives on a
farm in Westchester.
The chorus girls came on foot,
rouged, powdered and furred. They
got scant attention, but their time
comes when the performance is over
and the young boys in the long low
hung roadsters await them at the
curb.
patrols Vessey street every day at
lunch time and inquiries plaintively
OF passersby: Can you use some
thing in ladies' fur?"
He encountered Christopher Nor
ley the other day and Morley re-
piled: 1T must be imitation.
Ladies don't have fur"
Eugene Walter, the playwright,
who slept on park benches before
his plays were accepted. is. back to
his original state of finances. He
is broke and has filed a voluntary
petition in BANKRUPTCY, He de-
clares that all he owns is his
clothes which he. values at 500.
Walter has made several fortunes
in royalties. His Paid in Full"
might have made any man inde-
pendent for life yet the golden
stream sifted through his fingers.
According to his court petition he
owes, several producers money for
advanced payments.
The slump in the moving picture
industry is going to make it hard
shedding for many authors this win
ter. Quite a number of stars in
the world of fiction had given up
their magazine work as. the result
of the lure of moving picture for
tunes. Now the movie magnates
are cutting down production by half
and as a result the authors will
be left out in the cold. Many who
were located in California have re-
turned to Washington Square and
are holding up their hands saying
Never again. Fifty thousand
moving picture players. according
to an estimate of the New York
Herald, are now out of work and
have no prospect of employment un-
til spring. Those who. know say
that the moving sicture business
will never be what IL was for the
scenario writer. player and author.
.Overproduction has resulted in a
complete shutting or of fabulous
salaries and soft berths.
Bowery lodging houses are again
experiencing prosperity Many of
the old-timers are back for the win
ter Last winter they had Jobs and
lived in better places. It verifies a
Bowery axiom: They always come
back"