The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-10-20

building, we met Fred Southener,
superintendent for thirty-five years,
who probably knows more newspaper
men than any other person in the
United States Our way led to many
newspaper buildings and finally to
the law office of William Steel Grey,
a well-known New York attorney
Then up on a surface car thru
Manhattan, Bronx and Harlem, Lit
tie Italy, we found ourselves at Co
lumbia University and called in the
office Of the Spectator, whose editor
in-chief is Floyd w. Taylor. This is
very interesting daily transcript Of
university life.
We had a glimpse also Of the Col
lege of the City of New York and of
the famous church-St. John the
Divine--over a quarter of century
in building and not yet finished. This
massive structure and the rectory
and grounds occupy an entire block.
The architecture and the walls are
Of drab and ancient type. From
here we had a view Of the Jumel
Mansion, famous as revolutionary
headquarters for Geo. Washington.
Another very famous educational
institution is the New York Univer-
sity farther out in a beautiful campus
of buildings, with the Hall of Fame
on an eminence commanding view
of the Hudson heights.
1t may be interesting to state to
those who saw on the screen the
Count of Monte Cristo, James
O'Neills famous old play, at jim
mics Playhouse, that this same work
was presented in one of the New
York theatres, with scale Of admis-
sion prices embracing the orchestra
or downstairs seats at $1.65 each.
There was another agreeable surprise
afforded in the play, "The Old Soak, "
by Don Marquis, formerly of the
Atlanta Constitution, presented with
Harry Beresford in the stellar role.
Manager Cox some years ago had an
engagement of Mr.. Beresford at Rey-
nolds Theatre in tThe Woman Hat
err" Mr.. Beresford is supported by
Minnie Dupree and fine cast, play
ing to packed houses in the Plymouth
Theatre.
OF course New York is full of thea
tres and theatricals. Some idea of
this may be realized when it is stated
that compared to the fifty or sixty
first-class theatres of drama and mu-
sic in New York there are in Phila-
delphia only eight and in Chicago
only twelve.
At the present time there is ple-
thora of Russian offerings, with
Chauve Souris leading on the Cen
tury roof. But there were bigger
things for us in Belasco's "Shore
Leave" "Kiki" and a few others.
In these we had Frances Starr and
Lenore Uric, both big cards and fine
works. We saw the popular Arnold
DAILY in the mystery play, "On the
Stairs" after the order of '"The Bat"
And then there was a card of musical
shows -Sallie, Irene and Mary, Mol
lie Darling, Blossom Time, Gingham
Girl, etc.
BY far the most delightful, tune
full and charming music heard in any
light opera, as far as we can remem-
ber, is that of Blossom Time, with a
libretto setting forth the life of the
Franz Schubert (pro-
nounced FROM Shoobere). The cast
is one of the best in New York, and
the music, including Schubert's Ser
enade and Song of Love, with other
airs, came over the footlights with
a liquid melody and charm unsur-
passed The tender Serenade and the
beauty of Ave Maria by the
singers are truly wonderful.
Returning home we were in the
audience at Ryman Auditorium when
Nashville rendered reception to
the famous Metropolitan soprano,
Rosa Poncelle This was of course a
special evening of music.
Fifth Avenue and the White
Lights are hard to beat, but it is bet
Ter to be at home than Broadway
Broke.
Death Of 7. M. Darnall.
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