Evening star., 1922-12-10
SOME INSIDE STUFF
ABOUT NEW YORK
BY WILLIAM JOHNSTON.

knowledge Of the United States, par
ticularly OF the west. The recent eX-
motion OF collection Of 'Beadles'
dime novels" at the public library at
! tracted many students of history who
defended their interest in these old
thriiiers on the ground that they re-
corded the deeds of such American
pioneers as Daniel Boone. XIII Carson
and Buffalo Bill Some of these dime
| novels at sales have brought as much
as $50 each. At sale just ended at
| the Anderson Galleries amazingly
nigh prices were paid for original
material relating to the early west.
$3.50 was paid for Aldrich's overland
to California" 500 for 4 copy Of tn,
Weekly Pacific News printed on wrap
ping paper, $500 for a Mormon tract
and $500 for an 1922 document on
colonizing Texas.
The Vogue for Foreign Food.
A YEAR or so ago there was a fad
"A for Chinese food and chop suey
place at Columbus Circle was packed
every night. but recently the vogue
is for things Russian and Hawaiian.
~ do something novel. entertained
her friends at a Hawaiian restaurant
, in the West Forties, where. in rooms
decorated with wreaths Of lei. currr
OF chicken. Hawaii style. was served
as a Hawaiian orchestra played. Tv"
Russian restaurants that serve cab
bage soup and the odd little Pancake
are also much patronized. the vogue
for things Russian having been en-
phasized by the presence in New
York of many Russians of culture
and the success of the Chauve Souris
theater. Inspired by the latter tho
Moscow art theater is to be brought
TO New York for eight weeks next
, January. Every effort is being made
! 10 launch il as a society affair. tn"
+ list of patrons including such person
ages as Mrs. willard Straight. Mr.
Harry Payne Whitney. Mrs. Marshall
Field and Mrs. Henry Rogers Wlnth
rop.
The Performance will. Of course. l'H
all in Russian, ouenine with Cour:
Alexei Tolstoi's "Tzar Fyodor 1var"-
witch" and although the opening nigh
tickets are S11 each, New York i
dutifully playing the game Of follow
ing the leaders and has already snap
ped up most of them. although IL -
safe TO say that not one-tenth of thr
audience will be able to understand
a word OF the performance. But IT
is the thing to do, and that's that.
The Newest Musical Show.
ssr DON'T know why they keep on
i calling them musical shows f"r
.here isn't j. voice in this one. a
friend complained to me at the opening
of the new Dillingham; piece. Th"
Bunch and Judy" While his criticism!
was fair. no money nor pains had b"s''i
spared to make the production attractive
to the eye. and the girls assembled
were at least pretty and wonderful
costumed. With Johnnie and Ray Doo-
lev in the cast there were some anus
ing acrobatic moments. and the cast IN.
clnded such favorites as Fred ana
Adele Astaire and the Brown Brothers
with their saxophones. The best song
in il to my mind was Have You For
gotten Me- blues. sung by Grace Hayes
in the cabaret scene. As IS getting 10
be the theatrical custom. the first-night
audience was an invited one, Including.
besides the critics and theatrica!
celebrities. many We'll known society
folk. Mrs. Charles Dillingham; had with
her as guests Lord and Lady Mount
batten, ana noticed in Mrs. Biddl"
Dukes party Miss Cathleen NanderhiN
da lighter of Reginald. who is the la'et
member of that distinguished family ~
make her debut.