The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-03-03
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Letter
By LEscyAau Price

NEW YORK. March-S1. s..aeon.s
Episcopal church which was in the city
IN the story of its construction. 1t was
started as a mission twenty-one years
ago, and the first services were held
in a stable, the alter standing where
the manger had been. For many years
this stable served as the place of wor-
ship for the members, until In 1906 the
construction of the new building was
begun 1t is now one Of the handsom-
est Gothic structures in the north
eastern section OF the city.
Or. George Goubeaud. health veterinary
in one borough OF the city has dis
covered fine time-saviug device. 1t
Is vivid orange coat of paint for his
auto. Anyone seeing the staid doctor
on a tour of his district would put him
down for a circus press-agent, or at
the mildest, a suddenly popular movie
star. But his reason for the conspic-
ious hue is a plain one of business
People can't mistake my car" he ex-
plains. and so they stop me on the
street In this way / avoid the trouble
OF being called back to section l have
Just left can clean up a neighbor-
hood IN one trip since I had this ear
PAINTED and I never could do it before"
The current number OF the Columbia
Jester shows what frivolties can be
set forth by "highhrows" when they
put their minds to IT. None other than
tie respected Prof. Brander Matthews
himself is one Of the contributors, with
fippant, unreproving doggerel on
The F1apper". and Edwin Markham
rSe
fame have sprinkIed the pages with
testing.
The New York group spending Feb
ruary on the Rivera is larger this year
than at any time since the pre-war
days Just now they are frivoling at
fuu speed at the annual and very gay
carnival at Nice.
Once more have George s Kaufman
ana Marie Connolly scored. They made
their mark when they wrote "Dulcy".
that wonderfully gay and truly clever
comedy. We were almost afraid to
have them do another because it didn't
seem as though they could possibly live
up to the "Dulcy' standard. But ITO
The Ladies" which opened the other
night at the Liberty Theatre proved
utility OF fears It's satire is as keen
and as humorous, It's people as real and
as en- ga ging in their human stupidity
its lines a. skillful as they all were in
the earlier production, and its triumph
as great Helen Hays and otto Kru-
ger have all the desired appeal, too,
as the young married couple who are
weightfly concerned with the husbands
business advancement, so that the au-
dience loves them while II laughs at
them-and laughs at the business
world at large. even more Which Is
quite as II should be In true comedy.
The return of Louis Sherry 20 the
corps Of restaurateurs IS a cause of
rejoicing in the city. Sherry's had be-
come such a recognized New York
Institution that it was almost as
though Central Park had been turned
into building lots when he closed his
doors and retired from the Avenue.
Now be is back. on Park instead OF
Fifth this time. but 1t IS the same
Louis Sherry and the same familiar
and unrivailed atmosphere.
Is music a business or an art7
Much depends upon the decision on
that mooted point Augusta Hays has
a music studio where she teaches in
the exclusive Murray Hill district-I1s
Z. 35th street, to be exact Now, since
time imme mortal that district has been
restricted against business. and some
Of Miss Hays" neighbors are complain
ing that teaching singing is not only a
business but an obtrusive and disturb
ing one. The neighbor who has made
the most articula to complaint alleges
that from her rooms come loud" and
continuous noises and disturbancesr
which IS hardly a sympathetic way to
speak of the work of students in that
art. The courts viii have to decide the
matter, as a law passed way back in
1877 protects the Inhabitants Of that
part OF the city against any such thing
IS business being carried on within its
confines.
LUCY JEANNE PRICE