The New York herald., 1922-11-20
FRIARS HEAR THREE
GUESTS TALK SHOP
Will Rogers From Descrip-
tion Takes Will Hays as
Champion Bootlegger.
BALLYHOO TRIO SHINE
Hopper Introduces Landis,
Who Lifts Secret of
Called Game.
COBB AND THOMAS TALK
All Stop to Bow in Silent
Prayer When Cohan Tells
of BacOn's Death.
COBB AND THOMAS TALK

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three guests of honor made speeches
assuring the assembled throng (there
were more than 700 presently just how
much more important than anything
else were the interests each repre-
sented.
For example, Kenesaw Mountain
lands spoke for baseball and dwelt
feelingly upon such matters as that
game OF the worlds series that was
called on account Of impending dark
hess. Will II. Hays held forth con-
cerning the boon the movies offer
Augustus Thomas, saying that the
producing managers exhibited sounder
judgment and greater care when they
selected man to lead them, spoke for
the legitimate stage.
Each came equipped with an advance
agent. De Wolf, Hopper prepared the
way for Mr.. Lands. Will Rogers, in
sisting that he did not know whom
he was to Introduce so had got together
great bootleggng boost because he
had been told that his man represented
one of the really great industries in
America, spoke in advance of Mr.. Hays.
Irwin S. Cobb balyhooed for Mr..
Thomas.
Gov. Edwards of New Jersey made a
brief speech without having the ad-
vantage of torchbearer. and while
he said nothing about the Eighteenth
Amendment further than TO hope that
with the help of few friendly Repub-
licans in Washington he and those
who shared his views would be
Rble to provide material cheer for dim
hers and the like. he received a most
enthusiastic reception on general prin-
ciples.
silent Tribute for Bacon.
At the outset George NJ. Cohan, Abbot
bf the Friars and POSTMASTER paid a
tribute to Frank Bacon, the veteran star
pf "Lightnin'." who died in Chicago yes
terday. The great majority of those pres
ent did not know that Mr.. Bacon had
ded. Mr.. Cohan arose and asked Sim
ply that all rise and devote a moment
Of silent prayer for the repose of Frank
Bacon's soul. There was a general ex-
tlamation from all tables. A few wom-
en began crying. And then there was
The silent moment.
Mr.. Lands explained the calling OF
That world series game. He said that
lie implres did precisely the right thing,
but that he. when the announcement was
made. was just as much surprised as the
10000 who sat In the stands with him.
He had not been consulted about the
decision. The next day committee OF
players came TO him and asked him
pbout 1t. He explained his views. which
lpheld the umpire, and the players unan-
lmously agreed that be was right.
VIII Rogers introduced as a man
who had come to New York with nothing
but a slouch hat. a carpet bag, rope
and supply of chewing gum, blazed the
way for Mr.. Hays by saying that he
had been miscast and that as he hadn't
eaten anything he lowed the assemblage
nothing If he was a rotten speaker"
1--WE worked all right. over in the
bush league dinners at Friars. where we
fed people who really needed food" he
taid, but I'm here under false pre-
lenses. They asked me to come, saying
was to introduce on of the three guests
NJ honor They said that my client was
The head OF the biggest industry in the
tountry. Well knew II wasn't base
ball because baseball isn't an industry
When the Yankees play 1t it isn't ever
baseball
Didn't Name Industry.
They didn't tell me what the industry
was. took 1t for granted. l didn't
psk the name of the man. / figured
that his name didn't matter. I read and
lead and read for three weeks / never
thought II would be the movies ia be
boosting. / had read up on bootlegging
The movies Why. the movies ar,
bothing but lot of storms under diff.
ferent names
i've known Will Hays for five years
so you see it's wrong to ask me to talh
about him. He'd had this job OF his
three months before he started working
pn II II the movie people had telegra pheC
instead of trusting to the mails. vii
was Postmaster-General and when the
offer came he asked Warren Harding
about Il.
How about il. Warren. said VIII.
49, How much is there in it. VIII?
asked Warren
81" one hundred and fifty thousand
Go on In and II you see anything
else good let me know. said Warren"
Mr.. Hays called the movies the demo.
cracy Of art. He spoke earnestly about
the aims of the producers and of the
educational potentialitles of the movies
And finally he called upon his hearers
60 see the future as he saw it--brightly
Everything. he said. was before us
The manhood and wOmanhood ol
America are sound" he said. II car
conceive OF no exigency. however seri
ous, that can present to this country an
pnsolvable problem"
Mr.. Cobb recalled that Mr. Hays had
fald there had been something under
the slouch hat that VIII Rogers wor,
when he arrived IN New York
1T Is good" said Mr. Cobb. ito hear
nice thing said for dandruT"
Mr.. Thomas urged every actor and
manager present to prepare himself tC
preserve the agreement between the
managers and the Actors Equity Asso.
flation. lie declared that the current
agreement viii expire In 1924 and that
be hoped 10 see II renewed then. III
lald that he had helped form and was
heartily IN accord with the actors union
but he deplored the affllation OF tht
Actors Equity with the American Fed
sration OF labor
~ the guest table were Victor Her
bert. William Fox, Louis Wiley William
X Edrington. Julius NJ. Mayer, John a
Ieydier. Charles a. Stoneham. Samson
lTriedlander. Don G. Seltz. william Hay
ward. the Rev. Francis =. Duffy. DAME
Frohnan. John Ringling Frank J
Hague, Adolph S. Ochs. Frank A. Nun.
Fey. r. J. Cuddihy, Harry f. Sinclair
Frederick w. Ruckstuhl. Arthur Butler
Graham. Morris Koenig and II. II. Burn
tide.