The Washington times., 1922-09-03
Every Dozen Has
Its Own Pet Day

WE fear, however, that not all
'T of our best pickers are TAX
ing the work as seriously as
Gloria. Instance the delicates-
sen man at Eighteenth and
Columbia road. A friend Of
ours, preparing for q quiet night
at home with Dickens, sought
to encourage the mooi by din
ing on near beer and English
bloaters. Not ,blighters, mind
you, but bloaters, j. e., smoked
herring. Locating the man who
presided over the smoked herring
stall, our friend asked for "a
paltry DOZEN
Hastily weighing, appraising,
and humping as though he ex-
pected the anemic ones to ut
to ra weak "99," the herring
purveyor wrapped the order
and without solicitation voluni
teered.
zone dozen bloaters; the very
/ best, madam"
ALL of this bears little affinity
to drama, of course, except
insofar as the press agents are the
most energetic Of pickers and
stage folks are always in the Gold
en- Dozen.
The pastime is innocent enough.
1t tends toward a general esprit
de corps which must be the pre-
serving element in a nation found
ed on the home, II he lends ear to
Mr.. Wells. Mr.. Shaw, Mr.. Lloyl-
George and other prophets Of Fleet
and Downing streets. The fad
now Is perfectly legitimate and
robust II only someone doesn't suy.
gest an endless chain amendment,
which would require each nominee
to pick twelve more. This would
Just about embrace everyone BUT
the office cat and lower the pres.
tige of ones being a twelfth-dozen
of assorted abilities to the social
stat IS Of an acting recruit in the
draft army.
a;
NEW season bookings for the
Garrick Theater include thus
far, Walker whiteside in "The
Hindu" for the week Of Septembe-
25, and Charles Cherry in Mines
comedy. 1.-THE Dover Road" ,octo-
Der 2.
Polls, still in process Of recon
struction has tentatively booked
a return engagement Of The Bat"
for the first week In October"
Tonight the new Hopwood COM
edy, 'twhy Men Leave Home" viii
bow in premiere to a Capital audi
ence at the Belascor At the Gar
rick Julia Dean will be guest play
er with the Garrickers in He's
Own Money"
Variety with 4 broad ''v" holds
forth today at Keith's, the Gaye'r,
the Strand, the Cosmos and in the
movie, houses.
q. &
tsSHoRE LEAVE" which en-
jcyed a weeks furlough here
some weeks back. is flourishing In
New York, despite some mefciless
panning by the critics. Says Rob-
ert Benchley in Life:
Ingenuity is the last thing that
can be claimed for Mr.. Belasco'F
initial offering, Shore Leave 1t
is direct from the pile in the stock
room labeled Quaint Girl Waiting
for Sailor and not bolt rs miss.
ing. II 1t were not for the fact
that Mr.. James Rennie makes the
part Of the sailor a particularly
true and ingratiating character
ization, we might almost say that
Shore Leave was the most tepid.
artificial bit of work seen in these
parts since 'Sonny-Boy.s
"Act two has the worst scene
Mr., Belasco has ever staged In the
farcical riot on board a musical
comedy ship in which all tho gobs
named Smith in the visiting fleet
are assembled for dance. 1t must
have been during the rehearsals for
this scene that Mr., Belasco fell
off the stage"
Patterson James in the Bill
board throws finesse and charity
to the winds In his estimate,
| thus:
"I cannot conceive OF anyone out
of rompers who could be anything
but driven to murder by the weak
minded. soldering characterize