The Washington herald., 1922-04-25
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NEW YORK. April 24-There is
thrill even for those left behind
In watching an ocean liner shove
on. 1t was one Of the fastest ships
sailing piled high with gayly criss-
crossed luggage. Masses OF people
strolling along the decks and faces
glistening at the rails.
The hardened voyagers arrive long
before sailing time and retire to the
staterooms. No excitement for them.
Taxis and limousines roll up to the
pier to unload passengers. The army
Of news and cinema photographers
and ship news scribes surround each
I-rivci.
II a passenger Is considered un-
important, they permit him to pass
otherwise he must run the clicking
camera gauntlet. In the crowds are
few faces a-glitter with hawk-like
eyes. Their nerves are taut. II rec
ognized they will be turned back
Card sharpers. Despite precautIo'
SNcIy hucr mas tnem.
A burst of cheers. Jack Dempsey
bashfully takes the spotlight. He
has a winning school-boy naivette.
Actresses seeking little free puff
kiss him for the benefit OF the pho
tographers. Two sandyhaired men
in tweeds from Scotland Yard. A
pale-faced man handcuffed to them.
A diva dripping with Jewels and
swathed In furs, next. While she Is
posing her press agent-fresh every
hour-rushes out to hand her her
marmoset wearing a diamond collar.
He knows few tricks. that Id
Marmoset. Diamond collar. Behold
First-page stun.
Sisters-twins who came up fro.
the East Side-but a year in Lon
don has given them a decided bro
A. They speak feelingL of Amer
lea and adjust anklet watches. They
Will come back. they hope. But just
now they cannot neglect their dear
London public.
And the steerage. An old wom-
an. sinewed and gnarIed. going
back to peace and plenty, after
years of drudgery as an apple
woman. Romance everywhere.
Suddenly the mysterious clang of
ship bells. ripping above down to
the iron depths. A hand-wave. from
the captain; up goes the ladder. and
the vessel careens out into the blue
haze its portfolios afutter with
waving hands.
A loyal Airedale tugging furious
ly at his leash, howls the howl of
the grievously stricken. His be-
loved master is on board. A white
faced crowd OF three. eyes a bit
blood-shotted. race through the
crowds. Five minutes too late.
They will not celebrate again the
night before sailing.
Werner Jansen. son of the pro-
nrietOr of the famous broadway
Hoffbrau, has provided New York
with its summer musical hit. AL
though not yet % he wrote the
music for Lefty Pepper" a big
buy" with the ticket agencies.
Jansen was discovered by Oliver
Morosco and his music combines the
sensuous, sentimental charm of
some of the lighter. Viesnese COM
posers with an unmfstakabIy Amer
lean briskness and incisiveness.
Tho Players Is 10 keep lts nome
in Grammercy Park. The agitation
to move from the house occupied
by Edwin Booth and given to the
club by him has been going on for
some time. But a motion to move
was defeated by big majority vote.
Sentimental reasons decided it.
When Booth gave the club his
house. he said: "It is my happy
| privilege to welcome you to the
house where I hope that we for
many years, and our legitimate sue
cessors for at least a thousand gen.
erations. may assemble for friendly
intercourse and intellectual recrea-
ton" The Players is not strictly
theatrical club. 1t is a social CLUB
with a central group of actors and
grouped around them representa-
tives of the other kindred arts