New-York tribune., 1922-04-02
Then and Now
In BrOadWav's
Show Shop
April Has Been as Dull
in Other Years as Pres
ept Prospects Indicate

% snylnlnR else IL Will oe similar
TO many other Broadway Aprils. par
ticulsrlv that OF ten years ago.
In this month, 1912, seven new pieces
were revealed, and five of the seven
were musical productions. In that day
u seems that the belief existed that
heavy drama invariably went out with
oysters, and that only whirly, girly
stuff was pcrmis ssible after the cad
Of March
Tho seven productions were:
The Father piece in three acts.
from the Swedish Of August strnd
berg, Berkeley Lyceum. Ran from
April Q to May d.
"A Winsome Widow" fare. comedy
with music, at the Moulin Rouge. Ran
from April II to September /,
Dear Old Charlie at Maxine FL
liotts, with the English actor, Charles
Hawtrcy. Ran from April 10 to May II.
The Wall Street Girl" at George NJ.
April IL 20 June ]
Let George Do It," musical piece,
at the West End Thcater. Existed from
April 60 to April 81
The Rose Maid" operetta in two
acts, at the Globe. From April % to
September 91.
Two Little Brides" musical comedy
in two acts. at the Casino. From April
% to June Is.
This IS the story about Young
Singer in White Dress who stopped
vaudeville show
Several years ago n theater in At
lants which supplied the town with
bigtime vaudeville advertised the COM
ing Of the biggest bill OF he season.
Tho bills had been uniformly good all
lesY, but this one WIS going to be
great. The program extraordinary was
10 consist of an elaborate fashion
revue. sensational dramatic sketch,
the dancing act OF n celebrat ed
danseusc, and other stuff, everything
direct from New York. Nothing much
was said about the Young Singer in a
White Dress
AT the matinee performance on Mon
day there wasn't room IN the house for
tho friendly cop on tho beat The bill
tsrtcd pretentjously and the audience
seemed pleased. When the bin wss
about hal' over two Of the hig top
ijnc acts had been revealed and there
were two moro to come. IN between,
however there was sandwched Young
Singer in n White Dress, of whom the
'ndencc had heard little. This Young
woman. in all her trim daintiness.
stepped up TO the footlights and began
SlnGlug little song. That was all she
lad Just hcr simple white dress and
hor simple little songs. But that was
enough. Right then and there the show
topped The audience was content
% have the modest Young singer on the
stagc tho rest OF the afternoon, and II
the management didn't mind it could
save those elaborate headiners for the
noAt week. or send them straight back
"a broadway. Every song the young
woman sang Has hit, but the number
that really got tho crowd was some
thing in which she begged some ono to
grab mo while | am still n ch hicken."
AtlaNtn doesn't have big time vaude-
Vile any more. and whenever 1t thinks
Of thc bill. Of other years It thinks OF
Young Singer in White Dress That
singer although sh. really talked her
litUe songs more than she sang them
WA ,Isuet Adair now in "Bombo' with
Al Joleou.
1t is rumored that Miss Adalr rs tc
appear in dramatic production next
scssou. Since the week that she unset
tho capital OF Georgia she has played
very successfully on Broadway In sew
ora musical productions. including Lew
Field''s "A Lonely Romeo" "The
n Gactle' Of 1919 and 9TH. Passing
Show o. 1921" Miss Adair has been
appearing as th. Scothsayer in the Al
1oison show throughout the run OF the
piece.
The recent activities OF Harrison
Hunter might lead to the impression
that this player has been associated
with some form OF the crook detective
murder drama throughout hi. entire
stage career. Until his appearance in
The Thirteenth Chair" Mr. Hunters
theater life had been far removed from
criminal dolngs. But after the Neille-
piece, The Crimson Alibi" and "The
Bat" he will doubtless find it difficult
20 ever convince the managers that he
may be satisfied doing something else
besides crime stuff 1t is possible.
however. that he will never attempt to
and different sort Of role, as "The
Bat seems to have decided to flap
around In the Morosco until the thea
ter is condemned by the building in
spcctors
When Bayard WELLER approached Mr..
Hunter some years back and told him
that he was the very man he wanted TO
do the detective in The Thirteenth
Chair" the actor protested. He had
never played a copper.
That's ju.t what we want said
WELLER. I'VE want to get away from
She old stage tvpe-you re the man for