The Washington times., 1923-01-21
ROARING | YIN Nd
THE TR0T TER CLUBS
FAIRY TALE CLASSIC
By.HARoLD PHILLIPS.

old friends to greet, old songs to sing and, lure
Of lures, new tales to tell; the telling Of which
meant prizes Of untold value to the winning
raconteur. The remainder Of the year the club y
was deserted its members scattered to strange
lands and distant.
to be borrowed from the Owls club next door y
accommodate two belated members from Siam.
Fairy tale night always drew : quorum. s.
The first contestant was on his feet, one eye Il.
on the audience, the other on the first prize re-
posing on velvet cushion held by,a turbaned1
giant who ran the club elevator in quieter periods
and was thus considered traveller. fess
ut was ii Scranton, Pa began the first
speaker, that met chorus girl who was not, Il,
named Billie, nor Jerry, nor. Bcbbie !" ~ 4
Cries Of mo- no" interrupted. The speaker
produced affidayits. The Master TrOtee Eappedas
for order, waved the speaker down and gaye. him
the coveted prize. go,
There was still chance for tho othsrs. IT,
club always had whole lock Of prizes for fairy
tale night. -s,e4e ss IS 49, =
Number Two, gent with watery eyes. va, !
already speaking. ,-s.tss as ssssTs
II haven't travelled ten miles since our last
reunion; my every waking hour has BEEN spent
in the public library, where have infinitely
checked and verified AH interviews given cut 70
the press By Elsie Slug, the noted and talented ]
and beautiful screen star, in the past ten years
Miss Slug never abandoned IN sOpsratic carseE q
nor ran away from convent q t
Despair was iWfitten On the face nf All zho had 8
hoped for second prize, ct least trunks
fun Of press clippings were borne into the room
70 verify this unbelievable tale. The Commits
on Veracity was assigned to check PIP The clip /
pings. Meanwhile second prizs vas conditicnaly
awarded to the gent with the watsry eyes
Number Three reached the platform with four
aspirants on his back The chair recognized him.
The others skunk back
"In Singapore one 1etid night; the air sur
charged with . mygteriOus something, the sky
aglow with thrice billion diamond -.
Never mind the, apple aanea. shOuted The z
delegate from Dubuque.
.eIn Singapore, the bars being closed because q
native chieftain's funeral, chaueed into che
Bijou motion picture palace Fate guided nay &.
steps that night, for saw an old Triangle Tim
where the Royal Northwest Mounted Police {
caught their man right next door To- police head
quarters and II wasn't snQWMgl" TBS
Pahdemorium reignedf 10 man the Globe s
TfOtters were ON their fast. ecnsulting outEclng
Trotee, after vainly rapping order. hinged one
arm into his overcoat and, with the other, swept
third fourth, fifth and last prizes toward the
fairest of fairy tale tellers.
No less an upholsterer 10 frayed efforts than |
George M. Conan has been called IN % tinkers
with "Barnum Was Right and put It into such
shape that the public viii besiege the box ofacess
as to justify the old shoWmanss statement. The !.
piece is now in New England, but win BE re-
called for once-over by the Cohanesque eye )
with view to revamping it for Broadway ap-o
pearances This is tAe second time the piecec
has opened and was then recalled for revision. G
The title is peculiarly ironic in that It's theme
20 cho yuhm hmy =
demonstrated paradox. @
La dernier cri in economy and courage has
been uttered by Henry Myers, who previously
produced 'The First Fifty Years" with two.
characters and who now has conceived new
play with only one character woman. lt in
titled "The Wonderful Place" and is scheduled
for spring production.
IF this goes over Mr.. Myers may be excused IL
he takes to ventriloquy, offering dummy in : :
posthumous piece, saving royalties, with Belasco
tea gong supplanting the orchestra
telegram to our desk from June Mathiss
scenario editor for Goldwyn, announces that this
producer will be guided as far rs possible BY
public sentiment in the selection OF actors 20 play
in "Ben Hur" Says Miss Mathis: -
"Please convey to your readers our request
that they send selections for parts Of Ban HuE,
Messiah, Esther and Iras to Robert B. McIntSEes
casting director, Goldwyn Studios, Culver City,
Cal" -
-...,F VI
Long before Coue reached the three-Ails limit =
the opportunity aura he projected was roped, tied
and branded by the Tin Pan Alley eowhoys. The
result is what the publishers call an "oSiginal
song concept" which begins: "Day by day, IN
every wav, I'm growing better and better" The
.hor+ast nm ON record was "Broadwav Rastus" "a
a New York thaater last week. was out 20
beat the record Of "shuffle Along" but after the
second act the house manager rang down the
and Take" scheduled for Broadway premlerssg
last Monday did not open until Thursday because
Of Sam shipmana delay In poating! bond al.