The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-01

fully cool and this GOODNESS strikes
Pats heart with terror, then he
slowly raises his hand: In place
of q heavy mat OF hair he feels
his freshly shaven cheek barren
of everything except the BARRIERS
''lotion" and some talcura powder
the picture was half finished
and his beard and long hair were
gone.
AS q result Of Pats SAUNDERS,
an assistant director and st. Clair,
spent many weary hours finding
scenes that Pat wasn't In and
for three days June MarloWe,
Eric st. Clair and the rest Of the
cast rested peacefully.
It is scarcely surprising that
the thirty tiny members OF
Singers Midgets, appearing at
Keith's next week. should be con.
fused with children and regarded.
as exempt from the daily trials
and tribulations which beset PED.
pie more literally endowed with
stature. Indeed, these rlorsels OF
humanity would have q lot more
to contend with than the person
OF normal size were It not that
the management makes a special
provision for their comfort, in
every town In which they appear.
Their own special Pullman car,
lifted luxuriously FOR their con.
venience, has the appearance OF q
mammoth dolls ,louse. The
berths, seats, washstands, and
baths are ali proportioned to
their size. A special advance man
engages hotel apartments for them
in every city. They carry their
own chef and housemaids, as one
ana all they object to having
strangers attend them. This
might all seem unnecessary unless
It is realized that a resort to the
normal instruments II personal
convenience would destroy all
their chances of comfort besides
keeping them in q condition az
mind that would seriously inter-
fere with their work.
Folding chairs with 4 stepladder
attachment are carried by the
company to enable these midget
prodigtes to reach their dressing
tables. The wardrobe hooks. Of
course, bother them nut little, AZ
maids and Wallets are always on
hand to assist them in dressing.
jeanette Sherwin, who PLAYS
'Roxane" to Walter Hampdensa
'Cyrano de Bergerac,' opening
Monday night at Polls has had
a singularly interesting and color
ful career for a girl who has
Just passed her majority. She
has travelled all over the world
ana has appeared in various con.
tributions Of dramatic effort from
Shakespeare to "Officer $685.
Her mother IL Madame Amy
Sherwin, the Australian soprano.
whose name in the Antipodes is
almost as well-known as that Of
Melba. Her father is a Boston
iInpresario and her brother IL
Louis Sherwin, a former New
York dramatic critic. AS SVir.
gfnius' would say: What couid
you expect from such q tree but
a goodly shoot"
Miss Sherwin was born in Lon.
don, England, and made her
debut as Portia in 1.-THE Merchant
OF Venice" at the age Of seven.
teen at the old Victoria Theater.
there, In q stock company that
played everything from Hamlet"
to Uncle Toms Cabin" She
also played In London, Resale
IN sacred and Profane Love-"
Gloria in You Never Can Tell"
and Louka in "Arms and the
Man.. Then followed q his.
trionic pilgrimage that for variety
OF location and picturesuueness
OF environment rarely falls to the
lot OF many players.
4 &k
Johnny Burke, one Of the lead.
ing members Of the Music. BOX
Revue at the National. beginning
Sunday night and incidentally
one Of the best laugh getters in
the theatrical profession, was
long g headliner IN vaudeville be-
Tore ne became identified with
productions. He -Degan his stage
career in Philadelphia where he
was born. His father was a hard.
ware merchant, but Johnny didn't
take so kindly 70 his parents
business. He was Of a musical
trend and had gained quite q lit.
tie reputation among his frienda
as a pianist.
Johnny managed to secure q
job with a piano firm and in a
short time became an expert piano
tuner at very moderate wages.
however. To be exact his weekly
stipend was $1S. One forenoon
he was tuning the piano in the
pit at Keith's vaudeville theater.
This is what happened in Johnny
Burke's own woros:
i was just fooling around the
piano when one Of the comics re.
marked to the other that the
team had no right to work for
$1,000 q week when they could
get $1,500 on the Orpheum time.
Well, nearly fell off the piano
stool. Was It possible that these
birds got $1,000 for the stuff they
handed out and were actually
considering $1,000? That settled
1t with me at $18 a week. To
cut a long story short the man.
ager gave me a letter to a small
time vaudeville agent which led
to my getting a start. But I be-
gan at $25--a long way from
$1,000. Still / guess / can't COM
plain"
Shoes" said Danny Murphy,
featured comedian with '"'NtTties Of
1926" next weeks attraction at
the Gayety, ''are a great ind:ca.
ton of character to me. Some
folks read faces, others palms, and
some claim to read minds, but /
get my Impressions from the feet.
For instance. q sharply pointed