The Washington times., 1926-05-15

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feet.
Canada was second during the
feet. Argentine next with l,6
1.O2O 900 feet and Brazil with
order named. All were decided
Henry Duffy, one-time monl-
tor here for stock, having had
decent success on the West
Coast, began trying to apprecI-
ate in stature such elephantlne
competitors as Zeigfeld, the
Shuberts,s Ann Nichols, Dill
bingham and others. It is pre-
sumed he has now decided not
to wipe Hugh Ward out of BUSH
ness in Australia, the decision
being forced by Duffy's $4,000
loss in trying to put over the
Casino Theater in Los Angeles,
with musical stock. Begun as =
1O-week experiment, the venture
lasted two, and only the gra-
ciousness of Walter Catlett, who
was signed for 10 weeks, and
who accepted two, saved young
Mr.. Duffy from buying about a
quarter million dollars worth OF
red ink.
Duffy has enjoyed prosperity
and prestige through operation
of several houses in the West.
Lately, though, Uncle Henry has
become slightly epidemic and
threatening to burst all over the
landscape with new theaters.
Variety has a London CORE
spondent, Hammer Swafer, who
writes the most delightfully."-
frank comments on theater folk
TO be read anywhere. He cant
be said to have a style. He
writes like a lad with two cock
tails. reflecting audibly, as he
gazes out of the window.
Two samples from this weeks
issue of the worlds worst edited.
but most entertaining, paper
published:
DO please send US another nice
comedian. w. III. Berry has gone
on the halls; so do not know
what we shall do. He has never
made me laugh once in his life.
But then he is q comedian.
have often sat i'm the stalls and
wondered how he earned 81 800 a
week. I cannot remember one
epOcI-mazing success he has been
IN. for some years; but that is
equally true OF several OF our
1ao Isvr~ comedians
Are yours any funnier than
ours? Frank Tinney made me
laugh: but that was off the stage.
Tom Mix made me laugh when
I'm London he referred to "Our
great English novelist, Charles
Dickinson" but that was by mis-
take.
Sample two:
Your American actresses do mix
with High Society. When / was
talking to TaIIuIah Bankhead, at
lunch the other day, who should
Mounfbatten, Blythe DAILY, daugh-
ter of Arnold and Lady Gibbons.
aDoris." the last.named, is the
wife of Sir Walter. Her father,
who was a draper, made a fortune
OUT Oh ISdtutE UOdSp SOhiC JCoA .
ago. Sir Walter was originally q
kinematOgraph operator - almost
the first i'm England. He now
controls the Capitol, where Cecil
de Miles picture, 1.-THE VOlga
Roatmen," caused such sensa-
ton. last week, that the Daily
Mail and its associate news.
naDers dropped the advertise.
ments. arguing. / believe, that ID
was BOIshevik propaganda.
You never know where you are
I'm England. Half an hour after
Ali the top hats Of the Garrich
Club went to bury Sir Squire
bancroft, the last of the theatrical
Richards. last Friday, representa-
fiyes of the Soviet government
taxing part i'm the Shakespeare
anniyersary, hOisted the Red FIaf
A. Avon! Only OnC
small boy objected; and ne, j be
ieye. thought the Soviet repre-
sentative was Ramsay MacDOn
an. who. until few months ago
was Prime Minister Of Grea
Britain!
TaIIuIah b some guy. Sh'
r,ixes with semirOyalty as gra
eIousIy as "Ma" Hylan did. Say
Swaff. you've said a mouthful.'
At fhe same time all the stag
hands worship her.
She knows the mol eXtraoroI
nary people; and yet she stu
wants to play the part OF me