Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09

THE Centennial of Vaudeville has
developed an interesting phase
in the extension Of the hot stove
league" to vaudeville fans.
Out In Butte. Mont, Dick kilroy
editor, publisher and Trinity College
graduate, heard one of the old
timers Of the Silver Bow Club
founded by Marcus Daily. Senator
Clark and other famous miners
horsemen and financiers, remark as
follows:
Variety always was my style o
show. remember when Eddie Foy
had his honkatonk and saloon here
and gave us all the first taste OF
his fun. That was a good variety
show. and Foy was so comical that
even when he sold you a round OF
drinks he gave everybody an extra
laugh with the check. The girls in
the show danced, sang. played the
cornet and then came down on the
main noor and mixed up with the
gang.
from Helena, Great Falls, Miles CITY
and even as far as Benton to see
the shows at Eddie Foy's place.
lot of 'em picked wives out OF that
old Variety Hall. and to this day the
sons and daughters Of them are
emong the best citizens Of the Treas
ure State: -,
Eddie Foy, Just like the famous
Lolita Crabtree first got her start
down in Arizona, in the cow towns
and mining camps, and. IL you listen
to me, the best critics of shows al.
WAYS were to be found throwing gold
dust or coins at the best acts"
Bart Grady, for 80 years identifieo
with the Keith-Albee vaudeville. re
members and loves the variety
artists Of old. Sitting by big fire'
place In the Copley Plaza, white
haired now, and as real O. boy as any
enthusiast, Mr.. Grady said:
Past and present. the bigger and
better a vaudeville artist IL, the more
modest he is and the more polite
The worse they are the more noise
aren't many OF this kind left. It's
all different now from what it was
in the early days"
"who are the great ones OF the
past?" he was asked.
We'll, I'm not making compari
sons" said Mr.. Grady, but I'll never
forget Albert Chevalier, the great
Coster singer from England. An i'm
portation, mind you, but q great
artist--one of the most finished
ever saw on any stage. Then there
were Mcintyre and Heath. who re
Gently retired after so years on the
etage-real vaudevillans no matter
what they did or where they wan
dered. They never parted compa n,
on the stage-and they never chum
med together of the stage. They
were always good in their act, helpful
to every one on the bill; quiet. modest
honest, friendly with managers, stage
hands and doormen."
To Mr.. Grady's "reminiscences re
eponded Harry Malloy, veteran news
paper man and publicist Of Boston:
"All right for Chevalier and for Nc
Intyre and Heath, but do you remem
Der John W. Kelly-'Rolling Nil
Kelly? Wasn't he the greatest AM
one Of the first monoIogtsts? Mayb
he succeeded John and Harry Ker
nell-and Tony Pastor, too--bu
wasn't John Kelly the real originate
Of this monologue vogue?
LAS for the women-how abou
Annie Yeamans? She was a grea
artist and a wonderful woman t
meet and know backstaEe or in an
fine gathering. And then there wer
Mr.. and Mrs. Sydney Drew, brothe
of John Drew. And do you remen
Der Marshal p. Wilder, or the lat
Ben WEIGH, or Edmund Sttvens an
Miss Marshall in their wonderfl
hodge-podge? Also Vesta Tilley, al
other Of the brilliant English girl
whose every word and motion was a