Putnam patriot., 1928-03-29

from him. Bedlam IL order prevailed.
Then the last trunk was found. Gus
toms tags were placed, and down we
rolled to the waiting motor. The ship
had come in.
In The Theatre
4 On a Friday night two weeks ago we
went with one Of those ultra-fashion-
able audiences that patronize the sec
ond nights 81 popular stars Of the the
atre. The play WIS THE Furies,
IN which Laurette Taylor appears az
ter an absence that has been far too
long. The audience, being ultra-fash-
ionable. was rude, noisy. inattentive,
and bad hammered. The play, written
by Zoe Atkins. was mad affair in the
modern manner, which Is not modern
at all. II was all rather chaotic.
Characters returned to the early days
Of the drama and spoke in asides
However there was story and at
times Il proved an absorbing one. for
all the moments when the ultra-fash-
1 ionabiea found Il ridiculous and laugh
I'd aloud. Nevertheless, regardless Of
the play. Miss Taylor gives the finest
and most excellent performance Of her
career. Some day some dramatist will
recognize IN her talents that are more
than mare wistfnlness. Perhaps then
she viii have a vehicle sufficiently ade-
qnate 20 make her again one Of the
most popular drawing cards Of the
American stage.
Odd Metropolitan Evenings
Every New Yorker is not always
"booked-up" for the evening. There
are nights when one dimes late and
quietly fingers long over coffee. Then
about nine o'clock one saws: And
now what shall we do?" The night
Is yet young. Sometimes one finds
pair Of stray seats at the Palace where
the average Of vaudeville Is surely
amusing. Again there are the late
shows at the movies. though this
winter. aside from Miss Gloria Swan
sons "Sadie Thompson" the cinema
does not recommend itself too high
". One pleasant thing to do is 10 go
into the opera for choice biz here and
there The other night We ran in and
stood bv the rail 70 hear the first act
Of Rimskv's delightful hurlesdue. lie
Coo dor" We had an idea that Miss
Marion Talley might be singing the
role Of the Queen and we wanted 10
hear iass how badly she did il for |
Miss Talley since her debut two years /
nRo has suffered worse and worse at /
the hands Of the critics and the metro 4
poltan audiences. In fact. one fa- 4
nous prima donna is said bluntly to I
have told the Kansas City girl 10 Ego 4
home and learn 10 sing" b thnt as
il may. Miss TaIley, ms the beli-boy.
might saw. II should worry" II
Is known that she has earned over
$1,000 since that night when. usher
ed in by bands and flowers and an
enormous publicity she became what
Kansas CITY is 20 the world Of music.
But to return TO the "Coq dor" We
bought our entrance and stood at the
ringsde. The boxes were filled with
large and elegant ladies. The audito-
rum was crowded with the only
really formally dressed audience in
New York. On the stage was the
delightful pantomine with Rosina Gal
II 81 her graceful best The singers
IN the usual traditional manner were
banked in tribunes to the right and the
left. And then we came 10 the high
point Of the performance. the famous
soprano solo. "The Hymn to the Sun"
A very lovely voice sang Il, uniden- /
titled TO us by distance and similarity
~ the costuming Of the choir. II
was a true voice Of delightful quality,
quite sure TO the key, quite correct IN
diction and phrasing. What" we
asked. sis the complaint il this be
NJ 50 ralley" And then we discover
ed we We're wrong. The singer was
not Miss Taliev. but q newcomer TO
the opera. a Miss Edith Lorshe, I'M
heralded BY the trumpetings o. mid
Western Chamber ~ Commerce but
a promising artist with an intelligent
musical sense. We have yet 10 hear
Miss Tailey.
And A. To The Palate
when one looks back over the first
quarter Of the century in New York,
one Of the most striking revolutions
that has occurred Is ia the field Of
eating places. Gone are the great
restaurants Of yesteryear. Sherry's,
possibly most famous Of all, reflects
bygone glory in quiet restaurant
in Park Avenue. Delmonico is n
name Of the past. Martins faded "A
decade ago. In the larger hotels the
restaurants whine as the orchestras
barharouSly accompany the service or
mediocre food But there IS still
another change for the era Of speed
has removed many Of the smaller res
taurants where food was good and
palatablc and cheap. In their places
one finds the quick service restaurant.
Gone are the coffee houses and the
tiny places where one found good Ger
man cooking and good beer. Greatest
change Of all. though. is the appear
ance Of the small restaurant. In
those streets that once were called
the splendid idle Forties' one has
but 20 ring a basement door az dark
ened portal. Then. II you know the
password. you viii be admitted into
restaurant Of restricted size. Here
one may be able 20 accompany an ex-
cellent meal with something that is
legally forbidden. II is one OF the
covert elements Of life that prohibi-
ton has forced upon an unwilling
cosmopolitan population.
For The Incoming Traveller
Those who are coming 10 New
York for q spring vacation would do
well this year 70 inquire carefully
before engaging quarters for, wonder
of wonders the hotels are dranninsy