Putnam patriot., 1929-09-19
New York City. Sen. lO. 1929

traditional calls, which are now no
longer paid. il Is but a hesitation in
the midst of winter. With the first
autumn holiday the whole matter is
different. Vacations are ended. Fami-
/ lies are returning to the city. Coun-
+ try places are being closed and down
come the boardings from the mansions
I, in the avenues and the sidestreets.
Doorman and elevator man, after doz-
+ ing peacefully all summer, awake to
j a new activity. IL is the new year,
the new season, divided until another
I summer comes merely by the calendar
/ break in the years. There are the
/ new PLAYS. soon there will be new con-
eerts, there are new clothes, schools
are to open, Johnny and Mary must
/ be QUILTED, Mushrooms whisk and the
carpetbeaters beat. The moving vans
are being CREASED for the annual he
gira that marks October LIST. We live
/ in tradition, in cycles and calendars
and Labor Day remains the city resi-
I dents primo Ammo Domini.
The First Big Hit
Every once in a while New York
( has a smashing big hit in the theatre
and sometimes it comes early in the
season. OF such was Broadway" and
Rain" but ii is not often that the
last dog days of August find the crit
les and the public in the mood to go in
to ecstasies of JOY over new pro-
duction. However, that is just what
happened last week at Arthur Ham
merstein's Gothic Broadway theatre
when that producer presented Sweet
Adeline," a musical comedy of the
gay nineties.v True, Mr.. Hammer
stein had borrowed heavily from the
Ziegfeld office. His librettiest was the
younger Hammerstein who was res
ponsible for the book of the phenom-
. enally successful Rose Marie
. Best Of all. mis- composer was none
other than the veteran Jerome Kern,
! who will be forever known 10 the pos
, terity Of Broadway as the composer
Of the music of "Show Boat" not to
, mention score or more of other hits.
, Then. heading the cast was the per
! sonahle and deiectabie and utterly
charming Miss Helen Morgan, not
half so well-known TO the law courts
as she is to thousands of admirers
throughout the country. Miss Nor
} gan was the glamorous Julie Of
"Show Boat" and what the critics
! have to say about her performance IN
q the new piece must make her ears
{ tingle with JOY. The book Of Sweet
q Adelinen doesn't Sc EN- TO matter a
: great deal but the music and the act
: ing and the spirit of gayety does. Al
|. any rate a bona-fide atmosphere OF
! those days prior to and during tn,
|. Spanish War have been reproduced
: with fidelity and success. Sweet AID.
J. cline" promises 20 carol merrily fof
s many month to come.
I And a Bright Comedy
Mr.. Belasco, recently celebrating
three score years and fifteen, made the
= occasion memorable by the presenta-
tion at his own theatre Of a merry ana
youthful comedy, yelept "A Wis,
f. Child" The whole affair is not in tn,
= least unfamiliar in theme, but ii !:
!. modern, young, personable and brisl
: and delightfully."- produced When tn,
i veteran Belasco wants to stage come
= dy there are moments when he can d,
. so almost better than any of his con
! freres. One remembers easily tn,
3 Boomerang" Of blessed memory al
= well as the more recent "Bachelo
!. Father"
Our Mr.. Freddy of Pomfret is ii
town busy with the rehearsals of
= new musical comedy. His "Hol
Everything" continues to fill III
house and has been one of the mos
substantial Of the surviving hits O
1 To- H. Al L.
former star, Miss Gertrude Lawrenc,
following the collapse Of last season
disastrous Treasure Girl" have part
ed company. Miss Lawrence will al
! pear this season in a comedy Gale
by Candlelight" under the directio
,p of Gilbert Miller. The piece is alread
q London success.
~ These Are New Workers
n One night recently. when the weath
a. err was at its most uncomfortable, "
Rs went up in underwriting to the roof o
lie our apartment house for a breath o
z. fresh air. From one side we could no
u but look into another apartment wher
we could see, stacked, one upon TIA
e other. the various living rooms Of sun
d dry flats. In one four young me
Is were playing bridge. In another
n man sat reading a book and lads
y whom we hope was his wife. was sit
d ting nearby, sewing. In still anothe
20 two couples were at cards. In anothe
d the radio was going and a lone ma
lay prone on a couch listening an
! smoking. In another a young woma
n was busy al a drawing board under
3 card table light We could see n
a. further. The thought came 10 Us tina
4 these were the New Workers whom IN
+ visitor overlooks when he speaks o
= the speed Of the city and its diff
b culties Of living All New Workers d
net inhabit night clubs nor do the
e spend their waking hours in speak
d easies. Near eleven o'clock we glanc
'e ed over towards the same apartment
4 house. All Of the lights in all Of IN
e living rooms we're out.
, Finding Space in the Air
q II seems hardly possible that. af
i ter scarcely quarter Of century o.
! development. the effort Of most of thu
!. dweIlers in great cities should be 10 re
a gard the automobile, within the city
. limits, as something to be avoided
rather than encouraged. Yet the dim
d culties Of parking, tremendous con
! gestion of traffic. the uncertainty Of
a taxicabs and the increasing discom