Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-18
DOLORES COSTELLO
Earle
ON THE BROADWAY STAG
Review of Theatrical Affairs Along the White Way
BY Percy Hammond.

self might Danish. Inspired by Mr..
Tylers promised exposures, 1t Is possible
that Al H. Woods, the Shubert brothers,
both the HAIRLESS, Sam H. and Jed;
Butler Davenport, Charles Dillingham;,
Earl Carroll. Minsky 81 Minsky, Klaw,
Erlanger, Flo Ziegfeld and the senior
Brady will soon dictate the record OF
their experiences to eloquent amanu-
enses for the benefit of Womrath and
posterity.
no you know that Jamaica, Long Is
~ land, has succeeded Broadway an
the Nations most important dog-town?
There in Mr.. Werba'S commodiouS en-
porium Of the drama the New York
managers test their product to see If
it is worthy of promotion in other CEN
tiers. Jamaica is hamlet of 100000
or more inhabitants, many of whom are
competent to judge between the real
and the artificial. and its audiences may
be depended upon to register just
verdict. In Jamaica, shows that cost
$500 in Times Square, not counting
the brokers' tax, may be had for S1.50,
and at the matinees excellent chairs
in the parquet are available for 6
bits. or rs cents. Thus, but 20 minutes
from Broadway, it offers the best that
the drama affords, at low cost and q
fortnight ahead of the metropolitan
markets. I do most of my drama-lov-
ing in Jamaica because it is both con-
venient and economical. I can taxi
to Werba's from the Herald Tribune
Office more speedily than I can to the
Empire or the Waldorf, either of which
is a sleeper Jump from Fortieth street.
Having been a firSt-nighter in Great
Neck, Patchogue, Asbury Park Atlantic
City and East Islip, I can testify that
the Jamaica premiers excel. In case
you are in hurry to see the new plays,
and can't wait until they reach Broad
way, Jamaica is your proper destina-
ton. You can walk to Werbas in less
time than you can motor to Maxine
Elliott's.
7 EFT us be tolerant this week to Mr..
~ Fiske O'Hara even. though in Jerry
for Short" he stretches patience to the
breaking point A cordial fellow, be-
loved by one and all, Mr.. OHara de-
serves Broadway's friendliest backpats-
the amity and good wishes of neigh
borhood renowned for the sincerity Of
its affections. With the exception Of
Chauncey Olcott and John Mccormack,
he is the most melodious of the Irish
bob whites, and when he lifts his voice
in Erin's songs you can forget the
hymning of so dulcet a minstrel as
Andrew Mack. Mr.. O'Hara has an
other claim upon our congenial pas
sions. 1t was he, one is told, who sug-
gested to Miss Anne Nichols the epic
qualities of "Abie's Irish Rose" the
drama that has wrought more influence
upon the public taste than anything
since "Rosmersholm."
But Jerry for Short" a composition
by William Grew, author of Mice
Women" is of the type of play that
tempts you never to go to theater
again. 1t tells of some obnoxious
suburban roughnecks who have the
nerve to try to break into Westchester's
most azure social circles, with only
their overlooking Golfers and hospitality
as credentials. The story is pretty bad,
but the manner of its recital is in
credibly ridiculous. Mr.. O'Hara BOOM
booms industriously as a windy Colo
radoan, and his wife. Miss Patricia
Quinn, enacts with considerable stock
company skill the role of a maid SER
want who at heart Is none other than
Lady Geraldine Arlington. In case you
do not care to view Jerry for Short
it will be found, until further notice, at
the waldorf