Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-04-22
Lights Of York
by IL. STEVENSO

VI Lie IMStIOpO1tdu opera company,
who recently created the title role
in the new opera, "Caponsacchi,"
is fond of telling of an incident
which occurred when his fourteen
year-old son, Archer, was only six.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chamlee went to Italy
to fill professional engagements and
took the boy with him. On Easter
Sunday, they went to the cathedral
in the town in which they were play
ing and in the crush of worshipers
became separated from their son.
Mr.. Chamlee assured his wife they
would find him easily at the con-
clusion of the service and settled
back to enjoy the choir's singing
Of beautiful cantata. At the end,
there was reverent hush, broken
suddenly by loud applause from an
other part of the church and
youthful and familiar voice. It
was Archer, wise to the ways of the
stage since his parents home has
always been the meeting place of
musical and theatrical celebrities,
clapping his hands and shouting,
Bravo, bravo! Beautiful perform
ance! Give us an encore!"
Intended to avoid dog stories for
awhile, but there was that man who
came into the American Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Ami
mails with his ten-year-old son and
pure-bred Boston bull. The boy
walked with difficulty as he was
forced to wear heavy shoes and
braces-a victim of infantile paral-
ysis. For two years, the boy, frail
but bright and cheerful, had been
forced to remain in bed. The faith
er's savings had been completely
exhausted by the long course of
treatments and buying the shoes
and braces. He didn't regret his ex-
penditures. His boy was up and
around again and had chance for
recovery. But the boys dog had
become i'll and it was necessary that
it be cured-yes, sir it was nee.
essary that the dog get well.
AL through the boys long illness,
the dog had been his constant COM
panion. The two were still INSOFAR
able. There was more than that,
however. AS a matter of fact, the
dog acted as a sort of nurse for the
boy, helped him put on and take
off those heavy shoes and braces.
Possibly the young woman at the
desk looked a bit incredulous. At
the word of command, he began
unlacing the boys shoes. At the
end of the demonstration, the dog
was entered as a patient and, as
this is being written, is convalesc-
ing rapidly.
Possibly I may be permitted an
other dog paragraph. An elderly
man, well dressed, with a shock of
white hair and twinkling blue eyes,
came into the hospital. He was
dog lover-had been registering
English settlers for the last 80 years.
But he had experienced reverses.
He was i'll and needed an opera
ton and could accept no charity. In
the case of his dog, it was differ
ent. His setter was i'll and needed
an. operation. 1t would have to be
free, of course. And he had come
to the hospital to make an inspec-
ton to see if the equipment was
what it should be and to be as
sured that his pet would receive
every care and attention.
Current "dashers" in the theatre
cal world are Helen Hayes and Ar
line Francis. Miss Hayes has to
dash from the National Broadcast
ing company's studios in Radio City
across town to the Broadhurst thea
ter, on West Forty-fourth street with
"Victoria Regina" starting three
minutes after her air show ends.
Miss Francis, who is in the same
air show, has to dash to the Ethel
Barrymore theater on West Forty
seventh street to be in time for
"The Women" The dashes occur
every Monday night.
On the other hand, Peter Van
Steeden and his orchestra have time
to spare. There is a lapse of two
hours between the two Fred Allen
broadcasts. So the orchestra spends
the interval playing contract, with
VanSteeden usually well in the lead
when it's time to 60 back to work.
@ Bell Syndicats.-WNU Service.