Variety (October 1922)

!K?,^ ' ; "(' J';. Friday* October 6, 1922 LEGIT r MATE w .**F BEDSIDE CHATS BT V£LLI£ EEViXL I Jllf TORTURED v^ 7 om <or*i»rc<l hy th^ revelt of a hundred thousand dcviU Who art pounding on the center of my spine. With a rhythm diabolic, that has made me melancholic. At auhmi*9ively in anffuith I recUne. Every movement it a visit of a new-J)orn pain exquisite, And at times it seems I cannot long endure. But toith Bpartan strength I tarry as my battle on I carry With the goal of convalescence as a lure. •^-Anonymous. 15 - Every woman In the world dates her calendar from her last operation. In the years gone by they used to date all important events from the year of the big frost, or the year their children had the measles. But now I reckon they don't have children, and if they do. tho children don't have the measles. Nothing else stamps itself as indelibly on mamma's mind as her last operation, and every woman secmf tp have had on© •some time In her carjgpr. The operatlonless woman would be as much out of s^tyle as a petticoat, or the woman who didn't roll her—(sox) or bobr her hair, and the way their imagination runs riot when they are describing it to their friends! A woman who wouldn't think of distorting the truth on any other •ubject Just refuses to be hampered by facts during her organ recital, and nine out of ten greet their post-opei*atlvo visitors with a speech something like'this: "Oh, yes, I suppose I am looking pretty good today. But you should have seen me yesterday. The doctor was really frightened; ho told me so today. I hadn't had one wink of t-lecp for five nights. Oh, yes. I am glad I had the operation. The doct»r says it was the Worst case he had ever seen. If he had postponed it one hour longer, nothing on earth could have saved me. and it was only my will power and the help I gave him that pulled me through. 1 was on the oper- ating table six hours, and have fifty stitches in me. I had to be ; etherized twice, and the anaesthetician tays 1 take as much ether as ' a man does. It's harder to etherize men than women, bfcauSe men * are stronger minded. The dtjctnrs all say they never saw a patient so brave, and one that could stand so much pain as I did. For they know what I was suffering. 1 was unconscious three weck.s. They all wonder how I ever lived, with all that was the matter with me. Oh, of course I'm glad it's over. Jt was the only thing to do, but it _,; was terrible." ■■.;.,.•;-■ /-- -^..^'ir-.^;'■■.;.,.■•;../,• ^ ■ They all say it. ' , . ;« I hate to tell this on Eddie Sullivan, manager of the Orphf um in St. Louis. But It's too good to keep. Zelaya. tho pianist, played St. Louis recently He has an arrar^Tgcment •with a certain piano manufacturer to furnish him a piano in each town, and to keep it In tune. A blind piano tuner sent by the manufacturer reported at the .theatre to tune tho Instrument for Zelaya. Eddie Sullivan happened to,know that Zelaya was a fine piano tuner himself. He also remembered that the house piano back stage was sadly in need of tuning. So he personally escorted the blind piano tuner back stage and led-hlm to the stage piano. The tuner could not see the make of the piano; he put It in fine condition. Zelaya came in later and tuned his own piano. And up to this writing no one is any wiser except Eddie SuTlivan and the man who told me this \ itory. . ' I hope nobody blames Campbell Kennedy, passenger agent for the Big Four railroad In St. Louis, for telling me the story, for Campbell didn't tell It to me. - If whoever it Is that holds out my Variety on Its journey between the mall clerk and my room will let mo have his address, I will ask to have him placed on the mailing list. I have not received my copy for two weeks. It isn't always convenient for me to find someone to send out to get one for me, and whoever take* It surely has more opportunity to get one than I have. A friend writes, saying she would have written me sooner, or come to see ine, but that I have so many wona«?rful people visit me she thought I would not care to see her. - Q-S-T! Which, In radio parlance, means "Everybody listenr* Anyone who comes to a hospital to see a sick person Is wonderful. There Is no class distinction here. They are all my freinds. and«l am th^Ir Interest In common. Their friendship for me makes them all of one creed. And I appreciate every one of you, whether you happen to own the biggest circuit In the world or whether you are looking for the last half or next Sunday. I hope no one will ever feel that because I have mentioned the names of the few celebrities who were kind enough to call all would not be Just as welcome. , ;. . ■':: { I had a good laugh the other day at receiving a wire containing a tip on a race from some of the boys w^ho are out trying to separate the fast ones from the slow ones at the racetrack. I wonder if they thought all, I had to do was to send down to one of the nuns in the office to put four dollars for me on the third race at Belmont. .. : Mary Ann Ryan is still here, recoverins from a broken ankle. able to hobble over to sec me. S^ e 13 "Ain't women a wonderful race?" asked "Tommy." an unfortunate victim of pplne trouble, who has been here nearly as long as I have. He had just received cigarettes that a woman had sent me for him after reading In Variety about his brave fight. The nurse who acted as me.ssongor says it was well worth all the cigarettes in the world to see his delighted expression and hear him say. "Thank you, nur.-^e. Also thank Miss Rcvell and the lady who sent tho clgarottes tn her." And as sho walked away she heard Tommv say to the fellow on the cot next to him, "Alnt women a wonderful rS^e?" BEOADWAY STOKY (Continued from page 18) The Faithful Heart" due Into the Broadburst, and the third program of "Chauve-Sourls" on the Century Roof. The San Carlo grand opera sea- son of four weeks at the Century has pulled excellent business. The attraction has one more week, "Hitchy-Koo" being the next at- traction there. Paying for Plugging It appears that a regular thing for the coming season Is for the mangaers who do not get an out- rlgh^buy with the agencies to place their seats with them as regulars, and then make an arrangement with the clerks to pay so much for each seat sold or to donate a percentage on the gross providing tho agency sales reach a stipulated figure. Last season there was one ar- rangement of this sort all through the season. This season there are now two arrangements. "Why Men Leave Home" at the Morosco Is paying the boys behind the counters In the agencies a 50-cent bonus on every ticket they sell for the attrac- tion. Last week with this arrange- ment, the agencies plugged sales of 1,200 scats during the week. With tho gross business at the house go- ing to only (6,200 the agencies played an Important part In getting the gross amount. '^:; • Tho Selwyna also have an ar- rangement with the agency clerks ,on their production of "The Excit- ers" at the Times Sq. Here the men in the agencies receive ten per cent of the gross tlftit Js sent to tho theatre providing a certain number of stales are made each week with the minimum in one agency placed at |260. If the sales do not top that amount there Is no rake- off but if they do the boy* get 10 per cent all the way. "Prinicess'* Tops Buy List The new Erlangcr show, "The Yankee Princess" which opened at the Knickerbocker thls^reek got the record buy of the season thus far, the agencies taking 500 seats a night for four weeks with a 25 per cent return. The two other new buys of the week were "The Lady In Ermine" at the Ambassador with 400 a night for four weeks with 25 per cent return, and "Loyalties" at the Gaiety, 250 a night, four weeks 25 per cent return. The three new buys left the agen- cies with an even score of outright purchases on their books, even though three buys of last week ex- pired Saturday. With the buy list at 20 the cut rates ran them a close second carrying 18 attractions. The complete list of buys are: "The Lady in Ermine" (Ambassa- dor); "Klkl" (Belasco); "Gingham Girl" (Carroll); "Sally, Irene aod Mary" (Casino); "East of Suez" (Eltinge); "La Tendresse" (Em- pire); "Whispering Wires" (49th Street); "Orange Blossoms" (Ful- ton); "White's Scandals" (Globe); "It's a Boy" (Harris); "So This Is London" (Hudson); "The Yankee Princess" (Knickerbocker); "Spite Corner" (Little)); "Rose Bernd" (Iiongacre); "Awful Truth" (Mil- ler); Zlegfeld "Follies" (Amster- dam); "Old Soak" (Plymouth); "Passing Show" (Winter Garden) and "The Exciters" (Times Sq.). In the cut rate mart are "Daffy Dill" (Apollo); "East Side-West Side" (Bayes); "Kempy" (Belmont); "That Day" (BlJou); "Endless Chain" (Cohan); "Thin Ice" (Com- edy); "Dolly Jordan" (Daly's); "Fools Errant" (Elliott); "Her Tem- porary Husbnad'-' (Frazee); "Fan- tastic Fricassee" (Greenwich Vil- lage); "Blossom Time" (Jolson); "llunky Dory" (Klaw); "Molly Darling" (Liberty); "On the Stairs" (Playhouse); "Abie's Irish Rose" (Kci)ul)lic); "Banco" (Rltz); "Part- ners Again" (Selwyn); "The Ex- citers" (Times Sq.). STOCKS Two sources of speculation are at rest In Washington, first, what were the plans of the Capitol, for- merly Lyceum, on Pennsylvania avenue, and secondly, a sto Arthur Leslie Smith's plana for the win- ter after the very successful sum- mer season of stock at the Belasco, with the announcement of the open- ing of a new stock at the same the- atre, to be conducted by the latter named manager. Henry Duffy, in the stock at tho Belasco during the summer. Is to be associated with Mr. Smith In the new venture, while William Garrison will remain as house manager to represent the in- terests of the owners, but not ac- tively connected In the affairs of the company. The opening bill is set as "East Is West." and Mr. Smith Is in New York engaging his cast. The Capitol, following the fire of some few sea.sons ago, has been thoroughly remodeled and reno- vated and should prove an attrac- tive theatre for the housing of a stock company. It is stated that ono of the local concert managers Is to utilize the house for his programs during the winter. In this same connection, al- though definite announcements have not been forthcoming, it Is under- stood that negotiations are on be- tween Tom Moore and Garry Mc- Garry for Moore's Garden, formerly housing pictures, and which has been cloeed for a brief period of two v/eeka for over a year. end of the show Is weak, except that William Evarta is playing tho butler In the new show. "The Nightcap" is scheduled to follow "Gertie." Business has been fair so far, and the season roally holds promise; |l is tho top!'and three matinees weekly. I ICorris Hartman and Paul Stcln- dorff have opened their comic opera season at the newly named Rivoli, San Francisco, formerly the Rlalto, and the first production," The Wiz- ard of the Nile," seems tb have caught on. Hartman was a great favorite In San Francisco 25 years ago when he starred at the old Tivoll theatre there. For the pres- ent season, which is scheduled to last six months. Hartman published a list of more than forty well known comic operas and launched a voting contest to permit the audience to select their fa\'orltes. The pieces will be presented In the order of their popularity as shown by this contest. The Maude Fealy stock In New- ark, N. J., did a little better with "The Crimson Alibi" last week though it filled to show a profit. However, the prospects of the com- pany's success are brightening. Due to an intensive campaign by Miss Fealy the subscription list has Jumped from 125 to over 2,000. Miss Fealy Is out for 3.000 more. She Is making such a game fight that she has most of the profession and all the papers rooting for her. The Newark News, which Is a very cold proposition, has given her columns of publicity and an editorial. This week she plays "The Man Who Came Back," Its first release for stock. Next week she will do "All Front and No Back." which A. H. Woods will later produce. Miss Fealy has dropped Sunday night performances and has engaged a new manager, Charles Pitt. Marlon Tanner, leading woman with the Robblns Players at the Palace, Watertown, N. Y.. since the company opened, left Saturday to accept a berth In "For Value Re- ceived," to be done at the Belmont, New York, by Richard Herdon. Her place at Watertown will be filled by Maxine Flood. The Palace has "The Brat" this week. Proctor's. Troy, has restored Its former policy of vaudeville and pic- tures after a summer season of stock. The Proctor Players who held forth at the house all summer returned to Proctor's Harmanus Bleecker Hall. Albany, N. Y.. open- ing Monday. Oct. 2. Buying in the Future Muw said gimme 9 calories o* milk. 6 calories o' potalo^!^, 1,'> calories o' chopped nirat a?i' a piece o' llvor for the cat. but it shouldn't be so fl»t as la.'it time, 'cauye It made pa sick. ■ Young Imly (who ha<l ln^r aiM>!.^udiv rotnovcd tliroo '.vct'Ks ago.) you tliiiik tli<' scar wl'l sln.w, doctor*.'" I>octor; '"No, not ur.lc; .h you go into llic mo\ ie.s," ,. Do I road t'liat Jason llobanls* aslo d John CloUi» n to rhirtpje l.ira fn-m "T.if>>H..i ,,*" t.i 'Sn!t.- Conur" borau.'^o he had btcorne v.« .Try o! il:v nu»ii<»toii\- of i>Ia>intt in oju^ .sIkiW ."-o l(»ncT. "<5i-.«' jr.e swmcthin.'; else lo do. Ive playc'ij In thks .so lo:.?;. j ni r^oiiv: crazy." • ■-..''■ . ■,■,.,...''• '•.-• ■::■'-■.*' ■ '■:' '':.,.[ :'^\:: ,.'■''. I Ivnow cna.^tly how he tcv^fi. Thee long run«: arc monofo'joij.i, I^lla: "Tho .sur.T'^on toolc two stitches in my f.ic"." Htcila: 'That's what might f>o calld pl»ln fe-vin?;." MRS. A. G. CUTTER'S ESTATE Amelia (lertrude Cutter, widow of Henry T. Cutter, founder of a chain of drxig stores, and who was the grandmother of James Montgomery, playwright and author of "Ready Monoy," left a net estate of $1,5C0.- 701.40 when she died, April 3, 1911. It was disclosed this v/eek in the .^urro.^atcsi Court. New York, through the filing of a trimsfer tax .■',\;\tr. ai»i»rai.sal of hrr properly. I'udfrr her will, executed March I' 11. 1911, tljree gran<lchildi«'T', ii- < lii(lin„' .Tames Moiit;?umery, v.ere !<'it Sr.,000 each; 4^ cousiris JI.OOU ea< h. and the remainder of hor jjrop- t rty w:is divMilf»(l amo?iK othor rc'l;i - iiv«-;!. friends and iristilutions honifs. etc. The Proctor Players returned to Harmanus Bleecker Hall at Al- bany, N. Y., this week, after play- ing during the summer months at Proctor's, Troy, N. Y. Clara Joel and her husband, William Boyd, are again heading the company, which includes Pierre Watkin, the only actor still with the company since It was organized nearly two years ago; Phyllis Gilmore, Louis Ancker. Jack Lewis, Marie Steffan, Jack Morrissey and Helen Aubrey. A show with a decidedly local touch was selected for the opening week in "East Is West," as Fay Bainter, who really got her start as a lead- ing lady in a stock company at Al- bany seven or eight years ago, starred in this production on Broad- way. Next week, "Nice People," The scale Is 20-30-50 for matinees three days a week and 30-40-60 at night, i)lus war tax. SURKOGATE STOPS ANNOYANCE An attempt by Henry R. Nagle. brother of Claire Nagle Hammer- stein, to subject her husband, Ar- thur Ilammerstoin, to annoyance through the Surrogates' Court, New York, upon the ground that the lat-. ter had failed to file a real inven- tory of the estate left by the de- ceased, of which Mr. Hammerstein is the administrator, was peremp- torily stopped by Surrogate Cohalan last week, who dismissed Mr. Nagle's application upon the ground that the Inventory demanded had already been filed. ' . Claire Nagle Hammerstein, who was a musical comedy actress and the third wife of Arthur Hammer- stein, died without leaving a wlllon Nov. 11, 1921, at Reno» Nov.. where she had gone to seek a divorce, and on Jan. 21 het husband was appoint- ed administrator of her property. Because of some misunderstand- ing between her fath^, Charles Nagle of 225 East North street. Buf- falo, N. Y., and her husband over the distribution of her property her father commenced court proceedings" to force Mr. Hammerstein to file an Inventory of all the property which came into his hands. Berau.se Mr. Hammerstein failed to i)ay any at- tention to the court proceedings ho was finally ordered to show cause why ho should not be held for con- tempt of court. Upon thj day that he wrfs cited to appear in court, through one of his attorneys, he asked tliat the court appoint two disinterested appraisers to make Tho Minneapolis Players, under ^^^ fl,^ ^^o inventory, which was ? r^3 ■^'i ,V.' V the direction of William C. Masson. have reopened the Shubort despite that A. G. Bainbridge. Jr., and his "fJainbrldse I'layors found stock to be a financial failure last season. Dr. C. A. Poanor, local educator, heads a group of citizens who are backing "The Minneapolis Players." The Initial play Is "The Mountain Man." Tho company In- cludes Ninlta BrIstow. Doris I'n- derwood. Ruth Lee, Jessie Drink. Edward I'oynter, Frank Farrington, Arthur Rrhrens, Francis Fraunio. John J^ullivan, David Munro ainl John Todd. Matinees Sunday, Tluirrday and Saturday. ," ' acUins -Gertie's GiirLci*- ia tli'j_. latest production of CJcorgc Mar- shall's iito< k at the liyceum. Balti- more. Repeating Its Wa.shinf;ton !;tO(;k sucocBS. It will he lif^ld for two wofks. Sue Mf'Manamy is pla-ying feminine Icady*. but the mal^j done. "SWEET PETUNIA," NEW Wilson Colllson will produce "J^weet Petunia," of which Arthur rngar is manager. The piece i.s to open Oct. 13 at White Plains, N. Y. Mr. I'r'gar recently returned from Chicago, where he did newspaper work for nearly two years while away from Broadway. Joe Flynn Pressing Two Shows Joo I'lynn has been appointe 1 prpss agent for the Winter Garden, wiih sperial atlmtion to the "PasK-' in^r ^ihow," at the house cur.'-cntly. I' M ^-nn waft-drying tlw» advance worJt- for RViishinp Bride" (L«Mn and M ixJicND up to last week, whon *' ■» lntt4r put up the closing notice, a^id will al.so hand e th^ 'Whisp*.-! .».., Wircy" prt^ss work conjunctively v/i»h the G-Ztrden show*. • ' 't ■ ;■,'.■.•./.'■• -i- >■■■> V . ■' --' ■■ <■''*',• ' .