The evening world. Newspaper, November 8, 1913, Page 8

ee eeeeeeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeereree If You Would Know American Topnotchers, Meet ’Em in London For It Is in the “‘American | Bar’’ of the Savoy You| Hear Wilson Mizner Tell | His Choicest Stories of | Broadway Life and of | Wild Things That Hap-, pen on the High Seas. And It Is in Dear Ol’| Lunnon, Old Top, That William J. Burns Meets His Theatrical Manager, Klaw, and Makes All Kinds of Engagements for Subsequent Dinners. ‘There are a fot of “Broadwayites” tn Mew York. Some of them manage to fet their names in the newspapers tout as often as there are Tuesdays 4nd are about two miles alead of the )rocession—the success demonstration 411 of them are right in the rays of the broad White Light. The York aewspaper man thinks he knows all About them. But he doesn't, And if 0@ Wants to get on more Intimate terme with them he must get to “smoke” and fateh them as they are mingling with the fos of London. If you happen to “shuffle” into the Bavoy on a real London day just make for the lobby of thia fa- In a very few momenta on intimate terms with the “dunch” who go holidaying against the “fish-tank" you will be chatting with then. in the little room just to the eft of the entrance, more familiarly known as the “American bar.” On the particular day that I rushed qe the place I found George Broad- burst leaning up against the bar appar- watly waiting for some one to talk to. New, George doesn't drink, He just ‘etuffe” around there to buy drinks for ie felends, And his friends are most- ty’ newspaper men—foreign correspon- Gente who come in for “copy.” “T've got a rich one for you,” besan (he author of everything that te “rot- tem.” gocording to himself. ‘I went to the Middlesex last night and saw an Magtish version of ‘Uncle Tom's Cabin.’ Can yeu beat it? Can you imagine such ® thing? Real, dear, heavenly Uncle in @ canned ish version of Yat dear old character. “UNCLE TOM” BECAME A LIGHT MULATTO. “Well, ai any rate, I went. The first thimg that appealed to my sympathy was the fact that Uncle Tom had been turmed into @ sort of cream-colored mu- latte, @ you know what that fa, and Speke with a decided ‘cockney’ accent! Think of it! A clear ‘cockney’ accent! Peer Uncle Tom! 1 laughed, In fact, I vo long the head usher threat- ened to have me put out. ‘% qucceeded in smothering my amuse- eat until Fllza crossed the toe. Then 4 wasn't put out, but chose the more agreseble method, and walked out, But I Bad @ good laugh before 1 went. This @ why T laughed: Elisa was @ typical sagt aide Jowens. With a ‘dummy’ in ber arms abe fled terrifically across the loo—weal big cakes of frozen ‘aqua pura'—followed by three big, vicious. besking fox terriers, which ran, barking. Yelping and howling from the blows of 4 Whip held in the hand of some over- beer. nd of the whip could i BHORT TALKS DRINK * “bakin ignite ‘The Gatlin Treai @an who wants to quickly overcome ner- vousness, desire for liquor and the ef- of asrzessive ladulgence, No pubs A st-ong drugs. No hypoderm! |. No bad after-effects 2 ‘TLIN’ INSTITUT: IN 3 TE” Al West 23d St., N. TG che. ent appeals to the! droy was a lovely scene of Naples! Get the contrast? What ap eye to stage effects! George's excuse for helag in London war to ‘Rourht and Paid For," which was being rehearsed at the New Theatre at the cme. SUCCES68 PRODUCED BY AN ACCIDENT. “1 sibmitted ‘Bought and Paid For to Willam Brady @ couple of yearn Ago, It was produced by an acel- dont. Brady had selected a piece for his wife, Grace George. which he thought would he a tremendous ‘hit.’ But it wasn't And the result it had to be withdrawn a fow weeks after {tn initial production The season looked rather gloomy for Brady and he began to search bis dusty flies for a play te put on in the place of the failure, He finally ran acrosa “Rought and Patd For,’ and, a® it appeared to be the best in the ‘bunch, he took a chance on it. You know the answer, 60 you see even 4 manager gets ‘biffled’ occasionally,” It is while the Broadwa: mingling with London that one gets hat talee from them. For it they have the time to “put * And many of these tates are never told on this side of the water One of the most striking figures geen in the Savoy is Ivan Caryl!, He ueually stops at the Carlton, but spends a great deal of his thme In the Strand hostelry, because moat of hin friends are to be found there. CARYLL GETS HIS IDEAS WHILE FISHING. Caryl in a typical Frenchman and Spends most of his time on the out- skirts of Trouville, where he owns @ beautiful estate, He is proud of two things: one ta the fact that a real sparkling brook runs thro tate, and the other because he has én his poasesston the old mahogany desk which formerly belonged to Alexandre Dumas, and on which the famous au- thor wrote “The Three Musketeer: and the majority of his other work When I saw Caryl! last summer he wan on hix way to the estate and his handsome chateau, where he was going to write "The Litth fe," which is to he produced in New York enon. “I get most of my ideas when I am fishing,” he sald. “In other words, I go fishing fot my ideas. I love to fi and I love ideas. I get the ideas while walting for the fish to bite, Most of ‘Oh, Oh, Delphine!’ and all the other of my musical comedies were written right on the aide of the little brook which runs through my estate, You must come over and fish with me some time. citement I overlooked the Invitation. been published until now, was a story told mo by Wilson Misner, the author of “The Deep Purple.” MADE TOO MUCH MONEY TO WRITE PLAY. Misner had gone to London to write a play based on the American in Lon- don, But he never seemed to be able to start dt, for he had only been in London « few days when he was called in to rewrlte Max Pemberton’s book of “Come Over Here,” the London Opera Houne revue, which Pemberton elipped on, because of his unfamiliarity with Americana and American life. But Misner made so much money on the revue that he forgot about his original intention, and returned to New York recently to winter in the Ioe Angobes district of California, However, the tale which he related to me one day shortly after his arrival in Lon- don will be immortal. It appoors that one day while Wilson was aliting in the Palm Garden of the Mauretania, on its eastward journey, an old leman approached him and took a t at his table. In a moment the two were conversing on the excel- lent weather, “This is the first ocean voyage I've taken since 184, when I atarted on the old State of California, which was bound from San Franciaco to Australia,” said the old gentleman, “The nip caught fire off the lower coast of Callfornia, ‘The captain ¢ried to Weach her, but before he succeeded tn Ing the vessel to the shore y of the three hundred passengers and crew had been lost except myself © the English production of | Ginays Unger, who wroti Ris es-|* line when you are com- car meet you, and ¥ | down on @ farm in Kent, ewned by an The biggest “acoop” which was given to me in London, and which has never EY. ss and a young girl whowe name T have e e nents ond real estate speculation. The forgotten.”” ul ing 0. e ome Mirth beara actual demonstration that HERE'S WHAT HE TOLO THE this great movement of transformation 49 In active progres ieee teed sieminy o m| AS aM Matter of Econom y® THAN E story told by hia strange companion, | FOR SMALL HOME BUILDERS. and as the narrative progressed his in. i are fun epee al ge for me terest increased, until, when the man " msideration of home builders. @ had flninhed, Misner jumped up and ex-| President of fof the Real Es- Felection of @ #ite In the primary form claimed: ‘That woman was my moth- of economy in the building of the home, ar! I have listened to her tet that] C@€@ Association of the ind a Wibe purchase ie very HUY Wt story dozens of times and of the great) State of New York Says ve start to lay the foundation of a hardships you both suffered for two daye D pmfortatle fortune At any rate the and nights on a ratt unt you were) the Election Has Dem- home builder should buy hie site tn a finally picked up by @ passing steamer section that is certain to score large and taken back to San Franctaos. a os biker land values, for this means ‘The atranger took Mizner's addrene In low Importance section will be continually more Ban Francisco, and as he left the ship P idl, for ho and that |* th of Real Estate in the Metropolitan Suburbs. BY WILLIAM H. MOFFITT. Four very significant facts have beer demonstrated by the recent election in New York City. First, we were impreaned from the start with the Influence of real estate welfare as a dominant issue. Beoondly, the exhaustive discussions of real estate conditions made proml- Nent the fact that budget outlays and the great expenses of subway building declared that as soon as he returned to America he would cross the continent and pay a visit to the other survivor of the old State of California. ‘One of the mont interesting characters who visit London Hy in Avery Hopwood, author of “Beven Daya.” Dur- Ne laat viait of Hopwood there wan @ rumor that he was about to marry the lyrics of “The Marriage Marke But Gladys denied the rumor one day to me in her beautiful apartments in Harewood House, Hanover Square. “I am too busy to think of matrimony,” ahe raid At any rate, they have both been “pais| Will reach a total of 6260,000,000 a year for a number of years.” or more during the coming four or five Avery went to London last mummer|years, all of which muat be provided rite some new plays for Wagen- nd Kemper. He rented a fiat, Hed @ typewriter, locked all the doors, lost the key and declared he Would not reappear unti! he had fin- shed a piny. He was in that apartment Just one day. Then he went back the typewriter, paid the rent and broke out of the flat. His action was prompted by noise! For, try as hard as he would, Hopwood found it impoasible to write a fingle line, So he packed his trunks and declared he would go to Berlin. by owners of city property. ‘Thirdly, we came to realise ail the more vividly that large part of this huge outiay is intended directly for the Purpose of spreading the value of the outside territory at the am of ola realty owners in the city. Fourthly, the startling increase of ¢he vote In the suburban boroughs recorded @bsolute proof that the population it wpreading already at a rapid rate and that It i# sure to spread with growing volume and through wider territory telligent consideration The second in: Landon was too fa 4 noisy for the | With the steady increase of the metro: | dicates the high city taxes are author of "Seven Day! politan masses during the coming | gure to » attention of small FOUND BERLIN WAS FAR TOO home in Js Just outside ot facts establish the continually NOISY. the city mits. The third shows that He went to Berlin. A fow days tater| sins importance of suburban real) the new rapid transit avenues of least as I entered the Savoy there eat|Ctate. The first shows that it {8 des | resistance for the population flow are Avery, with a large grin, monopolizing | #24 te Come more and more into tn- | certain to carry the masses onward to | one of the handsome eettees in the| ~~~ ee eeerenee. =+| those outlying sections, thus making lobby, “What's the matter?’ quated relics on the Rue St. Honore, 1] them the real centres for land enhance: | ‘Have you finished the plays heard later, ho was busily pounding out | “Fintahed h'— he replied, copy to the tune of a play or two a day. | ~ most interesting Broadway- els to the Savoy annually famous sleuth William J. Burns, the “guy” who has every news- paper man—or Journalist, I should say— in London, and England generally, on his side. When Burns hits town there is always a grand rush to the Savoy, and I have seen as many as thirty and forty journalists clustered around his bed as Burns, resting back against the Pillows, in his pajamag, narrates his ex- in rounding up the bad For one solid hour Marc Kiaw stood with ening in the lobby “The Argyll r he had reached appreciation of the uddenly saw Burns main dining room to- 1s worse than London. used to that ‘bunch’ of frankfurters, and their ‘*burgers' are twice as noisy as any street in New York." Just then I “apotted"” Puccini, who was en reute from the desk to the lift. I made one grand rush for him, and caught him just as he was bout to enter the cage, to ascend to his room. “Oh! I am doing knot-ting,” hi piled in anawer to my question what he was working in the line of operas. “I can find no librett. Do you know any one who can write librett? I T couldn't get | 4 the close of 1 youre uke teenie something, but T| great sleuth I cannot. Oh, dear! I do not know what| coming from ¢ to do.” And he walked mournfully into] ward us. the “Iift” and ascended. “Have you ever met Burns?” I in; ‘Then I went back to Hopwood, who] quired of Klaw wan atill pining for quietude. “Only once,” sald Kiaw, “and that 1 am now going to take a chance| was the night his play was produced. But I've forgotten how he looks.” T was soon to put this remark to the test. Burns came up, cordially grasped old aunt of mine whom I haven't seen he continued. “I think that I fo find peace and quietness must de off | my train. my hand and began chatting about his trip to Paris and back. Seeing that he! paid no attention to Klaw, I decided Just then Wilson Misner came through the lobby, and knowing that these two had never met, I thought this was a god opportunity of running them to- gether. I did. And the result was that Hopwood lost his train. It upset plant He never went to Ke even ‘ted those plays, and th: him was several as he left the Savoy, monthly for his share of the ro: Then 1 turned to Klaw hands with the ‘guy’ ing about for the p. hou 1 wald, ir, Burns, this ie your manager, Mr, Klaw.” Both looked surprised, and before their | hands had ed they were making ents for the next day, it. In fact, they ir during the of Kiaw's stay in London. money “CASCARETS” IF HEADACHY, BILIOUS, SHAKY. CONSTIPATED—DIME A BOX Furred Ti tion, Sallow 8! aches jue, Bad Hoek Indiaes in and come from a to! pid | liver" clogged, constipated bor which cause ‘our stomach to become fill baad w ed jon ich sours and erything that is Tmtie and nauseat- A Cascaret to-night will straighten uu out by morning—s 10-cent box from ur druggist will keep your Liver active, in, Stomach sweet, Head the} clear, and is you feel bully for months. Don't forget the children. a = the Mo matter where 9 you live, W. 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Such investments have made for- tunes of many millions for families lke , | the Astors, Goelets, Rhinelanders, Enos and others, The founders of the great fortunes were far-reeing and prud They realized the power of the amount of wealth that is centred hei and is always accumulating—of the won- derfully growing population and its de- mands for both homes and business quarters. They studied the march of progress and the principies of our sub- urban development. Yet there are people now who will tell you that the days for thus accumu- lating great fortunes in New York real estate have passed. This impression ts all wrong. We are only at the real Greater fortunes will be ma and will continue to be made in ¢ years to come, I am confident that t record for the next twenty-five yea will exceed that of the past fifty in the matter of metropolitan land advances. |'There will be this difference, however-— while the past has seen @ few im- mense fortunes accumulated by the un- jearned Increment principle, the comin, enhancements will be divided among far greater number of owners because the lexsons of the past have been = learned well and the profita which te- sult from persistent holding of realty over a long period are now proven facts rather than abstract theortes, ELECTION GUARANTEES CON- TINUANCE OF BIG PROGRESS. The election guarantees that our great rapid transit lines will be carried to completion in the most efficient and economical manner. New York is sure to wet the grand transit avenues that will spread it in all directions to the very limit of its territory. 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