Show 1 In New York I 1 NEW YORK YORK YORK-It It pa pays s 's very we wel Yell I to be the hind legs of a horse or 01 or ora a mule for that matter In Iii a world where oversupply in in 1 almost all professions ons Is the tine order r of the day clay its it's really surprising how hov r few good mind hind legs are in the m market martet Broadway generally has Inas a n standing demand for lor such sueh tal talen nt t and yet has on its books but buta a ver very few tew names It takes more than passing talento talen talent t to be bo the hind legs of or A U horse Some of ot the tine biggest laughs of ot man many manya r a a. show havo mayo been provided by bj a aman n man mall whose face has inas never been bee nI I seen by thousands and thousands o of o audiences But Ins his legs and 1 feet fee cc t aro are extremely familial George All Alt is ls perhaps perhaps- Broadwas Broad Broad- ways way's was outstanding l hind ind Ies Bu But All Alt can also alse be b a L n musical u comedy conned V dog if It called callea upon pon S S S Last season Beason a a. woman appeared in the hind legs legs' role lole but no on one C knew it until the theatrical season had ended It was in Peggy Ann Seymour Felix the dance director tor br who cast her for forthe the role says say S she sine wa wag a a. middle-aged middle woman I whose name did not so much a as appear on the program and who wit remains anonymous to this dal daj dai l' l or or all I know she may may be bo hidden a under the eccentric covering of a musical comedy horse morse at this mm minute minute min min- ute in some broadway play Yet reports Seymour she va was S one of the most conscientious members mem menu bers of ot the cast Always in lit makeup makeup makeup make make- up though she didn't need it an and alwa always s 's ahead of Ot time Perhaps i iwas it I t was her one stage chance S S S When Arch SelwYn went to Lo Lon Len don to look over his forthcoming show This Year of ot Grace Gracej In he e found that one of the tine big laughs big laughs o C ot the tine performance was provided b by such a trick horse It was was' one ope o C ot f the best numbers of ot its kind he ha had ever seen Going back stage between a acts act ts 5 to meet the performers who pla playe ed a tho the horse horse- he found the front legs leg s to be a man of ot 72 and the hind legs leg s was pla played ed by his mis son a man o of 50 They had been doing this sor sort of oC work for many a a. year eal But the they wouldn't come to AmerIca Amer Amer- ica ca in irs spite of ot the offers and ap appeals ap ap- ap peals peats of the manager They were too old to tear up roots at home and come to A L new land laud they said S S S STine The Tine story goes that be be- be came canle greatly annoyed cd at their stub stub- born bonn and after pleadIng with them thenn for a time began to swear swear a bit violently Whereupon the tho old man walked over and tapped Selwyn on the shoulder and motioning to his 50 j old ear son said n. n Look here hert you ou nt use that sort of front of 01 the bO boy language in S S Manhattans annual musical leal nov nov- elty city will this ye year r be a conductor conductor- less s symphony orchestra Last 1 y year it was the time mechanistic symphony with steam whistles auto hoi horns iw twenty xylophones fire cr crackers and anti anvils to say of ot minor noise creators b This season season the Am American Sym- Sym Ensemble ha has turned out the time fl first t without symphony a L orchestra to play conductor it has been tried successfully i am ant told tOld in some sonne European soT cities clUes The idea Wea is 15 so I am Informed vidual to let Jet the indi individual indi- indi Own musicians figure out their Interpretations of a tion When the tine program Is arranged ar- ar ranged tM th musicians S' S name a COmmittee COm coin e to decide on tine the t on Intense rehearsal is made since there is no baton to guide them Music fans from all over th country ar are coming hero here to Watch tho the l experiment I am told GILBERT GlIBERT SWAN Copyright 1 1928 NEA Service Inc Ine |