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Then 1 I rccognl7ed recognl7ed recognized him lie Bc " was "as as nas a for former former former mer Broadway bo box boa office man But he tie hehad tiehad hehad had changed lie smiled when he said smd , ' ] lou ou are feedln feeding thl thiee three ee others " " Thus Thusthe Thusthe Thusthe the Introduction to tlio the Actois ACtOlS Actors ' ' Dinner Dinnerclub Dinnerclub Dinnerclub club no\ no noIn now noes \ . In the tbe Hotel Uotel Great Northern Northernon on Fifty rlfty seventh street between bctween Sl Sixth Sixthand Sixthand tb tband and Sesenthtsenues SC\ SC Seventh SCenth Sesenth \ enth 1 nenucs tsenues \ enues . e * . e . ePetite Petite , pleasant , , , piquant Jenny JennyWren JennyWren JennyWren Wren was th thp the ( ' waitress at the table at atsshicii atwhich sshicii hlch we sse \ . e were seated She has danced dancedin dancedIn in thelctrOIolllan the \ Metropolitan \lctrOIolllan lctrOIolllan ) Opeia Opera Opel a house bnl bal bnltet ballet ballet tet let and for two t 0 ind 'lnd lnd And ' half yiirs Yl'lrS YllrS ycArs ' pla pia placed placedin \ edIn ed edIn In "Abie's Abies "Able's Ables "Abte's Abtes " ' ' Iiibh lush II I h Rose Iose { ' Unemployed Unemployedshe , ' sI.e sIe ste . , Is helpln helping others of the stage who whoare whoare whoare are also unemployed unenrpinyed un ( > mployed Wh Whether 1Vhcther .ther ther < . she sheserves sheserves sheserves serves pa\ pa pat paInJ pa \ InJ inf ln , . } , , patrons or those who whoare whoare whoare are citing e'lUng elUng eAting ' free sh she ( > doesn t . know b.oow boow That ThatIs ThatIs ThatIs Is one of the One fine things about the theActors theActors theActors Actors Dinner club 'I I 'Ihere Ihere 'there there ' here Is no "ny ny aay "nyof aayof " wayof of telling who pas pays pa ; s $1 1 SI $ or nothln nothin nothino . ? at atall atall atall all Each Cach gets exactl exactly the same snme menlan mealan meal menl -an an - an excellent meal too And the thegreat thegreat thegreat great and nnd the near greit gre'lt grelt greet ' mingle on onterms onterms onterms terms of the strJcte strictest < ; t equalityS equality * . 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Herbert Ilerbert Rawllnson Rawlinson now playing In'When in'IVlien In When 'When 'IVlien IVlien ' Ladies Ladles Meet ' acted as master masterof masterof masterof of ceremonies In proper propcr Broadway Broadwaystyle Broadwaystyle Broadwaystyle style , , he Introduced some of the celobntles celeb celebTItles celebrides TItles rides present-that present that present - that being a nightly nightlyfeature nightlyfeature nightlyfeature feature of the club-Including club Including club - including . , Leon LeonErrol LeonErrol LeonErrol Errol , , with the funny legs , Cornelia Cornella CorneliaOhs CornellaOtis CorneliaOtis Ohs Otis Skinner , darkly darhly comely and an anactress anactress anactress actress not only by Inhentince Inhent'lnce Inhentlnce inherit'tnce inherittnce ' ' but In Inher inher Inher her 0n ossa ow 0\\ 0 \ n rl right ht as well ; ; Conway Tearle , now no\\ no non noplayng ' \ playing playng [ In ' Dinner at CIght Clght Eight , ' ; , ' and andhis andhis andhis his wife sslfe "Ife Ife " , , . Adele Rowland fiowland , Sophia Tuck Tucker Tucker Tucker er , who ssho ' \ ho ne never . er grows old , , and others othersrach othersInch othersFach rach Inch took a bow and then 1 esumed resumed resumedeating icsumedeating 'aUng aUng eating ( ' , served sered ser\ ser sers \ ed of course , , by ladles ladies of ofthe ofthe ofthe the stage and screen with gentlemen gentlemenof of the tbe stage and screen actlnp acUny actlna as bus busboys busboys busboys boys boysa a . a . . A program goes with dinner dlnner at the theActors theActors theActors Actors ' ' Dinner club It's Its ' a dHl'erent dHlerent different dHl'erentprogram differentprogram differentprogram ' program every night , but the cast Is Isalways isalways Isalways always all star since those of the stage stagegl'e stagegive stagegive gl\'e gl 'e e give \ ' freely of their talents So . , while whilewe whilewe whilewe we finished our coffee corree , Leon Errol Crrol gave gavean gavean gavean an Imitation of an Inebrnted Inebn'lted Inebnlted inebrl'tted inebrltted ' ' gentle gentle- gentleman gentleman gentleman - - man endeavoring endeatioring endea \ orlng to mall man a letter with withmany withninny withmany many ninny , many laughs lauhs . ; though never be be- before before before - - fore had he played to an accompanl accompani accompanlment accompaniment accompaniment ment of Imh knives knlses es and forks forhs Miss Skin Skinner Skinnor Skinner ner nor followed with n a portrayal of an anAmerican anAmerican anAmerican American woman on the eve of san sail sanIng saillag sailIng Ing lag for Paris and the mirth muscles musclesof musclesof of the ' audience 1udlence never got a chance to torest torest torest rest . . Then came Sophia Soplua Tucker and her songs . . So , as It may be seen , din dinIng dining dinIng Ing at the Actors ' Dinner club Is high highadventure highadventure highadventure adventure And It can hardly bardly be becalled becalled becalled called charity because so much Is giv giv- glv given glven given - en for the small Investment . . . S . STrees * . . Trees grow on Broadway at Nlnety- Nlnety Ninety- Ninety Nlnetyfourth Ninetyfourth Ninety-fourth Ninety fourth - fourth street . . They are ornaments ofa of ofa ofa a . ' 'penthouse penthouse .penthouse ' on the top of the apartment apart apart- apartment apartment - ment on the southwest corner , . . . a * . aPossibly Possibly It's Its ' due to small town up upbringingat upbringingat upbringing bringing-at bringing at - at home bome we used to go down downto downto downto to the Big Four depot every e\'ery e 'ery ery \ ' day to tosee tosee tosee see No 7 1 come In but I still stm get some some- something something something - - thing of a thrill from Grand Central Centralterm Centraltermini Centraltermlml term termini In'll Inll ' ] The : excitement etcltement of 01 the hur hur- hurrying hur- hur hurrying hurrying - - rying hundreds Is 1s contagious The Theconfusion Theconfusion Theconfusion confusion , the porters staggering under underloads underloads underloads loads of baggage bngJnge , , suggest far farawayplaces away awayplaces awayplaces places But multitude of porters and andbags andbags andbags bags gives no sure clew to destination destination.A destinationA . . A distinguished 1001 looking 1Dg gentleman gentlemanwith , with a com convoy consoy oy of six welliaden well laden red redcnps redcaps redcaps cnps caps , was going only as far as Albany . S . S * . S . SNo No matter how touching not all a11 the thetarewells thefarewells thefarewells tarewells farewells are reil re'll rell real ' , either New York YorkIs Yorkis YorkIs Is not kind hind to romince rom'lnce romlnce rom'tnce romtnce ' ' . , . There are no noshady noshady noshady shady lanes for trysts But nut at rail rail- railroad railroad . - road terminals nobody pays attention attentionto to embraces and even lingering llngerIng kisses hIsses . . 1933 Bell SyndlcnteW'lU SyndicateW'rU Syndicate Syndlcnte -W'lU W'lU WlU -W'rU W'rU WrU - WNU ' ' STvlco ServIce Servico . . |
