Show NATIONAL MEN AND AFFAIRS 1 I New Yorkers Pay 22 for Opening of New Follies What Walter Camp Eats for Lunch Reporter in Loud oud Clothes I ny fly T Standard Examiner Special lal Cone CorIo Cone Copyright 1923 1923 NEW YORK TOnK Oct 27 The 27 The pro pro- promoters pro promoters meters of oC the dollar theatre for Cor CorNew New York City are discouraged and depressed Theirs has haa been the Idea of oC bringing good drama and comedy within reach rench ot Of the average man n and woman at a aprice aprice prIce they could afford aCCord to pay It was admitted that there were thou thou- thousands thousands thousands sands probably millions who could not afford aCCord to pay the 4 4 40 ft a seat for Cor the better theatrical productions It was wae also admitted that a lot of ot persons paying fIfty fIfty- five fifty I five cents to see a movie might I be Induced to part with a 0 dollar to see BeO something In tn the legitimate But Interest In the dollar pro pro- pro I project has lagged It ba has lagged he- he be because cause the people of oC Now New York ap- ap apparently ap apparently hale base lost all respect for Cor Corthe forthe forthe the once almighty dollar A A one case note has come to be regarded In the metropolis as of little more real alue than the million mark German note notes hawked about the streets at five and ten cents at apiece The movies that charge 2 2 20 and the shows that charge 4 40 ate cro dod ded each night while the dol- dol dollar dollar dol dollar lar theatre seems entirely lost In inthe Inthe the tho shuffle To make em cm think a athing athing athine thing Is Rood good In New York you have to chargo charge cm em for tor It That Is why v all 1111 records ere vere broken at the opening perform perform- performance once ance of QC f the tho Follies There was an extraordinary line IIno In the opening announcement there will willbo willbe willbo bo be no increase In prices for tor the opening realized performance You real Teal partly what that meant when you asked the aforesaid prices They neme el e 22 a seat This was not spectators the price gouging of ot the tho spec spec- tatora It was as the box office fig fig- figure fig tire ure But still stil there was M ambiguity In that announcement line lIno You wondered how there ever over could be benn bean bean nn an Increase over the 22 22 of oC the opening night Then It was ex- ex explained ex explained that Miss BillIe Burkes Burke's husband meant that after aCter ing charging 22 22 for Cor the opening night there would be bo a return to normalcy normalcy- normalcy It 4 40 can be termed normalcy Heretofore there have been 11 prices charged for Cor the opening per per- per performance of oC the big revue because It has haa been argued these perform perform- performances perform ances baH haic ba about them the Inti- Inti Intimacy intimacy Inti Intimacy macy of oC a I sort of ot gl glorified dress dressor dressor or undress of oC the glen glori of ot the tho American girl But But this year Mr Z argued with that If it tho the people were foolish Coolish enough to pay 2750 to see Mr Dempsey and Mr Firpo sock each other on the jaw and foolish Coolish enough to pay 22 to see aee Zev run nun rings rines around Papyrus why t the they pay 22 to seea seea see a hundred pretty girls In all stages of oC glorification 7 One revue pro pro- pro ducer producer once onee said that It If any of oC hIs girls gIns showed up glorified h would send them home homo to sleep It glorification ore oft But at the rollies glori glori- glori- glori i Is 19 the word ord ord and some of eC the glories wore talcum po pou dor der it IC no more Well Ziegfield was right The New Yorkers fought each other to pay the 22 23 Why there therefore Core should not the promoters promoter of oC a 1 show be discouraged It Is said that when the tho and aud- aUd 1 lence lencs at the opening of oC the Follies I wa was tiling filing out about a m Eddie Cantor was WIlS seen spen tugging and andI I kicking at his orchestra chair Hey what you doing yelled an usher I paid 22 for Cor this Slat seat oung man replied the tho comedian and b the Gods I Im m going to take tae It Ithome ithome home with me Luncheon with Walter Vatter C Camp mp at atthe atthe the tho Yale club New York on II a rainy day clay Naturally you avoid the heavy table d hole hots of oC the main dinIng room and make for Cor the coo coo- specialty the shop shop the grill What willIt It be 7 1 says the grand old man of football The only thing IB is that I ord old doesn't seem to tit fit Walter Camp Bronzed and rugged he sit sits there thero before beCore you vou the plc- plc pic picture i ture tune of oC o irlie manhood He Is bald beyond a doubt but It Is ii not the baldness that bust busts busti right In sour our face Cace You wonder why Then you I realize there I Is it no white pallor to the Walter alter Camp dome Ty too Is and weather beaten beaten- beaten the result of oC many hatle da daIs daIson daison s sIon on the Rolf golf links bridle paths path and lind football fillds Sixty five sum sum- summers Ion mere mers ha have hae e passed pl over the very fino head but they have ve passed Ith ith padded tread trend and left little trace behind them What hat s hat will It be 1 to repe Wal Walter al ter ten Camp and still iou ou hesitate You wonder onder what the D Daddy of the Dally Daily Dozen Is going to take and iou OU dont don't want ant to riska risk ft a fro frown n of oC disapproval from the master of oC condition The master masters s mind Is soon made up and you sit back at attention to hear his 01 der to the head waiter walter You are certain certain tam tain ou are on en the ergo ere of oC som some great dietle secret An oyster stew v and some milk none ackers none of oC the salty kind That s a all 11 there Is to It and ou on wonder why shy hy you couldn t hll haie ha e thought of oC an 0 ouster oster ster stew our our- our our-nolt self HOlt Others ha hae ha e done It no 00 1 get stage fright w u ith Walter Camp Dessert Yes Yea bring me a ajar ajar jar of oC honey and some more milk crackers crl toasted And that's all there was to that that- that that-No No coffee no tea ten just a sort of oC mill mill and honey diet Why hy not notI lant nt that the fabled Cabled menu of oC the theland theland land that Is fairer than thIs But here s a secret Perhaps It shouldn't be told toll But one must be frank Crank with one s public so hero here goes Walter Camp smoked cig- cig cig all through the tho meal just meal pl plain ln common round no gold tips or t Fred Ired Lieb head of the NewYork ew York chapter of oC Baseball niters Association says VS the world series I press bo bo boi never beheld such ear sar- sar sartorial tonal glories as 8 he ho saw in the press stand at Delmont Belmont Perk Park the day Zev put the bee beo on Papyrus I The Tho raiment which gave med Ired sport such a S kick adorned some Mme of the tho sport s from Crom Great Britain One of oC them had hail on a trick derby of oC pearl gray w is Ith pearl gray spats and pearl gray gloves I I m told one of the visitors under the pseudonym of oC Hotspur said Ired Fred If H so 80 I didn t see BOO any reason why hi his friend In pearl gray shouldn't bo be Hot lIot Dog |