Show r 1 I PERCY HAMMONDS HAMMOND'S LETTER r By ny rEncy PIRCY JU f I I EW YORK Sept 22 Than Chan Pollock OLO found founded l a 0 on nn an axiom of or his own o malting makIng arn attributed tho the pro proverb rb to toRalph Ralph Waldo aldo Emerson on louo Non ono ot of the tho local drama critic s orad dl lr IL Pollocks ambush and now ho hoIs hi Is 15 tand nd of oC o ml In at thorn thom every overy tiem they do not like lIle Ilk hi hn P l s sn hope MiLeo n a The The 6 ft o Mr Leo DAla the auth author Ia Ies lou ml JIll All Dodd I Corned 18 1 I based 0 oi a 1 to havo bno been nude nuda by Talleyrand tho the 1 e that the the tho things change chango the tho more moro the theare ar the tho ame aarne Plu PIu e ce r plus change chani Iut Ii li h memo I 1 to 0 o Mr Mt Dodd s a pie pla- bill lillI and no 0 o ha hg little Ittle donot that he ho Tilly Uy pOr It-pOr- it b ain jR on night In the salon lon of oC pcr It-pcr-I Imo do Genile lev Ce feW and perhaps a r nights tor later In that o 0 Mm de do Sea l or other l We 0 ran an listen t s to I and nd T C DI Dl DI ou ear the tho line IIno that f 1 ouI 11 I d d the th other nt nie-nt at tho the Plus r ce c l plus chang change plus plus 11 Ls melt meLre 0 chose 7 Scenes s are the tb same Mme an and It Is la now nov Dob Kin Edwards Edwardq or OHve i who co tho circle cIrce S S SAt i At any rate Sir Mr r Dodd aided by Henry 1 Millers Miller's theatre that I 1 fe runs rune around In clr th los For example In the th tire fIrst scene cen Mr Miller while hUe offering Mr I son Mason un dinner ci- ci cigar cigar cl clear gar ear pinches his finger In the ibe cIgar cli box and utters utter a 0 litle outcry Sa Says Mr Mason who 1 l a beek review re reviewer er r to Mr who la Js a 0 book I I wl with s-kh h I could afford I like liko these their So So do I 1 Is Ia Mr Miller s a quick rejoinder And AndIn Andin AndIn In the tho a slUr a years year's years year ox- ox ox changes chances v t e see seo Mr Miller bruising his finger r again hUe giving Mr rr Ma Mao Mas 1 an after after and we wo ht hf hf thorn I the Identical plen pleasantry with w which tho pla pIa began Plus co cc chutte charte- I plus plu le Ie I menlo memo chose T i You Ytm begin ln to worry about bese I ti Nw New ow 1 Yoi ers Immediate Il L ly otter after the cu cu tarn goes gnps up The Th A Wallac Mr Ir Miller and amM Mss We s Blanche Ble are ar entertaIn entertaIn- t the tho l Fibers bers Mr Ma M son and Miss ur L L Lauri Hope Crews Crew The son ion of oC the Fibers Mr Geofrey ry rey Kerr Is married to the tei h- h tot or of o the tho ts Miss fluth Chatterton A Ue tte senior mil md Jabers Fabers are aro ar engaging nr them them- elves In brilliant 1 Is y ner conver Mr Korr Orr r es II In to ey ay that Miss Misa Chatterton has baa eloped from hIre him to a h novelist Mr Nr rell Felix 1110 Krembs Tho rho oc on of oC Mt M MJ M Kerr J rr by the theay y ay Is la that th t o 0 a r at Yale Tale S S None of nC this of at course Interest tau ou but w wo think you ought to lenow about It since It belongs belonis In any history of the American drama So v e 0 Insist upon continuing Miss as ai a rationalist mother glories In her abscon- abscon ion Allon lon Mr Miller as II a conventional v i ell ted father Is li horrified by It ItOn ItOn ItOn On tho the other hand Mr Mason 1 OA as the mildly radical male mal parent of nr oth the tho deserted boy S with his daughter In laws daughter ws defection While Miss Misa Cre Crena s as his hl reaction OIl OIl- t t-ry Ife ife does not In the th change chanc ensue Mr grows too fond ond of at Miss Faber and Mr Faber fInd a II twin tin soul In Mrs e i at the th wholesome ter- ter terminus ter minus ery e e ery ane returns return to his Ilia I position Lite Life In New lew York Tor City has endured some Borne om temporary changes chance but blot at the th end ond It Is as an a Inning In baseball all baseball all the tho came We 0 W left l tt them rather reluctant Monday night drinking the sane an coffee cottec and and cordials and scintillatIng log Ins with the th Kamo llamo Por Pork Park Avenue epigrams And when hen they talked so nicely about Junior tho the promiS- promiS promiSIng Ing grandchild w o 0 agreed with all allI nother other drama 10 lou s s 's that life lito Is i an- an I el Cui when hen presented u upon pan a It t Is li to In In how Mr lIr Miller r s a com coni- comI I pany led the th arlous I rol roles You Yau hae ha ha e seen these theBe players mn times and iou ou ought to know knowIn knowin knowIn In ay as well veli as asIn asin aIn In life lite the ino more moro things the themore more It Is tho the same me ame I I I Mr Dodd Is I helpful n a 0 The s to those who ho Are art ill ill- Informed about life liCe lit In caso case ou Oll OllI I do not know that human e I Is a leaky boat ou au will learn that fact from froni Miss Ml s s a a asser- asser assertion er- er tion of oC it What you may ha base haa ha a wondered Is the th difference between Inhibition and and where here does docs bC seer NOT from rom mis- mis beh lor 1 lou ou nih lJ be told sold about them Ulem In The Slam Many lady drama lovers may racy assume as n Miss 1 did that marrage is 19 a n wild lId lose o affaIr co under federal auspices and he be bi taught to by her experience c th that t It lse One Ono of Dt the tho e Jauntiest ot of Mr Dodds Dodd's Dodd Is ll that he h to Mr tr MIler In Inthe the lost act He lie Is I referring to 10 Mr Mason who represents a writer i ot of o newspaper editorials and dims of nC o art arts The Tho first sound he h uttered alter after att r he ho as born Sll niMr Mr Miller isa was liS We W we wc we se e Sl S S S When the tir explorer announced not so long ago that In Poppy Pappy I Mr Ir W C FIelds it had compared the tho gaudy udy sepulchral appeArance app 0 of Miss Emma Imma Jan ler to that of ofa ofa ola a kept ieli kept ell bolle bolle od that a new n w Joke had been discover discover- discovered discovered ed Miss Dorothy Donnell the theauthor theauthor theauthor author wo so 0 thought had lit a chel cheet chen ful ful CuI candle In tho th sad lad and solemn J night of oC the th and iv Wo hui- hui zaed for Cor hor br and It ath Ith all the gusto gusto of ot our enthusiastic nature It seems ferns now that our aur bon bonfires tires and nero wro ero Ill bestowed VIII B D J ot of o The Tho Th Ne New NewYork N York World arid and ono one of nt the laure laura laureates laureates ate ates ot of musical corned comedy writes s In Into into Ino to Intimate that the th jest Is as lIS old DId M as Dandolo and as He saYI say I had b been en trying to thin think up upa upa a 11 gag for Up in the Clouds ou nn one oko oke being all alt tho union allows for musical comedy when hen my wife who Is not a 0 n humorist reminded mo me that the th day was our nUl wedding ersary That happy event ha haIng Ing occurred fifteen years yean bo- bo before fore bo-fore fore Core had naturally slipped my mind mind and coupled with the Cad fad f that no flowers had arrIved at the th house hous a classic v was sas as born when she he rom remarked Bet Betor ore we w were ere mar mar- marrIed married ried nod Bill you used to keep k ep m me looking liko a kept ecu o grase crai S S Since BInco then the th observation has been n slave lav to many musical come come- comedians com diana Mr Johnstone report and and now It Is ll customary and useful us upon the th tage t f as a stagehand sta We Weare Weare Ware I are therefore ther ore a bit timid In nn- nn announcing an as t fosh fre esh h tho the contents content of aC I two other whose who hers her her un- un un about s wo ee 0 wore were uv are In Artists Artists Artist anI on l Models 1 Mr Frank ray Fay produces R It burlesque hand ot stunt stunt and ho call callas I as Is to tho the audience for or vol volunteers to help him Two To actors 1 01 respond both excellent co s but o unknown to tam fame sInce Inco their Identity Is I not to be found on nn the th program I 1 can sing sass sas ai one on ol of thorn them furtively What can iou ou sing Mr ray Fay I I can sing J a a song ong named Is tho the an- an answer wor Sing Bint It Mr Fay And the tho lad IV S hell You and I Were Young McGee The other chaps suggests tho that th the t he i too kno knows knos s something about abut the th ballad ballads Did Did l ou nu over ever hear the tho theone theone one called Big Bir HOrse Horo he le aka aJ a No says tuya Mr tr Fa Fai gl gise 0 It to us usAnd I And the tho boy begins to sIn sinZ nB Dig Big I love lov youl i SInce Sine the th joke jokes in Artists and nd are r tho the product of nt o tin tile sprightly mind s ot of o the tho Illustrators as a evinced d In their annual revue wo regard the th a above abose bo 0 0 observation U as a dawn like and dew dewy We 0 wonder which ot of the tho core ot of brilliant authors author who leho campo sed and Models Model produced those line James Jemos Mont Mont- Montgomery Montgomery Mont Mont-Comry I gomery Flaig Harry Wagstaff Gribble Clair Claire Briggs Brigg Ray Ilium Ho ord Chandler Christy or Oliver Herford 7 Wo We are ar moro or nr less Joss glad that we w did not attribute them definitely to any one ane on of nt our favor favor- favorIto favor It Ito Ite 1 For or ere er long Ions Ion we w shall hail hall perhaps be b appraised ot of the th tact tact fact by some somo om Will B or nr other that they thy base o bee been used before |