_ _‘ no,
“k interest to local .people
‘ h York.
”d H. Golden, at Bell Island, and
~ $100,000. A breakwater to
d $25,000 .is being constructed by
' M Toomey the local contractor.
'1' story follows:—
und the Selwyns' beautiful new
”a Square Theater. which opened
& dsors October 7th.. with Florence
M in Edgar Selwyn's new play.
‘1': Mirage," there is an interesting
“I.
I concerns three men who are as
Jar removed in temperaments. taste
and inclination as the North Pole is
« te-OVed from that of the South. Yet
" they have combined in a business as-
‘aociation which has been remarkable
fin‘ifl success, for Selwyn and cam-
“! have come. to own theaters all
over America; have produced some of
the most successful plays of a decade
and have under long-term contract a.
f huge list of popular players. most of
when are stars of the first magnitude.
And all within eight years.
“we three men responsible .for
such success in such a brief space of
m are Edgar Selwyn. president of
ahe corporation; Archibald Selwyn.
. flm's younger brother. who is treas—
ztuer of the company. and _ Crosby
m. vicwpresident and director of
ille building activities. both in New
York and in a score of other cities in
which the Selwyn's are now erecting
1heaters of their own.
The inception of this theatrical firm
was attended by a series of incidents
combining travg’miy and comedy.
‘Whea Edgar and “Archie" Selwyn
found producing plays some eight
year: ago it was as much superior to
them as it was to anybody elsc. Some
Six or eight wars prior to that time
Fidgar Selwyn hud come to New York
from Selma. Ala. without a cent in
'.his pockets. He didn't cvcn have the
flimt 01' :1 job. He knew no one;
had no friends: he presented a sorry
I. Sunday's edition of the New
1.; Tribune carried a long story
. w the success of the Selwyn's. Ed-
".I did Archibald. the latter a resi-
.“ here at Bell Island. after eight
' gun of struggle. which is of consid-
as
1.. as it is to the theatrical people
Assn Selwyn. it will be remembered
”sea a handsome estate from
h In building a home there to cost
"_‘ figure as he tramptd day after day
Q from one place to illlOlllt'l‘ in Search
-, of work. He rcntwl it tiny room from
% .1 kind old womnn on l'lust ltrondwuy
j? for which he was supposed to pay
g .3l.25 a week. She in \rr asked him
:59: for the rent luv'nllsc she knew lu-
g didn't have it and in r generosity cx~
i iended lye-n to an orcusional meal
"a “when the dejected youth poured hisl
S; troubles into ho-r s:.‘mp.~1hvtic car. He
3.; didn’t have to impu.~.- upon her long.
however, for about llmi limf‘ ”w “01‘-
wled Square 'l‘lu aler upvuo-d and he ob-
(skilled. a job as an usher.
That was the lu-siunill: of his love
tor the theater. It was also the turn
$21 a long road of misfortune. for after
a. bit he found :1 part with \\'illitlln
‘ Gillette in one of the plays of which
ilnt actor was the slur. Mr. Selwyn‘s
' sum as an actor ('llcnllrngwl him to
filing his younger brother from Ala—
‘m by the mime it: the East. For
.513 promotion Arthur Swlwyn rented it
tiny Office ol‘ which lrrothvr Archie
. Cook charge. The brothers tell a story
(I which is thrntded with all sorts of
Imus experiences. One of the
ad amusing- storils tnbl by the se-
idler selwyll is of his strict censorship
Cf Annie's Weekly accounts.
” “I allowed him $10 :l neck for ex—
m exclusive of rent." Edgar Sel-
.. .ys. “1 {Qt it my duty to give
an the right business training. so I
M an itemized statement at the
a of each week. One week I was
-- - by an item which read ‘Char-
: ‘0 cents.’ I was not displeased
Archie‘s generous disposition. but
fdt he should be none the buss dis-
“. so I sent the statement back
line scratched out and
_ med
. wife to 50
O D!
It might. be Well imagined that the
' mSelwyn was less exacting there-
‘fla in th matter of his brother's ac-
m Especially since there was no
Mr need for such vigilance. for it
‘- not long thereafter that “\Vithln
‘Ihe law" came into their hands.
'I'hey mid it to \\'illiam A. Brady. who
Med it in Chicago. It was re-
m in that city without enthusiasm.
m fact in no way dampened the ar-
“ cf the St-lwyn's. however. 'l‘hey
”fled in “\\'ithiii the Law" to such
.3. extent .that they asked Brady to
.- 12 line to them.
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Now
your dinner;
000." replied Mr. Brady.
. .tween them the Selwyn's
“1 have 810.000. Nor was it easy
'. borrow it. Finally they did man-
“e to scrape it together and with it
- I. Milt "Within the Law" from Mr.
Brady. Having thus obtained control
I. there was no alternative except
mice it. Thus. quite by force of
-nces. the Selwyns became
. ‘ » lproriucers. It would be bet-
.. . ”hails. to say they entered the
w 5 field in self-defense. HOW-
Ile fact remains that they did
I. and enter it with such brilli-
. ofIt!
40f those early days in business togeth—-
venture.
the Selwyns produced
ed they had made 8800.000 out of it.
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salary of $25 a. week.
Crosby Gaiges a trip to England.
“Tell you what I'll do."
Crosby Gaige. ‘
“Yes?" answered Gaige, with a ris-
ing inflection.
"I'll sell_you half of.my interest in
the firm for $5,000." he offered.
Mr. Galge didn't have more than
enough money to set up housekeeping
with his bride. and $5,000 looked
mighty big to him in those days. but
he: told,
searched for the father of a college
chum and asked the loan of the mon-
ey. It happened that the man in ques~
tion not only had plenty of money. but
a sporting vein ran through his blood
as well. So it came about that Young
Gaige. walked into the office of Sel-
wyn and Co. with the nonchalence as-
sumed by capitalists and placed the
$5.000 before Mr. Selwyn's eyes.
So l‘:tl,‘.."‘:ll‘ Selwyn. to satisfy his
sense of poetry. betook himself to the
sold Crosby Galg‘e a lliflf o'f h‘ls inter-
est in the firm. There he imbibed flu-
atmospherc for his play "The Arab."
which he afterward wrote and in
which he personally appeared with no-
table success. Doubtless he would
have been dreaming the dreams of the
listst until this day had he not been
urged b_\ his brother Archie and Mr.
Gain-o to come home. ’l‘hcy had trot-
ten hold ol‘ the. manuscript of "\Vithin
the Law." and they were so enthusias-
tic mcr it thut they couldn't ken-p
still.
\\’he»n the last chapter was closed in
the lisiory of that plny. :ind Edgar
Sclwyu suw hull' of the lll'lllt'l that
might huu- been his shun nl' llll‘ prof»
its l'llllllth‘ into the cul‘l'wt's of (’rosb)‘
(mine. did he cure?
[lull his ambition born that of his
brother .\l‘('lll". thul‘is. to b: come the
fumil} millionnirc, lidsur might hun-
lwen considerably cxuspcrulcd with
himself. Instead. he begun writing:
plays. Of these there have been nim-
successt‘ul ones. if one nluy include
“The Mirage." which is said to offer
the most serious message l-Idgar Sel-
wyn has ever given the world through
the medium of the drama. (if Mr.
Selwyn‘s own plays the Sclwyns thum-
Sclves have produced l‘our—-~"ll0lliu;:
Stones." “The Naughty \\'it‘e" written
,in collaboration with Fl‘ctl Jackson),
“The l'rowded Hour" (written with
'(‘hanninu' Pollock) and "The Mirage."
hm. \thn “A rcl:it-" arrived in
m York the brot hers cslublisllctl
the first pluybr-‘ulwrs' business to he
‘0 ”I! with a. request for an explan- I
‘50.. 'It came back to me with the:
it there was written “Charityzl
4
with which Florence lit-ed will open
the Svlwyns‘ new 'l‘iml-s Square The-
:ltre. on 'l‘hursdny night. (lthcr Scl-
\vyn productions which have scored
great success are “\Vithiu the Law."
“Twin lleds." “ Fair and \Varmer."
"l'nder (‘ovo-r.” .“'l‘he Show Shop."
“Lilac Time." “Buddies." "\Vedding
h-lls‘ :lnd “Smilin' Through.” Just
ahead are “The Toreador.” a new
play. by Louise Coleman, of which Leo
Curillo will be the star. and “Sonny."
a new play, by George V. Hobart. in
which Emma lluun will have the op-
portunity to create :1 singularly up-
pcnliup: character.
*__
young couple had a delightful time
abroad. and when they came back
talked so I..t' ~. bout it that Edgar
&lwyn crux; -l a violent attack of
wanderlu. .~ H craved a trip to the
Orient.
.. w,“
m ‘
ant success that their future as produ- 'would seem impossible to fulfill all
car. was assured by their very first the plans which have been announced
With Jane Cowl as the “an course of erection in New York it
"Within the in every quarter.
Law” in New York,and before it clos-
mous 1-: mm laywrl h ve the
ng p g t' as. The under their direct control.
Outside of New York. theaters own- 'it be announced that he had abandon-
~ undermines
he. believed in the future of the young.
firm which was employing him. so he:
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Beyond the production of ”nu Tor-
eador” and ”Sonny." the Selwylb have
accepted eight or ten plays which they
anticipate offering the public; chance
to see in the current season. a fact
which makes one wonder where the
theaters are to be had for their hous-
ing. for the experience of the Selwyns
but reflects the general prosperity of
theatrical producers at the present
moment. Even with the great num-
ber of new playhouses now in the
The Selwyns will be
helped considerably in the consumma-
.tion of their plans when their second
It w" shortly before this that Cros- new theater is completed next month.
by‘ Galxe became ‘ member 0‘ the‘ This ll the Apollo, which joins their
firm in circumstances which are as new Times 3'1“”? Theater. ”“13"“
humorous as they are interesting. be the larger 0? the two when it is
Mr. Gaige (who is a Columbia man. ready ‘0' “cumin”-
class of 1903). took unto himself a 8‘1“"9' “9 °99nm3 will’be in Fort,“
wife when he first became associated second Street. althdugh the auditori-
with the Selwyns and was receiving a um will
A.- a bridal Street
present Henry Arthur Jon“ the fa- three theaters in Forty~second Street'nem?
(the third being the Selwyn Theater) Dempsey let it be announced that he
Like the Times
run back to Forty-third
This will
Oven-work. worry. anxiety or sorrow
causes contribute to kfimfifi
weak or disused kidneys make one
fedoldismiddleqe
help weak. overworked or diseased kid-
neys and bladder so that the system is l
iree {tom waste and poisonous matter
that comes one to feel old. tired. lon-
‘uid. They bani-h backache. rbcu- 1
mstic pains. sore muscles, utifl' joints. .
Mrs. J. D. Killer. Syracuse. N. Y.. writes: i
"For many years l suffered with kidney trouble r
and rheumatism. I bad a severe backache and I
felt misusble and all played out. l at to a ;
place when I had to do something. A or tak- l
in; two bottles of l-‘olcy Kidney Pills I can say
my backache is (one. and when I used to lay
swlke at nilhl with rheumatic pain- i can now
a", m “mu“ m‘ enjoy . Good um“ ' "3"“ :mny he looked [or soon :lli4 1' El: ( tion
For “to by salmon-Powell Corp ,
ed and controlled by' this young firm
are Selwyns‘ Park Square Theater.
Boston; the Selwyn and Chicago thea-
ters now in course of construction. in
Chicago: the new Hanna Theater in-
Cley'eland. which open its-doors this
fall: a new {theater-rip Philadelphia
and another In Detroit. both ‘of which
aim axon Aoapdnooo .10; 5pm sq ma
wuv Is assessv APATHETK:
WITH REGARD TO Mus:
that tier is not ready
an affine two, and it ought to be
made soon. before the public losevin-
torest in the heavyweight situation.
breathe.
BENGNO A3 LEGION HEAD.
331136390312 0a. 20.~E. Earl
Garlick Mar mm his resigna-
tion as oommhdsr d the American
Lesion Post here to accept the Re-
publican nomination fer State Sena-
tor from the 21st District. Vincent
Now that is has been established? {:J“‘"‘ “W“ him ‘3 Lem"
. ‘ K '3
MEMBER”.
l . PARIS. Oct. 20.“le 'i'“ WWI“
. “It the export of work“ H’ -'-" ”:‘I‘
France Just liron‘llllli'“ *l l ”‘ ...t n
that objects of "Ntlll'ln-ll “uni-7
from u.’ historical or ”NM!" NM” F
View can only luau) tho .«m,.,,.\ a.
permission hill been Kril‘ll'd by ‘
Minister of Public lllsll‘ll-‘llcq.
ticles of furniture dating that k 1
:the works of artists.
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a
fit.
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CHICAGO. Oct. 19.-—-lnvestigatlon
by the special Grand Jury of “19 al— decorators who ll:l\c hm n m... ‘I
tried "ttxlnx" of the 1919 world scr- than go your: at m. an“, F ' I ..
L?“fid‘hi“£fi“‘r§.flkfl'&.§lm "on and "w 0...... ommma l-
Al. the ”1-9;?!“ session. " was lndi. caullioll in l“":lncv ill‘l. :ll‘ll ltd m U“
cated that special attention would be law.
paid to baseball pools. and the Grand ‘fl
Jury was expected to make some re-
Georges Cornea.
for a bout with Jack Dempsey what's
the matter with signing Dempsey
with Harry Wills? For some reason
or other the negro who stopped Fred
Fulton is not getting much out of
the boost which that victory gave
NI linguistic position. We note a
give the Selwyns'.
.for Cnrpcntier's bout with Lewinsky did
Ision ammunrw that it is rmuly in do!
strange apathy in the Dempsey camp
whenever the name of Wills comes
up. Can it be possible. that the
world's champion is afraid .of the
Bd'ore Wills met Fulton,
would meet the winner. He also let
ed the color line, which had been
drawn only as a matter of current
convenience, anyway. Now Dempsey's
manager says that the champion will
meet the black only if the public
shows that it wants such a match.
1 seems to us that the. only way to
find out if the public wants the light
ran-353's
L. B. 0.
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commendation as to whether or not
they were a form or gambling harm-
ful to professional baseball.
,\V’itnesses summoned for today's
hearing incuded Harry France. owner.
of the Boston Red fiox: Charles Eb-
bets. owner of the Brooklyn Nation-
als. and "an Johnson. president of
the Amerlcan League. who was recall—
ed. No answers have been received
in tclcg‘ranls sent to Arnold Roth-
illcln. mentioned in previous hearings
us a New York gambler. who profited
loy the alleged "firing" of the 1919
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not work mu as had been planned.
It had been intended as a revlver of
Amcricun unthusiasm over the
Frenchman. but it acted just the
other way. “‘ith (‘arpentlcr shelved
only two men stand out as worthy of
bouts with lrmpsc-y “’ilh' and Hill
Brennan. The Brennan hunt is to be
staged in Madison Square Garden
just as soon as the llmiu: (‘nmmls-
This announcement
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Glenn Hunter in "Clarence" at the Regent Theatre Monday, October 25.
Seat sale Wednesday, October 20.
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