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V O L . X L V I I . N o . 26. Ptiblished Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 1 Madison Ave.,New York, December 26,1908.
later MacRoosevelt of Glenraincoat—sometimes
called Mackintosh. The President, while ad-
Of the Clan of Macintosh, When Persuaded by
mitting that there might be some truth in the
Harry Lauder, the Well Known Scotch
accusation, hoped that Mr. Lauder was mistaken.
Comedian, That He Was of Scotch Descent—
No shorter and uglier word was used, however,
But the White House Donkey Ate the Ar-
much to the satisfaction of everybody present. •
tificial
Thistles and
Now Suffers from
A series of tableaux were then given. Speaker
"Prickly Heat."
Joe Cannon was scheduled to appear as "Hon-
esty," but did not show up owing to lack of re-
Not hearing a word from the press bureau of hearsal. "Tim" Woodruff posed as a future
T. B. Harms and Francis, Day & Hunter re- Senator with little or no success, while Joseph
garding the visit of Harry Lauder to President Pulitzer made an excellent picture as "The End
Roosevelt on Tuesday of last week our "Man on of the World." A most emphatic hit was scored
the Street" takes the opportunity to gently chide by Harry Lauder himself, who in honor of Sir
this concern on missing a golden opportunity to Thomas Dewar, posed as "The Whiskey of His
exploit the famous little Scotch comedian's songs. Forefathers." So realistic was this picture that
He therefore gives the following account of this the President sent out for a dose of bromo seltzer.
historic visit, the description being the direct
Towards the conclusion of the visit Harry
result of a welsh rarebit, taken shortly before re- Lauder's legs were carefully wrapped in a
tiring on Saturday night:
blanket and the entire party were photographed
Washington, D. C. (delayed in transmission), 191)8. on the White House veranda, the President after-
The casual visitor in Washington, to-day (Tues- wards presenting Mr. Lauder with a cigar and
day) would imagine that Mr. Taft had taken time one green coupon both of which were carefully
by the forelock and was inaugurating himself wrapped in paper for use on some future occasion.
three months ahead of schedule time. However, As Mr. Lauder was leaving the President solicit-
the magnificent decorations seen here in the ously enquired if he was cold with the kilt.
store windows are in honor of Harry Lauder, Quick as a flash Lauder replied: "No, I'm kilt
the well known Scotch comedian, whose songs with the cold." Then the President fainted. All
are published by T. B. Harms and Francis, Day Harry Lauder's songs are published by T. B.
& Hunter. The Lauder party arrived here at Harms and Francis, Day & Hunter, and are ob-
7.30 A.M. this morning on the special Pullman tainable from the publishers direct or from any
car, "Riva," in which Mr. Roosevelt himself made Scotch jobber.
his famous continental trip to the Pacific Coast
a year or so ago. After breakfasting on haggis
SWEET AND DELIGHTFUL
prepared by a corps of chefs (vide the press)
and the train greaser (who nearly spoiled the Is "Peggy Machree" Says "The Man on the
succulent dish by emptying too much train oil
Street"—Its Gentle Fun and Tuneful Music
in the saucepan). Mr. Lauder. who had pre-
Being a Thousand Times Welcome—Joseph
viously removed his kilted pajamas, quickly at-
O'Mara Makes Striking Impression.
tired himself in his walking skirt, and buttoning
on his sporran (see nature fake directory),
Welcome dear "Peggy!"
Welcome "Barry
placed his 'bagpipes securely around his neck.
Trevor." Welcome all of you, you sweet and de-
Thus attired he entered a waiting taxicab and lightful characters bringing with you as you do
was driven in the direction of the White House. the true scent of the "ould sod" and the true
Turning into Pennsylvania avenue, however, Mr. blarneying humor that causes a lump to rise in
Lauder noticed that the cab indicator was the throat, and a tear to well in the eye, of every
registering with unhealthy rapidity, it having Irishman, who exiled from all that is dearest and
already passed the sixty-cent mark. A sudden best to him, finds in every laugh a tear, and in
stop, owing to a block in the traffic, enabled him every tear a laugh. For in the Irishman tears
to deftly alight from the vehicle with his escorts and laughter are very close akin.
without being observed by the driver, who in this
Joseph O'Mara has brought to the Broadway
way continued the journey alone. Later the Theater a real Irish comedy with music, and
driver in question was taken to the local lunatic best of all he does not rely entirely on new
asylum, shrieking that a Scotch ghost dressed in melodies to carry his offering to success. Why
kilts had hired him and had disappeared into thin should he when Moore's "Believe Me if All Those
air.
Endearing Young Charms" is as new to-day as it
The arrival of the Lauder party at the White was on the day it was written, and will be as
House was somewhat of a disappointment, owing new again on the day when Ireland writes its
to the fact that the front decorations which con- final Epitaph on the hallowed remains of Robert
sisted of festoons of artificial thistles had been Emmett. The writer is by no means disparaging
surreptitiously eaten by the White House donkey. the original numbers, however, all of which
Mr. Loeb took the entire responsibility, however, score individual successes. Not only are they
and as he (the donkey, not Mr. Loeb) appeared tuneful, but they are in the picture, and not in-
none the worse for his prickly meal peace rela- troduced to exploit a St. Bernard dog or a bevy
tions were maintained.
of trained children. For "Peggy Machree" is
Mr. Lauder, whose songs are published by T. Irish—as Irish as the pigs of County Wicklow—
B. Harms and Francis, Day and Hunter, greeted and not Williamsburg or 14th street, for which
the President kindly, and endeavored for some the saints be praised.
moments to persuade him that the Roosevelts
At the opening performance on Monday night
were the direct descendants of the MacRooseys—• Mr. O'Mara made—indeed he had to make—a
HOWDY? SAID MacROOSEVELT
SING
^.OS 0 P P E I R S *EAR E N T S '
short speech, in which he said that the object in
presenting "Peggy Machree" was to give a clean,
pure and wholesome entertainment. Had he
added "clever," "musical" and "altogether delight-
ful" to his list of adjectives no one in the theater
would have gainsaid him.
The cast is of even excellence and includes
Adrienne Augarde, vastly improved «ince the
days when she appeared in such comedies as
"Dandy Dan the Lifeguardsman."
John D.
O'Hara as "Alexander McDougal," a Scotchman,
gave a piece of characterization which will keep
him in America indefinitely if we have a pro-
ducer who knows his business. Of Joseph
O'Mara himself all that can be said is that he
is Joseph O'Mara. And if there is any higher
compliment to be paid him it must be under-
stood as written.
To the retail trade the writer has only to say
that in years he has heard no more delightful
Irish music. Every song does honor to all con-
cerned in it, and if the writer's recommendation
goes for aught then verily will the music of
"Peggy Machree" be heard from coast to coast.
The following numbers are particularly recom-
mended: "Ladies We Love You," "The Birds
Fly South," "Peggy Machree," "Idle Colleen,"
"Family Pride" and "O Love Me Roses." Pub-
lished by the John Church Co.
THE MAN O.\ THE STREET.
SOME FANTASTIC IMAGININGS.
Says the New York Evening Mail: "There
has been large and abundant commotion in music
publishers' alley these last few days. Several
singers of popular songs, including Marie Cahill
and Blanche Ring, have organized themselves
into companies to issue their own editions of
sheet music of melodies identified with them,
and Will Cobb, author of 'Dolly Grey' and other
plaintive melodies, is doing likewise. If this
scheme expands and amplifies it means—as a
leading music publisher observed Saturday after-
noon— that these same publishers, who have
grown wealthy, buying automobiles and other
airy trifles, will lose a fat slice of income. It
costs no more than $50 to print a song, with its
title page thrown in, and if it should turn out to
be a season's hit it can make for its issuer a
considerable percentage of $100,000. Can't you
detect the Eva Tanguay, Vesta Victoria and Alice
Lloyd Music Publishing houses in the offing?"
Says The Review, to this and all such other
"tommyrot," Piffle!
A MUSICAL WHIMSICALITY.
Eddie Foy made his first New York appear-
ance in "Mr. Hamlet of Broadway" at the Casino
Theater on Wednesday evening. "Mr. Hamlet of
Broadway" is described as a "musical whimsi-
cality in two acts." The book is by Edgar
Smith, lyrics by Edward Madden and music is
by Ben H . Jerome. The production includes
eighteen musical numbers, among them "Under
the Honeymoon," "Mr. Hamlet of Broadway,"
"The Dusky Salome," and "Everything Depends
on Money," published by The Trebuhs Co. The
performance will be reviewed later in The Review.