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THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1939 T H E WATCHMAN PAGE THREE Y O U R M A I N S T R E E T A N 3 D M I N E By AL TRAHERN WHERE EVER I AM and when ever I see a car bearing a license plate from anyi o f m y h o m o States, I always get a great bid thrill out of it, a n d on m a n y occasions I have even greeted the driver as an old tim e acquaint ance with “How is everything out in Missouri? or Kansas? or California?” No license plate has ever looked quite so good to me as 9 Suffolk Cotinty plate in Bi California town. That’s when I run and jump on the running board and ask the driver about everybody in every town. The last time I was in Los Angeles, a Suffolk license plate passed me on the stop and go light, and before I could think of a suitable something to yell, the ■ driver shouted: “Hello! Long Island, I’m from Mattituck.” I don’t know yet just who. At the old Orpheum, , in Los Angcilus, when Harry Coleman, comedian (who was with the Tra- hem Company on Long Island for several seasons), then appearing with his own act on the Keith- Orpheum Circuit. In one scene of his act he was surrounded by a bevy of pretty French dancing girls who pretended to teach Harry how to speak their lan guage as they sang in unison: “Monsieur, parlez vous Francais?” Just as Harry started to answer, he spotted me and the missus in the audience, with his quick wit, he answered: “Oh! lady, can I speak French? I’ll say I can — ^Center Mow-ree-cheesel’ Yip Yip Yap Hank, Trahern tonite, Cutch- ogue and Aquebogus.” He danced off stage singing: “I see Al, I see Al, I see Al and the missus.” * * * NEWS COMES from California that the tent shows are going strong in that section of the coun try where weather conditions are ideal for “under canvas” attrac tions, especially so for my old friend Dick Wilbur who has been “week-standing” up and down the west coast for many years except for the “rainy” seasons, when he moves his entire troupe to Hav ana, Cuba, on a liberal guarantee for twelve weeks plus transpor tation paid both ways. Once when Dick was making final arrangements to sail with his company, Fred Saul, his business manager, whispered seriously to his boss: “Dick, I hate to tell you this, but if I were you, I wouldn’t take that leading man on the trip —it’s common gossip that he is making love to your wife both on and off stage.” Dick snapped back: “I can’t fire him! He’s the best actor I ’ve got.” • * * ACTORS CANT MAKE curtain speeches on their own because they rely on learning lines that have been written for them to speak, but their quick thinking has often caused them to read lines that were not written in the script for them. I recall one incident at West- bampton, a mystery play was on when a great number of light effects were necessary and wires were under the rugs, around table legs and to the sockets in the foots —suddenly crossed wires sizzled and spurted—the audience began to bolt when Paul Hoover yelled partly to the audience and mostly to Phil Macey who was playing the scene with him, “Wait a min ute, Macey, we didn’t rehearse it this way.” Hoover grabbed the sizzling wires—pulled them apart saying: “That’s the way we re hearsed it.“ The audience imme diately calmed, accepting the in cident as a part of the play. « « * FEW MEN ARE CAPABLE of taking an honest inventory of themselves as maybe we all are inclined to either over estimate or under estimate ourselves—ac tors are especially given to over estimating themselves and their ^abilities—their work at play-act ing being largely responsible for this, they have to think them selves into whatever part or character they are called upon to play. When engaging actors I never asked what they were capable of doing, because few of them ever knew their own capabilities. For instance, in the old days when Betts and Fowler were the sec ond best theatrical agents on Broadway, a Shakesperian actor made his daily call in search of a job, he was informed that the only call was for a handsome young juvenile man, whereupon the tragedian actor replied in deep stage tones: “Ye Gads! do they make no allowance for make up these days?” » * * A FEW SEASONS AGO I ad vertised in the Billboard (the atrical digest) for a good utility actor. I received an answer from an unknown thespian in the mid dle west. His wire read: “I will work for 90 dollars a week stop I am worth twice that much.” His opinion of his worth and his nerve so impressed me that I en gaged him, fully expecting the worst. To my surprise, he arrived a very smartly dressed young fel low, played his parts well, made himself generally useful and took a real interest in the success of- the show. He had given an hon est opinion of himself—^he was worth twice as much' NEW SUFFOLK Andrew Goodale, of Brooklyn, spent the week-end with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ule , Goodale. Mr, and Mrs. Robert; JohiKon are spending this week at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Charles Fields, of Southampton. Mr. and Mrs. J. Lavet, of Brooklyn, spent the latter part of last week with her father, Mr. James Quail. Mr. Howard Tuthill is making a rapid recovery at the E. L. I. Hospital from injuries received in an automobile accident on last Thursday. Miss Lorraine Kollmer is visit ing here with her sister, Mrs. Lew Kane. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Case and family spent the first of the week visiting with his sister, Miss Ruth Case, of Jamaica, and also attend ed the World’s Fair. Mr. and Mrs, John I. Stuart, of Brooklyn, have been spending two weeks at the Ryno home. Mrs. Stuart is a daughter of Mr. Jediah Ryno. Clarence Cornell, of Brooklyn, spent the week-end here with his son, John. Caroline Marnoyicz is ill with the measles. Miss Elinor Latham is spending a week in Central Islip with her sister, Mrs. John Laslie. Mr. and Mrs. Henry McClaren, Miss Ethel Sutherland, Miss Olive Lauder and Mrs. Drake, from Prince Edward Island, spent sev eral days recently with Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. King. Jack Fraser of Hempstead, is spending a week with Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Ryder. Mrs. John Fraser and son Billy are spending the week with Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Luce. Commodore Knobloch has offi cially designatcj^ Ezra H. Young publicity committee for the Orient Yacht Club. We hope this will result in more news of the club, written in Mr. Young’s own breezy style. William H. Potter spent Sunday with his mother, Mi*s. Effie Pot ter. Mr. Potter is manager of the Cook County branch of the Hart ford Fire Insurance Company, lo cated in Chicago, 111. Mrs. Frederick Frost and Mrs. Corelice Webb recently visited with Mrs. A. N. Luce. Mrs. Frost was the former owner of the property now owned by A. Harry Latham. Some changes have been made in the committees for the Con gregational Church fair to be held on Aug. 18. The changes follow: Salmagunda table, chairman, Mrs. N. A. Luce; committee, Mrs. Bur den; fancy table committee, Mrs. Estelle Dearborn, Mrs. Mount, Mrs. Leila Heath; candy. Miss Janice Mount; white elephant committee, Mrs. E. H. King. Tuesday was quite an exciting day around Orient. To begin with. Edward Hommel and his men placed the bell in the Methodist Church steeple. The men have done a very good job, and i f will be good to hear both church bells ring next Sunday morning. Then shortly after supper a sudden storm came up which reminded us too strongly of last Septem ber’s experience. The wind blew very hard and the rain descended in torrents iaccompanied by thun der and lightning. Luckily no se rious damage was done, except that the electric lights were put out of business for quite a while. About 12 o’clock they came on again and with them the fire siren, which blew for a long time. Lots of people turned out, and after finding that there was no fire, they returned to their homes and their disturbed sleep. Don’t miss Mr. Knobloch’s mo vies and the Play Shop comedy on Saturday evening, July 29, at 8 o’clock, in Mechanics Hall. The movies include many new ones of Orient personalities and scenes, besides some beautiful cruise pic tures of more unfamiliar places. The play, “Never Too Old,” is a short one-act comedy, starring four of Play Shop’s most talented actresses, Martha Horton, Estelle Adams, Ruth Tabor and Martha Terry. You are assured of a gala evening, so come and bring your friends. 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