An oldtime Broadway producer is 73-year-old William Augustin Brady, father of Actress Alice Brady, husband of Actress Grace George. In a Saturday Evening Post reminiscence last spring, Mr. Brady remarked, apropos topical productions: "A showman often has to stick pretty close to the news to get the most out of his public." While summering at Lakewood, Maine, Showman Brady has lately been sticking close to the financial news—so close that last week he was in it. On this occasion he was concerned with getting the most out of his stock rather than his...
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