Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-08-28
"REMINISCENCES OF ACTORS.


I6eytSteT OF f2IE:
Two Of the most popular comedians l
London are Toole, OF the Galety, an
Lionel Brongb, of the Holborn. They ar
both opera boufers now and each ma.
count about four notes in his vocal organ
Tooie, perhaps, only three; but opera bout
nowadays does not demand voices, so lie
that pass. Both are excellent come
ldians, and their names are so valuable in |
Abiu Of the play" that the managers, disre
garding the fact that they are no singers
/ press them into Offenbach's tuneful tom
foolery, and as those who can sing usually
do not act, sort of dramatic balance Is es'
ahlished. Some time ago the two appear
ell co Jointly in drama In which they
/ wore very ragged, woe begOne costumes,
and, at the desire of eminent artists In Re-
gent street, they went In their rags to be
/ Photographed. While waiting ''between
the plates" Tools, who Is
4 FOND OF A LARk,
suggested TO bis brother comedian to sally
ont and call upon certain mutual &C
| quaintance-a stuck up, pompous sort of
| person, and who would be horribly shocked
a. receiving visitors in such garb. Brough,
who is q confirmed Joker, at once asserted,
and popping on their battered hats, out into
The street the pair slipped, and made for the
house of their would be swell friend. "Rat
tai tail" went the knocker in a most pro-
llonceS manner, and to make it appear that
the visitors were of more than ordinary
distinction they pulled the beR almost out of
It's peaceful socket. The house reeounded
With It's tintinnabulatory din. ~ u d
A neat but Hurried housemaid, followed
BY q boy in buttons, rushed to the door
with great anxiety Of expression. At the
sight Of the two cadger- looking men, their
first impulse was to shut the door in their
faces.
1Hevl stop--is Mr.. - in?s as
"No, he's not; and we don't open the
door to beggzrs,s said the maid. "We'Ye
no cold meat here"
"Git out, do,n squeaksd out the page
from the rear Of the maids crinoline.
~ axes your pardon" said Toole, in an
assumed tone; "you're making slight mis-
take, my pretty maid. We want to see your
MASTER" and he mentioned the gentleman's
christian name.
"We have important business with him."
chimed in Brough, give his tatters a twist;
sits awful important"
The girls face wore dazed aspect, and
then said: ''Master never sees the likes of
You at his house. He's most partickler,
amt he, Charles" appealing to the page,
i"You must be making mistake"
ooh. no, We ain't," responded Toole
with extreme gravity. "But I'm sorry
William is out (Christian name Of the
eentleman); 1 haven't got card about me
pretending to tumble among his rags),
bat when he comes to dinner, Just say his
two cousins from the Workhouse called as
they were passin' through London"
The maid stood aghast, "the buttons" let
out wild laugh, and the two comedians
turned back to the Photographic studio to
see how the last plate had developed.
Toole protests that the mind OF that maid
will have undergone a curious revolution
in regard 10 the lofty character OF her mas
ter since the cousins called.
Allthe theatrica, world Of London knows
Fred. Hughes, the comedian, and quotes
his .
DRoLL SAYINGS,
His crankey brain is full Of quips and
quirks, and among his fellows he is a trife
'.sarkastical" and blunt Of speech.
Some little while ago there appeared at the
Globe Theatre new singer named Mile.
Coralie D'Auban. A greaE splash was made
in regard to her debut by her indulgent
friends, and every boarding in town sud-
denly broke out with the name of d Auban +,
who was represented as a foreigner of high
birth and illustrious connections. 4 show
er of little inaocsHt-loeking paragraphs art
fully inserted in the journals invited the
public 10 this belief. When Nile. D'Auban
turned I'D at rehearsal at the Globe
Inr1,ac iV,ofor4lyr 1aI
the distinguished foreigner" as Miss SOio-
mons, clever young Jewish maiden, whose
father kept a furniture shop hard by the
theater. She had bsen absent from Eng
land some three months on the Continent,
and bad returned to the paternal roof with
her voice well cultivated and her mother
tongue proportionally dislocated. -
At rehearsal Hughes remarked what
strange havoc quarter Of a years residence
abroad had made with her English. she
seemed TO express herself with difficulty.
In a scene in Lies Brigands" she turned to
the comedian, and said imperiOusly:
"Oh, Monster Hughes, viii you speak
slow-not rite. l canno- catch your-vat
you call-vords;" and she coughed very
much.
ooh, certainly, Nademoiselle," replied
Hughes, with mock gravity. at would
pain me yer. much to embarTass Mademoi-
selle by speaking too rapid y. Ifear Made
moiseIle has cruel cough too-how dis
tressing."
sob, yes; zis filthy climate is horribly
trying to us poor foreigners" she said.
"TO whom :"
"To foreign artistes. England is sho-
king. 1t makes my beautiful chest what
you cali all raw"
This was rather hard on England. The
lady was pushing her Alterations too far,
and Huahes determined to draw her up.
"Come, come, Miss Solomons, this is
little too much" he said"
She opened her beautiful eyes and stared
at him. .--...- ....
Snow I'll tell you what to do for your
cold. Go round to your fathers shop, swal-
low half pail of furniture varnish, and
rub your chest with Passover cake. /
think that will bring you round"
From that moment Miss Solomons in
stantly recovered her English, and there
was a clear understanding all round. Her
cold is much better, and her mother tongue
is at present unad liberated with foreign in