The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-20

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7, ,yss =, the Slureysut House last eyeu-
.hs,s Tribune reporter ehstted vita j.
= Emn.t the sctor TIE genial "F,i'z'
"a. 81 can not understand how toe in
-,,,.ior sot Ground her, that | did not play
rhuo in England, because met with very
Sooiaea success peouniarily, acting nine
ws,k, out of eleven that ] had made epsaGe-
menis for
@HOv did you chance to go Overt"
aWell the idea struck me that l would
rbs ,rir. They said that the prejudice
,c.inst American actors was very great,
~, several stars bad made failures.
ana hist was doing well enough here.
pn, went to Canada, snd said to
u,.slf now this will decide
-Ss,her shall go over. Tho thester at my
"nsnine in Montreal was wei! filled and the
USonle roared with lsughtor. So decided
= 90 over, because knew the English char
.o,s, WAS much tbs same 90 that of the PEG.
SIs of Montreal. Well, l went, but 1 did
Iot make any arrangements beforehand
ST. found it very difficult TO got en- open
ing" az
"0nly Ohsiterton."
"Why was thar"
because had set my heart on appear
mo At the Adephi. So went to him, but
he aid he had never heard of my Fritz
That was a damper. After | had told
him j had played Fritz over a
thousand times in America he grufly
told ne to come back in fortnight.
did go back every fortnight until l gol
tired. then told him that was going on
The continent, and if he wanted me to tee-
graph and would return. Well, travelled
over the continent fcrtive months. and never
heard from him. On my return | saw him
again and then went to Brighton. hod
been down there for somo little time, when
one dsy while in bathing, telegraph boy
called TO me, saying; "Ello ere, is Mr..
Hemmet 'ere? stuck my head out of the
surf and replied; Yes; am Mr.. H'emmet.'
he replied Well, you just stop diving
for peoues, ERE te.egr-a.rne for YOU
"Did it offer an openingW
ayes, one of two weeks. Well, went TO
| Ibuth Sal. Ou5 Vi tDb hselthhuE CdIub W Iut
and said: Act little, Chattertou's shsky.'
.Act at rehearsall' said, why never did
such thing in my life Well, they bothered
mo to act at rehearsal until l got mad and
asked for my manuscript and said that /
would 20 back to America. Then got over
my mad and opened TO packed house.
Before the performance was over / thought
the thester would fail, the people laughed
20. Of course the manager was elated, and
only lost two weeks out of the eleven. At
Birmingham and Manchester the people
sughed so that we had to stop playing"
Have you new plsy?'
Yes; one for which l paid $4,000. But
Fntz' has changed very much. l have also
With me an Irish comedian that l used to
watch from the Ecanea myself, just to see him
hcs. He Is wonderfully quick, man |
can take liberties with in the dialogue"
"Any other new peopleP
eyes, little child five years fage. Not
sgrest wonder, but dear, cute little thing
that Just suits"
"Do you mean to appear this season ?"
Yes. Iopen 10 st. Louis on The 20 b.
My dates are all filled, because am entirely
done with liquor. have not touched drop
for year. / never drank convivitliy, but
always by myself, brooding over my troubles
BuS I am done now. Whiskey nsusestes
me, and the public will find that keep my
engagements. But do you know that il was
not railways whiskey that made me break my
elgsgements? Sometimes when awaiting "
60 on would have given 81, 900 to get out
off,"
DO you intend to finish your house in AL
banyY
"Yes, indeed, i do. The work il going
ahead nicely, and expect TO have nice
place. / have spent over $1,000 on the
grounds alone"