Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-23


Dr. Mutchmore. They were nearly oil one
three and five cent pieces.
An Amateur Dramatist Gees In Search
of a Star.
writer on the San Francisco Chronicle tells
the following amusing story:
lie was a short. thin man, about thirty. He
| had a dark mOustache under a thin nose and
| his cheeks We're sunken and thin. His eyes
We're deep under his black eyebrows. and
looked as if he had been up all night He
sat at the steps OF the California theater
entrance, with his hat on the back of his head,
and roll of manuscript resting on his knees.
"Play!'
"Yes."
That was all ne said, as he rose lazyand
leaned against the pillar.
Comedy
No
He did not seem to care to talk much
.'MelOdrama?'
NO
What is it,"
''Oh, darned if know" he burst out sudden
~ 1T was 4 drama when started in on It,
But it's been comedy and a farce and Il mclo-
drama since. and blow me ii don't believe it's
going to end i'm tragedy
He took of his hat and wiped his brow with a
dirty handkerchief.
say. you never wrote no plays. did your"
"Oh. yes
You did. WOt's become O. them?'
Got them at home"
Then you just keep 'em there and don't let
nobody see EN-. Look here. tried to write a
pay That was easy enough tried to get it
produced. Look at mel I've lost thirty-iye
pounds in the last three weeks. | wrote a do
mestIc drama. The scene laid in San IA
1ael where man murdered his wife and six
children In the first act. The tableau of the act
was the funeral procession with brass band
playing the dead marcia lovely. pathetic end
Ing. This play was IN four acts. In the second
act the man had married again and had another
famiy-six children all on the stage. He lived
on Iehama street In San Francisco and had
q realistic scene of the neiuhbOrhOOd You
know Tehama street? The act opened with
street-fght not quite the same but like The
Lights o London l forgot to tell yOu they let
the man OF in the first act on the plea of tenn
pOrary insanity. Well. he gets into this fight
and Kills the man as Is engaged to his daughter
He's arrested. but just rs the polcemans TAX
Ing him Off to Jail, he says to him: I'm gone
this time. Let me take last look at the neigh
borhOOd. and have sum fun before I'm hung
The policeman goes into q saloon to take
drink. and waits for him. an the man goes up to
his wife an six children an. with tears in his
eyes, he says gOOd-by. Then he takes out a
pistol and shoots them all. one at time. The
policeman comes out an he shoots him. Then
he walks into the city prison and says, I've
killed a whole neighbOrhOOd. Lock me up
The sergeant says. a whole neighbOrhOOd
There's some style about that. You must be
crazy. You kin CO. He goes back home an
finds his daughter Just recovering. He tries
to finish her, when she shoots him. and the
policeman who was shot comes in an arrests
her. an she's tried and condemned to be
hanged. la the fourth act the mans converted
an he gets up a revival meetin' to tell them his
experience. When he speaks of the number of
people he's killed they all cry an the leader of
the revival points to him as brand snatched
from the burning. In the meantime the daugh-
ter is in Jail, an there doesn't seem to be any
chance Of her getting of, when a lawyer falls in
love with her and marries her. When the day
of execution comes. they're jist going to hang
her up. when up speaks the lawyer: This ere
amt legal. This amt the party. That warrant
calls for Wilhelmina Jones. This woman is vii:
hemna Potts, an my wife, Tableau. OF
course. the daughter gets off,
That's strong plot"
You bet it is. l sent this play to lots of
actors. an every one Of 'em was delighted with
it. But everyone wanted some change Read
them letters. will you?" And he handed out
packet Of letters:
est But for tie fact that have decided not to play
present repertoire would create the part Of william
yones which 1 think is quite as strong ''Richard
Ill" would recommend you to apply to James
fully, john MCCULLOUGH
~ sent 1t to Jim O'Neil. You'll see his
letter:
DEAR SIR sat up Ill. night reading your manu-
script and was impressed with it that did not
AZ With ess
Yours truly. JAMES O'NE1I'
81 sent it to Bishop then. You'll see what he
says:
DEAR SIR: 1 am much pleased with the mart of the
polcemaH in the second act 1t will be necessary now
Il T se sze On the the i
lans family both in the first and second acts. and
Yours truly. c. B. BISHOP
"Well, 1t almost made me gray-haired; but
brought the whole funeral procession back in
the last act, and had a comic revival meeting at
Lone Mountain. Then sent the play to Mary
Anderson. Here's what she said:
Mo DE AR SIR The da1shter in your piece Of
is CHARMING II she only lite ess npon the
the Ia sas
Judge OF male characters. but your villain delightful
MARY ANDERSON
81 kept the daughter in Jail all the time, and
then sent it to Frank Mayo. Here's his an
swer:
ming Pr, s has been said that cannot play
sSs critics. sy WIFI MT n Ss
ssS W TGr Mam J0nes is Dsyy over aKan IN
has s,s ct ss to
FRANK MAYo'
"Tm Just waiting to see him now. I've been
here since y o'clock In the morning, and I'm
bound to see him If stay all night"
He Acknowledged the Soft Impeach.
ment.
From the Rochester Post-Express.
''You mustn't touch the top of the baby's
head" said mother to her little four-year-old:
'she has soft spot there that is very tender,
The youngster gazed at it curiously for mo-
ment, and then asked:
''Do all babies have soft spots on their