Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-05
TRAVELLING PLlYERs' PETS.
vearninx for Home Betrayed in
PIayers' Rooms In the HOteIs.
81. .uischrapiels.


One Of the prsttiest black eye and
,osy checked members OF the Cathe
,ias Lewis Opera Company Chorus.
~hieh is SINGING "0livette" in the
0lrmpic this week, Is little Miss Jose
mime Mack. She vas chasing a very
mall squirrel down the hoteloorridor
his morning aud calling the name
.Polly" in excited tones just as a re-
oorter happened on the scene and
caught the beast ash was springing for
an open window. MissMack looked her
thanks in iull chorus power, and set
down on a trunk to soothe her rights
ebed net. You haven't laughed yet,
OF ssked me why | choose such an odd
net" she said at last, seeing iuterrO-
cation biistling from the thoughtful
lines OF the reporters modest face.
$50 | may as we'll tell you that l am
extremely fond Of nuts. and as | had
10 have a pet-we all do you know
chose Polly becsusc she had
been trained to- crack nuts
far her master.p fhe little lady
took some peeaus from her pocket.
The squirrel seized one, cracked it,
dropped it 10 her mistress lap, and
when she had done cried for more.
"Isn't she Intelligent coutin ued
Miss Mack, generously dividing her
RoOdies with the reporter, "she under
stands everything | say to her. And
she's better than any foot warmer you
ever saw. When | get ready to &c
over for rehearsal or start for the cars
she oraWls into my pocket--a specia'
one" laughed the actress, showini
whereit was on the side Of her red
iugote-"and stays there quietly IN.
less / want her to come out
"have the rest 6f the eharrs any
thing similar to POlly?"
mo, indeed But one Of the girl
has something still funnier-a it'll,
black turtle that makes me shiver
l should be afraid OF swallowing it.
"What else?"
"WeIl,I think the turtle would be
mouthful," aud she ltughed %saucily a
the reporter discontinue, while POLL
nestled provOkingly near her chin
Zone Ofthe girls has a mallalligator,
she continued, generously, IAN affec
tionate little thing that blinks its cyl
like nothing human you ever saw
It's getting to be a fashion to have odt
pets, and really only one cat,
oross>eyed baby we picked up in Bos
ton, which the good soul who adopteI
it named ButleI-Be you know"
Has the monkey been discarded?
Eyes; SO far as our menagerie i
concerned, though | believe some G
the Mspleson troupe affect then
One Of our party has q lovely pin
eyed guinea pig to match her toile
set-pink and white. Probably 70
don't kooW that actors and actresse
have a great iondness for home assC
Citations. We try to keep up Ii
idea of carrying pictures, little wa.
and bureau ornaments which are nc
heavy, and yet serve to make on
rooms in the various hotels home lik
and somewhat characteristic. w
get accustomed 10 the life, thoue
almost constant travel and rehearsint
as we now are, for a new opera. allow
US but little leisure. One good thiu
about this profession is that our r,
muneration is generous and Away
promptly given, but it is hard to b
away from a real home" and Nil
Mack sighed in distracted cadence
as she started again after Polly, wh
had begun an inv, stigation Of th
further end Of the corridor.