Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-08-08
BILL NYE
oroTEs FROM THE DIARY OF A BLOODHOUND
Not the Bloodhound Who Once Bit Bill, But Another
Bloodhound Who Keeps Good SOcicty-An Old
Actor in the U. 7. Cabin Dramatic Great
Feat of Laying Back in the Leash.
Boston GlO6e.

lam a poor Siberian bloodhound of
American descent. am an actor in an
"Uncle Toms Cabin" company and l am
very much in the scar and yellow leaf.
am an actor of the old school, and it
mains me to see people come in and out of
the cornfeld and gag part as they do
nowadays. have been taught to study
part carefully and bring out everything in
if. That is the way learned to act. To
he true TO nature is my hobby. Inmy en-
thusiasm have several times fed myself
with fragments of Elias baby and got
myself disliked for that reason, but that is
better than TO fall short of the part and to
underplay it.
That is when disagree with the gentle
man who plays the .jackass in our company.
He believes in calm, dignifed stage pres
ence, and counts on that almost solely,
while am in favor of an enthusiastic in
depreciation of my part, regardless of dig
nifty and pOstureS.
i belong to family of actors. We eX-
tend back as far the eye can reach. We
love the general approval of the public,
and thrive on applause To bound upon
the stage with 4 deep-chested bark and eat
a portion of Eliza 5 borrowed child, is meat
and drink to me. For twenty years | have
been on the stage, playing one night stands
and watching little Eva as she passes gently
up the tlume. Twenty Years | have seen
Mr.. st. Clair climb into - death-bed
with his boots on and die a painless death
on small salary.
Life is indeed but a span. How short
time it seems since joined the company, Il
mere pup. Then | was full of hope. /
also had full set of teeth. Now my front
are artificial, and cannot read fine print.
IHAvE SEEN THE WORLD,
and have found out, also, how hollow ii
is, have been levied on by the sheriff, and
have walked many weary mile with
my long red, Siberian tongue hanging out
in the gentle air of spring. / have learned
to diStruSt mankind, and to rely upon
nothing mundane.
One thing | desire to say in this little
diary so that in case should die suddenly
in railroad accident the public and my
generous patrons, especially, may know the
truth. II is this am not what seem
live Il dual life, My stage appearance and
my true, home life are entirely and dis
tinctly separate and diSsimiliar i'll every
way.
At heart am not fierce. do not care
for warm blood three times day. If
could be assured one rectangular meal of
cold corn beef with smashed potatoes on
the side | would enter into 4 recOgniZancc
never to kill and eat another human being.
have been constantly been miSundcr-
stood and Inexperienced by the public
because my stage manner has been naughty
and hungry. This effect has been hcigth
cncd, also, by the fact that the manager
has compelled me to wear muzZle during
the day. DO not wear muazlc 1T all
when ain at homo. do not need it.
can get along for weeks without muzHlc.
| shall soon leave the stage, however My
voice is failing me, and cannot walk ten
miles to 4 Onc-night stand in time for re-
hearSal Us once could. When my voice
is gone it will be all up with me. No one
wants bloodhound with cracked voice.
can see the gentleman who plays the
jiaCkaSS in our company is going to hold
out much longer than | can, because he
has saved himself He has taken life
easily and thrown less fcrvOr and cnthuSi
asm into his part than have. For awhile
he wanted to play st. Clair 50 that he
could have Il bed to retire into during one
act.
! NEVER SAW \ GENTLEMAN
who took 80 much dramatic ease Us he does.
He has more rrpOSc than any other person
in the profession with whom | am ac
qnainted,
have done much for the play, but that
did not intend to speak of. People who
have carefully compared Uncle Tom rs it
is written with my Interpretation and
presentation Of it will hardly recognize it
Us the same piece.
In my own conception, the bloodhound
is made to do many pleasantly fcrociouS
things which the author will not introduce.
These Improvement, are due solely To me.
Among Others ! might point to the feature
of bringing out the trrOciouS brute on an
encore with fragments of cOlOred child in
his mouth. This never fails to arouse in
the audience Il wild tumult of refined hOr-
rOr.
Somehow am impressed with the idea
that | have made my last appearance on
the stage. We have just terminated 4
highly successful trip through the West,
and got home last evening ln0thorc but
proud and happy.
Out manager wants us 10 90 with him to
Europe next season, but | shall not make
the Journey. | shall send water spaniel
in my place. lie has good voice, and he
is 4 better salt water pedestrian than am.
BILL NYE.