The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-25
YOUTHFUL YUM-YUM.

YOUTHFUL YUM-YUM.
A Lady Two Feet high Who Takes the Lead
ing Part In a Popular Opera.
Louisville C0urier-Journal.
Miss Clara Hollywood, the comedienne and
vocalist, received Courer-Journal reporter very
graciously on the stage Of Macauley's Theater,
last night, saying that she was suffering from a
slight cold and was consequently not doing her.
self justice; nevertheless the audience seemed
pleased with her impersonation of Yum UNI.
and she hoped the reporter liked it. Here Miss
Hollywood blushed, and knocked tbs reporter
out with single arch glance from pair of
great brown eyes and single warm touch OF q
breath sweet. not as the flowers that bloom in
the spring. but as the onions that thrive in that
season; for, as q matter OF fact, Miss Hollywood
had been partaking freely of that vegetable, as
other great singers have been known to do. She
naively said she had been eating them by way of
practical joke on the other members Of the
company.
Miss Hollywood has rich brown hair that eurls
over well-shaped brow, and that takes red
dish tinge in the glinting of the sunlight Her
face is of the Jewish type, though she is not o
Jewess. Her aQuiline nose and weli-formed
mouth, with its rich and pouting lips her dark
eyes and transparent complexion that shows the
rich blood beneath the skn her little graceful
figure and her engaging manner make her an ir-
resstby attractive person. She is about two
feet six inches tall, and she is six years old. She
is the youngest of the well-known Hollywood
family of children and has already been on the
stage four years.
do you like this sort Of thing2" asked the re-
porter.
Eyes, like It. 1t doesn't make me tired, and
like to sing and dance?"
What did you do at first"
''Oh, just little specially" said the young
lady, with an air of great contempt for those
small beginnings. Afterwards L played Little
Eva, Cinderella in the burlesqe, and now this
part of Yum-Yum
undertook to be funny at Miss Holywood's ex-
pense. You get no beer tonight" he said, "be-
cause you ate those onions"
II don't care for beer" said she. "pm only
drinking Mumm's Extra Dry, now. l know it's
. cheap wine, but it's good enough for me. Beer
isn't"
Miss Hollywood has ideas of propriety Being
asked for kiss by the reporter, she said:
Remember those onions!"
Finding the reporter willing to forgive the
onions for the sake of the mouth that had eaten
them, she kindly condescended, while big sister
looked on disapprovingly.
She Is the president of secret society with
three cabalistic letters, s. o. F. A base traitor
gave away the purpose of the organization
which 10 to suppress slang. Miss Hollywood or
ganized 1t, and came near breaking it up. One
of its rules is that when q member uses a slang
phrase or word she is to be fined a cent One
day she became indignant with offending
elder sister of hers. The sister gave her some
good advice.
'Rats!" said Miss Clara.
"Whatp exclaimed her sister, that will cost
you cent"
RATS, rats. rats" exclaimed the irate and
reckless president of the Society for the Sup
preston Of Slang. Her sister counted up thirty
four rats" In many seconds. and then Miss
Clara went straight to Mr.. Mordaunt and asked
him to break up that wicked society, which
would probably cause trouble in the company
She also requested him to break it up before she
could have time to pay her 81 cents into its treas
The young lady is quick to learn. She had
never played the interesting game of matching
coins, but accepted the reporters offer to match
for penny which she had found on the stage
She quickly won all the reporters pennies and
then tried to borrow a silver dollar from her
manager 80 that she might possess herself of
the only other coin in the newspaper mans pock-
cts. She told the manager that IL she lost, she
guessed he could get even on salary day.
If Miss Clara Holywood-they call her Babe
for shorts a knowing young person, her
brother Dick has the advantage of her by a very
great deal Dick Is eight years old, and has
been on the stage five years. into which brief
period he has condensed some fifty years of
worldly wisdom and individual humor Dick
might be described as ely" not to say "fip."
He, too, began in a speciality and gradually rose
to be the Prince in Cinderella" refrigerated to
reached the dignity of Ko-Ko; and, it may be
said. parenthetically he is one of the best on
the stage. Dick had also tried the onion joke,
aud was so successful that his manager had
fined him so cents.
'Ain't you afraid to look at anybody with that
kind of a breathP asked the manager.
Dick said emphaticay that he was not IL he
was ever afraid of anybody on earth, he certainly
bears no evidence of the fact in his face His
vernacular is peculiar. Here is sample: "Chase
those kids out of the wing" he said to the stage
manager, meaning him to send off some children
who were in his way.
These two little creatures formerly travelled
over the country in charge of their mother; now
they are in the care of their sisters, Lizzie and
Lotta respectively the Nanki-Poo and the Pitti-
Sing Of the company. All the children have re-
markable talent, and Miss Lizzie eives great
promise as an actress, while Lolita is remarkably
graceful ard has an excellent voice, considering
her years They are the children Of the once
famous Dick Hollywood, formerly champion
feather weight boxer Of the world, and afterward
well known in Indianapolis sporting circles
Their mother now keeps road house about
three miles from Indianapolis The children
were formerly on the variety stage Dick learns
his parts from the books, and when he studies q
part always gains an idea Of the character from
reading the lines The baby has to be taught
by rote. but she is quick and apt.