San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-12-23
Bill Nye Writes Soothlngly to Edwin
Booth.
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| BOOM.
LITTLE MAMMOTH EATING HousE,
| vALxRIAN, o., Oct. "a, 1886.
FRIEND BeorH. II learn with some sur.
prise that through Misunderstanding be.
tween your manager and my own, you are
billed for Cleveland on the same evening
with Mr.. Riley and myself.
In order to give the people Of Cleveland
an opportunity to witness two OF Americas
greatest tragedians without Inconvenience,
have decided 10 change my own date. 40
as TO avoid any annoyance by dividing the
audience. Sentiment in Cleveland, / find,
is about equally divided ON the question OF
dramatic and tragic Interpretation between
you aud I. Some like your style of melan-
choly best, while those who have used mine,
say they would have no other, 30 ! think
| il would be better to give each aud all an
opportunity to judge fairly aud impartialiy
! between us. -1vt
| I believe that while your stage sadness is
the perfection of masterly Interpretation, it
is not ente,ed INTO so thoroughly aud par.
ticipated in by the audience as mine Is. l
am int oducing this winter style Of sad
that il becoming quite popular and brings
tears to eyes unused to weep.
Everywhere go hear you very highly
spoken of, however, think you are giving
general satisfaction wherever you 90. The
people over at Inst mnia, O., would like TO
hear you very much. It is a good show
town, and there has not been anything there
in your line for some time. Alvin Josin
was there two weeks ago. but do not con-
slider him your equal do not say this
lust to encourage you; I'm sincere In 1t.
There hasn't been any thing else there
since the county fair, with the exception of
u lecture on phrenology and n poorly patron
lied inquest.
The hall at Insomnia Is not very good
place, but they nre fixing it up now, refitt-
ing it throughout, and putting new saw
dust on the floor. You would be greeted
most cordially, and introduced to the audi
ence by the chairman of the Board of Su-
pervisors, after which your success would be
assured told the people there about you,
and they would come in from other towns
if the weather happened to be propitious
People would come up from Oastoria and
Bromide, am sure, aud if the grand jury
didn't happen to be iu session you would
have delegation from Anibidexter.
You could also make date at Fremont,
O., think. If yon would like to go there.
Dave Ranck would be good man to write
in relation to it. He is good citizen, and
no SLOUGH Of an actor himself. Fremont III
also the home of Mr. Hayes, OF whom you
NAV have heard II ia snid that Mr.. Hayes
was at one time in public life.
saw man yesterday who heard you in
Chicago He SAID that you could go right
back there and have a good house If it were
properly advertised. He saw you in "Ham-
let, and said it was g6od piece.
have piay that would like to read to
YOU if you could run over to my room for q
few hours. 1t is different from '.Hame"
in some respects. 1t il not SO talky as
"Hamlet," and has more situations in it. ]
would be glad to go over it with yon and
see what you think of it. There is u har-
rowing scene in it which is laid in O stone
quarry 1 have read the play to great
many professional people, but they objected
to it because they said it would be difficult
to procure a stone quarry that would give
satisfaction.
A well known actor from Omaha said he
liked the play very much, because there
were SO many good situations in it.
If you could drop in for few hours at
our room, No. s 8, ut tho Gem City
House. we could talk it over quietly and
have a good time together. The meeting
would be wholly informal and you could
come Just rs you were. l have lon2 since
ceased to Judge man by his dress.
l saw you once in ''Hnmlet" some years
ago at San Francisco. I sat on the right
hand side of the second row IN the balcony.
No doubt you will recall the circumstances.
Since that have always spoken of you in
the highest terms.
I think that professional people should
stand by each other.
Eugene Field of Chicago writes me that
your support was good. lie says that you
did $40, 600 business there, aud that II he
could have su;h support all the time he
would be almost tempted to go on the stage
himself.
Crops are looking well throughout the
country wherever l have gone, and stock
seems to be in condition. look for an era
of unexampled prosperity that may last for
weeks
II YOU 90 to Fremont II would be good
idea to stop at the Ball House. II is first
class house in every way and / always stop
there.
will try to go and hear you at Cleveland.
have read the play before so II will not be
new tome, but would enjoy going very
much and my presence might induce others
to 90. 1t does not matter much where |
sit. You can put me wherever you think
would attract the most attention.
After the performance is over will come
back on the stage and congratulate you.
Hoping that you are well, and that the
awkward conflict of our dates may be salts
adjusted so that your pecuniary
loss will be merely nominal / remain
voura with kind reOards Bill NYE.