The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-12-28
A DAUGHTER
How Ono Young Woman was Ele-
waited to the New York Stage.

now On0 IOun8 WOMAN wa Elc.
waited to the New York Stage.
New York Correspondence: Sadie Mar
tinot, the beautiful and dashing actress,
has retained q man of considerable liter
AIRY note to describe her new stage cos
Tunes in flowery, ornate and graphic
English. :.
Here is q good story of Sadie, told to
me by n Of the chaps who figure in it.
and it really does her no discredit. Away
back in ID or whereabouts, two young
writers, both of whom have since became
well known factors in metropolitan life,
lived in Sixth avenue in the building &C.
cupied by the Eagle theater. Clever,
i%mpecunious, needless of the morrow,
they lived as such young men have lived
from the rose colored days of Henri
Murger down to the present year of pro-
sale grace, 1883. Sometimes they dined
luxuriously, andsometimes they hustled
for u dinner in an Amerizanized Vie de
Boheme fashion. But unlike their Gallo
prototypes and fo%rerunners, they were
nearly always well dressed.
Their wash bill was one of the heaviest
items of expense and credit. Their laun-
dress was a certain Mrs. Martin, and
every Saturday night found that industri-
woman awaiting their arrival on the
staircase which led to their lofty lodging.
Sometimes Mrs. Martin got her money
and sometimes she did not. Sometimes
she brought the clean shirts herself and
sometimes she entrusted them to her
daughter Sally, a slip of q girl of is or 16.
One Saturday night, as the two b.
hemians were returning to their quarters,
one of them said to his mate: How'll
we square old Mrs. Martin tonight? l owe
her about IS, and | suppose your bill is
about as much rs that, too"
mines &c." rejoined the other, "and
l guess We'll have to do something about
it. BY the way, that's a mighty COED
looking daughter of hers who brings the
clothes sometimes. | wonder ii she woult
like to go on the stage. Tha. would east
matters a little bit, maybe"
"Te be sure" said the other. Sat any
rate well try it on" and just then they
reached their destination and found Sally
Martin waiting for them on the staircase
with the bundle of clean linen on her lap
Good evening. my dear" said tn,
younger of the two Journalists, with
pleasant smile. sally, how would yol
like to go on the stage and be an actress?'
The girls eyes sparklcd with delight
ooh! I'd like it eve 30 much" she ex
claimed. Il hear they pay big wages Oh
the stage"
We'll, my dear" rcjoined the journal
list with a smile of benevolence, II thinl
we can fix it for you. Now you com
here tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock an,
bring your mother with you-you ca
leave those clothes here, they'll be al
right-and then we'll see about gettin;
you an engagement"
Sally Martin dartcd off with dushe,
cheeks and beating heart. AT IL til
next morning she vas on hand in CON
pany with her mother who was enthus
iastic in regard to the plan, for she ala
had heard that they paid big wages" o
the stage. The result Of the conferenc
was that the daughter was engaged b.
Josh Hart to appear at the Eagle theatr
3 at a salary Of So a week as a %figurante.
r and now" said the benevolent &c
hemian, you must have a stage, namt
for it would never do for nm actress to b
called Sally Martin. l think we'd bette
Gallicize it into Sadie Martinez"
And Sadie Martinez it was, and will b
till the end of the chapter.