St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-06
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tempted murder upon herself and her
s'baby" if the suit is pressed.
LITTLE PUCK's" STORY.
Frank Daniels, the Original "Old
Sport" and His New Play.

Frank Daniels, the Original "Old
Sport" and His New Play.
Frank Daniels, the successful COM
median, tells some clever stories of his
first experience with Hoyt, the author of
ga Bunch of Keys" "A Rag Baby"
ssHole in the Ground" "A Texas
Steer" midnight Bell" "A Brass
Monkey" and 1.-THE Tin Soldier
Mr.. Daniels says that during his
partnership with Hoyt and Thomas in
the ''Rag Baby" company their profits
amounted to nearly 100000, 1t having
been winner from the start.
1.-THE way I happened to be engaged
for the character of 'Old Sport was just
like this. Hoyt was chasing items
around Boston as reporter for about
SIS week, and had got in with Willie
Edouin on the Bunch of Keys
''Edouin, being poor writer. asked
Hoyt to help him out in the grammatical
part of the plot. Hoyt did this, not ex-
pecting to receive anything for it:
Everything went along very nicely until
the time came for the production OF the
piece. The map of New England was
closely scanned to find a good town to
try it on the dog
New Bedford looked Just like the
place. and weeks printing was or
dered for the one night stands, and the
company started out, everybody feeling
satisfied that one week would settle the
business.
''Mr. Hoyt was present at the bap-
tiSmal in New Bedford, and, after the
show, said it was mo go' unless more
ginger could be put into it, and more
women introduced.
Charley Thomas, a gentleman OF
good standing, with the necessary blue
BLOOD and some money was taken IN as
partner.
my first recollections Of Thomas"
said Mr.. Daniels, twas when met him
one day in front of the Boston museum
looking up ballet girls and specially
people to take part in the Bunch of
Keys as suggested by Hoyt; but the
Rag Baby was the corker. Hoyt had
seen me somewhere, and said was just
the man he had been looking for to ere
ate the part of Old Sport.
"Not having anything special in hand
Just then [ told him l would play the
part, but not as he had written it, and
that l must have the privilege of max
ing changes in some of the other parts
as | saw fit.
she agreed to everything [ asked.
We opened up in Providence to a queer
house. On the second night [ had
changed everything so that you would
not recognize it as the same show.
Well, we did not make any money in
Providence, and when we got to the
railroad station next morning to 20 to
Boston Hoyt came to me and said he had
no money to buy tickets with.
81 loaned him $20-every cent had
in the woodland we got to Boston,
where we scored a big hit. That was
the beginning of our good fortune"
"How about Little Puck and where
did you get the idea?" asked the report
er in the way of gentle reminder.
"Well, it was just like this, was
making jump from Salt Lake City to
Denver, and had run out of novels; the
peanut butcher on the train gave me
talk about the very latest novel Vice
Versa bought copy and got inter-
ested from the start. This set me to
thinking, as had been racking my brain
for play of my own, but had not been
able to get character to fit me until /
had read the book. I jumped at it at
once, and as soon as we reached Denver
I fixed up plot and sent it on to a play
wright friend of mine to work out.
"You see what business we have been
doing proves that had pretty good
idea of what the public wanted"