Telegram-herald., 1889-05-01
IL PAYS 10 SPOUT.



clt*Il> fe.-t- e4-.Fts. .-tls lelssfe,
-oae-r "a 4-sess So th.s q atest.,l frem
~ell Al-al ttaAaser hr .a.4. ~4aes
are 4e-ef..4 ne. f-4.t I.t0e Is Ars
><...-- .1l--s. t.I .A-.ar1e. s4e su44ss
1loFe n.oaey t1an elsote e-ss il the pro
fe>,lll s-4 has .1s. returned g. L4le.,e
s-il ts.r-ty .--4>aa4 1.l-4f>. Lsr as. re-
ceipts f.t r-is stasol : rrallHss Size *
se.tes iiol Gle - kso l4--Ie1 cellars =
-l-ht
Ar l.ccke L-sharson ssts even higher
pay He IS & s. stfogia aL1 society IsA-rr-
tor. o.l.-e lr s-s readings be N-4-@ TO
celve soo1t a thousand lol' ATS - 1en Le
reads oetSio ooe ~ tie CLUBS he sets FROM
one g. sw1 Aulcle1 csllArs. eycpey NSo.-
iz.t i.-s us Same repertoire. Le. Toe. - .
very busy ul4u.
1ae demand nowadays is not 50 much
Tor professional readers as for authors
wlC read irou their CHn works. Cable.
Tor Instance "a great success. lie never
gives tes..as Tor Jess than one hundred
dollars. lie is II great demand for youu.
ladies schools aud seminATles
Thomas Nelson Page = 80 a sre2, plat.
form success, Ae never sues iog 4css tlAa
hundred dollars.
\ most charming reader a. lis owu
stories. " nl.h are always clever ones. IS
Richard NalcoW 1luston. Mrs Aarga
fet Custer Calhoun, d sister 81 tie lake
Grncral Custer, i- Alvay, IL urgent Ic-
quest whenever An army of navy post gives
an Entertainment. Mrs CoWell i.r 81 yne,
The Interpreter q Browning. aud Mrs.
Harriet Webb. the Ncll known elccutlon-
ist aud Instructor. each receive from
twenty five t. nifty dollars for "a reading.
Bill Nye and james ". Riley. The Hoosier
poet, have met with "A success IN prece-
deuted ia the annals Of the yceum.
IN recent talk with Marshall t. Wilder
on this subject. be said.
1.-The first fee that ever received as an
entertainer WIS nity cents. | remember
that we'll When / WAS about eighteen
years Old, went into Bralstreet's Com
merciAl agency AT twelve dollars a mouth.
/ | studied shorthand aud became
stenographer, and after while got
twenty dollars "A month. | had good
many friends and used 10 be invited
+ out 10 parties and receptions until il got 10
be the case nearly every night. BY and
by they began TO pay me something in re-
turn for making them laugh. Then COM
menced 10 have q price every body has you
know-and / WAS getting three dollars
night and engaged every night; Then
came the question, should l be "A stenog-
rapher OF a humorist? l chose the latter
"Well, Iprospered from that time Then
l went 10 England. | reached London
with forty-6ve dollars in my pocket and a
return ticket, and took lodgings down by
the Seven D.als. ! had reduced any capital
! TO about sixteen dollars when secured an
appearance AZ the Savage Club and com
a 1 -. I -.
club l received an ofrer OF twenty five
dollars for my appearance at the house Of
prominent nobleman, but declined. for
my price was fifty dollars, and
wasn't cutting rates even IL had
only sixteen dollars. Well, short
time after that Perugini. Of NcCauils
company, introduced me into the
Lyric Club, AID after making couple u
dozen appearances ! returned 10 America
When | went 70 London the second time
didn't take apartments in the Seven D.als
quarter. ! always stop ncty at the y ictO-
/ ria Hotel. When the steamer touches at
/ Queenstown | mail my cards, and by the
time ] reach London find letters await-
ing me. For instance, Baron Rothschiid
sends Dle an invitation 10 dinner. / try
10 entertain his guests and 20 make them
laugh. The next morning l receive "a
checl. from his secretary.
" have found that whenever have en-
tertained people at a place whore The
Prince Of Wales was present, my invita-
lions Increase. In this way, one night
with Wales natcralized seven hundred
dollars FOR me- Now, that would indicate
that the Prince Is rather a good fellow,
wouldn't it -
Next season Nr. wilder expects 10 20
West at the head Of hi, own company
"The Marshall +. Wilder Concert Com
pany - Will bc the name.
But this looks as though you were 60.
Ing 10 desert New York;
"Oh. no, l shall be here for the society
season"
In Washington. the lumorist found
people too busy. as he sad, 10 listen 10
anything ia his liue.
81 / should attempt 20 describe WSsh-
iurtou soc.ftv.' continued Mr. Wilder.
'iu n seusi-anmoroas way. should say il
WIS something like this.' How Go yo1 do'
What. ssins> ! have enjoyed this five
minutes of your company very much
Good bycr' SIR Wilder was charmed
with Mrs. Cleveland and was invited sew
era. times to Mrs. WLitney's. but ou the
whole doa't think eires again 10 lat
himself In tie matlenluS wh.Il of Wash
/ lrgton society.
Glow d. get my ideas 80 as - avoid
repeating THE same thing too often3 NV
.dca~. why get them from everybody. and
every idea set 7 work ont in my own
way Imeet people who suggest ideas to
me. everywhere the horse cars. on the
street. ia is railroad trip. or aboard "A
steamer Then Itake ug some popular .ub.
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