New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-13
AS THE WORLD WAGS.
RANDOM OBSERVATIONS OF STROLLER
uEpE AND TIIEPT

HERE AND THERE.
So Kcsfe, the pitcher, and Richardson, the second
baseman, have turned their attention TO trade Great
are the possibilities Of the graduates OF the diamond
wide is the field that spreads before them. The
only Kelly, who is growing rich by intensely
practical opposition to the principles Of prohibition
you know he owns barroom-has Just finished strut
ting and otng his brief hour upon tho stage of the
Fourteenth Street Theatre, whore for two weeks
he was seen in Charles II. Hoyt's roaring farce
"a Tin Soldier Garfield and Kelly used the same
dressing room and stumbled upon them there after
the play one night as they were exchanging
their clowDsh garb for something that would do to
walk the streets in. Key's mak-up was won
derfl creation. When he got out of his toggcry and
stood before the mirror in low-necked undershirt,
he looked like thoroughbred Fiji Islander in the full
paraphernalia of war His stiff black hair would
have shamed the quilts Of the fretfu porcupine into
peaceful repose From brow to cow-lick his forehead
was nearly black while the rest Of his mIrhprovok-
Ing countenance brilliant red.
"How do you like IL ~ inquired, as he scrubbed
away the paint with soap and brush and curry comb
ard rather catch ninety games Of ball than go
on that stage once' he replied.
Kelly received a handsome check for his two weeks
engagement, and attracted Just about as much money
to the house his salary amounted to, so he and the
management quits. He was engaged for New-forh
City only and does not 60 on the road
Tho death of little Dottie Winters has provided the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children with
an excellent opportunity 10 call the attention OF the
public TO its unremitting zeal in be-
half of the infautile members Of the COM
munity Its worthy and watchful president Elbruge
T. Gerry, has not allowed the occasion to slip. IN
a communication to @The New-York Mirror he ex-
presses the opinion that Dots death was due to the
terrible strain to which she was unavoidaby SUD-
tected, in playing the part Of Baby Hendrck IN Rip
Van winklon with Joseph Jefferson Mr.. Gerry pos
siby does not know that Dot appeared In RIP only
once or twice week, and he must have forgotten
that little Hendrick remains the stage for very
short time In the early part OF the play
A remark said to have been made nv sarony, tho
photographer with reference TO the physoai coronon
of Elsie Leslie has caused Manager Sanger, OF the
Broadway Theatre, great deal OF annoyance. Inc
day before his recent Illness came upon him, MI
Sanger invited Mr.. Gerry to go on the stage ana
see for himself how Little Lord Fauntleroy' was
farng Mr. Gerry, after talking with the little
actress and her mother, appeared to be entirely
satisfied that the chlIds health has not been affected
In the slightest degree by her appearance as The
Fauntleroy. She was playful and vivacious rs
ever and protested that she loved TO play the part
Elsie is great favoritc with all the company and Is
the object of their tender sollctude and care
She never falls to take long quiet nap in the
afternoon, and the hour or tho evening
invariably finds her fresh and happy.
Good business at the Standard Theatre during
the last nights of Miss Esmeralda' seemed
to put everybody connected with the house IN
a betting bumor. This was the agreeable diversion
in which the various managers ana their sds were
detected on several occasions in the closing week; Tho
sta Of the theatre bet the staff OF the Gaictr Com
pany that every seat upstairs and down would be
sold The money was put up, and any friends who
dropped in were invited 10 partake Of tho festivities
that followed each gain and each loss by the ono
party or the other. Winners and losers generally
repaired to Parkcrs TO wipe out the evenings score
When 1t happened that all but one seat in the bal
cony was sold as was the case at 80 O'Clock
one evening" the box Office alternately glowcd
and shivercd with agitation. Manager Hermann on
that occasion was on the point Of leading OF TO Park.
ers when slim young college student pushed bank
note into the Office and asked for dollar seat lie
got It quickly than he ever got scat before
but had scarcely started up the stairs before Manager
Edwards with wad OF bills in his hands headed a
procession up Sixth-ave
One in the procession was Jacques Kruger,
who few minutes before had received check for
go from "sop BerliDer for the part he did not take
IN A Noble Son. Notwithstanding his wild Western
experience with " His Royal Hghness," Kruger has
not became sourcd against the world. He is simply
with His Royal Hlghncss' was made with a blare
of trumpets that proclaimed tfe play OF the as
sured successes OF the Krugers story Of how
It came out is worth repeating. for II is much the
same as could DO told of other failures IN the
road
@pve been on the road long time,' he said to
bo finally Atakcn in' and that by outsiders on the
bills as managers. and so forth, one Thomas and a
CROSSROADS Muldoon picnic manager called Dink, or
Ia mad A.
be in hard luck aud was asked to hold up tho
hotel, where 1 had been staying for eighteen years.
OF course i didn't do II. Tho money was produced
from Somewhere and we got out OF town Al Buff
falo His Royal Highness had paper out, but We
worked through in some way and Just about train
time got down TO the depot No berths had been
saved and we had night Of It in cmigrant car,
with all the smoke and other uxuries Of that GLASS.
Oh, IL was pleasant At Bay City,
Saginaw, Lansing and other cities we
had agent and OF course suffered.
Finsly, however, got to Chicago. and al the Hay
market opened to 81 BOG. But what roasting we
did get ] had been put the programme col
laborateur with Arthur selwyn in writing the play.
No one knew Selwyn--I know didn't know hm-but
the critics knew me and called everyhln but a
thief. I couldn't object either I knew there was
not a line in His Royal Highness that couldn't be
traced to something else. but still had nothing to do
with it'
Kruger continued: "We we got out OF Chicago
and took a number of smaller towns. We never had
an agent ahead of IT'S The paper was sent on
@. o. D., and you imagine how Jared Then
called to Milwaukee to lay up for two weeks.
We refused TO go, some Of the company quit and His
Royal Hghness was dead. manager ap-
pesred, who was going TO put up all the capital
needed. Against this put play OF my own and
my services. Both Of us made a long and earnest
search for the capital, but the second manager ap-
peared simply the agent of the first and was held 10
account by him. Arriving at ST. Louis on Sunday,
our trunks attached by the first manager for
services rendered, though we had seen paper
Of any kind been served with any attachment.
Well, got out somehow, and II get into such
a scrape again want some TO tell me about it,
1t Is said that Edwin Booth, when in New York
win make his home the third floor Of the new club
house which he has given The Players.
Some people love 10 be humbugged that they can
talk about 1t 10 their friends. They like to have
new experiences to bost of 1t gives them chance