San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-08-23


Hog Not Unknown Behind the Foot
nghts-Terms in Common Use Among
Actors ExpIained-0ueer Expressions.
sit is a case of extra frappe," said De
Wolf Hopper during one interval, land
enough to give you pneumonia just to look
at them"
"What on earth do you mean" asked
one of the little party.
81 mean it's a bitterly cold audience"
replied the comedian, and he continued in
a monologue, which was broken by occa-
sional mad rushes to the stage, from which
he returned prespiring and crosser than
ever, if Hopper ever could be cross.
"Frappe is bit of stage slang which is
gradually coming into general use. As
its originator fatter myself it is some
what expressive and a trifle neat. .
Have you ever thought, by the way,
how terse and expressive the generality Of
stage slang is? No? Well, let me give
you few of the most common of our pro-
fessional expressions, appending thereto
a translation into the vulgar tongue, and
then think you will agree with me.
ITO hog for instance, means to try and
get the laughter and applause which in the
nature of things belong to your fellow per-
formers-a more easy task to the expert
enced actor than an outsider would imsg-
inc, and one which is an especial favorite
of some stars, who would take a fit if one
of their company were to get hand
"There, that is another expressive term.
What can be more significant of applause?
A Jay is an outsider of any description.
THE CANCEL" AND THE TOUT"
AN angel is, ID link, delicious term.
The angel is the meritorious individual
who is backing company or a star, and
who, as a general rule, is gaining expert
ence and losing little hard cash in the
course of the operation.
'Paper'-tout simple, as we say in Gaul,
means the printed bills or Autographs of
every description which herald forth to a
suffering public that Mr.. Crummles' Ag-
gregation of Comical Comedians, and so
forth, can be seen at or are coming to the
Oshkosh opera house on such and such a
night. To paper house, on the contrary,
means to fill it with apathetic individuals
who are afraid to applaud because their
seats have cost them nothing. When the
deadheads are once inside the building
they are referred to as SNOW concerning
the origin of which phrase they say-but,
as Mr.. Rudyard Kipling would remark,
that is another story
when play fails it is post; when it
succeeds it is hit, and in the latter case
the chances are that the ghost will walk;
or in other words, that salaries will be
promptly paid on treasury day as the
day of the week sacred to this solemn rite
is termed.
when an actor does not know his part
or his lines as we call it, he is fluffy,
and is liable to queer his fellow perform
ers. He may also perform this feat by
drying up or forgetting a portion of his
part, as frequently happens to every one,
no matter how often they have played that
particular character An experienced ac-
tor, however, even if he is not perfect in
his lines, will get along and deceive his au-
dience by 'winging it, which means catch
ing enough of it, and his cues in particu-
lar, from the prompter, who stands at the
wings as the old fashioned side scenes
were called.
'GAGGING" AND "GUYING."
Every actor, except, of course, a comic
opera comedian, will occasionally take lib
critics with the authors text and interpo-
late lines or phrases of his own; then he is
gagging' When he finds the lines so bad