New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-28

down ~ breathcSS silence. bc'Urr H. he'd bar
Of any sah popular song Of III" "a: va" v'nh ''-'
every man ripng hi, eyes. "r4.i g"''> -! h'.ud
greet as hachu, u"d - ny. w"nld r'li d""" 'hc'r
broEycd ch"r., ara csf'n "n their i",ri. Tho
sight sometime, made nv OWN ewes moist ia >li" h'
nv ~iIurt, To keep cheerful. Winhnd had the ''ri"
magic power later over his NOR rfn''i IA tern
audiences. In his Inc Wam'''!d ha> n","r hid N
equal. and doubt II he ever Will have. T"r va
something magnetic and electrical III his prr-pnat'
a. Id" from his wonderful and H. Wonderful man
sgcncnt 81 Il.
In tho-e days had another excellent ma" In cnr
cornpany T., H." Of sam We'll. I''ti'h r'r'
few Theatre cocr, now r,i,In,cr SAM. bat he Va
famous then and "A very ,aIai" m,u III - minstrel
show. II" had 4 heavy br>e voice and t> i'i'i 81
= clap Of indignant thundcr about :o"d the
Genuine artici" any da, IN tne wei, I'm used To
sing Old Iil,ch Jo' and such sony wl"r" he COMA
employ ha,to proinnto with effect. During ALI the
time h. -rcat'h with us he acted !u'"rloruof
and he g"''i on. He could anti' a'c m" point
Of "a: joke that one ~ H. v"lld pcrp"tfAir
a. qlich a FASH and govern his o"h questions
aud replies. Poor sam hnnl"i 81 '".'N ~" met his
death ~ aIrIiiA by being thrown from a hor'" and
striking his h"ad sgain't a bowh"r H. was not
killed outright. bat he died few da, later from his
!n!nr,">
Well after making our circuit Of The mining camps.
which generally con, Incd about siN W"'h>. we would
return Frisco with cl"sn pr'h' above expenses
Of al,y lr from "c hTnd'd tao thousand dOlaih
l:scku> would &c: hack 10 town with NJ may good. "
no, better. pccunia,' showing. Ding ON a5sence
our city pa,.OIa would begin 10 mis- NJ aud wish Us
back to the old .tand. and when we began
smother eng IN Frisco we were certain that ""
would not play 10 empty benches. "" continued In
tins maine, for several scssOns In California. and
fuall, decided 10 East. We arrived In New YORK
Somewhere IN the middle uf the ftc>. and secuted al
o. tabiis hmcm IN Chambers 1. We successful In
the metropolis from NO start but after few years We
realized that too far down town. and a cord
ingiy we leased the buIidnc IN broadway. between
Twenty seventh and Twenty eighth is, now known
IIcrrnann'> Theatre. There for number OF wears VIC
he'd a carrer Of nnutir upted prosperity.
81 va, the last man 10 JOIN, ~ partner IN" san
| Francisco Ministries. and ! wa, the last ont VI
| the concern. Ion know finally bought ont BaHkn'
! and Wsnbuld, who thought they had made MONEY
| enouQh. They 10th went to Europe soon aficrward
for few onth.T sojOurn and they URGED me TO accom-
| uapy them. wanted 10 90 very much hut Ind the
show hands. and o. thar im" nv mother wh"
IS now eighty years old. wa Ill., and consequently
4, WAS impossible for to tale the trip. continued
without partner IN the mnstrcl business until there
was no more money in II for me. and then shut up
shop since my company VIA di~banded have had
all kind. Of hard luck. saved more money probably
than either Eackrs ws,nlold dd. hut lot nearly
| all NJ il ia the end had a friend In whom mis-
pIaced my confidence to the tune OF 100000 Then
| lost hall as much more In bad sprcnlaii"ns. And
|
over again. l back in the harness anil
| am working At salary that I once would
| have spurned with bitter But ! suppose |
ought 10 be thankful that sm alive. Tho Lord has
sc-n t to take away the spirits OF nv two old partners
nsed To be greatly troubled With rheumatic cont and
Moor old Backus TO poke IN the ribs and say.
:py will soon be In his little box but he went INST
.,,cr all and Wsmbold followed him abon year ago
What led me into the minstrel business 4! DIess
,ur stars can't rtnerber. If ever knew. guess
q mis-, have been Instinct was born up in I'tca. In
| ,hI stxtr Ny father kept a grocery ari u pretty
| ,o,d one too for those days. When ! was IN my
..r,y teens he set to work in the store. became
| d,srnsted with the business right away. My voice
us in fair trim then and used 1t every day 10 render
ing negro dties and popular songs that would lean
,rnm members Of travelling variety shows that came
| a., town. When ! was . little Older | left home win
u,,, more than some CHOICE family blessings to seek
nv fortune BY that time he'd beroine ambitious 10
| On m the stage Ny nrst public appearance was IN
- vorr CITY In 1914 but did not enter minstrel
ami. ~ q professional until 1516 Talking over the