The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-11


and is most ENJOYABLE II it come impromptr
| from an unexpected situation. Local illusions
! when not luIged in. but suggested by some
thing in the piece anil brought out quickly. al
! ways go Al audencc ike 20 feel That 1t has
heard something, now that no ono else has
-" DO YOU lind it tresomo to remember and
| sustain YOU partS :; ,- , .
! course, after you play u pnr whilo IL becomes
| n part OF your physical being. aud tho wo Us
roll out ana YOU 20 through II with no BRAN
| effort at all. IL you Hro not in sympathy WIN
| your audience Then 1t is indeed u0notonous
| Tor Il you forget tho lres you are 1t. You
| beastly and the no 81 worse, and wheio r' Ut
| one thought Is to avoid ever going there again
| and YOU play Ike u machine. Result u q cog
! breaks or "a wheel sets Won are wreck, Ike n
| machine, and cannot null yourself together bV
II remember playing Hazel krke' in one.
! night stHnd out West ] had played ih'Hr $
| GrSrn alU times aud wO hadn't had u rrOmptor
| in mouths had Icon To- see ITO Wild west
shoN ~ the afternoon. driven round in tho
hcadwuod coach aud the indiAps had iroi
int It until II WIS MILF smoGe OF Manil'E T.
tho story IF'd,uS tells IN tho FIRST urt AMI IA"
was going through that mechanically, ms head
the lines lett me. J coNidn't think. neither
could tho perSon was playing with | rushed
without any collar ana his hands covered with
sunp-ude. We'll, somehow, We managed TO
wato through. but don't believe that audience
knew whether We played Hazel hirke' or
ncle Toms CABIN though the piece was so
old Mr. rohman said II was "A wonder the all-
diehco didn't throw ne the limo, ,r......,
ing bow mechanical acting can hccomC. was in
tho 'Glurk Hussar.' Cottrcly and were sup
posed to be asleep. lut in ms sIcop hhi 10
tackle Il little musical phrase. 1t was Il, Ilcult
to hit the note yu,t right and sound 1t clearly.
rrehcn5ion and caution ON tins occasion .
sudIony realized that wo had passed that
point in the act but had n, The sIGfiM",, TO- to.
must nave been really asteep, until after the
act when ! inquired. aud found thu mad
hut the most dangerous nnl hopeless
thin to 20 ur IN Is to.lr"i Norsa: IN sneGG zen
words. and improvise something to keonirOh
n regular spill. hut every word and letter In
topical verse is 30 important that you lose ono
and up you 40. Had that experience III Boz
ton. Go! stuck III the second line, Iust told
ne andsnfo what was y" o m% %Srs anI o
again AMI succeeded. which brouE@, down me
house have Just as much trouble WITH, mo
Il forget II word. But nothing breaks mo up
bore, for, |, is so delightful to play Tor a, New
\ ork audience. besides benz a continual tri-
comes mechanical or l4ckirg in oiiort.
" IN what city does the auiienco seem most
" Nil Boston is ircnIiar city. You never
can dorcnd on your andirnrc. one night it Is
AZ hot a. IN eight,dav S'oye md ia" neNt as cid
cordial. friendly sorl of welcome. thlr"Eo
lives IN world OF excitement. sort OF stick
ing. pigs. wheat spccuatton-li2z nli the time,
and Is on til" uul v.ve to 20 off the handle if
you give II half CHARGE: bntif you don';, YOU
know it Is sort Of collapsed and disaproint-
cd. But Now lork audiences are most Kindly,
appre ,ative. conSiderato nituGcth"rt the liyest.
especially on iir't n!;gnts Of them 1 az ot
lorf has more rst nights. You know. Her
audiences understand bettor. havo more sym
patty with tho player, and usually contai N
considerable contingent who have been there
and know hoWIt Is themsolNcS
What r9ris do ike best? Well have
had three that really did like-FH1an IN
in tilIo shall got this fellow III nj now shared
M SO III ENJOY il. Ike ? part that goes with
good acting part that gives man Il chance TO
show what he can do.
passlonntcly fond Of Dickens or one thing, umd
| like little harmlosS game OF poker once in -
while, enI"y the races when my morse wins,
and dc eloring histtionc bceps ut the Actors
summer quarters. ! possess charger that
hsn me I'VE hours p t on every Lay an!
hem III. That game is q c. rker for good clean
Iun. III ;ell you why. lou SEQ, you 70 to tie
lot OF money. and it's all over in n
minute. But the bal! grounds arc accessible
hours OF chronic fun looking on. 1t is hard
game to rlay. nut delightful for the spectators.
II grand good game Tor boys, Ih"reS
encourages desire for a. hetic training: and
always was a crank on athletics. I've 5 rintcd
manga hundred yards in I"as than ! /. and that
Isn't bad, you know. 1t stimulates local pride.
and that Is first cousin to patriotism: 1t ls az
solutey free from gaming and the local pride
axes tho place OF the pool room. rot that |
obJect to Eooi rooms myself. don't wish to |
nose as the secretary OF any society OF saints.
L won't do. The boys know me 20 well. But |
mean for conservative rcOple who do object I
% uoOl rooms II is Immense.
The first newspaper tame | ever honestly |
'arned came from an encounter with tho UNI |
1ire on the diamond: 1t was in the old Metro !
"ctcd to his decision very emphatirally and /
ipon the crowd mnrmured that thcy went III |