The sun., 1891-06-30

IL was vas As much as could do to outins HMM him in
9ss oS ss to shs aSs sS ns
Yes. 30 cents. the Treasurer replied, with
return his money. and close the theatre.
No yon won't sIna rsmarkssd ,ssa, + {! have neve.
sn to do So M and
aspresiatiye aSa audience Wei play Tor i. an
went Into the perInet INTRODUCED myself
ance ar c. 1 told him that as he had thought thought
enough OF me to come and see me, and paw
as ns eood as there wao paefeS ess
house. He seemed . little nervous, but / told
him ns sH sSsan sssos sS s s
in reaesurine him. then went behind the
curtain. and requested the COMPANY to dress.
aYos, am, / answered. He's paid his
ss ss 3: sf asys ns s%a Of
the company; I'll pay his fifty cents, aud You
" replied re- that the performance must go on
tempt to guy the audience. or any failure to
rlay, a partin full would be the signal for q
asVi' sWeil. the orchestra played On overture md
the ,bs an ias
sent. whore it could see and be seen II thanked
e irnt row. row. snssested that little generous
applause thrown IN where the audience thought
re aetors deserved Il would serve TO insGs
audience entered into tho spit Of t the .,, per.
mem mem, ana ssat "Rrasa thought f %ersed ne
The, perlormnnce thus began with great
sS snt e,cr ws' pyss In Ss sprs ehTs ss" Ssn
heart and s9ul; into the character OF Fritz and
sung tho Lullaby so tenderly that the entire
replied that We rarely gave an encore. hut rs
this was an extraordinary occasion the audi.
However, it was mot a Discriminating audi,;
ence. IT lacked critical aoumen. II applaudrd
Ct es SeS Mhsss to no n p,Sa %hens wns ae
cams forward and called Its attention to its
did ti not ihinS It had made mistake II was
an accommodating audience; 4 hint was snl-
ntlfe Il cl"rp it, hands A. perisc,y snchsnsed
aud shouted Irnvos like "a en.hnsias,Io
Italian. Az one time the great word bra>is-
!The company. although dellVhted. maid no
attention to the audience. but W mt on With its
tween the acts. however. one nr two Of them
evinred disposition to % g2 out VI into TIE audi
en% ssf mn ass aSs .ss" ANN hs S
" At tn. close OF the SECOND act the mnnaR'r
entered the theHr He h1d a., hesn ,e~s cut Tor
founded at SEEING the hSuse brilliantly lighted.
Huu tHR pTCuobLTb ulbSluk
OF one man. But he wns more astonished
when The curtain arose. and the performance
was resumed with as much nm 'oncern ns
But he hal an eye to business He sent word
OF what was going on tn the newspaper Offices.
and half a dozen reporters arrived 10 tims or
the last act. M actor ever received finer news.
paper criticisms. Some OF than were spread
out over q column.
!" 1t tmrne our that tho audience was the
owner OF copper mine In Michigan. and very
wealthy. 1t showed it's appreciation on the
following day by giving royal banquet to the
company mt the leading hotel. 1t entertained
us ma handsomely as we had entertnined tt.
and we parted with mutual regrets.
" Just n year nfterward announcdA another
mntinse in Columbus. 1t was we'll advertised.
took @ ' In over oU $780, My sense D. Of oSI,a at 20
the man who had paid half dollar {" zee my
performance returned us n golden harvest"
such was nv first Interview with Fritz En-
nett. On the next day n report OF thu con.
versation similar to what is here written ap.
poured in THE Sun. Before nightfall Fritz en-
te ed the editorial rooms. Placing n plush
velvet box containing a pair Of diamond sleeve
butt ms upon my desk. he said:
These belong to you. my friend. They eX-
press what feel and what cannot say. You
are the first newspaper man who has. said
kind word of me in over eighteen months"
And he Is dead, but not forgotten By the hun
drehs OF thousands who have aeep him upon
the stage. Hia faults. like his virtues. were
natural There may be more Emmets in the
world, but there will never be another Fritz.
AMOS J. CUMMrNas.