The record-union., 1891-09-12
KIRK, GEARY & CO., AGENTS FOR SACRAMENTO.

the organization played the vaudeville
theaters throughout the country with
great success until September, 1884, when
Evans & Hoey had "a Parlor Match"
written for them.
VIM. Hoey is a nativei of New York
City, where he was born in 1855. He made
his first appearance in Tony Pastor S
Theater in the spring of 1874, doing sin
gle musical act, which was great nov
city of its kind at that time. His solos
on cow horn and on COW bells made a
great hit, and he at on3e secured very
large salary. In 1875 he was with Colonel
Carrington's circus, and the following
year he accepted an engagement from
manager in Savannah, Ga. He played
there for three weeks, but received not
one cent as salary, and finally started to
walk from Savannah to his home in New
York. He had nothing but the clothes on
his back, good health and an inexhaust-
ible fund of good humor to assist him on
his way, and it was while making this
ever memorable trip that his keen sense
Of humor enabled him TO appreciate the
comical side of the existence of tramp,
and he conceived the character OF Old
Hoss and determined that, if fortune ever
favored him SO far as TO ever permit him
to set foot on the stage again, he would
play the tramp with better results than 1t
can be played in real life. DE has kept
the ne II1dut " llluSC1ls dlIo IhC
stage tramp has made a wealthy man of
the tramp who joked his way from Sa-
vannah to New York. Mr.. Hoey may
really be said to have paid his way along
that extended route in jokes, as his fund
of capital stories, his natural joyousness
of disposition, his even temperament and
his philosophical way of accepting annoy
ances and blows of i'll fortune won him
friends everywhere. He started without
cent in his pocket, and yet he landed at
his home in New York without having
been compelled to ask for charity. So
much for cheerful disposition. In 1876
Mr.. Hoey formed a copartnership with
Frank Bryant, under the name of Bryant
81 Hoey, and the team did musical act,
which at that time commanded salary
larger than had ever before been paid to
such performers. In 1877 he Joined Tony
Pastors company, and remained in it as
one of its leading features until 1882. In
May, 1881, the Niles, Evans, Bryant and
Hoey Meteors was formed as stated
above. The firm was very proud of the
! word ''meteors' in its title, until one
day. an unfortunate printer. lowered its
pride by announcing them in big letters
aslNiles, Evans, Bryant and Hoey's meat
eaters. In 1884 Hoey cast his lot in with
Mr.. Evans, and they started out in "a
Parlor Match"
The comedians are like brothers, and
are, indeed, brothers-in-law, as they mar
ried the French twin sisters, one OF
whom, Minnie, has scored a great sue
cess in the part of Innocent Kidd. In
private life the comedians are quiet, un-
assuming gentlemen, and wear the livery
of their success with modesty. Neither
of them is likely to be troubled with en-
/ largement of the Uranium, and this fact
endears them to all their friends. Mr..
Evans has penchant for poetry and pot
"a
| the best English poets, and has his mag
nificent residence in Rochester filled
with samples in clay of works of rare
value. Mr.. Hoey is a student, and goes
almost directly home after the theater is
closed. He is passionately fond of the
violin, which he prefers to all musical
| instruments, although he can play on
any instrument that ever was invented
! for the purpose of giving forth musical
tones. Let him get in quiet corner with
! his fiddle and he is supremely happy.
| There is no moment during the action OF
"a Parlor Match which he enjoys SO
much as when he takes up the violin to
| play an accompaniment in the second
act. Conscientious, hard-working come
dians, with original methods and creative
powers, reputable men in private life, il
is gratifying to speak of their continued
prosperity. Boston Herald.
GRISMER-DAvIEs.
Sacramento's regular theater-goers and
the hundreds Of people now attending
the State Fair Will undoubtedly receive
with qualification the announcement that
the Grismers are to occupy the Metro
politan Theater all of next week.
Joseph r. Grismer and his charm
ing wife are both talented and
popular For several seasons past
they have given to the people of the Pa