Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-01-11
could sing it as it should be sung. Hell
il is:

Twas dvwn at Dal. McDevitt's, at the corner OF
| the street.
There was to be prize fight and both parties
were to meet
To make all the arrangements and see ev ~
thing was right, a.,
/ McClosky and na-gur were to have hhisI
fight; - A..
Closky said he'd Try
To bate the na-gur wild one punch OF IN the ring
he'd die
The odds were on McClosky, though inc betting
il small -
Twas on McCiosky ten to one; on the na-sur
none at all.
Throw him down, McClosky, was to be the bat
Throw him down. McClosky, yod can lick him
And future generations. with wonder and de-
light,
Closky fight.
The fighters were to start in at quarter after
But the na,gur didn't show up and the hour was
He sent around a messenger, who then went on
That the Irish crowd would jump him and he
Then up steps Pete McCracken and said that
he would fight,
Stand-up or rough-and-tumble If McClosky
McClosSy says, I'm 90 YER then the seconds
And the fighters started in to decorate each
others face.
Cuoaus-Throw him down, McClosky, &C.
They fought like tive hyenas till the forty
seventh round:
/ They scattered blood enough around, by gosh,
70 nj no
McClosky got a mouthful of poor McCracken's
iowl,
McCracken hollered "murther" and his sec
ondS hollered foul
/ The friends OF both the fighters that instant ala
begin
To fight and ate each other, the whole party
started in;
| fighters if you'd try,
McCracken lost his upper lip, McClosky lost an
| eye.
CHORUS Throw him down, McClosky, &c.
When Miss Cline reaches the chorus
she rolls up her sleeves and starts right
in to throw McClosky down, assisted by
the audience, who stamp their feet at
the proper time and half dozen men
behind the scenes shout Throw him
down, McCloSky" with her, and then
throw chairs and chunks OF iron on the
stage.
NO PLAY IN THIS.
Before she sings this song Miss Cline
comes before the footlights and says:
"Now we will work Mr.. Nichols
will you please play for me that touch
ling little ballad entitled Throw him
down, McClosky?"
A nd she does work too
Maggie is the especial favorite OF the
gallery gods, and although hardly a
night passes without audible comment
from some of them, she always has
ready answer
When she appeared short time ago
for the first time in a new dress, one OF
the boys cried out:
"Where'd yer git the clothes, Mag
gie?"
II had them made, boys" she said,
looking up, Il got too big for short
dresses"
The other night she appeared in 4
black satin dress with lace overSkirt,
and when she came out for an encore
she picked up the lace and Said
al will now give you my skirt dance. )"
The idea oftheir Maggie doing skirt
dance tickled the gods immensely and
they shrieked with delight.
Another of Maggie'S songs is Paddy
Flynn" In the chorus she walks 10 the
front of the stage and sings:
"Will yez all be wild me when tackle
Paddy Flynn
"YiS," cry the gods.
''Wil yez be all there when the scrap
beginS?"
"You bet" comes the response.
"Wil yez be all there, for the scrap
is on the square.
AN I'll put head on him before the
morning"
During the summer, when "Annie
Rooney" was being sung on every comic
stage in the country, the audiences
we're always permitted to sing in the
chorus.
Maggie had parody of "Annie
Rooney" and before she began it she
would say:
while I'm singing this song will the
audience please step on the stage and
help me out?'
TOO DELICATE FOR THE BUSINESS.
A few evenings ago reporter for the
Suldau World met Miss Cline at Pas
tors Theatre, just after she had I'm
, Shed her act. -.
Pm too delicate for this business, 5"
was almost her first remark. u m
going to join circus and see if can't
get some rest.
"Just excuse me for moment she
continued. .'while ! dress, and then /
shall be at leisure to talk to YOU"
As the two left the theatre a gang of
newsboys and gods stood around the en-
trance and cried
There she is ~
Hello, Maggie -
Throw him down. McCloSky, and
then every armful of papers went down
ION the sidewalk with Il smash.
Il get that every night, said she,
with a smile. "Such IS fame.
In the rear room of a little German
restaurant on Third avenue the repor-
ter found half dozen friends OF Miss
Cline seated around table. They were
old and well known actors and mana
gers and greeted her pleasantly Ihey
had hardly been seated when another
actor and his wife came in and joined
the little circle.
Beer, anchovieS and crisp vienna
pretzels were brought and Miss Cline
said she would rather have them, at
times. than the finest dinner in the
city. Then she told of the time she
didn't 20 TO England.
You see said she, Il had been
asked by dozen London managers TO
come over there for season. and al
though made no contracts l said
would come. fixed the day for my
sailins. picked out the steamer and
bought my ticket. When the day ar
rived | began to feel little homesick
bnt nevertheless they took my things
AWAY and put them on board. As the
bonr for departure drew near big
crowd of my friends and LOT OF people
who knew of me came down to the
:.L b;o hounupts of flowers to