New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-03
AMBITION SOCIAL md HISIKlONIC
, Il. YOUNG MAN WHO WOULD BE SUPER
AGAIN IN VIEW.

an. yorNC MAN WHO WOULD BE SUPER"
AGAIN IN VIEW.
| y sos several years ago that " Punch" published
| nc IL scmi-annual Illustrated joke a dialogue between
a theatre marager and a young man oil nris'~rau'
station who had applied to him for position on me
| stage Have you ever acted Deiofe! asked 'he
| manager Yes" replied the young man, "as. an
,.,,u-. 7 nIoycd Romeo and had seven curtain calls
| . Thor Won will do for my company said the man
orcr. hero 1, Your part. which you can look over
| you omen the door and say Dinners ready
Thai vos so long ago that this young man and The
fc,Icrs, NJ his club may be the fathers OF the young
| mar NJ oristocratic station Of today. But what i
red in the bone not ont Of the flesh, ana inc
xounc men of arstocIstc station OF today are Just
a. onx,o,s to know how Il feels 10 be lighted up IKE
- nc,ure and looked al with opera glasses as were
| these OF other days. Non was the young mar Ill
Punch the founder Of the line. One or two Roman
Emperors appeared on the stage III leading parts "o
and those r. the audience who we're discreet and he"
a polite thing when they saw IL $1,000 up III "''
| seats and sppaudcd them.
Ire, now the local social tendency toward inc
,ogs Is centred on THE Prodieal Daughter ut the
Lew American Theatre. The play, the COMPANY III"
| ,he theatre offer peculiar Advantages Inc ''1u'
Is new and everything about II Is In good cro'r' '"'
stage Is Of tho most modern and scientific sort anu
| tho pl,v utilities all is appliances 50 that i'rc
onportu dtcs are provided for tina, study OF mec'"h-
tam. and artistic effects which forms 10 large part
nj tho atractivencs- of the reverse side OF the I''
canvas 10 the ndolc>ccnt layman. Then theie j
Leonard Boync. good actor. ma 'h'hc"'' '''',
md a follow whom II Is quito the t.ing to kno"-"hu
,,, flora .rc others lut most important Of all
there are ,lcu,y OF those part, IL the play. when
acto.s call thinking parts. meaning thereby "'''
the actors who play them do not have To learn vi
On sov au-ihrg worth mentioning. but ihnt th'y UT"
NJ liberty TO think AZ much little rs theS
choose or find convenient.
Mr. French the manager Of the American Theatre
has therefore had many applications Tor PoSi''o'''
among the supernumc1ri'' but Whenever AZ '
detected signs Of undue weight ia the social scaie
h. has s,ld no. firmly and looked for something
lighter The reason for his IS that young men VINO
d NOT need to b. supcrr nmcrares for money % h"'
nsnaily make good They Nprni 100 MUCH "'"'
studying the mccbauisms and the members "i NE
company. and do not civ" e'"oneh Thought l" W."
th,phinc par,s yci a few. It f. said. escaped III.
rre,.h.s vigilance. and O., upon the stag" ana rN-
H,od the .rvy If their friends. who hoheh' r'h'
cent, 10 sec them give Leonard Boync, "Ja'" bsr''
and jefferson DE- Aur"l, points
That wa, abon, all the exciting there was doh''
All they had do to get on tn" top OF 'oac"
+, the ,occ scene and III there. II they felt Ike
doing something really M-trionic they c"u" got "P
and cheer ar wave their hats. do anything else
which the spirit " Thcspls inspired them - 40
Tho uaris were = cXrcting as ~" tlhNhE P''''
I'm some play. Two three years ago 'a'N
sheppard Of goriou. memory, was phN'" al N'D'''
Garden 4 Young man who ought TO have known
Potter thought - add mn experience to MS Isl ny
icirg supcrnumerary In II. II ADDED
and scored n under. Tie sup"rnumcrnr"s ihHn
r.nr.srn;,d n London mob. one OF IN" regulars
said to his fnen' ~: "sny. got onto dc hloke "id
dc yclicr hair on his lip; hc ant got no ri;ht
here. wen yer got him onter dc stage hustle HIM
There vas street fight with fists and clubs III 'h'
play. and 1t wa. managed we'll that every blow
81 which there was any record fell on the Intruder.
and ne has always aid since that an actors life Is
a hard
rr. after ALL Tia, is another story Til" SUI
p.ruuncrarir, IN The Prod sal Dnuchier' are "a
gentle vcnlrcd crow and they would never DO
such a thing ~ this wha, disappointed the roun:
mon was that the srcenroom not green. ana
Tint the other members Of the company simply cam"
70 the theatre. PLAYED their parts. and went away
acnIn 20 they decided that they never should gr'
10 the Top # any theatrical ladder except III" on"
ty which they mounted the stage coach. ana 'h"N
went away withou, drawing their pny and the treas
uicr wondered what the matter with his &C
counts There have been exaggerated stories
81 thc adventures Of .ome we'll known young men on
the stage of the American Theatre. tn" other night
-amnel Walter Taylor. jr, Frederick Martin Frank
Beard and Belmont Tiffany called on Leonard B"yn''
whom they knew. IN his dressing room. They had
a plra,an, call, and when the time cam" for the
rice seen" ,omccdy suggested that they shonld go
ON the stare ~ all the, would have to do would BE-
10 get on IT,. TOP II the conch and sit there
hfcr the play they nc, ". H. Matthews, III" acting
manager Of the theatre and one 81 them tplh im
VIVA, they had done II you played super's part.
said Mr.. Mathews. "you ought I" have II SUPER
paw and he gave him quarter Now that !
have my pay" hc said. d" / Will treat and h"
bought 4 bottle of champagne. IL the sam" tihlr
slipping the quarter Into MIR. Matthew's p~hrt.
That was al hcr" about II. The next night
The EarI "f craven called Mr. Bo,nc. whom he
had known In London. and the report soon aros"
that hr. TOO. went on the stage. Whether he 'lih
or not T. not generally known. but II Is generally