The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-01-06
Willy TRANSFORMERS
TRICKS WHICH ARE PLAYED BY M
PEcUNIoUS THESPlANs.

GulIible Landlord Into Camp-T1mely
Arrival of the Comedians Friend-The
Trunk Trick.
ANY one who knows the look of the /
transformer can tell him at a glance.
It is the fine days that bring him out.
Little is seen of him on wet and rainy |
DAVIS. but give Old Sol just half achance |
and you wonder at the array Of immacu- |
late linen, cigarettes and Prince Alberts
exhibited by these fly by night stars,
whose ways Of securing an existence are
as ingenious as they are manifold. The
men. with but few exceptions, are bar
bers or walters who do not work at their
trade, as they are either too light for
heavy work or too heavy for light work.
The ladies are as a rule the possessors
of good homes, which they desert to
follow their cherished calling.
A company of Keystone talent leaves
Philadelphia to play the state of New
Jersey. Their stock in trade consists
of a S25 bank roll and several bum
dles-not trunks-ofw wardrobe. Ofcourse
they are in possession of their ability,
| which is no. appreciated by New Jersey
| natives, and after making several stands,
| pursued by angry hotel keepers, they go
ashore ON the rocks, and with one &C
| cord all noses point toward the Quaker
| City. The ladies have little trouble in
securing transportation, as they are ex-
nerienced in the art of telling the con-
| ductors a story calculated to soften a
| heart of steel. They ride. and before
reaching the Delaware river have
touched" the accommodating ticket
| nuncher for 3 cents each with which to
pay their ferry fare.
| Not SO with the men, as they care not
for yarnish covered cars, but prefer rid
inc in what is known to the professionals
as a side door sleeper, but which the rail
road calls a box car. The comedian has
secured possession CT his valise. which he
has expressed to his destinations. On
reaching home he redeems it from the
express company and hies himself to
some theatrical hotel, where he secures
room and board for week, at the end
of which time he is unable to pay and
informs the hotel man that he Is expect
} ing to sign with Manager So-and-so and
will settle in day or two. After hear
ing this song for four weeks the landlord
takes charge of his grip and advises him
to find other quarters.
Happy thought! His friend, Tom
Blower, has arrived in the city, and as
Tom is dressed--:n their language
| of sight, our comedian hunts him up,
. and after short confab with him Tom
! can be seen walking in the direction OF
the hotel lately occupied by Comedy.
, Reaching there, he calls st the desk for
, our comedian and is informed by the
, proprietor that he is not in, whereupon
) Tom becomes agitated, and in conf
/. Dental tone tells the hotel man that he
S desires to engage Comedy to work the
!, rest of that week, as his comedian has
been taken i'll. .'Why!" he exclaims, Il
. must get him at any price, as he is the
only man in the city acquainted with the
lines and the finest comedy exponent III
J the country Comedy now strOlls in,
and Toms falls upon his chest with JOY
and engages him, in tones to be over
heard by the landlord. TO complete the
week with him at salary of $50. The
. landlord is happy and already hears the
), Jingle Of the siInoleons due him.
). Tom here informs our friend that ne
must report for dress rehearsal at once
whereupon the landlord is told that his
wardrobe is in the grip, which Is handed
him iDstanter. He and his friend Ton
depart arm in arm. But they never
come back.
Il Several years ago company stranded
near Philadelphia, and all but the lead
ing man returned to New York, he re
: manning with headquarters at the hote
a in which he was stopping, expecting, a
20 he told the country landlord, none.
le order from his wife. AT the end of thre
l. weeks no money order had made its az
pearance, and the Thespian's trunk wa
taken into the storeroom as security b.
III the hotel man. The day following thl
TO move a young lady alighted from tn
train and registered at the hotel, and
or n very short time became acquainte
mr. with the leading man. She wanted {
- INV a trunk. He would sell her one an
stated to the innkeeper that he had
e, chance to sell his trunk and gave hll
8 the IMPRESSION that the proceeds of til
In sale should apply on his board bill.
of The trunk was removed to the actor
room. where the contents were taken OF
of it and wrapped IL q parel', after whlc
IL. the ladv YVES called IL TO examine II
th ..}eister.' She was III love with Il
sryla All make of it and paid the act'
at $40 i, cash for the same. The bundl
he were lowered out Of the window by Il
M actor and expressed TO Philadelphia. II
lady paid her bill ct the hotel. amour
d ing to 81, and that afternoon left for tn
H. city in company with the l,a'iing ma
who was none other than her husban
hit and in whose pocket quietly reposed t
ca baggage check for his trunk. which t
day before l.;,,. been the property of
CO confiding hotel keeper, and who, to IL
GU day, had never received cent from t
Ia proceeds of that sale.
A common practice followed by the
,25 catch-as-catch-cGn managers Is to q
he the country hotel keeper an order
,ho the amount of his bill, payable at t
q | hnx Office in the town TO be next playe