The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20
STORIES OF A STAR.
A Theatrical Favorite Tells of a Funny
Incident on the Rail.


All the big theatrical stars are back in
town from their labors on the road. They
are now telling stories of their experiences
the past season and deciding where they
will go for the summer. Some few have
already sailed for Europe, and among them
John Drew.
Mr.. Drew was asked just before he sailed
what was the most comic experience he
had had during the season. 81 have had
SO many" said the only John, ''that l
really do not know what was the funniest.
The most interesting, however. was during
the rehearsal of the 'Bauble Shop We
had only had few full rehearsals.
Everybody was studying hard and try
ing to be perfect, and anybody who knows
! Joe Humphreys knows what that means
with the Frohman forces. The second or
third full rehearsal | was not WELL In
fact, quite i'll with bilious attack, AID
| sent word that / could not get around.
About o'clock, however, did go to the
theater and heard the rehearsal. I heard
some one going through my scenes letter
perfect, and it was an imitation of my
voice. l went up to the prompt entrance
and looked out. Bless me. if it wasn't one
| of the scholars from dramatic school,
who had been engaged to do a small bit.
lie had good memory and was onto
every line. He was my understudy in the
piece, and had | at any time fallen down
he could have gone on. l do not care to
mention his name, because he would not
like it. But it was q great bit of work
from the standpoint of memory"
Among those who will not go to Euror.
is w. II. Crane. When the summer gets
thoroughly started the comedian COM
mences to long for Cohasset and the yacht.
From the close of the season until rehearS
ais commence he is but seldom seen i'll
New York, and then tanned like South
Sea Islander. Mr.. Crane says the funniest
thing on earth to him is his press agent.
why deny says he, that / have a press
agent, and it is his business to get up
funny experiences? l have had no real
funny experiences this season-that is to
me- They have been funny to other people.
Coming from Boston to New York about
two months ago, | had one that was ex-
crueiatingly funny to everyb body but me.
1.-The cars were fairly we'll filled up, and
my seat was near woman with Il baby.
The baby kept calling me 'poopa, poopa
so / turned my back on it, and Joe Brooks
quietly called my attention to it, saying,
wise child and some other things. The
baby, however, insisted that I was it's
papa. 1t kept it up, then it cried to come
to me.
1.-The mother kept saying, That isn't
your papa, darling L felt like saying,
Thank you, madam, but l didn't Finally
it cried SO hard that I had to take it.
After had it l couldn't get rid of it. A
member Of the company succeeded in in
ducing the lady to leave the car for awhile.
and insisted on showing her the scenery.
Poor woman, she was told that the child
was sleeping quietly in seat, and she re-
manned away two hours. Every little while
l would send word to her that her baby
was still with me and needed her. I gave
the brakeman and porter money to find the
woman. They were retipped not to do so.
and in the midst of it [ was kodaked by
every member of the company When the
woman returned for the child she was hor-
ritied, and l, of course, could not say any,
thing. Now, that was funny to everybody
but me. l am going to spend the summer
at Cohasset, and will put in most of the
time yachting. New York Journal.