The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-06
THE CHERRY SISTERS TALK
TELL WITH SOME FREEDOM WBAT
THEY THINK OF NEW YoRKBRs.

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Newspapers Are Going to Church
Tho Cherry Sisters think we're real nice. The,
say that Marion, H., and even Cedar Rapids o
the samo State. are not worthy TO be compared
with us, take It as n whole. They think that tn,
Olympia Music Hall, where they nightly pro
duce a section Of their celebrated ent'tsinment
is grand. They say that Mr.. Hammerteen hal
to move the scenery up pretty close so that theil
voices will fill the house, but that is becaus,
they never played in such a big op'ry house be
fore. Lizzie says that the op'ry house In Marion
wasn't bigger than q chicken coop compared
with Olympia. The feelings of the Marion pco.
pie may suffer from this remark. but the Cherry
Sisters don't caro-.
These blooming prairie buds. however, are
not dazzlcd by us. They've been in Chicago
several times and they think New York is old.
fashioned. To be- strictly accurate. they think
we're real old fashioned. Our houses, our
streets. our shops. our lamp postsi
I why" said Addie, they light the streets
better in Cedar Rapids than here. They've got
electricity on Broadway, and that's ALL"
The reporter humbly assured her that there
are electric lights on Fifth avenue. and she was
moved to mirth thereby. Sho said she hadn't
been on Fifth avenue yet. The girls have been
trying to manage themselves since they came
here. and they have put in their time chasing
around to the theatre to see about getting their
contract in shape. They say that Mr.. Hammer
stcen is real good Hearted. but they appear to
cherish an inward fear that he is foxy.
I'VE got mad finally they said, and We
told the boys over ut tho theatre that II that
contract wasn't fixed up right away. we wouldn't
step into the theatre again. 1t was fixed" con-
concluded Annie laconically.
81 wonder IL that mans been took back yet"
said Lizzie.
You know Mr.. Hammersteen, he got mad at
the doorkecper." explained Addie. and he fired
him., and 1t was NIL on our account. You zee.
we was mad in the first place about the con-
tract, and we went over to the theatre In the
afternoon and brought our grips away and sail
we wouldn't go back. So Mr.. Hamtnersteen he
fired the doorkeeper for lettin' US go. As IL he
could ha' stopped US! II he'd a. stopped us
from goin' out O. the back door we'd a gone out
o. the front door. and Mr.. Hammersteen himself
couldn't a KEEP u.s."
"ltd take more'n he's got there to keep MS II
we made up our minds TO GOT declared Lizzie.
Well" resumed Addic, the poor man come
around here and asked us to see Mr.. Hammer
stcen about taking him back. Billy Hammer
Stecn was here, and he said he'd sec that 1t was
all right"
But l amt seen the man around said Lizzie.
"NorI. That ala't right. you know. II Mr..
Hammerstecn had any row to pick he could q
ptcked i with us and not with that poor man.,
"Well," said Lizzie, III hc didn't take him
back we were eoin' to tell right out on the stage
What do you think Of the audiences hero in
New York ~ asked the reporter.
throw anything except money: Jessie gets lots
o, money thrown to her. WY: somstimes she
the stage boys have most OF It now. They said TO
her. on. amt you goin' to let us have that
And Is that all they throw?"
NO, We get bouquets every night. The
second night we was mere we got the biggest
high! They said 1t was the biggest basket any
body ever got here except an actress from Paris.
They say it must a cost S25." said Lizzie,
And thel es that image in the parlor." said
Addic. We'll show that to you before you 20.
It's a girl with. a cherry In her mouth and her
sent by n sculpture man here in town. He saw
us one night. and he went right homo and begun
They say it's worth s6O!" said Lizzie.
Your aud fences seem to appreciate you"
Yes, they're real nice to us. But | was never
drink. We don't like IL. We don't think it's
right; They spend their money verv reckless.
Reckless people always are" said Addie.'
That's So" agreed Lizzie.
that people who are so good hearted shouldn't
wicked. Dut they don l seem To DO right
YES" assented Lizzie. there are some such
queer women here in New York. The first Night
that we played there was n woman sitting in
the front row and they passed some beer around
and-I guess-l guess she took some and.I
guess-she must a,drank q little. because she
Just threw up her hands and clapped EN-. We
didn't know what, allied her. but we asked the
stage boys. and they said she'd had a little too
much. Its dreadful!"
Our friends ont in Cedar Rapids told us. be-
fore we came on, that we'd see lots, o funny
ihinrS hut thpy SavS YOU inst 20 ahead and
do your part and don't pay any attention to any
body else and that's what we do"
The actors is all real kind TO us anyway. and
I guess they're nice enough. Some OF EN- come
on in tights. but that's before we go on the
one thing. Alexandra-you know Alexandra;
she's just lovely !-she went out one night in
didn't expect it OF YOU" And we didn't. either.
Well. Alexandra took it ali right, and she said
~ ain't going to do it again.
Not yet. She had her dress on next night.
Weir real sorry they pass things around to
know. and when Mr.. Hammerstccn put 1t on
the programme no put under y that there was
lots o blank pledges in the office and any one
could sign EN- that wanted to-"
!" wonder II many have signed" said Lizzie.
"Itave you met many strangers here
Nv ell, not many. Sometimes there's strangers
comes IN on the stage. and don't think that's
right. I'm going 10 speak about thai. I'm
people to come up OF the stage. 'rain't right"
DO you receive many letters 2"
q a good many. People want to manage
send us music. We don't want ,heinr music.
We make up our own"
nut the papers are the worst" declared
Addie with fire in her eyes. What we want is
u iipd the editors that wrote all them pieces
about us. We made a fuss about it. but Mr..
HammerStcen he said that the editors just write
whatever they want TO and nobody can help II.
We complained to him because the papers
ronsted US. when all the time we WAS giving a
refined enttainment that was q contrast to the
rest OF the performance"
What did he snyI"
why. he said did we think we were getting
roastedY That we'd ought TO see tho way the
papers had talked about him !"
We'll" said Lizzie with "a shrewd nod Of the
head, we know where most o. those articles
came from. They was, sent on secretly from
Cedar Rapids and Marion!"
Yes" said Addir. I've know all about 1t.
There was one OF the worst OF 'cm all. and We
know who wrote il. IL was n Miss Miller that
teaches In the Marion High School, and she got
SIS from the paper she sent the article TO. She
wrote, up a lot of ingrammatical stuff and
thought she'd never get found out. But we
know all about 1t. We saw some OF the report
ers the other day and we asked EN- to find out
for us who wrote some of the things that have
been in the papers. They said they would. But