The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-29

wont ie Up IN. that thing, saysi.
hotels two MITES away
Finally we said that we'd ride in II. but he'd
very well. but he climbed w. silk hat an ali,
and we got IN tho back o. the wagon an put. UP
our rarasols SOS nobody could see uS. Then they
drove mn they drove, an they went / gue.s al
over town. We'd say every little while that we
Kelly. would tell the driver to whip ur, an
they'd ~ 50 ft-t we couldn't get ont Finally
right across the street from the depot where
we'd come in att
THAT evenin' when we went to tho on'ry
house there wnsn't n bit nf scenery. The man
had rolled It al ur;, sGth he hadn't eNpc,,"i
Hn' piny without n it 81 scenery. rTs house
was packed. but there was n lot of torgiS there
With IN horns and all sorts Of things, rhgrs
sittin' In the loxcs IN their silks an sntins; paid
dollar an, a talf for their seats. Well a fcl-
guishcr, an durin' the performance he went to
turn 1t on the stage, but he made a mistake an
soaked to the skin"
THIS win Give, some idea of the vicissitudos
which attend tho Cherry sisters In their dra-
matte career. One can scarcely blame them for
r%gsorttng to n wire screen ns n means of defence.
of the picturesque and must add something to
the already weil-niRh irresistible humor OF their
It will doubtless appeal especially to Col. Bob
1%ngersoll. who, on the, occasio on OF his. last visit
the sisters and seemed ns much impressed by
them as they were by him. col l%nEersoll. IA
wei rs MS ITltNlS anu MS 'ntInlCh, VIII We lh-
terostcd TO know how lie struck the untram-
mciled intelleets of these children Of the prairies;
an entertainment ty the cherry Sisters came on
the same evening. 10 their mutual detrimcnt 80
went to hear the sisters, and was 50 impressed
by the novelty of their Performance that ho
over and meet the distinguished orator, whose
previous engagement had deprived HIM Of the
pleasure Of .HeinE Them In action, 50 to speak;
lngersoll and his dau.hter. 1t was soon notscd
about the hotel that they were there. So a room
was quickly secured, twenty or thirty OF the
guests congrega,ed therein. and the girls gave a
number Of selections from Their, programme.
%lngersoll and his daughter attended. .
lie seemed like Il real nice sort OF a man."
says Addic. he was just rs sober as he
could be! lie never cracked n smile. an all the
rest was %laughin' fit to XIII themselves. HIS
daughter Just had to put her head down on the
chair in front OF her an give up. But Ingersoll.
he just sat there "a, sober as a Judge, though he
did look Interested.
That's the way, YOU know, with people who
amt religious. Didn't YOU ever notice ,that2
oh. yes, its like the savages. you know. They're
always 80 sober. an inhdcls are Just like 'em.
But / guess he liked our enttainment, He give
US $500. anyhow. an that looked as II lie liked
TO come and hear the whole Of IT,. an toli lin
was sorry | couldn't return the compliment.
! wouldn't go an bear any lecture about inf
deity. But hes II bright man. though. | think.
l believe he's just III lniidelity, for the money
there is in i. Pretty soon hon and there more
what he honestly thinks.
"Oh. | mint got no patience with people that
talk against religion any way. Whenever we
get a religious audience we're nicely treated"
Where was the most orderly house you had?'
We'll at Savannah, III. That was religious
Yes" interrupted her sister, but it didn't
Well. ia rather have more order an less
money, declared, Addie.
on the road that's treated like ours Is. An with
such an entertainment as we give. too! Just
think they was mobbin' a lot o. British soldiers.
The trouble is, our show is too good for them!
They don't understand us. They think we amt
Yes said Ems you don't know how par.
id have in my house. i think it is dreadful
nowadays. You don't even dare to 20 to church
x AND t 4 se statues @" AM ' mo mum snta Why : % / went
into the ar, gallery IN Chicago, an, ! think the
people ought to 20 there IN a W9o an, tnrow an
ticular that If ! knew 1t said in a book that u
mother died at her child's birth. 1 wouldn't
Put what would you have the author say"
He could say that the mother died when
Enie was asked what her opinion was of GER
tam situations and subjects discussed IN various
recent novels. Her horror was refreshing.
great scott" she exclaimed. TT man who
wrote that book d better write a doctor book!
"iinw about Trilby =" she asked. Il little later.
The man who's our manager now is deter
got the costume all right: he gave us a picture
10 copy. We did the act the other night; but
know whether We want it in our show. Was
Trilhy MI right -,
but them models they amt like those
statues. are they: They have their clothes on
"W..ll, not always"
Woo. II was Trilby's speciality not to-"
We'll. we won't have her in our show then 7"
."Tr!lby was all right, aside from that, wasn't
shcy she WAS respectable -
mW"il, not as you would consider respecta-
""I'ion't see what our manager is thinkin' of
s"Yss. by the Palmer company"
Tell me about the play"
the studios. Little Bulre's love and his estranRe-
from her, SrsnGrN's power. his horrible death,
Great scott" said Eme at the close OF the
recital; III | couldn't write a better play than
Then size gu ilelessly added:
lis their show as good as ours p
A description of the entertainment cannot
give any idea of It's novel character. The Open
Ing feature Is "a tableau called "Clinging to the
n SnSsS ea. ie al sih nro tGs oi tn.To sns i"nlr Of ih @'' wire re
screen. Then follow songs by the different. sis
tiers tiers sm nhess s .pc6 sn Hbs . "s'T =. arE ESm fPPoytiIinS
Man" Chicago. the EAR city" The Cherry
Sisters" and so on. The chorus of the last
named is AS follows:
Cherries are red. cherries are ripe,
And the Cherry Sisters are out OF sight!
%ni the Cherry Sistcrs ar" srIii ahead,
When they were asked whether they sang
=" Ben Bolt" in the Trilby act. Etlir said:
NO. why should We sing that -
We'll. because 1t is so closely associated with
Trilby. Il Is the song she always sings"
"Oh, pshaw We always sing our own compo-
sitIons. some way, just as soon as we sing any,
thing else, the audience knows it right OFT, and
they don't like it."
One o! the star features of the performance Is
the reading OF al essay on The Modern Young
Man" by Addio Cherry. She was so good as TO
write out u copy for THE sun correspondent.
Bnd here 1t is:
THE MOpERN YOUNG MAN.
Tho young men OF old times are not to be
compared to the Young men OF to-day.
"Tho nice young man of to-day Is quite a
genial and Jolly good fellow with the boys and
quite IL gallant with the girls.
ITO ho sure the modern young man has his
failings. but u large share of them should b.
forgiven especially IL lie has just returned from
college whore be has spent the last nine months
in hard study acquiring knowledge Of baseball
and football and many other games JUS. as use
full.