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PlayS and Players" Mr.. HOyt has eS-
tablished a reputation as a keen OBJ
server as well as a humorist. Charac-
ters and incidents that may seem COM
monplace to others appeal to him, and
he has the happy faculty of making
them interesting. 1t would be quite i'm
possible for him to see anything and not
give it quaint, crisp and original ex-
preston. His natural acutenesS of OBJ
servation has been accentuated by his
early experiences as a newspaper man.
MIR. Hoyt said:
Il went abroad to enjoy myself and
accomplished my purpose We arranged
no plans for stereotyped sightseeing. We
simply wandered about here and there,
seeing what was agreeable and enjoying
ourselves. / expected to find things diff
ferent in London than they are at home,
but becuse they did not agree with me
was no reason why l should quarrel
with them and tell them they were
wrong. The trouble between us is that
they begin where we end. So when the
waiter at the London hotel insisted that
/ should begin my breakfast with nuts
and with fruit 1 demonstrated quietly
and refused to order anything to eat
until he first brought me ice water. Ice,
bS luS way - t1it IilOSt pIcClOuS llilAie3
over there. This naturally touched him
and incidentally myself Then / re-
fused to order anything else until he
brought me fruit. After that we got
along most amicably together.
81 used to believe it was all talk about
an Englishman being unable to see a
joke. Now I realize that he must be
told in advance that a joke is intended
for a joke, whether it is good or bad.
They take everything literally. When
the customs official was looking over
my luggage upon our arrival at Liver
pool he asked me if 1 had any tobacco.
1 happened to have two cigars in my
pocket, and said: have two cigars in
my pocket. You can have one, but I'm
darned If you can have both He
looked at me in an astonished sort of
way for fully half a minute-a good
stage wait. Then he marked all my
trunks and walked away without even
offering to take the cigar. I really be-
Heve he thought / was crazy.
II can't begin to find adequate terms
to express my appreciation Of the un
bounded hospitality of the English peo-
pie. I had hardly arrived at my hotel
in London when / received a small pack
age from George Edwards, who, by the
way, 1 had never met, containing invita-
tions and tickets for everything that
was going on in London. Edwards, by
the way, appears to have an interest in
everything in London, and has unques-
tionably stepped into the place made
vacant by the death of Sir Augustus
Harris. He is the theatrical man of
London, just as Charles Frohman is
here.
I enjoyed Paris very much. The prin
cipal occupation there seems to be eat
ing dinner from $50 to 1870 o'clock. 1
do not think Paris is a good theater
town. The people spend too much time
in outside amusementS.
''As soon as I arrived I Immediately !
proceeded to perform a duty which de-
wolves on everybody who visits the
French Capital for the first time-that
of calling 'cocher,' a 'cochant (pig). 1
excused myself to my wife and went
out and hailed a cabman. 1 called him
'cochant' and gave him twenty francs,
explaining that as stranger had
duty to perform in calling him 'cochant.'
He replied in good English: You can
call me 'cochant all day long at twenty
francs whack.
Il learned all the French necessary in
one day. Combien,' signifying how
much is quite sufficient knowledge of
French for any American to move along
without discomfort or friction.
Il went to buy new pair Of shoes one
day and, walking along the Boulevard,
1 saw a sign in front Of a shoe store,
which read: English spoken I went
in with confidence. The man who spoke
English must have been out to lunch.
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I wrestIed with them in pantomime for
fifteen minutes. to no purpose. Then
the man and woman quarreled and I
went out and cut the English spoken
sign with my knife. In sheer despera-
ton, went into the next shoe store l
came to, bought the first pair of shoes
that fit me, and am now able to exhibit
the latest Partisan freak in shoes.
THE Trip to Chinatown is doing very
well now. When it was originally pro-
duced they endeavored to Anglicise it
by rewriting it and making it res
taurant called Chinatown 1t was
slated by the critics and they then went
back to the original and 1t is now draw
ing well.
Saws the New York Evening POST:
Much has been written on the relations
between music and morals, but what
ever the influence of music may be, 1t
does not seem to have the power of
stimulating the sense Of gratitude.
Among the names of those at present
prominent i'm the concert field are two
former pupils of the National Conserva-
tory who received their education en-
tirely at the expense at the President
of that institution, Mrs. Thurber. Yet,
although they now are earning together
at least 1000, it has not occurred to
them to contribute from their super
fluffy a few hundred dollars for a schol-
arship for other young men and girls
who are now struggling as they were
when the National Conservatory threw
open its doors free TO them. The con-
servatory does not insist on any return
for the help to poor students, but when
these students become rich they ought
not to forget that they should do unto
others as others have done unto them.
Admirers of Mime. Etelka Gerster win
be distressed to learn that she is liv-
ing IN Bologna under unhappy circum-
stnaces. Nine. Gerster, after her
breakdown ten years ago. made re-
peated efforts to sing, and for several
years made concert tours through the
various European towns. But she met
with little success, as her voice was
injured beyond hope of recovery, and
the public remained away from her
performances, which were pathetic in
their c0rtraS IN bar oar v1ipr friIn1rhS