The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-05-30
DE MOTT STREET T
HE TELLS HOW HIS DRAMATIC AS
ISOLATION WAS WRECKED.

~ A'Sin firuS OF do Dead See" Was
Great Go Until Fatty Hope. Sassy Jan,
n tho Dukess All Got m the Ram
page.
"Hully gee! But l was wantin to 90,
yerF" exclaimed the Mott street kit
as climbed into his bootblack chair 70,
a shine. .s -
well, what is itP'' l asked.
Did you's hear bout how de Shakes
peerean Dramatic a~ssociashun of de eas'
side had all gone to smashr"
"No. I hadn't heard" .u
well. it's a cold fact, Gully, and II
makes me heart ache to think Of it.
invented dat associashun meself and wa,
de high m~onkeymunk Of de same"
WAS it an association Of amateur &C.
tors?"
"Dat's right, ole man. all a~machures
but de undersigned. De pape's doan
speak Of me as an actor, but I've bin
dere jest de same. Mebbe ye didn',
know dat I've supported Richard Mans
field, John Drew, Francis Wilson and
a heap more of de high ups? Yes, sir
supported 'em and hit de public dead
center in doin it. Dat's me, cully-born
for de purfesh, but blackin shoes cause
dere's more money into it. I'll show ye
some press notices some day on me Ham
let" .tu,s-... -.
but what about the dramatic asso-
citation? ?" l asked. ,..
II was comm to dat. You's see, de
countess-dat's my gal, you know
wanted to be IN actress and star in me
great five act play called DE Livin
P1rut of de Dead Sea- Dere's a play
fur ye, Gully! Yer hair would begin to
curl almost before de curtain went up,
and ye'd faint dead away wild de close
OF de first act. De cast takes in 12 char
~acters and $50 supes. and de IL of us
formed de Sh~akespeerian Dramatic as
sociashun. Besides me dere was Scotty
Jack, Busted Joe. Cockoyed Sam, Chirpy
Charlie and Fatty Hope. Besides the
countess dere was Sassy Jane, Big Sue,
Nippin Nell. Bowery Mary and Tafy
Moll. Dat made ~ Of us, and I'm tellin
ye, Gully, dat it took in all the east side
dramatic talent to de last eyebrow. We
got together, as I've been sayin. and
rented a hail and got to work"
"You were the hero Of the play of
course?' ! queried as he paused to sigh
and draw a long breath.
"Of course, Gully. / was de grand
star aroun which all other stars had to
twinkle. l was de hero and the countess
was de heroine. Say! You orter seen us
when we had our toys on! De wardrobe
alone in dat play calls fur a check of
$40, 900, and de ships and cannon and
swords and armor fur de supes cost as
much more. When I walked across de
stage, wild me cooked hat on me EAR, me
sword in me hand and me red velvet
cloak train behind, it jest trowed Booth
and Barrett right over de fence. felt
de situashun right yere. Cully-right
yere in me soul. Fur de time bein I was
de bloodiest pirut dat ever chawed beef,
and if dere had been a hundread peelers
around I'd hev given 'em all back talk.
And de countess-jee whiz! She jest
showed born royalty down to her heels,
and she looked so sweet dat de pirut
hero-which was me-licked his chops
and couldn't think O. nuthin but
peaches and cream. Album !"
well, you rehearsed the play?"
1--WE did, Gully. De fust two rehear-
sails went off as slick as fallin down on
Broadway. Den Fatty Hope begun to
play de mewl. You's see, in de second
act me and me pirut band board a vessel
and lick de crew outer DER butes and
captur ten boxes of gold. Fatty was my
support and captain of de other craft.
He didn't want to be licked, he know,
and SO he made trubble. When we went
to captur' him, he licked de hull gang
and upsot do programme.
. "t'What's de row?' SEE !.
"eI won't be licked by no blamed
pirut!' SEE he.
"'But it's in de play
"'Can't holp dat. Me friends will be
at de play and roast me if I give in
II argued with him. but he wouldn't
give in: Den Sassy Jane got in de sulks.
When de piruts captur' de ship. 1 take
de countess on my left arm, kill two
men wild me sword and jump 20 feet on
to me W craft. Sassy Jane wanted to
de gal to repose on me arm, and when
she couldn't how her way she went in
bust de grand Sh~akespeerian aggre-
gashun."
"They all wanted leading parts. eh?"
dat was de trubble. ole man, and
you see it can't be did in a play. Dere's
got to be de ieadin man and de leadin
woman. All dc rest has got to stand
back and gin 'em a show. In de third
act de countess falls overheard and
swims to an island and climbs q tree.
It's one of de great incidents Of de play |
and bound to made de enthusiastic
audience riz up On their feet and howl.
Francis Wilson offered me $50, 600 fur |
dat n scene alone, and he shed tears |
when / wouldn't take it. Well, de coun-
hadn' t done de trick but twice when |
Taffy Moll got up on her ear about it.
She wanted to do de fallin and de climb
act herself. Why, Gully. dat gal
weighs 200 pounds. and ye couldn't git
huff water Oh de stage fur her to splarsh
in. and as fur climbin a palm tree, she
kin hardly git up stairs! When l tried
20 argue wild her. however, she got mad
kicked de bowsprit off my pirut
and slapped de countess on de
And so that was the end?" I asked. |
mot quite. Gully. I told ye bout de
birthday party and de dukess bein sent
,ver to de island for a sixty? Well. some
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