New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-08-18
IL M ASA RE 4 {, BIC.

Ill M ASIA R,llA 81
A PIECE lFsTAGE REHtrsM THE
LERY DIDN'T AfsPREclATE.
The Hero Had Some Dfftculty In Carry
ing Out the Intentions OF the, Anthsr.
How TwosActor Settled; : Disag
and Lost Their Jobs. AS.
Every day one sees things whiuh
force him to believe that Barnum said
it all when he declared that the Amesi-
can people like to, 5e humbuggeh =
They will applaud the bogus, the lake
believe, and allow the genuine-or;. to
use worse bit of slang, the real thing
to 20 off the. scene without SO mach
as "a hand. -
Fine frenzies inthe dramatic business
are a waste CT energy, SO I am told by
couple of. actors, and here is the STORY,
a tale of how two ambitious ones. gave
to the exasperating public perhaps the
greatest bit of stage realism every pre-
scented and received for their painsand
bruises-an awful silence and q few
pointed remarks from the gallery critics.
I forget what the: play was, and who
the actors were has nothing whatever to
do with tho matter at this time. They
are both stars today, however One did
heroic parts and the ether the ''Ha, ha;
I'll steal the girl. .. They had played in
several pieces together and were friends.
One was believer in real tears and all
that goes to constitute living the part,
while the other believed that at 10 time
should the actor allow the lines or stu
atoms of the piece to make him forget
himself. l,47~ u. +
In the piece which they were playing
the hero and the villain meet at crit
heal moment and fight. In case the hero
failed to settle his opponent-well, he
got his salary for doing it, SO it had to
| occur. 49,
The fight was rehearsed and was
made to look real to startling degree.
The gallery used to go wild and the
| whole house resounded with the ap-
plause, but this did not suit the villain,
who believed in realism It was his be-
lief that real fight would make a hit.
I believe I mentioned the fact that they
were friends. That was true. They were
up to the moment where one. in a mo-
ment Of indiscretion, attempted to crit
icise the other. OF course everybody
knows that when that occurs all friend
ship ceases-between actors, OF course
| there were coarse remarks passed. and
the one who believed in realism and be-
ing an actor off and on finally folded his
arms and said, "When and whereof
Fright here, if you like It's short
job anywhere. -
"You think SO, Ell? Well, it shall &C
cur in our fight scene tonight. For once
the public shall see what they pay for.
The plot of the play necessitates that
you vanquish me. We shall see whethe,
it is so short job !.
The worst Of the quarrel was thai
they were both athletes, good wrestler.
and boxers and willing. r..
The play dragged slowly that night
until the fight scene.1
The hero's line, sit is either you o.
Reginald Marshallson, was answered
by-in an undertone-"You bet it is
and I'll mark you SO you won't play TO
month. - -
Instead of going to clinch, as usual
they both spared about for all opening
They were too long in finding it, AMI
from the gallery critic shouted
NV ats de matter wild youse? b!
don t ye git togedder?'
j Then they both led and landed will
q wallop. Then they clinched: The vii
lain back heeled the hero, and dow
they went. .gs.r. ii.
Eight like man, not like dog, :
whispered the. hero in hoarse tones.
The villain allowed him to get on hi
feet, and they began to spar again
} About the time the gallery got restles
the hero landed right on the villain
eye tnat sent him Keeling. Had he reel
ed the other way all would have bee1
} we'll, as the hero would have gone q
with the piece, but as the hero crosse,
the stage toward him the realist rushe,
and knocked him down with swing
ing left. +. s@s2 5. al. ~ B
Now, by all the laws Of melodram
the villain at no time should get til
better Of the hero in personal encoun
ter. The gallery knew that and roundl
Missed the hero for so far forgetting
himself. The stage manager knew j
and ran to one Of the wings to prom
him. The hero knew it. and he wen
back at the villain for keeps
They fought for five minutes all owe
the stage. They knocked down papie
mache trees, stoop to house and
fence, besides each other. The Who'll
company stood in the wings watchin
the mill, and the manager cursed an,
made awful threats in q stage whisper
but somehow the audience was not i'm
pressed. The gallery yelled: Ye
!; fakin. Why don + ye fghtp The bal
cony, from which on previous might
+ waves Of approval had broken, sat quiet
bored and snllen. The parquet, alway
willing to follow the lead from abov
on previous occasions, now sat glum
4 waiting until the very bad imitation q
/ Ia fight Shnnl6 and ri: