The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-30

drinking mint jalets and driving away
the hies. recount their experiences, IN a
Chicago Office that can't be any other
place than Arthur cambrige's. the fol-
lowing cniioauy look place.
II never pass Trncls Tom peopie" sid
the proprietor with firm determination.
TO the tail man tn the green macintosh.
However, as you look as though you
had seen better days yon mag g&, in
awhile. Drop in as you come oat--f ganf
q man to play an Undertaken is the new
burissaue and IL you've been out with a
Tom show for nine weeks yea ought 10
MI the bill 70 IT,
The man tn the green macintosh went
inside and the crowd began to talk Uncle
Tom al a.07 clip. After number OF
"reminiscences han been exchanged the
treasurer said that he Was about To be
driven from home oy Tom show.
How can that be- asked the advance
agent, curiouxiy.
There Is one auarsered up on tbs north
side near my house ard ! can hear Eliza
escaping every evening. The dogs are
audible three miles away and the Jack
asses sing under my window all right
long while the hand evens up for The sal
AIRY II won't get by playing Sweet Rosie
O.Grady' from dark TIL dawn. and down
the stretch again
The comedian. who had come in 10 In
the czsh-d.awes. grinned audibiy a. this
statement
"Geni.euen and the advance agent"
said he, with meaning look. You may
roast the humble Tom show AZ .1sicfi as
you like, but II is an attraction ihas has
. death grip on the hearts of the ccm-
mon people II always draws few DOL
lars. even when Italian opera would go
begging AT ten, invent and thirt. The
Tom show Ia living now and II will Keep
right on living when you md ! and all
useless cumbefsYs Of the earth. %iIcn as
advance agents. are laid away sorcvar
Five years ago l went Tomminz.
joined ont with Tom show hat vas cup
poeed TO be the real thsnR-a double
mammoth affair, with two Evas and two
Tapsys n hand Of dogs and many AMI
mails We didn't get along ss smoothly
us We expected Al the stan.is 81 ere We
held forth we would get press notices
reading something in this fashion:
/" The show was remarkably good in
some respects. the work OF the fonr-foot-
ed artists being almost wonderfnf. TWO
of the donkeys showed great capaoiiities
az duetists. and the large bloodhound
with the nan ears knew his lines and
acted them most spiritediy The dogs
were supported by number Of people,
among whom may he mea;ionsd Mr..
Henry Riackum. AZ Uncle Tom. ara Mr.
Clayton Jennings. who At times evinced
almost human intelligence in the fenci-
lion % hts role
.~rbnt sort Of thing Jared on me and
quit but after being out three weeks.
meeting the company coming back To
Chicago ! rsjoined the gang.
The homeward trip VAS worse than
-Napoieou's retreat frnm Moscow. At
unt place We would leave dog as pay Tor
our board, at another We would have 10
give up a tackass. and so on. while the
missing grew In numbers at every stand.
When we reached Chicago the advance
agent was playing Simon Legree and sne
girl had tn double as Eva and Tofsy.
We got A date at n theatre ous In Inc
suburbs and borrowed TWO bull pups nom
a Niger for hIoosihounds. For four days
we PLAY ed with four people de..S the
show and then we were elected from the
th.a,er That was my last experience
VIII, Tom shows. but I still think them "A
necessary part Of tho dramatics. and
some,hing that the people will not see
laid AWAY
Go many wel-known actors and actress
es have recently announced their iuien-
lion Of going on the vaudeville stage at
least temporarily. that the managers or
the legitimat. drama are begsnn'cg 20 SIT
up and ask each other where and when
this thing is going TO stop.
Such weli-known men as Maurice Barry
more. Robert Hliiisrd Frederick raulaing
and Milton Mobiles says the New YORK
Herald have accepted the tempting lures
held out 10 them by the vaudeville man
ayers. and II Is even reported that Mrs.
John Drew Agnes Booth, Mics Rose coeh-
tan and Miss clara Morris have said that
they are willing 10 appear on the ''con''n-
opus performance stage should the sal
ssv he large enough: and so the managers
are beginning to regard the matter ss A
little more serious than they thought az
,irss-
And what are they going 10 do about IL
The point YOU see IL this, said a New
York manager. We are net AFRAID That
tha vaudeville houses Will take so many
OF eur good actors and actresses as 10
materially weaken our forces. but ii IS
evident that the extraordinary salaries
they offer are having an effect. aud not a
few really valuable players have been or
are going 20 be caught.
Welt what Is the RESULT Miss \ Is "a
weii- known actress. She has headed a big
dramatic company. gone on tour, say, IN
lSsf-s7 aud her manager. finding she has
81 drawing power has re-engased her for
ths, ~Sa son ~ tSa.-es vaudeville agent
comes along priar - the opening OF her
isa--ss tour aud off~rS her 81 90 week 20
anpear AZ a circuit ~ continuous per
fermanee houses for. say. twelve weeks
sinfinS the summer She accepts When
sho legitimate manager comes 70 make M
hts route for the regular season the man
arcy Of the theater tn say Ptttshurg VINO
ksid him - per cent 81 the receipts tins
season ssNs he viii nave IN take 50 per
cent less next s@aSou- WAY Tie s'il mas
Miss \ who ~as 4 good drawing carS IN
ffttxhurE Is<t time Ar Yes, But since
then Miss y has Appeared az the ie ~
eua ascens continuous performance house
across the way. and fsor.ie wen, pay 81
aud 81 sSa "a see her again. - you r0e
Miss \ x drawing power IS gone ur roussd-
eraHlv reduced For brief high prare,l
engagement At e vaudeville hGusc she has
permanently hurt her money value on the
legitimate stage
New What are We 20 As a1out ~ T~la
ag,ls fhiax ( ss~ 10 SO Is n refuse to nn-
sage Miss 4 asasr after sAa has hesr IN
vaudeville or else % give her much low
s.r salary. Nanax gers All over tfe country
are discussing the matter ART ~ Is 3,ossi-
hle shss some coUccrtws action VIII ne
taken nut as get nothing has been done 20
F.s1sr,sa A}&~sst'S peculiar hsssu.Ss seasg1x
sh., greater portion - her AiSasrsezly hi9-
stes fortune to = mysterious Ms White
~ sastoa haS SsE az tue operate sosaigss
a cog
waen E,usr,a died her SISTER was aprar-
Toned a eertata moderate sem of s7sass e7
ard raasie ee<sA9ars ssgatee ~ lhe Ahapast
Stage sNartrsso~a. which s~aliecs i,,n u F4s1-
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sat sae wsuieosse eyssusas hts}e c~ r-ats-
fvr xnprtsac hsssg ats value Sns ghe sister
ana ether Tc.&ftYes Nege nos sa{l prsx i.gpa
for T*ts SAFE ~ cest x.ss,9s Ecs,s r@s-s here
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