Evening star., 1897-02-06

Adonis Dixey, knew that there was Mrs.
Chevalier Adonis Dixey-and some little
Adonises, too? But there was. And there
is. And Mrs. Dixey will be in Washington
all of next week, while her husband Is
amusing Lafayette Square audiences in the
leading comedy role in Charles Frohmans
production of the London and New York
success Thoroughbred"
Mrs. Dixey was at one time the prima
donna of "Tommassi's Juvenile Opera Com
pany." Later she played a principal part
in ''Evangeline," and 1t was through this
engagement that Miss Ida Glover became
Mrs. Dixey.
Mr.. Dixey always takes me with him
On all of his travels she says. He has
done SO ever since we were married-even
before he played 'Adonis' and began to
draw a stellar salary
The little lady tells some very interesting
experiences of her life as constant trav-
eler. Perhaps none of them is more so
than the time she and Mr.. Dixey and their
ten-months-old baby had to make jump
In a locomotive engine in the middle Of the
night. This Is the way Mrs. Dixey tells 1t /:
We were with E. E. Rice's Surprise
Party. The night we played in Waco,
Texas. We had to take midnight train to
get to the next Standardization, 1 think
IL was. The train was due to arrive at
Galveston at noon the next day. After the
performance We went to a restaurant for q
little luncheon. Before We realized 1t, it
was u O'Clock. We rushed to the depot
Mr.. Dixey had to carry the baby SO could
not go very faSt-and found that the train
dark and locked up so Henry found a cab
and we went to the station masters house,
woke him up, and were told that there was
no other train that would land us In Gal
weston in time for the performance next
night
But there's no use In talking said
Henry, who was furious, I've simply got
to get there, Can't we get a special train?
It's a case of life and death! Can't you
hook up an engine and caboose? Isn't there
an extra train? By Jove, old man, you've
got to get us there some way. any way.
I'll pay you well for your trouble and he
kept on talking to the man that way you
know, until he finally got him to thinking
Then the station master said: II you can
get to the junction, ten miles from here, by
4 o'clock this morning, you can catch the
monthly pay train, guess.
All right. all right! said Henry. Now
tell me how we can get to the junction.
We'll. the only thing in the yards is an
engine being repaired May be that will
get you there. Go to So-and-So street and
wake up the engineer
I'VE found the engineer. and Henry gave
him SO to fire up the engine and take the
jump.
There's no fireman. said the engineer
" That's all right said Henry, I'll shovel
the coal
And so they fixed baby and me as COM
fortably possible in the dirty little cab.
and the creakY old engine wheezed away L
had to laugh at Henry making fireman of
himself The engineer kept shouting, More
coal, More coal there quickr
Poor Henry had to keep shoveling and
sweating all the way. But he laughed
too He said he did not care-any way
to get there. And he told the engineer
funny stories to keep him In a good humor
We'll we reached the junction at
N
until 4. when the pay train came. And
you should have seen 1t. 1 was really
frightened. There was only one car-an
old caboose with wooden benches along the
sides In the middle of the floor was a
pile of money in sacks and the benches
were full of fierce cowboy looking men.
all armed to the teeth. / never saw so
much noney and 70 many guns In my life.
But they were very nice to me and baby
They took OF their coats and madesa sort
OF bedAfor US on one OF the benches and
kept their guns out of sight because
was a lady.
The pay train had to stop at every sta
tion. of course, and It was nearly time
for the performance when we reached Gal
weston. tired but happy We drove quickly
TO tie theater and there we found Mr.. Rice
with his mustache shaved of and all made
up to play Henry's part
When n. c. Goodwin and company left
for Australia 1t was understood that they
should play one night in Honolulu, but
owing to sore little difficulty the date was
Cancelled. When the steamer bringing them
back to America touched at Honolulu the
company went on shore to spend a day of
slgntseetng and pleasure. In the meantime
arrangement had been made with a Cali
fornia dramatic company to open the new
Royal Hawaiian Opera House, and they
were then on their way to Honolulu. Great
efforts had been made TO have the opening
night society event the like Of which had
never been seen on the islands before. The
hot
company had arrived on the steamer and
would spend the day on shore A few of
the most prominent citizens called upon the
manager of the theater to see il he could
rot arrange with the great American come
dian to give performance that night,
there being plenty of time as the steamer
cid not leave until midnight. The manager
In turn hunted up Mr. Goodwin and made
this request II is said that Goodwin did
not at first take kindly to the proposition
Tor the reason that the company had NOT
neen biiied and no preparation had been
made Tor the event. At 4 o'clock in the
afternoon however, he was won over after
great persuasion. and by o'clock, after
great difficulty and the dispatching of nu-
lc n.erous messengers. all the members of the
company were notified. Now Honolulu has
the most complete telephone system of any
cl'y In the world The home of every white
resident Is reached by telephone, and this
serVlce was utilized TO advertise the COM
pdhy appearance in lieu of bills and Dos
ters- The actors hurried aboard ship and
had their baggage overhauled in the hold
or the vessel for the necessary costumes
and at $50 o'clock that evening the curtain
IN the new Royal Hawaiian Opera House
IoiIed up on the first act of ''The Gilde,l
ool The house, II Is said was packed
10 sunocation- and the receipts reached
nearly $1,000 II would not be far wrong 10
say that a theatrical performance had new.
er before been given en- such short notice
ara under such interesting circumference
SuSt what the feelings were of the manaoer
'hled 10 open the new house has not been
SSScertained II Is probable, however. that
ne uia not entirely appreciate the Joke.
There is not more enthusiastic cyclist
:, ~ the country than Nat Goodwin. 1t has
pSeome MS sole hobby. Whether in the
iOooy, care, parlor. bar room bed room mr.
onihg room, his friends saw he talks ~
iIothiiis else He owns q bicycle. and car
res II around the country with him
II ne were not an actor he would like To
De bicycle racer, train down and enter
contests for all sorts of prizes and lots Of
fame. io'S vi
he can give a manufacturer ooints too
on incldentals pertaining to a good. com
PORTABLE wheel He knows a good saddle
when he sees II, even before he has trie5
", and is an authority on handle bars
nres, sprockets, chains and other accesso.
ries. =
=, ihere is great difference" said Tom
henry' the advance agent of The Side
walks or New York between the old time
Hleiodrdn14 and the un-fo-data ,nao,o.,,