The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-09-11
WHY MACLYN LEFT HOME.

Our former Young and handsome
friend, MaclYn Arbuckle, who left
here several years ago in the Pete
Baker theatrical troupe, has work
ed himself up to the top of the lad
der OF theatrical fame, aud is now
the leading man in a troupe play
ing "Why Smith Left Home, and
is winning plaudits from theatre
goers in New York, Chicago, San
Francisco and St. Louis.
The head of our article, "Why
Maclyn Left Home, is not intend
ed to cast any reflection on the
rising Young man, and the only
reason we give for this home leay-
ing, is that his law practice was
not sufficient to keep his boarding
house boss from placing under his
plate, at each meal reminder that
the "old wagon needed greasing,
and seizing on the first opportunity
that offered him a proQuo,, suhici-
emily to pay for his chewing, he lit
out for pastures more green
than the practice of law offered
him. We clip the following inter
view from the Globe, Democrat:
Maclyn Arbuckle, who is resi-
dent of st. Louis, plays the part Of
"John Smith" in Why Smith Left
Home. He was young lawyer at
Texarkana, Texas, and, having
plenty of leisure, DEVOTED it to
studying Shakespeare In 1888 he
ran for Justice of the peace, and,
while not elected, made a good
showing, only being defeated by
fifty votes. While canvassing the
county he made speeches every
where. After political speeches
he was generally called upon for
recitations. In fact, he never
made a political speech without
having the farmers and cowboys
demand a Shakspearean recitation.
1t first became known that he could
recite on one occasion when they
were giving a benefit to the fire
men in the little "opry" house
of the town. The theatre
was crowded, and after he got
through they hailed him as the
coming tragedian, and he soon
gained reputation. During the
campaign for Office he made speech
es on wagon beds, reciting from Ju
Illus Caesar. On bales of cotton he
delivered the soliloquY from Hamlet
81 delivered the dream scene in
Richard, Illinois, for negroes" sand
Mr.. Arbuckle, Standing on a
rostrum in school house. A big
negro was chairman Of the meeting,
In bar room on a broken pool
table | recited 'Antony's' oration
over 'Ceasar.' During the cam
paign was the defendant of
colored man in a mule-stealing case,
After the court was adjourned the
spectators in the room insisted that
should recite. In this instance
delivered bits from scenes in Mer-
chant of Venice, principally from
'Shylock's' speeches. After the
election, and | was found counted |
out, found myself in a bar room
where the politicians of the district |
we're assembled. They would haYe |
it that l should recite, but | told |
them that / had done all the recit-
ing through the campaign, and | !
believed it had defeated me, but !
they insisted, and said that | would |
surely be elected next time So, to
show that there was no hard feel
ing, | recited "Othelo's" farewell, |
substituting in the last line the
word Arbuckle instead of 'Othello. |
They grew wildly enthusiastic
They yelled and shouted, and Seyer-
al OF them at the climax, to show
their appreciation, commenced |
shooting off the revolvers. | was
standing on the pool table, and the
bullets whizziug around my head |
did not make me feel any too com
Portable, After their enthusiasm
had somewhat abated they insisted !
on me haying a fresh bottle Of
'Pinetop' whiskey, in order to show
their future appreciation, and then
they insisted upon another recita-
tion, | Accommodated them with the
'Drunkard's Dream, This was my
running for Office in
TeXarkana,'
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