New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-21
WOLF AMONG THE LAMBS.
NEEDED BETWEEN ENGLAND AND
THE UNITED STATES.

II the Anglo-Saxon alliance ever reaches the
stage of formal treaty. ore Of the provisions of
IT should he thu, Englishmen visiting this country
shall tags bearing their names and
titles. certified by the Home Secretary. the
Away-frcm- Home Secretary. some Other proper
person American actors need that protection from
Englishnen who prey upon them. and they ought
To have IT, II Is also due 10 Englishron who have
real names and titles. ana stay peacea5iy at home
with them to put check the of those
names ana titles for the deceiving Of the simple
natives OF these shores. only y fortnight ago IT
recorded In these columns how actress was
saved from the schemes Of bogus lord only by
her indifference to lords IN general. and now. by
Tho simpler device Of pretending to be an actor an
other EnGlishman he's taken I'm whole club Of
actors. Right well and Justly have thoy named
themselves the Lambs-but tho beginning Of the
story Is the place 10 begin after all
1t was to the knckerbocker Theatre then, that
there man I'm q fine suit 81 London clothes.
of incompatible goods and quite comparable cut.
accompanied by two women and bought box and
paid for 1t. That Of Monday. After the
first act he sent a note 10 De Wolf Hopper. who is
playing at the Knickerbocker iust now. The note
said that the writer Of II anxious 10 meet Mr..
Hopper. and asked II he might come ba * on the
stage and him after the second act. The note
signed Hayden Coffin"
Now. Hayden Coffin is comic opera singer ~
considerable distinction in EnGland lie has had
two three short engagements In this country. but
1t often happens that actors come and z" and never
meet other actors who happen 10 playing in other
cities. or even At other theatres In the same city
And SO 1t happened that Mr. Hopper had never seen
Mr. Coffin. But when Mr.. Hopper was I'm England
the actors there treated him royalty. and since then
he has never been able IN do SO much as he wanted
to for any English actor in this country. This
statement is not intended advertisement Of
Mr.. Hopper NJ bankerJ So he sent back word
that he should be glad 10 Mr.. CoiNn. The
stranger to Mr. Hoppcrs iressing-room after
the next act ana had pleasant talk wiki him, and
before it over Mr.. Hopper had invited him to
meet h.m AT the Lambs Club house and he intro
duced TO other actors.
The stranger got to the clubhouse ahead OF Mr..
Hopper. He explained to a member OF the House
Committee that he Hayden Coffin. and that
Mr. Hopper had invited him to como around. So
the club took him right In and began to pour
sparkling wine and the yet more sparkling con-
versation for which +; ls famous. Such poor. guile
less dears they are too. these Lambs. They really
ought 10 have somebody 10 take care Of them.
They not all actors. There were some officers
Of the Iowa there, n the STRANGER had shown
signs Of forced drauCht Except with regard 10
wine, or Of ammunition hoist (besides his
readily bending elbow. or OF wiswag aside from
bis facilc tongue. any other such hostile demon
s,ratiou these men would have known how TO deal
with him. But IL was that same facile tongue mat
BHt presently. Francis Wilson's opening perform
ance OF The Lite corpor nrins o %s@I "a, 'r ne
his company and with him Augustus Garland an
English manager who Is here on n shOri WISH
Who f. that fellow whom. everybody Is making
so much off, they asked.
THAT IL Hayden Coffin was the a"estruck re-
Hayden CONN my eye" was the disrcsp"ctfu
reioint.r Of Nr Garland. Hayden Colin II sing
ing in London. and ne doesn't look Ike mat any
way
They called over two Of the enthusiastic enter
timers and told them they were making Hif'LLh,
well keen your wool ON. sad one OF th"m- MS
is u common expression among the LaTnhs. ln'fhls
BE calm" "Wait I'll Hopper comes M ana oI,lS
couple OF boiilos' he went on. ANA th'n we Will
Prcs@niy Mr Hopper come IN and opcned ~ ne
noluccd him He was aFhast and 80 was MI
Hopper Rut Mr.. Hopper NO; 100 mucn aghas'
10 think Their is q piano upstairs, hr sai'
~ YOU are Hayden CONN. com" mp ana CIV" "3 "
song" .-.i 1900 49, 60
Il am not in good ,ocl you must excuse me to-
night said the sffnnpef
lila, Ha,' said Mr. Hopper with a whitening
snoer your throat H. IN good enough form ior
drinking. lust try Il FOR singing "
But the stranger would not Try H. so insy gave
him his coat and his h,' and his stick ana per
petual card emitting hi" IN stay OUTSIDE 10" ''''
house. ~tI ...If ,,,.. 49,,
ono Of the Lambs took = notion 20 follow him
He went 20 the Holland Houe". "Wh" is that
going up.l airs asked the Lamb ~ the clerk N"
clerk ma med q good old English and scotch nnn"'
with military title attached. II" added 'hAt me
man had his vito and seven trunks with him.
When inquiry was made ~ m" Holland House last
night the man and Ms vile ana th' seven N'hhS
were gone Their bill was paid