Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-22
Stories Of
The Stage.

iatces, ID almost as well l,.,.
Wy 'he name OF Prescott as under MI,
reai cosnomen. Fifteen years NJ
aehheuy was manager of the Stnndar,
'neater IN san Francisco Du so,iche,
"no nau neen working as a telegram
operator IN Arizona, drifted to the coas,
"u "ppied Tor a position as an actor
III hehheuys showhouse. He was on
saseu Tor small part. but Kennedy
oo,ec'eu TO MS name. which he said
was not suitable for billboard M,
poses. Pur>
Where did you come from" o.,o,
Kennedy. "7Neq
Prescott" meeisly replied Du Son
chet H'u-
That's good enough. I'll bill you as
Prescott" 10
And it SO happened that the au,bor
received his nom de theatre.
Joseph Jefferson was born I'm PHI.
delphia on Feb. 20, 1899. The berlnn,nc
OF his stage career is thus told by MINI
self: "The first dim recollection / Lnve
OF a public appearance comes bef,re
me as startled child In a white ttnlo
beautifully striped with gold bands ana
IN the grasp and on the shoulders OF an
Infatuated tragedian crossing Il shalw
bridge amid the deafening reports OF
guns and pistols and In n blaze and
murk of fire and smoke.
TO me the situation seemed perllous
and in order to render my position
more secure seized Roila by the hnir
OF his head. Let go!' he cried. But
was obeying the first law of nature, NOT
Rolla. so / frightened my grasp on his
tragic topknot. The battle was short
but decisive. for In the next moment
had pulled off his feather buster head.
dress. wig and all. thereby unintenton.
ally scalping the enemy. and as he was
| past the prime of life the noble Porn.
Wan stood baldheaded in the middle on
the bridge before an admiring audi.
| ence. This story has the flavor of age"
added Mr.. Jefferson, but / am credlbly
informed that was the original
| scalper."
Mary Anne Kelley, the Oldest living
English actress, recently entered her
ninety-third year. She was born Co.
ward, at Ipswich, on Nov. 90, 1906, and
is therefore nearly 10 years older than
Mr.. Couldock, who was born u few
weeks before the battle of Waterloo. in
| 1875. She made her professional debut
In 1895 as Rosina in the opera of that
name. Mrs. S. A. Baker, now in her
eightieth year, is still acting with
| Keenes company.
There are few funny lines In 1.-THE
| Salt of the Earth" comedy that Is
working Its way westward. Annie Rus
sell says, we are going to move to the
city. and I don't even know how to
blow out the gas" In another place
one of the actors says, Every success.
full candidate has a baby Just before
election" But funniest of all is the
farewell of Annie Russell to her AMI.
mails Just before she was about to leave
the old farm. please don't let Susan
b. Anthony stand out in the cold. She
gives ten quarts of milk every day.
And Altgeld, the donkey, please see that
he is kept warm this winter. Don't let
Grover Cleveland go to the butchers.
/ loved him ever since he was born. And
my goat. Ben Harrison-please keep the
burs out of poor old Ben's beard"
Persons who print things in England
| in these days have to mind their p's
| and as and speak kindly of the erring
\ you know of course" writes CORE
| spondent. that in this country eng
| land) anything is held to be a libel at
present. Percy Notcutt had to pay Ella
| Russell G100 because he put her name
| second, and not first, on a concert an
nouncement. The Saturday Review had
| to pay Mckenzie 9400 because 1t said
| the Academy of Music was bossed by
men who had not the morals of n COM
pany promoter. Society had to pay Lot
| tie Collins because 1t said there was
| touch of vulgarity in her performance,
and jury decided that Mr.. Runciman
| should pay Il subeditor of a music Jour
nal G200 because another man declared
that Runciman had written a sentence
which the subeditor claimed applied to
him."
Love sometimes produces greater
comedies and even greater tragedies be-
hind the scenes than are ever produced
| before the footlights. A certain man
prominently Identified with theatrical
| company Is n car in his little world. An
exceedingly beautiful young lady Is
humble super in the company, ana
she Is supposed to hold the ezarliKe
actor In as much reverence as a peas
ant girl would a prince. She may love
him-and then. she may not.
/
| and power. delgns to smile upon the
poor super as she stands in the wings
during rehearsal. She answers Win
a smile. and her black eyes sparkle.
| At that nights performance the poor
but beautiful young girl had drawn her
small stipend as a super" Out of her
weeks salary Of $40 she spent 81 for
handsome bouquet of roses and had an
usher to carry the floral offering TO the
high salaried actor after he had re-
ceived curtain call by an enthusiastic
audience. She placed no card on the
bouquet. She stood in the wings, ana
her heart throbbed with joy as she saw
the actor man coming into the wings
carrying the handsome bouquet OF
| roses.
| "Ah-h-h!" said the slim actor man.
strutting like turkey cock as he a.
| rected his conversation to the leadlhs
lady of the company. Nov. you see'
the lady who sent me these flowers pos
sesses common sense because she clu
not attach a card bearing her name
and address. oh. these are beauthul
roses!" exclaimed the actor man, as
down went his grease painted nose mo
the center of the bouquet.
Here, shall take one rose for pou-
tonniere. and you shall accept this oou-