The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18

that he knows all about Williams de-
but in the show business. 1T was
back in the summer of 10" said Mr.
Bell. when / was principal leaper OF
a cross-road wagon show. We were
playing Wichita. when a big. Swapping
country boy came around to my dress
ing room and wanted to know II he
couldn't get a job with the show. He
aid he was infatuated with the cir
Gus business and was willing to DO
anything. We set him at work carry
ing water for the elephant. and after
he had drawn 40 or 80 buckets the
boss canvasman. impressed by his
strength and industry. hired Williams
to go on with the show. His main
duties were to drive the center pole
wagon from town to town, an all night
Job, n then work all day helping TO
put up the anvas Poor Williams got
more than he ~bargained for. He hard
ly had a chance to close his eyes, ana
after about two weeks of this sort Of
thing he went to the foreman one day
and inquired: Il say. boss, when do
/ get a chance to have a sleep?'
'Sleep!' said the foreman in amaze
ment. why. you don't get any sleep
until the show closes next winter.
That discouraged Williams and he left
the circus business and went in for
drama C~uriously enough, this was
WAY Out vest. anu lnf HfNN Univ
/ met him was in Way Down East"
The report comes from Philadelphia
that John Philip Sousa Is writing an
opera for Walter Jones. who will 80
starring with II next season. As this
report comes from Mr.. Jones him
self. IL bears the stamp Of authen-
ITCHY. The actor says the piece VIII
he called THE King OF Clubs" and u
a AA~AAa haaaA
ditty. The Queen of Hearts, She Made
Some Tarts. All on a Summer Day
The information Is further divulged
that there will be 50 characters i'm the
piece. one for every card in the deck,
including the joker. Jones says he Is
to play the title role. This new work
may be an exception to the rule. hut
II is none the less a fact that plays Of
all kinds having titles suggestive OF
cards have almost invariably failed in
this country. writes Leander Richard
son.
John Stetson once produced a big
French melodrama hat had attained
enormous success abroad under the
title Of The Ace of Clubs" and II fell
with a thud that was heard for a con-
/ siderable distance. even beyond the IA
dius Of Mr.. Stetson's personal remarks.
Frederic Bryton started as a star IN
a piece called Jack o. Diamonds. and
lost $1,000 before 1t occurred TO any
body TO change the title. The play was
afterward called Forgiven and made
a tall and wide bunch OF money.
Recently while in Detroit Tim Muir
ply was stopped by a Michigan farmer
in front OF an electric plant and asked
the following questions:
What is that ERE building. a fac
tory"
NO. a plant" was the answer.
What do they raise there?'
Currents" replied the quick witted
actor.
What are they worth a bushel?"
we cell them by the shock"
The farmer pulled his beard. scratch.
ed his head. and drove down town q
market his vegetables.
Mistakes VIII Happen" which
comes to the Grand opera house %
Christmas night fresh from It's success
es. Is said 10 be one OF the most anus
ing comedies the stage has seen II
recent years. IL is the work Of a new
dramatic author. Grant Stewart, ant