Evening star., 1898-11-12

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Frank Daniels has owned the towr' this
week. as 1c did during his two previous e'.-
g"gemcnts Mt the Columbia Thearcr. Fl"
has been greeted with crowded hcHses ut
every performance. and this wouli Ill
dcuhtedly be the case if his engagement
were for tsyo V eeks instead Of one. Daniels
himself Is an extremely funny man. lie
Las a kaal sense Of humOr. and ma ire, In
rla King him Il short. stubHy man. With 4
wonderfully mobile ccunteTaEce. has equip
PED him perfectly as a comedian. He Is
the direc, antittesis of De Wolf Horn ct. in
that he is stout and fat while Hopper is
tall and lank. and yet Dan.eis is dis
tiuctly original IN lis methods and works
just As hard as the elongated Hopper. Dan
iels is surrounded by Il good company. and
his operas are splenddly mounted In his
operas Daniels has been particularly for
tunate. Harry Smith has fitted him with
two parts that enable him to be seen dt his
best. while Victor Herbert's music is pleas
ing and catchy.
pTnmaa Tho,npson's "O,d Homes;eaI'
has not attracted the patronage -aat / is
excellent characterization or the merits oc
the play deserve. nor has Cilletta'.~ new
play, Il rcaISe She Loved Him So rcaue.I
the reward that it deserved. But tI5-n it
was eie'itJI week many were out IF town.
and these " ho remained. or the MIST %
item. went to Daniels.
Next week James X. Hackett makes his
hrst appearance here as a star in The
Tree OF knowledge surrounded tv an ex-
Celient company. He will be seen at The
New National Theatcr. At the Colurabi,
Chas- T. Hanford. one of the mos intellec-
tuai and Studious actors that this city has
sent out-a man whose aim has been for
the highest class of stage work. and who
has conscientiOusly adhered to the legiti-
Natc-Hill be seen in a round of characters
which should attract attention These in
Clude Othello, Snylock. IngCmar. Damon
and NirginiuS. Mr. Hanford has many
friends and admirers here. and his engage
Htht Oug mt 10 be highly successful The
fvie OF New York the best of the many
Casino successes. Will be again seen at the
Lafayette. with Dan Daily as the chief fig
ure, supported by excellent company.
The scenery and stage appointments will
be ali that can be desired. Town Topics"
new extravaganza, will be seen at the
Academy, and at Kernans 4 good yaude-
Vile program is promised
''Al this talk about the South American
republics going to war again reminds me of
an experience ! once had in that country
alout ten years ago said Dan DAILY the
otter night.
With three other working partners. /
mad small circus. and after a successful
sumner season in the states W decided To
tcur South America. We made little
money in Mexico and the Central American
states, but when we struck Brazil W., did
nothing but coin money. 1t was not long
before W. had so much money in the red
wagon that we four partners took turns
guarding 1t night and day. afraid were
We Of being robbed.
of course. most of the money was the
government scrip Of Brazil but as We
thought that when We got ready to go
nome W could exchange it for gold We
We're more than cCntented. and spent much
OF UUc time laying plans as to how We
should invest it when We got back TO New
York All the time were in Brazil We
kept hearing about a revolution that was
gong on but We never happened to see
any fighting, and were too busy counting
money to d" much else, so We did not
worry about it at all.
AT last got about all the money we
wanted. or thought We had. and had mad3
aFFaFSe eHentS with Rio banker 10 ex-
change the scrip for gold. We had t;ro bar
itLS iuii Of II. but as IL mostly in bills
of small denominations. the equivalent in
gold was only 10000. but il seemed . for
tune To US until We wer. suddenly
awakened from our dream by the banker
informing Us that the government had been
"Vertnrpwn the day before. and therefore
the scrip was not worth five cents on the
dollar. We st0rmed and threatened inter
national complications. all to no purpose
and only just missed getting thrown into
prison. W. finally got away with few
thousand dollars and our wagons Iiy.
stock. etc. sa2der but much wiser lot
OF circus men, as far as the currency ques-
t"n Wtnt- No more deprecated money
for US: W. are for a gold standard. and We
know why"
"As the train sped along over the Texas
Irairie drummer for a ST Louis house
came back into the DarIor car and asked
me 70 come forward into the smoker and
take hand in a game of euchre" SAYS
John W World, one Of the comedians in
Tow. Topics Il found two other chaps
te-"f%ing to the 'profesh' and We had the
ear 10 ourselves. After a few minutes
however, young man got on at a small
station He was a native. but he didn't
seem 10 be- overnight and rot at all dan
&rrous- He watched the cards with much
interest for two or three games and one
Of The men finally observed:
Stranger, do you play this game?'
Ne. l don't he drawled What do
you call IL
This is called four-handed euchrc.'
Lots Of fun in it and you ought TO
learn To play. It's good To take hayseed
out Of your hair
The young man took off his hat and
ran his fingers through his hair as if ex-
Fecting I" comb out a lot Of hayseed. and
IL was three or four minutes before hc
said
So that's four-hanIed euchre. eh?'
Yes. nice game. isn't it2'
Peas like it, but I've got one to beat
'tIave YOU What do You call it?''
1 call IL one-hanieI holI-up, and
here's looking at you
He was not only looking at US. hut his
two guns We're doing the same thing. ana
IN" man looked bright enough and carried
d smile al the corners Of his mouth.
Yes, your game beats this said the
drummer after look Boys. lie wants our
b0OiIe'
We put down four watches and four
wads Of Ere@nbacks. and the young man
reached for them. with the remark: i
generally take all the tricks in this game.
J git of here. and If you want to raise
Tuw 70 ahead
We didn't We sat right there until
the train started and left him behind. and
when the conductor came in and saw the
cards or the floor and four men looking
tired. he exclaimed: Well, WE'LL Bat YOU
fellows need something To brace up on. q"
Charles Il. Hanford is a graduate of the
Boys High School of this city. After
leaving that institution he entered the Co.
lumbar College and began the study of
law, but gave IL UP to prepare himself for
the stage. His first appearance was made
May l.. lSNl. as CaSSiuS in Julius Caesar"
at the old National Theater, in this city
with the Barrett Club, Of which he was the
organizer and acting manager. After play
Ing Cassius and ShylOck he determined TO
begin at the bottom. and started in his p.o-
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