The times., 1898-11-13

is The Times dramatic man and he wants
to talk with you for publication Sunday"
ION what?'
Anything"
For example -"
DO you like Herbert's music?r
certainly do. Indeed, I hardly think
IT probable that the composer has a
warmer aduiirer than I am. His work
possesses for me a warmth and color and
rhythm rare in even the best operatic
scores nowadays. 1t has often occurred
10 me that II some process might be in
vented by which musicians could be en-
aDied TO remain In company one consecu-
tive hour without quarreling a great deal
might be done with a collaboration bv
Victor Herbert and John Philip sousa.
Ine quaint. delightful waltzes of the one
ana the stirring marches of the other
shonid be successful combined-both ar
tstically and financially"
-. no would you select to supply the
Apretto for that remarkable effort?'
harry Il. Smith. There is no one in
this country VINO can write the witty lines
and Jingiing lyrics produced by Mr.. Smith.
men. men. too' MS plots are excellent and his
situations remarkably clever. Were
laughter, bullets, and opera A target
neither The Wizard of the Nile nor The
idois Eye would be servlceabIe after
being once presented. Next to Mr.. smiths
work prefer that of Hugh Morton. The
rest OIL the lot are pretty close together
IN my estimation OF course. NV opin-
IONS In the matter may have been pre-
Judiced but they are honest at all events.
IS mat all you want me to say?''
Yes"
Goodbye"
Il am glad to have met YOU. Good
day. Miss Redmond"
Il have a starring bee in nv bon,at
and 1t won't leave me- quoth BfIly Van
d IeW days since. Accordingly I am
going out at the head of NV own com
pany IN a piece to be called "A Misfit Ho-
TEL We are giving the last act of the
iaree now as an afterpiece, under the
titie oil A Scrambled Egg but will make
number of changes before we use II
asdih- There is plenty of room on the
ioda lot good organizations of any SORT
..aiu 1aa NAV, nave every hope of success. So IN
see you again next season"
says Margaret Mayo: MY. but van
can't realize how good il seems IN he Ri.
III Washington. / fairly looked forward
70 arriving as though 1t were nv home
VI course New York is the center Of
lhihss theatrical and all that. but If 7
could be independent and comfortable I
should spend all my time here. IL there
Is Columbia Stock Company next sum
nier ana someone viii make me an offer
70 Joili' II youH see me back in this city
quicker than anything. So if YOU really
are friend of mine, pray for nv re-
turn"
II II were true that kissing is unheaIth
fui, that abbreviated comedian Frank
Daniels. remarked the other day II
shouid be the most chronic invalid who
ever chewed on a cup Of bullion. During
my brief career before the public 1 have
embraced enough girls 10 require the ser
vices OF a rubber lip protector / don't
Know whether my librettists are all in a
league with some experimenting doctor.
whether they desiFe to make me famous
py the olga Nethersole and John c. Rice
method, or whether they merely have a
giudge against me for non-payrnent of
nack royalties, but every manuscript I've
seen IN the last five years has been so
tahtciosic-So unanimous in its expression
OF the Underlined words. kisses her thar
am thinking of having my books writ
ten IN emma, where Mr. Klein saws that
osculation Is unknown. Then, every time
get at a loss and simply insert the expla-
nation, business, my stage manager in
slsts that such a recommendation means
that | should go the rounds OF everyone
IN my company and present souvenirs OF
the hftieth performance Really. Won
know, | am tired of being considered in
the light of a matrimonial training school
And then when l must bear the envy of
the small boys IN the audience. the ha-
tired of the girls best fellows. the malice
OF every woman in the house and the
srins of the stage hands. things get too
pathetic for utterance. Since began this
sort of thing l have had to give up eat
ing onions. drinking coffee and smoking
cigars for the sake OF my breath; have
been requested 10 raise 4 mOustache. stop
painting my lips and get a new barber BY
different members of the chorus. while a
fever blister becomes a malady that ne
oessitates my temporary retirement from
the stage and fear of getting an out
grown mouth has gotten to be the bane
of my existence. My wife is against the
business my little boy suspects me openly
and l myself am getting disguised with
the whole affair. If this keeps up I'm
going to steal a vacation and try to in
vent an automatic dummy to take nv
place in the kissing scenes of my operas"