The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-30

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his head and somewhat angrily in
quired:
Perhaps you will have the kindness
to inform me what the hades and eter-
nal perdition you are doing with my
artificial limb? 1t occurs to me that
you are taking an unwarrantable lib
erty."
In the brief conversation which fol-
lowed it developed that Mr. Fitzpatrick,
after detaching his cork leg from it's
mornings, had placed it at the foot OF
his BERTH and that it had indiscreetly
slipped down into the chaste couch OF
the unprotected Miss Rigl.
The abashed conductor restored Mr.
Kilpatrick's leg, and after a few whis-
pered remarks handed Mr.. Fitzpatrick
silver mounted flask, which he drained
eagerly Then they shook hands, and
the appeased trick cycler chuckled soft
ly, while the conductor went out on the
rear platform to commune with nature
and permit the cool evening breeze to
caress his fevered and perspiring brow.
The incident was closed. and Miss
Rigl. with her beauty sleep undisturb-
ed, was happily unconscious of how
easy it is for lovely and unprotected
female without escort to be misunder-
stood.
Ezra Kendall, now one of the highest
paid features on the vaudeville stage,
used to be reporter. one day, ac-
cording to kendall's own story, the late
Billy" Messenger asked him to write
piece for him. and the result was I'VE.
Us & Co.." which has played for %
weeks to audiences that sent cold chills
up the spinal column of the actors and
manager. But it's long lane that has
no turn. as the saying goes, and so it
turned out with Kendalfs first stage
work. When the company reached Gin
cinnati business picked up. The same
conditions prevailed in Chicago, not
withstanding that the newspapers gave
it an awful tearing out, all of which
Kendall admitted Kendall was getting
$40 week for playing a part, and Mes
tayer made about 100000 out of it.
When Kendall limited that an adjust
ment would be within the bounds Of
reason, Mestayer turned on him coldly
and said: so it has sWelled at last,
has it? They all told me it would. They
said no head could stand it,
Kendall asked if that was all he was
to get, and Mestayer answered: You
are an ungrateful beggar; amt you
getting your forty a week?" Kendall
said nothing, but went to Washington
and copyrighted the piece. Mestyer was
to win. So he compromised by giving
Kendall salary of $3.50 a week.
When the season closed Kendall went
into the woods to write a new play
for himself this time. In three weeks
he had turned out "a Pair of Kids" the
play with which he is always associated
| in the minds of the American people.
He played in this for II years and mar
ried one of the members of the COM
pany, Jennie Dunn, the sister of the
diminutive Arthur Dunn. Jennie Dunn
LAS long since left the stage, and is now
living at Mount Vernon. N. Y, the
mother of six children. Kendall says:
Mrs. Kendall is as young as ever, and
can walk under my arm and she only
weighs 80 pounds
Tim Frawley is making a success of
it with his stock company at the Co
lumbia theater in Washington. He has
a great company of players. nearly all
ex-stars and a repertoire of plays that
made the old Frawley company one of
the most popular several years ago, and
above all as a reason for his present
success is the fact that he does not at
tempt to act himself In his company
are such noted players as Burr McIn-
tosh, Harry Corson Clarke, Mrs F. NJ
Bates, Sefene Johnson, Georgia Weles
Mary Van Buren, and others equally
well known. The following tribute to
that clever actor Harry Corson Clarke
is from the Washington Times:
Undoubtedly the most artistic i'm
personation of the rendering given "rhe
Charity Bali by the FraWley company
last week at the Columbia theater was
that of Judge Peter Quincy Knox con-
tributed by Harry Corson Clarke. The
comedian, whose first work with the or
ganization this was. has just finished a
F-T1 .,t,t,,
Jones' and if the portrayal mentioned
may be taken as sample of his ability.
no one need wonder that the experience
was profitable one. Mr.. Ciarke's eff
fort i'm the Belasco-De Mile drama was
not only intelligent and careful but it
brought out an inherent humor and a
keen appreciation of the laughter to be
won by studious reading of the lines
that was most commemorative AS a
characterization pure and simple it's
merit was indisputable. Every detail
and mannerism that went to make the
part distinctive was introduced by the
young actor. Mr.. Clarke's assumption
of half-senility was perfect in voice,
gesture, walk and expression. The por-
traiture was, all in all, the best portion
of rather remarkable performance
and will win MIR. Clarke countless ad-
mirers in the city of Washington"
The fact that the father mother and
other immediate relatives of Robert
Taber, husband Of Julia Marlowe, oc-
cuped a box at the Knickerbocker the
alter in New York last week and
watched the performance of Miss Mar
lowe in "Colinette" gave rise to the
story that a reconciliation had been eff
fected between the young actress and
her husband The story was absurd on
the face of it, simply because there had
never been an estrangement, saws the
Washington Post. II was thought,