The times., 1899-11-12

these Spanish castagnets are decid2dly
dear. and q japanese gong like the one in
the corner cannot be PURCHASED for nothing.
When the owner adds 10 that Gu = q bass
drum THAT may take S35 from him and
stick that is cataloEueG al SIS. be has quite
3 valuable lot of junk. The stick may iu-
terest you. by the way. You VIII observe
THAT t is attached 80 PEDAL by spring.
The entire arrauEem nj Is screwed 10 the
floor and thus The busy operator is enabled
10 strike the sheepzEu and the cymbals
with mis- foot This is very necessary where
tfP notes call for work on six or eiglt
different instruments at once Then. TOO.
] must always be prepared 10 catch falls
that is 10 make "a racket when performer
hIts the stage-aud invariably play the
snare and bass drums together. Not in
frequently the time for the two i= alto
grther different Eui then The manipula-
siCu calls loT mental division that puts al
uaught ite childish pastime Of pal your
head and rub yUur belly.
Besides being able to use ali these
things the average man in my position
must be an expert s0l0ist on several inn
poTtant instruments. and has other wor-
Ties of which the theatregCe-. Wh0 sees
him quietly hammeTing away. knows moth
ing. 7 Travelled with repertoire company
once, and if you viii take into c0Gsidera-
tion the odd shapes Of these articles. you
VIII believe me when 7 tell you that had
10 consume two hours in packing every
night. ! have my trunk in that Cub5yhole
under the stage AID when fun ii weighs
nearly COO pounds. I'm addition 10 the af-
fairs catai0Eued Dc contains several of my
own invention two rey0ivers-for use in
war characteristiques-an a shotgun, a
repair kit and sort Of iambeau for pro
dUciug sudden light Altogether, the old
fellows who use 10 trot about with bells
on their heads and drums on their backs
would not have been versatile enough for
his business. DO you see2'
An actress isn't supposed TO be particu-
larIy Ioquacious when a physician has for
hidden her even TO whisper, and she has
been Obliged 30 forego her usual Wednes-
day matinee. Yet, when The Times man
found Belle Archer proppad up in her bed
az a local hotel, with a friend graciously
serving as ehaperon. the clever woman
threw doctors directions TO the proverbial
winds and chatted most glibly about her
uew comedy which she promises TO do
next season in Washington.
She said: i can't tell you what the
name Of the play is. for we are keeping
that a great secret. and are Offering prize
pictures OF myself in my most interesting
pose 10 all who guess correctly The only
cue we give is in that We have announced
The title as - The piece Is from the
pen Of Floyd HerrmaBs, who wrote the in
PRODUCTION and prepared the manusc5 ipt
Of David Harum' for publication. The
locale is a ranch in New MeXilo and al
mits Of especially handsome settings.
am 20 be q very up-to-dats girl from an
Eastern school. I intend to impersonate
Just Belle ATcher-am going 10 wear ali
The fine clothes, have all the good sPeech-
es. figure in every situation that shou
bring applause. and otherwise conduct my
self like a real star. Aiy press agent
says
You were once press agent your
selfo' interrupted The Times man.
once. yes: Carrie Turner'S, you know,
We were OUT 1--WE weeks. and ] 81 as getting
al the notices. But Carrie didn't care
she was such a dear"
How did you oome TO stop writing ad-
vance NATTER"
Il was -hred'-just pain fired Harry
ST. Maur was our manager and we dI3n l.
have any too much money in the treasury.
Ar Syracuse. Harry came 20 me ana said:
Belle ] want you TO 90 up 10 RocGes. or
and Jolly the owner Of the theatre i1to
taking our printing out Of the express Of
fee. where il has been sent c. 0. D. Not
Fl Z know IT, / answered II i-te Belle
'l0liies" anyone into lifting C. o. D..
charges il viii be for herself and not for
any other woman
What than?" wondered the visitor.
Nothing much. except that he replied:
'AlI ight-Iu fire" you. Consider your
self fired And I haven't written line
Of press stuff since"
This conversation had been quite a strain
on vDiceless W0mau-if the rOiceless-
h 5-.-. q n
strain on any woman. Bssi Is Wli the
visitor had an appointment elsewhere and
the chaperOne was beginning 10 show signs
81 WEAKNESS. Accordingly. he quilted
both.
The Times critic never believed that there
were soubrettes ln real life-untu be met
Odeue Tyler. He doesn't know the actress
weII enough TO speak with assurance, but
s7om ten-minute conversation he has
co-na 10 think that she could not have had
muck trouble iu assuming the Characters
ties OF Miss Milford. from across the
street. when she played IN Secret Ser
vice"
II was at the Arlington on Wednesday
THAT rhe reporter met Miss Tyler. She
swung into the room and seated hersali
on a huge sofa there. A large portion oi
ter makeup WIS sin ou her face. and q
fur wrap vas turned mp about her neck ia
conceal The fact that she WGs IN dressing
sacQue Say she said you mustn't bs
surprised Il 7 dou't talk srammaticairy
I'm so tired I couldn't guess my name II
three chances. 7 hate matIe6s and I den
like 10 work before empty houses. We did
slch q good business elsewhere that this
reception in Wash inEtou surprised me. Bu
rheu you reviewers didn't like Us here
Eaybe yoU are right But you-I NEAR
sou. pHTsCualIy-mal one awful mistake
o. Tuesday. and they ve been teasing m'
about ft ever since. You declared that
shouldn't wear diamonds iu the first act o.
'f'hrczo. didn't yDgs Wei, sou are wrong
Fhr0z0 wasn't disguised as a boy whzn sht
was captured. She had just on the native
garments she always used hem fol
climbing about The error was natural. bu
it did ne co injustice. : thl-E yUu ough
10 make public apology
And hereby the Times asklUwledges ha
Fl Eas NOT right iu the remark about th'
gems Miss Tyler might have worn ia,
stock of a Tiffany had She chosen. Phr0sy
was H0J disguised.
.Tm willing 10 forget and forgive
Though quoth Bliss Tyler for ven sal,
rice things about r D." .-R d. Is i. ID
AacLCau and be Is OJette TyIer's husband
"He deserved Them, didn't heg" she con.
fnued Isn't he bully he is-yog
wanted my career. think. It's oaiy TIM
one. I'VE been on the stage about eigE
years. ] began with Charles Frchman-
I've always signed with Mr. Frodman. ant
he islt anything like the ogre he's paint.
cd forget what role I Dlaved brf +