The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-13
THE WAY THEY DO II.
Miss Carleton Not Hurt By SIaps
Given Her on The Stage.
The Stuhreite and Her Husband Chat About
Their Performances.

wOman' when Mr.. Garfield In rapid
succession slapped me ON the shoulders,
then kicked me and then jumped upon
my shoulders. as you have seen him do
in our act here at Keith's this week
suppose she thought II was a terrible
exhibition OF a husbands brutality To
his frail little wife" and the charming
actress 'winked the other eye" as she
shrugged her plump shoulders and sur
veyed her own form, which probably
would send Mr.. Garfield away up In
the air II he were put I'm the other end
OF the scales.
The acrobatic agility displayed in a
series of most unexpected and startling
performances OF Mr.. Garfield is very
largely responsible for the shrieks of
laughter that greet these two merry
n-maSers, and perhaps nothing pro-
vol<es more hilarity than the slaps and
kicks he administers To his fair part
ner.
But you know there Is way of do
ing these things. Jusd as there is Of
making n stage fall without hurting the
victim at all" continued Miss Carle-
ton. ''and the fact Is | hardly feel It
at all"
That's so. it's all right for her"
broke In wiry little John Garfield.
but I've had many hard fall out
OF II and carried many brulse around
with me Tor weeks. This acrobatlc
work. this throwing yourself down on
the stage like log OF wood and trying
10 jump out OF your skin and twisting
your anatomy until you're as crooked
as New York politician no doubi looks
very funny, and used 10 think | could
90 IL without padding any: but after 1
mad turned myself Filipino color All
over with hrfpiGqa nj A.
JOINTS stick out and had To go around
wrapped In one immense porous plaster
! concluded I'd had enough and since
| nave worn pads, so the only thing /
nave TO dread lis a fall over on nv
BACK when | don't get my balance just
right IN jumping up quickly on my
wife's shoulders
But. speaking of hard knocks, the
variety I've been speaking OF is moth
ing to some OF the other kind of hard
knocks some OF us used to experience
when fired by youthful ambltion-and
occasionally by unappreciative mana
gefs-and dreams of the delights of be-
coming a actor. we tempted fate and
muscular egg -throwers i'm the country
toyns.
"oh, yes. It was quite a number of
Years ago; but there are some things
YOU can't forget quite as easily as Won
Il
remember the first manager | went our
under. He was tNe most honest mana
ger 4 ever played for. He never paid his
performers or his hotel bills or any
more OF his railroad bills than he cmld
help. Oh but he was honest. though
LOT Whlle ne never paid anybody. he
never pretended 10: and that's more
III 1Iah you can say OF good many men
lie was a big fellow, feet Z. and
broad in every way except I'm his ideas
ana When one OF us would dare 10 ask
ihin Tor quarter after playinr eiybt
weeks without a cent he would look
down on US. frown and grunt i'm a wav
tnat was good for stand-off for =
month more at least
mere was only one trunk I'm the
"nole troupe. most of us havins, i,,s,
what We wore on our backs and 80, yus'
ng hand bag for the sake of apnear-
ances; AS rule. he managed to sneak
put OF hotels with trunk and All Iea,--
ng nOthng behind but memories. b,,t
me time ne was aware that the shrewd
,iu landlord was a sly one. So he told
iito,nsr member OF the company and
myself 10 bring down our trunk Will
ne engaged the manager I'm conversa
ION in corner of the office: and he
was so big and had such breadth of
leam that actually we got that trunk
Town through the office and tn the de-
Dot without the boniface having a sus-
Diclon awakened, and az the manager
'assed out OF the hotel apparently on
some errand, the landlord turned to o
,ystander and remarked: What a fina
alker that man is-most interesting
nan ever met; told me all about his
lew invention for handling trunks i'm a
lotel." 20 ="
Mind you" interrupted Miss CarIe-
on; this was before there was any
such team as Garfield and Carleton. /
wasn't in this. He got his hard knocks
,eiore ne was married. / seem 10 be
getting mine since"
stop your knocking." broke in the
risky little comedian. with laugh
una poke at his wife's ribs. But 7
got even with that manager. just the
ame. after I'd walked many a mile on
he ties and suffered the agonies that
'nly genus must endure in this cold
'houldered world. YOU see one day we
truck into New York state. which was
ny home. and I met an old friend.
Hello, Charlie, said |. grasping his
iand with that vigor and ferVor that
my an empty purse and stomach can
Will you lend me enough TO
yet to Utica?' Ch@erfully he handed out
he coin, which booked bigger than a
mountain TO me then.
II went straight TO the manager and
demanded $3.50 and W course received
he old blum. | persisted. and then he
'ut me Oft till night. Before the show,
renewed my demand. and on being
efused raised my price to s., saying |
hat pp'uld not go on unless I got IL.
" course. he thought y couldn't get |
way. not having a cent. and would !
Wit as usual; and you ought to have |
cen him shrink all oyer when | showed |
he silver coins in my hand. / had him. |
ma he gave me the s.. / went on and |
ia my turn; and that night I skipped |
or home. There was no doubt that I |
lad realized my ambition ami become
a. actor but. somehow. although I |
lad accumulated enough experience Of |
certain kind 10 tit out an entire Arc
ic expedition. I wanted more. And 7 |
'ot II. and lots OF it.
But | stopped gathering that kind |
Vhen ! plucked this Violet from the |
esem OF life: and somehow. ever since |
hen my luck has been al the other /
'ay. and | suppose that's what makes |
ne 40 frisky and jump around 50 lively |
n the stage and slep and kick the sub |
tantial en- of the firm 80 vigorously !
But just suppose she should gat gay
M MT a littfe thing Ike me- My
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