The times., 1899-03-26

a day seven days in the week is trifs
more than a stronger constitution than
mine could be supposed 20 endure. I'm
tired OF the whole affair. After getting In
shape / shall rejoin the combination until
my contract expires and then-never
again,
Il have appeared in all sorts and classes
OF entertainments. but this has been my
hrst work with buriesque aggregation.
| entered the profession while in Cali
iornia. Though none OF my people was at
al theatrical in his or her tastes. I carly
developed desire to 20 on the stage and
did great deal OF singing while yet a
child. One OF these exploits led to nv
engagement at the Tiyoii in San Francis
co. and my success there was quite pro-
nounced. After year in comic opera I
went into vaudeville, and played over what
IS now the Orpheum circuit Gradually 1
drifted East and was received more than
favorably. My one comic opera engage
ment here has been In piece called Little
Faust and Much Marguerite at Manhattan
Beach. After this experience returned 10
vaudeville and remained in that field until
my tour with the 'Bowery' people. My Gu
tire experience only covers period OF six
years. and | am very proud OF what have
achieved in that time
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ing and The Times man left the room.
The singer is a great favorite in Washing
ton, having been here no less than fve
weeks in a twelve month. She is always
heartily welcomed in the local vaudeville
houses and seems to have an extensive
following.
II was in a dressing room at the GTaEd
Opera House on last Monday afternoon
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theatre trunk and engaged Beatrice More
land in conversation The interviewer hal
ventured to criticise the vehicle in VIII oh
the vaudeville star is appearing. and Miss
Moreland replied: .The success OF n
Game of Golf has really been most re-
markable. Whatever the merits or de-
merits OF the piece may be it cannot bs
denied that the amusement-loying like IT,
Houses laugh all through the scenes of the
playlet everywhere and it is rarely that 4
curtain call is not given aftsr the finale.
have been presenting the sketch now for
nearly two years and still when / venture
to suggest TO managers that wish to pur-
chase new comedietta they express a de-
sire that | shall continue in this. An offer
has even been made me to take ii to Ber-
lin. and l will do so IL time can be pro-
cured during the summer. Then if ~
Game OF Golf does not go on the Conti-
nent nothing will have been lost I speak
German as well as | do English and an
ticipate success should / go abroad
Meanwhile am preparing for next sea-
son on this side of the water. Jane Mar
lin has Just sold me little skit entitled
The Chiropodist.' which is sure to make II
hit. In the work I am forced to bare nv
feet-something OF a novelty, EN-? Then I
had another offering by George Cohan, but
it did not suit. The story concerned a
woman of the world who fell in love with
an elevator boy and was altogether ridi-
culous. So l shall stick to The Chiropo-
dist
My former efforts? Well, / think you
are familiar with most of them For long
period | was with Charles and Daniel Froh-
man in one thing or another. and then I
had a term with Rose Coghlan. Perhaps
will be best remembered in Washington
for my portrayal of the matchmaking So
cial butterfly in "A Bachelors Romance
That was a beautiful play and / enjoyed
my engagement with Sol Smith Russell
immensely. But altogether there is moth
ing like vaudeville. and / am going to prove
the strength of that conviction by remain
ing in this line of work. So you may ex-
pect to see me again next season..
Having repeatedly failed in his attempts
to see Harry Conor last week, a Times
man sat down yesterday in the lobby OF
the Shoreham and tried to imagine talk
with the celebrated comedian. This is the
result:
$50 you are anxious to interview me-
quoth the visionary Mr.. Conor. motionirg
his visitor to chair. Il wish | had known
of your coming before; / should like to
have spent a few hours in poIing over 4
joke book You newspaper people always
expect an entertainer 10 say laushable
things of the stage and off the stage as
zf IL II
on
Comedians always make this remark
when asked to tell of their theatrical ex-
periences.
"As a matter of fact it's an excellent
thing for me that the personality l boast
in real life is altogether different from that
which l assume. In my existence behind
the footlights l have been drinking man
ever since joining the company producing
a Trip to Chinatown Welland Strong
was an individual who objected to reciting
a verse after every glass because that
made the time between drinks too long AMI
the guest of A Stranger in New York is
shown on the Autographs preparing for
breakfast by consuming innumerab.e
cocktails. II all the property liquid 1
have taken in the last five years were
as real as are William Gillette's cigars 1
should now be indulging in Keely cure
for one
This as a concession to the supposed an
tieipations of the interviewer.
AS you know my first great success was
with the same "A Trip to Chinatown Ths
piece made an enormous hit at Hoyts and
ran there so long that one would have
thought it unfit for further effort. Its
profits when taken on the road, however.
were even greater in proportion than they
had been in New York. "A Stranger was
built on about the same lines that had
been laid down for its predecessor and has
made considerable money. though not SO
much as did the first work.
And this in token of acknowledgment
that the facts OF the record of "A Stranger
in New York" are reasonably well known.
MY plans for next year are still rather
indefinite. OF course, l shall continue in
the service of Hoyt & Mckee and may go
a-starring. The junior member of the
firm is to take Otis Harlan out in October
in piece called My Innocent Boy From
the name the farce should be very funny.
and Mr.. Harlan will undoubtedly be suc-
cessful. VIII you have a drink?'
The last sentence in the hope of having
due weight laid on those that preceded il.
But the Times man had exhausted his in
tellect imagining an interview, and did not
care to risk brain fever by indulging in
a mental gin fzZ. So he refused Where
upon the visionary Mr.. Conor rose and left
the critic alone with the sentences he had
not spoken
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