Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-01
Stories Of
The Stage.

Maude Raymond al f,amsnerv.s,,.s
new Victoria Music hall. Now York 4,
"a Reign OF Error" tells th.s ptory, II
was with vaudeville company one ssa.
son at Grand Junction, Cello. Ono Mon.
day night VIC opened TO crowded house
the front row Of seats being occupied b.
lot OF cowboys. their pistoia and
knives sticking out OF their beits-a
walking arsenal. In fact. At that time I
was singing a song called Come Tn
Here and Piay'-not the Anna lfela
gong but an old. old song-a child's
song. In fact-thc chorus OF which IL,
"oh. won't you come Up here and Play.
Won't you como hero and playg
We won't no 10 school.
And our manmnH we'll FOOT
II you'ii only come mp here and play.
MY habit had been. IL found tho
house friendly. to pick out some one In
the front row and bockon him TO cono
M and play. Usually the audience IN.
tered into the spirit OF Il. aud the dis.
comhiurc OF the person thus boldly
addressed was then huge Joke. nnt
on tho night In question 1 had rcckonci
without my host. ana tho jolsr WIS
turned on me- bcckoned to a biz. 81.
1901 tnftt lUtn tuNUbNs uUu NJ tue cons
clualon OF the second verse he shouted.
I'm comm. nisi' and up he came.
'IIe lowered above me TO an onormou,
height I'm only a little thing. you
know, and to an orchestra hccompani.
ment he whiricd me around like a tocto-
tum. Then. letting 40 OF me. ne whlp.
ped out revolver almost M big a. ha
was and fred six times In tho mir. That
fNr ma A
over In faint.
"The next morning I found iit,lc
box waiting for me at the theatcr. On
II was acribbied. To the Girl Who SIMS
Come Up Here and Play and what
do you think was In ~ The dnintlest.
prottlcHt pearl handled revolver ever
raw In my life. ON card beside II was
written this wish. 4 hope your shoe,
right among the stars some day and
since then rye been trying 10 shoot.
but I'm not star yet"
Mr.. Edmund Collier. Who Ia playing
Porthoa In "rhc Muskctecrs." tells
good story Of one OF his experiences
while travelling In the south with com.
pany when business was lisht. Mr.. Col-
Her prefacen his story by declining any
proprietary right In the company. and
he says he was not the man With the
make up.
The company arrived In the metropo.
lis OF Broken Row. Tho house at night
was wretchcd. when the manager
counted M. he found he was three fares
short 60 the next town. the agent hav.
Ing tclcgraphcd that business would be
big there. To get people 10 come TO the
show that night passes had been dis
tributcd with great generosity. espc-
cinlly to the railroad people.
After the play the manager met the
passenger agent and told him Of his
dilemma and asked him " he could help
him out. The agent said he thought he
could fix him up and wanted 10 know
n there was anybody In his company
who looked like Catholic priest, 40 he
could arrange for pass for two. Ilc
also had n pass that had been returned
by Father --. Hut the man who Inn
pcrsonated him must sIt In the car
apar, from the others and speak to no
one.
The manager arranged with one Of
his actors TO play thlsl part On route.
When the conductor came through for
the tickets. the actor gave his pass with
a scrcnc and rigid countcnance. while the
conductor eyed him suspioiounly. After
several stops the actor. forgetting him
self. got into heated dispute with one
Of the company who sat behind him.
The conductor, happening along at that
time. asked him II he was not a member
Of the troupe.
Taken by surprise. tho poor fellow
heslintcd and then stammcrcd. Yes"
what do you do?' the conductor de-
mhndcd.
I'm the chaplain" the actor replied.
I'VE were playing a Fair Rebel Mt
the Girard Avenue theatrr. Philadei-
phlh," says Harry Davenport. "and Al
Ice Gale was cast for the part OF Sally
Woods, a North Carolina Girl whose
raHplng voice was characteristic OF
the backwoodH Girl In that Hection dur
Ing the war days. Now MlrR Gales
voice In beautifully modulatod In n low
key. ana 60 make matters worse she
came to the thonter on the first night OF
the production with n hcar,ly cold In
tow. She could scarcely speak.
However, the terrible cold with
which she was suffering Just fitted into
the particular role she was playing. and
sally Woods comicnl bass voice that
nlght brought down the house. every
HF'F " was Nuf Ntt VI htNHf
Gale and not beautifully developed
cold that made possible q voice such rs
had never before been heard. on tho
saturday night OF the week Just as
was going on the stage saw Miss Gale
IN the wings. IIow'A the coidg' I asked.
She shrugged her shoulders and said.
Almost better. thanks but thank heav-
ems I've Just enough left to make the
last performance OF Sally Woods a sue
cess"
Hilary He'll tells the story OF how
Edlth Kingdom. now the wife OF the mill
Nonaire George Gould. sprang Into pop
warlty when she was member Of Au-
austin Days dramatic company.
Miss Kingdom was No Impressed by
the unusual dignity OF her surroundings
on the first night Of Love on crutches'
that she failed TO realize how great hit
she had made. A roar OF applause fol-
lowed her exit after the second net, but
Miss Kingdom. thinking that the piau-
dltHwerr Of course Intended for tho lead
lng lady. FASTENED TO her dressing room
To make n change OF costume, In an