The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-16

resembled a horticultural exhibition. All
! my friends were out in front, but at the
very last moment the horrid manager fac
cording to Miss Earle all managers are
| horridl said | would have to take my place
with the others of the merry. merry
chorus maidens and be contented with the
few lines allotted to me. Wasn't that
enough to discourage any ambitious giri?
The Times man admitted that 1t was
tribe discouraging, and Ventured the hope
that Miss Dodge might not be able to
stand the hardships of several weeks OF
one might stands In the South, and that
she might have chance TO snow the good
people OF Mobile. Ala, or YazoO City, Mss,
that she could play the principal part in
The Belle as well as anyone.
Hhati in a overnight stand Nay. nayi'
! replied Miss Earle. I'm going to head
| Gothamward at the end or the week. where
| Weber & Fields are longing for me. No
ne-night stardom for the original Myrtle
May in New York and London"
| Old Ponce de Leon. who some hundreds
| OF years ago INDUCED in an elaborate search
for the fountain of perpetual youth. might
| have saved himself many weary miles had
he known Marie Dressier and possessed her
intimate knowledge Of the methods ana
manners of Lillian Russell. Miss Dressler
and Miss Russell have adjoining country
homes on Long Island and their aequaint-
ance of many years duration has ripsned
| into the warmest intimacy. This Is best
! indicated by the words of Miss Dressler
herself. who was accosted by ), Times in
| teTyiewer one sizzling afternoon last week.
as she emerged from her dressing room at
| Hashims Academy.
'+Whew, isn't it hot,'s she exclaimed.
ITO think that l left my happy home for
| this weather. You know,1 have a really
happy home on the Sound and that our
| professional community Is growing both
ipopulous and popular. You ought to see
| Lillian Russell this summer. She looks
younger than she has for twenty years.
! You know Lillian was priIna donna when
entered the chorus of my FIRST company
She was mighty nice to me even then,
and has saved me many a headache by
| telling me to mix a little settler with my
wine. / never forgot that point, and 1 am
| glad l have not. 1t is not state secret,
and you will be a blessed newspaper man
to give the idea TO everyone who is com
PEELED to drink wine late at night. But
| that isn't so much about Russell as about
myself. We get up at am outrageously
early hour and before breakfast is over
a cheery shout calls the out, and there is
| dear Lillian in a knock about skirt, want
| ing game of croduet or that other game
|
up for four or five hours, and then she
proposes SWIM and say. you ought to
| see her bathing suirsi Then she goes for
a row or a drive. and late in the afternoon
| she puts on a new dress and looks as if
| she just came out of a bandbox. During
| this weather she isn't using her voice at
all. but she is certainly improving in
| health, and is good for many a season as
/ the prettiest woman and best vocalist on
cur native stage"
The several attempts of the interviewer
to interrupt this panegyric being unsuc-
eessful. the same object was accomplished
! by shortness Of the speakers breath, and
] the question regarding her coming starring
| tour was interiected. With full pair of
| lungs Miss DressIer began:
yes. you know this week is my last
/ in vaudeville, and l wouldn't be in Wash
/ ington now except as a favor to Mr..
| Hashim My new piece is By George Ho-
/ BART and is called Miss Print I don t
know whether anyone will have me as a
/ star. but l just thought would take a
4 chance and possibly l might be lucky
! enough to make some money. When Mr..
Hobart wrote my piece l told him to give
/ lots of good parts, and l have secured the
| best people I could get to fill them. Miss
/ Rowland, who was Mr., Hackett's leading
woman last season, viii be mine this year,
anu nave DdFe Lewis ana couple or
other clever men to help in the comedy.
| am not going to have one-woman show.
and if any of my company make hits. they
will get three sheets just as big and good
1 as any of mine. This theatrical business
| is a lottery. | may ngver make a cent
and then again l may do well. Time only
| will tell. Miss Print is pretty smart
and I hope We can carry all the money we
! get, anyhow
Unlike Miss Dodge, Miss Sailor sought
| the stage. believing she was well fitted
for it. She halls from the hustling little
village in Pennsylvania bearing the un-
euphonious name of Pottsville. While
| vastly Handicapped by contrast with Toby
| Claude, Miss Sailor is Infinitely superior
to Phyllis Rankin as Fiji. She has sucf
a dainty personality and a voice of much
| power, considerable range. and greai
sweetness that she will be farther up thu
theatrical ladder some day.