The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-25

Just ss this fellow was about to appear. a
| telegram was given him and having read
II. he declined to come forward MY wife's
mother is dead he explained L loved her
| dearly. / cannot speak .onight' At las,
however he was induced to tender his own
| apologies. The monologist accordingly
/ went upon the platform. The tears were
streaming down his face. L am sorry' he
! said, but must disappoint YOU this even
| ing. My mother-in-law has just died.
| That's good. commented a rustic in the
| third row. The crowd laughed for ten
minutes. What more do you want in the
way of proof of what have urged?''
In room at the Gordon so SLED with
! marine pictures that the ordinary land
| lubber had only TO look about him 10 order
I to understand the miseries OF sea sickness,
\ Inc Times man met Adele Richie. He
| did not seek to explain the presence of the
microscopes by asking Miss Richie IL she
I had recently Joined the W C. T. L., but.
nearing street piano numbering the SOL
diers In the Park song from "A Runaway
| Girl" queried about that.
yes. returned Miss Richie. "the
march you have mentioned was my frs,
genuine success. though I had done good
| work before in The Mandarin and other
| comic operas. The melody of tn, bit is IN
! spring and the infusion OF some dash and
y'gor made 1t triumph producer for me.
OF course. this The s!an Behind the Gum
in Three Little Lambs is not its equal.
though the music is exceedingly clever
when il is considered that z. W. Corliss
is an amateur. Originally. William T.
Carleton the Dakota Dick of the presen-
tatiou. rendered the verses. but when
Joined the company the task was assigned
TO me. 1t is task for march song must
be artieulated and articulation is dreadful
ly hard on the throat. Mine is in so bad
condition that quit the troupe en- Sat-
urday for vacation perhaps for all time.
since | am thoroughly Disguised with pre-
valent conditions. II l do decide to leave
| don't know Just what | shall do. / may
appear in Charles Frohrlan's exploitation
of The Rose of Persia. In any case, I
suppose shall have another 90 Listen to
the Band selection. The best thing Of that
sort I've heard this season is In The
Ameer. although Helen Redmond is too
statuesque 30 get everything possible out
of it.
'And while on the subject of the voice |
I want you TO say few words to the gen.
tleman VINO declared that I sang off the !
key Monday. / may have done So but |
if did the fault was entirely with the |
theatre The acoustics Of the Lafayette are !
simply dreadful and the fact that the |
orchestra is under the stage doesn't help /
matters in the least. I very rarely make |
mistakes of that kind, and you may tell |
your assistant so. with my compliments"
Talk about it!'' exclaimed Sam Ber-
nard when reporter asked for the de- |
tails of the accident that nearly cost him
his sight a fortnight ago in Philadelphia.
Talk about it,
The comedian was seated on trunk in /
his room at the Regent. while Louis Wes-
ley. another entertainer. and Paul Schind
Ter. the musical director of the THE Man
in the Moon, Ir." organization. lounged
about in true Bohemian fashion. The Wis
itor occupied a section of bed.
Talk about it, continued Mr.. Bernard.
doing so. The thing happened in the
middle OF performance. l was chatting
with Wesley and trying to get rid of my
putty nose. which I don't wear in the
burlesque on Romeo and Juliet An in
vitation card on the table attracted my
attention and | started to scrape with
that. The implement slipped and the cor
ler cut right into the pupil of my eye. 1
finished the piece with a handkerchief TO
my face and went to New York for the
purpose Of rehearsing my role in The
Casino Girl
You know. The Man in the Moon. Jr.,'
loses here OH Saturday" interpolated Mr..
Wesley.
The wound got worse and worse.
-isited ply sician and he advised me to
est In twenty years have never missed
show how ever. ana didn't care to be-
in then. So the doctor squirted some
ONE
''Belladonna,' prompted Mr.. SCHNEIDER.
and / returned to- Philadelphia
When | reached the town l couldn't have
cen white elephant standing against a
noonless night OF course, it wasn't so
ard to be blind in Philadelphia. but had
ears that the state might be continued.
% | stayed out of the cast three evenings
nd my place was takin by SCHNEIDER"
The conductor laughed.
Paul was a thing of beauty and joy :
oreyer' in the part quoth Mr.. Wesley.
He only knew what he had caught from
n front and he always spoke his lines out
f place. When | did my dance in the
rst act the orchestra didn't get my accom-
animent right and Paul came down stage.
makeup and all, to direct. He didn't want
o be pushed, into the footlight trough.
ither-you remember that incident be
ween Sam and me-and fought like Tro {
an when I tried to shove him. He was :
wonder
well" said Mr. SCHNEIDER you'd be a {
sorse musician than | was a comedian"
And the porter knocked at the door to !
euuest two seats for that night.