The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-28
kendall HAS A RIVAL
JOHN l.. SULLIVAN ANNOUNCES HIS
INTENTION OF ENTERING
VAUDEVILLE
WILL DO MoNoLoGUE STUNT
"NOthin' to Do hut Laugh Ny Au-
diences Won't Have Says
the Big Man From
Boston
EoHN L. SULLIVAN VIII go OF

nonolcguist. He viii appear first
I Il on Broadway and afterwards en-
& tour His monelogue IS now in
preparation. and closely follows segges-
tions made by Mr.. Sullivan himself
! ''H's my idea, see' said Mr.. Sullivan
| to a New York World reporter. Ito co
a monoIogue. That's my Idea from the
! first A lot OF guys have pincEe1 my
! stuff, but when | do this here. piece OF
mine I'm gJ-n' to be myself and no
/ fOur-ffusher l amt Tad regular mono
: lOgue experience when it comes TO tina :
but I've had a barrel of ocher expert
ence. I'm goin' to tell about that an be
! myself Fen myself is ny long suit.
I Mr.. Sullivan Is entering the mono-ogCe
3 business with all the seriousness VITA
: which he became a pr.ze-sghter- IEat
is the way he is going to succeed IN tE-s
! one just as wen he did in the other.
He never trained for any istic contest
: WITH more care th1n he IS preparing for
/ his fOotlight bow in October.
5 Not before October he says. Il m
+ not Iayin' awake to get TO work before
it's cooker You've go. to think Of that
when you get to be as heavy as ! am.
! Then he told how Re means TO DO It.
! HIS talk on how to be moHol6gulst
I will make a professorship for him m a
/ dramatic school some day
/ He stood up, his great left hand with
/ lapel He had big white silk Eandkei-
! chief in his other hand. and this he way
! ed now and then for accent.
+ Before I come out he sad, Il II have
! a bunch Of pictures en- the screen show
/ in the best known men IN the country.
! Like Joe Goss, may his soul rest IN
! peace" said Mr.. Sullivan, touching his
! forehead he was an ace, l tell you; an
Steve Taylor and John DOnaldSon-tne
an Tug Wilson an Mitchell an PaGly
Ryan-nice little fellow, but he didn
know how to right-an a lot OF EN-
ThatH get the audience started r.gnt, an
then I'll come"
He glanced down apologetically at his
striped business suit ard touched MS
flowing black and white tie.
You can't get no idea, he murmuren,
( from these. III have on dress siAt'
toll hat, cape coat, gloves cigar IL nave
a boy back of me. IN take OF the nat
an coat an gloves and give EN- to the
boy, with the cigar. He'll put EN- All on,
and smoke The cigar. III say, 'fcu SUN,
what you doin' with Them an chase MN
on Then I'll start IN, with no more tn
canning. With my experience, said MT
Sullivan Il don't see no reason why
can't beat these shoemakers IN can~
ter.
When he says that, and drops his
! hands at his sides and stands looking
over an imaginary audience, you
wouldn't be surprised to hear him say he
was going to play, Othello. he IS so
| the mcno1Ggue is not CthelIo. or any 9th
er classic. for it belongs to quite new
/ school and this is why:
No love in monOlogue,' said Mr.. Sui
Ivan, I'm goln' to sIdestep all that. An
nOthin' sad-no graves an troubles
NotlIn' To do but laugh, my audience
won't have. III give EN- all the good
stories I've got-and III tell EN- my
!
I'll say. does this here government want
of the Philippines? or Cuba? Amt it got
COney? Amt it got Governors island,
too? Well, lets get New York buying
: the whole thing, staudiH' the goff to the
last inch OF the island and leavin' the
Philippines be.
what stories will ten en-" re-
peated Mr. Sullivan, ref1ectfvely. Not
many about me. Maybe enc about Mob
by Clark, when he got asked over in
England about American shooters. Can
they hit; Nobby?' says somebody. Can
they hit says NObby. Ny heads so full
o bullets from EN- it rattlas when
move! Not many stories about ne
though. repeated Mr.. Sullivan unless
the one when l was cat in the Samoas
IL not out there, you know 4 Samoan
( came up to me an says, Wen. whose
president Of the United States? John
l., Sullivan, says he.
You see said aIr. Sullivan ''the way
1 m known like that through the country
makes the mCnoiegue a good idea
Srsndest ever happened, I think. Women
aiut had no chance to see me. They
+ couIGn come to the ring. Now they can
come There amt no use burnfu' it 10
} putting on play. I'd ought to list be
/ myself. An they'll all get their money. :
wort" t2ri | amt tryin' to throw the con-
! ms IS certain Mr.. Sullivan wiz h.
heard TO the edge of the lobby He has
voice quite his own size.
ain framed it as I know of" he
49, put DIT 90 you TeInen;b Der in the black
s1nltn play how | used to say 'Sta1l
back" That's TIE tone that gets hoard
to a finish. That's the tone I had ON in
! -deIoourne when my hackers double
cGo5Sea ana / was tryin' to break my
contract. saws. Either you ttn-hOT-n
Sports can break this contract or III
smash the stage The contract WASH Z
broke. an | picked up the anvil In ths
third act an let the floor have IL IT VEN
on down IN the cellar No." said Mr. S,sl-
/ ilvan. one OF his infrecuent smiles com
Z inS to light Up his eyes, that won't ha5-
: to deal with here"
Mr.. sullivan drew his six handkerchief
through his hands-vou Simply cannot -
over the power of his hands. as he talks:
! great shoulders and neck or the look OF
his coat s'@eve above the elbow i'm
presses you TIE way his hands do. And
while he toyed with the hgudEerchief t,s
considered a possibility.
If l get an encore" he said Thought
fuIIy' may reeite sora poetry
Now the notion of John T.. SuIltVa 4
reaGing poetry to a vaudeville audience
was new notion, but perfectly pes-
sfhle ore, as Mr.. SHIIivan's sarinlsT1ess
indicated What sort of pCrtrv waUII ne
readE Mr. Sullivan was a little in dou5f
but not fer long.
Something thatH draw the Iaucb -
ne explained, SOME grand stand pIavs 7
. read = good deal MYSELF. Why YES NJ
said. his tone al wiIli1~ness 10 obIjga
his expression all good nature 'sI-lI ra9,I
something for YOU now though nv eyes
aTen what thev We're when was in ton
notch of my CORY
! He took tn" bCCk-a little red book that
his hand quite covered M. and ne read
what he was asked 10 read
Br7ak. break. break.
On thy Geld. grav stones o seq
And I would that ce5.Id utter
The thoughts that arise in NE
The poem was so little and the man
through.
He handed back the book with grave
: deep, rich voice have mich in common
with what he had just read
See" he said row, President No
: kinney makes a sreech an what l say
{ IS. Why can't IL? -"
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