Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-01

funny 10 watch the broadway actors. Just
in.t engaged in the act of telling each other
~ @Ee colossal hits they've made during
n H. past Season-funny. because they SO
8earuest about it. because any bull pup
might see how seriously they take their
sr!f-eXploited merits. 1t Is pathetic too, in
way For. supposing a shoemaker. or a
truck driver, or an amateur banjoist, a
haberdashery salesman, or a physician or
lawyer-SUppOsinS any of these were to
take up his station upon public corner
and huttonhole every passing friend and ac-
quaintance and solemnly proclaim himself
the greatest individual in his particular
line Of business on top of the earth would
he not. from the very impossible temerity
of his assertion. be regarded a good deal
OF figure of pathos, If not, indeed. a
romping idiot? However, the gauges of
ordinary life are not to be applied to the
persons of the stage. high or low. else
would there be exhibited a hideous lack
of congruity on the part Of the folks OF
thu make-believe world.
Made Stupendous Hits.
''Y'Ought to've seen how I killed EN- dead
in Ipswich with them new steps o mine,"
says the song-and-iance man who has just
returned from tour with the Grass
Widows Burlesque Company. 'Jes' laid
'em out stiff. that's ALL and the song-and-
dance man he is addressing put Up the
n st beautiful assumption of believing him.
Solely that, when he finishes, they may ex-
p'ri"nce the joy Of seeing him pretend
L believe their stories of how they killed
'em dead. in kind, in some place other
. than Ipswich.
man of a one-nisht stand "rep-uh -toah"
Company. who has just come in" by
ATurans of the locouotion of the legs, to
Judge from the state of his shoes and the
remainder Of his dress-"well far be 1t
from me To pronounce upon what l can or
cannot do, but if didn't make the hit
"f the outfit in Article At in Crawfords-
Vile. Ind, then I'm a trance medium.
that's all Got nine calls after the second
act. and the woman lead all but scalped
. M Ill the wings. she was jealous
Nor should 1t be supposed that the ac-
tors who have been out with the really
good companies are any less hesitant in
these stunts of public self-laudation than
thu lowlier members Of their tribe X is lit
tie less than shocking TO hear clean-look-
Ing actor man. a chap that you know is
exc -llent in his own line of work but in TO
wise eminent or even noted praising him
self 10 all the four winds of heaven in
Sdperlatives that professional writer Of
circus bills would be reluctant to employ
One is sometimes tempted TO believe list
ening to all this sort OF swash that few
actor persons possess any real sense of
Lumor Fear Of ridicule. which deters nat
urally conceited men who have got to the
top of the heap in various walks of life
from sounding their own acclaims. never
for an instant abates the actors stream of
self-approving phrases
Victims of Jealousy.
The Broadway actorines, Just in" have
all been terribly imposed upon and mall
treated during their tours, it would seem
They made good all right but all of
the rest Of the women In the company
were so jealous Of EN-, and, in consequence
made the time so hateful for them that
they didn't enjoy themselves a little BIT
and how glad they are to get back to deah
old Moo Yawkt Have they made any ar
rangements for next season? Oh, dear
. yes They're going to have the chance Of
A iS
To star EN- in a specially written play. or
an eminent playwright Is going to stick in
just the role for them In his next piece.
or they have an appointment to
manager this very hour with reference to
London engagement next autumn-and
but confidently. into the future is the
actor and similarly the actorire II they
could land would) but nourish this conf
dence this very extremity of seIf-belief in
their own bosoms, And If they ONLY would
not with their obtrusive personalities and
bOastful speech. render Broadway virtually
impossible all the way from 18th street to
42di
Fallen Idol.
There are several hundred New York
women, who after having '.just perfectly
dotted upon a certain little actress for a
number of years, now regard that dainty
stage igurante with feelings of the most
lukewarm character Their change of view
with respect TO the little woman of the
} Casino is, perhaps, natural enough, yet
Enthusiastically unreasonable 1t dates
from the running of the Brooklyn Handi-
cap at Gravesend Beach on Saturday
afternoon last.
Washington was of course informed Ia st
week of how the lady In question, In her
anxiety to see the Brooklyn Handicap
race bought up the Saturday matinee per
formance of the theater where she was
appearing. She handed the management
check for 81. 700. and the theater was
closed In order that she might see the
ponies run.
At any rate, the actress and some thou