The Washington times., 1901-09-29

in amateur theatricala in Washington.
' and Harlan had emigrated from Zanes-
| vile, Ohio. where he had endeavored TO
| please the popular fancy by doing various
| things in the acting line. The two drift
! ed into Charles Hoyts employ when mat
! rI.ss IA Cer-p,a wright was realizing his
| first great financial success. In casting
! around for Il company TO produce = 4
! Brass Monkey. Hoyt decided 20 give
Harlan and Murphy chance. To the lat
ter was assigned the role of Mr.. Potter.
| of Texas. ard Harlan was entrusted
| with the part of Barnes of New York
| Neither role was consG cred of great i'm
| portance. Harlan was glad to get the
salary of .25 a week. It looked very
| large to him then, and Murphy thought
himself blessed with an abundance, as he
drew S35 eSc-y seven days.
When the play was produced Murphy
and Harlan made the big hits. OF course.
! they swelled up and looked for an in
| crease in salary, but Mr.. Hoyt mad them
under contract fcr two seasons. and he
held them to 1t. AS Harlan said. he
! found 1t pretty hard to live on his sal
airy. In fact he didn't live on It. and
spent all his summers with the play
wright at his home in Charlestown. He
became prime favorite with Mr. Hoyt
and when the actors contract expired
Hoyt gave him raise in salary to 500
week Murphy's remuneration was in
creased proportionatoly. a few years
| afterward Murphy and Harlan We're
| new pieces. Tim" made a great hit in
| "A Texas Steer" and played in 1t for
| many years. Harlan, however was used
| to originate many new characters He
created parts in at least seven OF Ioyts
| plays. and appeared in a number of
others. His most pronounced success was
as Hot Stuff but there are other parts
that he considers even better than that.
He is very fond of his roles in "A Stran-
ger in New York and "A Brass Monkey"
Jonathan; in the latter, is a character
I hat avln .r--t.s
manner. but 1t Is so full of dry humor that
he usually gets the major portion of the
laughs.
Miss Chester and her trained dog prov
ed one of the distinctly unique features
of the bill at Chase's Theatre last week
and the series of hunting pictures ex-
hibited were worthy of the name. Pa
irons of the Chase house have been shown
living pictures of many varieties and of
more or less merit. but those offered by
Miss Chester and her beautiful dog. Billy.
were quite out of the ordinary and GER
tainly deserved higher place on the bill
than the one they occupied. Billy Is
setter, with pure white coat, as soft
as silk. His great. bright eyes gleam
kindly. and when a Times writer ap-
preached and patted him he offered his
paw politely and then took up stand
where he could conveniently watch pro-
ceedings. AS Billy's hospitality was lin
tied to the aforesaid paw-shake and he
made no effort to enter into conversation
with the interviewer, Miss Chester gra-
ciously assumed the duties of host and
apologized for Billy's rudeness.
We have Just returned from three
years tour of Great Britain and the Con-
tinent. and will go back to England next
August for an indefinite engagement
Yes, Billy Is q great dog, and, naturally,
is very much spoiled He Is five years
old and has been working for three sea-
sons so l suppose he is even now begin
ming to feel like an old hand. We were
training him Just year, and, OF course,
1t required a tremendous amount of pa
tience, but being of an intelligent family
he learned quickly, and We never have
the least trouble with him. Contrary to
the methods of a great many trainers.
we never used the whip. 1t may be enec-
tive to degree, but IL encourages fear
and dislike in the dog for the master,
and the results are never certain. Kind
ness never fails to win at all times, and
If the dog can trust the master rs
pretty sure thing that the master may
rely on the dog.
I'VE show eleven pictures in eight min
utes. and as it takes but few seconds to
pose them you may judge wha. great
length of time each pose is hell. Billy
knows what to do well that we haven't
the slightest difficulty with him. lie helps
himself and never moTes until the signal
is given He has never been in the field,
but in the game pictures he stands with
every detail of the experienced hunter.
OF course. it is the hunter instinct. but II
seems remarkable, in view of the fact
that he has never been out. The dog
which we had before Billy made his de-
hut died few years ago. We had had
all over this country and Europe. Billy
Is making friends very fast. too. We
played a six months engagement last
year at the London Palace, where we
had for vaaly
Miss Chester wears a bracelet of odd
pattern and great value. 1t is made of
gold coins, each token of regard from
managers under whom she has appears ed
Some of the coins have been nodded into
different shapes, and one of them is es-
pecially priced by the owner. being a gift
from Charles Morton, the veteran Engnsh
vaudeville manager. who is now eighty
three years old. and is still one of the
most active managers in England
The moving picture people were prompt
ly on hand at the Buffalo Exposition
when President Mckinley was shot and
already exhibitions of the principal scenes
that followed the assassination. includ-
ing pictures of Mr.. and Mrs. Mckinley at
the Milburn home on the day before the
crime, are announced. The Bijou will dis
play these moving pictures this week. in
connection with the regular bill arranged
for before the pictures were possi-
bility.
The activity of the Photographic corps
of the moving picture company is really
Il thing t. marvel at. There is no event
of Importance either in this country or in
a far off land where the man with the
long strips of film is not present. secur-
ing exposures for future exhibition. There
We're but few moving pictures OF the
funeral procession from the White House
to the Capitol secured, which should
make the Bijou display all the more in
teresting. The management announces a
series of pictures taken at Canton on the
day of the Presidents funeral in his home
town. These will include the scenes at
the vault in which is now the body of the
late Executive.
One reads so much of this or that ac-
tor and hears his praises sounded so ex-
tensively through the medium of the press
agency that by the time the player ar
rives his.repatation is awaiting him-so
trusting is the public and so ingenious the
art of advertising. On the contrary, when
in the middle of a performance one sud
denly awakens to the fact that the press
agent has not said too much, or even
enough 1t is relief, to say the least, that
one may form an opinion undisturbed by
the visions of adjectives that have gone
before.
In THE Last Appeal Leo Ditrichsteins
play, which was seen locally for the first
time at the National Theatre last week.
a new leading woman, Kate Hassett, was
introduced to Washington theatregoers.
Miss Hassett was a stranger. She had not
been heard of here before and in view of
the fact that she had not been advertised
as a second Bernhardt. Duse, or some
one of the other comparisons for which
tho r,-eSS must cross the water the