The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-04

pose in a sl1etchbook with a she wolf.
But I turned it off as adroitly as I
could, and when he learned that he was
the curio because he was the only leTt
Qike the survivor of the ten little mig
ger boys), all the others having drifted
into Shakespeare and the stear-washed
he quite entered into the spirit of the
thing. He is a quiet, affable young man,
with a twinkling eye or so. He is a
capable example of what the modera
actor should be-no frenZied name, no
rolling optic, no inspired" manners
His comedy appearance is, II may so
put it, almost ingrowing. Even when in
.srepoSe'' he is distinctly funny to look
at, and he doesn't seem to know it
which makes him all the funnier. Dav-
export Thought he was ia Their difficult
because he had no whiskerS, but Mr..
Collier said he wouldn't mind few.
and had not the lease objection to being
sketched with a beard or a goatee.
II feel like the lone comedian" said
Mr.. Collier, with an airy attempt at
melancholy. Crane has gone; Robson
has gone; Roland Reed dead; Nat
Goodwin is going. 1t is real case OF
oh, call my brothers back to me,
cannot play alone. I'm left in possess
sion. It's a great responsibilit
"A temporary responsibility If you
will tell me the date of your produc-
ton of Hamlet I'll try and set you
right with the public" q said this).
That settled it. There was no need
for any further beating about the bush.
Inc lone ne COnleuldIls me rNOAllCls
was star ted. The hoodgates of his elo-
quence were opened. V'lani Biff!
of course, I'm very young, said Mr..
Collier, alphabetically, but l can non
estly say that 1 shall never tackle the
emotional. I'm satisfied. In fact I'm
bound to be Satisfied, because even II
wanted to be emotional l couldn't be-
1t isn't in me- 1 haven't the slightest
Inclination to make an audience SWIVEL.
/ can't even understand what 1t is that
causes actors who have been accepted
by the public as comedians, to crave
the heroic and the high-falut1n. 1t IS
mystery to me. But, as / said before,
I'm young"
Mr.. Collier seemed rather ashamed of
himself. Davenport and 1 looked very
stern In fact, when Willie Collier de-
cIared that he should never play Ham
let thought that Davenport was going
to get up and leave. l caught him look
ing fondly at the she wolf.
Z believe that the public wants to
laugh" said Mr.. Collier, and L nave
Joseph Jefferson with me in thai belief
Once when / was on train with JEFF
ferson ne said to me: See here, VILE
Don't get too straight. Be careful.
Make 'em laugh. l play Rip and Boo
Acres because the public is with me
and is amused. That is the real reason
why 1 don't make any big productions
of more serious plays I have tried TO
follow Jefferson's advice. Even in the
farce 1 produced at the Madison Square
I had one or two lines that seemed TO
suggest just q dash of pathos. 1 cut
them out I wouldn't listen to them. I
won't have anything to do with the sem
timental. That is quite certain. When
Robson was playing Cassius with his
funny little lisp the audience laughed.
Robson said to me, I wonder what they
are laughing at 1 merely replied won
der"
Mr. Collier was going at it enthusiasts
tically-positively Carrie Nationing the
emotional-and I was with him, heart
and soul. 1 didn't tell him SO: in fact,
tried to look. not angry, but grieved-