New-York tribune., 1902-12-21

patches. Now why did the singing OF that song
4 suppose. said the other man she thought to
herself Anything is better than TINS
II is hard 10 believe that anything
come up about East Lynne" The last place one
would look for advertising device would be
lin front of that show. Yet there is an East
LYNNE company touring the Middle west
which seems to have devised a novelty. In all the
smaller cities and towns where. this company Is to
play a woman not unknown as newspaper writer
and with considerable ceverness in addressing an
audience precedes it. She announces free lecture
on the drama or subject connected with the
stage and the management of the local theatre
is glad enough give her the use of the house for
the Sunday night before the opening without IN
hour more. narrating anecdotes, telllhs stage
stoTeS discussing rsf t East Lynme But stiii she
contrives to mention that play many times ana
seems still possible in the West When the lecture
she quietly departs for the M next b town BTt
continues to require her services
The mention of theatrical advertising devices re-
calls the morality play. ''Everyman." which was
shown here last fall. Since it left New-York ii
has been doing a prosperous business in Boston
and Philadelphia. 1t used to open the Park
Theatre in Boston under the new Frohman regime,
and will later return there for an engagement or
month In Baltimore it was felt that some
advance work should be done in Johns Hopkins
University so an agent was sent down the other
to interest the officers of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association; that done he sent descriptive
matter to all the students IN Young Men Cnrls,
tan Association envelopes certan scepIlcai plI
Graduate of the university the Charles remarked
Wheh he heard about it that there might be surer
WAYS in Cambridge OF appealing 70 those most
bi,t he was duly rebuked and told TO watch results
in Baltimore.
The Young man who Is at present musical ol-
rector for Richard Mansfield under the name or
Carl Crusada has Mr.. Mansfield to thank ooth
for his name and his good fortune A year ago
he was a trunk handler travelling with Beau
caire" one of the humbest members OF the or
sanitation. But he always carried violin about
with him. and played it at every spare moment
The other workmen remarked on the fact, and
also noticed that he played remarkably wen lor
man Of his apparent station in life Mr. Mans
aeld finally heard of it. and questioned the stage
manager Learning that Carl-the only name the
,oung man went by-not only had some muscai
ability but was a faithful anu efficient workman.
rho star called him back to his special car one
6ay as the organization was on its way 10 Chicaso
and made him play for him.
AZ Mansfield was once persuaded that ne
,,,a,y more about music than who had merely
ic.,Ad nm q few tunes and cross-questioned him.
r-l said that he was A graduate of the Prague
S,onservatory one year behind kuDehk. ana mao
naa 70 this country with band of young German
se,-sIc;ans who had idea that managers were
for success in America The organi
ot,o- mad been stranded before II had given one
Concert and he had been forced to get what WORK
ne s.WI" VII said Mr. Mansfield. you are no longer
'arr,,an vou are of our artists ana your
salary will be doupieo. l., rrt;,,.o 20 CO..,
When "Beaucaire' opened IN Chicaso' 10 |af'