The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-05

mate that. as between dogs and men.
the comedienne prefers the four-legged
friends. However that may be, at her
country home she has a huge St. Ber-
nard, of which she is very fond.
She also houses her colored maid at
the same house. Recently a gentleman
walking by the Russell house and no
ticing both maid and dog, paused to
inquire who owned the dog.
He belongs to my missus. Miss Rus
sell,'' the maid replied.
But are you not afraid of him?" he
asked.
.sLordy, mol He won't harm nobody.
He's just chock fun of fun all the
time"
What kind of dog is hep
ST dunno what kind-ny missus calls
him full-blooded Sam Barnard"
Frederick Latham, who staged pa
bette" has been associated in the past
| chiefly with grand opera, and he I'M
consciously fancies that American
| chorus girls understand all the teehni-
cal terms used on the foreign operate
stage. One of his favorite words IS the
French addition meaning trial of
voices" A lot of chorus girls were at
! his office the other day. One by one
| they were admitted to the august pres
ence. Finally shy little thing tod
died in. She wanted an engagement.
Come tomorrow" said the stage
| manager, ito the rehearsal at the
Broadway Theater. We will then have
an addition"
| ing. @'I don't know whether mother
would like it, but I'll ask her."
/ Frank Daniels was one of a group
discussing stage accidents and illustrat-
| ing from their experiences the need OF
presence of mind in emergencies. "A
mans art ought to be equal to any I'M
expected happening, Mr.. Daniels said.
at is hard sometimes to have some
distracting event occur, but I natter
| myself that can. meet any contre-
| temps. The other night, for instance.
in The Office Boy while I was sing
ing a topical ditty, the refrain of which
sets forth that have taken seat on
! the water wagon, a most distressing
| thing happened. 1t is in the business
that I shall sip a glass of lemonade.
Some joker had substituted this night
an unmistakable mixture of Scotch and
soda. At the first sip I experienced
surprise then-ahem, gratification-and
for q moment discomfort. But my art,
/ gentlemen, asserted itself. You can
imagine the effort to sing the temper
ance sermon while slipping the Scotch
but my art proved supreme. And
finished the song"
"And the highball!" added member
of the Daniels company in the party.
Walter Hale, Ada Rehan's leading
Juvenile man, is playing his first sea
son with her company. His first ap-
pearance was in 1.-THE Tanning of the
Shrew" In this play a sentence ad-
dressed to the character he imDerson-
ates contains these words of B1on-
dallo:
my master hath appointed me to GO
to ST. Luke's to bid the priest be ready
to come against you, come with your
appendix"
Shakespeare. of course. used ZAP
pendix" to mean bride" but on this
initial appearance of Mr.. Hale in the
play the word was given a different
meanings 1t emerged from st. Luke's
hospital. in New York, after a siege
with appendicitis. An operation hat
been performed in which his appendix
was removed.
'In not much of a letter writer
said Thomas Jefferson, son of JOSEPH
the Great. recently, but when som'
| charming maidens wrote and asked
} me to name a club for them, I couldn'
refuse Their object was noble-th'
building of character. They wanted
that in it: they were unmarried, ant
i that also must be included"
what did you do?'
IT suggested Building and Lone as
sociat.on.A'
, "And the answer to that?'
1--WE never seen one of them in m!
II audience since"