The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-22
THE WEEKLY GRIsr.
Funny Stories Told by Players OFF the
stage.

Miss Elizabeth Kennedy says that the
most tFenchant piece of dramatic critic
ism which she has ever read came to
her notice last season when she was
playing Madame Trentoni in Captain
links of the Horse Marines" Said Miss
Kennedy: Il was travelling in the far
west. We were to play Carson City,
New, and on reaching that place we
learned that a cheap show had perform
ed there the night before our arrival.
That same afternoon at the hotel I
picked up the Carson Appeal, and was
glancing through it's columns, when my
attention was attracted to short
paragraph headed Current News
Items AS nearly as 1 remember the
items were as follows:
'Rainstorm in Truckee, lasting TWEEN
ty-six minutes
-" 'Hailstorm in Douglas. six min
utes'
"'windstorm in Reno, two days
." Barnstorm in Carson City opera
house, one night -
A we'll known theatrical manager, who
is distinguished for his business ability
rather than for his knowledge of liter
allure, was visited not long ago by an
aspiring playwright. He had with him,
he explained to the manager, the man
uscript of a play based on one of Edgar
Allen Poe'S stories, which he was sure
was destined to make a sensational hit
on the stage. The manager consented
to hear the play. and listened with in
creasing interest as the playwright read
4 from his manuscript Tss
He was enthusiastic when the end was
reached.
That's fine" he exclaimed-"fine!
Now I'll tell you what I'll do. You and
Mr.. Poe come in tomorrow and well
talk this thing over.''
Josie sadler who plays Sophie Blotz
in Peggy From Paris,' has decided to
offer a prize of SIS for ten jokes or short
German stories that she can use in her
Henry song. which is said to be one
of the hits of the George AIDE musical
Ecomedy. Miss Sadler will give the prize
to the one submitting the ten best jokes,
and, of course, they must be similar to
the ones she is now using in the Hen
ny" number. The following are exam
pies:
i "Henny has nice little sister, Katie.
but she hasn't any legs. / had to stand
up for her when she got married"
Kenny played with Sousa once-but
only once"
''Henny has a little brother who has a
good job. He gets. $14 a week till he's
81 years old, SIS till he gets IS years
old. and then if he dies he gets fred
Blanche Walsh the MasIova in Tolls
toys Resurrection" has discovered the
means to universal happiness, and oh.
it's so simple. Strange no person
thought of it before. To an interviewer
recently Maslova confided:
Some day I suppose every one will
have automobiles. Then everybody will
be happy For If there is one thing
that makes you feel really and truly
joyous it is spinning along in an auto
mobile. No wonder the birds sing, while
other creatures that don't fly can only
bark, or groan, or croak. AUTOMOBILE
ing is the next thing to flying. and the
threb, throb, of the motor is merely
beating time to the music that you feel
There is no thing on earth like auto
mobiling-unless the power gives out
when you are forty miles from civinza-
ton.
Long before became star. I want
ed an automobile, but am sorry to say
that when one is down to financial hard
automobile That is a bad joke, ISM
lit? You don't see it? Well, all right.
John StapIeton spent last week II
Saratoga gathering betting ring at
rnosphere for the race track scene in
"Checkers. which he is to stage. Hav.
ing ACQUIRED a sufficient supply of the
color" he thought to get bit of the
feeling by placing small bet. Mo-
being I'D in the dope" he did the mex
best thing and concluded to follow the
lead of some one, who was supposed Il
be. He saw "Pittsburg Phil" He heard
him buy a pool on Aristoeracy. and h
followed suit, knowing nothing of thu
horse. race or odds. He bet. as he sup.
posed a 500 bill. and left the bettinf
iring to acquire the feeling" Casually
he looked in his pocket to assure him
iself that no light fingered gent had
touched him for 5000 bill He drew
forth not the bin he sought but th'
Twenty he thought he had given thu