The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-21
STARS ARE HERE.
Otis Skinner Talks About His
Experience.

Unless drawing room for each or a
Otis Skinner and Ada Rehan will not
go to Kansas City to open a week S
engagement there Sunday
The two stars delivered their ulti-
ing, and the first thing Buckley did
after he registered at the Throop was
to seize telephone and begin negotia-
tons with the Santa Fe passenger de-
partrnent.
Either two staterooms on the reg
ular Pullman cars or private Pull
man." said Buckley over the telephone
as he gave his order. Don't care what
1t cost" was his next statement.
Wen pay for the drawing rooms
from Denver to Kansas City Just so
we can have them from Topeka on"
said Buckley. Then get a private
Pullman at once" he said. and he
brought his fist down on the desk in
a manner which made the telephone
jump They won't ride in a regular
coach. Must have privacy Then
buckley marched up town to see that
everything was all right at the the
ater. So unless two staterooms are
provided or private Pullman is fur
nished Miss Rehan and Mr.. Skinner
viii remain in Topeka until they are
furnished. Joe Buckley is a man who
has troubles.
When he arrived at the hotel he Sc
cured rooms for the company Mr..
SKINNER drew room without a pri-
Vate oath- That wouldn't do. Buckley
mag ms wants known. He intimated
tnat unless a room with bath was in
STOCK that plumber had best he
called to put in a bath or he and Mr.
where. %
Il remember Topeka said Mr. skin
ner after a few minutes later. II came
mere to play once in Rosemary 7
snal never forget that day The steam
pipes IN the special baggage car car
rying our scenery burst and the steam
filled the car and soaked every stitch Of
scenery Then the steam was turned
on. The weather was cold and the wet
scenery was frozen stiff when the stage
carpenter went to the car to get the
scenery 10 70 put up on the stage in To-
peka- The scenery was folded together.
w men ne opened the different flats he
round that all the paint had peeled off
on account of the freezing. We sent to
Kansas City for a scenic artist and had
the scenery repaired as quickly as we
could.''
MT. SINNERS memory further than
IAaC instance, fails him completely so
far as Topeka is concerned. He saws he
remembers he played here several times
before. He thinks he was here within
me last two years playing Prince
Otto, but he wasn't.
II required four hacks an omnibus
ana several maids to get Miss Rehan
and the rest of the company to the
hotel AS a usual thing the stars of a
company ride in hacks and the other
members walk or take the street cars
When the procession of hacks and
buses was headed toward the hotel the
colored porter remarked dis mus, he
all star cast" All the members of
the company wanted rooms with
private baths The great unwashed is
not represented in the company
MISS Rehan was reminded, when she
arrived at the hotel. that she got here
| just week too late to have a last fond
look at the famous Montana silver sta
tue for which she posed. She was in
formed that said statue had been stored
away in the basement of the Rarnrm
dry goods store for several years. alo Q
With old stoves and other junk, ana
that last week the statue was sold at SO
much per pound and was taken to
Omaha and melted up into silver bricks.
10 the query as to how much the
statue brought in cash the only infor-
nation that could be given was the
statement for the receiver that the price
paid for the statue by the pound was
sufficient to cover his fees as receiver
MI Skinner is pleasant man. His
hair and Francesca nnuStache and goatee
ere tinged with gray He is not at all
affected in his speech. I'VE find that
| The Tanning of the Shrew' has not been
| played as much as THE School for
Scandal and The Merchant of Venice,
| the other two productions in our repe-
| toire,'' he said
Charles B. Hanford has played here
| in The Shrew' twice in the last two
seasons was remarked
"Oh, all. ah," exclaimed Mr.. Skinner
and his eyebrows went up a la Fran
| cesco.
Put the theater goers here were anx-
ious to see you as Petrucio for the pur-
pose of comparison, perhaps was ad-
ded.
yes. indeed. is that so,' the eye
brows went down.