The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-15

the good old days, ordered an oyster
stew. with couple of chocolate
eclaires on the side.
How about the modern play,
Chames?" 1 asked. ga man of your
experience must have something to
say about that phase of the drama"
''Dey's ara all on de blink desc
times said Chames. "Dey don't get
de right fellys to write EN-"
'You-er-you don't care for Pinero,
them" 1 asked.
'Hully chee!" cried Chances. SAY,
Mister Man, dye know dat Teller
makes me sick. Dere was dat play o.
his called Irish dey had over here last
winter. Dere wasn't an Irishman in de
whole bunch, an all dey did was to
talk WilIieboy to fairy for seventeen
acts an den smash all her premiums"
Excuse me, Chames," 1 put in. Her
what?"
Her premiums" replied Chames.
de tings she got from de tea store
for buyin' her Liptons at DER shop"
he explained.
"Oh-I see" said 1. you mean her
bric-a- brac."
Oats de woids," said Chames. Her
chugs, an her pitchers, an de CANDLE
sticks, and all de stuff from de INSTALL
ment store. Say, dat was a great act,
but it came too late. De whole gall
lery was hittin' de pipe before dey but
ted in with de smashup. If dey'd only
began with dat!"
Still, Chances I ventured, "Pinero
is considered a great playwright"
Oats what I'm kickin' about" said
Chames. "An' he amt ace high. His
talks like de jokes in de back end of a
loidy's poiper. It's all fer de Willie
boys downstairs in de orchestra chairs
an de boxes. But us steadies up in de
roof what do we get out of it? Why,
honest, now, Mister Man, even boyg-
Ter couldn't gain no real information
about de homes O. de refined from see
in one O. dose Pinerrer plays. Dere
amt a second story in de whole bunch.
It's muffin but lot O. parlors wit talk
to match. All de fun l ever got outer
a Pinerrer play was laughiin' at de
Willlieboys downstairs fer Iaughln at
de play. OATS on de level
"And how about Clyde Fftch?'
queried.
"Chee!" said Chances. Hes de linn
it. He was de Teller dat wrote de play
where de villain dies by drinkin' poi
son an slidin' down onto de floor. What
does he know about life? He's got
de Willieboys down fine, but de Willie
boy amt de whole push. Dey haven't
any cinch on de way We live. Say,
dye know what dat man does? He
SAYS de boxes is all dere is in modern
sassiety, wit a few in de orchestra.
Dere amt no upstairs. Teayters Is
all one floor. Well, OATS his great big
mistake. He's on de blink when he
says dat de teayterS of New York Is
KEEP alife by Mrs. Wally Van Jones
an Mister Johnny de Toots an de fell
lers dat live ony t meet DER own set.
Deyse odders in dis town, an dey is
onto him, all right. He amt in it wit
de real ting. De people dat laughs at
him laughs all right, but when he's
down dey won't stand for him. Dey
tink more of de cloes dey wear dan dey
do of de auttor o. de play. Dey says on
de way out O. de teayter, What
pretty wrap dat was o. Mrs. ChinEie-
doodles,' or Dit We see Tommy Rot in
de box wit Mrs. Petite Tiara bond
ay? Wonder where Petite is ternight?
an so on. His plays is all right fer
de folks he's after but for US
Hes getting to be high art,
Chames," said |.
High art?" calculated Chances.
well, high arts all right. all right.
But, in dis case it amt so very high.
1t don't reach up to de gallery, an
dere's where you find de folks OATS
after the real stuff,
1t was at this point that Chames,
having consumed five platesful of Ice
cream, Sign1fied his satisfaction, ana
intimated that as he had to get busy
selling the next days evening papers
at o'clock in the morning, he
thought he ought to go home. l con-
Siderately let him off. | should very
much have liked to ask him his opinion
of certain plays current, but in view
of his professional obligations, 1 did
not feel that 1 ought to do so. But he
gave me his address. which / still have,
and if anybody would care for the cam
did opinion of so candid a critic and
the editor of this newspaper will per-
nit the same to be published in these
columns, L shall be very glad TO COM
municate with Chances on the subject.
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