The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-09-17
THEY KISSED SIR TOM.
Caught Behind the Scenes by
Enthusiastic Show Girls.
FACED AN OsOULATORY ASSAULT.

She Gallant Yachtsman Was EN-
barrassed by Sammy Song With
Personal Variations, but Soon Re-
covered Ills Accustomed Self Com
posture.
Sir Thomas Upton was visibly en-
barrassed the other night at the Ma
jestic theater, says the New York
Times, when Lolita Faust, who sings
the popular Sammy" song, looked at
his box and smiled lovingly at him
and his friends. The singer showed
plainly at first that she was nervous,
! too, but gathered confidence and be-
came much more at ease than was the
yachtsman himself. Part of the song,
as revised to fit the occasion, ran thus:
| Tommy, oh, oh, Sir Tommy,
| You're a dandy, from your feet up!
Tommy, when you come cruising we
| scared of losing
That blessed cup.
After several encores Lolita Faust
mixed the new words with the old and
i sang:
Tommy, oh, oh, oh, Tommy.
! When you come wooing there's some
thing doing
| Around my heart
The shouts after each verse were
deafening, and everybody in the house
seemed to be yelling "Liptonp or "Sir
Thomasv' Finally he rose from his
seat and tossed large bunch Of Amer
team Beauties on the stage. Then the
members Of the Larchmont yacht club.
who filed the orchestra seats, Joined in
and sang Justify, even If the only
words they knew were "Oh, oh, Tom
my"
When the automobile bearing Sir
Thomas and his friends arrived at the
| door Of the theater the Grand circle
was 80 packed with shouting humanity
that three policemen had to be brought
into service to pilot the guest OF the
evening safely through the mob. News
boys and messengers by the dozen
Hocked around and demanded to see
the celebrity, and he would not go In
without shaking hands with many OF
them. But he saw 1t would be an end
less task and had to break away.
Inside the theater the party went to
the boxes on the west side OF the
house, and Sir Thomas took his seat
In the very front Of the Sammy" box,
knowing that he was going to have to
60 through the ordeal Of being the OBJ
/ ject of one song and 2,0o0 pairs OF
eyes. All during the performance the
| audience did not lose opportunities to
cneer wildly, and the object Of their
approval smiled back his appreciation.
At the end Of the second act he was
especially pleased because the Afnale
was q song in which all the men and
women on the stage held English and
| Shamrock flags and waved them to-
ward him. 1t was at this point that
there was most enthusiasm.
After the comedy was all over and
the throngs had filed out the guest OF
honor left his box and went to the
stage, where he made a short speech
to the players, who, still in their fam
tastical costumes, grouped themselves
around him and cheered every word he
spoke. He made complimentary re-
marks about the entertainment OF
course, and ended with this:
'I think I'm devilish lucky fellow
TO get an ovation like this, and want
to say let the men take back row
now, for I'm interested in the women
Then he added, "Will the reporters
please look the other way?"
At that there was rush for first
place among the chorus and show girls,
and 1t seemed for minute as If Sir
Thomas was going to take his joys all
In one big dose. But he signifed that,
though he was busy man. he had
time to do q job like this in fine shape,
and began to shower kisses on who
ever desired-and there were plenty.
i Everybody on the stage vas looking
on and applauding each kiss, but this
did not disturb the yachtsman, for he
kept 1t up as long as there was any
body there who wanted to be kissed.
One after another was saluted and
stepped back smiling to give place to
the next. Finally the kissing scene
came to an end. much to the evident