New-York tribune., 1903-05-18
NOTES OF THE STAGE.
Il Suggestion to Press agents for q
Tacat;On Pastime

Who will write 1.-THE Confessions of Press
Agent? There have been many confessions,
written and unwritten, since Rousseau gave MS
keen and memorable work to the world. THE Con-
fessions of Wife was the last one, WASH II!
But nearly all have lacked the traakness the va
riety of interest the disclosures OF amusing crook
ednesses and charming scandal. the bare, news
method Of narration necessary for your true con-
fessons. Confessions, in fact. should De only a
collection Of hitherto unpublished gossip about men,
women and things OF interest, collected by one VINO
was on the Inside" Who, then. qualified to
write Confessions as the Press Agent? One is only
surprised that the thing has not been done before.
Certainly fortune awaits the first to DO II rear
iessIy and honestly (for the Press Agent must De
honest for the nonce; any exaggeration would
either render his story unbelievable dulD. Why
not begin work in the summer now at hand?
Indeed. such a work if undertaken by man Of
experience and skill (and your good press agent Is
seldom unskilful, often remarkably clever. would
he very likely 10 swell to enormous proportions
Finance. Journalism. aesthetics, sociology, graft
would all be touched on; and. perhaps the gentle
art Of foolng most of the people all OF the ume
would find its first adequate textbook We should
learn at last just how much money is spent on
''s75 900 productions and also who writes the edl-
torials in The Dramauo News"
We should find out how many musical comedies
have been rescued by those heroic life savers, meTl
cbanee II t6eTe is or ever has been Of seeing
William Gillette play Hamlet" We should DIS
cess and how much Imagination make press
agent. We should hear strange stories aoout Go con,
vicelike slavery and of actors adored by poruon
q ds [g pr pr mean We should hear too brave sto
RES Of hard labor and self-sacrifce. even Of am
B again gam and again would these Confessions
revert 70 stories Of sucfeSses aIro laIiuges = n
bark Schemes for Mrs Campbell. Of falling Roman
SNAKES and donkeys for Miss George.
I'VE are the makers Of fction sing the press
a
Ever a new scheme to be thought Of ever a new
os 9 TO to baT invent tsn6ark S2 80 t0T apre6 that The doubt
Inc portion ot the public may be CONFRONTED with
Once there press agent for "a an animal th ThOw
who ot o spent cnee gTnding out animal sores with
scenes laid the show whh 1psed {he 6 "fbe
night wound her player antagonist before the per-
II indeed these confessions would throw much light
on the neglected science OF the dehnluon OF the
nestmably valuable purpose of contributing to
the sum OF hTan 6a Cgo1fesio3s of Press Agent
yvoud We the most valuable form OF history OF
But Who Shall Write it? We cannot In fact
as we enter me door 10 tT a'Iea ytb t1Idftv on
tie sill.
Lewis McCord an elongated comedian. formerly
Of David Belascos forces, will appear as Don sylvia
the principal comedy role in The Wood Wltch'
the new musical comedy by Albert Mldenberg and
Willard Holcomb to which will be given special
production at Carnegie Lyceum MAJ .. % and
u This will be McCords introduction to New
York as singing comedian. After his next season
in vaudeville he will be featured in a three act
musical comedy version of Her Last Rehearsal.
by Willard HOlcomb
musical comedy with the ominous title of
sunny jim viii be shown TO Philadelphia to
night II is the work of Melville Baker and Joseph
Hart and features Al Leach Let US hope sunny
Jim does not find his antipodal self ii the andehce'
Miss Mildred Claire, a dancer with the Rogers
Brothers show, and a daughter OF John Mullen
the doorman at the Broadway Theatre has been
forced to go to the Adirondacks for her health
Her lungs have been weakened by the rough life
on the road.
The New-Rochelle Theatre. New-Rochelle. opens
tonight with Primrose and Dockstader's minstrels-
Miss Jane Field has retired from The Earl OF
Pawtucket' and the stage. and will take uP matri-
nlony on June 4 Miss Elizabeth Lea is her sue