Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-10
GOOD JOB FOR
STRENUOUS MAN.
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Tim COrbett is Looking for a Big
Husky Who is Not
Afraid
Nv, TAYLOR TO AUSTRALIA.
Il Wand Root Are Matched to Fight
n, Calpain--Latter VIII Meet Nor.
mcpt a gan Williams.

3vA riding TO adylces from New York
,b.re If nice, quet 90 little job await
,,g INC right kind of a man Whoever gets
ne positlon will have to be pretty big and
husky mll OF nerve, will have to have
some knowledge of the "nouyeaue drama
,louep aud be willing 10 go through few
ut,lo stunts that viii either tend TO build
nm or break down the physical being
Of the man who accepts the job. Those
,ossessng the necessary CIVILIZATIONS,
who would like to try Tor the job had
better apply to one james j. Corbett New
York It has been suggested that a man
IKE Eugene Thompson or Charley Ross
would about fiji the bill.
Az has been stated before, Mr.. Cor
bett is going TO abandon the vaudeville
business after awhile. He Is going back
10 the legitimate drama for time, In
order to corral more OF the cleaning
gold lie viii play new thriller, writ
sen for him by Edmund Day. to be called
"pais" But the real story Is In what
MIR Corbctt himself aruessly describes
as "corking good part.
Just as ne emerged from the circle
theater, where he IL playing this week,
he was asked as TO the requirements OF
his new play and the advantages It Of
iered to an asprant for honors,
Mr. Corbett said;
'The play itself Is all right what |
am searching for now Is a man who can
Nav the opposite part 10 me. IL Is a
rorKng good part, too, and there Is plenty
of action IN H. You see, the idea Is Just
this. We have to get lot OF action IN a
nlay nowadays to make II go. There IL
lots Of It In this one.
"Herc Is the part | am college man
and I have a college chum, We are in
separable and all that, Of course, J. marry
and settle down. j Introduce my chum TO
my wife.
inc up to te point where my chum gets
a little more to drink than IS good for
him and he then let's out that he mas
been In love with my wife all this time,
It's a great piece OF work here. My wife
repulses him. of course and get there
mat in time to hear the confession of his
love and my wife's throw-down.
81 Jerk him out OF his chair, strike him
in the face and tell him exactly what !
think OF him That Is where the action
milk-and- water stage Sights. We strug-
sic all over the room, we tip over the
fable we smash the furniture, the chif-
fonler goes TO the mat In the scufie.
There Is breaking chinaware and
glassware. Ny chum breaks away from
wife tries to stop him, but he throws IT,
] dodge, and II hits an electroiier con
tanning thrty-iive lights. You can mag
lne the result He hurls chair at me,
and II goes through mirror.
Then we clinch again. We reel anu
struggle out to the stairs. We crash
against the banister. and this give way,
and still clutched I'm Il death grip, we fall
10 the floor below, where | finally crush
my chum and emerge triumphant from
the battle for my honor
at is a great part, and Weakllng
would do no good at all ! am having q
little trouble In finding lust the man |
want for the part. You see, TO make VI
interesting he ought to be. about my Size
or maybe a littlo larger
Docs anything else happen TO MN
Mr. Corbett?"
mo nothing particular. lie Is pretty
well done with after that battle
"You are certain that he Is not thrown
down the elevator shaft, that the roof
does not fall on him, or that he rs not
blown from the mouth Of a sixteen-lnch
gum"
But Mt Corbett makes no mention or
just where he is going to get the num-
her Of men he will need for that scene.
II Is said by the best authorities that he
could do with one really good strong
actor and sixteen understudies IL would
REQUIRE at least fifteen days for deep
cut to heal and conclusion Of the brain
can be gotten over with in that length
of time.