The San Francisco call., 1903-09-27

"Old shrines and Ivy" Brown Heath
and Bluebells," and the numerous other
works that attest his genius. MARY Of
Magdala" was published in book form
simultaneously with Mrs. Fiske's reap
pearance in New York in the play.
"The other day on a train coming into
New York." said Lew Dockstader, II met
a young man who was introduced to me
as DR.. Blank, and after some CONVERSE
tion with him said:
What kind of doctor are you? Med
ical, teeth or feet"
"'Well,' said he, to tell you the truth,
Mr.. Dockstader, I'm not a regular doctor
yet but I'm following the medical profess
sion.'
"'Oh, said I, you haven't graduated
yet and the entire incident passed from
my mind until a few weeks later at
tended the funeral Of acquaintance.
and who should I see handing out camp
chairs to the mOurners but my friend the
doctor.
After the last sad rites 1 approached
him. more in sorrow than in anger.
" Doctor I said, you led me to believe
that you were a medical student, didn't
you?
No, Mr.. Dockstader, I did not. told
you 1 was following the medical profess
sion, and am I'm an undertaken
When Gertrude Coghlan was selecting
the members of her company to appear
in 1.-THE Last Of the BOissacs" tall and
handsome brunette came in to see her
Just the woman we want" whispered
Miss CoghIan to her manager, and in a
few minutes Elouina Oldcastle had signed
a contract to be Miss Coghlans leading
woman. It was afterward learned that,
required to act the character of a Count
ess on the stage, Miss Oldcastle is in
reality Josephine, Countess de Castelvec-
chic, daughter of the Count of Castelvec-
chio who was the son of Louis Bona
parte, brother of Napoleon I.
stage career begun under Augustin
DAILY has been marked with many sue
cesses. Miss Oldcastle's last appearance
in New York was in the early part Of the
summer as the Countess Natalie Del
monte Veccio with Dan Daily in "John
Henry in which she scored heavily.
Walker Whiteside, who has opened his
season in eve Are King" relates the fol-
lowing incident that he once witnessed in
street car when he was playing in Co
lumbus, Ohio:
1.-The car in which I was riding was
very much crowded." said Mr. Whiteside.
land I with several others was standing.
A lady entered the car and a very seedy
looking individual, who had evidently
been looking too much on the beer while
it foamed, rose to give her a seat Be
fore she could reach it a robust looking
man slipped into it.
"'Sa-a-y, you-you feller there said
the boozy but chivalrous one, as he
swayed to and fro, Tim drunk, an I
know it, but I-I'H get over It; but you
you're a hog, an you-you'n never get
over 1t. no Stree"
Jerrold Shepard's new Southern romance
''Red River had a very successful open
ing at Chester, Pa, on Labor day. Man
ager Charles Nuckals has given the play
a lavish production, and the general ver-
dict of the first performance was entire
ly favorable.
About five years ago three disconsolate
looking individuals met in their apart
ments. They had just come from their
publishers, where they learned to their
CONSERVATION that they owed Joseph W.
Stern & Co, $500, which they had drawn
over the amount of royalties due for the
first years sales Of their songs. At that
time Under the Bamboo Tree "The
Maiden With the Dreamy Eyes and the
Congo Love Song had not been writ
ten, for Cole and the Johnson brothers
were the unhappy ones referred to.
boys, this IS nara luck SAID Rosa
mond Johnson.
"What in the world shall we do?"
groaned Bob Cole.
DO" answered James w. johnson,
who is of a philosophical turn of mind.
ST think we've done very well. AS far as
can see our publishers are the ones to
worry"
But the publishers didn't have to worry
long for they now pay in royalties to this
same trio every year an amount that
would make a handsome salary for a
trust president.
Annie Irish, the charming actress who
win play Iras, the Egyptian beauty, in
the elaborate revival of ben Hur'' at the
New York Theater, has consented to pose
for Hamilton King, the artist, for Cleo
patra in a large oil canvas, Queens Of
Other Days" which the young artist Is
at work on and which he expects to send
to the art exhibit at the St Louis Expo
sition. The attention of Mr. King was
attracted by a portraiture Of Miss Irish
in the part of Iras, which is a character
not unlike the luxurious Cleopatra al
though General Wallace's Princess is a
daughter of the Nile.
Otis Harlan. the comedian at the head
of the Wells-Dunne-HarIan comDanv
made one appearance in the classic
drama. 1t happened in Savannah, Ca.