Morris tribune., 1903-08-22
THEY KISSED SIR TOM.
Caught Behind the Scenes by
Enthusiastic Show Girls.
FACED AN osoULAToRY ASSAULT.

The Gallant Ynchtsman Was Em-
barrassed by Sammy" Song With
Personal Variations, but Soon Re-
covered His Accustomed Self Com
pOsure.
Sir Thomas Upton was visibly en-
barrassed the other night at the Ma
jestic theater, says the New York
Times, when Lotta 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 dandy, from your feet up!
Tommy, when you come cruising, we
scared of losing
That blessed cup.
After several encores Lotta Faust
mixed the new words with the old and
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 "Lipton!' or "Sir
Thomasy' Finally he rose from his
seat and tossed large bunch of Amer
lean Beauties on the stage. Then the
members Of the Larchmont yacht club,
who filled the orchestra seats, joined in
and sang Justify, even if the only
words they knew were "Oh, oh, Tom
N.Y."
When the automobile bearing Sir
Thomas and his friends arrived at the
door of the theater the Grand circle
was so 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
flocked around and demanded to see
the celebrity, and he would not go in
without shaking hands with many Of
them. But he saw it 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
go through the ordeal Of being the OBJ
ject Of one song and 1000 pairs OF
eyes. All during the performance the
audience did not lose opportunities to
cheer wildly, and the object of their
approval smiled back his appreciation.
At the end of the second act he was
especially pleased because the finale
was a 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 fan
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:
81 think I'm devilish lucky fellow
to get an ovation like this, and l want
to say let the men take a back row
now, for I'm interested in the women"
Then he added, "Will the reporters
please look the other Wayw
At that there was rush for first
place among the chorus and show girls,
and it seemed for a minute as if Sir
Thomas was going to take his joys all
in one big DOSE But he signifed that,
though he was a busy man, he had
time to do a job like this in fine shape,
and began to shower kisses on who
ever desired-and there were plenty.
Everybody on the stage was looking
on and applauding each kiss, but this
did not disturb the yachtsman, for he
kept it 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
sorrow of the hero. and he turned to
60 AS he was leaving, some one great
ly amused him by bringing an inof-
fensive looking actor up and saying:
''Let me present the lion. Sir Thorn
as"
AS soon as he could tear himself
away Sir Thomas accompanied John B.
the subway contractor, to
the large underground station under
the circle. where he looked around him
and signified his wonder at the tunnel
and the roominess of the accommoda-
TONS He looked at the new shining
walls and was heard to remark jok-
ingly:
"Well, it's all finished-all except the
posters on the walls"