The San Francisco call., 1904-07-03

TivOG for the moment and former
member Of the Bostonians. There is no
reason why Little John" should not
be proud Of his handiwork- 'Tis no
small thing. look you, TO have slept in
straw. shoveled coal in the stoke hole
of a steamer and sung for a meal and
a bed ia pursuit OF your ideal as John
Dunsmure has done. A raw Scotch lad
81 fifteen. he took French leave Of
home and worked his way here as
cabin boy. Seven years later he was a
member Of the Bostonians and in some
quarters is now seriously dubbed the
de Reszke of light opera All well.
as 10 that-but never mind that now.
However. hearing these hopeful things
and they are very good TO hear, sane.
healthful, invigorating-I went TO ask
Mr. Dunsmure his way TO success.
The basso was standing in front of
the TivoI as I made my way there,
his SIX feet one ana three-quarter
inches topped by a huge cowboy hat
visible from Market street. Barron
Berthald was with him. booking happy
over MS late Robin Hood-he has real
- begun 10 suggest that dashing out
law-and presented the amiable young
slant
Take care" he warned Mr.. Duns-
lrare as We turned TO go into the thea
ter-"or you VIII be telling Miss Par
t.ngron more than you know. We. 1
did NY friends TO the guilty in
wer-~f0und your interview very
amusing. They say it is just like me-"
Thank you" I said. You hear that
Nr DunsmUre? Testimonials while
sou wait You see what a very safe
sae yerseI as ithers see ye-One other,
al least
The other was waiting there with a
.ers. and upstairs in the smokers
paradise" of the Tivoh or rather in its
ample foyer. Mr.. Dunsmure was took
cowboy hat. silver-headed cane and all.
He had some ado then to fit himself
into one of the seats in the smokers
paradise" the seats Of that odorifer-
Gus heaven being hardly made TO the
measure Of SIX feet one and three
quarters Mingling with the lingering
Manila was the scent Of the Board Of
f.ea.th's present pet disinfectant that
DE uyOh spreads regardless every
TX for your beneft-and we looked
rn upon the great. bare stage. now
ne used as a studio. They were re-
splendid Sherwood Forest that the Tiv-
oils artist has evolved for Robin
Hood.
There is no shallow indifferentism
about Mr. Dunsmure He takes him
s-L you, mis- work. everything, very
seriously I began, as is my way, with
light gossip Of this and that, but the
singer by inference objected. He was
there no be interviewed, and he was
going 10 he interviewed. So in a very
1usiness-like way he suggested that
The way he got his education was the
most interesting thing about him. AS
that was just what I wanted TO know,
asked the basso TO tell about il. But
first Z had asked him, forgetting. where
]. had seen and heard Mr.. Dunsmure
before.
why" that gentleman protested,
turning q big boyish. hurt face TO me,
Il was with the Bostonians five years
ago here as Win Scarlett Then / was
here with Miss Glaser in Dolly Var
den"
oh, yes, I remember" I consoled
him, as Fairfax-'Guardys' as Dolly
Warden called you"
And I've just closed the season with
her, he added. 1t is not a good part,
Fairfax. though II is simply feeder
u Dolly Warden all through the piece.
You can't do anything-you remember
when 7 have a duet with Miss Glaser
and she goes out at the close? People
simply sigh there, turn over the pro-
grsmmes. yawn. look 10 see who's who
In tho audience - you've no chance
AOw here's a part in Scarlet. hardly
sixth as long. and look how COM
paratively grateful it is
But Miss Glaser." L suggested, 'I
should think it would be fun TO be with
her If your part were twice as long and
half as dry agafn?"
she's great girl" Mr.. Dunsmure
testified. The laugh that lifted the cor
ners Of MS mouth said more than his
words. She's a Dolly Warden off the
stage as well as on, quick as lightning
and full OF fun. Shed rather, you
know, break me up in my part than
get a whole bunch Of laughs from the
audience. Changing her cues, for ex-
ample"
And what do you do them"
Just look as wise as you know how.
and catch on as you best can" the
singer put it. Then with poaderous
gayety-it takes some time TO set all Of
0lA -trl one anu Luibt- 4udfleIS d-lduBn
he chuckled.
But II was not always that way
Sometimes we arranged little surprises
for Miss Glaser once. where Dolly and
her lover are looking into the distance
for the return Of 'Guardy,' and she has
10 say There comes Guardy. Perhaps
THAT'S a clergyman with him and we
can be married. I fixed up one Of the
stage hands as a clergyman But such
clergyman I painted his nose blue.
his eyebrows green and put on him a
pair Of red sluggers. Then 1 put my
hat on hints not little one-and
drowned him in my frock coat We
tucked the property Bible under his
arm. too. When she saw HMM the
wings there-well, she just sat down
on the stage and hollered 'murderi'-
and She Eouldn.t have rernern lsrad her