The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-26

Tt was after the papers fin the dis
solution OF partnership case of Weber
VS.. Fields had been signed, and the
TWO comedians were still playing I'm
the CODE theatre, Boston. that their
dressing room was invaded by an out
slider He wanted 10 interview the pair
Ola their determination 60 travel In
single harness hereafter, and he gained
from them q rather interesting account
of their previous uuarrels.
Finding them separated by no more
than a trunk, the Outsider expressed
some surprise that they should still be
using the same dressing room
we have always dressed together
ever since we started" said Lew Fields
We VIII feel pretty strange doing it
alone after this season.
"But isn't it embarrassing? persist
ed the Outsider while the comedians,
stripped to the waist, We're dsbbing
their faces and uecks with cold cream
90 remove the grease paint NOW you
have had this row and there are such
strained relations between you. I should
think you would want TO keep away
from each other as much as pos
sibIe."
NO. no." replied Lew. eve don't
mind IL. We have got used to it,
why. an that long time We didn't
speak we stuck together interposed
Joe Weber. waving a towel as his life
long partner. you know that. Lew.
we were always seen together ON the
street. or iu restaurants whenever we
could be. liz was q business necessity.
we didn't want the public to get any
idea that we were not good friends,
and OF course we kept right ON using
the same dressing room. That was for
the benefit of the members of the com
uauy Then they could only say 20
outsiders that apparently We were on
the best of terms
Yes thars about the idea" contiu-
ued Lew. And all the time we were
right ON the point of separating and
for months did not speak to each other,
except when wc had to. You remeu-
Der that time, Joe. when story got
0ul that We had quaTreled and the
next day we sat together ON q corner
shoe shining stand and you handed
me peanuts 90 eat when any body we
knew came along. say, We must nave
had about dozen shines each / know
T. paid "a boy half "A dollar for them
We sat there nearly am hour, and ]
ate more peanuts then and there than
3 have since / was a boy. They spoiled
u- dinner.
.'Weu say, ate a lot too Don't
forget that Lew. You weren't doing
an the eating"
Maybe YOU did. wasn't looking at
you. because / didn't want to have
anything to DO with you anyway. But
The main thing is the peanuts stopped
the rumOr that we were quarreiing,
and that's an we cared about."
$50 you have quarreIed before" put
iu the Outsider.
we never really quarreled." said
joe That's not the word. we have
not quarreled now We have dis
agreed, that's all and we have dis-
agreed before"
Many times?'
"Oh. yes, lots of times"
''Were amy OF them serious affairs o.
once I was right on the point OF
quitting" replied lew
"And we didn't speak for six
months" added Joe. "but for all that
we never had a real quarrel. We never
struck al each other OF called each
other names and the trouble was all
ways patched up some way
"Wiu this present trouble be patched
up DO either OF you think that you
VIII ever get together again2'
Both Mr. Weber and AIR. Fields were
bending forward toward their looking
glasses brushing their hair. When this
question was asked they stopped short
each with a hair brush ln one hand
and a comb I'D the other. They turned
around and faced each other across the
makeup table, and for a few sec
onds looked steadily into each others
eyes. III was a critiest moment Even
the Outsider could realize thati and