The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-09
PETE DAILEY'S REPLY
Famous Comedian Tells What He
Thinks of Atchison.

Ihinks of Atchison.
Weber & Fields and company played
at Atehison Saturday night Ed Howe,
in the Atchison Golbe. used l,p two COZ
unns in telling about the event. The
prices in Atchison were 50 down to 81
in the gallery. Howe designated the
ability of the members of the company
on the dollar basis, viz Lillian Russell
was So variety but Pete Daley was
in the 81 class according TO Howe.
Daley unburdened himself as follows
IN q kansas City paper after reading
what Howe said about him:
so I'm a dollar actor and Miss Rus
sell and Ross and Mann are three dol
lar peoplei" said Peter Daley last
night as he finished reading the Atchi-
son Globes criticism of the Weber &
Field production. And it's also I'M
fair" he continued his eyes suspic-
iously moist. Il didn't want to go 10
Atchison. I had to. The very first
question asked when we landed was,
Which way out?' I worked every exit
before We reached the hotel. What did
| get there? 1t was a note from Billy
Sill: Dear Peter it read; there's only
one room with bath in the hotel and
l engaged that for Miss Russell. I did
the best I could for you-the river
flows right past your window
Then the hotel clerk, after almost
everybody had been given rooms, he
says to me: Mr.. Dailey?' L says I it
is, and he says: You're on the reser-
walton. I know that 1 says, all of
the Indians are, but where is the res
ervation?' That made him mad I guess,
and 1 think he's the fellow that knock
ed me in the paper. That's the boy all
right I had to go up to Egglinger's
restaurant to sleep-that's up near the
depot. Know the Egglinger boys? You
want to know 'cm. One works all day
and the other works all night and so
there amt a minute when they amt
making money. The restaurant is open
all night and the night we were there
they stayed open longer than usual.
I've got their bill of fare here. See
that-porterhouse steak, Is cents?
Didn't l tell you those Egglinger boys
are all right? I was afraid maybe a
15-cent porterhouse would mean Il
| big steak smothered in chops. You
ought to see what those Egglinger boys
| did for mel They brought in-the night
Egglinger did-brought in a steak that
would go around my waist, tie in bow
knot and let the ends hang down on
the side. He went and charged me 80
cents for it with coffee and potatoes.
All of 'em at the hotel had to pay
| two and a half day, except Miss Rus
sell. She had to pay four a day be-
cause she had room with a bath.
They gave her so cents rebate because
| the bath wasn't in operation.
But it's all right; If they want to
say Weber and Field and John and me
/ are OIlS QOlldI dClObS 10 MISS IlOSSCll
and Ross and Mann three dollar actors
all right! Next year I'd stay away If 1t
wasn't for the Egglinger boys. They re
princes, those boys. Just to show you;
I asked the day Egglinger for napkin.
/ There amt been much. call for 'em
lately he said, but guess we can fix
YOU Then he went out and got me a
nice. clean handkerchief. And all the
time they were paying two and a half
a day at the hotel.
And how unreasonable to want Miss
Russell to appear in mems clothes!
That's all right in New York, where ev-
lerybody knows US, but out here where
our figures are not so familiar it's inn
possible. Why, even at home they
would constantly mistake Miss Russell
! for me, or me for Miss Russell, as the
case may be, when she wore men s
clothes. The same way when wear
misses. Everybody is guessing am I
myself or am 1 Miss Russell. What
the use of puzzling people? I try to be
considerate and often the result seems
to be that people are unkind-even
cruel to me.
s'I could tell something about Atchi-
son. if L wanted to. They showed me
| the town millionaire and he's only got
S51 900. 1 tell that because I'm mad. If
| it wasn't for the Egglinger boys I'd
never go back. Miss Russell. Mann
and Ross, the So actors, think it's great,
but they've got friends on the paper.
Miss Russell says it's delightful but
she had the room with bath and the
! bus with two windows in it. Even the
programme boy tried to josh me be-
! fore he'd ever seen me in my part
Came over to Egglinger's and asked
me to tell him a funny story. When I