The San Francisco call., 1904-02-07
WEBER & FIELDS BRING
CARLOADS OF JOLLITY
Special Train Arrives With All-Star Company and
Eighty Pretty and Talented Girls--Comedians
Tell of Some Funny Happenings the Journey

"scorn your suggestion. Our good looks |
cannot be impaired by inertia
Mr.. Daley smiled gratefully at Mr.. |
Kelly, and Miss Russell stared coldly at |
both of them.
"Oh, we've had picnic of time" |
said Mr. Daley in response to the ste |
reotyped query. 80 that story of the |
girls and their colored maids has got
out here ahead of is, has it? But have ,
you heard the sequel? No? Well, that's !
the best part of it. :.
when the girls appeared at the New |
York depot with colored maids you said |
they reminded you Of the Sunday news
papers, because they had colored sup |
plements," said the interviewer.
That's right, and the big joke is that !
the supplements were not maids at all, ;
but mothers"
"Mothers?''
"Yes. mammas. You see, the girls
could not bring along their mothers at |
the company's expense, but under their |
contract each of them was entitled to
have one maid. So what did the cum
ming things do but black up their NAM
mas, introduce them as their maids and I
get them aboard Five of them did that |
and the following morning there was
not a, colored lady aboard the train, but !
five white-faced matrons were among
the passengers. They are still with u.s. /
We have a mothers congress in the |
next car"
ROSS FINDS THE EGG.
mice trip" said Mr.. Ross. You've
said it. From the hour we left New
York until the present minute dullness
has not visited us. Some of the girls
tried to be homesiek, but We wouldn't
let them"
How did you prevent it?"
"Oh, in various ways" chipped in
Mrs. Ross. I'VE had theatrical enter
tainments and dances
Dances ?"
Yes; I must tell you about that !
One morning we decided to give a
show, so we posted copy Of this bill
in each car" and the lady presented
the following written display" a la
poster:
Car Opera-house. To-day, 4 |
p. m. Special matinee. Home talent
Admission free. Carter de Haven,
Lynn sisters and others. Don't forget
time and place. Car 4 Opera-house. !
To-day. 4 p. M"
"At the appointed time the place |
was full-you never saw such pack
ed house." said Mr.. Daley. And
might add that the enthusiasm was
terrific Great bill, you know Car
ter de Haven opened it by doing an |
egg-disappearing trick. The egg dis !
appeared after the conjurer had hand |
ed it to Louis Mann and nobody could !
Il
body Immediately knew that it had |
been found. No, this is another coat. |
Then the Lynn sisters sang coon bal |
lads. After the applause had subsided !
we had a neat thing from Weber and |
Fields. They sang Here We Are, I
Two Irish Lads. More applause, and |
then Miss Lillian Russell sang the |
lullaby from 'Erminie,' and we had I
more applause. 1t was great show"
But the other principals-what did |
you do?"
II tried to dodge that, but I'm a |
sport when cornered. Well, was one |
of the Tremendous Trio-Kelly, Ross |
and Daley. 1t was a minstrel first
part act, and Mr.. Ross was the con-
versationalist in the center, while Mr.. |
Kelly battered the tambo and l WELD /
ed the bones. When we concluded /
singing, Leaf by Leaf the Roses Fall /
all the ladies wept and the gentlemen !
looked as if the trip was beginning ]
TO wear on their nerves. That finished ,
the show"
After which," Mrs. Ross resumed, |
I'VE cleared the dining car for dane
ing, tripped it merrily-''
Staggered it, you mean?" put in
Mr.. Ross.
You may have staggered after
ward" replied the lady, "but we
women did not"
GAY TIME AT TERRACE.
Some truth in mat, too" said Mr.. |
Daley. owing to want of space we
had only three pieces in the orchestra,
and when they played Home, Sweet |
Home the ladies sought refuge in
tears and the gentlemen-''
Drowned their sorrow in beers-I |
told you so,' was the ladys triumph
ant shout.
We'll" said Mr.. Daley, reflectively, |
I'VE left no calls for next morning"
Then they told of their time at |
Terrace which is a hamlet in Utah. |
Their train was delayed at Terrace |
pending the settlement of q dispute |
between Messrs. Weber and Fields |
and the station agent as to whether |
that official had the right to tack two |
or three cars to the tailend of the spe-
cial While the wires were working
and it may not be amiss to state here |
that the station agent lost the argu-
ment-the members of the company
inspected Terrace. One of the girls |
had a kodak and when she set it down |
upon the depot platform while she
fastened her hood more securely, a
tall and ungainly native placed a