The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-23
THE WEEKLY GRIsT.
Jokes and Stories Told BY Players
Off the Stage.


Wilton Lackaye is a proverbial wit.
and he never loses an opportunity to
perpetrate a Joke without reckoning
at all to what extent he can carry his
fun.
Marshall P. Wilder looked at his
watch and arose from the table in the
Players Club the other night.
I've got to run away" he said, for
I've to go uptown to be funny. It's
II wouldn't do it. then" answered
Mr.. Lackaye. who was one of the
party. why don't. you give your
usual entertainments"
Speaking of Lackaye recalls the in
cidenr, something like twenty years
ago, when he first went upon sthe
stage. He was rehearsing a part in
Paul Kauvar." under the direction of
the author. the late Steele Mackaye.
/ who. while he was admitted to be
very capable stage manager. was con
| sidered somewhat Old-fashioned by
the more modern dramatic school.
] During the rehearsal Mackaye and
Lackaye had a slight dispute as to
/ how a part should be acted.
do you pretend to argue with
me?" demanded Mackaye, majestic
4 ally. II have been an acknowledged
master of the dramatic art for twen-
YES" said Lackaye. but not this
twenty"
81 saw Joseph jefferson a few days
ago. observed a friend to Miss Bar
4 rymOre, land he wished to be rem en-
bered to you. Said he couldn't real
ize that you were really grown UP and
/ that it seemed only a few weeks or
months since you were little girl in
the convent in Philadelphia"
Did he say that used to sit upon
his knee?' inquired Miss barrymore,
with every appearance of anxiety.
No, don't think he did," said the
puzzled friend.
I'm very glad of that" said the
Il
she went on to explain. $50 many of
the distinguished old actors have told
me of the davs when I was a child
| and sat unon their knees that have
| been thinking of writing a history of
the stage and calling it Knees Have
Sat Upon.'
Richard lie Caffeine. the author
considers the English girl as some
what ponderous and frequently unat-
| tractive. And he has never hesitated
| in preferrfng her American sister in
| all matters artistic. At dinner given
/ at which he was called upon for an
! explanation of his reasons for this
| opinion. he replied:
| II was walking down an English
lane with an English girl on an Aug
ust afternoon. The sun shone through
a soft haze. and in the green fields
many white lambs played.
:" Is 1T any wonder I said, that
poets from time fmmemorial have
made the lamb the emblem of innoc-
ence?'
'HThe young girl smiled radiantly.
g Lambs she said. are indeed de-
lightfuI animals. especially with mint
sauce
Among the friends who welcome ed
Nine. Calve to New York a few days
ago was the small son of a musician.
who is her particular pet
He is as fun of funnY-what ii Eat
you call eet re nut is full
of re meat He say to me: What a
chair cost for a very leetle boy to
hear you sing?
for half re price
IL Eat SOP say he. zen. my
grandmother, must she pay double p -
Theatrical Notes.
Pat Rooney. the dancer. and Miriam
were married in Boston last Sunday.
Bessie Tyree win shortly be seen in 8
new play, entitled Tit for Tat" a trans
lation of Nine. Rejane's ''Heureuse.'
Lillian RusseIPs daughter Dorothy made
her debut in vaudeville last Sunday night
! in New York She has costume singing
Playwright Theodore Bert Sayre was
married in New York last week to Miss
Laura H. De Gumeous.
Anna St. Tel, the dancer, with 'aThe
Yankee Consul. company, was injured II
. a Brooklyn trolley car accident and LAID
up for week.
Next seasons play for a star cast viii
be Lights o London, THE Two Or
phans'' has been big success, and vii
go on tour.
Frank PixIey the author of 1.-THE
Prince of Pilsen,'' has contracted to fur
hish Anna Held with a musical comedy
for next season
Miss Emily Dodd, who was leading wo
man with Henry Miller, has been engaged