The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-03
WITH THE +pLAYFRJ. land TIE MUSIC FOLK

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-lsusban6 II -Harriet's Eoneyuoon'-
ss-when saw M Byron last week 7
had nor then seen the latter For
. With ~rhe girl from Butte" Mr.. By
.ron's Hungarian Count II The Stub
be-aGess Of Gersldine- lasts a good
deal longer than most Of the Fitch
eiheuera- Then the actor had bios
so-ed FOR a brief day Il stzrdon this
last season ard I wondered Why the
h-evity- So. and therefore, I went 70
ask al about IL
Not 20 the star dresSing-roon this
tine we were ushered- M Byron
was next door but one 70 the Mar
.Earet Anglin~-where I had last In
rervieWed 81 all persons sam Collins
san Collins. the little gentleman whs
thinks with his heels. IN the Mar
EaEet AnEIfns Arthur Byron TWO
- doors below The star truly Is
strange bird Just what particular
rlte and feather make him IL IS din
-cri-t "a say I would ask NJ. ByrO1
seout x
Orderly as a barracks was the ship
shape room IN which we found our
selves The actor. taIL trim, erect
stood az artentton- He had already
= the 6rsc act O. ~Harriet's Honey
uoo-.~ In fact there vas a general
-the-fray alp about things. 70
me. who Ike 70 wander into the by
ways and crossroads OF chat. a little
disgusting We seated ourselves AZ
rer ChesrerfeIEia1 greeting in an
s-cuilare-sI triangle. NJ. Byron where
his luuaculacv might be best kept
watch on IN the mirror. Re apollo
E-zs6 ene1 fer having 70 finish his left
.'ev=brow
o.. began By saying how much 7 had
y-ke6 the actors Hungarian Count
and inquired where he had obtained
his accent
You are KIND 70 remember il he
assured ne IT IS 4 part I liked very
much
and The accent insisted Miss
1taluer-ng tod ne last year that YOU
had lad al kinds CT compliments con
cer---g e. Including invitations &c Hun
gary 20 visit real counts"
az Byron smiled not fl pleased
Ee- q geometrtc black curl into q
ore correct angle and replied oh
s Thar vas so. I had forgotten.
was diplomat I met in Washing
from Budapest He wanted ne
I'd visit him I suppose the accent
a-e nm hones1ck- I really went 70
= some trouble about that I went first
80 the - school Of languages 70
study Then, curioUsIv. Z fell il with
o-r or I've EunZarizrs and they
would come % rehearsal 20 criticize
-e- They said the accent vas too
.rernlan az ErsL then that IL was too
j tall rE-coO soft At last I got II 70
-ner satisfaction
And that Is the history q as fluent
and picturesque e bit Of dialect work
. rs I have heard II might have been
made IN Hungary. But where. Oh
here vas the romantic and fiery gen
eua1 that went with it, Nor here.
UE child not here Probably with the
sailor hat or Earriecs honeyuoouf-z
husband M Byron had put on the
1l-lrum uatrer-of-facrress OF the
tNsr ACT that he now wore
I asked then. We're you IN san
. fra-ciscc before last year. NJ. By
rorc~
I opened this theater in the old
StocacVeI company" he replied PLAY
-1g Tor two or three weeks. I also
PLAYED here with Mss Rehan. who Is
an aUrt OF mine"
All remember" exclaimed
hopefully Eou are Ada Rehsu-s
repheT- You must have learned much
% from her"
Wei I have not beer 50 much with
er as 7 should Ike 70 have beer
--r- Byron supplied 7 always wished
could have played with Aunt Ada
r Is delightful that she seems 70
lave quite recovered her old prestige
is season. Z said
SIZE and NJ Skinner PLAYED 70 SIS
80 in three weeks just lately the
actor put *, and IN the old DAILY re-
Derrcfre"
Ar. DAILY and Rehsn. an immortal
conjunction" I said. then dared fl
celEhcful lady's cause. Miss Rehan
must Be glad though n show those
generous folk who said thar DAILY. gone
Miss Rehsn could not play, their er-
ror7-
That was 50 absurd" Miss Rehzu's
Nephew testified Ny aunt had work
- c for practically twenty years straight
without resting az ali. And she PLAYED
f.. ALI - those big things Then came
Days death. then her mothers then
her. b-orher's-he rad been III a long
uue-ahs when you lose a care IL Is
- bad as the ether thing. Then nv
aunt herself fell III She was very i'll
. fcr some years Then came a first IN
fortunate engagement n a bad play.
sweet Neu u Old Drurv.' But this
has made. q new woman q her"
I'm glad" I said. as enthusiasticsI-
Iy. as I dared. il the tepidfty OF the
.sruf1sphere- What history is Mss
RehSn's."
Yes. she has played with most of
the great ones q the American stage
Booth. Barrett. cCuu0ugh-curfous.
be- broke on. how quaint people are
about the ages o. actors Because they
have seen you In leading parts when
they were fifteen. yen must be SIXTY
chen they reach thirty
I laughed % recall the Lillian Rus
sen rumors and subscribed. Fifty was
ABOUT The youngest any one seemed
'vlIfng 20 grant Miss Russell when she
vas here-thouEh doubtless that was
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