Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-25
DRAMA

| tons 50; typewriters. IA; bookkeepers. @;
artists models, 5; Mattresses and sales
girls, each, s; teachers and book agents,
3 each, 8; maids and women's companions,
3 each, 8; readers 3; hairdressers. 2; cooks
and nurses, 1 each, 2; domestic, /; lobby
ist 1.
AS to general facts: Number called for
rehearsal. SO; married. 20: divorced, 1 d.
vorces, pending, 6; single. 50; ages OF
youngest years.. 10; age Of oldest, ?; esti-
mated average age, 20; born In New York
city, s; born in other American cities. 81;
born in the country, 30; born in foreign
cities, II.
The financial side: Income. twenty weeks
at $1S per week. $3.50; deducted for tights.
etc, $102; balance, S25S: net income per
week, $13; weeks in rehearsal without pay,
3; owners of. automobiles, Z; owners of
Jewels, furs, etc, rs; attend rehearsals In
carriages. Z: living in boarding houses 81:
living In flats. %; living in private families.
etc, SO; having Independent incomes 49,
TWO sTORIES.-Although Thomas J.
Ryan of Ryan and Richfield is not mono
logist he is accounted one Of the best story
tellers In the profession.
mot long ago there died at Chicago a
very well-known character named Steve
Callahan. He was the most original fellow
I ever met In my life said Ryan. AT the
time l first knew him he was in New York
and one night. having dollar in his
Lyons restaurant on the Bowery and get
corned beef hash and 50 cents worth of
Bowery whisky with the balance of the
| dollar. after he laid the foundation with
| the Stars and Stripes
He drifted into Madison Square Garden
before going to the Bowery. 1t was the
night of the horse sale. when Fire Com
| missioner Scannell paid s27 500 for the trot-
| ter The Abbott.
Just think of it, said Callahan to me,
| "twenty-seven thousand five hundred for q
| trotting horse. l heard the man make the
| bid himself l wouldn't have believed it..
| After the sale l got hungry and thirsty.
| too. So l looked around and wondered if
| the Madison Square Garden bar still
| open, and sure enough, it was. l noticed
| a nice large turkey, all vanished and as
| brown as a berry, at the end of the bar.
1 was awful hungry. but 1 couldn't get
| over the thought of Scannell paying $27, 800
| for The Abbott.
| Finally my hunger got the best of me-,
| and, walking up to the carver who had
| a sandwich of that turkey First he cut
| up two pieces of bread about thin a
| Turkish towel and then he sliced off a
| piece of the turkey. He cut it so thin that
1 could see through 1t. He put it in be-
| tween the bread and handed it to me.
| u was so mad that l was burning up.
L put my hand in my pocket and took out
! my dollar note and gave it to the lunch
| man, and he handed me back 60 cents.
| put the dime back into my pocket and
| pushed the 50-cent piece back to the lunch
| counter man. You have already paid for
| your sandwich" said the man. l said: II
| know that, but l want to bet you that so
| cents that your turkey brings more money
| than The Abbott did, "
| I'VE had a little club called the Beef
| steak Club" continued Ryan, and l told
| Callahan L wanted him to join it,
| Are you sure they'll take me in?' asked
| Callahan.
! Certainly 1 replied. We have meet
| ing next Wednesday and will propose you
| for membership. They will vote on you
| that day and you will be a member by
| Thursday.
| WHO are the men that will vote on
/ me-? inquired Callahan
| Il mentioned about ten names to him.
| Say Tom he said, finally, 1T only takes
| one black ball to put me out, doesn't itT
| Il said yes, and he replied:
| "'Well, l want to tell you right now,
| when they go to open that ballot box it
will look like scuttle of COAL "