The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-03-31
ACTOR ACTS FOR ACTORS
Robert Blossoms Matinee for
Members Of the Pro-
fessiOn.

Neg York Latter Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A professional mauneeq what is 6, aSe7
Iiavc you ever attended oneg
1his Is what they arc like. Take some
KIND hearted star who has success on
Bis hands. suppose he has a good many
niends nmons aetors. who cannot sec
linn in his good ,hins because they hap
fen TO be- busy themselves at the time he
is Occasionally given these conditions
together wlth the consent Of bits man-
agcr. and tho righ, degree Of kadness In
his heart he gives a professional matinee
to his friends
Robert Edeson old the other day at the
hudson Il was entirely compliment
tory It was given osteusibly for the
company piayins "rhe college WIDOW
the foot ban comedy that has made one Of
the successes Of the season here.
Mr. Edeson is appeafins in another
foot ban play. "strongheart." ana appar-
entity the rival companies were gathered
together to show each other that there
was no such thing as professional jeal-
orsy Evidently MT hdeson does not
understand the incoming Of the term
II you wore fortunate enough TO be in-
viied. YOU found the lobby OF the theater
crowded with theatrical people. and "A
long line Of then. waiting az the box
ogloe. Each member OF the line carried
bis VISITING card and presented 1t at the
cuice window. IN return. ne received two
seats and before moving on he put down
twenty cents That's FOR the actors
fund and if you ever receive a pass it's
the decent thing 10 do
hutter passed over the lobby when
Marie Dressler In a white coat and hat
got out Of cab and came in. Miss Dress
Ter has ALWAYS boen funny. but since heI
imrlesuue foot ball scene in "The colleg
widow" at websters, she assumes. IN
the ewes 3f the theatrical world, the posi-
tic OF a whole constellation.
Everywhere YOU heard theatrical gcs-
sip some cune in cabs. some came ir
velvet. some in serge n few in picture
hats Wit strings Most OF the women
wore he now Ethel Barynore-Drina
pc wolfe -coirurs hair parted braided
ana wound about the head An the mer
we're dean shaveu, hn3 everyone knew
everyone else
inside It was the same-like a sort OF
family party out for good time Even
Tho usi,ers unbeat and one Of them ac.
ITALY emitted Every head was turned
when Fritz schef an animated fashion
plate in black and white, came into q
stage box rhe two women with hei
were equally worth looking at hut SIS
was Miss schea and they were not THAI
made all the difference.
When a little girl in the adjoining bos
shook hands with her, everybody was
pleased with that little girl, because they
could watch PaderewsRrs 'lttle devil
while she talked. And later. when th'
rnma doaila. by gestures unmistakabl'
to feminine eyes drew Imaginary cir
cles and curves across the front Of hei
Llouse with her forednger. one woman
near me said. disappointedly, Why shel
talking clothes
wen, saic hef trlenu Hhe woman
isn't she, as well as piima donna. Ant
,rst look at ter. SHE talks clothes Il
some purpose"
AZ This particular performance the drol
Of the curtain set the audience 20 thei
pars OF the game The actors who ar
foot BAN men in "rne College Widow
were massed in the center Gf the house
ur they jumped with their leader tw
rows ahead in The aisle and began thei
college yell They cheered for strong
hcart" for Columbia, for the writer Of tn
play for Edeson, then gave their owl
college widow cheer. The curtain wen
up ana the people on the stage cheered
Then the widow team started IN again
Finally, the stage was cleared and Mr
! Ed,son, an his indian makeup and foo