The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-22
Plays and players

Plays and Players
They tell us that the stage doth hold
The mirror up to life,
I've searched the country o'er and Ger,
Mid scenes of joy and strife.
never saw villain yet,
Who frowned and said "Ha, ha.''
I never met with villagers,
Who warbfed saTra-la-la."
I never knew man who knelt
When making love to girls;
never saw a spinster who
Wore hoops and corkScrew curls.
/ ne,er heard thunder sounding like
The crash Of falling tin,
Nor met policemen who made puns
When running people In s7
And on; the whole I'm rather glad
TO live mid homely foiks,
Who do not revel in their grief s
Or always talk in jokes. 81 Z
And most, I'm glad we do not wear
The clothing that one sees;
For If we did, I'm quite convinced
A lot OF us would freeze.
has creditabIy clear and sane idea of her
own Limitations. Here is what she said
about them in another burst Of frank
ness:
sell: am not cute, like FRITZ Scheff, and
so I do not wish to sing in an opera like
Lady Teazle,' we're must be beautiful,
nor IN .Fatinitza, s xeresi must be cute &c;
lovely music, good story, und plenty of
real comedy by natff composer und IL
brettist Some day I viii haf this. Und
pubic hat been low. but it is improving.
and before We know it We will haf an
American school. just as dere Is -de
French, de German de Italian, und so on.
Ny ambition is to appear In real comic
opera, such as dey haf in Paris. only with
the difference dat der opera will be writ
ten by an American New York Globe.
Forbes Robertson. who acted his new
play in Toronto on Monday, has been
contrasting audiences in England and in
that underlies the "booing'' at first per-
formances In London To us here it often
seems needless insolence. In reality it is
a rebuke. and, in many respects, a just
creases here as well as there. s.This
'booing,' /" says Robertson, If often pro-
voked by the uncaIled for efforts of anx-
icus friends Of the playwright or the ac-9
tors TO manufacture applause for them
The pit and the gallery naturally resent
this attempt to make applause where 1t
is not justified. o course. 'booing' is an
unpleasant thing to face, but, on the
whole, consider it healthy sign. On
this side of the Atlantic audiences are
more attentive but less demonstratiye
than they are on the other, and they do
not boo
Tim Murphy intends to make up for
the Hearth after drawing by Crufk-
shank In fact. this artists drawings, as
well as tbs originals by Phiz and Browne,
VIII be Mr.: Murphy s model for the seem
cry, costumes and characterizatfons.
Here is Lew Fields latest scholastic
story about his young son Joseph:
"The other morning Jeseph's school
teacher asked If any boy in the class
could speak a sentence containing the
@ M9rd hna 0sRa sRat he Ras Tsaaa
.swelI, so ahead. Joseph" said the
'sliea Last Saturday afternoon 1 went to
papa's tIeater to see "It Happened in
NordIand. !" Uncle Charley Fields was
standing at ths door. Three newspaper
men came up and shook hands with him.
Then they all walked away, and pretty
soon I saw the four going into the Dun
more cafe.
Charles Geyer, who plays ssGrumion in
Babes in Toyland.' went to the Pabst
restaurant for dinner after the matinee at
day.
He ordered a plate of vegetable soup,
and when it was brought to him proceed
watched W. s ID him ii intently when Guyer sud sud
denly paused in the act of lifting spoon
ful Of the liquid to his mouth and, in loud
tones of horror, exclaimed:
"Waiter. send for plumber. quick
What's the matter, Mr.. Guyer?" asked
sThere's leak Qeel) in this SOUP.
said the comic man.
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