Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-08-25
HOW THEY MANAGE II.
The Inside Workings of Big Mu-
sical Comedy Co. Prepar-
pairing For Road.
MANAGER SERVES MIDNIGHT
LUNCHEON.
Attests Devotion To Work An Oh.
iect Lesson To Madame
Grundy.

Grundy.
The representatives of the press and
a few outsiders were last night given
an opportunity TO witness the dress
rehearsal of the Lovers and Luna
tics Company now in this city pre-
pairing for its Spring tour through
the South.
Aside from tile novel experience of
watching real actor folk at their
work when they have not the incentive
of big, enthusiastic and hand-clap-
ping audience to draw best efforts
from force of sheer excitement, the
laity who saw last nights performance
enjoyed the rehearsal for other rea-
sons. Although the play suffers, from
the constant and pointed Interruptions
from the director rs he touches up a
feature and introduces some little
added color here. smoothes a rough
place there, or commends dance or
song well done, the real place to see
the actor and actress is at his or her
work to the empty pit. Here all Of
their strongest qualities stand out and
il must be said to the shame of the
Busy Bee Sewing Circle, = and the
folks who make gingham aprons for
one.tenth as much petty prejudice,
jealousy and gossip in an opera re-
hearsal as there is in an afternoon tea
party attended by "good" folk at
missionary work. 1t is all hard work
taken in the finest of humor, and a
determination to make the best of all
that comes and help each other over
the rough places like real mission
aries.
While every member OF the Lovers
and Lunatics'' Company has been re-
hearsing for weeks and every one of
the troupe was in the Colonial yester-
day all day and was tired out. from
''Gharlie" Sinclair, the busy and
energetic director and drill master,
to the little Props everybody was
still in good humor at an early hour
this morning when the last ensemble
and grand finale had been rehearsed,
and the whole company had stood for
hours while the photographer grouped
them in tiresome poses for the bill
boards and advertisements of the sea-
son.
Between Manager Mittenthal and
eyerv member of the company there
is a spirit of good Fellowship and mu-
tuaI aid, that it does one good to see
Last night Mr.. Mittenthal stopped
the rehearsal about midnight while he
sent out for sandwiches and coffee
and tried to corner the lemon market
of the town for lemonade to furnish
his company with rerfeshment and a
little tea party in the midst Of their
labor for him. True, he pays them
for it, but as he himself was heard to
remark to a male chorus singer You
have made good, old man, at every
rehearsal and show the effect of con-
stant desire to improve, and I've got
no kick coming on your work The
supper was given the players gladly
and Mittenthal was as true q host as
one could find anywhere, notwith-
standing the fact that the feeding Of
a company of go people at IL O'Clock
Mt night is an expensive and not by
any means easy undertaking in town
of the size Of Annapolis. He saw to
n personally that every one, from the
leading lady, down TO her pet 'kiyi'
got bite to eat.
The work of staging big musical
company aud the methods employed
remind one strongly Of the develop
ment Of big football squad under a
corps of professional coaches. ANY
athleta knows what this means and
how essential good nature, team
work. and in fact all of the best quail
tiles of human nature are to perfect
success, such as seems to be assured
| for the Lovers and Lunatics' Com
pany.
Although he had fused at them and
shown them their weak points during
| the rehearsal, Director Sinclair got q
cheerful good night from the company
as he thanked them for their pains
taking Efforts. This, to most of them.
was like a pat on the back, and made
them forget how tired they were and
what a long days work they had put
/ in. AS they donned their own clothes
and were transformed from Admiral
| Togas" and Fair Josephines" K
plain every day human beings earning
| their honest living. they still lived
over the days work and figured men
/ tally on how each one might still i'm
prove bit Possibly their talk on ths
still and darkned streets Of The An
cient City, as. they went to theil
boarding house may have disturbed
some staid church going folk from 9
| sleep. not half so we'll earned as tba
| which the members Of the profes
sionp went to in the various boarding
houses Of the town. There are way
and ways Of being good. and "all Of
these are nothing worth without tina
most excellent charity.