Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-04
Harry CorSon Clarke on
The Old Stock Days Here.
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Well / guess-he is just back to New
York after a world tour, and he's set
Ting down at the Lambs club to rest.
He's been TO Africa with his company,
TO Manila, and 10 about every old place
on the globe. Made a great success Of
It, too.
but say, the pictures OF that old
company are all out there on the
WALL saw them before the show be-
gan" with match held up before
framed picture, hanging In n dark
corridor in front OF the row Of dress
ing rooms, Mr., Clarke called off the old
names
Tim Frawley-bless hlm-you know
where he Is. Jenny Remark. starring
I'm Moths" and that's the same play
she made her hit I'm here. Jean Coy
well she retired and married. There's
Hughle Ward, too, lie held down a
stock company in Australia for a long
tlme-slx months at Sidney and then
six months at Melbourne Now he's In
London Poor George Edeson, That's
him up there, but he died soon after
that was taken. You know, though,
his talent didn't die. He's the father
OF Robert Edeson, who is doing fine In
"Strongheart" win ngersol--he's with
the Plttsburg Stock company. He tried
Proctor's for a while.
blanche Batcs--well you don't have
10 learn anything about her II you
don't know Blanche you are hopeless.
Belle Archer-she Is dead now, and
there's Madge Carr Cook. She played
opposite me for three years, and that
brings up her daughter Eleanor Rob
son. You know what she dld. Well she
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IL went clear to the limit. Just now she
IL back from London, In New York
That girl spoke her first lines with me,
too. No, II wasn't here IN the Grand
but after we LEFT. Her mother had had
her educated IN n convent at staten
Island. and brought her out Of the
convent directly onto the stage, She
appeared first with our company out on
the coast--and nOw-well she's away
NJ. That was a great old stock COM
pany-O yes, one fellow ! forgot MIA
clyn ADMINISTRATORS starring In the
County Chairman, but J had a bad
advance man and he fell down. I've
got TO go now and fix up some Ogden
matters, for those few nights we put In
up there Come around tonight and IN
tell you about that night the Grand
first opened. II was a great first night
no dressing rooms Rogers had for
gotten an about building them this
annex here has All been built on since
then"
Wednesday night Mr., Clarke was too
busy with what Happened "a Jones'
10 recall much that happened Ia the
stock company on the first night Of the
Grand's existence. hut IN The dressing
room, while he was dabbing IN high
flesh color paste boxes, and standing
In the wings waiting FOR his cue, he I'm
ished ont the story.
"See this hole through here'-he OK.
planned, standing near the electricians
box. cut that 90 peck through az the
audience and see what kind Of crowd
was coming n-this space was my
dressing room-lf II could be called \
room. ! built II myself. You know
when we drst came In for the first play
with our toys I'm our hands we called
ont 10 Nh, Rogers, Where's the dress
Ing rooms and he answered. %, for
got about those Then came the
scramble. Away down those cellar
stairs and back where the engineer has
his lock boxes now your find Blanche
Bates first dressing room, and beside
IL that OF Madge Carr Cook. There