Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-11
GOODWIN SAYS
He WILL RETURN
IS COMING BACK TO SPEND
VACATION
CHANGES PLANS FOR PUP
Maxine's BrlndIe Bull Dog Causes the
Actor to Seek Other Locations,
and He StumbIes on to
Ideal Place
CHANGES PLANS FOR PUP

Nat Goodwin has not been seen fol-
the last time in Los Angeles, so he
says, as he has serious intentions OF
coming back. And it is all because OF
little brindle bull pup, the dog of
the beautiful Maxine.
When seen yesterday Nat Goodwin
was at his best. He says that he can
not yet give up Los Angeles.
Hello! Fine day outside! I'm the
man you want to see, I fancy" and
he vaulted the intervening piece of
scenery that was being carried off,
lodged chair and held out that small,
very red, nervous hand that has made
good third of the fun all week at
the Mason. He led the way to his
dressing room, discussed with volubil-
ity the stupidity of stage carpenters
and workingmen and how they inter-
fered with the stellar courses.
His BrIndIe Pup
Sport" rushed to the door and barred
the way. Sport is the brindled bull
pup. Sport did not mean to be un-
friendly. He merely likes to be no.
ticed. He has been noticed a great
deal since his arrival In Los Angeles
1t was he who caused Mr.. Goodwin's
eviction from a downtown hotel and
led to the actors discovery of Ocean
Park as good place to fish and be
happy.
Yes, it is solely because of Sport
that Southern California does not hear
the last of me- After my engagement
in San Francisco I had intended stay
ing in the state for my summer vaca-
ton, but I had not9thought of coming
south again. Well, Sport has forced
me into delightful place during this
last week, and I am coming back here
to rest After forty weeks of solid
work you'll admit that one deserves a
rest. I've discovered that this is the
finest place to rest in that I've fallen
into yet. 1t means fishing and laziness,
and I'm coming back
Sport had been listening attentively.
His visitor noticed a resemblance and
asked. Eyes, it's Mrs. Goodwins dog
and by no means a stranger in Los
Angeles. In New York Sport was
quarantined and that accounts for his
absence from his mistress-about the
first separation in the eight years of
his dogship's life. am the only per-
son In the country''-he swelled proudly
Mrs. Goodwin would trust
Sport to, and that's why we considered
it an insult to be thrust from hotel as
If we were nobody!"
"Oh-to come back to me?-Why
yes, I'm to play in the Beauty and
the Barge next season-farce pure and
simple. I've not one serious line In the
play and an old bargee, all white beard
and funny business. I like the old
plays best? Well, I should say I did,
But the public wants something new
and something funnier, and something
all Nat Goodwin. and that's what I'm
going to give them next year.
IT like the old ones. like An Amer
lean Citizen And mind you, its twice
as hard on me, much greater strain.
They are straight parts; there is the
danger of their being all alike, and one
relies on sheer personality to differen-
tiate all the way through.
Anybody can do monkey business in
false whiskers and beard and appear
funny; the other-my 'naturalness'-
that's what people call it-looks dead
easy. But the work!
1.-The work. It's the secret of the
comedians gravity off the stage.
Comedy is twice the awful grind that
serious work is. 1t takes the ginger
out and puts the wrinkles in. o. don't
hatter me. Los Angeles has hatteretf
me all week here. It's been crafty
ing. Sport and l will be glad to come