Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-18
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io9So 10 paying ~ iOnB ueterred debt
to Claiming Pollock, the dramatizer of
the Norris book. And this is the way
of It:
Pollock was critic on Washington
paper at the time that Blackwood was
his assistant. "The Pit" was then lust
off the press. On a certain night Pol
; lock went to one theater, while Black
wood went to another. Pollock re-
turned first, wrote his stuff, and then
sat down to read THE Pit" 1t SO fas-
cinated him that he read all night.
About an hour after he started in on
1t BlacSwood came in and reported.
How was it?' asked Pollock, with
out looking up.
Rotten" said Blockwood.
Give 'em hell"
Which Blackwood proceeded to do
and then some. He finished a most
artistic roast and took 1t to his SUI
perior for revision.
Read It YOURSELF" said Pollock.
again Immersed in this book, "I want to
finish this"
Blackwood read 1t and sent IL in.
Inc public read it next morning, and
sat up and took notice. The theater
manager read 1t, and threw a fit. He
saw the business manager, and every
theater "ad" in Washington came out
OF That paper At p m. that day
pollock was seeking a new Job and
) Blackwood was dramatic editor.
1t was the best thing that ever hap
pened to Pollock. He went to New
York, dramatized "The Pit" made q
fortune, quit being a press agent, does
nothlng but write plays and draws roy
; alties galore from such successes as
Clothes, which Grace George is do
ing, Ihe Little Gray Lady" and most
of all, the very drama whose inception
. In book form cost him his position.
: And so, in poetic justice, am going
: to pay him royalties next week, and
add what l can to his income" said
Blackwood the other day.
1t is intimated that Lambardi NAV
. lose the fair and golden voiced Ada
! berto, possibly before the Auditorium
season Is over. Oscar Hammerstein.
. who is establishing rival opera COM
, pany to Conried in New York wants
. her, and has already made tentative
: offers. Let us hope she will not go till
: the Lambardis finish here; she would
.. be serious loss.
Speaking of that, I wish Sparks
: Berry would wear his evening clothes
oftener. Sparks has a letter for me in
. he inside pocket of his glad rags, from
. a fair singer in the Lambardi aggrega-
ton, and l want it. True, it is written
: in Italian, and L can't read it; but 1
! just dote on getting letters from fair
singers-that l can't read don't
my ignorance, or praise for the way 1
conceal it; and of course | presume
: the latter. l have two missives now
from the beauteous Tromben, neither
of which 1 have been able to digest
: because both are in dago. I'll give a
: real prize to someone who can speak
. both tongues If he will amble over this
. way and tell me for sure whether /
am being patted on the back or round
; ly cussed-though I'd hate to find IL
was the latter. from a la0V.
But anyhow, Sparks Berry might
. wear his good clothes, just the same
. Arthur DEACON, who heads the "Peg-
. gy from Paris" aggregation here this
! coming week, is an old friend of mine
J and most jovial chap, too, on and off
the stage. I'll never forget a Christmas
festival by the Peggy crowd that 1
was privileged to attend, back east a
. couple of years ago, when he was the
. life of the company-and such time
we had! But that wasn't what I
. started to tell. DEACON has trick of
. doing limitations, the best of which is
that of q horse neighing. He doesn't
. do this in a subdued and quiet fashion,
! but right out loud. When he was here
. a year ago we were standing up by
. the Broadway store, and there wasn't
. horse in the block, when DEACON
| whinny that fairly woke the echoes. 1t
was so lifelike and deceptive that the
fat copper who holds down the Fourth
and Broadway crossing was actually
! galvanized into life and movement.
. Twice he let forth this outlandish
screech, and he had every horse for
I blocks around answering him, as well
as half the horse owners in that re-
gion running out to see what was
wrong with the beasts. 1t was the
best joke I've enjoyed for many day.
: I'm going to get DEACON out this COM
: ing week; listen for his neigh.
/ I'm glad to see Betty Jonson's pretty
r face au naturel again. and to be able
: to certify that her recent auto acci-
s dent did not difgure it. Betty's face
i is the prettiest thing, theatrically, in
6 this burg, and I'd hate awfully to see
e it spoiled, the Hotchkiss needs it so
badly.
: Augusta Close, she of the many lines
o of stunt at the Orpheum, was in the
: original aggregation, "The Liberty
J Bellies" that gave birth to the famous
who married so well because of her
: piquant hit in the bifurcated nightie.
. And 1t was all an accident says
Miss Close. 1--WE were playing board
{ ing school girls in a dormitory, having
a fudge party when we should have
j been lin bed. We were clad in white
y night-well, we were dressed for slum-
ber, that is. But when the curtain was
ready to rise on the opening occasion
we found that we We're one night-that
X is, one girl couldn't undress because
I anyhow, we were one shy. The man
/ ager was in panic He sent the stage
manager out hotfoot to get another.
Get any kind he shouted, but get it
! quiek!
1.-The man returned in few minutes,
but he didn't have-it. He thought he
t did, but when it was unwrapped he
found instead, that he had bought a
pair of pink silk pajamas. He had gone
D to a mems store, and in the confusion
and misunderstanding, that is what
5 happened. OF course none of us would
wear 'em-not us! The feminine garb
. was bad enough. The manager bribed
= and swore and threatened and ordered.
FINALLY, little Pauline Chase was so
$ scared that she gave In, took the pink
SILK naiamas and put them on When.