The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-01


waiter. Its the play 1 was talking
about. We was actors in it together,
| wasn't We? D'you remember the kid
| that fell off the fiat which had been
| braced up TO hold you and landed on
his head the first night at the Critic
rlOn? Say, that was yours truly, and
had the honor of scoring the only hit
in the show. II was a good eighteen
feet / fell, and it knocked out two
teath and all my love for the dramatic
art. The Mary Pat as we call this
little gallant ship of ours, is full of
supes this season. Two of our deck
hands was Russian senators in No. 2
'Ben-Hur,' and our assistant cook was
once with Belasco. He worked the rain
barrel in 'Bellar' until he fell aSleep
at the switch one night, forgot to turn
1t on, and the Irish soldiers had to de-
part for foreign parts as dry as a
Philadelphia Sunday. Oh! And you
needn't look so superior. Mr.. Earle
Browne" concluded the waiter, as he
prepared to saunter on. MANY a night
I've pulled you off the stump in THE
County Chairman"
Clyde Fitch was discussing a play
wright whose head has been turned by
success
There's a little story about him."
said Mr. Fitch, Probably it's untrue.
However. I'll tell it.
In this mans first piece the come
dian. man from Newark, tried to
brighten up his part with the intro
duction of few jokes of his own-a
few gags as they are called
''Rnt the aI1thO1- Mortified Of tb,a
idea of any such tampering with his
work, and in a gentle but firm way he
told the Newark comedian he must de-
sist.
My dear boy he said, be good
enough not to gag, please. Speak my
lines, and wait for the laugh.
All right said the comedian, only
my last train goes at 1880
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During rehearsal of the new comic op-
era. The Student King" the other day,
Raymond Hitchcock, who plays Rudolph
king of Bohemia. in the production, had
rather peculiar experience. He was
standing at one side of the stage with an
unllghted cigar in his mouth, when an Of
ficious fireman who was on a tour of in
spection stepped up to him and said
Pardon me. but unless you stop smok-
ing | will have to exclude you from this
Sir" replied Hitchcock. ''yon may note
that am not smoking. This cigar is not
lit. To nave cigar is not necessarily to
smoke. Here. / have others in my pocket
Am | guilty on three counts simply be-
cause l have three cigars? | have shoes
on my feet, yet you would hardly decide
from that that I had walked TO the the
atre, would your"
The guardian of the fire law was non
Pulsed a second. but he came 10 all right
NO" he replied. land neither would
| want to TESTIFY that you rode over just
because you have wheels"
Dustin Farnum of 1.-The Virginian" pos
sesses singing voice of rare quality and
though few of his friends know
1t. Mr.. Farnum cannot be persuaded by
any means to sing before an audience
HIS mother. who was a singer of some
note, recognized this gift in her son at
an early age, and sent him to an insti- |
tuition devoted to vocal culture.
Dusty" went very reluctantly, and il |
was plain to see that he was attending |
the school simply to please his mother |
and that his heart was not in the vocal |
lessons. 1t was the last straw, however |
when the young lady members of the |
different church societies sought the |
dear little boy singer" as they called /
him, to sing at their entertainments, and |
more than he could bear when his two |
brothers, husky looking little chaps |
pointed the finger of scorn at him and |
tormented him by saying:
''Singin' for girsl Sngifi for girls"
He went direct to his mother
Il m not going to that school any
MORE" he cried, throwing down his cap |
In despair.
And why?" questioned his mother.
Because he"-he hesitated, not wish
ng to offend her. Then a mental vision |
Of his two brothers making fun of him
came to his mind, so he blurted out:
'Oh, shucks, mother, boys don't take
'ingin' lessons-and. besides, I'm going to
De a prize fighter
His mother was a wise woman She did |
not force him to study music, and she al
owed him all the athletic exercise he
wished.
Louis Mann, the comedian, started out
playing in company with the elder Sal /
rini and later was connected with Thorn
as Keene, and also supported Edwin
Booth and Lawrence Barrett Speaking
IF Calvin, he says that to his mind this
great Italian was one of the greatest /
actors ever seen on our stage but his
knowledge of the business end of the
stage was limited and filled with odd !
IDEAS. L
While going over a proposed route with
his managers, Salvini strenuo1sly OBJ L
ected to playing at a certain CITY, Upon
,eing asked why he opposed this date
he replied: There are too many stick
ers there" The word ''stickler" nom
,luSed his business representative. who
inquired what he meant. Salvni replied
'Sticklers'-get In free. no money: why
mould | play for fun?" 1t was finally
discovered that Salvin meant stock
soldiers. 1t seemed that he had. i'm course
# conversation with Booth. been told
hat the manager of the theatre had
Turing the life of the holder in consid-
ration of a lump sum The toun uac