Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-24

Mace Greenleaf and Bill Desmond, Pals for Seven
Years, Tell of Their Mutual Attraction
When They First Met at Stage
Entrance in Pittsburg

tented ourselves with treating everyone
we saw.
"I often had occasion to find out just
how strong he was after that.
I'VE both love the same sort of
sports. / am considered an expert
swimmer but he can beat me. We tried
long distance win one day when we
were in New York. We agreed 20 go
from One Hundred and Fifty-fifth
street to Ninetieth street, distance of
sixty blocks. 1 got as far as Ninety
sixth street and was done Tor, but he
made the whole distance"
Jeffries Is His Teacher
Baseball is my favorite sport" put
in Mr. Greenleaf, but 1 am also fond
of wrestling and boxing. 1 got in the
habit of boxing when 1 was in Pitts
burg. Jeffries and Fitzsimmons were
giving exhibitions and when they were
off duty, as they were several nights
week, they would make my dressing
room their headquarters.
"Of course 1 knew that Jeffries
could do anything he wanted with me,
but he was very lenient until one night
1 got little more ambitious than US
ual and then he gave me one real
blow.
Needless to ray they hal to send
for the doctor Immediately afterward,
Jeffries kind of boxing for me- "
This is a long way from the matinee
idol" 1 reminded, when 1 recalled the
original question.
"Oh, yes; oh, yes" politely responded
both men together. What was it you
wanted to know?"
Af Hisl
What is your definition of matinee
girl?"
WELL" said Mr.. Greenleaf, and then
he pondered for a minute.
"She is pretty and charming and from
IA to any age you like. She usually
dresses well and she is lavish with her
applause. She likes you to play nice
romantic parts and she enjoys them
frankly"
Now, Mace, that will do for you;
show some of the notes you have up
there on that top shelf" interrupted
Mr.. Desmond, but Mr.. Greenleaf only
smiled and the contents of the top
shelf remained mystery.
When asked where and when he
made his first appearance on the stage
Mr.. Greenleaf said:
II am ashamed to tell you," but he
CIldnBeQ his IlllnQ ana QlQ SO.
Recalls First Appearance
"It was eleven years ago and in
'Edytha's Burglar 1 was with A. G.
Scammon and we toured the south,
playing in jails, barns or anything else
we could find. One night dressed in a
cell next to one in which two murderers
were confined. Many times a manger
was my only dressing room, and can
testify it was hard beginning.
"Since then have been more FORUM
ate, but everyone must make a begin
ming"
Mr.. Greenleaf comes to Los Angeles
directly from New York and Mr.. Des-
mond will leave for that city as soon
as the last performance of THE Half
breed is over. For three years before
coming here he was under the man
agement of Charles Frohman and had
determined not to go back in stock
again.
II gave up my summer vacation at
my summer home in Maine to come
here" he said.
IT have always wanted to see Cali
fornia and am so disappointed that
did not see San Francisco before that
city became thing of the past,
II left my sweetheart behind me and
she is in Maine now enjoying the fresh
country air. She. of course, is my
mother and if decide to stay in Los
Angeles l viii send for her and we will
have one of those pretty bungalows you
see everywhere in Los Angeles and the
surrounding untry
Thanks to Mr.. Desmond, feel that,
] already know Los Angeles very we'll
and / never met so many nice people
in so short time before. | am in love
with the city and everything in it,
have got a hard position to fill, for this
friend of mine seems TO be popular
but after all In such big hearts as
Angelenos have there should be room
for us both"