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or five iches long" Certainly" said
the master, casting a whitening glance
at his assistant.
Sam Bernard, the comedian. was
/ telling the other day of the hardshiDs
of his profession, and recalled the old
EN- days in story of personal expert
ence.
Il had a friend" said Bernard. who
sailed for Europe recently on one Of
! the big German liners. 1 went over to
Hoboken TO bid him bon voyage. On
my way back to the New York ferry
passed an old building, the sight of
which recalled the most amusing ex-
perience of my twenty-five years on
the stage, and, likewise, my first en-
gagement for real money. 1t was called
the 'KrOnheim Varieties Admission
to the theater was to be had for the
small sum of 10 cents. and. instead of
giving you back a trading stamp in
exchange, as is the modern tendency,
they gave you a brass check, which en-
titled you TO a glass of beer.
The entertainment consisted of five
acts. Each performer was supposed to
contribute two acts. My brother Dick
and /, inaSmuch as we were young and
ambitious, were allowed to do two
double turns and single. In other
words, we were to do the entire bill of
five acts. Dick went on and gave an
imitation of Pat Rooney. Then / went
on and we did an Irish and Dutch
team act, and then d blackface act.
And then we made another change and
did another act on the line of Harri-
gan and Hart, and also were prepared
to put on two sketches, The Little
Fraud and The LackaWanna Spoon
ers.' OF course, the two acts depended
on the encouragement given us by the
audience. The man who ran the, place
was a very odd character, and, instead
n a npTfnTn1PT n pf
he would have him sign his name in q
book and the salary he would receive
Immediately beneath it. This served
in lieu of a contract.
He asked me my salary. and 7.
thinking he meant myself alone, put on
a brave front and said, Twenty dol
lars Put it in the book said he,
meaning that 1 should write my name
and salary Whereupon I wrote Der
nard Brothers, S4O.' He didn't look at
the book. Now go to work said he.
MY wardrobe was homemade. We
knew nothing of strings and Iatches.
Consequently, in order to make the
quick changes we had to rip our
clothes off and each night sew them
up again. My brother Dick had bought
a trunk down on Canal street Cor 30
cents 1t had attracted his fancy On
account of the artistic manner in
which straps had been painted on it.
We had carried this over TO Hobo
ken, as we did not have money enough
to hire an eXpreSsman; in fact, we
were broke when we paid the ferry
going over.
"Our dressing room was in garnet
over the theatre. A broken mirror, a
single candle and a wobbly table kept
it from looking gaunt. We were hard
at work making up, when suddenly
the air was rent with such wild noises
as to make us think for the moment
the place was on fire.
I'm rushed the manager. Who wrote
il in the book? he screamed. Who
wrote it in the book? Forty dollars,
Forty dollars. I can get two boot
blacks for seven dollars what can do
better. Get out of my place.
my brother was almost scared out
of his Wits but put on a brave front
and said, You've got TO give up some
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thing. It's a matter of principle with
us. We've been put to some trouble
and expense, and we're going to stay
here unless you give us something.
so, after considerable argument, a
compromise was effected. We accept
ed trade dollar and made our de-
parture, carrying the trunk between
us. We arrived ON the New York
side at IL p. m We had about fifteen
blocks to walk to get home, but it took
us until 4 O'Clock in the morning to
do those fifteen blocks. Every police
man we met made US open that trunk
and show what we had in it before he
would let us go on
Asked for an amusing incident in
his stage career, Charles E Evans,
the comedian, said:
iii tell you an experience that may
seem humorous as a "Reminiscences, but
came very near proving thrilling
tragedy at the time of its occurrence.
One season the dog we used in the first
act of "A Parlor Match" was taken
sick. So we cut the dog out at So
eraI one-night stands, but when We
reached Columbus, o., Pete" Randall,
of the Olympia quartet, who Travelled
with us for so many seasons, offered
to get us a dog. The property man
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THE EMBASSY BALL"

Acton Davies writes of D'Orsay's
new version of 1.-The Embassy Ball."
There was just as great difference be-
tween the Lawrance 0'OrSay who ap-
peared last night at Days in Angus
/ tuS Thomas The Embassy BALI and
the Lawrance d'Orsay who appeared
in Augustus Thomas 1.-The Earl Of
Pawtucket'' as there is between THE
Embassy BALI and one of the earlier
Thomas successes, like I'm MiZZoura'
or Alabama" for instance In hei-
Their case was the change an improve
ment. Success has almost ruined Mr.
dOrSay as an actor He was no more
like the deliciously droII EngIjshnan
who made THE Earl of Pawtucket'' a
success than a caricature is like a
photograph. He simply offered a huge
burleSque of himself. which was so
Overdrawn as TO manner and so over
accentuated as to speech that it soon
and became tiresOme. The hero of
1.-The Earl of Pawtuckat'' was I'M
doubtedly an ass. but he certainly was
a gentleman; the hero of The JEmhas-
sy Ball. Mr.. Thomas has made sim
ply a laundering fool. 1t is a sad
awakening for the admirers of both
men. For Mr. Thomas, of course. a
play like THE Embassy BALI Is SIM
ply a transitory eclipse; but for Mr..
d'Orsay. unless he can reclaim HIM
Any ordinary American actor could
have overacted the role Of an affected
EngIishman quix as successfully as
he did last night. There was not the
slightest variety to his work.
In his curtain speech Nj dOTSay
said that i'm this play Mr.. Thomas had
mace a dramatizatiOn of MIN as he
really was. If this be so, then by all
means let US have the usual but much
more attra ctive Mr. d'Orsay, because
it is pathetic to see an actor puncture
his own artistic reputation as DELHI
erateIy as he did last night. There are
lots of witty lines in the new Thomas
play. Lots of them raised laughter
for the moment, but even they could
not conceal the skinniness of the plot.
1t is a very bare and conventional
story which 1.-THE Embassy BALI tells
"a plot which is as impossible
DE I,ancey'' was and twice as thin.
An Englishinan in Paris meets on
American girl and goes with her to get
a bicvcle license. BY a mistake they
sign their names to marriage Ii
cense instead and the girl, instead of
signing her o.vn name, signs the name
of the girl whose bicycle she is rid
ing Afterward the Englishman gets
a billet at the English embassy in
Washington, and here he meets both
girls. and his marriage certificate
furns ND and makes a number of COM
nIicatiOns The one clear character
izatfon Is a western politician. admir-
ably PLAYED by George Clarke-and,
nv the way. it is a genuine pleasure TO
see Mr.. Clarke once more on the stage
of DaIv's where he has spent nearly
a quarter of a century of active SER
vice.
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rived i'm San Francisco direct from
Australia few weeks ago, and at
once won the triumphs of enthusiastic
success to which in her own country
she is accustomed. Her magnetic and
charming personality at once capti-
waited her audience, and her perform
ance maintained the admiration of the
San Francisco public throughout her
six weeks season at the Majestic the
atre, which, large as il is, was crowd
ed every night. / understand that this
is ii record run for any one piece in
that town, also that the receipts for
the season were the largest, except for
grand opera. OF course, I don't know
If this is correct, but I do know that
we played to the capacity of the the
atre and that Mr.. MuSgrOVe IS salts
fed.
Miss Stewart was for years a comic
opera star in Australia. and four years
ago transferred her efforts to the dra-
matte stage, and Immediately bounded
into success. The new field of work
afforded Miss Stewart opportunities
for blend of high comedy and emo
tOndl acting that was not possible in
opera bouffe or even III opera. She has
presented large roper tOire of Euro
pean and American successes. such as
In the Bishops Carriage 'Zaza' Ca
mile and others. In the No me part of
the charming cOmedy-dra1na Sweet
Nell she has found the one great part
Tor her many DllShmentS.
The company OF artists supporting
Miss Stewart have all cen successful
in their various roles in Australia and
London. and as they row have been
associated for a long time, present an
excellent ensemble. Mr.. MuSgrOve has
brought the complete production. seen
e-y, costumes. stage settings and prop
critics, also his staff of stage hands,
cOstumers and wig makers. Everything
to the smallest detail is historically
correct
For instance, the harpsichord on
which Nell plays to the king is an ex-
act model in the style of the period
and Charles IFS dog companion is a
pure bred King Charles spaniel. The
specially composed music. (which will
be rendered by an augmented Orches-
ira, is also in the style of the period
Altogether I can promise your public
revelation in the matter of stage set
ting and coStumipg. which. according
TO the unanimous verdict of the San
francisco press, for bea uty and taste
is unequaled by any prOduCtiOn-with
the possible exception of Irving's Beck
et-that has ever been seen in this
part of the world
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LOOKING FOR WEBER.

When Lew Fields and Joe Weber were
partners they were frequently. 1ndiVidu-
aIIv and collectively, beset by young men
who had histriOnic aspirations. As every
BODY knows, these two comedians are APP
Droa chable generally speaking, and af-
fable if not encouraging when 1t comes
TO handing out advice to the very young
one DAY two or three years ago an in
ciDient comedian sent in his card to Mr..
Fields, and was ushered to his presence
later In the interval. brief as 1t was,
Something went wrong and the usually
genial Lew was saying things in a voice
that needed velvet padding as the visitor
entered The subiecS of his remarks
had nothing whatever to do with the
caller. whom indeed he had forgotten
..Are-are you Mr.. Fields" stammered
the intruder.
Yes
Mr. Lew Fields2"
Yes"
..Of Weber & Fields?"
Yes"
We'll then, perhaps you can tell me
where to find Mr.. Weber. Id like to sec
him
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/ Of the theatre told him he had Just
/ the dog he needed. When l arrived at
/ the theatre / found a TnOnstrous
/ Great Dane in front of my dressing
room Mr. HOey arrived a few minutes
/ later, and 1 introduced him to the dog.
adding: "BH. 1 don't think YOU can
! ever carry that dog across the stage.
Hes as big as a pony HOey patted
the dog, found him extremely good
natured, and remarked: I guess can
manage him all right Then he pick
| ed up 200 pounds of dog and disap-
/ peared into his dressing room
Now, the scene in which the dog was
s on occurs just after Innocent Kid gives
the book agent a kiss which causes
him to roll over on the floor During
the scene with Innocent Kid I heard a
! great racket going on in the wings. 1t
sounded like a riot. This was followed
t by HOey. as the tramp, crossing the
stage and walking over nv BODY.
minus the dog. I was inclined to be
VeXed at his not having taken The dog
across the stage with him. I thought
| If he couldn't carry him he might at
! least have led him. SO as soon as the
curtain was down / said to HOey in an
eXasperated tone of voice. What's the
matter with the dog?'
What's the matter with the dos? -
echoed Hoey. The dogs all right but
it's deuCed lucky that there's nothing
the matter with you. That dog has
been travelling for several years with
an ''nUcle Toms Cabin" show and as
soon as he saw your high hat light
trousers, white spats and diIaDidated
umbrella. he took you for Marks the
lawyer( and it took me and all the
stage hands to hold him back. There
wouldn't have been much left of YOU
If he'd got away from them And 7
don't think there would have been
much left myself. because the dog in
| tackling Marks had always buried his
teeth in the cOOnskin with which the
seedy coat of the lawyer was padded
In my case he could simply have made
meal of my backbone"
Miss Blanche Bates was deeply in
terested in the wedding of Miss Alice
Roosevelt and Nicholas IOngworth
She knows the bride and bridegroom
very we'll personally. Miss Roosevelt
saw Miss Bates in 1.-The Darling of the
Gods and again in The Girl of the
Golden West and always made it n
point to get back to the stars dress
ing room between the acts for A chat
They talked of all things under the
sun, as young women of COngeniaI
tastes will. OF course. marriage came
up as one of the subjects. although
Miss Alice was discreetly silent as to
her own matrimonial intentions Per
haps she had not made up her mind
then One thing she had decided on
however, ana IL TOOK the ICrm OF .. lit
tie compact between her and Miss
Bates II was that the inguished
actress should send her something
blue" to wear at her wedding, when
ever that event should como. The old
cOuplet, as every one knows, runs
thus:
Something old and something new,
Something borrowed and something
blue"
These must be all included in the
dress of a bride who would be happy.
Miss Bates was asked, a few nights
ago at the BelaScO theatre. whether
she had fulfilled her "somethinS blue"
81 certainly did " she answered.
Moreover, received an assurance
that Miss Alice would wear Il, and !
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"sweet Nell of Old Drury."

Mr.. Benno Scherek. manager for MI.
George Musgrove. is visiting this city
to complete arrangements for the ap-
pearance of Miss Nellie Stewart at the
Salt Lake theatre on Easter Monday
and following two nights. Mr.. Scherek
said the other day: Miss Stewart and
Mr. MusgroYes complete company ar
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-08

Richard Garlic. author. actor and
playwI ight. whose cOntri button to re-
cent literature was several blank pages
entitled wv hat / Know About Poker"
has a new story on the game Here's
the way he tells it. A bU ar broke
into a we'll known gambling house
after a big nights play. and cracked
the safe. In the strong box was $1,000
in notes. In the front part of the safe
were FIVE decks of cards which the
burglar marked. Leaving the money
untouched he closed the safe. The
next night he returned while the play
was going on, and won $50, 900 by The
marked cards
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An amusing anecdOte of Nine Mod
jeska is told in Harper's Weekly
Renaissance Of her experiences with
Senator H O. w. Tabor, the celebrated
Colorado millionaire politician and the
builder of the Tabor opera house in
Denver Count Boyenta. Nine Mod
ieska's husband, was arranging with
Senator Tabor for Modjeska's first ap-
pearanCe in Denver. and the founder
of dramatic art in Denver asked what
parts she played.
well" said the count, there IL
Mary Stuart
who wrote it - asked Tabor.
schiller" said the count.
rs he q first-Class drdmatist?" ask
ed Tabor.
Surely. surely" said the count. He
is most INDUSTRIOUS
''Humphl Never heard of him"
commented Tabor. What else does
she do?"
LAS You Like It. Anthony and
Cleopatra. Macbeth
WHO wrote them2'
Shakespeare
''How's he? Good writer"
Excellent Excellent"
Well said Tabor, ruminatively,
those fellows may be all right as au-
thors but they amt well enough
known to suit the people out here
What we want is something popular
something that everybody's heard OF.
tell YOU what you dO-yoU get her to
give us something Of Hoyts."
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Something old and something new,
Something borrowed and something
blue"

These must be all included in the
dress of a bride who would be happy.
Miss Bates was asked, a few nights
agO. at the BelascO theatre, whether
she had fulfilled her "somethinS blue
81 certainly did " she answered.
Moreover, l received an assurance
that Miss Alice would wear It, and !
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to begin flirting she'd come back Ike q shot"
Then you'd better begin flirting I told him.
1t was advisable | considered to bring his delusion
to a head.
That's what | was thinking" he agreed calmly
The curious thing IS that l always want her to
come back, though 1 suppose its all foolery."
OF course 1t Is" | assured him But it's
the fOOlery that I've got 70 cure YOU OF. So
you'd better fetch it out and let me have a look
at it
The next morning he started flirting with a golden
haired widow at the hotel He took her 10 Walmer
Castle and | went fishing alone. He escorted her
somewhere else IN the afternoon and sang duets
with her IN the evening At about zen o'clock he
suddenly lett her and walked over 70 me- There
a strange look in his ewes.
Come outside he whispered hoarseIv.
went out with him at once.
He gripped my tightly. shes come back"
he said IN a loud, harsh whisper. "Shes-she's
been crying. / Hang it all Mordaunl."
Hushl' | entreated- People VIII hear Come
on the beach and sit down This boat VIII do.
Now tell me about it
He scarcely seemed 10 hear me II was only
play, Violet" he declared addressing The air. Il
don't care for her. l wanted YOU ali the time.
Hushl" I commanded People are looking
at YOU"
Il don't care" he answered I've made her
cry, tell yOul like her better than all the rest
OF them If she real. Id marry her. She IS
real, tell YOU She IS reall She hives and waits
tor me somewhere. | know it. | know it,"
Ask her where she lives and waits then
said, still humoring him If she IS real she'll tel
YOU"
We asked her many times, and she Won tell 20
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II / IS true enough that you cannot minister TO q
i mind diseased After twenty years practice as
a specialist in mental cases, and a hundred
wonderful cures to my credit, | still say that
But sometimes you put a mind in the way of
miniSterng itself; and sometimes YOU can show
that the disease isn't disease" at all, but merely
an unusual activity of the brain that science does
not understand. a hallucnation upon some par
ticular point and which does interfere with the
normal working of the mental faculties in the or
binary matters of life, is not uncommon as lay
think; and it must not be confused with mad
ness
The term "halluCinatiOn is applied in pathology
to all mental appearances or images which have
origin in objects of sense. 1t IS supposed that
an unnatural activity of the nerves or cells of the
brain raises mental impression to such abnormal
vividness that it successfully stimulates actual
sense IMPRESSION and is as convincing to the
patient reality. Most of the cases which occur
undoubtedly be accounted for in this way;
but in the of my experience | have met with
a few instances entirely beyond explanation. The
most curious of these cases was that of Edward
Payne the well-knOwn novelist, who writes under
the name of Arthur Raymond.
| had just begun TO be known a specialist when
he came to for advice. He then about
thirty, tall, strong-featured young fellow with
keen dark eyes and black hair prematurely streaked
with gray. (The gray, strange to say, has now
dsappeared) He looked a trfe worm but
eminently sane and healthy, and | shrugged my
shoulders when he told me that he suffering
from dclusion.
You imaginative man" | told him,
and your nerves excited by OverwOrk You
have got the idea for a story into your mind, and
have been dwelling it too much. That is all.
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Go to a bracing seaside
place for a month and live
in the open air and don't
attempt to work, and you'll
turn the delusion into a
three-volume novel"
He shook his head and set
his face obstinately. He
had a determined square
jaw-the sort of jaw that
never goes with mental
weakness. If | do" he
said, it will be the story
of my own life. 1t may
be a delusion, but it's real
to me, s real as you are"
Umphl" | said. What
is the delusion, precisely"
A woman's voice-a
young woman. She doesn't
just call or say a parrot
phrase, but talks to me
quite connectedly; questions
me and answers back. She
generally speaks when l am
alone; but the other night
she came when | was with
a lady that-well, | was
almost engaged to her. She
spoke 50 suddenly and ur-
gently that | forgot myself
and answered her aloud.
My companion thought |
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was a lunatc and from me in terror There
is no idea of engagement now, OF course 1hey
think l mad Am /
| felt his pulse and looked closely into his eyes
No" | said you are not but you seem, by your
account to have a curious halucInatlon You
know what l mean by that
He nodded quickly. Yes. l have read Your
book Authorizations are not usually $3.50
detailed, are they
No" | agreed. 1t is unusual; but you are an
unusual man you see, Mr. Payne. 1t IS the novel
lists imagination running riot. Well, we must try
to curb it. Tell me all about the-the hallucinatory
lady When does she come. What does she say.
And what do YOU say to her."
He shook his head. No" he refused, Il can't
betray her confidence. She's as real to me as-that.
Then how am l to set to work TO cure you:
l asked.
i want YOU 10 stay with me for a time" he an
swered, and watch me and see what YOU tnd
out about my delusion and my mental condition
generally. | am not poor man, and you name
your terms
l suggested terms that I thought high in those
days He accepted without demur. The next
day went down to Deal with him. We STAYED at
a comfortable hotel and spent fortnight fishing
and golfng, and playing bridge in the evenings
l took strong liking him, and he seemed TO like
me; but he did not give me his confidence about the
imaginary woman. She had not come again, he said
when | asked him and changed the subject He
seemed absolutely sane, and i began to think that
the Authorization had been only a temporary
result of overweight nerves and had disappeared
with his return to health.
- You are wasting Your money in retaining me-
told him when were stroing along the esplanaCe
one evening. The lady evidently doesn't care
for fishing and goling. She won't intrude while
you occupy yourself with them"
No. he agreed, she won't But YOU see |
shouldn't contne myself to fishing and golfng if
you weren't here. l should start talking to women
and-well the fact is she 5 jealous"
Come come" | said, you're jokng"
wanted to draw him out a little
No. he declared, =" I'm not. | have been on the
point OF getting engaged three times have the
domestic virtues, believe, and Id like to settle
doWn-but she's always made me break it off. con-
found her. don mean quite that either because
because like her; but fellow can't marry a voice
She won't let me marry anyone else. If I were
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hen she CuCSl
want YOU. and YOU had
better tell her tc tehave
like a lady and no. -nnOy
YOU any more / sug-
gested IN a ua--o--ot-
fact tone.
She Is a lady, he
almost SHOUTED. md
she does want me-. /
know, | know
Then tell her that
YOU want a wife el flesh
and blood, not q .--z,rS
in Your ears; and i she
does not choose Go reveal
herself you're going TO
have one wbe-n>- she
likes it or not. Dent
Just say it-uc-. -t.
Make up Your mind that
YOU viii put It to q --~r
that way. Come. Payne.
be a man. You a-.W
it is a hallucination .--
suppose it isn't. and that
the voice Is the Na-e
of some real woU-- e.
good woman such as yoa
evidently think she ,-.
wouldn't she reveal ..--
self If she cared for y...-
And if she didn't c,--
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was a lunatic and ran from in terror. There
IS no idea of engagement now, OF course 1hey
think | am mad. Am L
| felt his pulse and looked closely into his eyes.
NO" I said, you are not; but you SEEM by Your