The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-08

Through tbr sears uaerding maze.
And sou Say need not sigh
Is il some small thire, pray
Ont O. the glad days gone by
To have lost q Yesterday.
An USCLE TOMMER's DIARY.
October II have answered an adver-
tiscmcnt Of the Colossal Combined Uncle
TOMS Cabin Company. asking for q light
comedian who doubles in brass and sings
bass. IL is not the loftiest pinnacle OF
the Thesp.an ART but il will be a foot
hold Shakespeare started iu lowly sur
roundlnss Re didn'i start with an Uncle
Toms Cabin Company. because there were
none when be lived, and there I have the
advantage Of him. ] don't know exactly
what a light comedian mas be- but l
weigh "a hundred and twenty and have
light hair. and WHOM I put on the girls
hats az picnics and cut Up that way they
say I'm "a natural-b0rn comedian.
October 81 met the manager OF The
Colossal Combined Uncle Tom $ Cabin
Company to-day. He is a genial man with
a flowing black mustaChe and q diamond
stuck in his necktie. The diamond IS
stuck there. not the mustache. His dia-
mond has "A little chain 90 b. He assures
me that I am so fun Of dramatic talent
81 IS good thing I decided TO answer his
advertisement He says lots OF times
people dOu'j know what ails them and
doctor for walking typhoid. when they
really are simply o0Zing with dramatic
talent lie SAYS any one thai would walk
twenty miles 10 keep a date with q man
ager is a born Thespian. Anybody that
can walk that far. he says. is entitled 10
n -
strikes ! am 90 send home for 81 10 de-
post with the manager as a guaranty
that TIL keep my contract I am TO play
either Gumption Cute or Marks. also play
the tuba ia the parade 7 don't know yet
why / am 90 sing bass. The manager
says 60 wait and see.
October 4-Father sent me the money
all right. and have signed. The man
agar SAYS my handwriting is much like
that OF Edwin Booth. He was greatly in
tercsted when T told him of nay ambition
TO play Othello, Hamlet. and Caesar
ANY play with plenty of killings in IL
catches them De said. I've often
thought Of dramatiZing the stOCkyards
and killing of an the property cows, dogs.
sheep. ard other animals in comic opera
I ana 10 play Marks the lawyer. and am
=
man who has joined the company and
" no wants 10 play this part, but the man
ager wont give it TO him. / heard the
manager tell him any fool could play
Marks.
October 5-Wc are billed to open Mon
dav iu Skiddvile ] asked the manager
when we are TO Tehearse.
-Rehearse" he exclaimed. "Rehearse
Uncle Toms Cabin" My boy. You might
as wei ask ms 90 rehearse the alphabet
Rehearslis would spoil the show, but as
you have "a couple OF strong comedy
scenes With the donkey YOU might take IT.
oGt on q back street and get acquainted
with 30 by giving IL some exercise.
The donkey Is a retiring, unsccial one.
II is pale gray in color. with con
deusad forehead and an enlarged mouth.
IL does not take 10 me readily. When l
got il on. on tine back street ] tried 10 get
aS1raddle Of it. but Sc grabbed my by the
leg with It's teeth and cheWed my pants
terribly. Then when J got Off and bent
over TO pin up my pants Les 1t whirled
around and kicked me. ana my hat fell
of. and il ate the brim from the hat. The
manager came there finally 10 see what
was delaying me and found roe sitting on
the curb watching the donkey eat my
necktie and collar
Great he said. Great, That's good
business. Wen put that in
October 6-The manager borrowed my
watch to-day to put mp rs security for a
loan 70 get our tickets. and the train we
are on Is four hours late, so / don't know
what time it is. 7 am very hungry but
the liver we have for the bloodhOunds IS
nj Hs
Siberian variety. but they think Eliza is
their little playmate. so the only way we
can get them 90 chase her over the ice is
TO tie a chunk OF liver to her shawl and
give her n good start. For suggesting
that I have been made stage manager,
which requires another deposit OF twenty
five. Must close nov and write TO father.