The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-28

During my stage career L have been
assigned to parts that required either
wearing a short haired wig or cutting
my own hair. 1 chose the latter alter
native, and now. while my hair is thick,
ii scarcely falls below my shoulders
explained Minnie Dupree, who is TAX
ing fiier in vaudeville.
We'll, ] thought i'm my present
sketch it would look well for the hero
inc To have some nice long braids, and
beng unable TO grow a pair at short
notice, L purchased them and blended
and attached them to my own tresses.
During my New York engagement
fancied that the braids were really an
attractive feature of my makeup.
"One Gay last week the sketch was
going very wei UP 10 the moment that
the heavy coat comes off. The audi
ence seemed to be right with me in all
L said and did, when suddenly there
was a shrek of laughter.
Il was astonished. / don't know why.
but / felt behind my back. There We're
no braids. 1 looked upon the floor, and
there. there were the tresses which had
probably been switched off by the coat.
4 was too embarrassed to know just
what to do. The laughter was subsid-
ing, and then my leading man came to
the rescue. He delivered the lines that
I
ter.
d" Never mind. dear he cried. For
get it all. Forget the whole terrible
catastrophe"
IF the audience laughed boisterous-
| ly the first time 1 don't know how you
| would express their merriment at this
unhappy speech
Hereafter wear only the hair Of
Minnie Dupree."
Joseph COyne. a comedian who is TO
| continue this season in 1.-The Social
| Whirl, tells an amusing story at the
| expense of a young Philadelphia news
paper man who exploited summer
/ show in New York. This newspaper
| man has long been known for his ten
| dency 10 claim intimacies with noted
1 men and women. Mr.. Coyne says that
one day about two years ago he and the
| press agent in question We're standing
on. Chestnut street in the Quaker city.
while Mr.. COyne listened to the rem
| iniscences of his companions recent
| trip TO Gotham.
Il had intended seeing FrOhman in
! New York" said the journalist, ''but I
had hardly arrived in town when Char
| lie sent me a note asking me TO drop in
at his office for a chat
When I got to the Empire theatre
| building / was confronted by an impu-
dent office boy. You can't see Mr..
FrOhman now said he.
| All right answered. L will watt
After l had been standing a few min
/ utes Charlie appeared and beckoned
for me to come i'm. You are ten min
UteS late he commented. Yes, old fell
low, l replied, but your Office boy
wouldn't let me in to you We will see
about that remarked Charlie. Imme-
diately he sprang UP and rushed out Of
the room"
! Ar tbic ,,,or,an+ on aoaro,at;,, Ioot-;,,.
man passed up Chestnut street, and
Mr. Coyne bowed to him gravely The
journalist paused long enough to ask,
| ''Who is that?"
oh" said Mr.. COyne. that's Charles
FrOhman. Go on
The Philadelphia press agent went on.
a group Of actors sat waiting for
Henry w. Savage in the Garden thea
ire, New York. between rehearsalS the
other day. when the conversation turned
> to the subject Of smart boys.
: When 1 was on the staff Of the New
: York Daily News" said ]. Hayden
81 Clarendon, who has now given up jour
nahsm to play the part of Artie in 1.-THE
Prince of Pilsen" eve had an office
boy who was the greatest success as
a failure and the greatest failure as a
81 success that you ever saw. On one &C.
CaSlOn i sent MIN 10 Rlcnaru harding
{ Davis rooms to get some copy Pretty
soon we heard clatter of feet on the
stairs and in burst the boy entirely out
of breath.
l What's the trouble; wasn't he
there?" 1 asked.
q No, sill. he's out, and dc joints
all locked up
Then why the dickens didn't you
wait for him. as / told YOU? [ asked.
! 'Wh-wh-why. dere wuz a note on
? the door dat said, Return at once so
/ fought youse wanted me back
: quick
X
? Vat iss garlic2" asks August Poems,
the sentimental young German musi-
clan, of Herr Won Barwig III the supper
! scene in The Music Master"
t "GaTlic2'' echoes Warfield. Garlic is
a vegetable Limburger."