Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-11

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ment and next day went with him to
| look over the tract. 1t was certainly q
fine property and is now, 1 believe, quite
built DIP with fashionable residences.
A Mere Song
''I told the young man it looked good
co me. Then he mentioned the price
81, 800, ,000
" Young man. I said, look me
straight in the eye and tell me the
name of the practical joker who sicced
you at me with this gag
=" Why, he answered, I saw in the
papers that you are considered the rich
est man on the stage
$50 he thought me fair game.''
1t was almost time for their act and
the reporter got ready to go. He had
more information than he expected but
was as uncertain as ever regarding the
facts. AS he backed out of the door he
suggested:
I'm the years of your stage career
the press agents have given pretty near
all your private life to the public,
! have they not?"
Dear boy, 1 hope it is not so bad as
that" was the reply.
"Since you have been on the Orpheum
circuit the, press has been particularly
busy with you," continued the reporter.
| Denver, Kansas City and San Fran
cisco have all contributed to the fund
of information
What do they say about me?" asked
! the comedian
"Well, to go back to the beginning,
you were born"
''True, most knowing one"
lin Rochester, N. Y"
''They got that from the county rec
ords."
and went on the stage under Frank
| Mayo"
lone of the finest"
to 1854"
ut was called variety then"
! hrst with partner named Niles
and afterward with William Hoey You
made your first trip to the coast in 1879
with Tony Pastors company, and"
Sees First Gold Money
"It was on that trip that first saw
real money-gold coin. I had often
heard that before the war they used to
have gold money, but had never seen
any. was just a youngster then you
| know.
''Well, when we got out about Omaha
| ON@SJ
menced paying our salaries in gold.
do you know that first gold coin
looked like diamonds to me. I was
puzzled what to do with it,
Il saved up my gold from week to
week, and when we got somewhere
about Frisco L had five twenty-dollar
gold pieces sewed into my vest pocket.
l rolled them up and sent them by
| Wells-Fargo to my father back in
| Rochester. N. Y. Father showed them
to the other boys and of course they
were greatly impressed with the first
gold money they had ever seen, or at
any rate had ever handled. My young
est brother met a former partner of
mine named George Garland.
Hello George he shouted. Got
news from Charlie. He sent dad $500
in gold
"a little later Garland met another
friend named Jim Mckinney.
Hello Jim. Hear the news from
Charlie Evans? He has Just sent the
old man $4,000 in gold
Mckinney met another acquaintance
and passed the news along.
Charlie Evans must be doing pretty
we'll | guess he said. I haven't quite
got the rights of 1t, but as near as l
can make out he struck a gold mine
out in California;
| "a Paflor Match"
'Your famous success, "A Parlor
Match was built up from a vaudeville
asketch was it not?"
Yes. 1t was called The Book
Agent"
"After you left vaudeville you and
Hoey played "A Parlor Match for ten
I years"
Until 1894"
I since when you have been man.
ager as well as an actor"
up to a few months ago, when NV
health would not longer bear the double
strain"
They say that you brought Anna
Held TO America"
"Yes"
"And that you produced at your Her
aid Square theater Mansfield's Arms
and the Man. Frank Mayo's 'Pudd'n-
head WILSON,"
Yes"
1.-THE comic opera Rob Roy and
Mrs. Carter's Heart of Maryland"
"All true"
"But there's one thing about you, Mr..
Evans, that has never been seen in
print"
Whats that?"
Your age"
The comedian laughed long and
heartily but allowed the reporter to 90
! without an aDaKyap. 10 the oa1acffoY,