Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27

land" at Chase's this week. tells an
amusing incident which happened to-
him while playing at kernan's Theater,
Baltimore. Md. In Mr.. I.askys new pro-
duction Mr. CARRIER portrays the part of
jailbrd, and carefully makes up to resem
BILE the popular conception of that unpop-
ular Characteristic jailbird in stripes.
1T was Saturday night" said Mr.. Car
Der, land at the end Of our performance
note was handed me by the stage door
keeper. ] found ii was from an old friend.
and | asked him into the dressing room.
We Immediately became interested in a
conversation of old times. Instead of
dressing. 1 should have done. l sat
talking 10 my old friend without realizing
the lapse of time. Suddenly was brought
to by a knock on the dressing room door.
Mr.. CARRIER, voice cried, you have
but ten minutes to catch the train-the
rest of the company have already left
the theater.'
Now, il was imperative that I make
that train. as / had business engage
ment in New York the following morn
ing. So. with my friends assistance, l
hurriedly packed my scattered articles
in the room into my grip. and. in my cos
tune and makeup. dashed for the stage
door and jumped into a cab. All would
have been we'll and this story never have
been told If the cabman, in turning n sharp
corner, had not run into the lamp post. /
had just started to change my attire in
the cab when l found myself uncere-
moniously dumped out onto the sidewalk.
Immediately d crowd was attracted by
the accident but | did not wait to see
what had happened. And grabbing my
grip | ran toward tiN, depot, now only
two blocks away. Imagine my aStOnSh
ment when l found myself pursued by
bowling mob. shouting Stop. thief, Catch
the jai.brd!" etc. etc. at the top of its
lungs. For moment I wondered at this
uproar but suddenly 1t dawned upon me
that j was still in my makeup in the
Il Y1;l
ment was unusual. to say the least; but,
determined to catch the train at any cost.
doubled my efforts, only to find that
the crowd was gaining on me. The next
thing | knew a number of small boys
surrounded me, and one of them tripped
me as ran. l was soon at the bottom OF
pile of sprawlng and swearing human
ity. getting the same treatment that
! full-groWn halfback receives at q college
football game. | would probably have
been decidedly i'll treated had not by
stander recognized me. He. having seen
our performance at the theater. inter-
vened, and l was soon given a chance to
explain the situation, which did, though
was bruised I'm more places than one. BY
this time l had missed the train. and my
appointment in New York. too"
AN EXTRA CHILD.-A pretty innova-
ton occurred at a Saturday matinee
performance Of '"The Struggle in Phila-
delpha. which, though perfectly salts
factory to the adience, somewhat upset
the personnel of the story. In the bill
Helen Nedfeld has one child. boy of
six years OF age. played by Master
Stephen Davis. The fact that Helen has
only one child Is much emphasized during
the action of the piece. In the third act
part of 'the business requires the child
to fall downstairs. This he does with
stHtling realism but, by stage arrange
ment. with perfect safety. To add to
the realism the child utters a shrek fol-
| lowed by painful cries. The mother Miss
Mannering) PUSHES on to succor the child,
who really Is not supposed 20 be much
! hurt.
! Miss Mannering has little girl of four
| years named Elise. and for the first time
this season she was permitted to be back
! of the stage in care of her nurse OF
course, she quickly became acquainted
| with Master Stephen Davis. and between
/ scenes the two children romped and had
| a good time. and during the action OF the
! play little Elise watched her playmate
with much interest from the wings Now
comes the innovation. When Master
Davis did his sensational fall, little Elise
became frightened and rushed on the
| stage to embrace him. OF course, it broke
up the players. who all burst out laugh