The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-19

u ne Everything way beyond
49,. ny expectations Greetings.
NAT
Ne. 1orgsvlrE reader. You are Tot IN
sse xrong column ana though this
soz1ds ike tAs mining page OF Ne
vGds. Booster. Il IS stu the dramatic
eecttoa- Tie telegram IS only one OF
MAJ Gsoaxin's and the recipient. whom
ire Serner -giided fool is trying 70
urge from footlights % free gold. is
T2Ilisu Burress. his old tine friend
and professional associate. who Is. II
would seen. winding Up his profess
sioasl career n The Song Birds" 81
the Princess
3; Tat Goodwin had deserted the the
stes .or the desert stage has been pub
Ithsd in this paper and many others.
buy that he had set himself the task OF
tskIng sway another good comedian is
not generally known. and Il came out
e,iizs casually, IN the course OF q
pheasant conversation with Oscar Ham
eae4st.in's '-undeEstudy~ and csricatur-
tst n Ecbzrt's Song Birds" trsvesty
o. the New York operate war
T.. Incidentally the telegram was dated
from Rene and Is now only three days
.;ioft.yet ga-ress admits he Is already
.fschszr fer TIE sres6on CT the desert
szaa the possiblHaes which he believes
Goodzin's schemes hold out for future
so-tn-e. Fame is another matter. and
Ber-ess says he Is indifferent 20 its
istluTenents.
- ~ ever make enough money he
.so1s ne. IN c-It the stage for good
Tn ti-ed % packing trunks; Tn tired
OF sleeping IN all kinds OF beds but
soft cnes. Tn tired OF hotels where you
ray for the best and get Il Il you dare
Tn tired OF the element % chance IN
~thts profession OF ours; III tired Of is
sn-certafntses: I'm tired Of being
:xaudsre- On the face OF the earth. and
n +ired OF living life Of more OF less
single bIessedness. Let EN- say Tn no
4-re artist II they want 70. but believe
-. when the bank roll warrants such
tene-sty IN jump out OF the business
r,d land 50 far away that nothing but
= miracle WI avail 70 put ne back
Are you going TO RsvhideT
you saw the telegram Goodwin Is
rtronE for SeTzds and we're pals Il
he ever has anything good. half OF it's
nine; AID that has gone double for 10
shese many years. don't mind telling
vou that I came out 20 California this
trto Cor the two weeks at the Princess
IN the half hearted hope that some
thing Ike this would happen I like
the vest. and an certainly going tc
zee what there is 81 this land OF the
settfzg sun thai can get away with
and keep. You can bet on this that II
there's money 20 be made where Good
ui- ts. he'll see that have pick. TOO
haven't spent all the money I've
earned BY = good deal and I'm willing
to take e chance with Nat; for we're
old frienda-
And let me tell you another reason
Why an willing 20 leave the business,
ard why I an anxious 70 start for
Nevada. 7 hope some day 20 take E
partner: I mean q life partner. and
have a vision Of seeing some chubby
little faces around ne Isn't that g
reod dresrn7 But I'll never marry as
long az I an On the stage. Not but
srhst there are many. many happy mar
risges among stage folk but these
separations are-weiI they're dangerous.
I read What you quoted Mary Manner
ing A. having said on that subject, and
shes dead right Separations on the
stage are too dangerous: 50 I Will not
realize my dream OF domestic bliss as
long al the stage and its far calls
keep ne jumping al over a continent
or two"
Burress reversed the order OF prog
ress that Robert Downing has pur-
sued Burress commenced active life
as q student os divinity and & pros
pectirs clergyman. but quit the pulpit
for the stage; Downing leaves the
stage for the pulpit Every man 70
his calling says Burress
The coming OF Burress 70 the Prin-
cess was enc OF the most notable events
OF this seasons theatricsls. for he has
been through the thick OF the fight IN
New York between Hanruerstein and
conrisd OF the Manhattan and Metro
politan opera houses. respectively. and
his csrfcaturs OF the great fzpresarto
was given form and substance almost
with the assistance OF HammersteIn
himself who is TOO large 8 man. says
Burress. TO resent bit Of pleasantly.