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The San Francisco call., 1908-08-09

give her good advice and give her
back her husband I also give up the
clarinet It Is. I think. q real bit OF
sentiment I do not fool the audience
Anyway. Of this much ! am certain:
/ have six letters which have framed
They are from persons who have seen
my little sketch and have written 10
me TO say that my speech about the
mistakes OF life has hit en- and hit
EN- hard I say. you remember some
thing about how easy II IS 10 make a
mistake. but how hard il is 10 correct
onee Here am lin the play mean
an old bachelor. gray haired and tot
ferfng- BEt I might have had q wife
and home II hadn't made a mistake.
II 1 hadn't been too hasty. There's lots
OF people Ike that Rev E c Carr
OF Columbus. Ohio. made his thanks
giving sermon out Of this. little sketch.
The Village Lawyer ! met him after
ward Said he- Cressy. you've got
the best OF II. The people who come
TO hear ma preach do not need =. OF
else they are sermon hardened But
the folk that come 70 hear you get
q good lesson and have - enforced
properly You have q batter chance
10 do good than ] have
Just the same, vaudeville sketch
70 be good must be frofhy Yet II
must have q bit OF sentiment at the
bottom DO you know that I never
get curtain calls on my sketchesz II ]
did I would begin 20 believe them poor.
The worst sketch I ever wrote got the
most curtain calls: but it never had .
decent notice IN all the land II ended
in sensation; but the public refused
10 be fooled ! had rather have an
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auditor recall ny act alter he gets
home than shout himself hoarse over
Il n the theater.
BY The way. was the first man TO
put pathos IN = vaudeville sketch Il
was in The Key OF c. and II was
quite an experiment didn't know
how IL would go and 50 tried r. ex-
perimentally- I tell the story OF q
soldier boy who has gone OF 10 the
war. He has written a letter 10 the
old folks at home Maybe II VII be
the last he viii ever write That, a.
least. Is what ! have his father say
The situation IL worked 70 the limit
The boy IS about 70 20 into battle, and
the message IS written while the first
shots OF the coming engagement are
sounding ] wrote the scene and won
dered II . vaudeville audience would
stand for the pathos- That was the
last letter. says tha aged father. that
1efghb0r- Because. says the white
haired father. he stole mule that
night and deserted
II saw when tried that out that
the audience would stand for pafhos.
and I saw. too. that they were resent
ful at me because I had led up the
alley OF sympathy and then had fooled
them I have never done that since
Never fool an audience That has
become my motto But love 4 crop
ing laugh I'll tell you what q CROP
Ing laugh S. II Is laugh that starts
here and there IN the audience ard
spreads The man who gets the point
Mast makes up IN hearfinsss what he
has lacke9 IN quickness. and the nan
| who doesn't see the joke ~ al lAnzA-
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Haveriy came along and tried 70 get
him out OF our show by offerinz him
the princeiy salary OF 800 a week.
But Hank wouldn't GO He was afraid
OF the west. and besides he had a
swapping perQuisite- Morrisey here
will tell you how Hank started out on
q tour OF the New England states
with q jack knife In his pocket When
the tour was over he had a cow ana a
calf He traded his knife for q razor:
the razor for snare drum: the snare
drum for pair OF crutches: the
erutches for q clarinet. and so on until
he had acquired the cow and later the
calf"
Mo-risey assured me OF the truth OF
the narrative and then ned.
q Probably / couldn't play the deru
thing. anyway IS what my sketch this
weak ends with. he went on. .-The
success OF that line grows out OF the
fact that the people understand that
what is. good for them IN not always
withheld You remember I an saving
up for q clarinet ! want that clarinet:
and 1 want 1t badly The $50 fee comes
ss q gift from God to me, the village
lawyer. But the woman who seeks
q divorce. vet does not want one. is
= greater issue than tho clarinet. So
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Rr Waller Anthony

Henry Miller was nine years ago That
was the time he brought Margaret
Anglin here The last time I was here,
coincidentaily. was also with Miss
AnElin- That was three years ago We
PLAYED 'Ztra Il was On e previous
trip that I learned 10 know what San
Francisco hospitality is year OF two
prior 70 the Zira, presentation ! was
here and was taken down with pneu-
-monla- I was terribly III Mrs Fred
Kellogg. at whose home 1 an ROW
staying. took ne IN. cared for me and
I got well Since then whenever !
come 10 san Francisco this IS my home
I cannot tell you what a relief II is 10
hotel life. To live IN hotels for 45
years OF play business is q long time
1 tell yOu. Here. you see, I an al
home
The only thing I allow 10 worry ne
now, however. IS the fear OF getting
into : groove: s rut; 2 habit OF one
kind OF characterization You would
smile II you knew how anxious I am
10 DO something new. II is always the
same Always that impulse 10 try for
bigger things and always the disposi-
ton 70 launch out OF new seas I
viii not even for comforts sake per
NIT myself 20 get into 4 rut-
Why should 7 But the ease and
pleasant relationships which are the out
come OF AIr- Milier's management have
lu-ed ne and I want 10 stay where I
an for e time You would think I
would consider myself entitled 70 q
rest, but I 90 not Rest and rust are
TOO close akin
The new generation OF players COM
plain sometimes OF hard work That's
good for people IdIeness only is
harmful I've known the time II Lon
don when I began my career that I'd
be AZ the thester 81 $50 II the evening.
BY o'clock the curtain would be up
and & one act farce would be given.
After the farce came two act comic
opera and after the comic opera g
burlesoue- II I got out Of the theater
But that's too much work, I will ad-
improved and the credit belongs large
y 10 such men as Henry Miller.
He doesn't seem 20 care so much
about the financial success OF his pro-
ductions as about their artistic And
that is what counts tn the long run
have observed the truth OF that for
many years The good lasts; the poor
does not survive q season or two.
Ny husband. who was quite few
years my senior. used 20 say, Keep
working away. Good work will tell in
the long run
SO I keep working away and an not
concerned about resting
So let somebody with talent. imsgf-
nation and skill write q play for Mrs.
Whinen- II should be as dear as
Mater" and as sweet as Alice Sit by
the Fire and as fun OF action as The
Regeneration OF Aunt Nary"-other-
wise X would be unworthy Of its star.
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native city said he. but was cheated.
However. that doesn't prevent me from
being the son OF q politician. He is q
red hot republican. Twice he insisted
on my voting. I did. even though the
effort took me 70 Concord, where 1 was
registered Both times that voted the
republican ticket Grover Cleveland was
elected SO I quit
Speaking OF the vaudeville
what class OF writer's make the most
dismal failures7T
The question from the man who has
written more sketch successes and who
really is the pioneer vaudeville writer
was Interesting.
No" I answered, OF course
-'Newspapermen.' he said You may
not like that, but it's true"
Never having tried 20 write a sketch
felt yfrtuously curious.
Why I asked.
ssThe reason is easy. Take-weil
never mind the name. but he's q good
newspaperman- But he, like ell the rest
OF the talent. IS an impossibility as q
playwright The reason is that a
newspaperman's experience leads him
into description A play is action The
big excitement must come at the end
OF the sketch. The big excitement IN q
newspaper story Is In the head There's
the difference. II ] am not likely 10
be accused OF egotism or of contradict
ing myself. may say that two years
ago there were just 12s one act plays
being produced on the vaudeville stage
OF these SIS were mine: the rest were
written by but practically two men.
One was Edmund Day, who, by the way.
contraverts my statement about news-
naDermen as sketch writer's. for he is q
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-09
WIN cressy Tells Some Stories

They tell 2 story about Mark Twain
Il wfll serve as al Introduction TO VIII
II Cressy. the humorist OF vaudeville.
Mark Twain was invited 10 a banquet.
which he OF course attended Through
the curling smoke OF 6 battery OF fat
cigars the toastmaster called on him
for q toast The humortst was IN his
very best mood and the result was a
witty and characteristic speech Next
OF the program was g toast from the
village lawyer. He was very pompous
individual and be thrust his hands in
his pockets while he sTelied up
amazingly and became sententious-
said ne 7 have often heard OF Mark
Twain and al last have seen and
heard him. 7 cannot tell you how de-
lighted and surprised I am TO have
found finally q humorist who is really
funny" So saying he resumed his seat
with his hands still thrust IN his
pockets. Mark Twain Immediately
arose The lawyer said he. -ex-
presses his establishment al finding a
humorist who is humorous. VIII you
permit ne 10 utter my amazement at
finding lawyer with his hands in his
own pockets2~
Wfl Cressv. N other words, IS quite
as funny OF the stage as on. He is a
humortst IN his dressing room. II was
after the matinee performance at the
Orpheum-
I thought you were born in New
Hampshire" I replied
Sure I was. said he. but II was a
mistake Il really wasn't right II
was my parents first offense. and when
the event seemed inevitable my mother
went 10 Concord There was born,
but as soon as We two were GONZALES
cent we went back 70 Washington,
where 1 subsequently spent the next
Is years OF my life Since that time I
have written les one act plays. How
many have I appeared in7 Only eight.
Why only eight? I'll tell you The
rest are awful
But II cressy's saving sense OF hu-
NOR prevents him from taking
dranatics too seriously. IL also saves
him from being bore, and that. from
the point OF view OF the interviewer.
Is no small virtue
I was bound 70 call Washington my
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Journalist. and George NJ. Cohan.
How did come to go into the vaude-
vile business
but Cressy knew IL was coming and
went on.
1T was during the yellow fever
scourge In Jacksonville. Florida. That
was in 1888 / was living in Con-
cord, N H, where I still am a mem
Der OF the firm OF Cressy & Co.
-four dealers II is composed of my
father. my brother and myself Any
way. there was a benefit being pulled
ers. and my brother and 1 did music
al turn in the show Next day / was
lured from my happy home by Whit
more and Clark, minstrels-
At that immediate juncture John
Morrisey, house manager OF the Or
pheurn. walked into the dressing room
and admitted that that was where he
got his start. too II admit said
Morrisey. that I used 10 do song and
dance stuff with that ebony combina-
tion. But that was long before Cressy's
day"
Cressy. meantime, had curIed himself
up on the big trunk which occupied
the small room 'T think said he.
-tbat my ancestors were either Turks
or taiiors, for this IS my normal pose.
However, as / was saying. I was lured
from my home by this minstrel COM
pany. Ny salary? II wasn't that. II
was lust wages Six dollars q week.
worked 81 weeks and got paid Just
four times At that I have q feelirx z
that I was overpaid-
II remember old Hank White. He
is now a classic memory in minstrelsz.
La voz del pueblo. [volume] (Santa Fe, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1889-192?, 1908-04-04
Los ROSeRWald COHStruiran i'm
EdiiiCiO.

Una buena noticia para Las Vegas
es Ia que uministra la popular frma
mercaniil dc Il, RoseaWald 9 Hijo,
quienes comenzaran inmediatalnente
Ii construction de un nuevo y ospa-
ci0so edlhcio de ladrillo para su basto
oomercio, q cual ocupara todo q tre-
cho de que es duena Ia iirma en- el
lado sur del cuadro dc la plaza, el
cual mide l02 pies dc frente por 100
de houdo.
III cOntrat0 para 81 edificlo ha sido
va celebrado conel contratista, M. M.
Sundt. Esta semana Sc dio principle
al derrumbe dc 10 casa vieja dc adobe
que esta en- ia esquina del solar.
Mientras tanto 80 prosigue con 81
trabajo de construction de una por'
ci6n del edillcio, Ia tienda seguira en-
el otro extreme Y cuando una porci6r
Sc haya conclude Sc cambiara a esta
sin interrumpir el giro dc los nego-
clog.
Seg1n los pianos, el edificlo debera
ser de un piso, per0 serd al estilo mo.
derno, del mejor material y dc apa'
rlencia elegante, dando asi gran va.
lor a las propiedades de Ia Plaza
Viela.
La voz del pueblo. [volume] (Santa Fe, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1889-192?, 1908-04-04
La C0nlesla LaFFa7OlO---An-
dTeWS.

Para Information de los miles de
personas que estdn interesados por
saber Ell cstad0 de la contesta insti-
tuida para el puesto de delegado an-
to el copgreso por el Sr. Larrazolo
contra w. II. Andrews. diremos qI Q
Ia comisi0u de Ia camara sobre pri-
vilegios y eecclones habia fjado el
7 de Abrll para dar audien ia q los
contestantes, pero sucedi6 que debido
ID Ia defuuei0n De Mr.. Chill ets, all
gado dc Andrews, e5te pidi6 4 IA CO.
mission tempo para emplear otro
abogado para que 10 represente, ex-
poniendo que no podra hacerlo hasta
venir d Nuevo Mexico donde tendra
que buscar uno. III presidente de la
comisi6n concedi0 una pr0rroga en-
atenci0n d las representations de
Andrews y no SO sabe para cuando se-
nj 0ida In contesta.
Es probable que la comision oira
la causa cuand0 haya expirado el
t6rmino de Ia election congressional,
Y clio prueba que Andrews estd te-
meroso del resultado Y esta buscan-
do pretextos para dilaciones y que
no Sc olga la causa sobre sus merltos.
La voz del pueblo. [volume] (Santa Fe, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1889-192?, 1908-04-04
SObre La Campaiia NaClOnal.

Muy pocas son las nuevas de 10
campafia nacional esta semana.
Del lado democratic 10 tlnico que ha
oeurFido es el endosamiento de la
candidatura de Mr.. Bryan por Ia
comlsi0n central del Distrito de Co
lumbia, que es donde esta la capital
de Washington.
En- el estado de Illinois Sc tuvo Ia con
venci0nre publicana de los distritOs
c0ngresionales 900, 30, Go, y 10 cuyos
delegados fueron instruidos por Cam
non, hacienda lomismo la convention
del distrito 30 del estado de Missouri.
III 100 distrito del estado de Virginia
instruy6 q sus delegados por Mr..
Taft, la convention del estado de
Indiana instruy6 d favor del vice.
presidente Fairbanks. En las pri-
marias tenidas en- el estado dc Mas
sachussetts los soportadores de MIR.
Taft ganaron 10 de los 32 delegados.
De los otros, once iran sin instrnc-
clones, mientras que dc los otros seis
no SO sabe.
La voz del pueblo. [volume] (Santa Fe, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1889-192?, 1908-04-04

p0r las raz0nes expuestas, sin0 p0r-
que el Sr. MontOya es un verdaderO
tipO representative del Hispano-Ame-
rieano Y Ia democracia debe de estar
alertar a demandar que los hijos de
nuestro querido suelo sean reconoci-
dos, V no nos s0meterem0s mansa-
mente al insulto que, en- este respec-
to, recibieron los republicanOs su
convention de Silver City.
Antieipam0s como cosa segura cue
la demOcracia de Nuevo Mexico usa-
ra mejor juicio v sera mas justa que
10 que fue Ia convention republicana,
pero deseamos urgir CO nuestros con-
ciudadanos Ia necesidad de trabajar
para el logro de las aspiraci0nes del
pueblo Hispano-Americano, de man
dar por 10 menos dos, y 81 possible fue-
re, tres, representatives de nuestro
pueblo q la convention naei0nal. De
cimOs que necesitamos tmbalar por-
que en- todos los partldos hay indivi-
duOs que tienen mas q peeh0 sus am
biciones personales que q bien de su
partido y no es remote que los candi'
datos hijos del suelo de Nuevo M6xi-
co encuentren oposici0n formidable
de esa clase de personas.
Pr0ximamente seran llamadas las
convenciones para escoger los dele
gados q las eonvenciones de conda'
do v la territorial Y e. 6ien que
desde las primarias ell pueblo instru'
va q sus delegados por las persona'
que sean de su agrado. En- esta Ii
nea Sc necesita hacer bastante traba
10 en- el Condado de San Miguel y ur
gimos 4 t0dos los RESIDENCES dc los di
ferentes precintos que instruyan d SUI
delegados 4 favor del Hon. EugeniC
Romero, de Mora, pues Ia suerte d'
nuestro candidate estriba en- 10 cut
haga el Condad0 de San Miguel.
No hagamos el equivoca de conflal
al acaso; que cada un votaute sc es
fuerce en- yer que vengaE delegado
& la convention de condado V gu
vengan iustruidos con los deseos de
pueblo.
La voz del pueblo. [volume] (Santa Fe, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1889-192?, 1908-04-04
Max. H. MOntOya Para la Con
VeRCi0n NaciOnal.

Notamos con grato placer que nues-
tro estimado colega, Gel Defensor
del Pueblo" del Socorro, postula CO.
mo delegado a la convention nacio-
nal Democratica, por ell Tereer Dis
trito, al caballeroso y magnffico j0ven
Max H. Montoya, de San Antonio,
Condado de Socorro, y menciona la
candidatura de nuestro amigo, Don
Eugenio Romero, de Mora, por el
Cuarto Distrito. Dice el colega:
"Nosotros los dem0cratas creemos
que los Hispano-A -Americanos estan
intitulados q representa- nuestro te-
rritorio como delegados en- conven-
clones nacionales.
"Solo ell actual regimen republica-
no puede pasar en- silencio estos equf-
vOCos.
ola Voz del Pueblo" el 0rgano
mas formidable de la democracia,
tiene uno de los j0venes hispano-
americanos mas brillantes de los con-
dados del uorte como candidate para
delegado q la convention nacional, al
j0ven Eugenio Romero, de Mora.
"El Defensor del Puebo' presenta
como candidate por parte de la de
mocracia de los condadOs del Sur, al
lj6ven Max. II. Montoya, uno de lcs
vastagos mas dem0cratas, desde sus
abuelos, y verdadero tipo del elemen-
TO hispano-american0 del territorio,
| El Sr. Montoya es uno de los mas
brillantes i0venes del territorio y e:
descendiente de una de las familia'
mas dem0cratas inhuentes de Nue
vo Mexico"
Los redactares de LA Voz conocer
personalmente al ST.. MoDtoya, ha
lhiendolo encontrado en- varias de la'
conyenciones dem6cratas del Terrific
| rio, Y ALI 10 hemos visto dar pruebal
sustanciales de su lealtad, PATRIOTS
lmo y gran liberalidad, principalmen
tie en- la convention que pOstul0 a
Hon. 0. A. Larrazolo para delegadt
Ial congreso, donde su contribuei0l
personal excedi0 por mucho a cual
quiera otra contribution individual ,
IelIo a pesar de no ser el de los ma
pudientes bajo 81 punto de vista fnan
ciero. Acciones como esa ponen d
manifesto el patriotismo z lnter6
por los principles de su partido G init
tulan al donador al reconocimiento d
sus constituyentes.
LA VOz ac0ge con entusiasmo
candidatura del Sr, Montoya, no sol
La voz del pueblo. [volume] (Santa Fe, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1889-192?, 1908-04-04
Accidente Fatal Cerca ie Endee.

FL hogar de nuestro eumplido sus-
critCr Don Manuel Iabadie, y de su
esposa Vidalita G, de Labadie, de
Endee, N. NJ. Sc halIa cubierto de lu-
to v terrible augusta delido al fatal
accidente que les arrebatodesu lado q
su querido hijo Jacobo Iabadie de Z
aflos, mes 10 dfas. Segun nos es-
cribe Don Manuel, Jacobito, que era
ell men0r de sus nifios, caminaba EN- un
euro cargado con barriles de aqua y
al pasar por un soslayo bastante pen
diente Sc volc0 uno de los barriles So
bre el muchachito aplastdndcle la ca
beza. III Sr. Labadie Sc nallaba a la
saxon distante algunas mi.las habien-
do lido 4 llevar a su hijo politico d la
casa de un medico para que 10 trsta-
ra de una enfermedads & COCO de re-
gresar 4 SUI casa recibi0 ell tremeudo
gGlpe anunciandosele la suerte de su
querido hijo d quien VIC en- agonia y
sin esperanza de salvarle la vida. El
accidente ocurri6 ell dfa % de Mario
y ell muchachlto estuvo en- agonfa
hasta el microbes, dia %, cuando ex-
pir0, sin haber recobrado el couoci-
miento.
Su funeral Sc verified al dfa siguien-
te con gran acompafiamiento de veci-
nos que ocurrieron a ofrecery dar tes-
timonio de su simpatfa al Sr. Labadie
y q su familia. El Sr. Labadie nos
suplica hagamos presente su gratitud
q las buenas gentes que 10 acompafia-
ron en- su triste pesar.
La voz del pueblo. [volume] (Santa Fe, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1889-192?, 1908-04-04

sici0n 10 hicier0n pOr preierencias de
candidates para mariscal, pues no ca
he duda que en- cuanto al mayor Ia
convention estaba por el DIR. Dema.
rails, no p0r 4 de mayOrla, sino p0l
mas que 20. Aun estamos inclinados
4 Greer que Don Daniel G. de Baca
cooper6 con Ia facci0n derrotada debi-
do 4 prcferencias de candidates, pue.
es bien sabido que nadie como el Ia
sido el blanco de los ataques de los Pc
galosOs Y de Ia rueda que no miar
nunca con huenos ojos q los hombre.
que no Sc permiten cabestrear.
Los siguientes delegados fueron es
cogidos para Ia convention; J. G.
Ahrc6n, Pablo Vigil, Felipe Ledoux,
Manuel Gallegos, Ignaeio Lopez
Ramon de Herrera y Cruz Segura
EstOs delegad0s fuerOn instruidos dt
votar por el DR.. Desmarais, para ma
yor; Amador Uliharri, para Mariscal
Y Enrique Armilo, para Escribano
III Sr. Alare6n fu6 postulado parl
miembro del concilio v Ramon d,
Herrera Y Pillar Abeyta, para miem
bros del cuerpo de educaci0n. En- lal
uominaciones' para delegados, Spies
fue derrotado por Manuel Gallegoi
por S vot0s contra 3, o eosa parecida
En- los barrios > Y Sc tuvieron la,
prlmarias anoche, triunando decisi
vamente en- ambOs Ia iacci0n qu,
sustiene la candidatura del DIR. Des
marais; pero los Romeristas nombra
ron delegaciones c0ntestantes.
En- el barri0 2ndo. Sc disputarOn Ii
presidencia Felipe Baca y Garcia POI
los ants y Susano Montalo per Ro
nero Y oontado el voto sac0 Baca !
Garcia una mayoria de c0sa de die
votes. Los derrotados no Sc dierol
ip1r satisfechos Y nombraron delega
ci0n contestants en- un lado del salon
Los delegad0s de los regulares ins
| treyeron por Desmarais, Ulibarrf
| ArmDo, William III. Stapp lue nom
brado para miemhro del concilio
| Cecilio Rosenwald y Jose Limo Rive
ri para el cuerpo de edueaei0n. De
otfo lado no supimos d quienes nom
brarian, tai era el bullieio.
En- el barri0 tercero Sc disputar1n
presidencia Don Margarito Romero
el DR., Desmarais, pero Ia facei0n Re
| nero tambien tuyo convention en- II
iado del salon. Eu esta lunta los n
! gulares nombraron q Juan Silva par
| miembro del concillo y Jose Rome
ro Y Lorenzo Delgado para el cuerp
de educaci6n & instruyeron q su dele
gaei6u por Desmarais, Ullbarri y AL
milo. Era tan enorme la bulla en- !
convention dicidente que no supimC
que fu6 10 que hicieron.
Desde que Sc dividieron estas pr
marlas hemos dido decir que los dt
rrotados de los barrios y nombrt
ran tambi6n delegaciones contestar
tes.
ri los delegados regulares recibe
sus asientos el boletO del DIR. Desms
rails deberd tener Y vot0s y II dc 81
cundino is, enla convention del l1ne
, segun hemospodido oeomprender, DO
Margarito Romero no estaba tomaI
do lad0 en- esta question habiend
sido s0lieitado mas bien para Gu
actuara como drbitro que como n
presentante de la facci6n R0meristi