The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-14
BY IRWIN S. COBB.

THAT ought to be fine and nutritious
so long as she takes it out thinking"
said the Hotel Clerk
Yes, but Names goin' all right"
said the Head Bell-Boy, "just as soon
as she kin decide on a good stage
name. Nom wants her 20 ca herself
Dainty Evelyn Sinclair, cause no
body'd ever think anybody called Sim
clair was really named Monahan, but
Name kinder likes Madge Lloyd, the
Merry Madcap. One of the fellers that
boards at our house suggested 10 her
that she might call herself Varie Lloyd
lhstld OF Madge, seeing as she was
about TO break out. l amt doped out
yet exactly what he meant. but, any
way, that's what he said. Names 60
in 10 decide on the name first and then
she's goin' around to see all the most
prominent managers and the one that
offers her the most money she'll take
him"
''That'I be grand" said the Hotel
Clerk viii your sister star the first
season."
That amt been settled YETI an
swered the Head Bell-Boy. Nom thinks
she oughter star right off. Nom is
strong for them shows like you see
on Told avenue where the heroine is
bound fast to the tracks. and lust as
the stage hands is about TO run over
ner with a pasteboard Iocomotife. her.
faithful dog comes runnin' out and
snaws her loose or somethin' like that.
Girls IN musical shows wear the
swell regalla' Name says, and they
don't have TO do much but sing and
dance and stall around with the come
dian, and more'n half the time thew
snag off some splendid young Yale fell
Ter that's got a millionaire for a ia
Their, and after that they don't do a
thing but ride around in tourin' cars
and eat Chinese pheasants smothered
in fried orchids and candied vi'lets and
them fancy steaks that costs three dol
lars a throw"
"Chateaubriand," suggested the Hotel
Clerk.
Sure, that's it-Shorty Broad" said
the Head Bell-Boy. only l don't know
what they wanted TO name an expen-
sive dish like that for a prize fighter
when there's so many beef stews that
amt been named at all. But Names
there with the fancy language, ell right.
She can talk that table dote stuff lust
like it belonged 10 her"
Has she got natural talent?" asked
the Hotel Clerk.
When it comes to natural taleht.
she's there with a bob-sled," said the
Head Bell-Boy. Nearly every night
several of the other families in the
house come over to our flat just to
hear Name recite She's been studvin'
under one of them fellers up at Car
negte hall that teaches electrocution on
the premises or easy lessons by mail:
and at his graduatin' exercises next
week she's goin' TO recite a swell Sc
lection called The Chariot Race from
Ben Hirsch.' MONS made her a cos
toom out Of this here white cheese
cloth and she wears A lot of gilt cur
tain chains on her wrists and arms
and wraps ribbons in her hair until
it looks like her head was tied up with
a string. It goes great. Name says
just let Klaw & Erlanger hear her re-
cite that selection once with her chains
all rattlin' like sleigh bells. and theren
be nothin' to it. l guess she won't
have much trouble gettin' ready"
They never do in the theatrical
line" stated the Hotel Clerk Enter
ing almost any other profession re-
quires preparation. All over this coun-
try next week therell be thousands and
thousands of bright young girls COM
ing out on a platform i'm white null
dresses carrying essays with blue rib
bOns tied around them. entitled Open
ing the Oyster We Call the World. or
else Beyond the Alps Lies Italy, which
il frequently does lie. especially about
the grade of olive oil il sends to US
and few other things. And at the
same time and place any number of no.
bic boys Will be on hand in their new
black diagonals. not knowing just ex-
actly what TO do with their hands and
feet for the time being, but ready to
inform their parents and friends in the
audience and the members of the school
board and common council sitting in
the boxes how TO win success in the
business world. But on the Tuesday
following, these bright young girls will
start in beating the vital spark out
of typewriter for s. per. and the boy
valedictOrians will take a job marking
queensWaFe crates for 80 bones a month,
but after the second year they'll be
raised TO 80 and allowed TO make out
invoices. 1t also takes preparation to
learn the art of laying bricks, and even
piano mover is expected to serve an
apprenticeship smashing baggage at a
depot, or something like that, SOS to
accustOm himself TO the sound of things
breaking. But if a young person makes
up his or her mind to be an actor or ac-
tress, there doesn't have TO be any pre-
liminary stages. They just hop right
in the same as your sister Mamie and
be it."
Still Name thinks influence counts |
for a heap unless you're right there
with the real talent" said the Head
Bell Boy.
There's nearly always somebody
with strong drag in the profession |
that's willing to help out" said the HO- |
tel Clerk. You can generally find a /
friend that knows a man that's init |
mate with party doing ticket specu- |
iating in front of one of the main
Broadway houses that's willing to saw a 1
kind word for a beginner where it'n do /
some good And still, with all this. |
they have trouble sometimes. I'll not |
deny that. l understand there's a con-
spiracy on the part of some of these /
stars like Crane and Gillette and Maude |
Adams TO frown down the newcomers
and discourage them. l guess maybe |
they're afraid of their jobs. because |
there's hardly a graduate of a dramat- |
ic school anywhere that's not able to |
point out to these old-timers where /
they're away off reading their lines. |
Talk about your carping critics for the |
newspapers These young Battling /
Booths and young Kid Garricks that |