The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-17
Example of Blackhawk
Should Be Needed by
All VillyunS.
It's Awful Nice, Though, TO
Be the Hero or the
HerOeSS.

The actor business Is getting to be
quite sadful. II you don't play the hero
or the heroess. you are likely 10 get
pushed of most any time, even if you've
led a straightforward existence Take
the brief but salutary career Of Black
hawk. the Sioux. Just because he hap
pCned to make little mistake that
] time when he vas crawling alOns on
/ his stomach, which is one of the most
| Important parts of an indian, excepting
/ only the eyes which glitter constantly,
and the mouth which is used for car
/ rying knives and saying ugh me good
| IndianH'-because, in fact, the gel who
was sitting there moaning for her low
/ er, got hep to him. the wIiteress of
/ the meIodrama made the poor Indian
! set intoxicated in the last act, and the
I first thing the audience at the Academy
knew last night. poor Blackhlwk, chief
of the Sioux, was a dead bind.
/ The gel, YOU know, was bo-n IN Eng
| land. You can tell that right away.
Somebody says so IN the first act Well,
| her fayther and her mayther come 10
| America. All, she is stole. Who stole
that child? Nobody knows The family
| is TOO poor 10 hire Sherlock Holmes, 50
whoever he is gets away with the pack
! age and moves West, probably wanting
TO grow up with the country.
The Gel Is Reared.
And so they settle at Black Creek.
/ Out among these quiet scenes the gel
Fis reared She becomes one of the boys
! But here he comes. The villyun-you
can see he's the vilIyun. because he
| wears a thirty-dollar suit, carries a
| cane. a musJaChe. and an accent Ike
! Forty-second sJreet-has took away the
/ mine Of Jim Blunt, who IS going 10
/ marry June London. who is quite a
| friend OF Bunco, by false papers. and,
as he holds them in the light from The
saloon and taps them with his cane, you
can see that he is an evil man.
! BuncO. the heroess. comes riding in
on her pony. and shoots a few stage
hands for practice, and lets Dick Gold
/ Sparkle kiss her hand When the
l viIlyun, who's none other than Cousin
Jimmie. from England, tries TO kiss her
| hand the best he gets is q foo Quite
a neat bit Of repartee that, and much
/ appreciated in Black Creek
/ But Cousin Jimmie's sister. Mrs.
| Heathercott, wearing black gloves and
la half princess gown, gathers about her
a circle of rood cowboys. who cannot
but offend her. Ioidy that she is. and
tells the sad story story while the
cheeild is coming down the road. You
/ can hear her coming when the stage
hands beat the tom-tom back of the
I scenes.
! once again Mrs.. HeatherCott repeats
the sad story. You. my cheeild. are a
! heiress. You shall 90 back TO England
with me "Oh, heU-" eXclaims the
! heroess. as she bangles her feet in
! graceful fashion over the edge of the
/ gambling table. This camps GOOD
enough for muh."
! Here comes Sparkle His manly frame
| is shook by sobs, although tiey are con-
| cealed. He casts his eyes upon the
ground. but when the gel comes out Of
her modest little home he starts and
/ looks confused.
Then Some Conversation.
I'm going away from hyah.' she
/ says being a sort Of tease)-
! You an going away from heah?''
Ihe mutters. starting back Che couldn't
go forward. because she was in the
way.
! NO. I'm not" What an easy way TO
get out Of it. But stop! The hero is
I
itvyeuty-four Carats, etc. etc
you'd better so, gel. An have only 4
umbIe home to offer you"
! ooh. Sparkle. a humble home with
YOU is better than a castle in England"
Put here comes Cousin Jimmie. Al
ready he mates Sparkle. Blackhawk "a
Ibrief resume of this poor Indians career
will be found at the start of this story
If i. gets mast the desll) Comej in. Two
vIIIytns together. Hal Sparkle must
90! BIackhawk viii supply tie motive
power.
Ha ha, The hero comes out from
sr5u1.er. satiated with bacon and hominy
ana aapjacks and coffee. He sits upon
the porch and rolls a cigarette Now
he dreams out loud. but we won't tell
what Ee said. We don't rightly remem-
Der
! Here comes that Indian. He crawls
along the boardwalk. No, this is wrong;
laione the grass. Every time when he
x about TO fire or use his knife he IS
foued. The boys playing bridge inside
lbave grown hilarious, and their blithe
sbouts make the already assistant VIII
yum nervous
'Rut at last the cleaning knife.
sra+ched from the kitchen table some
where. is lifted high above the PROSTATE
man It is about TO be sinzed in his
bosom when a shot rings out from the
house across the way. Bunco is on the
lob lust as the writeress intended. and
when the spotlight is turned on her
you can bet the boys dppIduu- SAe sure
lis a noble gel
1 poor Tim Blunt. he is down in the
bottom of that mine shaft where Black
! hawk. who got shot IN the arm or the
J imagination only, has put him ut the
orders OF the head yillyun, Cousin Jim
( mic. Poor jim. also, because he's in
1.-The second act now, and when Black
/ hawk and BunCo and Sparkle are not
/ on the stage there's nothing doing. You
can't set dramatic interest out of q
/ man 60 or 600 feet under ground, and
/ has been without food or water for one
week.
The gil1yun Is Fooled.
! But his friends are after him. 1t