The San Francisco call., 1908-08-05
Richard, in Turn, Derides Act
0r's Spelling and Says He
Has Awful Temper
Will Not Keep Rebate of S14
and Promises to Give 1t
to Thespian Fund
IS Blatherskite and Writes
Like a Tough" Parting
Shot of Manager

Through the rarified atmosphere of
San Francisco's critical zone fourteen
dollars and many more tantalizing
words are flying with the sudden
spurts of Henri Farman's accom-
plished areoplane and with quite as
much notoriety.
The controversy excited by Richard
Hotaling's valiant critique on The
Servant in the House." for which he
was rewarded with rebate of four
teen dollars, and continued by Henry
Miller's cool rebuke of Hotaling's
Shakespearean accomplishments. has
veered. It now sounds like the false
syntax of complete letter writer
"Hotaling writes like a tough. He
is the Malvolio of the Pacific coast. He
is a blatherskite. a slime singer" de-
clared Miller yesterday.
so CONsIDERATE
Hotaling will not cling to his re-
bate. He will give it to the actors
fund. He is the most serious man who
had with Henry Miller over the merits
of the persons who presented Charles
Ram Kennedy's morality play.
In his original letter Hotaling con-
tented himself with attacking the mer-
its Of the Henry Miller associate play
ers. Yesterday he went even further
Miller can't SPELL" he declared fas-
tidiously. I'm his letter to me he
spelled affront with an 'e.'"
/ But that is merely a gentle comment
compared to what Miller said of Ho-
taling's letter.
| Had he written like a gentleman 1
would have accepted his criticism with
out hostility" declared the actor man
ager, but his letter was low, COM
mon. vulgar as if it were written by a
tough"
Hotaling refused to repeat the text
of his correspondence in full. Should
1 criticise those people l might get
them into trouble with Miller" he said
with the quintessence of seriousness
when seen in his office on the eleventh
floor of the Merchants Exchange build
ing, seated comfortably and placidly
beneath a magnificent landscape by
William Keith. Il understand" Ho-
falling continued, that Miller has an
awful temper-he scolds the members
of his company, I have been told. in
astonishing language. He might say,
i Miss Matthison, YOU But never
mind"
"Win you discuss Millers letter to
you and his remarks?"
What Mr. Miller said is quite un-
worthy of him." replied Hotaling
finally.
What Miller said was that 'Hotaling
is the most asinine ass l ever heard
off,
Il simply wrote to Miller from the
standpoint of a man in the front of the
house." Hotaling continued. In SUBJ
stance, what / said was: I thought
that with the people on the stage q
great deal better performance of the
play could have been given I simply
protested as one interested in all
things theatrical and looking toward
the best results from the people on the
stage / don't remember using the
term cipher headed critics
/ 'I thought Mr.. Miller would respond
! in the friendly spirit in which the
letter was sent. saying: We have mu-
tual friends. 1 hope to meet you and
we can discuss these matters. Come
around and see the rest of the shows.
/ thought the company should be keyed
up to be more worthy of the piece.
money to all the people who dislike
his shows If he charges 50 prices he
should give a 81 show. j have great
amount of work to perform, SO viii
you kindly excuse me from further
discussion of his letter? 1t was quite
unworthy of Mr.. Miller"
THE LETTER IN FULL
The letter, in the opinion of Hotaling
quite unworthy of Miller, follows:
San Francisco, July 81. 1908
Mr.. Richard NJ. Hotaling, Hotel Del
Monte, California.
Your testimony of bad taste and ig-
norance received 1t conforms with GER
tain fragmentary accounts of your ex-
| istence which have reached me. Per-
haps you think your money licenses
YOU to offer such an effront not only
your letter mentions. However, 1 will
refund the amount you claim to have
spent thereby acting quixotically in
taking your mere word
Il The cipher headed critics." as you
! designate them, have proved themselves
at least humanists in their tolerance
ii when the financial gain of your ances-
tors enabled you to make a pitiful ex.
Il town of Oakland.
Henry Miller is not fustered over the
I Hofaling incident
!, who is this fellow Hotaling? he
asked. His letter was full OF low
common phrases. like 'stung.' sore. 81
worth sore He referred to me as the
! boss of the show He attacked the
professional ability of this company
which contains the best actors that
could secure. He's a biatherskite, anc
he writes like a tough 1t was the die.
tion that offended me; it irritated ms
and probably affected me SO that
spoke intemperately.
ARROGANT BAD TASTE
I'm fnal 1 have no interest in thu
discussion of Mr.. Hotaling's opinion. O,
the instance of arrogant bad taste IL
writing as he did of company of art
lists whose positions are too we'll estab.
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