The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21
FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN.

I .
of the Cabbage Patch" has become
more famous and better known to the
masses than even the "Proverbial Phil
osopher" which made Upper famous.
Here are a few sayings which play
goers hear and remember:
q jes' do the best / ken where the
good Lord put me at, an il looks like
| get happy feelin' i'm me most all the
time"
1T looks like everything in the world
comes right if we jes' wait long
enough"
II hold that it's wrong to keen ever
thing bottled up inside you. Yer feel
ms like ras berry vinegar. If we're
askeered to use 'em an keep on savin'
EN-. first thing you know thy've done
vapOrated"
I've made ii a practice to put all
my worries down in the bottom of my
heart then set on the lid an SMILE
It's sinful TO fus'
Some folks goes right under when
trouble comes, but l carry mine fur an
easy"
1t amt never no use putting up yer
umbrelr till it rains"
You never kin tell which way any
pleasure is comm. Who ever would 'er
thought, when we aimed at the Gene
terry. that we'd land up at a f1rst-class
fire"
Somehow never feel like good
things belong to me till l pass 'em on
to somebody else"
If you git knocked out of one plan
you want to git yerself another right
quick. before yer sperrits has a chance
to fall"
The way to git cheerful is to smile
When you feel bad, to think about
somebody else's headache when yer
own is most Dustin, to keep on beIiev-
in the sun is a-shinin' when the clouds
is thick enough TO cut"
Ma use TO say Twin was like quilt
n'-you orter keep the pieces an do
away with the scraps"
* X x
Kidding on the stage, as Joking and
taking liberties with a play is known
IN theatrical parlance. is tabooed i'm
hrst-class organizations, though some
times II Is done in such a way as not
10 interfere with the performance.
while causing keen merriment i'm the
company. Such case occurred re-
Gently in the comic opera, Tom Jones, %
When Henry Norman turned the tables
on John Bunny. Mr.. Norman. as
Squire Western, is a hard drinking
country gentleman, who at a hunt
breakfast gives an evidence of his ca
pacity for wine. He losses off six
glasses, one after another. OF course.
for stage purposes. only a little bit OF
liquid is put in each glass. as otherwise
the drinking would be a hard matter.
On the occasion mentioned Mr.. Bun
ny said quietly TO the girl who in the
capacity of serving maid hands the
tray full Of glasses to Mr.. Norman
Let me take that" From the decan-
ter he filled each glass to the brim and
then handed the whole thing To Mr.
Norman, whose lines at this particular
point really require that he should dis
pose Of the liquor. At sight of the six
trimming glasses he hesitated an in
star. drank one and a half then. turn
ing 20 Mr.. Bunny, who i'm the charac-
ter of Gregory, is his servant, said,
Here, Gregory, you have some, too"
He kept up insisting until Mr. Bunny
had drank the four glasses and a half.
The audience suspected nothing. and
supposed the laughter among the mem
bers of the company belonged properly
in the play No punishment or repri-
mand resulted from this trick, as Mr..
Bunny is the stage manager and any
censure would have to come from him.
x x x
Most people who follow the careers of
stage favorites have an idea it was in
"A Rag Baby that Frank Daniels
made his first appearance. As a mat
ter of fact, The TattOOed Man" began
his professional career much earlier
than the day of the Hoyt farce i'm ques-
ton.
Daniels was inspired by the perform
ances given at the famous old Boston
Museum, when Harry BlOodgood. Will
liam Warren and other idols of the Hub
were delighting audiences. Young Dan
iels was applying his mastery mind to
the intricacies of English grammar at
the Lawrence school, but he found
many opportunities to attend the PLAYS
at the Museum, and after a while fell
TO initiating some of the players. The
mirth these efforts invariably afforded
MS chance audience eventually nodded
the boys ambition and brought him to
the attention of a comic opera i'm
presario named George A. Jones. This
manager organized what was known as
the Boston Opera company 1t started
It's tour in Chelsea, and with il Frank |
Daniels played his first part that of !
the sheriff in ''The Chimes of Nor |
mandy"
While travelling in Italy with his |
daughter last summer. John Drew dis |
covered that his reputation had pene- |
- @tSu into tic uepNilS OF the ApennineS /
In a peculiar manner. They were stop /
ping at picturesque hillside inn. con |
Quoted by swaTthy peasant and his /
son. Addressing the son i'm his best
Italian" Mr.. Drew ordered luncheon
for the party, and especially some
fresh milk for Miss Drew.
Something was muttered by the
waiter as he served the meal, but. /
it bit of local obscure Ital-
ian, the remark went unanswered.
Then ii was that Miss Drew discovered |
the milk to be quite warm. The waiter
was recalled and renuesfed on,a more