The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-10-03
Fight for 1t.

him-not colby and INTELLECTUALLY, as
he has been played-but in the nervous,
even Wild way that consider snake
spenre wrote him.
Miss valeska surratt appeared at ths
Casino opening all dressed UP Ike
studer5akerwagon According to the
terse description OF her costume by one
OF her sisters in "the profession" she
wore "a lovely skirt" and she had her
head all grit aound with bunch of
junk that might have been taken from
an oldfashoned chandelier. 1t had a
suggestion OF a SaOme headgear, and
consisted OF mosaic ornaments that
clasped her brow In a diadem, but Miss
Surratt said 1t was nothing more harm
full than the tiara she will wear In her
forthcoming Three Weeks" dance In
vaudeville.
Genius is often absent-minded and
sometimes causes a riot. The other
day h. II. Burnside. who stage directed
the new Hippodrome show. was sitting
out front" during a matinee. He
watched It all attentively, and the APP
plause of the large audience around
him apparently fell on deaf ears, so far
as he was concerned, so engrossed was
he In observing tho young men and
women going through the evolut!ous he
had taught them.
Finally, the bird ballet came on, and
his artistic temperament and utter for
getfulness OF his surroundings got the
better OF him. Up he jumped. tearing at
his hair and waving his arms;
folks around him stared, thinking him
suddenly mad. Are you girls dummies
That's not the way told you! Can't
you ever learn anything"
And two OF the little girl ushers, as
walked along that he was no anarchist.
but perfectly good stage director, who
was laboring under the delusion that he
was al rehearsal instead OF q per-
Torrance.
A Peep Behind the curtain.-Cllfton
Crawford. the star OF The Three
Twins" came to this country from Eng
land six or eight years ago a golf ex-
TO play the national game OF tho canny
Scot, but somebody tod him he coul !
act, and now he doesn't know q brass!e
lie from stymied boste.
Henry E Warner. now playing one o,
the important parts with Wilton Lack
aye In The Battle" will have the lead
ing masculine role in the Richard Hard
ing Davis piece. Vera the Medium" in
which Miss Eleanor Robson will shortly
begin her season.
Dave Montgomery. who with his part
ner. Fred Stone, Is heading toward New
York as fast as THE Red Mil" can
turn. felt the call OF Broadway las,
or ~
Colonial Theatre, IN Boston. got on an
express and woke up in this city. The
business OF signing legal papers con.
nected with his purchase Of an uptown
residence didn't take up all the time the
comedian had to spare. o-d he put In q
Joyous hour shaking Broadway hands
Paul Armstrong. the ready play writer
wanted TO know how Mr.. Montgomery
was standing the exile.
"Oh. as for that" said Mr.. Ddlltng.
hams funny man. zone can be happy
no matter where one finds oneself. 1!
one only goes about II In the right way"
Mr.. Armstrong stared d!sgustedly
one can, can one, eh?' he muttered
This Montgomery person has been
he talks like an Engl!shman."
Then ri never talk that way again y
apolog.zed Mr.. Montgomery. sit was a
slip OF the tongue. ought to have
known better. after my experience in
the reason they say "one" is because
they mean one. and no more. I was
talking with an English actor In the
Cecil one afternoon. and suddenly he
said. Excuse me. old chap. for min.
ute. and walked over to the bar: II he
"A nj u
alone, and come back and expect TO
carry on the conversation, you can have
me arrested
THAT'S the way they do" agreed
"As soon as he started talking" said
Mr.. Montgomery. II called waiter
and ordered ono cocktail. and as !
stpped 1t told tho Engl!shnan how
good II was"
william II. oy1att. manager Of The
Three Twins" Is beginning to believe
that Gen. Stanhope's 'taceology'' Is be-
coming contagious. Last night being
pay night, ovistt was dispensing the
weekly Insult" while the assem- bled
members OF the company were awaiting
their cues.
Clifton Crawford had received his en-
velope. and was returning to tho wings
preparatory to going on. when oviatt
stopped him. saying:
Here you are. curtiss." and extended
the pay envelope belonging TO Willard
Curtlss. another OF the Twins"
Much obliged" said Crawford; "can
have Kauffmans. too?"
oviatt cknow'edged they were on
him" and said that hereafter the
Twins will be paid after they have
taken off their makeup.
At a dinner given In her honor By
Julian Rose last night. Miss Alice Lloyd
wore a "dog-collar" containing Nifty
eight diamonds, which she said had been
recently purchased with part OF the
earnings OF her first American season.
No wonder she announces she is going
to make this country her home and cut
out that dear old England
FESTIVAL OF IRISH SONG.