The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02
WIILIAM COLLIER,
"Cnursht In he Acad

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the nnin,'' ut thc<Acadcmy.
fact that she is the prettiest girl nc
has ever seen only adds to his en-
* bashful man is muchs|
more at ease with homely woman
than with a pretty one. though nature
IL no perverse that this very type OF |
man usually abhors an ugly woman.
! 4 doesn't take long for Dick Crawford |
10 fall in love with this chance ac-
luaintance, but unfortunately he |
leaves the shelter of the awning under
the belief that she Is Nellie Gardiner.'tI
Later he finds himself confronted with
the proposition, OF winning fortune
IL he Will marry a girl whose name is
"Mnriel Mason But the girl Of the
awning, whom lie supposes to be Mel
lie Gardiner" Is still fascinating him.
t IL easy to imag Inc the remainder OF |
the story. In the last act, OF course. |
he finds out that the girl with a for
tune is really the lady with whom he
was Caught In the rain" and so there
Is the usual happy ending.
Mr.. Charles Frohman has surrounded
the comedian with an excellent com
pany. which includes Albert Perry. /.
John saville. Richard Sterling. Regl-
maid Mason. w. H-4Posi, Thomas Beau
FL
John Adam. Thomas Lennon. Ellen
Mortimer. Jane Laurel, Helena Collier
Garnick and Anne Bradley.
How Collier Started.
Willie Collier started his stage career
without any undue ceremony, and with
out the aid of dramatic school or
the modern theatrical agency. Hell
raped his knuckles on the stage door,
and asked II he could get job inside.
lie got It, This was twenty some years
ago. The stage door was thar of
Hayeriy's Theatre. New York. and the
JOB inside was With Haverlys Juye-
nile Opera Company. then organizing,
and rehearsing "Pinnfore." Collier was
kid" and II he had any special ral-
ent, he did not know 1t. j. H. Haverl
ly. however. thought he saw in him
the making OF a juvenile comedian.
and he was cast az one OF the Horse
Marines. and proved one of the comic
titsof the production.
The following is a list of some of the
other kids" who were in that COM
pany, some of whom have been heard
of on the stage once or twice since:
Julia Marlowe. Annie Russell. Grace
F,ilkins. Henry Woodruff. Maude Os-
borne, Arthur and Jennie Dunn, Daisy
Murdoch. frankie Bishop. Joe Tuttle.
Eva french. Willie Newman, Selma
Rough, Johnny McKeever, Alfred III Elm,
Sally and Fanny Cohen, Daisy Hooker,
Ella Emanuel, Emma Hanley, Ike
Lasker, Sam and Lewis Sloman, Fanny
Tilton. Ida de Court, Gus Collins, New
ton Fox. Louis Wesley, Otto Ahlstrom,
Ernie Murdoch and George Breuning
Maude Adams and Flora Walsh, as
an lrishman might say, only missed
being with this company by not join
ing. They We're both members OF an
other Juvenile Pinatore Company,
then playing in San Francisco. They
would have joined the HayerFy organi-
cation had 1t not been that tho mana
ger would not break his rule OF not
| allowing any OF the mothers of his
Young troupers to accompany the or
ganlzation on its tours.
son Pnrolc.'.
Con Parole" with Miss Mary Emerson
in the principal role, will be the offer
| day.
In speaking of the play. the Wash
fington Post says: $50 adroitly is on
4 Parole constructed that when at GER
i tain moments the SPECTATOR feels that
he Is abouteto be led into paths too
frequently trodden. 1t is found that he
1 Is confronted by sltuat ion entirely
unexpected or brought to thrilling
/ crisis that closes an act with a touch
J OF omething like genius.''
con PAROLE was first produced
by Mr.. Henry Millers company III
New York last season. It achieved
instant success. and a tour Of the
! cities followed. In looking over
4 the field for a play with a part
suited to Miss Mary Emerson's abili-
Lilies her managers came to the con-
!. clusion that the role OF Constance
4 sPinokney, in ION Parole,,..B offered her
1.-the hest opportunities Of any play
a available, and it was Immediately Sc
cured for her use en- tour this oeason.
4 While the atmosphere Of ION Parole"
g is Of q military nature; It is not a war
4Iplay in the generally acce pied meaning
N LOT the term. It Is rather a. romantic
drama, dressed In tho fashion OF the
4 sixties during tho close OF the
y Civil War. Cons tance Is the daughter
q of old General Pinckney. Of Lees STAFF
"a who In orderHto assist him, acts as the
bearer Of important dispatches be-
tween certain branches of the Confed.
| crate Army. She is surprised anf
Z pursued by Major Dale, chief of tht
a Intelligence service Of tho Fedora
3 army, The members of her househol,
4 are nut under arrest and she Is pu
n on parole, hut not, however,tunti at
j ter she had sent word OF his pres
! ence to her father. Major Dale 4
J, eventually captured by General Iinck
4 sney and his men, but not before ~
4 has lost his heart to the general
& tlaught Ter Constance. She has ais
fallen in loYe $withstheB major and de
4 plores having aided In his capture. Fl
a however, looks upon her protestation
Qualification as a blind to- compass hi
y downfall, and upon helm s. takon ava,
) by Ills captors berates her for her ap
& parent dupllcity. The third act bring
s. about IA lec0nci liation OF all schnracter
m rnricarn ed and tha NAV ia hrOiarf,t t
Il a happy. ending. Ms IA
II Chauncey Olc0tt. an, # ss
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