Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-10

him, for he could and would sleep until three
or four o'clock in the afternoon; but had to
get up at ten or eleven and go to work. To
get the best performances out of him the
management really should send a relay of
business managers on the road with Daniels,
each one to stay along with the show until
he has to come home to get some rest"
There is musical comedy comedian popular
in New York who insists on being allowed to in
terpolate his gags in every piece in which
he plays. He has certain stock in trade of
these funny sayings, which he never varies.
The public has grown used to Them and there
is hardly laugh in anyone of them by this
time, old are they. But to pac1fy this man
the management must let him go through the
hbrettO and insert these mossgrown qu1ps at
intervals, else he will not play. They really do
little if any harm to the piece. and the manage
ment wisely argues that it might as well humor
the star by letting him the old jokes, since
they do not take up much room.
One of the mildest, sweetest, butter-met-in in
her-mouthiest star of to-day is, to quote her
management, trouble let loose when she is
displeased over anything. She is intensely
jealous of anyone in her support making the
faintest semblance of a hit, and one little
actress who played minor part with this star,
and unfortunately for herself, made such a
success on an opening night that the papers
mentioned her name next morning, was
literally thrust out of the theater next
night and told not to dare come back. The
manager daring to interfere was told by the
close the theater. Yet in the midst of scene
like that she could take her and go
the stage to play the part of mild, down.
trodden little maiden that the audience
would burst into tears.
What Causes the Trouble
TT has always been nerves" that have made
women stars hard to handle, nerves and
jealousy. In the old DAYS, in the case of men
stars, it was generally dissipation. Stories
yet told of some of the greatest actors of
generation ago who could never be counted on
to put in an appearance at the theater in time
for performance and were likely to be unable
to go on when they did arrive. There
few such cases nowadays.
Season before last, however right in New
York, such an unfortunate circumstance arose.
One of the leading comedians was playing
engagement at a theater just off Broadway.
The audience was assembled, and it came time
for the star to arrive at the theater. Eight
o'clock and no star! Messengers sent to track
him brought back stories of kind that made
the manager more and more uneasy. At
EIGHTEEN the entire management was clustered
at the stage door, waiting for the comedians
arrival and prepared to give him 'restora-
tives" to enable him to go on Still he did
not come. Suddenly there were sounds of
commotion in the auditorium. They were
ejecting intoxicated man who insisted on
seeing the play. The management arrived on
the scene.
The intoxicated person was the star, There
was no show that night.
Couldn't Stand the Substitute
THERE is one manager IN New York who
has an unenviable position. Not only
is his star woman, but she is his wife. In
some respects this combination works well.
In others, it does not; as, for instance when it
is question of imparting little harsh dis
cipline A few seasons ago the piece in which
his wife starring had long run in New
York. During the last few weeks she showed
a disinclination to work overland, pleading
illness on several occasions and forcing her
husband to put her understudy on in her place.
He did not like this at all; but there seemed no
way out of it. He could not tell his wife that
he did not believe she i'll, without causing
more trouble than he cared for.
But he solved the problem One night
his wife had been perfectly well all day
she sent for him to come to her dressing room
and said:
"Deary, I feel awfully i'll. l wish you'd
put my understudy on tonight"
She expected that he would frown and beg
her to try to appear. Not he. He smiled
and said, g All right, dear; but not your reg
ular understudy. You see, I've been ex-
pecting you'd be i'll again soon, so during the
last two weeks I've had a good understudv
rehearsing your part | had an idea that YOU
might like to Law off from now on and as the
season may run six or eight weeks more |
thought maVbe we could nut her in yO11r Dlace