The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-05
TOOK HIS CUE
FROM S0THERN
He Was But Dog, Yet Was an Actor
All His Life-Kn0wu in
Salt Lake CITY.
alt Lake City.


the foOtlights, for Danger was am acton
of distinction. equally beloved ng Oh.
celebrities along Broadway am" LID.
newspaper critics, says the New T5l.
Times.
Above all. il should be recogufze. that
Danger was an actor and by ug means
a trick dog. He didn't jump trru.-.
hoons or balance d cane on his urz# 20.
was an artist. Some idea of bis Dee
lmarkabIe talents can be gathered n- ..-
calling "The Dancing Girl produce.
by e. H. Sothern. In il is q scene when.
the hero, worn out and discourage.
sinks his head on his hands and u.a..
! There is no one in the world who love.
me-
AT this moment. the hero's dos a.-
pears. walks slowly down 10 the front
/ goes over to the man and. rising ODD ...
I hind legs ticks his masters hands
! The dog that played this scene u.
7 Mr.. Sothern had 70 be trained u his
part. for when the play was revived d..
I the Fifth Avenue theatre I'm New York.
/ Danger was the dog. After the first Dee
hearsaI ne was letter perfect and n.
played the part with only four raEaa--.
ais in all. At first he would watch I.
master David Miles, owner uf 9Th.
| Marshal" and listen Tor him en- say
! there's your cue for that word WA.
as familiar to the quadruped actor s-
/ TO any of his fellow professional. Ate
the first performance. Danger w0l.
stand by the entrance, one white "a.
cooked and a paw lifted. listening
/ his line. quite independent of turtle.
prompting.
Possibly the most remarkable feat .
all of Dangers career was perfarma.
far from Broadway. It was I'm Salt
Lake City. in connection with this sam.
/ part i'm 'The Dancing Girl three AM.
a half seasons after his appearance .H
it i'm New York Dangers owners who
never allowed him 10 b. away from
them. were filling a summer engage
ment I'm the stock company there wEa.
the management wanted to use DANCE.
in THE Dancing Girl
Mrs. Miles. who had trained l" bee
fore. expected To TeteaCh him the r.r-
She stood by the back door. reua.rr.
the old cue. and prepared to lead Oh.
dog through the window. No sooner
had he heard the old line than mwa-
ldiateIy Danger trOtted forward. To was
more than three years since he Ha.
played the part. but he had torsut-..
neither Zines" nor business.
As if that were not enough for .".
small dog the next week the mauaG..
meut decided to try "All the Comfort.
of Home" q rough and tumble far.
requiring 4 clown dog. The TeheaTsa.
for this were held while Danger was
stili playing the pathetic ro.' I'm Oh.
. morning Danger appeared and r.-
bearseI the horseplay scene of the
farce. chasing a certain man around a.
, rooms. over chairs and tables iu the
evening he went through his usual
p sympathetic scenes i'm THE Dauciu-
! Girl" without for q moment CUufuS.u-
, the part ne had rehearsed i'm the morn
ing with the one he was to play a
- night.
The Salt Lake City newspapers had
columns about Danger and the man
, laeemeut of the theatre. astouuded at hi.
b feat of memory, presented 10 him d
handsome silver mounted collar en-
% graved. Danger Miles. iu remembranc.
of the OrpheUm Stock company"
This is only one of the incidents OF
I J Dangers professional adaptabiiity
81 which ranked him as one of the mos
valuable dogs I'm the country. He wa
4 just 81 years old when he died Hl
t made his debut at the age of 4 month
{ as the dudes dog i'm THE Arabia,
F. Nights" and in the course of his CA
p: reer. NE created fifteen parts Wit
J. him if was simply a case of art fu
arts sake. for Mr.. and Mrs Miles wer
f entirely too devoted to the dog to con
- slider him as "a commercial asset. Dan
ger acted only because he loved to. IT
was stage-struck-
Moreover. Danger had the artist
temperament and was capable of Ur.
- fessional jealousy. He liked applause
and if on any night he failed to get d
g much as he thought he ought he wa
- quite as detected as a leading wOma
b who has lost a laugh a curtain ca
IS delighted him. and he would trot ta.
ward. graceful and unembarras
II taking the curtain" with the air of uu
who knows what is his due. If the AT
8 plause was sufficiently loud and rr.
T. lonsed, he would add a little reSpuu~fr
bark To his customary appreciativo va
E. of the tail.
Danger had only one winnie .r
,. jected to riding in baggage cars. Han
10 ing been three times to the Par5H
IT, coast, and in every part of the COUNT
to except Mexico, Danger had plenty
opportunity TO display his feelings .
=, the subject Very soon he Learned
." fool the Pullman porters on his own a
tx count. All theatrical dogs of any q.
re / perlenCe know enough to lie still wl.
rolled i'm d rain coat and carried MOI
'n chalantly, head downward. past -r.
y conductor. But Danger weighed forty
three pounds. and could not be lil..
i'm handbag, SO he soon learned
take the situation into his own han.
r. Mr. Miles, dropping hold of the .ea-
. would go up TO the brakeman and "a
I'll a few questions. while Danger ue
m good his escape. past the brakawa
Il and into the compauy's special "a
When Mr.. and Mrs. Miles found q sea
tn Danger was beneath it waiting -
them. on one occasion the ra-r.r
't left Denver on Wednesday evening
y and travelled till Friday az I'm q
th afternoon. making the "jump" % Butt
Mont, changing cars three times IN
he the whole forty hours the dos new
uttered a bark or even once put out b
' head for food and water. waiting -r'
H. 1t was showed under tine seat TN
many porters and brakemen Ee Gr'-
in making the three changes of cars
ad one was able To count
Perhaps it was the exciting H'a
ia led, or perhaps Danger was run n-.-
Isl for this world. but two weeks ago
developed heart trouble a Tow Gas