Arizona republican., 1909-12-14

that Dyllyn was in San Francisco
 And both men are rather interesting
 each in his own peculiar way.
 MT Dyllyn is singer and actor ty
 profession and arrived here yesterday
 to fill an engagement at the Coli
 scum. In the course of the day i:e
 ran into Harry Friedman. who reccg-
 nized him as the third man in the
 party last summer. on the occasion when Mir. Friedman during visit to
 san Francisco was being stcwn by | Fire Chief Pat Shaughnessy the new | fire boats under contraction. it will be recalled that on MT. Friedric n's
 return The Republican printed an item to the effect that MT Friedman
 rubbed all the fresh pain; off of one of the boats and on his clothes. and that the other members of the party took him to the ship yards and threw him in a vat of gasoline until he had soaked himself loose from the
 raint Some people doubted tha st )ry and Tr Friedman brought Mir. Dyi.ya 3ro.In1 last nigh. as an affida!i. man.
 H. verified everything.
 While engaged in so doing d gentle man attired in evening dress. high hat. overcoat and spotless shirt front. looking very much like pro- fessional hypnotist or a wizard in stage clothes except for the overcoat, entered and joined the party. He in troduced himself as C. H. Buckley of New York and as he made his bow he touched a button concealed in his left palm. Instantly his white shirt front became the background for sign in amber colored electrically lighted letters two inches high which read: ''McBrayer's Cedar Brook Whiskey" Mir Buckley represents the highest form of evolution the sand wich man" has yet attained. No old greasy oilcloth placards cumbersome ly hung around his neck. no plod- ding through snow and slusa. All he has to do is to wear good clothes walk about the streets a few hours every evening. and just live, touching the button once in a while to flas the advertising sign to let the con- stantly changing crowd know why he is alive Buckley has a decided novelty in the way of an ad and the best of it (from his viewpoinO is that he is a trust The sign device which is only electric lettering shown through a celluloid shirt front is his own invention and it is patented. He is in the employ of the Chicago firm which distributes that particular brand of nourishment among the people
 Getting back to the text of the story. Buckley had no sooner touched the button than Dyllyn remarked. Hello. old man. l thought you were in Gotham" Then it was explained that both had stopped at the same hotel in New York about year ago and became well acquainted
 MT Dyllyn also has a little story He is an actor of early vintage. hav- ing trod the boards since 1873. Though he is not yet an old man it may be said that he has reached a fair rla- turity He is the man who made famous the old song Never Take .he Horseshoe From the Door," and 1t wasn't inst written yesterday He is till singing. doing monologues and character and impersonation work. and doing it we'll He says that his favorite list of Representations in cludes President Taft and though not so large man ne IS pulIt OH similar plan and might be considered if properly made up as good pocket edition of the presiednt.
 Not the least interesting thing about Mir. Dyllyn is his name. He admits it is as Irish as Paddy's pig and denies that he is trying to work it off for a French word. It came about this way. When he was play ing in San Francisco in 1876, just be- ginning to get little glory. there was a Dillon down in New York who was really taking the town. The Frisco player was told that unless he adopted some other name he would be accused of trying to steal the elder Dillon's glory and when they met there would be confusion over business matters generally. He was advised to substitute for the |. He went his advisers one better and substituted ys for both i and O. Had there been any more vowels he would probably have supplanted them with ys also It is his favorite letter.