The San Francisco call., 1909-04-29
'MRS.HORTON NPHIPPS'
NAMED ia YALERA"
Society Dancer Will Return to
Stage, Where Formerly She
Was Extra Woman
Youngest Minstrel in World Has
Photograph Taken in a
Basket of Flowers
BY WALTER. ANTHONY

Mrs. Horton F. Phipps, who. has.
adopted the stage as "a profession and
dancing as means Of livelihood, is not
as new. to the theater as. many may
think. Though she made her. first
Impression at the kirmess which so-
ciety gave recently sat the Central
theater. it was .pot the first time that
she had appeared on. the Central
boards Formerly she was an ''extra
woman at that playhouse and assumed
small roles. That was before the fire.
Nothing came Of her. efforts TO break
into professional life, and her. hus-
band, mining man. discouraged her
ambitions. though he owed his first
meeting with her TO the fact that she
was an ambitious actress.
The name which Mrs. Phipps as
sumes for nom de theater is a family
patronymic. La Valera is a pioneer
name in Oregon, and Mrs. Phipps'
ancestors are Castiiians via Mexico
and with a strain OF Hebrew blood in
their veins. They settled in. oregon
nearly SO years ago.
As Hazel Wolfe. Mrs. Phipps was. a
belle Of Portland and divided her time
between that city and San Francisco.
She was married five years ago. when
she was a student at ST. ;Margaret's
seminary in San Mateo. to which place
she came from st. Eelen's hall, Port
land She is % years Of age.
II was almost like d ceremony at
Terkelson & Henry's photogra phic par
lors when James (gim9 Honey Boy
keefe had his picture taken. jim is
just months old and. therefore the
youngest minstrel in the world. His
father is Matt heefe. balladist and
Nodeler at the American theater and an
old time San Francisco lad with. a
most Of friends. They gave him a
bower Of flowers on his opening night
at the Market street playhouse and
tratled along when the floral Offer
ings' were being taken TO the photo
graph parlors for purposes of picture
reproduction / thought I'd get a. little
chat about old San Francisco. but when
the baby was rolled into the room by
Mrs. keefe conference ceased and the
members Of the minstrel. company, in
eiloing papa. had no time for the
frivolous concerns OF n chatter to be
made public. Somebody put the baby
5n the flower basket and somebody else
snapped the camera. Tie result is
herewith.
SO Jim was the subject OF the in
terview and not Mast
He is months old. said papa. "and
travelled from the coast OF Maine TO
the shores Of the Pacific. He was
ehristened James Honey Boy Keefe be-
ause-well, because the name fitted
ann and at the time % his birth was
paving with the Cohan & Harris
Honey Boy minstrels. Mr.. Conan and
Mt Harris deposited in his name sinO
zach and the money can not be with
irawn from the bank until Jim is 81
Years Of age
Frank F'ogarty. the best monoIogist
nat the Orpheum theater has present
ID, is undoubtedly The best fed mo-, =,
the city. He has been the guest of +,,a -.
bohemian club. the Elks. the press
'luo' knights Of Columbus: the pan
-iuo mas had him on jaunt TO Fairfs~
Nnere breakfast was served poS,
master Fisk has had him as dinner
stesI. William Gallagher, president 81
me ran club has entertained him Al
linner. and members of the FIibe~,;a,,
.eles les nave been quarreling for time
1eller story
mutual friend from New Yorl, told
ne that during the first week in which
ogarty made his appearance At The
Ofpheum theater, Brooklyn. he vas
similarly treated he is the original
mixer and good fellow.
NNsat y oreak into vaudeville took
2ass aDont two years ago. Previously
le had been an assemblvrnan fro,o -
elgnth assembly district in RrooLi-,,,
he was offered the nomination for
state senator, but declined AS a demo-
erst ne was sure Of election. but he
preferred vaudeville career and the
broader career of telling stories TO tie
public Monday night of that initial