The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-03-06
MISS FANNIE WARD, PLAYING A JEROME K
JEROME HEROINE, TALKS OF HER AUTHOR
According TO Her He Pos
sesses a Ruddy Face, Red
Hair and a Scarlet Tie.

VIII you promise not to give me
away II tell some tales out Of
SCHOOL,"
The question was Miss Fannie
Wards, and she asked it of the Herald
reporter who went to see her at her
MOTEL the other day seeking an inter-
view. An affirmative answer seemed at
first to threaten the fate of the inter-
viewer, for there was no telling wheth-
er there would be any time to inter-
view Miss Ward after the stories. Per-
maps the actress saw. the reporters
dllemma' for she quickly interposed
that the stories were about Mr.. Jerome
X. Jerome, the author of 1.-THE New
Lady Bantock," the play in which she
is appearing in Wallack's theater.
rms cleared matters wonderfully.
STORES out Of school" about the
author of Three Men in a Boat" ought
TO be worth listening to, and the re-
porter promised not to give Miss Ward
away.
on the stage of Wallack's Miss Ward
IS Lady Bantock; off the stage she is
just Miss Ward and she comes from
MlssouIl' ior st. Louis is her native
city. Shes entirely unaffected, does
not drop the Brussels carpet full of un-
necessary Hs-for the majority of
49, 1, 'nedtciS oeiS seem TO insist
that shes English-and she is as
sprlghtly and full Of animation in her
rooms as she is at Bantock hall, the
scene of the play
You know" she began by preamble
We'll first of all do you know what
ne looks like? He has a ruddy face,
red hair and a scarlet tie. When Won
first see him you think some one has
set MN on fire. Being a humorist, he
Is very serious and in addition he's
aWfully near sighted
He has just two hobbies-servants
and horses He lives in Surrey-mag
nlhceht estate fine big house and all
tlat sort of thing-and he keeps more
at 80 IMAM you can shake a stick
a. But he's Socialist And now
youVe got the background. here's the
story: ''Ao
A friend came down to visit him
IRON London, and he had the usual
good time. After dinner they sat over
thelr collee and cognac for a while and
t ti,en' - oelhs fine moonlight night,
tney TOOK stroll about the grounds
When they got back to the house If
was o'clock in the morning and thew
Went INTO the dining room for a final
good night drink. The visitor heard
some chattering outside and walked
out on the balcony overlooking an Ital-
i i garden.There was big table
apd aho' .ilinss TO eat and drink on it,
ana ABOUT sixteen sitting about laueh
ing ana having very good time.
"A garden party, or a surprise IN
me- old man" asked the visitor.
mo, responded Mr. Jerome o,,ita
casually. They're my servants
our serVants!' gasped the Lon
ucItel: 1 say, what q wag you aret,
=, Not at all, old fellow. You 500
u'ese people serve me for so and 81
many hours day and when thev,ye
done their duty they are servants no
longer, Dut are my guests each dav
ditci working hours. They have the
same privileges that you or have here
Wheh thelr work is done, as Won see,--
and shout of revelry from the rarder
elllphaslzed the truth of that remark
but, protested the guest, 'that,s
deucedly liberal Of you, old chap. brt
say my room is just overhead and
I'm beastly tired, you know? How T
can possibly sleep through these fes
INVITES is more than I can imagine
Won't you call off the party?'
sorry, but I couldn't, old chap, I'll
gladly change your room for YOU. but
could not possibly interfere with nv
servants" 10y
Miss Ward was convulsed with
daughter at the tale. When she got
her breath she declared:
And that's the way matters stood
the Londoner slept that mighty in a.
room that did not overlook the italian
garden. Isn't that delicious?
And the other one is better vet:
but I'll get myself disliked for it, I'm
sure. It's about the other hobby of
Mr.. Jerome-about the horses. He
tancies that he's the best tandem