The San Francisco call., 1909-03-14

and we had representatives from the
papers. who got fine stories OF the
bravery of Sullivan. who. in spite of a
punctured arm. which wound was the
accidental result OF a stage duel-so the
stories said-went on with his role and
endured with Spartan fortitude the
agony. DIR. Rottanzi told the boys how
he had bandaged up the arm and the
story was great success.
what happened to Sullivan
asked.
sTm coming to that IN minute
said Phil You see the success OF thf
story was so great that Sullivan wenl
ont and celebrated. 1t was four days
before he came back and then hlooc
poisoning set in and he nearly lost htr
arm. And that's the reason I've been
honest ever since" said Hoperh Hast
"Anyhow. it served to INTRODUCES me-
to DR.. Rottanzi. who was responsioi
for the hat ordinance. Before ne 60
that bill through only ladies OF breed
ing and courtesy removed their hats Il
the theater-
<R I'D you ever hear of Theodo
vogt's Furioso. the Daughter Q
- Hades'? 1t was comic opero
book with grand opera music. and tn
Tivoli gave 1t trial while 1 was there
as press representative. BY what mus
seem to have been coincidence. on ths
third performance the roof OF the build
ing caved in during heavy storm an
Furioso' was washed into oblivion. L
was a pity vogt didn't have good II
bretto. for his music scared way UP I
the clouds and was fitted only for
high plane of literary effort"
Hastings was with the Tivo1 forcs
when Bluff King HaT' was stage
Joseph d. Redding sang the role OF II
king and the music made a great h
but the lines were too literary. Nc
enough action" said Phil; and that =
vrhv it didn't have a wider success AM
speaking of the TiVons L was tnere
when Henry Norman was the retgninz
comedy favOrite before the days or Fer
ris Hartman. Then there was Max
Figman. who played comedy parts As
the Jester in The Heoman OK tne
cnard' he was the best | ever saw
Even then Figman had the skill or
mixing comedy and pathos In pretty
tones and could call forth smile al
easily as a tear
WORKED for Adelina Patti IN two
capacities. The first time was in
1889: I was a super and wore
tights Later I did publicity work for
her. Nobody will recall the event os
the tights. because 1 suppose nobody
saw me; but was there on the Grand
opera house stage. Ganney was the
propertyman and he was allowed to
spend 80 cents apiece for supers- Then
he sold the privileges OF appearing to
rising young singers about town and
to students who wanted to hear the
music OF Patti and Tamagno. but who
didn't have the price to buy seat.
Sometimes Gaffney would get as much
as So from the ambitious supers. He
made a fortune when he was here. but
he didn't get much of my money ON
the first night I paid dollar for the
privilege of being a super and wearing
tights but after that night Il used to
slip the propertyman a bottle-let US
saw of Florida Water-and as he was
a iudge of such beverages i got along
well with him and had hopes Of being
q grand opera star. some day. I was
very fond of music, too. and so II was
natural that later. with such training
hack of me. I should write topical
SONGS This I did confess. and dur
ing the seasons following close after
1880 / did much comic song writing,
But this too, recovered from. and now
I have no vices at all to make me In
teresting.
~ REMEMBER l was at the Orpheum
when the great little tenor Guile
appeared there in 1861. He was
just about feet high. if you remem-
/ ber and was all voice. He had ac-