The sun., 1909-06-17
PICNICKIKG WITH A THESPIAN
WI LI4MSBURG GOES UP THE
BIDSON WITH CORSE PAXTON
nm M,nsles Freely with His wershippsrs
as II He We're Not the Logical Sue.
ccssor OF Both the Bootbs-A Day
OF Autographs and kissing Babies.

ccesOr OF botn tnc boOtDo-A Hay
OF Autographs and kissing Babies.
Corse Payton. the eminent tragedian.
.saw" Weather Forecaster Emery last
week II is hinted that the world famous
actor fixed it up with Mr.. Emery by giving
the weatherman two tickets for the closing
performance at the splendid Thespian q
Lee Avenue Theayter last Saturday night.
And as a result the dramaturgic artist
rave a party yesterday under skies that
shone brightly on any landscape where a
willow grows aslant brook.
The party yesterday was the first ever
held under the auspices Of tha man whom
ali the world and Williamsburg long ago
voted as the logical successor Of both the
Booths, Junius B. and Edwin. Mr. Payton
freely handed out for publication the in
formation that he gave the party in cele-
braton of the fact that yesterday marked
the end Of his sixth month on the water
wagon without busting tire.
Mr. Tayton lwho Is an actor chartered
the steamer Grand Republic and loaded
il to the gunls with all Of williamsburg
and vicinity and took the town to Osca-
wana Island. up tho Hudson near West
Point From early morning until the
boat got under way about the middle Of
the forenoon the Grand Republic. headed
upstream at the foot OF North Second
street. Williamsburg, listed prominently
10 starboard. Williamsburg was scsted
along all the starboard rails waiting for
Mr.. PAXTON lwho for some time has t,cen
connected with the stage) 10 mako his
sprearance in the flesh. for to Williams
burg the party meant even more than a
celebration Of Mr.. Corse's sixth month on
the wagon it meant the opportunity to
20 right up behind him and surreptitiously
touch his very garments and to get hi 8
autograph and to have him kiss the baby.
When Mr.. Payton finally did appear
on the landing in that chocolate frock
scat OF his that he always wears with
the mauve spats many OF the best known
dtbutantes of Williamsburg almost passed
out from excitement. Mr.. Payton
mingled freely with his friends in demo-
cratic way. He counted the house.
There were about l.500 admirers present
at so cents a ticket. Deduct from this
have the net. The net was so large that
Corse gave autographs to the girls and
kissed 1882 babies entirely free of charge
He strobe about among the crowd
anxiously as the time approached for the
scheduled departure OF ths boat Some
one was missing He called to his wife,
E.s eS kesd payto1 Pay NV the ,rG trngedsnns ssss Mira
Payton anxously as she tore herself
away from a group Of autograph fiends
on an upper deck and ran to the rail to
hold converse with her husband In
blank verse the celebrated player told
his wife that he would not start without
Mr. Eddie Denie, his press agent. Mrs.
but had disappeared. Mr. Payton gave
evidence Of annoyance and called about
him Mr.. Joe Hunt, the night watchman at
the Lee Avenue. and Mr.. Bob Maloney the
gallery cop.
in heaven. send thitAer to seel- cried
Mr.. Payton. He indicated the place up
on anxiously. your messenger find him
not there, seek him j the other place
yourself But indeed -(croesing right
with business Of ipeevishness). aif you
find him not this month. you shall nose
him as you CO..
anyway they found Eddie. and then
esse avoid all on Jealousy s0e cors. oins had
stateroom on the port side OF the boat
and Mrs. Payton had statsroom on the
starboard side. Thus divided. they held
receptions all the way up the Hudson as
far as Yonkers. At this point the port
side began to clamor for Mrs. Payton and
the starboard for Corse. Mr.. Payton
answered the cry for him and crossed
right to starboard. Mrs. Payton. accom-
panied by Mrs. Thomas Waties Dinkins,
the wife OF the burlesque magnate and
Miss Sara Hillary and Mrs, Rose Pinsker
who wore black). graciously walked over
10 port. While crossing the deck both
Mr.. and Mrs. Payton still continued to
mingle freely with those not in public life
When Oscawana Island was reached
there were fat women's races, which were
won, so far as could be learned. by sew
eral fat women. And there were boys
races that the boys won, and 80 IL went.
Corse and Mrs. Payton invited a select
company to an Indian curry dinner.
Everybody had his and her picture taken
for the papers, and after that Williams
burg came home. Then and not until
then were the brick houses around the
bridge plaza unlocked again and the
families went to bed happily-all except
the Misses Hooper OF briggs avenue, who
we're indignant because one Of the Misses
Drachmeier Of South Second street had
conversed with Corse out Of her turn and
had kept him talking for long time when
really II was Miss Bertha Hooper's turn to
talk to him. And so the Hooper girls
talked and talked and talked about the
younger Of tho Misses Drachmeier until
far into the night.