The San Francisco call., 1910-11-27
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has o nsFS. % 3..,t yisttfs # ID 9t.d San Fran ft
, he has not seen Twin Peaks
since he became a big producer
of musical plays in the east and the
husband as well as the manage of
Marie Cshtu. Besides enjoying the al
most unique distinction of being his
own wife's manager he has recently
- been happy in the addition to his theat-
rical family Of little" De Wolf Hop
. per and the graceful and charming
Louise Dresser. both Of whom are in
town this week adding to the worlds
altogether too meager stock Of smiles.
II was this twain who suggested the
reflection I started to write at the be-
ginning Of this interminable parag graph
and nearly forgot This was the reflec-
. ton: You need not know a man if you
know his associates. ones companions
commit him. Your friends conjointIy /
are you. In short. the truth we have 4
already written many times in our copy |
books. in a more or less neat Spencer
ian hand. a man is known by the COM !
pany he keeps" Our acquaintance with |
Daniel Y. is entirely through the per
sonalities Of the stars that he sets in |
his musical comedy armament and by |
the character Of the musical plays he /
provides.
Marie CahiU blithe and gay-as
merry and consonant as . Mozart mel
proclaimed her husband three |
years ago when she arrived in her per
formance Of Marrying Mary" she re-
turned two years later tc reinforce our
admiration and played The Boys and
Betty" for the benefit Of our souls.
Now come De Wolf Hopper and Miss
Louise Dresser TO exhibit again TO our
grateful gaze what health there is in
2 hearty laugh and what humanity
there is in comedy. They carry belief
in the man who sends them. Confidence
steps over the door mat into convic-
tron and bows you to a comfortable
seat. You feel easy in Arthur's com
psny-or companies ] should say. Mr.
Hopper and Miss Dresser confirmed the
good reports Of the man whose taste
in play producing has not been sullied
by environs, nor tainted by the passing
successes TO which some other New York
managers mendaciously lend their
names and give their money and their
talents
speoulations something like these
uggested a story to De Wolf Hopper
our interview. He is full Of stories
He has thousand Of them at command
but usually HIS hearer finds it more
profitable to get Mr. Hopper to give
'-f1ss own stuff" The latter is better
than his professional readings and if
Hopper has a rival in his own peculiar
line Of comedy that rival is Hopper the
monologist However, the word "taint- ,
ed" brought out one Of Bill Nye's stor-
les from De wOlfs hopper.
4 4 OPPER believes that Nye's humor
ii is Of the lasting kind. And so do {
7. He and Nye were great friends I
and Hopper has a hundred pleasant
memories OF the genial humorist, whose
head. but not whose wit. was bald
do you remember Nye's description /
Of the goat?" he asked ''Nye makes a I
classic out Of his account of the vir- s
tues and faults and characteristics of e
this strong friend Of the poor-this :
outcast Of the suburban lot. Nye ends
his description something like this; but r
tAe most noticeable feature. the most 7
characteristic of this goat ]
was his wonderful faculty OF smell He |
could scent an adversary two miles I
away-and reciprocate." r
And speaking of Nye," said Mr.. Hop s
per. here's a story I think has never Q
been printed Nye was invited by the a
mana cement Of a certain theater to at i
end a performance OF Uncle Toms b
-abin' Peter Jackson's pugilistic days c
being over he went on the stage, and a
naturally played Uncle Tom. Nye was t
invited to witness a performance. He t
4esed to. but could only endure one act.
F'hen he fed quietly but resoiutely. He I
iidn't want to offend the management v
which had provided him with seat. II