Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10
Cullen Exposes Ways
of the Press Agents

tinction in that capacity that play was
written round his achievements some
years later.
At a later period. SO Mr.. Kellew in
formed our representative. he was chief
of sappers In the main army of Charlie
magne. and still later he fought side by
side with Richard the Lion-Heart against
the Saracens at the battle of Acre.
His first sea service was as carpenter
mate Of the Pinta, one of the three cara
wells employed by Columbus in the discov-
cry of America, and he was chief signal
officer on board the flagship Of Sir Francis
Drake when that doughty BritOn dis
persed the Spanish Armada.
Mr. Kellew gave these facts without re-
serve yesterday in order to clear away
certain misapprehcnsions formed in the
public mind with reference to his decided
ly picturesque career. Mr.. Kellew spoke
feelingly, too.
"My Gawd, IL the wairld could but
know what muh life has BEAM he NUT
tered, passionafely passing his fingers
through his prematurely silvered hair,
and the several young ladies who hap
pened to be present at the time appeared
to be greatly impressed with the Corsair-
like melancholy of the famous actor.
3.-Miss Marie Pretzler. the Typhoonic
Gus nervousness and carrying power Of
her voice, which has q muzxle velocity
of 90. 783 foot tons per second. exhibited
the tenderness OF her sympathies to an
amused and yet admiring crowd on Pier
50. North river, yesterday afternoon.
Happening to be gathering copra. coch-
meal and conchs along the water front
in her automobile. Miss Pretzler cane
upon a sturdy but somewhat incoherent
lonsshoreman who was leaning agaans.
booze. inviting all of the olIacers OF the
law Of Greater New York to come along
and have their arms bitten on close to
the shoulders.
Miss Pretxler at once instituted some
inquiries and ascertained that the suf-
ferer had been out OF work for fully q
fortnight. owing TO his inability to walk
far enough to search for employment on
the docks. Without the slightest hesita-
bust, not to say rambunctious. physique
is familiar to the public. volunteered to
labor for the afternoon with one OF the
iongshoremen's gangs for the benefit or
the distressed one
Borrowing q suit Of dungarees from
one Of the men and donning It IN the
privacy Of her automobile "a hmousinel.
Miss Pretzler, who presented an agree
ably plump picsu r;,o especially ; TO tne
their trucks, went to work on pier 50
with the gang Of rough. uncouth men.
juggling the bales and boxes about with
a cotton hook az II she had been born
TO that exacting labor, and vying. with
the burliest Of the men in the amount
Of work she accomplished.
At the end Of the afternoon Miss
Pretzler had earned the snug sum of Is
cents for the distressed longshoreman
whose appearance had evoked her sym
patty, and the latter. whom she found
still leaning against the same awning
pole, was suficiently grateful when she
handed him the wages she had earned for
him in her impulsive. warm-hearted way
to remark that IL was purity soft rr
him."
Quickly resuming her own clothing.
Miss Pretzier FASTENED In her car to the
home Of her favorite writer of vaudeville
sketches and commissioned him to write
her longshoreman's part At once
from data which she furnished him. The
new sketch will be called "Longshore-
man Luke and yesterday evening Miss
Pretzler signed up to appear in il for
forty-two weeks at a rate Of compensa-
ton which Is reliably stated TO amount
to $7SS.4S per minute.
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4. Miss Take Taxicab. the ethereally gay
little ingenue. who. as 10 well known. re-
Gently picked up 100000 In the stock
market by playing Erie tcommon),
which hasn't moved two points since the
Seminole war. on the advice OF famous
hnancier. who shall be nameless here
(To Dramatic Editor: Insert financier's
name IL you want to-any old big
financier viii dol, VINO became Miss Taxi
CABS legal guardian few months ago,
on account OF her arch. artless ways has
lately developed another Of those curt
Gus, yet agreeable. fads. for which SHE
is noted. Miss Taxicab has become
most proficient bricklayer. Always de-
voted TO the most exacting forms OF ex-
sfcise, Miss Taxicao TOOK up briekiayins
lie that she Is capable OF doing some
thing useful In the world. something
that will contribute 10 the higher and
nobicr. Cor which In her spare moments
sat year.s.
Escgy mornii.s at Sis. when she leaves
tho restaurant where she has her
modest little supper, Miss Taxieap re-