The Washington times., 1910-12-18
A right. a left, and a punch"

a right, a left, and a punch
That's Mackfyn ArbUckle's description
Of vaudeville.
Look out there now" whispered the
big fat man whom everybody loves.
grabbing his inIerviewe1' BY the sleeve
AMI showing him q petE hole through
the wings, that's what have to go on
and conpete with Oh. I tell you I'm
having lle time OF my life"
The competitor was the kicking mule,
who had Just thrown three darkies
across the ropes
You see Clifford Walker just finished
reciting Danny Deevcr, then the mule,
then a violin virtuoso, and I How in
I tell you it had me scared 20 death
when I first bucked the game"
And the rotund form OF the gerisI star
Of The Roundup, The County Chair
man, and The Circus Man shook
with laughter
seriously. / am GLAD for this year in
vaudeville II taught me things I had
only heard about. One can't % out
before that audience with his aTrn0s phere
reacy for him 10 step into and with time
70 yseveiOp a character He's zot to
catch them with his first HE. Z ne don Z
he may. never recover from. tire cilflL
vaudeville audiences are keen they
are appreclative when the mzn behind
the hght deserves IL; they are good lis
teners when he has something 70 say.
I am mighty glad 20 feel tnat ] have
been able TO get across with them.
makes me feeI like I have started al
time
But MackIyn ArbuclSle isn't the man
to talk about himself long Before the
interview was ten mimi IS old Arbuckle
grew serious and confidential, and asked
II the interviewer would DO him just
Let me hand Bob Davis a deserved
tribute If my opinion Is OF any value
! want 10 80 on record as saying tina {
ne mas the making OF playwright who
(. Is about ready 10 make the public sit Up
and take notice.
Bob" Davis. anectionateIy referred
To- IS Robert Il Davis author of The
IS playing at ChaSe's this week. and OF
4 The Family" His essay IN the dra-
matte field IS a comparatively new ven
ture- His name is widely known from
his magazine contributions
This nttIe sketch Davis gave ma Is
human nature from the ground up con-
tinued Arbuckle- Reflect for a mo-
ment on this blase rOuuder. this presf-
dent OF the free lunch club. who sud
denly amasses a. fortune on a Iong-shot.
then tries 70 prove ne IS not a piker by
blowing in part OF his pile on orchids,
q swell layout OF food. and a butler.
Score two IS the butler, who cuIy
, breaks from his shell three times. the
first when he learns that his employer
- LAAE man WIN pay L@AlLliLA race
That butler liked the ponies himself The
winning run was that little girl The
big fellow welches- They laugh at me,
but the kiddie generally brings a sniffe.
There's enough material in that sketch
for q play
Ar5uckle related In HIS iniuitable
STYLE as q story teller that made him
the best jolly good fellow o. The
( Lambs some Of the Incidents that oc-
CURED in his early weeks IT. vaude-
Vile
Its new experience 10 ne he
/ chuckled. and it's great fun 70 stand
[ out there listening to the suppressed
/ scueals OF the Dig who Is Chafng for
the fat man 10 give way 70 him
But I ike II Immensely Let me
hand just a little bouquet 10 my friend,
I Mr. Chase I never met him before
I this week, out I want 10 put myself
i on record as giving him credit for
being a corkiag good fellow as well as
keeping one OF the best arranged
4 houses in point OF cleanliness a I'd con-
! veniencs from our standpoint And