Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-15

The ending then was for the old fellow
to sit down and tear up the order for
the clarinet
But" continued Mr.. Cressy, "some-
how 1t wasn't right. 1t was f1at-it
wasn't cheerful enough ending. Then
the idea came to me one morning about
or 4 o'clock, and I shouted, Probably
1 couldn't play the derned thing, any
way And that is what the Village
Lawyer says when he tears up the
clarinet order"
Many experiences came out of 1.-THE
Village Lawyers' little sermon on
lonesomeness. letter forwarded
from San Francisco told him about two
young people who decided to Hive apart.
She had gone to the Orpheum with an
other man; he was sitting in box
with another woman. AS the lights
went up after 'The Village Lawyer"
she glanced over to his box and he was
watching her wiping her. eyes He
beckoned her and she joined him out
side. They went home together, leav-
ing the other man and the other
woman. and they might be sitting there
yet for what either cared. One letter
Of appreciation from a. man was like
womans, the best was in the ''P. S.
also am alone"
Mr. Cressy acknowledges the author
ship of other things. He has written
play that nobody would produce-a
comic opera everybody laughed at, but
no one would sing, and a book that has
never been published. He read the
play to Henry Miller.
"Mr. Miller was lying on the bed in
long smoking Jacket with a-pitcher
of beer beside him. Now, one of the
hardest things in the world to do is to
read a play There's only one harder
thing, and that's to listen to it. I read
on for two hours and he never spoke
all the time. When I was done he said:
" Really, II cawn't understands
don't comprehend-how a fellow-a
chap-a man-hbw a man who Gavin
write such clever sketches Gavin write
such a damn bad play, y'know. Your
third act ought to be your first and
your second oughtn't to be in 1t at all.
You've got four rafting good sketches,
that's what you've got
"And that's what I made of it," Mr..
Cressy wound up philosophically
Mr.. Cressy and Miss Blanche Dayne,
his wife, are now on a tour of the
world. After a season in Los Angeles
they will sail for Hawaii, where they
will appear for a number of weeks.
Later they will go to the Philippines,
Australia, China, Japan, India, Ger
many France and England. They ex-
pect to be gone two or three years.
ness. for they expect to make long auto
trips through each country they visit
With them they carry big machine
Autoing is the only passion other than
sketch writing to which Mr.. Cressy
gives way.
James X. Hackett and his company
presenting repertoire will follow Kolb
and Dill at the Majestic theater. I'm
mediately after Mr.. Hackett closes his
engagement Virginia Harmed and her
associate players will appear for a
brief season at oliver Morosco's
Broadway theater. Miss Harmed also
will present a repertoire of her own
greatest successes.
Following the current productions of
players will produce ''The Rose of the
Rancho" one of the strongest Cali
fornia plays now extant. Following
the Tully- -Belasco drama. Eugene
Walters exceptionally strong drama
of modern society, paid in Full" will
be the bill. 1t is understood. Inasmuch
as the Walter drama is a short cast
piece many persons who follow the
fortunes of the Burbank company are
wondering what those players of the
Burbank forces who will not be in the
bill of paid in Full' are going to do.
1t is rumored that most of them will
be transferred. for the time being. to
Mr.. Hacketts company. Marjorie
Rambeau has played paid in Full'
and has scored a triumph in IT,
SO.