The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-19
WEST The PLACE.
Willie Collier Talks on Some
Interesting Topics.
He Thinks This Section of COun-
try Is UndevelOped.
is TO SEE BIG FIGHT.
Ii JEFF "COmes Back" Jack Is
Lost, Actor Declares.
EXPECTS Hot Battle Between
Champion and Jim.
is TO SEE BIG FIGHT

| A sport to his fingers tips, William
Collier, king of fun makers, toyed
with his gold cigarette case for few
seconds, and then taking out fine
| looking tailor made" cigarette. APP
piled q match to one end and his
mouth to the other. Then Willie
leaned back in his chair, took a long
FinhaIe and a moment later little rings
of smoke f1oated about in his dressing
room.
"A scribe. as live. and I am living
pretty good Just now" cried Collier,
| as he welcomed the State Journal man.
| Have a seat and a Dill," continued
Collier. pushing his case toward the
reporter. Fairly good town you have
| here" said William. THE only trouble
! is that it's dry. You know these pro-
| hibition states are the bane of my life
have to stock up on wetables in the
| big cities whenever / arl touring the
country as I am now"
! When Collier leaves the stage after
the last act of his com "A Lucky
star" he doesn't fool around his dress
| ing room with warm water, cold cream
and all that sort of thing. The make
up shelf in any cell" occupied by Col
/ lier is as bare as the cupboard of Old
| Mother Hubbard. The star thinks
that theater goers want to See people
| He holds that the boards behind the
! foOtIights are put up ar great expense
and that while on them actors should
! be as real as possible 1t is his opin-
I ion that the use of paint is very bad
form.
with regard to John Cert and A. L.
Granger breaking up. what have you
to say?" asked the reporter.
You know that"
| 1T is none of my business" broke
in William with a smile. You see
can't talk about that matter at all. 1t
doesn't concern me-"
West Is Great.
We'll. then, how do you like the
west?"
"Oh, the west as whole is a mighty
men," replied Collier. "but in some
parts of it the people seem to have
gone crazy over reform. This kind of
thing hurts a country, for it frightens
capital and destroys confidence. How
ever the wave won't last long and
| We'll soon be back to the good old
| times once again I have been in
| every corner of the west. and 1 tell
you it is not developed at all Millions
and millions of dollars are out here
| and waiting for some fellow with a set
| of business brains TO come along and
/ tote them home. If any young man
! in this part OF the country will get
/ Sin right he can make a pot full of
4
ing"
TT is reported that you are going 70
see the big scrap between Jeffries and
| Johnson. on July 4. How about it
To See Big Fight.
you bet your life am said Collier.
| ''I wouldn't miss that setto for a thou
sand dollars in hard cash. No sir. Mo-
ne. I'll be there with the bells on,
! right down in the best ringslde seat
TO be had. Next to my work, the mixup
] between the boilernaker and the smoke
| is uppermost in my mind, that IS in the
sporting line. I look for a hot battle
| and if Jefries can come back he'll
| knock the chocolate boy out in 20
rounds. l am up in the air about pick
ing the winner. as things stand now.
Johnson has sleep producer i'll either
! hand and can whip and uppercut to
mans chin in less time than it takes
| to tell It. If Jeff is not up to the min
| ute in condition, Johnson will walk off
with the fight: but if the big boy comes
hack the dark one Is lost. 1 say this
because JEFF has brains and will win
with his head.
JeR Has Punch.
| Anybody who says Jeff hasn't a
| punch is crazy. Col. Tom Sharkey was
a bear cat in his best days and he met
! jim at COney Island, at that time Jim
just caved his ribs in and won. The
| undefeated one had the punch then
| and he has it hidden, somewhere, right
| this minute. All he has to do is to find
it and he'll send Jack to the mat,
| dreaming of chicken bushes, water
melon trees and pOrkchop vines. John
son is no mark but he does not use
! his headpiece as jeff does. The ink
cclOred fighter pushed KetcheI all over
the ring but he'll find he's up against
| another proposition with the big fell
| low
Mr.. Collier is a bridegroom but that
IS no new experience for him. Paula
! Mari, who plays Nell Var Buren,. is
| the bride. They we're married Sunday
| II Iowa.
William Collier and his company play
ed to good audience at the Grand last
night, presenting the Collierized play,
"A Lucky Star Collier was the star
and incidentally the play. although the
! company he is carrying is a good one.
"A Lucky Star is a featherweignt COM
edy. 1t is full of bright. witty lines,
all of which fall to the lot of Collier
/ The piece is surely cure of the blues
and is worth seeing. James B. Sheeran
as the Bell Boy was a favorite