The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-10

.. .,ytua h.ss hone % thAa sAy TO
-. .. s'srruunsts sosns grNAt men
-s'i-r IN rendering unto Gear
~ hat are C&sAris. Mr.. Payton
- II al bArri-rs that formerly
N, osio~ II the Academy %
= ru the busy thrcaxs OI Pour
e.. vet and any pheasant day, -
- ..ry AMY dAy. you can $50 him
81 standing. icing Interviewed
-.. r1E Tor the e.uNth performance
@ TcpulaT tAvOTts. paying the
u'~Inb-r Of the seoek company
=. 500 with him thirteen yeArs
TO-. gsS,'d IN profound thnnghs a. h
%. .-r''y t~i~ts the rnseb0d In the lApel
q. .,.,rl Erav coAt.
o. hothsred . bit by the fact that
- twenty or thirty Admirers come
- % 20 the edgs Of the opsn room
u-. ~ - sitting and exchange plsAs-
- With him Mhlls THR SCN ~
AT IN a rocking chair with One
ga the fourts~nth street Sidewalk
... J.a other m the privacy % Mr.. Pay
Hff,r the n th~r dAy q small boy
S'rd himself from q bunch OF his
=, Approached and shook h.hds
a h peopte's ta,orite. saying:
1T ~AN The Two Orphans. Mr..
.l.r.,u. AMI think IL = immense.'
NJ FAvtons handmade wHs the kind
.. ur gives Ia presidents % corporations
as ~rIth American rppuhhcs. He said
wy. Thank you. sonny. tell me- what
2 like Tor nsxt week and we'll try
ave that
an ~ went on explaining that nAtur-
ms SnNtion had been 10 get right
RWg,a.l,aN asA -. k.ls
Wrre few who bad hit Ths mark any
NrT-
After Mr.. Sothern and Miss MarAowe
.a VA 70 tearfta speeches on the steps Of
. Aca !eTny calling attention TO the fact
o.. the dear oil house was TO he closei
guoi and that its long run ol usefulness
80 artistic sndeGVor was over forever
.. sail. then the newspapers took up
o. = refrain and related its history and an
NuGcei its finish in more OF le-a eloou.at
ems. Then | quietly wAlkei in with
nv stock company and played TO 5000
worth of business the first week, a record
itch has waverei hut has never chAns.i
% any material extent Beeides thi. I
Z in the hrst real orchestra the Academy
- known Tor twenty yesrs- I think
'HAis soing some
W. taNNou I2s A4Iatur uAufe~ - uoftN
- a bsDokkcep,g Who u an expert at do,,s,ls
Try He refers TO the s2s. OcO worth Of
- business he dill last wear Al the La.
Nv~1u- TheAire. where he has been located
same stock for ten years. and to the
$1,000 he paid in royalties. which he tr,usts
Ns-hei the pockets for which IL was in
.l. lei
Ihe~s ROYALTIES were paid for the Use Of
=. 80 galaav H. ~.
rr 'he stage Of the Lee Avenue Theatre
f-tng his incumb ency and q choice pick
-of which - To he and has ben repro-
-,'i At the old Academy
i.ruIng his back for q moment. a brief
..Us-nt. on the crowd which has gathered
- ne sidewalk he takes from the wall n
.nch q neatly frAme1 play titles. ar
,rs-l in sets. There you read. with
. crowd which takes that personal in
''r-'-t IN thu interview which Mr. PAXTON
..v'~, that he has neglected. none oG
>ssN~~p~Are's PLAYABLE pieces and
'-W - Ibssn's; that Hugo. SarJiou. Dumas
= he well known drAmAtis.s % the past
a. r-pTesentei Coming down To nearer
,'-- you spell out, still " ith the assistance
he homegoinE thronE. Held by the
b any -SApho.- -IsnA Rivers.- The
- OF ENtuNnOs IN Nne ftlAnOD y
.rriage- -Stron Rheart.- Marriage Of
Ia lliiAm Ashe -IngomAr. &c.
lie - equally versatile in musical mat
= and With rar- individuality Of
cs,ce has imported his entire orchestra
.-'r Portland. Me, having found there
'a. - wears Ago Q trained body Of must
ans Who suited him exactly both in
alters ~ salary and in those Of musical
1sm@nt
NJ Payton relies . great deal on his |
..-~0ual charm TO carry him along When |
moved across the river from the Lee |
S,srg- hoiIse to the Academy he informed |
{, audiences. who had stood by him |
OBJ" y~av Of his productions there. |
'' no should expect them all TO fol- /
'm and thar Il would cost them |
"..r cents. explaining where. why and |
au they could get transfers On the \
..sH.rc night the dear old familiar faces
nr.si a, him from balcony and gallery
-. -. and the orchestra played softly
'~n Noull Remember Me- when he
40 o.' For his nightly speech.
W. PAXTON does not believe in
I'd. r@s-ng rarely Whether a piece 10
-.s1 or not he answers the usual call.
.7.rs uonchalantly from the wings
-'r '.s high siik hat on his head, his
ar - he mouth, and in winter with
0..-coat thrown with negligent eass
o. OBJ" night forearm. After he has
....r1 N" exact centre Of the stage and
''.Ef h. shifts the coat from one
ann %. the other. takes out his cigar.
'- - 'a'. which he has forty different
ffF no roldag. and then briefly ex-
''- Nnv th" piece has not succeeded