The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-12-04
eY ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE.

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"Finnigan" fame. disclaims any knoWl-
edge of music or acquaintance with
nusicians-a although according to the
December number of the Ladies
World" in which he ramb]es on anus
inGly of those "On and Of the Plat
form" this statement must be one of
Gillilans celebrated jokcs-it is the
musical comedy. or comic opera,
which he avows will have it's premiere
in Richmond.
I'VE are producing-or traducing-
this next Spring" said Mr.. Gillian this
morning in the office of the Palladium
on which paper he played his premiere
as newspaper man. land we have Sc
lected Richmond as the suffering Ca
nine on which to try it out"
THE composers name is Gantz," re-
piled Mr. Gillian to question. Fur
Their than that know nothing-yes-
maybe it is Rudolph-Rudolph is as
good as any-make 1t Rudolph. l know
its not Franz because he don't rhyme
I'm doing the lhyming."
And there are going to be some ly-
RIGS in the thing that will get over
they'll be full of ginger. You see don't
conceal my vanity. | know better.
Everybody's vain and the ones who
try to conceal it are the worst of all.
Its merely their peculiar way of show
ing their vanity. Now Id rather be
ranked as fool than an ostrich. So l
openly and frankly say that some of
my lyrics are going to project over the
fOOtlights with Il force that will make
the audience dizzy-or leave"
Il started out to put some merit in
my libretto," continued Gillian humor-
ously, but reflected that wanted to
make it success so carefully repress-
cd all tendency to indulge in high-brow
tangents. No. said to myself, have a
family to support. SO I sternly nip my
lyric ideals in their incipiency-Oh
yes, bud--and descend to the uninspir.
ed but paying basis.
by the way" went on Gillian, I'm
going to have wild time in Chicago
next Saturday night and I'll tell you
something queer-think I'll report it
to the psychic people.
THE Indiana Society put me down
for a stunt at their annual dinner but
told them it would be impossible for
me to make 1t in time as l was on for
a lecture in town about twenty miles
out and the first train I could get
would be one at eleven fifteen.
They put me down, however, and l
of course, wanted to be there. They
at the station and to get me there as
soon as possible but even at that it
would. be on toward midnight before
could manage it.
Just as was hammering my head
against the stone wall of impossible
ty," continued Gillian, "although l
have eliminated the word impossible
find that nothing is impossible, l was
handed the mornings mail.
And in it | found a letter from a
former confrere of mine here-Albert
Kain--paste maker and chief cock
roach chaser on the old Telegram.
hadn't seen or heard of or from him
for nineteen years.
He said that he had been thinking
of me lately and concluded to write
me letter and tell me how we'll he
was doing as representative of the
'Winton Six Then he reminsced
He said took him to the first show
he ever attended-it was Lincoln J
Carriers Limited Mail and it made
him grin to think of the superlative
ecstasy it gave him. That he had al
ways regarded me as a sort of Theatre
godfather and so made his report tC
; me of his rise in the world
Il kissed the letter-it was plainly
the intervention of a higher power
God sent Albert to me.
IL at once wired him to meet me
with his Winton Six at the Press Club
Chicago, at six o'clock Saturday, take
me to the lecture place. stay through
or out-whirling me back to Chicago
and get me to the dinner of the Indi
ana Club over half hour earlier thar
would have been able to be there il
l depended on the eleven fifteen train
THUS beating the limited mail" add
cd Gillian facetiOuSly