The evening world., 1911-02-04
Holbrook BIinn Discusses
the Part at the Lambs
Club Without Talking
of Himself, Thereb
Breaking a House Rule,
1t Would Seem.
Regain a "CaUe Man,"
Appealing to Women
Who Like to Be Dragged
Around by the Hair -
Not a Political but a
Trade Boss.



oi nov 's'N'ns aoout 'ou's"H
let mat excellent actor HororooN n''nh'
give you n lesson or two. AT the LAMBS
Clab-Nhere actors have been heard to
mention themselves In the course of
conyersat,on-Mr. plinn was so silent
NJ, tho ,,h,.c, %, hi,rsel, Yesterday AZ
,arn,o, maj 7 had nm un.esv feeling
no nigh, no breaking ono of tho house
-ules.
lie avo,doa himself Nth something
OF the sam. grace and .kll, thu, Mrs.
Fiska di-nlays yrhen she IA asked her
personaI o,I,iop nj anv,h,np-anv,hlne
bu, animals Mr.. Bllnn talked about
the new play a, the Astor Theatre. lie
couldn't say enough about the author
OF the new play. lb,,,. auparently. he
was not on speaklng terms with the
new star. Did he by am, chance. then.
know that distinguished statesman and
eminent u~,alloper. F1nev Conners. ESQ d?
NO. I've never even seen him" said
Mr.. Blinn. Nor has sheldon. for that
matter. But sheldon know, Conners's
history backwards"
Then Regain is Conners7'
1t was no" again.
'Regan is a composite type ex-
planned his stage repr preventative. Hes
neither a Corners, a Murphy nor a
Sullivan. Strictly speaking, he is not a
Political boss, but a trade boss. Shell
don undoubtedly had Corners In mind
when he wrote The Boss and no doubt
Regain uggests the Buffalo man 10
some people. A man In Detroit, for IN
stance-I think he is the President OF
the Water Carriers Association-intro.
duced himself to me after seeing the
play. n "a he recognized Conncrs
In Regain. He told OF having seen Goa
ners. during a strike. drive into a mot
with a horse and buggy and literally
knock II of its feet. deplore some
what the violence of the play. but, OF
course, Regain must hammer away in
hrs own peculiar fashion TO show the
sort Of man he is. NO you remember
the telegram that Regan's hrst wife
sent him at Albany when he was up
there putting through a bill? II was
short and TO the point: i would rather
be the widow of a brave man thar the
wife OF a coward. Go to IT.? That was
strong enough for anybody, ehT'
Writes from the Shoulder,
Strong enough for Sheldon. even
Yes" laughed Mr.. Blinn. He GER
ta!nly writes straight from the shoulder.
When Mrs. F1ske saw The Boss IN
Chicago she remarked: How does that
pink-faced boy manage to do II?
think he has taken all the things /
wouldn't allow in Salvation Nell and
put them into this play. Sheldon can
face anything but an audience. He
promised to stand BY in case Of a cur
tain call here on the opening night,
but he WEIGHED on us after we thought
we had him tied up In my dressing
room. We didn't know where hi had
gone until a messenger boy brought
around a note during the last act. The
note read When / got over to my
room ] realized | couldn't stand II. So
here ! ann When Salvation Nell was
produced Sheidon's daring was posi-.
lively amazing. He took curtain calls
Until ne was red in the face. But now
he's afraid Of them. He never waits
for a 'nand'-he has rome OF the actors
spirit"
The actor smiled at the thought o.
the author who writes and runs.
Never Wrote Blank verse.
"~sheldon's n remarkab,e Young man ,
he declared. ''One OF the most remark,
able things about him is that, although
he is a college graduate, he has never
written a b~lank-verse piece. At Har,
ward. I'm told, he's considered a terror
for 'scrm.' He's always breaking out II
the most unexpected places. No doub'
some people who know him hardly
know what to think Of Regain"
What do you think Of him.
Nj. Bl!nn drew inspiration from his
cigarette before replying: Hes a cave
man. He appeals to women who admit,
teddy like 10 be dragged around by the
hair OF the head Women like MIN be,
cause he has force, OF course, II | were
goiag TO play him Tor the rest OF my
life. | might need something a llt,l,
softer and gcntler Tor matinees, bu.
hard as he Is there's something rea
about him and his humor saves him.