The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-08-17

tells us that she Is now 3 laying small
vaudeville house = in the east. But
II fancy she is still remembered BY
the many, and regarded as q good
fellow.
When the ever welcome Eddie
Foy was the leading attraction with
"Off the earth and playing the
grand operaclrciut, / was summoned
to his dressing room one night just
before the, overture and was told to
beat it to the West hotel in search
Of parcel he had left upon his
dresser. After quick instructions he
added: "a dollar for you boy if you
make it in ten minutes. / not only
won the case note, but at the end Of
his engagement he playfully handed
me a stick Of grease paint and said:
here boy take this, and some day
when you are playing leads use it. =
] have never b ad occasion to
handle the grease paints, but / have
frequently been reminded that / am
a bad actor.
Nat Goodwin, with the transparent
complexion, and might add, the
many wives, is still the peoples idol.
He was known among the show
people as one who was very sensi-
tive to criticism. but / am inclined
to believe that his sensitive nature
has been hardened of late years by
his many divorce cases.
The thousands of dollars that have
drifted from his bank account has
proven his benevolenee and there
fore he is classed among the good
fellows.
rs a call boy | did many errands
for those Of the show world, and the
small change and little presents that
were handed me as compensation,
compells me to regard the show
people as the kindest hearted upon
the face of the globe.
In later years / have come in con
tact with show people more or less
and / have always found their atti-
tude toward one and all. to be kind
ness and good fellowship.
From the man who tends the stage
door at the show shop in the cities,
to the ever sticking bill-poster, one
will find that hail-fellow- well-met
attitude. The famous prima donna
who travels midst the splendor of
private palace car; the ham fat
who jumps at ten per, and cakes
they never forget their smiling
good night to one and all as they
leave the show shop.
Several years back / happened to
make few jumps with the No. l..
car Of the Ding Dong" (Ringling
Bros.) circus, and beneath the paste-
plastered jumpers of those bill post
ers / found the hearts of men.
AS butcher with the, Lemon
circus | lived the happiest summer
of my life. The good fellowship
that exists among those happy peo-
pie can only be found under the
spread of the big top"
The summer of 1906 found me
travelling the road to nowhere, and
in my flying jumps | connected my
self with the p. Carnival Co., Then
making the central states and
playing to big money. | filled vari-
GUS small capacities with numerous
concessions, from pledding" ice
cream cones, to spelling" for the
Frisco Disaster show repro
ducing in miniature the San Fran
cisco earthquake and confagration.
The good will that was manifested
by all connected with this aggrega-
ton would annihilate the most per-
sistent blue devils that ever inhabit-
ed the mind of a morose person.
True, there was opposition existing
among the various shows that lined
the STEM" but the methods used
by the 'spielers'' to draw the silver
dimes to the concessions that they
represented and were grinding for,
were of the friendly kind, and such,
that the most skeptical could not
take offence. Il
In course of time our route carried
us to Milwaukee and there | was
detained by request, and thus ended
my happy career among the kindest
people that ever lived.