Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-12-09

wished inevitably Tor little history |
OF the actors and why they are play |
ing their parts. And you were lucky |
60 sit near Captain Purcell Captain
Purcell knows all about them. He
acted az oyerscer nt the rchcarsals.
and could tell you how the different
actors were selected and how they
were detailed regularly from their
prison work to rchenrHe IN the after
moons. after which they went back
20 work again. and how they enjoyed
II almost pathcticaiiy, and what
tremendous hit the show made
THANKSGIVING day with the other cone
vlcts and even now. over In the great
cell room next door. thousand are
lying awake and listcnlng Go the
music and keeping very stlll lest they
mar the success 90 their mates per-
Torrance before the people from the
outside world.
And Captain Purcell tips YOU off 10
Bits OF previous history" TOO. some
Iof u grim. some pathetic. Homo
dreadful. and all ending IN Number
Land. where nobody wears a name.
a humorous bit. occasionally. There
II Dooiy, now. turning handrprinR~
ON roller skates over pondcrous
suitcase on the stage. ~ was a suit
casn that got Dooly into trouble. He
"pinched" one from a United states
officer al II military post. Wonder
" he disilkes suitcases nowY
Then there In that blg man In red
and yellow--yes. the fat Abdul l. In
Turkey Isle" Now. he was clown
years and years nEo. clown IN a
1 lft
business and politics 10 be mayor OF
n hlg Iowa city, ard thcn--worked
himself down again. far below the
clown rank. Now. that trio singing
ana dancing--the one on the loft was
q banker: the other two were actors.
and you notice that the short one
skips aobut and smiles all the time
az II he couldn't help 81 Well. he's
looking for a parole. II may come
before Christmas. His jolllty Isn't az
put on" you see.
There's the one the boys call "ca-
russo" quite a singer. isn't hey Well.
he was the foreign correspondent OF
a PlttHburE bank and got MIXED up In
some international money iuRgling.
And that little Italian with the
smooth. rich voice. doing AN accor-
dion act-sure. he does II we'll. he
used To do Il In real vaudeville. out
side oh. but he's IN for a long time.
hos got nine years yet. Aud II you
ARE sitting close enough you can see
that the little Italians smile doesn't
come from inside as he carols Justify
Iaway about "Bruda sylves'." Those
Indians dance as II they enjoyed n.
don't they? They are short time
men. Real Indians--oh. yes They'll
he out soon. Fondness for liquor.
you know. aud other peoples horses.
But that benevolent old negro
uncle. who sings "Or Black Joe" In
such a mellow. powerful voice. and
chorties In senile delight at tho re-
turn OF his daughter" and her ''chti-
lun"--he's an old. old number: $3.50.
Many have come and gone since he
was sent up from the territories
Murder. but. lifetimer as he IN. hs
chuckles and capers and sings. 'r'n
coming-my head II bending low.
as II the cotton fields were Just be-
hind his little stage cabin and ths
tail stacks OF fodder In the fore
ground.
4 sLew Within n show.
The little histories make up show
behind a show. IL you can learn them
A vaudeville show. too. In a way. Bui
not the kind you see on a painted
stage. And not tho kind you forget
30 quickly.
II n all over by 10 o'clock. hut u
! takes that crowd haif an hour 70 SCI
} by the narrow. double gates. TIL
people file out more quietly thar
= from a tkeatar. There Is something
about the rigid order within the WALL
J that does not encourage frivolous
chatter. There Ia strange absence
OF iostling ut the marrow gate. wher'
two men In uniform watch heeni,
this faces M they file past. Then thu
I'D comes off the chatterbox whei
the moonlight " reached, and th'
crowd storms the waiting squad o
street cars with all the scraps Of tcs
and laughter OF people VINO hav'
I been entertained
And the entertainment Back Il
Z Number Land there Is the cadence'
A tramp ~ guards ON the flagstoncl