The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-11
AT SELLS HOTEL.
w WILLIE SELLS
Envied Him Because OF HIS
Prosperous Appearance.


Clad in Pajamas Actor Chased
Departing Train.
John Hyams. who starred in the
Girl OF My Dreams as Harry SWl11o on
at the Grand last night was mere ~
years ago. He was then a song atlu
dance man with the Al O. fleIu nm mn
streI show. He stopped at the Nhss-
terfeId hotel near the Rock Island &c
x5t conducted by the father OF Wine
&Sels, the late circus man Nj ~ go. -
said he did not recall the Oh senli-
man Int remembers how his son, WIZ
VS. afterwards called the Bedu u
Rrummel of the circus ring was "a
ceptional1y we'll dressed ana eXclteu MS
admiration and envy
Previous to this the actor was IN 4
cipar sfore bought for him by his faith
or at Troy n Y. He answered an az
in tire New York Clipper for song
and dance man and thus found NM
self in the show business. HIS parents
were so angry that they nearly us
owned him ,,s
Mr.. Hyarns also tells how he chased
q train at Rock Island, Ill, IN ms
paianaas to keep from being let anu
other interesting stories Oh lie WITH d"
1t It happens that the home of Miss
Leila Mcintyre is within tnlrlS
miles OF her husbands home at Ben
nington. VI, but they never nee ulltii
both were in theatrical work
later they were in vaudeville ana
in n sketch called The Quakeress,
went to the coast From TINS ShetcH'
according to Mrs. AyamS, was tdke.i
the idea of The Girl OF My Dreams.
This musical comedy was given pc
fore a packed house at Junction CITY
Monday night. Tuesday Mr. Hyahls re
ceived a letter from an ofhcer o. ei-e
mounted cavalry school at Fort RileE,
The message stated that the writer Fad
been often fooled and disappointed IN
musical comedy but The girl OF MY
Dreams was the real thing ana pre-
sented in the right way. The letter
.vvas read aloud to the assembled coul-
&,any last night between acts
saw Willie Sells.
IT was in Topeka 20 years ago Tor
the first time with Al Fields minstrel
show" said Mr.. Hyams last night w =
Travelled and slept in our own car-hac
inst little cupboard underneath tae
bunlx for all of our clothing by TIE
HyavAbut we ate at hotels. When in
Topeka we stopped at the hotel con
Quoted by Mr.. Sells, the father OF VIII
lie Sells, who died recently Whlle
do not recall the father plainly, L re
member Willie he was G a r. 9''iiT2
man and exceptionally well dressed
remember seeing him around the hotel
and envying him. I thought he must
be a pretty big person
AT that time 1 was Just song anu
dance man and played brass IN the
band at about twenty dollars a week
81 had my ups and downs. one
time early in the morning, wnlle we
were passing through a station near
Rock Island the train stopped and
got off in my pajamas to get a sand
wich. The train started off without
me and I chased that train clear to
Dock Island in my somewhat scanty
.Ilfire.
IN that minstrel show was Harry
Riding, now head man for Henry Saw
age.
Former Cigar Man
Il always had a taste for theatricals.
NV parents bought a cigar store for
me at my home. Troy, N Y, but an
swered an ad for a song and dance
man in the New York Clipper, and
thus went into the show business,
much to the horror of my parents who
nearly disowned me-
Yes. play golf; will play at St. Joe
tomorrow with Reid Murray and Wal
lace Evans from Kansas City,
Here Harold Mcintyre, brother of
Leila Mcintyre and leader of the
chorus. came to borrow a towel.
Eyes. you can have the towel. but
mind you bring it back said Miss Nc
Intyre. This is the third towel he has
borrowed and he never brought the
other two back she added to the
visitor.
MY mother was musical" she re-
piled to a question. "She trained girls
to sing for the stage in New York city
and that is how I got into theatrical
work. Like vaudeville2 Yes. Vaude-
Vile is a delightful thing, and has its
pleasant features, but of course we do
not play to the same class of people
as we do in musical comedy. How
ever, I was afraid at first the Quaker
part would be too quiet for the aver
age audience.
I'VE certainly appreciate our large
and attentive audience we had tonight !
mo, never knew Mr.. Hyams until
I was in theatrical life. although his
home at Tro- was only thirty miles
from my own at Bennington. VT
Neither Mr.. Hyams or Miss McIn- |
tyre is the least infatuated with them |
selves as too often / sthe case with
Astars of their magnitude Mr.. F4vans /
fsSsS pleasant genial man. Miss McIn- /
tyre is charming woman of great /
personal magnetism.
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