Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-20
CONTINUED from Last Saturday,

word for IL. But. say, the more | look
at you the more | have kind of sneak
ing idea I've seen your picture lately.
Did you got your photo stuck in any
of the theatrical papers since you land
ed?"
NO" Loveland replied, but flushed
again, instantly guessing where and in
what connection Jacobus must have
seen his portrait, n sketch or some
snapshot perhaps. Evidently the man
did not yet associate him with any
thing in particular, but the connection
between the new Juvenile lead snd \
certain Englishmnn made notorious by
one or two New York papers might at
any instant link itself in Mr.. JacObus'
head. This Loveland was far from
desiring. not that he thought his value
to the management would be decreased
by the discovery, rather the contrary,
Judging by his experience with Alex
andcr. but because he could not bSar
TO repeat that experience.
Jack Jacobus was himself, 1t seemed,
leading man for Miss Lille de Isle
Nnt Illlt uo"ti h'hNg
lead" he called 1t, but TO the heavy
lead apparently belonged all the really
good parts In the company's rcpertory.
Their productions struck LOveland as
being wonderfully good for strolling
troupe, playing week by week in ex-
trcmcly small towns, but Jacobus
laughed when he remarked that it
must be expensive to obtain the rights
OF such popular pieces as Sidney Gre
mcr's. for instance, and to put them on
the stage properly.
Property he echoed, grinning.
We'll, that depends. We carry six
men, counting me and you, and there
amt many pieces we put on except
Sidney Cremcr's comedies. where there
Is less than q dozen or fifteen male
characters. sometimes more. We all
double. sometimes each one Of us
even me. the leading man, because ]
amt proud. Same with the women.
We carry four of them, counting Lille
herself, and they earn their money.
You see, we must bill popular pieces.
mclodramas and comedies mostly, or
we shouldn't get no houses, so we can't
choose plays with few characters to
please lazy actors: AS for the rights TO
productivity, we don't trouble our
selves about them any more than we
do about the pasts Of our Juvenile lead
ing gentlemen. What we want we
take. 1t amt so very risky, though
once in awhile the police do shove their
noses in where nobody wants them.
and confess I'm bit scared about
Sidney Cremcr's new piece, which
we're just putting up. Say. you're
one of the Puritans, are you? Don't
they have shows of our sort in your
countryT
Lovclnnd said he really didn't know.
but as he FASTENED TO add he was not
Puritan and anyhow Mr.. Jacobus'
business was his own that gentleman
did not feel called upon TO translate
into words the thoughts his eyes had
begun to express.
Mr. Perceval Gordon. 1t appeared,
was expected to play seven parts at
the least during the season and must
be "lctter perfect" in the 1rst one by
that very night. II was. however,
but small role-that OF an old man
who conveniently expired at the end
Of the first act in great agony. A melo-
1rama called THE Dead Hand" had
been chosen for the closing night of
the engagement at Modunk because
the part of the Juvenile lead wasn't
too long or difficult to "get up In" with
one rehearsal, which they would have
after noon. and indeed the dead hand"
was TO be that of Mr.. Gordon himself.
He would appear as ghost near the
end Of the last act and wave the said
hand behind a gauze with strong lime
light turned upon it; also, incidental
ly, ut ball he would be asked to
walk on" as n young gentleman OF
fashion. Could he waltz? Good!
Then he should have Mrs. Jacobus for
his partner, ms she liked decent
dancer In that scene, where she had
experienced considerable trouble with
awkward brutes who stepped on her
party dress" Mrs. Jacobus, known
professionally as Miss Thora Moon,
was, her husband went on to state.
Miss de Isles leading lady, who
played adventuresses, Weaknesses and
important parts OF that fix to "the
human flowers" soubrettes and in
genues.
"My wife had some money when
married her" he mentioned with an
interpretive look, accompanied by
faint sigh. Thus Loveland was en-
abled TO guess how II was that Mr..
Jncobus might have been induced to
forget his onrly penchant for Miss dc
Lisle, Blll's "llttlo gal"
Jncobus stopped IN Main street In
front of mn ugly new building con.
strnclod of wood and brick, There
was a Kind Of yeranda, above which
appeared a large slgnboard with tho
words "smll's IIote" In green and
gold lrltpH
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