Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-18

lily, and 1 think she is quite proud Of
it, too.
There were ten Moffats in the orig
inal cast-my brother Graham, his
wife and daughter, my sister Katie,
my brother Watson and his wife, my
wife, my two daughters and [. Quite
a family affair, was it not? My wife
and W daughters are in the COM
pany with me now"
And how did you first heed the call
of the fe~otlights?
Il had to meet the difficulties which
usually attend the pioneer actor in a
strict Scotch family. My younger
brother and | used to steal away
from home to go to the theatre. We
never saw the end of a play because
we had to be in the house at 10
o'clock.
FINALLY a friend of mine who was
a member of n of the companies
at Glasgow received an offer of a
better position. The management
agreed to release him provided he
could secure someone to fill his place.
He suggested me, and | eagerly ae-
cepted. One day my employer found
a copy of a play in a ledger on
which ] was working. He told me to
choose between the theatre and my
position. l chose the former, much to
his horror. Isn't 1t strange that his
daughter is now playing Bunty in
one of the road companies?
1.-THE old prejudice against the
profession still exists in some parts
of scotland. In my tours have
often been compelled to sleep in the
theatre because the word actor had
closed every door, even those of the
hotels, against me-"
Likes America TOO WE'LL"
And how do you like this country
of CURSE"
TOO well. As soon as | recovered
from the first few days of homesick-
ness and began to see New York l
hadn't any desire to cut my visit
short
DO you find anything lacking in
the theatres over here?"
We'll, l must admit | miss the
green room. 1t is an institution of
the English theatres. There the men,
bers of the cast assemble when they
are not on the stage. The managers
here seem to think that a green room
In a theatre would result in missed
cues. This never happens in Eng
land, for the call boy warns each
member of the company three min
utes before he is due on the stage"
and the actors, how do they COM
pare?"
america has the greatest character
actors in the world, but l am inclined
to think we have the advantage in
the matter of romantic actors"
And are the scenes of 'Bunty' true
to Scotch life?"
Still Take Dogs to Kirk.
Yes, there are some little towns in
the north of Scotland where the men
still wear the strip of plaid over their
coats on Sundays and take their dogs
to the kirk with them. BY the way,
the kirk pictured in the second scene
is taken from one in Milngavie. near
brothers home. Since 'Bunty'
appeared numbers of tourists visit the
place every Sunday
And does a man really stand out
side with the collection plate, instead
of passing it around?'
ooh, yes"
Rather cold work in winter. l darn
say even you wouldn't be so proud
to be an elder then"
Perhaps he moves nearer the porch
in winter
MY brothers new play, The Scrape
of the PEN is a great success in
London continued Mr.. Moffat. IT
wonder what Graham will do with all
his money. He has no bad habits.
doesn't smoke. drink or gamble. He
is now drawing royalty from ten
'Bunty' companies, besides his other
plays"
Perhaps you might be real
b~rotherly and help him out of his
difficulties some day"
II jolly well could"
And all this was said with a sug-
gestion of Scotland, with its bluebells,
its thistles, its piaids (but not the
etc, etc, etc.) that was really de-