Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-19

Primrose thought his ought to be there.
Sometimes vice versa. All that-then Mr..
DockStader and Mr.. Primrose parted
company. and remained apart for nearly
ten years. Mr.. Dockstader had his own
show for long time Mr.. Primrose had
his own showffor a long time Mr.. Dock
stader went into vaudeville. Mr.. Prfm-
rose went into vaudeville.
| This last summer they got together"
| They talked over bygone days and de-
cided both had been more or less foolish.
Their reunited snlinstrels this season are
the result. Their success has been
really phenomenal.
Today they are the blackface Damon
and Fgthias. They occupy the same
dressing room. They occupy adjoin-
ing rooms in the hotel in the vari-
Gus cities in which they play. If Mr..
Dockstader sees his picture in the paper
he's sorry Georges isn't there, and if
Mr.. Primrose sees his picture in the paper
he's sorry 1t isn't Lewis.
WANTED TO KNOW.-A large audi
ence had gathered I'm Carnegie Hall to en-
joy Wagner concert to the Philharmonic
under the leadership of Josef Stransky
AS usual. the principal performers of the
orchestra were applauded as they ap-
peared on the platform, the climax being
reached when Mr.. Stransky himself en-
tered. When the excitement had some
what subsidized and the concert was about
to begin a well dressed woman. seated
quite near the 'front.'. turned to the woman
beside her and said In an audible voice:
Pardon me. but would you kindly tell
me which one is Wagner
OLCOTT AND THE HOBO.-Chauncey
OlcOtt tells a story which is so very
original that it is worthy of print and,
better than ALL he swears by his halidom
that it is true:
lone night in early June" SO says Mr.
Olcott, Il was awakened by suspicious
noise in my buffers pantry at my house
in Saratoga Springs. l quietly betook
myself down the stairs without awaking
Mrs. OlcOtt, who is very nervous about
burglars. and. quietly opening the door
of the pantry, beheld an unkempt indi-
vidual who was helping himself to
particularly fine cold chicken which was
slowed away in our refrigerator. 1
grabbed the individual by the collar and
pushed him into the vegetable cellar,
where he spent the rest of the night. pre-
sumably comfortably intrenched on
sack of potatoes or some equally soft
spot. In the morning i telephoned the
police station and had an officer come
for my midnight visitor. and went down
to court to appear against him. When
he was arraigned he appeared so particu-
larly forlorn and told such a pitiful tale
about his hunger. and that he had only
broken into the house to get bite to
eat. that I hadn't the heart to appear
against him, and / SO notified the judge,
who discharged Mr.. Hobo with a warn
ing. taking the precaution, however. to
have him photographed for the rogues'
gallery. so in case he was ever picked
up again he would not get off so easily. A
week went by, and | had almost for
gotten the incident, when one day as L
was motoring into town 1 heard my name
hOarsely called from the sidewalk, and.
looking to see who had accosted me, l
was surprised to notice 1t was my friend
the burglar. / stopped my machine and
asked him what he wanted. When he
told me / almost tainted. Said he: Say,
Mr.. Olcott. that there picter OF mine was
so good L wish you'd fix IT with the chief
to give me two or three extry ones, SO
kin send 'em to me folks"
REAL AS WELL AS MIMIC SALES
MAN-Karl Hewitt, the Bob Blake of
THE Travelling Salesman" company, is
only returning to his early profession in
portraying a drummer. Hewitt's father
was a prosperous jobber in the south
and intended Karl to succeed him In
business With this end in view he made
| him general factotum around the store.
The advance agent of a company that
| was booked to play in the town procured
an invitation to a local entertainment
He was very much impressed with Hew-
tits singing. dancing and story telling.
and when the affair was over arranged
! for Hewitt to take up the life Of pro-
| fessional actor. During the summer Kari
4: again took the road with his sample case
| and his fame as an actor added material
| ly to his success as a salesman For sew.
| eraI years he alternated between grip
and grease paint" and finally aban-