Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-15

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ne knew
to the right kind d subject. subject upon which he
could exercise his fancy and his rich and powerful
cabulary, the interview would be worth while.
| let the other him ahead of me. | had de-
veloped idea that the last crack notable the
best, if he might be tired and from much
interviewing, because that gave the interviewer the
chance suggest subjects that perhaps the others had
overlooked.
Nothing doing With Ingersol, the hotel reporters
told they down one by from his room.
"He doesn't want to be quoted. Says he has inter
est IN politics any more and declines to say word
the subject Of agnosticls and atheism and such things
You'll find i hard digging to get any real juice Of
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l up to see him, all the same. 1t was an after
OF fierce Chicago heat and he sitting BY win
dow tanning himself One of his daughters with
him. At the risk Of being squelched took gambling
chance. There be a big prize fight in St. Paul
the following night. With the venturesomeness Of
youth remarked Ingersoll that instead OF being on
his wa! to Montana try will might be possible
that he rca1l on his way to ST. Paul to see the big
fight.
It the cue. Ingersoll 1oathed prize fight
ing; although, had not known it up to that moment.
1t pure chance that mentioned the topic He
broke tremendous denunciation of the p
ring. didn't nave to say word 1ngersoll d
subject that interested him, which he could pound and
all had to do sit tight and take it all in He
called prize fighters @taboolish ruffians and said that
people who attended prize fights weren't much bet
ter, and he urcoed picturesque language that
could have remcmbered but | furtively jotted down
the best expressions in shorthand my cuff When he
had finished | asked him if could quote him on the
subject Of prize fighting
You may quote on that subject until the COWS
home, Son. he replied
It made a ripping interview. l spread it into two
columns without the least trouble: for the talk had
been Jara1lcd with characteristic ngersoesque ex-
prcssions. 1t printed the first page of my paper
under the faring big head Pope Bob Sluggng and
this time my pay really rased-it raised from
twenty two to twcnty-three dollars week.
OK still another occasion in Chicago pure chance
wholly Upholstered by calculation on nv part,
enabled me to furnish interview with some unusual
embellishments Sarah Bernhardt arrived in Chicago
after long Of Australia The divine Sarah has
made a good many farewell tours of tbs
~ country since that time, and, while she
- appears not to have lost any of her prestige
as an actress, she is no longer asked to make
newspaper copy" in the form OF interviews.
But at that time spread talk with Sarah
Bc-nhardt something that city editors all
the country imperativey demanded
every time she reached their
towns.
On this occasion the late
Henry E. Abbey, the impress
. = 4 r I ario who was AIadanies man
4 - ager, arranged that should
ssh all have talk with the
4 " actress at the same time. So,
49, IN her dress of green panne vel
ST vet, with the huge, clankng
e. silver grdle round the waist,
and her crinkly bronze hair art
" *" 1essly-artfully flying and dis
49, ordered, she received the pack
" of us in the drawing room Of