The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-02

ment OF all kinds and can pan to fare
you-well. In fact his chief line of con-
versation Is roasting other actors. II
remark in the family circle that Joan
Sawyer, who IL on the bill with us. If
dancing in perfect form he cuts in with
some speech about her getting thin or
intimatlng that Nigel Barrie, her part
ner. has feet that do not track.
81 have never been a harsh critic Of
other players myself and this panning
strain in my little lad inks me. II really
does. I would change his name were IL
not that he already plays a stiff game
Of poker, which also goes with the name
Of Irving Lewis Foy
IAN my kids have temperament and
house full of temperament Is a house
divided against itself artistically, and
though the House Of Foy has never
fallen 1t has had rude shocks from the
battling of the actors and actorlnes
within. Here's little Irving Lewis Foy
with the critical temperament pannins
us all. and there's Edward Foy. aged T.
who has the mmetlc temperament, to
speak af:er the fashion OF the hiehbrow
He thinks that he can do limitations. and
night and day he growls ike dog.
news like a cat. caws like n crow. drones
like a buzz saw, grunts like a pig. and
even initiates his poor old dad. Imagine
having a kid who never let's up doing
the Harry Gilfon. In the dead vast
and middle of the night I have been
awakened by Edward practising the
blatting OF a hungry calf.
Folk smile when ! speak OF my trials.
but believe me. have many.
Madeline is . years old and fancies
herself mistress of all Instruments
Her musical temperament leads her to
the ambition of being a whole orchestra
AS result the house IN filed with the
strains OF flute fife, violin, plano. organ.
slip horn, cornet oboe and iewsharp
One day I caught her playing a bala-
lalka which she had picked up in some
property room. At rehearsals I have to
beg her not TO tease the musicians in
the orchestra to teach her their instru-
ments. When she read that Richard
Strauss had added a lot OF new insru-
ments to music she begged me to cable
for all the junk.
my Mary is ~, and her temperament
runs to Rotations At any hour in my
house you are likely to hear Dangerous
Dan Magrue,' 'Gunga Din The Face
on the Bedroom Floor. 'Curfew Shall
Not Ring Tonight and We Stand at
Armageddon and Battle for the Lord
There are some tough cuss words in
several OF these that make the old man
vince, but It's all for art, so | guess it's
all right even IL the late b. F. Keith
did make Clifton Crawford can I'n Get
Swig in Hell From Gunga Din
Richard Confesses to IA years. He
has the dramatic temperament and
Nsa1z 10,
Tough 'Spartacus's Address 10 the
Gladiators'' and William A. Brady's
remarks while rehearsing mob scene
| get some great earfuls from that kid.
He memories blank verse like It was
baseball percentages. and he plays no
favOrites. laying a bet on all of them
rom Shylock to Ulysses. lie is full Of
good speeches. too. We were over to
Francis Wilson's for dinner one night
and there was a great mound OF violets
in the middle OF the table and Wilson,
who is nut on child actors, asked
Richard
what line from play describes
those violets best?
"Dlckle came right back with This
odorous amorous isle of violets. from
stephen Phillips Ulysses and Fran
els gave him a hand on II and was
very much pleased.
Charles is some boy OF 10 His tenn
! permanent runs to musical comedy. He
| thinks he is barytone and get
| Rocked in the Cradle OF the Deep till
my ears hurt. He gives limitations OF
every one from George Mac Farlane TO
Scott and plays juveniles until we
chase him off the porch. He's great
company for himself. though
Bryan, my eldest has a real sensible
temperament. He's an auto nut and
he result is get work out OF him on
the place keep my Ford in the hem
| house. and IL needs some cleaning up.
He is the best auto cleaner YOU could
want lie posters me with demands for
one OF those low Speedsters with bucket
seats geared two 70 one and guaran-
teed To loop the loop over and around
a ninety Simplex. Some day. when all
the kids have grown up I'm going to
get that boy a real fast car made by
Bob Fitzsimmons In a blacksmith shop.
There are the temperaments OF my
| family and when they are all sizzling
my home is a blend OF riot at Black
wells Island. a fit in an insane asylum
and New Years eve at Broadway
| cafe. My good wife can't afford a tenn
| permanent and has no lime for one.
| lost my temperament long ago. | am
| really a Shakespearian actor. but they
have kdded me out of IT, All this week
at the Palace | shall he somewhat dis
trait, for they are playing Hamlet at
Stra ford on-Avon. and my heart will
| no there.
| well. 10 end a long story I would
not have another kid for the gross re-
| CENTS of John d. Rockefeller but |
would not part with one of my lads
and lassies for the combined output OF
all the minis in the world"