New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16

mere fmy wisp Of straw or felt or silk set of
with = bit Of ribbon or single feathered shaft
it magically becomes what is known to the hat
building profession as a confection and acquires
a correspondingly augmented value in the eyes of
seller and buyer alike.
Let us rest content, therefore, with the simple
statement that on this occasion Miss Margaret
secured, after much trying Of designs, "a hat
that was fetchingly simple in every detail except
the one detail Of cost. Wearing ii in d way fur
ther to enhance her own natural charms and ac-
companied by Miss Travis, who had joined her,
she headed next for that section of the Broadway
district popularity called the Rialto, where booking
Office shoulders up against theatre and dramatic
agency elbows producing managers domain, and
in doorway and foyer and along the smmerlng
hot sidewalks are to be seen the representatives
Of all the classes that go to make up New lorks
midsummer theatrical colony.
For it is to New York that the actor folk flock
IN July and August They come to meet their own
kind, to secure engagements for the coming
SON. TO interview managers and-some of them
TO crafty after fashion the ambition to be on
Broadway, which lies at the back Of the mind Of
every man and every woman who lives by the
stage. # they never hope to play on Broadway at
least they may stroll there, and, the saying
goes, invite their souls.
In the paper that morning Margaret had seen
references the activities Of the booking agency
of Bunk & Bilker To be sure. these arc not the
real names Of the gentlemen composing this hrm
but ] use them here because well, because they
are ON the whole rather appropriate. SO to the
establishment Of Messrs. Bunk & Bilker went the
two girls, and, unheraded and uunotlced, they en-
tered the outer office Of those enterprsing gentle
men.
They had come TO see the players. Now, It was
their good luck to see play. For filling the hard
benches Of the anteroom fairly complete
assortment Of those plucky struggling actors and
actresses who have pursued the theatrical profes-
sion from the crosstie up the unknown heroes
and hcroncs of the one-night stand, the road tour
and the bargain matinee.
For Only little while Margaret and Madge
pccoed in on this little human drama with It's
humorous side and its pathetic side, the latter
TO one who looked below the surface Of things
lbs dominant Characteristic; and then. feeling that
they were in the wrong place. they quietly
slipped away.
81 know where wen 60" said Margaret; well
go to see Daniel Frohman, the famous manager
My aunt knows him
To Daniel Fronman's o-ce therefore went the
pair, finding there q vastly different atmosphere
than that enCendercd in the establishment OF
Bunk Bilker. Mr. Frohman man noted as
much for his scholarly attachments as for his
ability a disooyerer and trainer of stars and
his success a producer of plays, had heard OF
Margaret, and, dismissing other business for the
time, he received her and her chum in his private
Office Hearing from Margaret Of ner newborn,
half formed ambition, ne spent some time cx-
planning to her the infinite requirements and
study requisite to make a successful actress Of
who started even with natural advantages of
youth and beauty and some degree Of dramatic
talent At the conclusion Of the interview. as
he was bowling his visitors out, he said TO her
gravely: