New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-01
60 yp. said the hallboy

go UP. said the hallboy
lie said that TO US yesterday afternoon
while We stood near the telephone switch
hoard. waiting TO be received by Miss
Gail Kane. who had just returned from
matinee Of seven Keys to Baldpate," at
she Astor Theatre.
rs that al she said?' We asked him.
she said you we're 70 go up ne an
svercd.
That seemed hard 70 believe. We had
seen Miss Kane in seven Keys" and
heard her say from the heart, go 10
hell" and we had read IN Mr.. Ruhls re
Jew Of Heap Game Watch that she
had thrown just as much force into What
80 hell am I going 10 do
Naturally then. We felt certain she had
remarked 10 the hallboy:
"Oh. hell, Tell him 20 come up
The hallboy refused TO verify the sus-
riclon. and when We were deposited In
front ~ door on the fifth floor and a
young woman opened that door. we knew
WHY there could be no sincere bond be
tween profanity and the subject OF this
ireatise While she has TO swear for d
living this was time outside OF "oiflce
hours. so she had an opportunity 10
rest VI.
she said she was hoarse. which invited
the suggestion that an over-indulgence in
prescribed expression might be responsible
FOR that condition.
No It isn't that al all" she protested.
and don't want you to think 1t is |
don't swear because like 10 swear.
Blu, doesn't the line give you chance
io rid Yourself Of annoying thoughts?
II should say II docs When things 20
wrong during the day ] look forward 10
tho evening performance, when / can JUST
tear hole in the atmosphere with that
hlankety-blank remark, I feel so much
better afterward"
DO YOU go TO church,
TO 81 Patricks Cathedral And
want 90 ten you something funny. ! was
IN the Cathedral ON Christmas morning
and the service vas going along nicely
When an organ grinder who must have
been blind or OF mean disposition land
"a on the Fifth avenue side and ground
out NJ tho Devils Ball am pretty de-
,out, but had 20 smile. And I noticed
that Others heard the music
1t is difficult for some nersons Of
seeming intelligence 10 realize that don't
swear off as well a. on the stage. On two
occasions when l was invited TO a dinner
rarty. women have taken me aside and
asked me 10 Try TO restrain myself n
felt upset about anything. They mus,
have thought was prepared TO spread
some indigo English all over the DINING
room II the service slipped a cog, or tina,
would say I'm damned pleased TO NEE,
YOU" on being introduced. But / didn'
reveal the fact that ] was hurt by th
edmonton. Id answer that usually e.
penenced trouble In saving five word
without slipping in an oath but that
would watch myself
once. at the conclusion % a dinner.
overheard one woman say 10 another
Why, she didn't say even one word out
u the way"
This is only the third play wherein
nave had part calling for the use OF
profanity. ] had damn line when was
with Chauncoy Olcott. but said il only
once. | say 'hsil' only once in Seven
Keys. but already ! have been called the
press agent for Gehenna. That just showz
you how little thing will affect per
sons reputation"
Just for the purpose OF learning whether
carly environment had had anything TO Dc
with the question. We inquired her birth.
place.
That's the funniest thing Of all she
answered. II was born Ia Philadelphia g