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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-25

IN the one night stands. He said he
could give me a small part and that
II would d. my specially in the last
act he thought II might be worth $25
a week.
II had never got s25 in all my
life, but ! managed 10 conceal my
real JOY and accepted his offer as
though II We're a very ordinary one
and meant very little 20 me. So,
bright and early the following day, !
presented myself at the stage door.
when ] was informed by the stage
manager that another man had been
engaged for the part. My heart sank
TO my boots. And, fearing less nothing
would come Of it after ALL hurried
back to the hotel, Brady was still In
bed, and bounding up the stairs. I
knocked at his door. When ] told him
about it all he said was Wait Dress
ing Immediately he went back to the
theatre with me and sent for the stage
manager and said: This man will
play the part; cross the other name
Off The tour lasted eleven weeks
and ] saved third pf my salary.
When got back to New York
was sent TO see Mark Murphy, who
was going To put out piece called
'ODowds Neighbors.' He asked me
to do some limitations and was en-
gagged on the spot. He told me to
tell everybody that was getting $50
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-25
Simon Levi.

a week, so getting up courage enough
10 ask for $50 & t ii with the promise
of s. more If ] made good. He was
honest enough TO keep his word, for
the second week out he raised me T.
s35. Realizing that it paid TO dress
well. ] now felt sufficiently encouraged
10 order a new suit OF clothes from a
Fifth avenue tailor
THE following season ! was engaged
by the late John Russell at $45 a week
10 go out in a No. 2 company OF The
City Directory After we'd been play
ing one night stands for about three
weeks Russell CHANGED to see me and
decided TO transfer me TO the No.
company, and ! opened on Broadway
just one year TO the day from the time
] made my metropolitan debut at
Payne's Concert Hall The following
year Russell was making preparations
to produce play called About Town
In the first act there was scene In
a barber shop in which occurred
rumpus between an Italian, an Irish
man and Jew. As ! had nothing TO
do in this act Russell asked me IL ]
W uld play the part of the jew. did
so. and that was the inspiration OF the
Jewish character which has found it's
highest development in my Simon
Leu in The Auctloneer.'
~ had always wanted TO play the
part OF jew. ! had seen him in an
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-25

duce tears. Belasco agreed with me.
and the play The Auctioneers' was
simply a transplanting Of my Jew
pedler into new and expanded sur
round.ngs.
But in The Auctioneer' was the
great character Simon Ler. He
stepped out Of the burlesque, laugh
exciting character / had mad. him and
became an all around human being.
with pathos as We'll as comedy IN his
makeup. However. IL is the character
and not the play that survives. Sug-
c"st Hamlet and the gloomy Prince
appears and perhaps the grave digger,
through contrast. The other charac-
tiers and the plot are lost sight Of
under the dominance Of this person
ality. Speak of jefferson and you i'm
mediately See Rip Van Wrinkle pur-
sung his devious and more or less
somnolent way. SO great characters
1--we in great actors ana actors live in
great characters, one and !nsepa-
rabie.
when The Auctloneer' first APP
pearcd twe!ve years ago Lea was
appreciated. but not 10 the full, for
this reason: II was a comedy part,
had always provoked laughter and
was played by one who mad just
emerged from buriesque. sud-, My
the pathetic SIDE Of him was turned -
the audience. and by that same actor
who himself had abruptly changed
from the burlesque TO the leg innate
The public had al once TO accept both
the change in the character and the
cha " he Tho.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-25
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least TO Inez, that he was bound for
the street on his way to the stage
door
Il big your pardon" he apologized,
III was so dark in there ! didn't see
you"
Don't mind me" Inez said smiling.
go to il, young man. There's only a
few Evelyn Bends in this world"
With wide open eyes Gardner looked
down at Inez and wondered whore this
strange. poorly clad young person
could have known his Evelyn, but
Inez only smiled and waved him
away.
"Bea, it," she said, ION your way"
and Gardner took her advice and hur-
ried on to the stage door.
Her work done. and well done SO II
seemed. lnez continued ON her way
home TO the boarding house. once in
her own room she opened drawer
and took out a tin box which con-
tanned a piece OF Swiss cheese and
some crackers. II was not a very
delectable meal, and not the kind Of
supper that chorus girls ar usually
supposed TO enjoy, but II was the only
kind that Inez knew, and besides that
the events of the night seemed TO
demand some kind of a celebration.
She had begun on her third cracker
when the doOrhell rang. and realz-
ing that she was the only person in
the house who was awake decided
that she had best go to the door her
self On the steps she found Evelyn
Bend, and, standing back Of her even
in the dim light OF the street lamp,
she recognized the broad shoulders OF
Philip Gardner.
This is Mr.. Gardner" Evelyn said
"He told m, about meeting a young
lady in the lobby after my song, and
] knew at once from his description
that il must DE you. We both feel
that we owe you great deal, and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-25
The Thespians-By Charles Belmont Davis

we've come to take you home to sup
per with US, you ar Kid, YOU.
And Notwithstanding her violent
protests on account Of lack o. proper
raiment they carried lneZ away IN
the new Bend automobile TO the beau
t!ful Bend home. lnez sat al lOns
table. on which. al least so il seemed
to her, there We're a thousand candles
under little pink shades and great
many good things TO eat and drink,
and tall. colored glasses and part!cu-
larly heavy silver forks and spo ms
and great masses Of flowers every
where.
She recognized many of the girls
and men whom she had trained 10
sing Come Back. Ma Honey Boy"
and they all seemed particularly anN-
ious that she. more than any one
Use, should have a good time. Mr..
Gardner sat next TO her and Mss
Bend just beyond him, and Of all tho
gay crowd they Were easily the gayest
and happ!est OF all.
When the party was over Evelyn
took IneZ 70 the door TO start her back
to the boarding house in the automo-
bile which had been kept waiting for
her.
"Good-hy, Maggie" Evelyn wills
pered and kissed her. Il owe you
such a lot. my dear, It's been fne
Easter, hasn't ~"
st has that. Maggie said, "l've
done more churchgoing some Easters
long time ago, but ! never knew on"
where folks took SO much trouble to
make kid that don't have much fun
happy"
Run along with you" laughed
Evelyn, that's just another way 20
celebrate Easter"
ITS a pretty good way, too SAID
Maggie.
tCOpyri9ht JV the NOrh america"
COMpdHyD
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-25
Says That His Present Role in 1.-THE
Auctioneer" Is One of the Finest
Characters He Has
Ever Presented

After we had been playing a few
weeks at the Casino a baseball game
was arranged 10 be played between
actors al the Polo Grounds. l was q
take part and. as We all had TO go in
costume. determined TO do something
out OF the ordinary. IL not startling.
:, l put on the makeup Of a jew
pedler and played ball. 1t was a
great hit. After the game Lederer
came 10 me in a great hurry and said:
Can you do that tonight in the
show
You see. he had seen how il struck
the Jews. who We're a considerable
portion OF the audience at the ball
game.
Il did as Lederer suggested and the
audience went wild over it the very
first night, and, mind you, there wis
a large percentage OF Jews there.
Then ! began TO hear talk-the only
true sign Of success in this business
then the weekly papers took up the
Cudgei for me. the morning papers
fen into line. and my claim that the
jew wal broadm!ndei was vindlCated
Shortly after this l signed a three
year contrac; with Web,r and Fields
doing four or five burlesques year.
DO not imagine that burlesque j. a
matter OF s.apst!Cks. f the tripping
over your own feet and falling on
your eat and the rest Of the comic
acrobat business. on the contrary, II
is a or. al art. II is to the actor what
Car!ca;ure is TO the artist. There j. a
real purpose behind i. II must be
played seriously, yet with a tinge of
humor impaired 10 give il satire.
Really. one might. because Of its
subtlety, regard burlesque as one OF
the finest forms Of dramatic art.
When ] had been with Weber and
Fields year and half Mr. Belasco
made me an offer and ! told him that
when ! was at liberty would do bust
ness win him. ! was playing the
jew with great success al Weber and
Fields, but this was a wholly comic
character. one that produced nothing
but laughter. ] advanced TO Mr.. Be-
iasco the theory that ] could take that
very same character and make II pro-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-25
David Warfeld Talks About His Inter.
esting Career-To-day He Ranks
as One of the Highest Priced
Artists in the World

W IHEN David Warfield was Of.
W fered 100000 by Felix
Isman. a theatrical man
ager. about six years ago
in the form Il a ten year contract
a, 100000 a year a new and wonder
.ul record seemed about to be estab-
lished in the scale OF princely in
comes which talent rightly directed
Is capable OF earning on the stage.
But when Mr.. Warfeld without the
leas; hesitation thanked Mr.. Isman
and replied that ne wouldn't consider
The proposition for $1,000, 900 cash the
curiosity o. the entire world. so 10
speak, was aroused.
True. Sarah Bernhard has received
sums for limited engare ments whicl
would be in excess Of 500, 900 IL COM
puiel on yearly basis. and Richard
Mansfield : said 10 have earned $780,
poo a year al various times during
his career, but a very large part Of
bis savings was afterward lost in
unfortunate theatrical investments.
In Rip Van winkle" the late Jo-
Sph Jefferson continued in remark
able popularity for a quarter Of
century and when he died he left
a fortune estimated al more than
100000, Then, too, the elder SAL
Nn. / was reported, was offered
100000 FOR a tour Of this coun-
Try, and Edwin Booths income was
eons.d red exceptional in his day.
Malde Adams at the present time has
an annua. income which is said TO
approximate 100000. But Of all the
artists whose earning capacity has
MADE them objects of wonder and
envy David Warheld stands in class
by himself: he is without a doubt
The highest paid actor on any stage
IN any country.
Therefore i: IS interesting TO note
he steps by which Warfield, whose
genus has gwen TO the world series
OF creations such as Simon Lepi in
The Al-toneer." Herr Ton Baricio
N The Music Master" and Peter
c''mm IN The Return Of Peter
'fmm rose from an obscure usher
" 'Ae old Bush Street Theatre in San
FRANCISCO, where he was getting 81
week, to his present position. where
ae Is sad 20 earn about $4,000 an.
"aaAy' during a dramatic season
"hPa lasts about forty-five weeks.
varied says that he always had
" u am 90 become an actor, but tina;
" A1i.I take full possession of him
mn he became an usher at the Bush
s"es' Theatre in San Francisco. At
way NH' FARLEY Campbell was about
" F'4Ie. siberia" and he was hired
aa super al fifty cents a night. He
,"ea!sel Tour weeks and played two
-. ''t+ .4' " as ulSCNdIgtQ lot a
ma! breach II discipline.
ar II " being discouraged War
80. 81 through the kind Offices Of
psssa- o., position with a repertoire
10. r.S.|. The first bin was THE
nv ~ Lave Man" and the man
~ 49," assigned 70 him the part OF Mel
a., NoSS 2 which ne was TO receive
ro vice. J, was a disastrous ex-
rnNhse though, for the tour only
$50 one week and he had TO get
could
w, W" connection with this experience
,,@'"e'a relates that he knew nothing
- makeup, and as the character
~, jew and needed large nose. he
,, 49, u, no h"st way TO gain the de-
n.,,. eHe.' was 10 get some putty and
,h,r one 50 he went to a GLACIERS
s,p a"e provided himself with a suf-
n, "n' quantity Of the stuff that went
t, :" '"' part But during the per-
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-04-29

WATCH OUR CLASSIFIED COLUMN
EVERY WEEP THERE NAY BE A BOX
OF CANDY, A THEATRE TICKET, or
SOMETHING MORE VALUABLE FOR YoU
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-04-29

! into rooms for different purposes
bungalows are not so roomy as two
story houses, so that cellar room is
better appreciated.
This cellar is divided into cold stor.
age room, laundry and furnace room
and bins for the storage Of coal. Mod
ern housekeeping requirements de-
mand conveniences for doing the nee
essary work as well as in providing
supplies for future use.
The construction materials selected
for a house like this depend somewhat
on the climate. But on general prin-
ciples, the building should be thor.
oughly well built Well-built walls.
ceilings and floors are warm in winter
and cool in summer.
The specifications for this bungalow
call for sheathing boards and building
paper under the clapboards or other
outside finish. The sheathing boards
are Of good quality, well seasoned, to
prevent shrinkage. Then a good grade
OF building paper is used. Such a
house is comfortable In cold weather
or hot weather. A well-made house
wall is a protection against heat and
cold.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-04-29
Breaks Only the Best.

They were preparing to move and
the mistress herself was packing the
china She had reached a set OF bread
and butter plates in which she mar.
ucularly delighted-a simple white
and gold pattern Of exquisite fineness
and one was missing. She hunted
through the kitchen and half empty
pantry. and as last resort unpacked
neatly closed box she had Just fin.
ehed. She thought Of asking Del
phine, the faithful old deaf maid, but
the effort required to make her hear
seemed too great.
Delphine, however, whose keen eyes
missed nothing. when she saw her mis-
tress on the point OF losing her "a.
thence came over to her and explained:
III have to tell you now. I broke
one Of them things tother day. don't
freak anything very often, but when
DO it's something Of some conss-
9uence."
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-04-29

room, dining room and kitchen. so ~
Separate from these are two bed
rooms, a very small hall, and a bath.
room.
The most important feature OF the
floor plan is the large living room,
Il by 20 feet together with its large
bay window and magnificent fireplace.
A built-in seat is planned for the win.
4 dow directly in front Of the fire.
The dining room is Il by u feet in
size with a double window and two
single windows for light Between
the two single windows is a built-in
! combination sideboard and buffet The
woodwork of both these rooms is de-
signed 70 match.
There is a heavy dashboard. a crown
! noiding which joints he walls and
ceilings Of each room. and a plate rail
in the dining room, al built 70 match
in one general design. The plate rail
is a continuation OF the corrice at the
top OF the sideboard. The dining
room walls are laid Of in panels sep
arated BY stiles made TO match the
noldings
The woodwork in the two rooms
helps very much both il decorating
and in the furnishing. b. adopting the
built-in furniture idea that has been
so deliberately worked out BY archi-
tects. In this way furniture fits a
house because it grows in place as il
is being built. Designs usually are cut
out by machinery in factories and
shipped in the knockdown, so that car
penters put the different parts iogeth.
er across the ends or in the corners
Of rooms where they are meant TO 90. |
The kitchen is q model of neatness
and perfection in arrangement when
taken together with the pantry, the ice
box and the rear porch.
A wall space at the side Of the Gel
lar stairway gives the proper backing
for the sink and kitchen cupboard, |
with its workable top, which is next
to the large window where there is
plenty OF light. A great deal depends
on the laying out Of details TO make
work easy and attractive.
Dark kitchens are not tolerated in /
these days Of white enamel and plenty Il
Of daylight
This bungalow kitchen is as careful
Iy arranged and as thoroughly well
built as any other room in the house,
and it is about as attractive, especially
II meal time.
Besides other kitchen conveniences
here is stairway to the cellar that
IS wide enough for shelves to hold
ars Of fruit and other eatables that
nay be easily reached without going
INTO the cellar. The cellar stairway
ioor, like other kitchen details, is
damned to open the right way for con-
-enience.
A cellar in connection with a bun
allow is Of more Importance than a
louse cellar. In the first place il is
anger, so that 1t may be partitioned
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-04-29
Man to Whom wor,d Owe. Mn,

Charles Martin Hall died at Daytona.
Fla, the other day. His name will soon
be forgotten by the public, but one of
his inventions viii continue TO serve
as an increasingly important factor
in the industrial world. Hall discoy.
cred the electrolytic process for the
manufacture OF aluminium. In 1855
aluminium sold for $50 a pound. and
was used exclusively in jewelry. 1t
was rare and costly because Of the diff
hculty OF separating it from the clay
in which IT abounds. When Hall was
conducting his experiments in the lab
oratory Of Oberlin university, alumni
mum was selling for s12 pound. To-
day, as a result Of his process, Is cents
Is the quoted price. It now enters
into hundreds OF household utensils.
md one automobile factory uses more
N year than the whole world pro
1uced in like time ten years ago.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-04-29
Making Artificial Furs.

Away up in the frozen regions Of the
North, where some of the finest furs
are found, the work Of manufacturing
artificial furs is carried on as well
as In more southern places to which
the natural skins are shipped.
The skins with the fur are frozen,
shaved Of and thawed and immedi-
ately put through the necessary tan
ming process to make leather.
The frozen furs are thawed slightly.
permitting the points of the fur
shaved from the skin to protrude from
the ice.
A solution OF rubber is then applied.
and when it is thoroughly set IT is
so well held together that 1t is pro-
nounced even better than the real
skins. as they are stronger and are
immune from moth.
The process enables some kinds of
fur to be sold at lower price than Il
the skin was tanned with the fur.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-04-29
Some Consolation.

Inc people who never get to the ton
may console themselves with the
thought that there are no fire es-
capes there, anyhow.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-04-29
Floor Plan.

best bungalow construction. But the
main floor is set up to give plenty Of
mead room in the cellar and to raise
me living rooms well above ground.
A bungalow requires q wide front
door: nothing less than three feet will
answer, and wider is better. Bunga-
lows are built on the wide plan, SO
that 1t becomes necessary to maintain
width In all details all the way
through from the width Of the lot and
roof to the width Of doors and win.
dows.
The general plan provides for living
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-04-29
BUNGALOW WITH
RUSTIC EFFECT
Construction Makes for Comfort
in Either Hot or Cold
Weather.
SPLENDID CELLAR A FEATURE

May Be sUilt to Suit Local Conditions,
but Main Principles in Its Ar.
raneenent Should Be Pre-
served-liyins Room an
important Feature.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-04-29

Mrs Justwed-Oh. Jack. you haven't
eaten half Of my biscuits. Really. we
nave to throw away so many SCRAPS
We ought to keep chickens
Mr. Observation-Disclosures. You mean
ostriches--St Louis GIobeDemocrat
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-04-29

The little bungalow IN the picture
has a rustic porch built with cobble
stones and cement mortar. The floor
OF the porch and the steps leading I'D
10 1t are smooth concrete with water
proof finish, the same as the walk
leading in from the street. But q rus
tic effect is given by the front porch
wall and the two solid square but.
tresses at the corners.
The porch is rooted By two over
hanging projections that are support
ed by brackets. The size Of the porch
Is 10 by Is feet inches, which is
quite liberal, even for a bungalow
porch II makes room for considera-
BILE comfort, which is utilized by pro-
Viding seats. easy chairs, etc. for use
in summer time.
There is a good cellar the full size
OF the bungalow, which is divided into
compartments by cross walls. The
laundry is under the dining room be
cause OF the rear outside entrance to
the cellar at the side of the back
porch, also the ground slopes away at
this corner, so that deeper windows
are used.
The main part OF the cellar is well
underground, because the bungalow
was designed for a northern city. Lo-
cal conditions would naturally make a
difference in building the cellar, but
to retain the real bungalow effect the
ground should be graded up in front
to almost meet the clapboards, as
shown in the drawing.
The materials for the cellar wall
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-04-29
BY WILLIAM A. RApFoRo.

Mr.. william A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST On al subjects pertaining 10 the
subject OF building, for the readers OF this
paper. On account Of his wide experience
as Editor. Author and Manufacturer. he
Is, without doubt. the highest authority
on all these subjects. address all inquiries
TO William A. Radford. No 1877 Prairie
avenue. Chicago. IL. and only enclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-04-29
Heavy Producers Of Coal.

Two counties in Pennsylvania had
q combined production OF bituminous
coal in 1912 of over 65,s5O,0OO shor,
tons
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-04-29

may be whatever happens to be the
cheapest or best in the locality where
the building is built Concrete gives
universal satisfaction, but there are
places where stone walls or hard.
burned brick walls are used instead.
because the necessary materials are
cheaper or more easily obtained.
The woodwork construction com.
mences two or three feet below the
main floor so that the siding is con.
unued down to a level with the top OF
the cellar wall. This is done in some
instances to save expense Of wall, but
tne main object is to hold the build
Ing down close to the ground TO re-
tain the beautiful, artistic effect OF the
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-11-13

raza d Ia Piy:ua ia. Col. "a.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-11-13

Ell CORRESPONS:
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-11-04
for pure water supply and there in
also strong sentiment for municipal
ownership.
Pomona Meets at Starks

The regular meeting of Somerset
Pomona Grange will be held next
Tuesday, the 9th, with Starks Grange.
The following program has been an
nounced: Singing America by Pomo-
ma; welcome by A. D. Brown, master
of Starks Grange; acknowledgement,
Mrs. Dinsmore of Madison; reading
Emma Jones; music; talk on Farm
ers' Union in Maine by C. H. Gardner,
president Maine Farmers Union;
topic Resolved, That Pure Bred
Stock is the Most Profitable, discuss
ed by L. F. Butler and Elmer Nichols
of Starks, H. B. Ellis of North Arson,
Otis Hilton of Madison and others;
recitation, Stella Drawn; song, Leona
Luce; reading, Maytie Pratt, master
of Madison Grange; topic Is Life
Worth the Living? Opened by s. F.
Emerson, Skowhegan and discussed
by Major ]. w. Fogler, .Skowhegan;
Emma Jones and Ina Creation of
Starks; reading, A. H. Ellis; music:
Round Table Talk.