New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-31
p, GEORGE 5. KAUFMAN.

Tho Epcyclopedia Britannica, in
fucrtv-cight volumes and an index, -
,gnroscd 20 lead all corners in the mat
Ter of sheer quantity OF dates, Well
rorhaps F. does Il ought 90. SO FAR
eaa be learned q has had practically
nothing else 90 Go, whereas the heroine
of this tsle has been an actress Tor
wears and wears and years on the side
So - j. readily granted that the Ency-,
Ccpcd.a Britannica stands first and
r0-.valled in ihe date heid-but Nine.
NotrIdc Cottrellv comes second.
Tho dress rehearsal Of ABE and
Nawruss." IN which Nine. Cottreliy
rlavs Rosie Potash. occurred on the
c.epint Of October 6, l9l5-one day
Nor 10 the out-of- town opening. Be
fore the rise Of the curtain Mrs. Pot
ash. Marks Pasinsky and Mawruss
porImuttor grouped themselves around
the table for the now Tapidly-becom-
ing-famous pinochle game. Abe Pot-
ash. as is his nightly wont az the Lyric
Theatre. was glencing over kosie's IelV
shoulder.
"Wen. az last we're under way" OBJ
served Marks Pasinsky the curtain
not yet having ascended. "oc'ooer
sixth
October sixth" echoed Rosie Pot
ash. October sixth! Forty years ago
tonight j made my first appearance IN
America AZ the Germania Theatre, on
Fourteenth Street. Afterward IL was
Tony Pastors. We put on a German
comedy called Honest Labor and
"Curtain." called the stage manager,
and the play and the pinochle game
began. . =,
Mawruss" occurred on October Il.
Again the characters sat around the
table. awaiting the rise Of the curtain.
Let's see" ruminated Mawruss
Perlmutter. I'VE are beginning the
run on October Pr
October 2ll" cried Rosie Potash.
'Now what do you think Of that!
Thirty-three years ago tonight the
Casino Theatre was opened with ne
Queens Lace handkerchief That
was my first New York appearance on
the Engish-speaAng stage. The the
afre wasn't finished, and there was
calico in the windows instead Of glass.
so after q week we we're frozen out.
blt we went back
October p, did you say? Thirty
.cveu years ago tonight, exactly four
years before the New York opening, l
played my first part in English on any
stage. II was Vladimir. in 'Fatinitza.'
and we played il in San Fran
Curtain" came the call. and again
h was time 20 play pinochle.
Long as has been Nine. Cottrelly's
career on the stage, every important
date is fled away ia accordance with
her own mental card index system,
and can be had for the asking. She
opened the Thalia Theatre on Septem-
Der II. 1879. she will tell you, and in
the next breath she will leap three or
four decades and talk about the frat
performance of Potash and Perlmut-
Ter" in Plymouth. England, on April 8,
1914
81 do most Of my remembering by
Presidential periods" is the way she
explains 10. at always helps 10 recall
who was President at the time. For
example. J never could forget The Five
Frankfurtcrs.' 10 opened in New York
On March 4. 1913. The papers next
day were full of the Inauguration, and
some or the reviews of the play had
my name iu the headlines. SO one of
my friends remarked that Il was
great day for the Wilson's. That is
my married name, you know-Wilson.'
on the Continent Nine. Cottrelly
was a star AZ eight-the date on which
she achieved stardom Is undoubtedly