The sun., 1916-10-08

the play
We are asked TO believe that the
trick was such n success that the
actor went through two acts In torture
that at last became quite un~bearable.
so that after the long monologue In
the third act Dundrcuru walked down
to the %footlights and said: Ladies and
gentlemen, II you m laugh I can
go on" Then they laughed TIL they
cried.
Now, lest we may have done those
first eighteen chapters an injustice.
we shall turn back to page 81, where
there Is a story of one of Il. a.
Sothern's own jokes. He and the au-
thor were on a fishing trip on the
ISangeley Lakes. with George Holland,
William J. Florence and Henry NJ.
Rogers:
The spor, was very bad indeed. and for
an entire day but ono trout WAS caught.
aud that by my father. H. kept On pull
Ing this same trout out " the water until
the other s~portsmcu In distant boats con
cluded that hi, phenomenal success wac
owing to the spots he selected to fish in.
They followed him about all over the lake.
| Wherever he threw his line up came trout
after trout amid the greatest excitement
and enthusiasm from him and his crew.
but those who succeeded him could not
get a bite. They awaited his return home.
n gloomy group upon the shore. A. hc APP
preached he lifted his Ions fsh w again
ana again, counting an apparently endles.
catch before their very eyes. when 10! the
craft ran ashore and there was but one
trout.
Mr.. Sothern begins his own story
with r~ccollections of his days rs an
art student. When he told his father
nc had decided to abandon the art Of
the palette for that of the stage Ed
ward A. was grieved. for he had set
his heart upon 1t: but he was game
and sent his son OF with a letter to
Field. at Boston. saying: you won't
get any salary because you arc not
worth any. III give you 500 "A week.
on which you will have to live. You
are making an awful mistake. but !
Won't stand in your way. I want you
To choose, but you must get at IL quick
and find out what II Is like. Always
say you will do anything and take
anything. You can't learn to act Ivy
telling yourself how much YOU are
worth: other people will have to tell
you that" Hat the next morning he
changed his mind. "luu shall make
Your first appearance with me. | open
AT .Abbey's Park Theatre next week.
Non shall play the cahman In sam Ct
1t was a one line part. The cahmau
follows Sam onto the stage. sam l.
"a delightfully."- dcbonnir s,rcndthrift. -
owes everybody. lie has neglected 10
pay the jchu. lie grcets his host and
hostess. then turns to 80. the ~calrnai
waiting, whip IN hand. AND t"mrhiul
his hat n a series ~ mechanical mo.
lions, Now. my good man says
sam. what do You want" "Arf .
crown, your honor" says cahhy. 81
think you won't object" Sam Dor,
W the money from his host an,
settles the account. EAit the cabman
The incident. Sothern explained To hi.
son. is important. as 1t instantly Illus
trates SdH's character.
Well. Edward II. got through al
righ, in rehearsal. but on the frs
night he stuck:
well. my good man, wha. do 20
want" suii my father.
| gazed at him spellbound. 7 was con
sclous Of the .ootlights. otherwise / SCENE,
90 be boating outside OF myself. touchet
NY Udl 'hn-shHlNt
Wet. my good man. what do yol
wan" repeated my father.
| KEEP; touching my hat. but could 'hinl
~ no Word 80 u't.r.
Tho audience laughed. and during the'
laugh my father said 80 me. 90 on. "a
AFT u crown. your Honor"
wAs 80 terrified tina; he should TIM
expose me before the people tina; PAM
seized me.
'Gn oa'' sald my father intensely. an
saw thai he vas desperate. san | con
tlnu.,l to touch my hat. but saii nothing
, ! telt quite Incapable ~ thought.
"Go H. said my father between hi
tc.th.
II later chapters Mr.. Sothern give
n his recollections Of John Mccullough
OF Daniel f'rohman. ~ Richard Mans
4 field lust beginning. OF plays and play
!, houses. actors and actresses OF thirt'
., years ago. Then he has a little tall
: with himself about his profession am
tells himself: II believe that every
thing in the world that tends Ia max
"A man happy is moral: anything tina
bursts into bud and blossom and leave
. tho fruit Of joy is moral. The stag
. has tnlght the noblest lesson. tn
: highest truth. and that IL II il bette
to deserve without receiving than I
= receive without deserving, better to h
the victim of villainy than to be a vi
lain. better to he stolen from han I
be a thief" His book will give niue
a pleasure to many readers.