The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-28

salu " mt more tHdH OuCc' peopic
pretending to be something else than
what they really are"
His abstraction Is pr~overbial. lie
has a very ready and pretty wit. Once
he was endeavoring to get a well
known actor and popular manager
back to his fold (the late Lewis Wal
Ter. with whom l had gone into part
nership to produce Gamblers All in
New York just before his death) and
received him in his dressing room as
he was making up for the stage.
How much would you want to come
back to me?" inquired Tree as he
fondied the grease paint and passed 1t
lightly over his s%phinxlike face. Waller
named an eXorbitant figure. ~ which
Tree merely replied IA he went on
making up:
Don't bang the door as you go
out. viii YOU"
The comedian G =. Huntley told
me the story OF a young actor who APP
preached Trce for his advice with n
view to making a hit in a very small
part allotted to him and told the actor
manager that he proposed to make the
character up az a man Of Al.
w.. TFI'ieu IIte ltulthtiNSiN IL
J were you I think I should make him
up as AZ"
To some one in New York not Ion
ago he said II am so prodigal in my
amiabilities. I think you had better
see my lawyer"
Miss Constance Collier. who is ap-
pearing as one of the Merry Wives
OF Windsor at the New Amsterdam.
has told me many amusing tales OF
Tree. At one time when rehearsine
The Eternal City" by Hall Caine the
author was anxious to get n part!cu-
larry striking and even violent effect
IN the scene between the hero n the
heroine when the former found that
the latter had been u%nfaithful to him.
INC proposed that Robert Taber
should throw Miss Collier bodily over
his shoulder.
THAT reminds me. Caine." said Tree
solcmnly, "of a scene | once saw in
which Tho hero caught hold of the
heroine and banged her read on the
floor"
Fine said Hall Caine What
play was III"
punch and Judy. | think Z a %
~ lA'' ~ Nv Aiilil tf'l'Nl WIN
the rehearsal.
After The Eternal city" had been
running "A long time Tree, who PLAYED
the part of baron R"neH. one night
made his appearance At each cue with
a "portmanteau which he deposited in a
corner and AT every exit took il ava
with him, 10 the amusement of the
other actors in the scene.
AT another time when playing F1Oin
in "Oiivcr Twist" Tree appeared in tn.
usual rags except for his feet. whicl.
were shoe in spotless patent leather
boots. which he explained were quite
in keeping with the character of FHyiH.
as he had stolen them.
Here is an Illustration Of Trees alb
sent m.ndedness. one day IN London
he took n cab and gave the driver the
address TO go to. T~hroughout the
journey he VAS reading letters and
when the house was reached al.ghted.
still reading. and knocked at the door.
The servant who opened 4, was startled
by the inquiry, We'll, what do You
want?' And. disturbed in his revere,
Sir Herbert said 10 the still amazed
servant. Come IN. come n. as hc
walked back to the cab and drove
away
Another day SIR Herbert was watch
ing a reahearsa! at His Majesty :
Theatre and sitting IN the orchestra
impatiently regarding the unsuccessful
Efforts of two Of his leading actors
At last he got up in despair. HIS stag,
manager awaited with anxiety Sr
ilerbert's appearance behind IA,