The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-09

wig OF long, silky curls, brown. red.
black or yellow as the property room
yielded, "a lace frillcd pctticoat and y
white pinaforo. and was The incest
little girl that oyer made tatting on the
stage or dragged a drunken father
out ~ a midnight saloon. or redeemed
an crring mother.
~ should probably still he doing that
sort Of thing II at the ago ~ II ma
voice hadn't begun TO sound like u
fuGhorn. From that time on ONLY. boy
parts were expected of me. For some
reason or other until | came under the
infringement ~ tn" Marhury-Com-
stock Company nobody could possibly
see mo IN anything save junior roles.
w" always wanted ashancc to 10
Juvenile parts. hut ii seemed no man
iGcr could possibly see me In long
trOilscrs.'
Here NJ. Truck loohod down admir-
iugly at the gray biturcdtcd garment
which Melville Ellis has seen Al 20
dedicate To this auSpiriuus event. He
had now finished his makeup and was
rciilliug his hig BOWED pipe from a
pouch of tobacco on the dressing table.
~ don't mind telling you." and his
voice dropped INTO a confidential tone.
Il don't mind telling .ou that 50 far
rs I'm concerned perSuuallV III lust ms
lie have gone on playing Kid parts
~ tho cnd. Eut I had my wife and
family TO consider
"Family? You married."
"Thcrc you are cried Mr.. Truck.
! lrowing mp has hands IN despair.
Family Married. Of course. Why
not? Here's how i hammered.
II WAS walking down broadway one
day several wears aSo booking for a
job which would at least hermit Of nv
wearing long pants. I'd got simply
sick ~ kn.ckerhockcrs aud schoolbo,
I Jackets, ran into Fred Thompson.
"'IIc.io. Ernest he said in those
days Uohudv ever slapped me on the
, hack or addressed me as Truck. and a.
10 being IN stered'-t was a Joke
Hello. Erncst-i'm putting on a new
show with "A good catchy name.
"Gir,lcs." and Thompson repeated the
famoue subtitle IF the production;
sixty Of Thorn. None Of them twenty.
and none ~ them married. I've a
nice l'tlc part for YOU If YOU will drop
into my Office ANA let me sgn YOU NJ
..Sx,v ci,,s mana ~ ,hon, .,o,,,
and now. ~ ,ho,n r,,ricd'' Say obi
~.,,rt'I ,.pliod .,I., sounds li,o SOM
show and in 'ass tb,n fifteen minutes
had . ,,u,ract in my pocket, 10 plav
my several hunirclrh small hoy mari
i'm 'G.rI,s'
eft was thcre met and 60, crraccd
f., the scycutccu-,car-nld .iri who is
NOW Mrs. Truck ana the mother Of my
two sons.
Bat tldt WASH vNa' ! started a.
tell you. Il Was about my TWO Young
sons. They are Not pi,uncI At the 7
selection of an actor for q father. I,
il the regret Of their volUg lives
phi,ip is > and James - that | am
not n motormau. q pui.Ccm,n or tbs
proprietor of n grocery store. II
were "A big husky sort Of a fc l"w and
could h" cast for villain roles thes
would not mind 80 much, perhaps. NJ
+ Is I'm only = feet J inches. which Is
admittedly. tr1m!nallN snort '"r 'h'
father If tw" regular boys such hs my
k.ds are. with a careful selection NJ
clothes can Of course G"' INC cnc'
of another men III stature when
always ITO OF stage
'fut IN" moral erect "' mat 'N'l'
men Is nnliil'd every TINE my Gnu
!, drcn or any OF 'h''r H"'!'S ''r','os sc'
me on the stag dressed III Nhi'h'rs
short pants l.ast SUMMER th'lp' III
oldest boy had MS hrS' r'a' "s''c en-
counter hccausc one or INC o"Es