Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-14

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improNiSing a mouologuc from the daily
newspapers, making his whole act humorous
discourse upon current cycuta
His South African Diamond
There are those among his friends who will
tell you it was his love for Philadelphia that
Kept him from travelling and charging hts
field Of popularity as his contemporaries did,
nut the real deterrent factor was moro like
ly. the timidty cugcudcrcd by his lack of c,lu-
cation. For he did travel when hc had n
dependable manager TO lean upo, POM.
Moore took him to London in the late COS and
hc made such hit that he was taken Oh to
south africa, There lac met barney Baruaiu
and other prominent Guaurcra. who urged
nom I" invest some Of his salary in land IN
'|" uctghhorhood Of .Iohauucs burg Eu
lIuEh'N had never bought anything that no
'oudrt carry away with him. 80 lac invested
ill huGr diamond Instead THIS gem made
@uch "a brilliant flash In tn" dnu-ui streets
when h" E"i back {" Philadelphia that It
attracted tn" attention aud excited thc ,u.
pidiiN 81 jimmy Elli"ii's gang Of rouuhnCcks
They pounccd upon lIughcy at Niuth and
chestnut streets ono night and after nusging
him up bit took his Sparl,lcr away from
hun. Hnt boughcrty was - loyal Fourth
Nard"r-hc was born at seventh and 81
Mary'S strcois-so he told his troubles TO
squire B'l McAlullcu. The Squire put thc
'"rcwH or Elliott and the stone was handed
back to IIughcy.
Wh"n poughcrty got back from South
Niri'a with laurcls trat"oucd all over him
u" worked for couplr Of weeks i'm Now
lork at tho tremendous salary Of 1000 nor
playing each night ia Buffers l'Iiou Su,,orr
"'I JOSH IIdfiS Globe Theatres. But
'hohGh u" was a huge success hc lasted only
'"'F' 10" "''hS II may haN" been his
N"aruiIE To get back tu phladolpni, or If
may haN" b"ou the drink. for Huglcv'y largo
mouth Was always thirsty in those days
THE writer of this recalls hcnriur tho min,
strcl announce from the stage t,,,t - r,Ii,,
man finding him snoring, IN the gutter ,r,,r
nj" previous Saturday nights pleasure. had
ARRESTED him for keeping a rum hole npcn
on SundaH.' This was Just after the Eroor,,
higli-li""us" law had gone into effect and
i' ~ " h''"i "uSi' ia" reputation
,n,, ,,,,II I,"N =" "'n'' as such r"puta-
,,''.. "'uI''I w. anu ''" would credit what
"a, wa,,r.v.,oo,, ,,i ',r, ne hopp"d on
' r W "e"n s"''''\ Hii"r that incident
Vt '"'''''"" years ar" ana stayed there.
Can,c Hama J., O..
,,, -.-,
| ~ Wv, ''"il. Alter those
W M E"' ~ T''''a I''N, J." N'W York, aud that
We We ~ ~, '''N w. liuEn't cam" bacl, tu
"''' l',.,uht'l\ Joined III" mu-
".!'' 'o',,p,,'",''' WIN Whirh tn" memories
"l nus '"'''"''PhlahS identify linn. John l..
'"'''s"S'' " man ui considerable culture aud
,' p.a ~, r'o ',S, "'''"n singers tho stage has
h,o"" n'd taken over tho little theatre on
cI'i'H "'''el below Market and gathered
n"' 'pnl"hF OF burnt -corkonians about
h,Iu, ,. ~ mat company were, at various times.
,t'u" roy 'hauhC'y ol'utt, John 6 Rice
- " .'o''"' 'T'h NhIH' James Griffin and
Lew l,o'NS'ader' There fIugh"y Doughcrty d
St"'.N i"r ''"Se upon ihiItN-tlN" years, and Cor
,'.,,,,., ~" i mI''', -, 'nat TIM" was after
- ,I', "','''',. '' prISht particular star
hi, ,,,"it, I,,u,i,,, 'U" W forn"N and
- ,,''.' Imam ~ ',lE''IE' colonel ~
-, ~. ~ ~'''n "'"n! 't'F men OF affairs
,reu'"! p'St'''u themselves there to have
,n''a "'T Sp't % "H l'uEn"E' ~ w Kelly "thc
'''''"S -,''," man never mlsSed Il chance to
sec ana near h"' ana frequently aclinowl-
edged ms h'"t to hIm for much Of his own
sh'il as an entertainer lie and Kelly shared
one tauIt-th"y were often too frank.
John II, Fow. who was no slourn r.,,I
the verbal slapstck himself once otton,r,oI
to josh Dougherty in Introducing hin, -,
packed gathering Of Fow's honohpc, i & u
own political club in the Seventeenth Ward
and was literally driven from the hail bv
lughey's torrcntal comeback
The CarnCross house was ALUM. ,
for it's rough but timely burIceo,,o ''''.0us
of the first and quickest or tLeso w.. oi'e
fore" which was nut on ,nnta,,,,'," t'"a-
with--some say bcfore-th" mrp,,'i pU' a,eouSly
rormance of the original opera in mi. Per PER-
AZ any rate. D'Oyly carte said Un'S el,S.