Evening star., 1921-07-24
THE RAMBLER WRITES STORY OF OLD -~
LINTHICUM STUDENTS ORGANIZATION


I Stetson played the part of silly boy,
and Lend Me Five Shiilings" was
played by Phil FriedIander, Aaron
Stern. Len Mayer, A. Gradwohl. l..
Goodman. Cora Frank and Sallie Abel.
| In the last ''ramble" the promise
was made to hand over to you some
of the letters from the Rambler's mail.
Here is one from Frank A. Dunn OF
the Julius Lansburgh Company;
| My Dear Rambler: As one of sour many
last two pieces in The Star. would like 10
verify one Of your statements: The Jersey
hiiy did appear at the old ford's Th.str;
| 9th and Louisiana avenue. I was q very small
boy At that time and my father was In the
furniture business. Charlie Mepdum, the ia
try,s manager. He and my father were
both boys together in Washington and re-
member distinctly that the store loaned him
i large wardrobe 10 put her gowns In.
! Another instance where l followed you very
closely in is the time the corner stone was
armory. Ny grandfather and father iiad both
| been members OF the Light Infantry snd as
very young kid ] had a seat on the plat
form. I do not know who delivered the ora
| tion at the laying Of the corner stone. but
there is one incident that comes to my mind
The orator % had his speech % written @ out "Ans On
| thirty or forty sheets Of paper; and he had
| just made the statement. That the time has
| come when the sword should I've hammered intp
| a pow share when the wind blew his speech
out Of his hand. Of course, there was u scnrry
IL, n
| time elapsed until he got it lined up TO srit
himself IN the meantime everybody was snil-
| ing except the younger element. and guess
we were making more noise than ought 10,
| ms know We were called down.
lmpatiently waiting for your next rambe.
! l renIain.
Here follows another letter which
, the Rambler was glad to get and
| which is appreciated:
1922 LIST street northwest.
haar 7 nd rrir ri..s in
| The Sunday Star with pleasure and always
with profit, hut ] do not ut the moment recall
! any one Of them which gave quite SO much
pleasure US thut Of Sunday. June 28 In which
| you brought us back 10 the good old days
| day. The acting that delighted and thrilled
, YOU and Inc thirty years ago will never lie
known to those who devoted to the
| Your list of names and your comments
iainly did bring back t3 me some haIIF dars.
and higher than III. Chaplins the Pickfords
and the Fairbanks. The world seems salts
fied with the ''nndrappd revue and the dancers,
hut let us live In hope that the old days may
return nrd that may again plays and
players worthy TO le remembered.
Neuily every name You mentioned was quite
! familiar to me all old friends, in fact-hay-
ing seen them either here in Philadelphia
or wS fS c saS list swa TGnS know ads a ns
come to Washington since the tragedy Of
isG.l. Mary Anderson. Ada Kehan and y. g.
Willard. ! am sure you have spent some de-
lightful evenings NJ Augustine Daly's PLAYS,
when hit company Included Ada itehan: John
cnyraH. James L'w!s and others Of almost
You gave my wife and very happy
I hour. dear Mr. Rambler, und l would feel
E"Vy if rulf f Ssr paTnk p,If tx rsl 5BES S9b
! Here follows a letter from A. 4.
Burk holder, 1920 NJ street.
/ saw Mrs. Iangtry in An Unequal Match
and 'She Stoops 10 Conquer at ford's Opera
| tiouse.
Gilbert and sullivan operas Were sung
| both at Albangh's and at Ford's at about The
same time Liked these 50 much that as
each in its turn came along would go every
Ii eht in the week. J. was disappointed only
in one, The isomen If the ,iuard. though
sing. o. are deieh,ful / never heard ''Itui;
| d'g're." After could hear them more
| thought that If wp.e a Carnegie would
! save Ely self f:nin dying l.rh AMI dsrrIcrd 10y
| hiring impresar'" T. hire lm!l and
, company to n. :irese operas f"r m" until /
got riied Gf them. What happiness! Mr.. proup
| told me thG; Records :s:i l+"n made Of them
aud have tI;em IN my home. 'inafyr".
complete: Mikado." nearly 20. and -lo'anthe
And they a.e sung as well ~ / ever heard
them"
John c. Rathbone of Gal East Capt.
| to) street mas written:
Dear Rambler: reading with great
pleasure your. very interesting articles on Did
| Washington theatpgs. They bring hack to me-
! the hacyOn- days OF my kldhOod. when was
| "arnitted TO 20 to the theater either alone or
/ with boys of my own age.
| Il attended several plays at Walls opera
House. The FIRST remember was on" caisi
..rc,ahoptah,' IL vas written by Jnsius II.
| Ratlbone and Was PM ON the hCsrGs by anna
! teur talent. Mr. Rntlrisne tax ng n bminrnt
part. and recall that during The Pc foFmaic"
| Harry DonoiI@. eI'se! inined the audience by
! Ir:SI song. and j.ss. At HAT me- he coy
Quoted a theatrical ccs'umer,s shop In ihe
r.ty A. you know, Ju,tus II. EathinHe or
Sf f" Pythias Vt s h here believe that my father
| though not related 10 the founder. Was one
| OF the charter members. as was also Prof.
John Esputa. and remember my father stat
ing that during the evening while the details
Of organizing the lodge were being worked
out the professor entertained the company by
lively piano muSfr. sitting at the instrument
| with his beaver and smoking cigar.
Il attended asniher play at Walls Opera Opera
| ''The Drummer 10y of Shiloh" and he was
some drummer: Lecaa tell yon. Male pupils
selected from orF~pubic schools were pre-
! on the stage The villain Of the proiuct'"i
was a Cunfadrrate Citiccr who he H.aY
! ran either killed or caused the death Of -
drumme. boy aud the sad officer in trin
shot after be.hg captured by the brother ~
the drummer boy. The theater was hli"d Nv ~
were highly wrought Up over the death OF 'hr
l.heroic drummer boy. and hfter the play LEY lnfy
loudly denounced Kissed and jeered the Villain
as he was leaving the theater
| At Walls Opera House / also saw A.
Sothern as Lord Dundreary." paying 81 for
seat in the peanut gallery. ! remember dis
tinctly his inimitabie cockney drawl. hi
wliisters' monocie and the little skip he sf
| fected when walking across stage. burlng ~"
play he sang a song very well. can Z recall
the words but they were SIT to music taken
| from ''Ia File de Nine Angot,' which can
! verify by whsting the phone 10 vow
| IL necessary. Respectfully. HHN c. RATH-
BONE"
A MoSG several letters received ny
n the Rambler comes this from his
old friend. also a writer. Denis \
Lane. 1t foll9ws:
Dear Friend: Your description Of the lnra
tiers, plays and stage folks Of past grner =
tion serves to open my little red memoir
box Especially is IL true OF FORD "H'"
House. or Harris Bijou, as recall H. 49,,
| Gard ipdexed In my recollection since kl9
| hood Imine) days the memories of su,h
sterling PLAYERS ,s the Mios.,r. Sas and Th"
| Parish Priest Sully's Characterization
| we're SO finely drawn that he could have bee!
4 titled "The irishman you meet every DAY;
4 William 4. Brady, movie mssnate. starred IN
: "hfter Dark" Milt Barlow. Of minstrel fam:
| delighted in the then popular Uncle Tom
Cabin. Dan Mccarthy in, in True ILL., H.
! .Goiden Giant Mine: Lizzie May Timer. ia
| pads C;iri'; Joe Murphy. in The Kerry
Cow IRlarksmithl and shaun Rhue Se'iir
Page in Never say ihr ha~a i.Tba Ars,r: s,r.o,U ~
| Of New York" etc.
| Not wishing to crowd your allotted space. this
lis, will suffice. The plays and PLAYERS men
les and are recalled without resorting TO back
4 newspaper files or programs.
! Nv main purpose In sendiug this is I" sci
You right in your ns ,s'sss Msrrn ra MicSei lived :"
q ripe old age and both died hon"red ana ~
mented by thousands Of people.
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