The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-15

apartments that house the artists" ~ the
theatrical profession, are the boarding snd lodging
houses where dvol the hordcg Of dumb actors.
Dumb actors afo aorobats. juggors. hooptollers.
strong men and women. wire. walkers. trampolns
bouocora animal trainers and exhibitors. dabolo
wizards. tmpcyo umblcrs. horizontal bar whrlers,
rslryIats. oontorlouls7. oqubr1ts and tho like.
Without more than one exception I'm hundred
tucv "o9,n" aud close vaudeville shows that is
they arponr either as curtain raisers or chaHcrs
ono jurrIcr. having worked nine years with tho
same routine. complained bitterly 10 his agent. say
ing that Tor tho nine years that he had opened and
closed shows with tho same turn he hadn't gotten
anywhere" His agent suggested that perhaps "
he'd got up a new act-but tho jugglor stopped
him. "a now act for what? Nobody's secn this
ono"
II a their fate 10 be dlsguntlcd and 10 feel that
thoy are not being given a square deal II is their
lot TO minge with highorpaid performers, yet
know that they cannot catch them-and 10 know
that the others know they can't II is their ms-
fortune to be billed" IN invisible type. To dress
four flights up adiaccnt TO tho ny gallery. TO give
their best to crowds Of entering patrons distracted
with the business OF finding seats or crowds OF
disappearing backs
And they live as they work k-lue, across the Dor.
of the body of their colleagues. on the ragged
edge of tho district
In their hearts they know that Il s harder work
and more talented accomplishment TO walk up
side down or ne heavy brother high In air than
10 shake a dainty toe or sling n popular song. hut
nobody Ia with Them aud so they 20 on Just dumb"
acts. professionally. nnancially-and socially
And. ~ that, II seems scarcely fair
Like all submerged and downtrodden races. sects.
classos. cnllings and trades. dumb actors enforce
the strictest and most arrogant social distinctions
among Themselves In view OF the latest scientific
subdivisions Of tho atom, regarded as the
most ninitesimal unit OF natter, into electrons,
VIII be seen that d'"ldng even norobats' rank and
position Is quite plausible.
"A ia nv oth "apOi
than hrs or last this Is the last gasp In dlstnc.
tlon. and the participants In such acts Immediately
become and always thereafter remain no less than
snobs. Circus troupers regard themselves M "A bit
over vaudeyillians, because they are reckoned "a
specially picked, whereas carnival workers are In
the Hub.basement, Animal actors, anywhere, have
TO take tho leavings. as they are regarded In tho
light OF hoserB attendants rather than artists"
Dumb actors are not Of course. without their
worshpers Thousands OF young boys-and girls,
too-who lavish reverence on anything connected
with even smelling Of the stage or the exhibit
tion tent being TOO young or too crude or too
broadly democratic to discriminate beyond tho
line between those who and those who not
In "show busuCss.' are as gogge.cyed In their ad-
miratlon OF the silent contingent as OF headlncrs
and featured stars. And 30 acrobas and their
theatrical cousins may be- to many outsiders. stiI
actors" and as such they convey the aroma OF
the stage and bohemia and the mystic, magic
hummer life which for so many exerts
so magnetic a charm.
And thus It was with Carl Mckle Of 4
tho vaudeville team OF Mickle and
Barry, undorstander, lin hand halanc.
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ing or strong acts the ono who lifts the &4%
other or others Is the understander The ~&
partner, usually the more light and agile, W%
,s the topmounterl " ~
Micklc former stable.hoy who ~ &
had Joined repertoire troupe showing ~
under canvas and had doubled as the Z
driver ON tour. In time he had been T.
graduated into metropolitan company
aud Mic,lc and Barry played the regu.
lar circuits aud had autographed letter.
heads with their agents name and their
"bulug matter" Those Miraculous
Equilibrists and Royal Entertainers De