The New York Clipper (May 1903)

DRAMATIC. VAUDEVILLE. CIRCUS. Copyrighted, 1003, by the Frank Quein Publlahlnj Company (Mmlfed Foun'dad by FRANK QUEEN, 1883. NEW YORK, MiAlY 2, 1903. VOLUME Ll.-No. 10. Prtfl* 10 Canti. Mi55 Oipper'5 Mttimtes, Feisonalltles anl Conrats, ooNoniMiNa STAGE FOLK and Sometimes OTHERS BY JOSEPHINE QRO. CbannlDg Pollock telli the following, and, necdlMi to say, they til concern pretty Urace George, the youDj >tar wbom It li bis buslneas, aa well as pleaaure, to exploit. Miss George, wbo Is the wife of that very wide awake manager, William A. Brady, Is now playing at the Herald Square Theatre, In a reralon of the oft-transcribed "Peg Wot- The star had noticed that a certain am- bltlouB yonng man among them bad alwaya put bla whole heart and atieogth loto bla work, never slighting the smallest detail. This one she bad personally decided would probably be the winner, though when the decision was made by the judges appointed another aspirant received the ten dollars. The yonng man wbo had been the star's choice In the matter looked exceedingly de- jected at the result, and she, noting this, walked over to bim, and, holding ont ber Among the abstrase works with which the pretty star interapened her lighter read- ing was Kant's "Critique ot Pure Reason,' In this she cams across the word pseu- dograph]/, and, remembering the Greek mean- ing of pseudo to be false, tbia word, which was new to her, meant a faUi tale, and In- ferentlally the do; tfory- Though the mention at this point of Miss George's discovery might appear obviously earmarks, no sUch Inference la Intended, aa the foregoing talea are strictly fresh and an- considered to be absolutely worthless. "And you'll give me tin dollars for me rags?" eiclslmcd tbo girl, "Yes," answered Miss George, "If you'll bring them to me tomorrow morning." They were brought, but not In their pris- tine ptcturesqueness. Neatly folded In a clean towel, the lundle was handed io the disappointed purchaser. "Here's the dress. Ma'am," said the girl. "I'm an hour late, I know, but you'll ex- cuse mo when I tell you tbnt I stayed up late laat night n-nendin' and a-washing' and a-lronin' the dress, a-makin* It nt to be touched by the likes o' your pretty hands." And the girl wondered why the dross had lost Its value In the estimation of the actress. flngton." In her play, which is billed as "Pretty Peggy," and described as one of tears, thrills and laughter, UIss George makes her entrance on the back of a donkey, which, by the way, she arat christened "Or- lando." The little beast, however, has re- cently gone through a second christening ceremony, and now la called "Rosamondc," a name which corresponds with her sex. One night not long ago, when Miss George was making her entrance perched on the back of ber protege, Roaanonde, she be- came aware that the animal was animated with the Intention of lifting on high her discordant voice, which, had she been per- mitted to carry out, the pretty star'a first lines wontd have been utterly spoiled. Ulsa George, whose qnlckness In emerg- ency cases Is well known, hastily tore ber little apron from her waist, and, reaching forward, thruat It Into Rosamonde's mouth just as she opened it to get • big breath for the vocal effort she waa about to offer the audience. Interrupted In ber Intention, the little animal meekly turned her head, and, with a mouth full of apron, gave her mistreu a reproachful look, then gravely In sight of the audience shook tbe wad of ealico from her half opened Jaws. Another Incident Is related of Miss George where her quickness of thought helped her out of a temporary embarrajsment. To encourage the snpers of her caat a prise of ten dollars was recently offered to the one whom it should be decided was the hest "worker" In their ranks. hand, said in sympathetic tones: "I'm very sorry yon didn't win ——" then, suddenly catching sight of the ex- pression on tbe face of tbe winner, who atood within earshot and whose proximity she had not noticed, she quickly shook his hand, also, and, flalahing an apparently In- terrupted sentence, exclolmed: " but I'm so glad you won." Miss George, whose reading covers a wide range of subjects and authors, has recently made a claim to have discovered at last tbe origin of the proverbial "dog story," so well exploited by the tireless press agent, chlefeat among whose busy throng might be directed to some of tbe tales given out by her representative, and bearing Pollockian registered her representntlre, Ohsnnlng Pol- lo<'k. And so Is tbia out. When UIss George was deciding upon ber "Pretty Peggy" cos- tumes sbe concluded to have ber Srst act dress one of an exceedingly shabby descrip- tion. At this time her attention was drawn to what she considered a "And" In tbe way of tbe desired dress. It was tbe sttire of the person of tbe young woman wbo was scrubbing down the back stairs of the apart- ment of a friend upon whom she was call- ing. The coveted costume was picturesquely ragged, and naturally ao^not like the usual theatrical rags which have been clipped by the scissors of tbe coatnmer, and Insrtlstlc- slly torn to appear tbe real thing. UIss George called tbe girt to her, and bargained for the dress, offering tbe as- tonished owner n ten dnilsr lilll fir niiat (lie Within a twenty-flve mile radius of New Vork there ore numerous towns having smnll colonies of residents belonging to the tboat- ricnl profession. New itoclielle Is one of I bene places, having a somewhat eiclusiva theatrical colony, best known among whom Is I''rancU Wilson. However, this story does not at all concern biro, but another comedian, wbo resides not far from tho ht-autlful WlUon property. This young actor's convivial habits have sometimes detained lilm In tbe city over night, when ho should have gone homo after the close o( his performance, even though he could only catch a very late night train. When some of bl* friends sought to de- tain him for "Just a few more rounds" the other night he begged hsrd to be excused. "No, boys, not another one I" be ei- ctalned. "I promised my little wife that I'd be home sure. I^st night I didn't get home till nearly morning—went by tbe sta- tion fast asleep." Upon the solemn promise of his friends that they would insure his stfo arrival at bis station by the midnight train he was tempted to the "few more." Upon boarding tho train he Immediately fell Into a deep sleep, which might have lasted many hours If not forcibly disturbed —wiilch It was, at Pelharo Manor station, a sliort dlslanee from New Ilorhelle, bis home. He wss riidvly nwnkcned by tbe loud alarm from a small clock which bit friends had securely tied around Ills neck, a pro- cedure of which he had been unconscious. They bad set It ut the railroad time which marked the (rein's arrlvni at I'eilinm Manor.