The New York Clipper (April 1904)

DRAMATIC. VAUDEVILLE. CIRCUS. Copyright. 1004, bj tb» Prank QoMn PoMlBhlni Company (Limit*!) Founded by FRANK1IQUEEN, 1863. NEW YORK. AJPRIL 80. 1904. VOLUME Lll.-No. 10. Prio* 10 Ctnte. Motes. Psmlts ml Coinsits, CONCEBNIKO STIGE FOLK aad Sometimes OTHEBS he read tbe 'copy.'" Nelthtr MIm Blank nor her friend! will Ilk* that" "If yon bad beard the Infliction yon wouldn't object," lald Cantwell. "Let It to water. Noting the entrane* of a featnlne panenger be rote, and gallantly wared ber attention to bla racated aeat. Before ibe bad reached the length of the alale, bowerer. BT J08EFHINB ORG. A pair of the moit accommodating feet connected with the theatrical baBlneas belong to a yonng man of color, who doei odd joba In and about one of tbe metropolitan the- atrci, close to Broadway. Being wide awake aad olillglng, be la In receipt of many a tip and conttdetable wearing apparel One day laat week a representative In tbe box olDce met Sam In the lobby, and, be- thinking himself of' a pair of almost new shots that were some- what too large, decided to glTO them to the porter. "Hello, Bam I" said be, "I've a Una pair of shoes which I tbink yon can wear," "Tbanky, Sub," said Sam, "I'll do my bes'. Bah.'* "What sise do yon wetrT" continued the proipectlve donator of tbe footgear. "Well, Bub," drawled Sam, rolling bis eyes, "I wears sixes, sevensei, elgbtses, nineses, an' sometlmea tenaet," then, aa It oc- . carred to him that his feet might be yet more accommodating, be added, "an' I ain't a bit pnttlcQlar 'boat tbe halt sites, Suh." One of Louise Cloa- let'a first engagements was In a stock com- pany In the South, where, like many other bcflnners, she played utility parts, these at different times necessi- tating tbe atudy of dia- lects. NotwithsUndIng tbe kindly criticism of her colored laondrest, who beard her rehears- ing her part as Irish maid, she decided that at that time dialect wae not her forte. One day while re- fatarsing her part In h«r room, and, as she expressed It, "brogue- Ing It eren more flan- nelly than one lately landed," tbe old laond- resB, who had been listening attentively while awaiting her ot- den, exclaimed: "Lawdyl Ulu Cloa- ■er, but yon do speok French moa' pow'ful One—ev'ybody'd take yon fo' a real French lady, sbo'." ♦ A line of criticism, intentionally adverse, was once cleverly ex- plained away at the suggestion of the per- petrator, when the Irate singer, who was the subject of the critU cism, appeared tbe fol lowing day at tbe ed- itor's offlce, demanding a retraction. ^e writer of the line was JTobn J. Cant- well, the well known Boiton lawyer, then doing occasional dra- matic work on The Botton Traveler. Be »aa assigned by Charles Zlgenfoes, dty editor at that time, to write op a benefit entertain- ment at the Boston Athletic Assoclatloa In concluding bis deacrtptlon of the occasion, K'hich ended with a song by an ambitions •Inger, who frequently had forced her rather mediocre services at beneQts, Cantwell wrote: "- ■ and Ulaa Blank aa&c two selec- tions with ber nsnal nerve." through, Charley, and If she does appear yon can easily explain tbat It was a typo- graphical error, and that verve and not nerve was Intended. That will appease her, and at tbe sane time all tbe boys who lis- tened to the agony will commend yoor paper for its trnthfohieas." "Tbat won't do, Jack," said tlie editor, u Walker Whitaalds telatsd an unnaiag In- cident tbat cams under bis notice daring bis engagement In Columbus, 0. The actor was riding In a crowded street car In which he, aa well aa several others, were standing. One of the passengera, eeat- ed well toward the centre of tbe ear, was a rather aeedy looking Indlvldnal, whoae breath and facial axprssslon showed him to be nnder tlw laflnaaea of m bersnga stxongsr than the seat was appropriated by a man, wboae act was wrathfully resented by the intoxi- cated one. "Shut opt" aald the man, "you're drank." "Zrnnkt yes, I know I am," replied the accnaed. "bnt'll I'll get over It all right; but you're a bof—an' you'll ii4vtr gat over it" "Why la John Drew like Daniel, of the Bible, who waa caat Into tbe den of llonal" asked an admirer of that popular actor. Of course, everybody gave up the conundrum, and aaked "Whyl" "Because," aald tbe young actor, "bo Is one ot the few actora who have been lionised, and, at the aama time, tike Daniel, has kept his bead." "She baa no temperament," criticised one 01 tbe audience at a recent production where the star had been widely heralded, so far aa Ibe laviab expenditure of money could do. "Neither has she any grace," aald tbe critic's companion, "she's aa atlff as a poker." "But ahe pnaoaaes all other poker cbarae- terlatica," added tbe other quickly, "except Its occasional warmth," 9 Trivial Ineidenti eftsn make deep iiD> preealon on childish minds. An Instsoce ot ibis was Illustrated the other dsy by tbs bright llttis dsughter of a well known dramatle critic, who gravtiy ob- served lbs physician's mode of procedure while attending bar little cousin. The child noted that tbe doctor held the wrist of the smill patient, at tbs same time looking at his watch, Anally re- marking ; "I nnd a alight fever In evidence." Tbat same evening, as tbe family sst down to dinner, tbe llttis Ove year old took bor fatber'a watch from bit pocket, and, after feel- ing bla wrist for an in- stant, looked up witb a wlae expression on ber small facs, and said: "I'nps, dear, I And tbat you bare a slight •li o'clock fsver." 9 Tbs "limit" In slang was addressed to a member of Ibe Uarle Wolnwrlght company, •» route from San Antonio, Texas, not long ago. The actor happened to be sharing a aeat with a flashily attired Individual, whose peculiar vernac- ular proclaimed him to be one of a certain class of race track fol- lowers. Ilio conreraa- tlon was almost a monologue, for be gave the actor little oppor- tunity to put In a word, even had he been so Inclined. After learn- ing thsl his soatmat* belonged to M*st Wa'a- Wright's production of "Twelfth Night," tbe tiranger took the reins Of convergatlon Into bla own bands, where be held them until tbe next railroad stop "Oh, yes," be said, "I si!<>n yuiir flaalinra In Ban Tone. Six petti- coats In the partyT la that nil? Annie Held came through Texas last year with tbe big- gest and tbe prcttlcnt bunch of 111 lies that ever put paint on their eyebrows. "I wish I was stop- ping off at Oklahoma City—that's a live burg for you I—but my board reads through to Chicago. Had to go to some pisce—the pool room laws killed Texas as dead aa the Windy City after the ITalr—every mayor and sheriff In the Stats Is after tbe graft with tbe big fflit, "Beaumont," continued tbe exponent of alaog, "when the oil boom was on, was tbs sort of a town that leaves fairy land at the poet Bnbes tbat never dreamed of ownln' twenty dolltn had tnongh boodrsd dollar