Show JEFFRIES TO BECOME BECO IE IEA A MONOLOGUE ARTIST Acts Upon the Natural l Assumption That Every Eve Pugilist Must Be Bean Bean Bean an Expert Talker James Jeffries acting on the natural assumption that every prize-fighter prize be an expert t talker lk r ha has determined determined deter deter- determined mined to becOme became a and is rehearsing dally daily at the Fourteenth Street theatre In New York under the tho tutelage of or f Joseph Maxwell the Illustrated Illus mus- r. r bated ted so song sheet sheet g-sheet man man The champion became possessed of ot the ambition while on the road with one of or Ed nus attractions His Iii newfound newfound new new- found vaudeville friends stimulated his inclination in that direction by referring glowingly to Corbetts Corbett's attended success Then they asked him why he allowed himself to be outdone In this field by a pugilistic inferior So o Jeffries a few tew days ago began work seriously In lit his proposed new line Jeff confines his monologue chiefly to anecdotes anecdotes anecdotes dotes of ot his experiences In the ring He thinks these will interest the theatregoing theatregoing theatregoIng theatre- theatre going public more than would some artificial artificial ar at- speech Incompatible with his main occupation The champion c contemplates warbling a song as a his monologue just to make his act differ from Corbetts Corbett's but there is hope he may be induced to reconsider |