Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-01-24 | Page 12 | Why Burke is Sans Mustache

I I i I t 5 I 1 L Lii V ky Burke Burk Is S Sans ns Mustache i J Y T T nearly net every man rena who vho goes goesL OOS PRETTY I L through h life lite with his upp upper ir lip Up unadorned unadorned un un- un- un adorned by a. a mustache has 3 a a. mighty good and sufficient reason of at his own for tor the absence of ot such hirsute adorn adorn- ment meat From Prom the tho notes and arid loiters lotters JFrank J J. Frank Burko Burke the character actor at nt tho Colonial h has 3 boon receiving receiving- lately it IK is apparent that someone Is taking quite a an nn interest In Mr Burkes Burke's appearance e for or tho past week has haa brought him bin a 1 dozen dOen or more moro inquiries a as to wh why he ho doesn't grow a. a mU mustache tach It hIt was all several years cars ago ngo In on one of at tho the Pacific coast const cities and I was wa playIng play play- Ing lag a I. I character role rolo that c called for a aman aman aman man with a n. bushy bush mustache declares the actor In hIn ono one of ot th the acts nets I was supposed to be eating a largo piece of ot pie and the business of or tho the part I played called l for both hoth hands handA to be he used In tho thio immense slice In tho the midst of or th the rep repast lt ono one of ot the tho oth other othir r rm m men n was to bump violently against mo rue and I I. I of course would make a n. sorry sight with tho thio plo pie It worked splendidly splendid splendid- ly hr and always sot got ol a s. laugh but one Wednesday evening after atter tho episode ha had taken place tho the hou house o continued to laugh long after there was any rny cx- cx cuso cuse for tor merriment and it ft was not until un un- un- un til til ii with my ray mouth still lull full of ot pie I raised m my hand to nil nn fac tac and anti discovered ered cred m my mustache was gone then I know knew the reason Fortunately teh It was wae m my exit time nn and while t e cr everyone ono supposed tho Jolt m my follow fellow player had lint given me ml mixed c the tho plo nn and the tho mustache I found toun they ero mistaken on this point pInt but I couldn't locate tho the mustache Just tho the same It wasn't o on tho the stage and It wasn't on me and I finally had to give Ivel the pl pid pia the benefit of ot the tho doubt The idea of a mustache a a permanent affair affair hasn't hasn't appealed to to me since Mr Ir Burke is playing Sam Graham the old druggist in Mr Kellys Kelly's production production production tion of or The Fortune Hunter at nt the Colonial this week eok and haj ha scored a a. success In tho the difficult role t It 4 A r t b 4 1 t i f t. t 4 i 4 c 1 J. 3 J. J rn