Show II i I THE CHILDREN WHO PLAY WITH PETER PAN I I j z i t 1 Behind the tho scenes of Peter Pan Pall Is Isa isa a real n l land of Make Believe writes a member of or Miss Adams company It Itis Itis Itis is peopled by five affectionate chums Maude Adams Peter Pan Fan Dorothy Smith Liza Valter Walter Robinson Hobin on John Martha McGraw Michale and Augus Angus Augusta ta l Little olf They all belong to the tIme chocolate club chub that gathers in imm Miss Adenis Adems I I between acts nights and matinee for fora foria ia a cun eun of chocolate and exchange of quaint sayings s Here too Peter Pan Is captain He lie is always called Peter and md John Is L John then are no real names in the time land of Make Male Believe They are distinct little personalities the time four titHe little shavers who make up Peter Pans Pamis band Liza Lisa Is very serious very businesslike John is something of ot otan an old actor having acted In other plays Michael is a little lady with ii decided derided mind of her h r own She infinitely prefers her own stage dialogue to Mr lIr Barries never hesitating to blurt out whatever r is ts at the tip of her tongue ani then blaming John for starting it Augusta is a child of exceptional men mental mental mentel tal tel alertness and one of the tile merriest souls that ever lived Jived In the land of Nod NodY Very Y ry humorous indeed is the sober earnestness with which Liza Lisa regards her het duties as author of the lay ulay and we have Barries Barrios word for it that she is the author and as the time newest recruit I in the tIle east cast You simply get an open eyed c ed stare star of ef f amazement amaze ent when you ou at i k 14 a 4 se e It p j jV I V S I 4 11 0 s sk 4 k f s S I V I 4 i i w i e I I L fr 7 e 5 z kr krS I S 4 Ft 4 4 e r 7 LIt Js 4 t i 4 j is Eight Bedouin Ar abs aba at the Orpheum tempt the time merry persiflage with Liza a i Every night as she leads lead off oft the tile dog Nana at the time end of the performance 1 sho she goes gos up to the stage manager and Ii says Did I done lomme good gOOf tonight ht Mrs II Smith Lizas Lisas mother travels with tIme the J company compan but is always alwa s careful to re remember j m member that thiat her Imer daughter Is pretty 1 near noar 9 0 years ears old and is a regular act att actress attress actress ress and that therefore she must never t presume to offer suggestions much less orders about her stage deportment t Liza was isas personally coached in the time part r 1 by Miss 1185 Adams who first acted It all an J 4 out for her imer And ever since Liza sticks sUcks 5 1 i rigidly to the time way Mith lith Adams did It Nana the time dog dop do nurse would rather havo have I i Liza Lisa give ghe him more room to enter the tha i Darling house bouse as he comes in tho time last I act with his hill new tail But Liza re remembers remembers remembers members just where Miss Adams stood when wIlen she ohe rehearsed the Dart part and und will not noi budge Hence the time end of or Nanas tail and amid Lizas face always meet In that scene I 3 Liza is Dorothy Smiths first speak speaking speaking 1 f fing ing part It was only by b a stroke of 9 fata that she got the tile part at all Tho The Liza who played the tile part I art the first season of ot Peter Pan grew so 50 tall taU that she lost her job Dorothy was wa J discover discovered ed at Mrs by Miss Adams who had hod no sooner entered the establishment establishment 14 in search of a new Liza than she caught sight of Dorothy and clasp clasped ed her In her arms with delight On or off ort a athe the stage Liza Lisa is certainly an irresistible Irresistible ible temptation to drive any young fel tel fellow fellow tellow low writing doux sending her flowers or waiting by the hour in time the alley by b the stage door Only it ought to be said that Lisa Liza reserves all aU her extra affection for Miss Adams At Atthe Atthe Attile the tile end of the tile performance euch each night every member of the Peter Pan com corn company company P pany passing pa Miss Adams dressing room ro m calls out Goodnight Miss Adams Not so fOO Liza John Michael I mt or Augusta They go right In for a 3 goodnight kiss And there are business meetings I too at the time chocolate club Michael In Insists Insists on explaining to Peter how that evening he lie happened to say gunnel Instead of 01 kennel It may be the southern blood in iii Michaels veins but bue bu buit it is IB only rarely that trat he lie can clearly straddle the line theres a man asleep In the kennel I It was ivas during the time long run of ot Peter Pan at the Empire last season that John was taken down own with the mumps mump Oh Ohm unlucky day d y for fur Augusta Johns understudy 1 Ordin Ordinarily Ordinarily Ordinarily Augusta Is just a plain wolf with no lines hines to speak spook But at very short notice she donned Johns costume and played his part letter Jetter perfect She Sime was Vas delighted at the time opportunity and wrote roto John a letter sympathising with him In his Illness Ulness and urging him not to hurry back But her most emphatic act o 0 gratitude was to sit for some now Bow no y photographs which she signed August Augusts jj wolf and John at the tho same sama time and sent them to friends far and ani wide Augusta Is 11 I years old Sho She D was originally engaged to play a Wolf volf for two nights J while Peter Pan was waa being performed at Buffalo Burtalo But her odd sayings savings and vivacious manner maIm or si delighted Miss Adams that she File adopted little Augusta and andIs is educating her by private tutor Arrangements are arc always made for lot forthe forthe the schooling of the tho children during an engagement like the present one at Ill Illinois Illinois For a while public schools ans answered answered very well VeIl But Augusta who on occasions Is a very elY set Individual could not get along al ng very ery well at tha the public schools so a private tutor had i ito to be b secured That of course was a 80 signal for fo John Michael and Liza at once to register complaints about their teachers The Tho private tutors class was increased There are three mothers Johns T i Augustas and Lizas who travel everywhere with the company at Miss Mias Adams expense They care cara scrupulously for the little ladles and gentlemen Carriages meet them at atthe atthe the tho depot and their hotel arrangements are made In advance All four tour of ot them spent their last summer with Miss lis Adams at Onteora her home in the tha Catskills C In fact one does not wonder that the factory Inspectors have raised a threatening finger at the children In Inthe Inthe the Peter Pan company They really arc are very much abused How much m ch more they would be It IC John were a messenger boy or an j errand boy bOo y Liza calling out ou cash h in ina il ila k ka a department store Augus envelopes In an mercantile mercantile mercantile tile house and Michael standing stan ng upon her ber be little feet all an day wrapping bundles Then the factory Inspectors would not no raise a threatening finger for the Ian be complied wIth Aith i I |