Show I FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN I Here are two little stores which Lew FIelds manager brings over from New NewYork NewYork York Both are infante Infantile and the Mr Ir Fields oldest sn son Josepha Joseph Josepha a a boy of 12 year years Joseph said b s school teacher ono norn morning ng UI I w nt you to give me a sentence In which the word foregoing nay be properly used Joseph Jseph thought a moment a and then hen said Last Saturday afternoon I went t the Grand opera house where papa was playing My y Uncle Charle Charlie was standing at the door at the tho time Three I newspapEr men spoke to him for d a rUle while and pretty soon I saw the four going into the cafe across the street Mr Fields youngest son Herbert said to his mother the other afternoon Mamma is i It true that every day is Sunday in heaven and that nobody in heaven beaven has any work to do or lessons to learn 7 I Yes every even day is Sunday Sunda in heaven she answered Then mamma I want to go to heaven quick so that I cn can see tile the funny colored supplements every morning when I wake up Mme Bernhart Bernhardt probably took many interesting impressions away from New NewYork NewYork York I If she keeps a scrapbook there wl will be found in it the comment in inverse Inverse verse of Walace Wallace Irwin following the dinner tendered her by Mr Hyde Ir Irwin Irwin win wrote o 0 Sarn Sarah great great 0 Sarah B Bo o 0 do you know the tho gent And Is it true as true that you ou Have ben and gone md and went Pray dont deceive Can wo we believe That you ou the dramas pride Havo Have ben been both dined and teed and wine wined By Hr Haen H Hyde d Divine mille pray dont you ou feel Remorseful when you ou know The very bred bread on which you fed Was Vas Equitable dough And goodness sake how you OU would quake J If f told to give your A terse report report before tile the count Ot Of Prosecutor Hug t The queen queen of youth the queen of truth Te The queen of wig and gown Alas for or her she said wc w w we weA re A second story town And scarcelY had he marked our sd sad Condition ot of affairs Tai the second story man had en enTertained her una unawares wares I Between the acts of Time The Woman Yoman In Inthe inthe the Case at the Grand opera house Miss Blanche Walsh chatted about things theatrIcal t the New York Telegram man manIt Hi It Is the players mission to bold the mirror up to nature she he said Some Someone Someone one else has said that It is a no noor or rule that does not work both ways I If the later latter assertion be correct why should not flat nature Imitate the stage occasion occasionally Ion aly ally In many ways it to me mc that this would be desirable For In Instance Instance stance a woman furnishes draw drawIng lug Ing room with mate and o care Th re reIs e eis Is no note to mar tl per por 9 50 0 r ar lar Y nature A caller aler is announced and enters Sh She wears a charming though pronounced costume and seats herself on one of the slender chairs The resul result is a clash of colors that Is like a blow In the face faca of the hostess The cal call becomes a torture al all the snore more beuse because It must be un unsuspected suspected and But so on delightful the stage it Is al all so different You are going to cU call on me in the first act my der dear Miss M r says the star t I one of her society friends are you going to wear I 1 have hav just the sweetest thing a apale apale pale blue broadcloth wib with witha a picture hit hat to match answers 1181 Miss 11 iI eagerlY I am so sorry irry dear replies the lady whose lame name appears in big type on the bis bills but i it wont do at al all I Iam Iam am going to wear er red chiffon and you OU know we drink tea together side by side The resul result i f that when the caller caUer calleris is announced she is gowned in a pale gray that harmonizes with anything And there was as no time lef left for Miss Walsh to explain how the other woman In the case regarded the mater matter The leding leading man of the tank drama had the tho floor We wore were rendering Under the Polar Stam In a little lUe one horse town In Montana he related and as the tho opera house did not boast a re regular ular staf staff of we en engaged engaged a young German farer farmer to shift the scenery the night we played there Hans as we Ci led him was hastily rehearsed In the art of shifting the big Ice cako cakes that were prominent in our play pla and above al all ho he was warned to keep quiet under al all circumstances No mater matter what happens cau cautioned toned the stage manager dont you speak loud Joud so the audience can hear I you I Hans promised and we thought no nomore nomore i more of him until the great Ice scene I Then when you could have heard the proverbial pin drop his head and dripping florid face suddenly popped out from under a huge ice cake and lie he 1 I bellowed in a voice that could be heard hearda a block S I SI I Tm Tam such n a shob Here I was mit al all din dis ice under nearly suffocated ml mit dor heat I quit And out from his cramped quarters he had the audacity to strut right Ight out to tIle the center of the stage with perspiration running of off him like Uke a shower bath a Sm Sam Berard Bernard the star of The uThe Rollick Rollicking in ing GIrl and W V B Watson a well weH known German Garman comedian had a sInging contest in Chicago several weeks ago I It was wa an impromptu meeting at the College Inn and among others who ho were present were Blanche Ring John Slavin and Mabel ahel A discussion aros arose as to which of the comedians could sing the higher note Watson struck a note that sounded like B fat flat Bernard went him two better and it looked ns as though he had WOn the he contest but Watson insIsted on another tr try He opened his mouth and the au an tutors heard a a sound that was at least leat halt hatt an n higher tha than the farno am amI s I top note of Edith Helena The note was greeted wih with wid wild applause from al all of th the artst artists pr present except Bernard Watson denlar d that he had won the contest of the wager gel wa was tie de demanded at once but Bernard refused Pointing under the table to a a ver vety badly frightened little animal Berard Bernard sad said Why Watson Yaton yot never sag sang that note You stepped on th the cat catTe cata a Te The College Widow is an old creaton creatIon of Ades As far Car back a as 18 he attended a cla class reunion in Purdue Lafayette Ind ad and red read some verses entitled The College Widow In justice to Mr Ade I it should be said that the they are not of his bis present literary ability or of his skill In verse ere but they give a comprehensive vew view of Ue the widow In his story and for tor that reason have bave a a time ly 11 Interest Interest I It ma may be sad said in this con connection necton that Mr Ado had uTh The College Widow In fn mini a as a a comedy be before Core he had begun his career as i a playwright Tat That It ws was an entirely spontaneous ef effort effort fort Is shown by tIle the tact fact that ho he corn com complete low It In thre three weeks Te The verses fol follow follow When en I was but a freshman and that wa was long ago I saw her first but did not lea learn her name She wa was at a leture lecture I oleve believe in the frt first or second row Ad And the junior with her seemed to be beher beher her fae flame He held her fan al all and gazed I Into her eye eyes Thought J I Now there engaged or soon wl will b be But afterward the they quarreled as I leared learned with some surprise When en the faculty conferred on hI G B That circles ver very spring spread a a rumor In the tho col college g That a senior had her young oung affections i snared And ater after he had graduated the two would surely we wed even said her trousseau was nrc paced But this turned out a a fase false aarm alarm when I returned next fU fail She ha had a young on the string He used to send sand hE flower flowers and and Ire fre would cal call callAnd And gladly tur turn her music when shed sing ing The Prot Prof received an ofer offer train some college In the east cast And lef left quie quite unexpectedly one day Within a week the chamer charmer gi gri v vIng vIng Ing Ing in the lest lesten least When en r saw aw her with a freshman at the pin pla y She had a gay flirtation wih with a a special taking jakin at art r went wih with him to cl call one Sunda Sunday night He kindly introduce introduced me anti and r I played a villains part For I made a hIt and knocked hm out ot of sight a a a a a a a aCh ChI Ch chaing charming college wide I never can forget The night when whon you OU yut put on my pin pinI I pre ed your our hand and told fold you that the act not re regret et And you ou sad said stick to me through thick and thin r I remember sUl still the picnic picnics and that moonlight promenade Just t tr night before I paid for m tie de grec When Then we exchanged such sub sacr sacred d vows and declarations made madeT maderi dec T ri H wed ovo each other through eternity I heard from you quie quite ofen often I liked your letters too too Tey They were spicy and chuck ful full of col college college lege news But the Interval between them soon b be became ce came a a month or two And our courtship seemed It its interest to lose I write for ful full three monts months and andone andone one day I received B By doux express collect ech each lo lovesick sick blet billet billetdoux nd I swore that I had bad been jilted and deceived I returned your the chars charges too a a a S C C Last I revisited the th scene Hene of college tre life Six years ears had brought about a won wondrous wondrous drous change I knew a few professors who were glad to meet my wife But the student students al all seemed out of ulace and strange There was little to recall to me the olden time so sweet And so it was a pleasure you may know At the exercises unexpectedly to meet An n acquaintance of the lappy long ago She looked but little olde older her laugh was just as gay Beside her was a galant sophomore Who Vho held alot aloft her parasol and gushed the way That I had doubtless gushed in days of at yore r I merely tipped my hat I feared to in introduce introduce my wife For I know knew that some remak remark might lightly tal fall 1 I Revealing l to my beter better hal half a chapter ot of my life Which Td Id rather sh she would not suspect at aU all aUA a a a aA A foreign dacer dancer has this to say about American darning My dancing dates back to only a few years ago says Miss Val aill VaUt Valli when I left the legitimate stage to go Into pantomime pan pantomime at the Drury Lne Lane theatre Lon London London don When I fr t engaged wih with the Drury Lne Lane management I knew little or ot of stage dancing but by had hard work and study I noW pride myself on being able to master most ot of the national dances ances comIng to this count country wih with the Veronique company I have been devoting al all my spare time learning the American dance or ragtime steps I pride myself now on having mastered almost ever every dance Physical training is one of the most essential things for successful lancing Ever Eer since going on the stage I have taen taken long walks eVe every day when the weather permitted and upon returning to the hotel I take s systematic ex exercise The Am American d nce or ragtime Interests me Very much The nearest approach I am told to this buck huck and wing dance Is the European dance Czar dac r Hungarian mazurka mazurka In this dance time the syncopated is use used to a great great extent I am now studying the Russian Rusian dance I It Is simply a lugubrious step In which the heel and toe are used mainly to music not particularly rh th mule lut but strong and blustering I am also taking up the Oriental and French dances and expect to mater master them in a avery avery very short time Strictly peakIng thEre Is no American dance but common cus custom torn tom has given the ragtime dance that And in the opinion opinion ion ot of fancy dancers abroad i it corea comes the list very near heding heading C C C CDavid David Belasco tells an amusing stor story of one of his experiences while a man manager ager many years ago In California Mr Belasco was staging Augustin Dalys Dahs melodrama Under the Gas Light and had occasion to reprimand the property man whose carel In neglecting to faten fasten securely the bit of firework that produced the spark sparks from the canvas lo had spoiled the big sCene ene Mr rr Belasco cautioned the young man that a recurrence of the offense would In his immediate dismissal On the following night night as the locomotive tive was reposing In its accustomed place against a wood wing the man mae mounted a ladder and nailed the spark securely to the smokestack smokestack In his zel zeal he he failed to estimate the length of the nai nail he used used which went through the smokestack and Into the wood wing When hen the cue cm came for the train to rush across the staRe stage it rushed and so did the wood wing The spectacle of 8 a tree fly flying y ying ing across th the stage emitting a shower of sparks was a effect that ha has not been equaled in production 1 C C CI 01 I was not originally Intended for n a hilarious stage roisterer r said Do De Wolf Hopper to an my relatives wanted me mc to be a lawyer hawyer and andI I entered the office ot of JOseph H Choate Choate R a lifelong ng friend of my father to prepare for tor the bar About that time I began to think I would make a good Idol finally yielded t to temptation and opportunity and 2nd eng engaged with Edw Edward rd Hr rigan to play the juvenile pa part In Tho e Blackbird when he produced tha that dram York drama at the Theatre mo NOW New uy My mother was there on the opening night night I wa was highly elated ad and ater after te the pe performance rushed to her for tor eo u latIons eagerly It wa was a a success IU It I aked asked I 1 suppose so she replied Se She Is oe one ot of those women who could not pO tel tell a le lie or cloak her ra real thoughts even to please R a friend Bit she added I think it would have hae been better it If you beter had continued studyIng law Jaw However Hoever she subsequently became my mt most auditor and my mv mOst severe sever critic She always goes to ae see me play and always taIls me what sh she thinks of I It She is an old lady now hut but is stead o fast in seeing ev every r ono ot of my mv first pEr and I it is always 0 a great pleasure for me to kow know that my mother is In front S She e saw El EI Capian mM mar marthan than 2 times and is sti still in good health even after a as big a dose or of Wang Wanga a a a Shorty Shortly after little Margaret aged f 1 had been taken to see Peter Pan jn in which Maude Adas plays the tte title rol her G erold brother undertook to tell her hor the story tor ot of the creaton creation And then Margaret said he after the the d ha had made al all the ret rest of thA th things he made a nap a and called him Adam and and by and b by Adam am gt got tre tired of being al all alone alone and the Lord took one of Adams ribs from rom him when he was asleep and made n a wife for him a as a sur surprise prise and her her name ws was Oh I I know exclaimed little Margret Margaret quickly Her name wa a Maude Adams C C a At tha Lambs club one night I a num number bar ber of oC the members were discussing discussing the of the average comedian to in insist slat that lila hIs torte forte Is rely really tragedy wheT someone chanced to ak ask BUy Billy Cane Crane whether hg he wa was an exception to the rub ruh rubin In that respect respect says Harpers Week Weekly No Crane r I cant say that I Hami am et etI Years ao ago In the we west t I tackled I suppose the questioner continued tain tam the audience cled called you ou S before te the our cur Caled Called me reiterated Crae Crane Wb man they dared me mea a a I a aOne Oe 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