| Show superstitions OF ACTORS alleged omens which they greatly dread are arc you at tilt oil about ladders do you mind opening an umbrella consider friday a day that hould nover never havo have been invented does do tho the figure 33 13 causo cause you any alarming uneasiness well these trifles arent it A patch on some flomo of the bad hogns grIS for which some theatrical th people are arc forever on the lookout bora of tho the profession are proverbially superstitious au guitta Mf lIr Connell tho the kingpin of boater elal blot a staff for instance ilg hes not particularly himself but ho to know knob a 9 lots lota of veople people il who he are thais teats the way Y it FOCI with ich most of them not a 21 bit afraid but amr um the other follo follows 3 are arc scared to bentli tut tut my iny boy superstitious not a bit of it myself but bui have hav you mot met 1 w well theres the moat meat man that breathes my dear I 1 clr ir the very worst about superstitions t that hat breaU iia actually that breathes br cathca paid mud mr mcconnach McCon poor lw lew hes almost AL a monomaniac on the th subject alavo vu you have you ell seen tile feet feel oil ve noticed theme big shoes he bearr now see aws here one this thin Is the iho dead awid truth when first he went on the staf tell moms from nevan yearn yeam ago afo ho he had those t shoos shoes made you brahe him now to wear any etli othir r pair air of course tho iho orli original shoes havo have i conff 0 ng since passed into history lil story lie ito hall had nn soles rolo put nut on first then tile the cpr rs dioro out and had to be replaced rails performance has haa licen repeated repeat wl thit jhc thc o in many agy donades ile wout win thorn uj of hes B about them lie ho ile be MI xv t eliat ca tile iho shota that give falvo him luck another thing if he always alwais heapy these alit on tile I 1 lift bloor down flat on tho elio floor il lie thinks libat that hla his ri lit lf hand d would wither it if lio its put choc aig on a trunk or a chair or 0 a table kair in intelligent tell agent on most buba ct ho he is 13 lefin clean daft aft on this then theres ivette do you t think ahod ho d we 10 on tile stage without these black gloves not on 0 ur lifo 14 1 that no 0 esol so well you can quote me an it dead right I 1 im in glang you the straight dead truth every time alm rw low do 1 IB playing at Pr octora pleasure police dally daily and ho he on an the iho lure in his old shielk boody coat coal and hilt hat ind and lit in li fluell minutes r re avat every word of the farmers A alina I 1 nac with fill it a r of itrel chasm now new stories woven in for bood tick luck at and d a call I 1 raw paw him ye ju jul it no a he h came cam oft aly I 1 the lie wage and hll if tile the house was batill laughty laugh tK and applauding elf ha lie ho said aalde ft ath it a laugh oil llivera irp arc plenty of thern I 1 lont dont take lake any stock in them rny mym bolf lf too you know kilow hut but abc there re are othera A very caun it in point Is will mcconnell of roster koster licals think lie h was an all intelli ge kni K I 1 ni it young mon mail to look at hiro buu alt ho 1 I J Is not nol young at fill all and III hll in toil he llis f larkby u myth wit 17 r beer raw anything like it 1 l ho wont have leavo it u look ane kl gl kluh uh flout his house wat eliat ma many liy I 1 may remark y awful ease case ho wont even look lit in ft A A klau anil can you blamo blame him thin thim la Is all nl because bt caus abou hn he was waa a suiter in san kan just before the kold gold fever broke out 48 4 or vi 1 I think it i w ciui ho dropped a glass on all tho the floor that it A local hul hall given hirn him it broka into a hundred i ti ii ind and lit in hud had bad luck for ya ut arn hilll then lie he nat r works on frills I Y su sit avain if ito gl to iu alin 0 ali of couri cour lui bul burk not i tilt lilt of it just bolls lolls 1 round and mok ii loor all 11 M it hi 1 I i allu ploll b harrt tj lit hit giant int aill hf ir up andr tile erwi floWn thair thi hort ir lloyt I 1 IKI t nu peril it on 1 I wll w ll li known it lu lit in litt of his every ono one he has hafl ever written begin walh the be article A I ook back over t tho h 0 list ilat thy they all ail bechn A athla or A that his late latest play 5 oon bonto to con comat in to lo town own PI Is called A contented content ed woman Wo maIL tony pastor hu halt positive horror ot of the figure 11 ll 13 an AJI old friend aya that thai it ahn receipts at hla his house hours in the week were e he be ba b happy I 1 tul ill 11 no 11 VAY had returned tile tho money fortunately they nier got up to 10 that figure and the cain nitty Is in averted thom thomas ro presen dative of william 11 II crane frankly that lie ho la Is hime himself elf but claims that overy every ono one la Is more mom or lepo leen 1 I 11 toil tell you s it story about abo ut mr crane I 1 a pet superstition ho he paid some time OKO go I 1 was lit in evansville ind and on t tho best room in tho the hotel hold st SL tac ie orico K A for I 1 mr crane in course or of urne uma t tho 0 co company da y I cams to town and mr crano crane m was b blown to his hl room five seconds later tho the elec electric trie bell I 1 tn tho the office connect connective ine with wa room rang ilk alko all ajl possessed A hall servant was dispatched post DOI haste auk amic the proprietor what ho he moans menna lt by div in g me tills room roomi mr C connol ft no why sah its the best tn in th the a house housa ropi replied cd the he man 1 best eat ell eh look bore bom do you see na that number 13 it do you yen P ce for a a minute id sleep in this roo room in well sah nil all do great c actors do ti tho a man answered V hy john T raymond lied died here hem right in that very bed suh aall mr air creme crane went to the deplot and slept I 1 in A a pu n car whua while ho he won was I 1 in n evans alfo 1110 T thoro h 0 ro was not inlet mother another vao kacom cant room tn in the th hotel that reminds me of another continued mr seeing thit that I 1 laughard laugh laug lill rd when mr crane produced tho governor of kentucky in now new york I 1 ho I 1 h happened to glance at the play bul bill tho the morning after the last to his hl horror ho he discovered that the tha cast coutz contained ined lust thirteen characters charac tera air crane Insil insisted ti upon a chanto change cha nto and mr dovere devere tho the stage was we put in the cast and given a to few linw in the last jast act on this account edward vv dunn the representative ot of tho the holland brothers brot herg iho T ho follow crano crane at tho the fifth avenue theater th cater emter was standing nf nearby anti and remarked that the iho hollands hollanda were in tho the fashion and were superstitious too E lit hollands first employment in a the theater laier was as callboy call boy in mrs woods theater lie ho said bald at the ona ond of tho the first week ho he was given a five dollar gold niece iio put it in a chamois bag and hit him wom M it about t it his reek neck over ever sanc pance ell tho baar once in a while of co coura 11 just at before oft a he went ment on for tho the brt production of A so superfluous P huband husband at kern in chu hos ho missed the gold eold piece the eurt curtain in was held for twenty mintee u cutca until he a found it it had slipped doila into his shoe joseph holland too has haa troubles of his ou own A lie positively declines to occupy a berth in it a sleeper numbered 13 and lie insists upon hoving tile tho porter rearrange hla his bod bed vo eo thai that h 10 can s eleod borter with his set leot toward the anin alne 1 not I 1 ot PAC because incense he wants to above aej hack in caso of a collision but lie he bol believes leves it unlucky to travel liend first alive Accordi nir to mr preen green la Is it very unlucky color and never it bal od d in the printing priming yellow on the iho other oiher hand still Is in lucky but bul the show allow should never bo be of that hue good luok luck it if a black eat cat comes upon tho the stage atao at a first per for firmance mance they keep a black cat in stock block fit at the fifth avenue theater actors consider it unlucky to rehearse one on act they always rehearse part of another actors never cross the street ution ft hen a funeral vas aa passing nor will they balk under ladders charles IL dillingham of the garden theater has haa a profound belief in tho the truth of signs except tho the standing room only sign and Is a superstition to a degree decree 1 I was once foolish enough to write it fc play lie he said sadly madly and in the second act an interior ono of tho the characters uns MOS called cahel upon to orion open an umbrella ile II 11 told lold TOO me at tho the relle rc arAnt it was wa a very ri kv thing to do I 1 upon that lautner n remaining in what was tho the ro ailt still the play railed failed I 1 have thought tile matter over ever very verv carefully since and ami can a gsinn no other reason for its failure I 1 know it that I 1 broto roto that did tile tho mi mischief hero here Is it story from william harris who superintended super intended the production of of courted into I 1 court slay may erwins irwins new piece it was out in omaha a short ago aeto that tho the piece was first introduced he sold and lt at the rehearsals all abent ent well until mills imin ink in discovered thiu that in the banquot banquet scene in the iho second act there were thirteen at the table twelve ant down including the father in law of may irwin in tho ih piece dice tho the uncle who has haa agreed to let act as butler objects V acts to this and takes lakes a seat neat himself this made thirteen and alic irwin objected I 1 thought out ft plan and told ties irwin that lit at tho the dress rose rehearsal the next nigh I 1 would remedy ahe t hn leand I 1 dill did I 1 hual the big table cut into alvs parts all the fuesti as emile miss I 1 jrsn r 1 1 in disc discovers oters tho the fatal thirteen t h says t the h dannor din nor cant KO go on tho the guests sair eav that will be all right anti and taking the table apart have live uv a bopa a rute rate parties at as ae many different tills occidental accidental bit of business arloin rising wholly through it superstition halt haa proved one of the hlis bits of the piece 13 73 1 D price bu burkness buBl ns manager of t derfl ora pleasure palace Is in rather it a metter matter mett matt er of fact man concerned chiefly with tile tha prosale side of 0 theatrical wit ym yet like other ma managed nagem lie ho Is 11 familiar with the ahn superstitious of tho the profession I 1 in tile the vaudeville bra branch ilch he raid paid ye y berday 1 I it Is ie not lot unusual to havo have tho ba superstitions of the iho performers perform era brought directly to our attention this Is well illustrated lust rated in tile tho case of the hannons Han Hau lons tho the u sell ell known gobats acro baia in making up the pro Kramme gramme I 1 sig ned them a pO position SiLlon 13 12 Som somewhat to my they objected to this and were given no 10 1111 luft tead frad 1 I 1 dont wonder the hannons are super aper at etious about thirteen tile tho or consisted of six bio bi othora thors Thomi is alfred and fredecick Fred l etick now dead william fi llam and edward til t man ug rs of superba aup erha anti and goorge Of Kirge who he Is an the lia hannons niong appearing hore w wore 11 re the lh apprentices of tho the original ilan han loiis 1 william hnton of the second generation 0 rat to n once fell from a tra on a priday Irl day and was malt badly inbur injured A yeav or two later ater during the week weak of the th comp anyn season leason lea son on friday july hn fell from a trapeze in amal omana la and atoa killed ile he os oa 31 years old 13 reverse thomas hanlon of the original tam fam lly clr became mentally deranged in nan hunts as burg scale bonia years ago afro A thick headford country policeman t that abat he was intoxicated arrea teti him in MP 1 r honlon killed himself the next day faidar I tho the of the month hy by turf linic pault s in film cell daughter toma hartion Is singing nt at tills theater now end u hen I 1 slimed lier her I 1 had no idea that tin tile other oilier etere aiom to be hero here the same by by the way in fidda tion to ft a well grounded roun doil alon about ali 1 number aber I 1 13 aro are also oi of pose to the color green eren they hey never wear it nor does it a appear 11 pear in any of their printing tills lit Is afu us to their feeling about an accident that occurred when one on of the iho noted oraw l troupe of acrobats attired throughout in grecu dromi deab on t the lie stage many bearo aio affo I 1 personally erso nally I 1 havo have graat antipathy to drown lvery every company elgh with which I 1 havo have been connected nee 0 wh chero brown ink luts IKU boon been used in tile tho printing has haa met with reve referees rees fing about a theater 1 Is 19 9 not ant only regarded as a nuisance but Is also alel belil to be unlucky as manager Ma fynes of deliha testifies the continuous vaudeville Is in a fairly fertile ferillo held field for superstition he raid isaid wo abringe mn anko file ho pro gramme by humbert find and thero there Is an oce lonal protest from tho the performer who Is lelh on the bill many of the people appearing at juith s N lw mado to walk under a ladda and mot mo t ot of them hold to tile the beery that it aa rt unlucky to whistle in the freink rooms ruoms 0 0 I 1 lere here la Is a vet vei plon floii of superstition from a laiti roni k boy cappad at al taft loor door of william willfam alid callei out off cirio ii 11 other night m hen ll li the actor author who had n t p pilad erk of f uma left 0 ft bedora b e a h e w a r t ber 0 on n t the b e G acre rr iok alm ilm t ha ael w ot tir aha a A the th hetro 0 1 in n aret s t e 0 e v jhc t hl t thoo h 0 0 rl es v wor ore i in n r K d t to N up t atlon to tio bo be entirely frit brulc fr ulc nic he hb replied aa lila bs dresser buckled on hla his sword 1 I am riot not a superstitious in roan it just hap pona ann so it lamy alm in life to get cot room 13 23 in the iho hotell I 1 visit that room in m a rood read ono I 1 walk under ft el old der ev every e ry night coming irta into the th Z to and have always tried triad to have tho the in initial 1 12 eions of my play on a friday the case of the mouth month if thin thalji was the casat with secret S 0 arvi M there Is one oiw thing that upsets me you vou would hardly ha r adly call it but if my iny fr falc ends tell loll ni me at the iho pro mcelfr uala a 8 that my play is bound to be b u big success I 1 feel that the r re vero will be ba tho the case cago of courns cour I 1 have plenty of 0 friends who ax iro sup I 1 wa W walking down t iho h oo 00 str strand and with one ona of them the th gamt ti elmr me I 1 w aia n s in london londom and innocently walked u andor A d ladder r ho turned w white alte and trembled for heavens sako sake gillotti Gillott 4 do yu YOU realize what you have done don he a aad 1 lit in ft a broken volo I 1 was wa alarmed armed Aj b but jj could think of that would wax warrant ouch duch a display of of emotion ll 11 hy no old luan 1 replied what I 1 Is it murder no not that walked under adderly lal derl he h whispered well voll do you know continued mr lotte 1 I talked thac that clap phiip out of his hi in less IMS th than n minu t 8 and a nd actually persuaded him to walk under that ladder ider ho he was waa still hlll allyn and happy at lat last lacounty boston herald |
