| Show Stories of The Stage If A Du Bouch t tSfST author 01 Beierni 1 cloer tarc I allllO a ell I j 13f Prll kllon by th name 01 Ireoe tfs wela der his n real r cognomen r nltn let Fire M A Ionndy vas mannger of the Stoodard d theater In San it ho had I been Francisco Du Sourh e working 14 5 n I n telerrolh oporator In Arizona dltted to the nnd applied coat for n poltlon poll as an In I JC tor hcnncdys ennody showhcuzc He gaged for a small part l but Kenned was rn objected to his name which he now Iaa not suitable for pokes billboard pur pose il ere did You come fromr < 1 K ennedy asked Prescott meekly replied Du sn chet chetTlta Thats good enough Ill bill WAnd 03 Prescott And It so happcned that the author received his nom de theatre Joseph Jefferson was born In Phlla delphla on Feb 20 1829 The beginning of his 1 stage career Is I thus told by him self The flrst dim recollection I h lave of a public appearance come before me as a startled child In a white ttinlo t beautifully striped with sold bauds nOd In the grasp and on the ohouldr 01 ua Infuriated tragedian crossing n Shelly bridge amid the deafening relorto 01 gun and pistols and In a blaze Bad murk or fire and smoke To mo the situation I seemed serlli I I a rid In order to render my po iiion more secure I seized Holla by thi lialr at his head Let got he cried But I was obeying the first law of nature not tlolla so I tightened my grant on Wi tragic topknot The battle was short but decisive for In the next moment I had pulled all his feather duster hi ad dross wIg and nil 1 thereby unlntentUm ally scalping the enemy and as he was past the prime of life the noble 1eru Ian stood baldheaded In the middle of tho bridge before an admiring audience audi-ence This story has the flavor of nee added Mr Jefferson but I nm credibly Informed that I was the original scalper Mary Anne Keeley the oldest living English actress recently entered her ninetythird year She was born Coward Co-ward at Ipsw Ich on Nov 22 1803 and Is therefore nearly 10 years older than Mr Couldnck who was born a few weeks before the battle of Waterloo In 1815 She made her professional debut In 1825 as Holnn In the olera 01 that name Mrs S A Baker now In her eightieth year Is I still acting with Ieene company There are a few funny lines In The Salt of the Earth a comedy that Is working Its way westward Annie Russell Rus-sell says We are going to moVe to the city and I dont even know how to blow out the gas in another plate one of the actors says Every successful success-ful candidate has a baby just before election Out funniest of all Is I the farewell of Annie Itugsell to her nnl mal jut before she was About to leave the old farm Please dont let Susan II Anthony stand out In the cold She gives tell quarts of milk every day AndAltgeld the donkey please see that he Is I kept warm this Inter Dont let drover Cleveland go to the butchers I loved him ever since he wn born And my goat Ben Harrison please keep the burs out of poor old Dens beard Persons who print things In England In these day have to mind their ps and qa and speak kindly of the erring You know 01 course wTites a corre spondcnt that In this country Cnc land anything Is I held to be a libel at present Percy Notcutt had to pay Ella Russell c100 because he put her name second and not first on a concert announcement nouncement The Saturday Kevlew had to pay McKenzie c400 because It said the Academy of Music was beamed by l mn who had not the morals ot a company com-pany promoter Society had to pay Lot tie Collins because It said there was a touch of vulgarity In her performance and a Jury decided that Mr nundman should pay a subeditor of a music journal Jour-nal c30 because another man declared that nunclman had written a sentence which the subeditor claimed applied to him Love sometimes produces greater comedies and even greater tragedies behind be-hind the scenes than arc ever pro Zeel before the footlights A certain inan prominently identified with n theatrical company Is I a czar In his little world An exceedingly beautiful Young lady Is I a humble super In the company and she Is I supposed to hold the czarlllw actor In as much reverence as a Pennant Penn-ant clrl would n prince She may Iv l blmand then she may not Ahal The actor man IK at influence and power deign to smile upon the poor super as she stands In the ulnflo during n rehearsal She answers With a smile and her black eyes sparkle At that nights performance tho poor but beautiful young girl had tfravn her small stipend as a super Out ot her weeks salary of 10 she spent 1 fur A handsome bouquet of roses and had an usher to carry the floral offering to the high salaried actor after he had received re-ceived a curtain call by an cnthualo tlo audience She placed no card on the bouquet She stood In the wings and her hort throbbed with joy ae she saw the actor mall coming Into the winss carrying the handsome bouquet of roses rosesAhhhl said the slim actor man strutting like a turkey cock as he directed di-rected his conversation to the leading lady of tho company Now youth see you-th lady who sent me these flowers POP did messes common sense because she not attach a card bearing her name and address Oh these are beautiful roses exclaimed the actor man a > down went his grease painted nose Into the center of the bouquet Here I shall take one rose for a bOutonniere bou-tonniere and you shall accept this bouquet bou-quet as a present from me sail tM actor man still addressing the KadlnJ lady As he handed the bouquet to the leaking leak-ing lady simply Thanks I was her reply re-ply The poor humble but beautiful young girl who Is I a super said nothing Her heart now ached silently with our row And this Is I a true story |
