| Show I WILLIAM LLIAM GILLETTE LOOSENS UP UNEXPECTEDLY Y IN INTERVIEW I r-L r P rj EXCUSE HE I r J ALL THE OFFICIALS SAID IT II U AS I TO Ji SEE U GILLETTE 1 2 MJ GILLET KOST CT c HAD Ck SEEN SEEM HIM WM OFT OFF THE STAGE STAGE- BELIEVE j jY i Y I p r I Q 6 f I 0 1 J 0 f II l' l I I I j. j Io Iro 2 JI 01 SOME NJ VIEWING O OW ON HI HIS L OWN J A ACCOUNT THEM HEN DECLINED ID BE VJ BY J. J A. A FITZGERALD I la Li the New York Herald little talk with Mr lr T T D D a n Jolly William Gillette the he other night H HD rl One Ono wont won't appreciate tho thu nl magni- I of or that achievement emont until one learns that Mr Gillette hasn't chirped Jur tur publication the tho day ho he wag born oom On that day he lie reluctantly contented to furnish tho of or his birth Irth but he hc warn warned arned d tho reporters he l ouId havo have nothing to say in the tho future and aM nd he h haa hui UI kept his Ius word Asked to ex- ex lain lila Ills change chango of or attitude ho con- con It that he wanted to break Into print ears ego ago but he lie couldn't think of or any- any to sa say Then ho turned turnell on his conversatIon roI and i permitted It to flow low all aU oCr oHr er the th place IlaCe TLc The well known American actor actors a un- un loquacity caino carno as all a lL welcome surprise c otter after six or seven sc hours spent spontin In a worrying about how tho tim Interview was to 10 0 be accomplished Ho Ito could have havo savella saved savell a Jot lot of shoe leather and mental straIn If lie he e had bad let it be tic known that ho was ready to 10 take the lid off orr his language ir lr I Clu-I Charles s Frohman n Is In hi Europe and hr Ir Gillette didn't even e take an any of oC the tho Yohman frohman staff starr Into his confidence and 1 will be bc a long time before thc they recover from torn shock As Its soon as as they realized he be ie was having il n. word storm they placed elf IC f cocking phonographs on all sides sIde of or hIm Im and antI made elaborate arrangements for or canning his oratory BrIng In tho the Gillette Gilletto opinions opinion dead or oralIe was the tho order No 0 I dont don't ow where when he ho Is playing this week eu will have ha to do a little plain and faney d deducting to find him but I J know knowlI lI i a In town Owing to his well known aversion toward reporters you had better bet bet- ter tr disguise yourself U UD Up to the tho present nio It has hall been absolutely Impossible 10 o him hIm With these Instructions and a full realization rc- rc causation of or the obstacles to l b. b over over- COMP the hunt for or tho Impersonator of Sherlock Holmes was as begun Tho The meager tr description at hand charged with b being one of or Americas America's lead- lead g and mo most t successful actors and one Fib never cr had knowingly given si an in- in And it did nut not require much oLa ota demand on tho the deduction department depart depart- im ment nt to figure out that ft a man of or that ton would bo ho apt to be found on sut Subsequent events proved pro the Cleverness of or t this deduction Back Back- ingup In up Broadway to give the tho i lon that the thc writer In reality was wa going go 10 go- go ing the other way the lie first thing In the o of a n clue was picked up opposite the H Herald building High above o the heM heads of or pedestrians where it would hate have escaped tho the attention of or an any vy one but a Journeyman was a mod- mod tot it t I lm alga about t twenty five feet feel long tad and ten feet high hearing this an- an co Empire th theatre Fortieth street and Dr Broadway ad a William GI Gillette liette Positively hi Mi bli farewell appearances In his famous Secret t Service Sherlock Holmes Too Much Johnson Johnon The Private vate Secretary and Held by the En- En r fId The ITle Plot Begins to Thicken I I Having ln as ascertained that the actor was wasat I at Fortieth Fortieth street and Broadway the next nUL timing thing to do was to locate Fortieth Street and anal Broadway This was waR not as y at It might seem because there thore are corners at that thal particular place Of or I course OUrse it would Rould have ha been an nn easy matter mat mat- let ter to ask a a. policeman but that would ba nave bar excited the suspicion of ot those In Inthe Inthe inthe the vicinity The only thing left to do doto to examine the signs on tho the lamp Vets If It they failed ailed to give lve the necessary Imy sary ry Information the trail was lost m k A A. hast hasty glance at tho the nearest sign when hen hennO lino- lino nO Co one onG was waa looking dl disclosed that the neatest nearest street was wan Thirty sixth street and four our are forty Au Ah The Tue quarry but four our blocks away away Chuckling audibly the investigator pulled tho the rubber rubbo rub rub- bo ber ber cap over th the head hea of ot his lead pencil to 10 minimize the chance of ot recognition wd lad backed ste stealthily up the tho street proof that th the actor was In the Empire theatre was as obtained d from rom an el sign over o the tIme entrance bearing h lu Further name corroboration was as fur tur wined d b by the tile long line lino 9 of carriages which Deposited well 11 dressed chants directly in front of or tho the door and congestion in the tho vicinity of or the tho box office Little doubt that this was the clientele of or a successful and little doubt that his name was wasi i Gillette tte Surely the tho great stage e detective c WR II getting careless In leaving so man many cluel behind him Satisfied that tho the electric sign was WIlS tell in inthe Ing the truth and that the tho elusive actor Octor k la as a on tho the premises It was IlS determined that Phat ho lie should not escape through h an any carelessness Everybody 1 connected with Ith the Frohman office should be put through the tl third thin dc degree ce Third Thir Degree Is In ln ord order r that the Inquiry should be It was decided to start starl with tho the I lint st In command and continue right on own dOwn the thc line lino until If it necessary Mr himself should be extradited from from irom the tIme Savo Savoy hotel hotI London and ex- ex mined This plan o of campaign made John nn Ryland the negro carriage porter tJi tO first point of or contact Waiting until lit Ir r. r Ryland Rland had peeled peeler a a. tI tight ht fitting fittingoff flom off orr a particularly stout parl party the tor asked the thc liveried livened leading ran na It If he would escort him to Mr tr GIl- GIl hiding place l I W- W i Like to help you Oll boss bons said ald John but tot I 1 wouldn't know kno Mr Gillette tl it Ir I toll fell over him Ivo Ive been with Mr Frohna Froh- Froh man man-a n-a n II man many years 11 and nd 1 I ha have haC C never Inn Mr r. r Gillette Gillett oft off tho time sta stage e and I Know anybody that ever has seen on him tn UP II wear a a. different disguise every ry n hl B Ile Hee twice as 38 mysterious off orr the thc theas taRe as h he I IK III on The man In the box Office might be able to help you HoW can you ou lJ see e Mr Gillette rc- rc tt d that official The b best way a I Ien anew i of or I IH to bu buy a R ticket Got a nice en f eat own down front rant Oh you want to have h fr talk wItt l him No 0 Ive I've never ne seen him r t the S-JJ S c stage Bc I 1 dont don't know kno tho tIme first about him Say Sav Torn Toni come com over litre nl help this fellow out 8 1 latter hatter addressed to Mr tr Thomas ui manager of or tho the Empire theatre to man many years ant who ho hast hastened ned l iL Ud rte 5 that the Gillette Institution no I VisIting days datI t M once met man ma who ho said ho he had he n fc rb Gillette on the str street ct said Mr Ir lre t ut I suspected that he was or or- or nc fled ng My t suspicions were verl- verl A a few months later when th till the fellow n d of or perjury So far a OH as I Ien Ilu Te ben l en lu abl able e to larn no one has ever vcr mt t this Ide side of or the footlights Hero r r. RO Robert rt Eberle his hi bu business lie c Ie may y be bc able to help you ou t ut 1 yOU want to lo se e Mr Ir Gillette hah 1 w Mv erie It If you ou can get et within twenty twenty- five e feet teet of oC him you will wilt have havo established a new worlds world's record You want to getan getan get an Interview with him Ha lIa ha ha hat That's the tho best thing Ive I've heard In a 0 month Why he doesn't e cn talk to himself You might as well throw your I lead pencil away uway Go ahead and try If It you OU want to but you OU are arc only wasting your time Come Conic over o hero here and meet Mr Alf AIr Hayman Haman the general manager of or the time Frohman attractions He lie may have ha havea a suggestion Trying tho the Doorkeepers If It you can get et to talk about himself Ill I'll o gl you OU a 1 dollar a word wOld for forIt forIt forit It said paid Mr Ir Hayman with a laugh No I dont don't know of or auy any one ono else who might bo ho able to help you You say youve you've asked Mr tr fi Rland land and the tho other bosses boses Well Vell I guess you ou lose Oh wait walt a minute Try Charlie the tho stage door t tend tend- nd- nd er Theres There's Just a Chinaman's chance that he may know GIlI Gillette tto when he sees ces him Mr tr Heineman crossed his heart and said that thal he lie had yet ct to experience the tho satisfaction of ot seeing the tho actor in his street clothes In all the years ears he hc had been on tho the gate he had never se Ie seen Jn n him come or go Long since ho had made up his mind that the tho actor Inserted himself Int Into the tho premises b by way of or the chimney and made his exit In the tho same Harne manner It used to worry me mc for or a while but I got over o asking questions about it he continued An Any wa way its it's none of or my business lies He's In his dressing room on the stroke of ot 7 every night and doesn't appear until hes he's made up Yes hes he's there now but I dont don't think it will mb do you OU any army good Go right light in In but take my ad advice advice ad- ad I vice and leave Ica that roll of or paper out here hele You wont won't need nc-ed It It I Thus encouraged the Investigator I stepped on the darkened stage e and paused long enough to help himself to ft tV silent chuckle It was only thin the work of or three three- quarters of ot an nn hour to pick his WR way through tho the dense dens forest orest of or night bloomIn bloomIng blooming bloom- bloom Ing In- stage braces to the point where here a of or creaking sounds Indicated the close proximity of or a high class deduction plant A ray ra of light from under a Il chintz curtain cur cur- tam tain made It easy to locate the tho sounds Ho lie was In that room and arid not a moment was to be lost Making a hurried inventory In en tory ton of or his hits weapons to make sure suro that thc they were sharpened the investigator pulled pulled back the curtain and leaped into the room at the same sarno time timo shoutIng shouting shout- shout Ing Ingi Run to Earth at Last Discovered said the actor without turning around You wonder onder why I 1 dont don't lace face you OU and find out what you want ant That's That because I 1 know all that already alread I knew it when you OU started out several hours a ago o You are from Crom tho the Herald and you OU are here to get set an Interview interview Inter Inter- Io view which you are arc not going to get You have o on a black derby hat bat a a. well worn ov overcoat and a new pair of or shoes Ho How do I know youre you're from rom the Herald or Because o the tho Herald is III the only paper which has not given up trying to InterI interview interview inter Inter- I view w me mo How do I know you have on ona ona a stiff hat Because I heard it crack crock when you OU ran into that stage tree I knew your our overcoat was waR old from rom the way it tore toro when It caught on that fire fire- place Come Como over o h here re now and tell mo me all about yourself Im I'm awfully glad you OU dropped In Ive I've been waiting walling patiently for you ou There Thero was nothing el else e to do but gasp gaspIn gaspIn gaspin In the face of or that exhibition of or deduction deduction deduc deduc- tion lion and the tho visitor gasped until ho he looked like a 11 subway entrance Dropping Dropping Dropping Drop Drop- ping wearily Into a chair beside tho he ta table table table ta- ta ble from which the actor was reinforcIng reinforcing reinforcing ing his eyebrows for their evening e performance performance per per- the investigator In shoved out his hand So good of or you ou to give up your our valuable valuable alu able time said the actor with a warm handshake Ill bet the they keep you OU fel fellows fellows fel- fel lows 5 pretty prett bus busy How do you account for Cor or the th great success of or your our revivals was the first question qU |
