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Show H Baron Sands Real. H It Is quite impossible) to .think of Harry Glifoil without thinking: of H Baron Sands as it is to think of Baron H Sands without thinking of Harry Gil-I Gil-I H So famously d closely identived H with the comedia was the character H created by him of the gay old roue H become that it is a part of him and H one seems about as real as the other. H As a jnattcr of fact, Baron Sands, H according to Mr. Gilfoil, is a real per- H son. H "The Bnron is one of the beat- M known characters in International Hj and diplomatic society," ho asserts, B "and wore I to reveal his identity m for I could point out this eminent H personage in real life you would feel H I had a great deal of daring to at- H tempt to personate so distinguished H a man. 1 met the baron on ono of H my European trips, have known him H ' for many years, and have spent many Hj pleasant hours in his genial com- H panlonshlp. H "I knew from the first that some H time he would be of service to me, H and I would find a way to put him B an a play, and so when Charlie Hoyt H incense to his memory gave mo a H ' ' '"' " part to play in "A Stranger in Now j York,' I said to myself, 'J lore is my Hi dear old bnron. 1 shall play him as Hb I know him.' And when I gave my HH first performance of the part Air. B Hoyt came to me and said: H ' 'JIarry, where did you jgot 'Baron H Sands? He is not my creation; he is H youis. Stick to him.' |