Show A bir b y ra raymond y mond quit twaine s play grew tired of playing colonel se seller 1 I ers to 1319 houses and paying most of the receipt for royalties Royal tle borne SOMO years after john T raymond ho died in 1889 1886 had matilo ill lilu great historic hiet orle hit ae as cul col mulberry set lore lors in a of mark T twain la x book 1 ahe I be glided gilded ARC age a character am according koono authora au authority thorl that became 1 com completa i with bin we own breezy i I 1 wit it t allm one at li A ita naif III I 1 ing the old willard lintel m it ton he lie beckoned lor honed me ins to 0 if it hide 1 I have ilme made lip tili my mind lo 10 buy a n play written by bail 1 lloyd t newspaper you pre bubly know lie sail 11 it li jl called for congles CoD groe DI mr r I 1 lloy loyd dreel res I 1 it to us thia this nj morning ornIng nid and I 1 am ain going aa to produce it juet just ak i oon as I 1 ain chloee ma m present ton contract on tract why I 1 aid laid what do you wo want nt with a new now iila pla mr air raymond 11 llie le otides ago kueht to I 1 a goo I 1 for ten aearl et it ilan you a national reputation and should to tri malting ahing aoi oi ri rich eb the come comedian diall addled a dry mirt sort ot of smile oh that play lias ball riven given rno me a tation all right lio lie raid sald but ion ilan I 1 not enlik and lious y AD an I 1 that ii v eliy bant I 1 an too oon going to ho ito lono lone with the gilded ago former yes forcier I 1 arve got tind of colonel ia parked packed ant an 1 11 wit when figuring tit accounts that I 1 have amlo just about enough ellough to lay iny the ex lenses of iny coill company pany and to 0 o draw for infelt a hain fitter a eal sat ory nry everybody ha hits hill RU posed that oil were mining a out of thu tho play I 1 mr baj man I 1 tho the familiar nt at altale of at colonel sellers in tit tho the play when that werthy vrr thy in describing tim tho eye nirh nys chero in ul ah raymond with up lifted liand li iiii thares in it cheree million millions in it hut but they arc are for mark twain and not for john T ray biond I 1 ell tre rc its it i thie this way NN hen the book 11 the glided ago tip peard I 1 rot got one of the first collos mid tile he instant I 1 ran aero across tho the character of colonel sellers I 1 ball sail that our minister MIn liter pierrepont convinced jonn john russell that there wai was prece piece dent in reception given napoleon Nu III tho the world became aware of the fuel fult that general grant waa was go dig ing on oil ft world tour our minister to the court of st jamol james was who aho two years before hid been appointed atto attorney ruey general by prethena Pret Hent crant ho lie and general grant were ft ere warm marm lers personal onal friends fri an annl I 1 it ati is this friendship more than anthina an thing else m which roused caused bin him to do all he could to see tint that grant woul I 1 ba d properly when he visited fraland Mal malilay ilag an appointment api ointment with john Il 11 secretary for state la in tho judge brought up the question as to how grant would be received boffl dally lie found lord russell sery ery ord lol rind a apparently that the reception should be worthy of central grant nut added lord 1 I I am no not at all certain as to he the appropriate procedure for his r top atlon pt lon tion hat in a general way had you thought of lord john I 1 asked mr air punt pont veil vms the reply 1 I will an ewer ower your lur in what la Is edid said to be t a characteristic american way by exiting asking you aniber what do you think the ho general character of tho the reception should bov bo thil of pf course Is for you to eay oay countered roun torel minister and I 1 feel that you must even now be tioma idea of what would ie illic and euni suM clent recount loa lou ot are right confes confessed med lord Ilu I 1 it seems to rne me that general irani orant hould should be retired as n the tho meet moot distinguished private citizen of the united sante s and one of the great rid liar itar commanders of the w history oh lift lit mr hir pierrepont bluntly that hat on ont t do nt at nil all IN ell then sail lord russell tell ell me hat seems to you would be an appropriate official reception the reply wait wa Instant Il riven given oen gen oral ral grant sho ild be rt calved A ith nil all the lionora ehlt you ar to bestow upon any one who ho haa has verv ta as R ruler of A it great nation lie line been not only a great fineral pi gt but also president of tho the united states for or nearly eight years nut but proter protested ted 1 lord there lut any precedent tor for recognition of at thai that sort ill if rod nt bo be rie neco cestary eary lord part I 1 ou re ro a it sort ort of 0 47 clonel sellers off tile flags aal aol an 1 ion ought to be a rood good colonel split delfra m on the stage so 80 I 1 arrau arranged ged for the dramatization of the book sot got a company together Kelher to ant aa 11 it on all the dog in western ew w I 1 ork it 4 go all I 1 then sudden ly IY I 1 hear from mark maln I 1 tnt met litin by appointment iok ik I k litre he all sail bouve been tx en trespassing 1 on oil my flo domain mains I 1 ott TO libien taking my good the I 1 riehm of or rho 01 11 dal 1 vm arti mine it for all your assing there 1 ion t nr it actor anywhere tha can do colo coir 1 1111 1 9 11 it ra re oll in an ILAU BC lohn 1 00 know you ar sellers to the life I 1 clad to lipar beer you any it mark I 1 replied but arts abata in the ull alii 1 mark I 1 auant u ant to do tim tho piny play over a n little differently I 1 bullit ant you to tile colonel colitre I 1 want you to a ge ret t the thin company together and reli re lieari eurse it ant an t then well we 11 make a few dollars itol lare between us till 0 to tho the eon contract tract an annl I 1 I 1 ac cente I 1 tile term terms that mark twain proposed proponed I 1 fondly on at it apt a dr par for imseis his royalties royal lle mere ere to be paid on a rising real and am we no have hake clayel at mich such rood good house that the scale has risen n out of night how iloa much do vou think I 1 have paid mark twain till this rear year in ili lee I 1 coulden t guess well 1 ball I I 1 Ilav Ravi moni tion 1 11 1 I have hae paid him a little more than CO and the season ion lent t over cider yet in a fk I 1 llalon to that I 1 have given oa 01 R part to his oung william gillette he ile lims the lawyer in lie the courtroom acne ilea a family friend of bains and lives in hartford go 80 you see ei here I 1 am the bigger lilg for the proult the less 1 john T I 1 makee malies n lay ily alft thousand a has never materialized an I 1 hit la Is th reason why I 1 have hate been looking fir ir a ne new play an I 1 why next eason meason I 1 s 1 all I 1 1 I reduce I 1 toy I 1 a for and mid 1 open right here with it in va it hin P ton then lots let a MIO we it mark twain can call find another colonel on the rialto in new lork ork or an achere here ele else laio by a I 1 i Il narl were driven to big triumph colonel Ma story of the cat cast that first sang the opera carmen in the united states the cast that first bans sang tho the now celebrated opera carmen in n his this country consisted of ito to world famous tenor italo int DI lienti lien tp tho the baritone rind the american stars minnie and alfinn N i they panr the opera and scored soared a grat triumph therein under tho the diree of tho the late col james if mapleson the operatic imbres irto nn an I 1 ono of he lie moet most amusing 1 stories of the troubles lee of nn an impresario 11 that colont 1 Mn mapleson over ever tol tot I 1 me related to this famous carmen cast I 1 had wen reen tho the opera in eirls a bild ild colonel mapleton and that it would bo be ft a great success in ondon london I and tho the united stall statte made arrangements to produce it in loth both countries countr loe at brur lane in the early bummer summer and at new now yorka yorks academy of music in the au autumn thin then I 1 sent for minnie linack aliex valeria Val tria and iol del buento why hy england honored grant john I 1 can call ono one to your attention Inde indeed edt the reception lord john eng dd ond actor accorded ded to ono who he mas an ex proof dent of tho the trench republic and ex emperor of franco france Nal napoleon Na roleon oleon III ullen hen he carno came to our chorea shores an exile lord john russells fale bout ent in scantly blanat slowly he recovered from hia his astonishment mr air pierrepont ho he said finall finally Y you are right general grant chali bo be received ith all the tile ceremony and etiquette properly appertaining to one who has bt ben on ruler of a great lirt tion and in such fashion citizen grant was no greeted and entertained isome some months later b the lie of uie he copyright 1910 by V 3 I 1 adwards oi 01 ri carmen C irmen I 1 eald sold to them ahen they hal hill at fit rny my london office and I 1 have selected the cast madame ou are to take the part of carmen you alella are to sing laela ela lou ai Campan itil are to take the tenor part iou don joe lope and on del buente Iu Ilu ente the part of the bull fighter hero are our part parts come to tile 1110 with mith them thein two no diva dis from froin now nhen hen the four appeared before rae me fort eight hour hours I 1 itar I 1 saw at once that hat wag was trouble ahead for min itin nie tile hauck wag was the only one ono who he look od ed happ it was aa i aay to BOO see that she wa mas delighted mith the part of cir men ind that ehe she agreed with me that it sulad her both physically phyl cally and tern tem aliv hut but even aa as the rho sullied smiled uron rie the storms broko broke colonel mil leton cried valeria it Is an insult to glee give roe me this pirt it la Is too trifling let cue one at 0 sour chorus glias to sing it I 1 won wont t tike viko it yes ou oil take it I 1 slid wild and ou will make a great hit in it take ho the i homo home and learn it and bursting into tears poor Na kalerta took her I 1 glanced at nt Campin till and sw ho he wag was in a ange 1 hat do to you rican by giving mo me hat that insignificant part 0 ho lie fairly bloated I 1 won t ting sing it it Is beneath me I 1 hal hat rather go lack back to the army camp I 1 sat sail I 1 dont ion t be a aan fool tool you sing it and act it as ou can con and you will ond find that you have made one of our grenet gre grei tet test triumphs after it is all over lou ou arc are trying to give me a dose of fort soap he retorted using the equivalent of at that expression in ital lan ian which aich he was mas speaking to me tile 1 I ou take that part camp auald aid I 1 or you son uon sing with me any more hero here or in An america terica I 1 he ile glared at me muttered so some me thing bt neath hia his breath and rind walked out then up shot del 1 I ou make a monkey of me maple fan he screamed go out into the street and get an organ grinder to sing ising our bull lighter fighter I 1 ill find man who hlll sing it for you but 1 del I 1 aill not sing it lee es ou alu mill eing ing it del I 1 re ported annl fo to told him the be day of rehearsal rehe areal it a happy affair that ro re henrean nor were Va valeria lerla and del other thin gloomy all through the preparatory period hut but I 1 keep keel fei feeling ting them managerial plume plums ludl judi cio cloi sly and at lart they were rendy for tho the first night nights a once it was ft a bucce a cam carn was magnificent in the last act N aleria was re elied wice in tho the first act and three timea times after sing ing her aria in the third act I 1 u iw del Ilu fluentes entes white teeth gleaming unit his faco face ill till wreathed in ili smiles ft hen he wae arc billed again ai aid it again after the toi toie eador adora a song hong iter the performance tho the three together with minnie struck mho of at coure course haq flushed with her triumph ns as carmen came to my office valeria valerie fairly hugged me in her joy cam cant pinina was mas superb he and I 1 crated himself hinie elt for a it fool for not mot rec th hit thit it don joso jose would to one of hn greatest parts del puente actually wo me as he an ac bounced 1 I del Ilu ente will a bins ing that part ae as many times a w P ck k as you want me nie to king it and during the remainder of 0 the season those throe three artists were nore the moitt trac tractable tible mingers I 1 ever had to deal irith copyright 1910 by P r J |