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NOVEMBER 8, 1908
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IF the reports along the Rialto are true, the sea
son of many touring companies has come to an
end. Business in the middle and far West has
averaged from 25 to 33 per cent, below the normal,
owing, it is said, chiefly to he forthcoming elec
tion. Numerous companies have closed perma
nently; others have been laid off until the middle
of November. Few organizations have made any
money, and the managers are not gazing with satis
faction at their bank accounts. But the old adage
of "a bad beginning," etc.. is likely to hold good, for
there is more than a fighting chance that the sea
son after November US will be a prosperous one.
HARRY PAULTON, pretty well known in this
country as the author of "Erminie," and, in
collaboration with his sou Edward, responsible
for other plays, was once upon a time a romantic
actor, "a-rescuin' 'eroines and sboutin' 'Belay!'"
as the "four jolly sailormen" used to sing in Ger
man's "A Princess of Kensington." Mr. Paulton
made his first appearance on the world's stage, as
well as on the theatrical stage, in Wolverhampton,
for it was here that be was born, and here that (to
use his own words) he first felt the stifling heal of
the old gas footlights in his face. That was forty
seven years ago (his debut on the Stage theatrical),
and when, for about three years, he had been
meeting with but indifferent success as a Lewis
Waller or a Martin Harvey of the period, a day
came when it dawned upon him that he was born
to draw the tears of laughter rather than those of
sentimental sympathy. So correct was he in this
calculation regarding his natural walk in theatrical
life that in 1866 he was the "star" comedian at the
Glasgow Theatre Royal, where the people Hocked
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LOS ANGELES HERALD SUNDAY MAGAZINE
Lulu Glaser in the Four Costumes She Wears in the Title Role of "Mlle. Mischief."
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Edgar Selwyn,
as he appears in the title role IN "pierre
of the PLAINS."
Photograph by Bangs.
A Scene from "Little Nemo," the New Klaw & Erlanger Musical Extravaganza.
to see him. Mr. Paulton has played ill all more
than six hundred comic parts, a remarkable record,
and one equaled by few of the present-day actors.
DAVID GARRICK was* the part best loved by
the late'E. A. Sothern, and concerning his
acting in this play an amusing story is told. He
was accorded a "benefit" one night, and selected
"David Garrick." In this comedy, it will be re
membered, Garrick feigns drunkenness, and in the
drawing room at Ada Ingot's he disgusts' the
guests at the tea table, and plays havoc with the
tea service. Just before this scene it was discov
ered that the stage manager had forgotten the
necessary crockery, and a messenger was dis
patched* to a neighboring house to borrow some
teacups, etc. The worthy lady applied to had
beard of the fame of the great actor, and. anxious
to display her treasures, sent back her best china
tea service, a family heirloom of great value.
That night Sothern ' was playing with unusual
energy, and very soon the precious porcelain was
smashed in fragments and scattered about th?
stage. The old lady's indignation may be im
agined, and to her death maintained that Sothern
must have been really drunk, "for no sober man
would have smashed such lovely china."
VAUDEVILLE is monopolizing the smaller cities
and large towns of Great Britain, a state of
affairs which the London managers are viewing
with alarm. To offset the trend of affairs a pro
visional syndicate of producing managers litis been
formed, and successful London plays will be sent
on tour, the losses, if any, to be divided by the
members of the association.
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