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DRAMATIC EDITORIAL SOCIETY
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL
VOLUME CVL— NO.- 160.
HOMING BIRDS OF COMEDY
EDDIE FOY AND
MAUDE LILLIAN BERRI
IMAGINE Hamlet pla>ing bllliardE!
"The play's the thing" quotad
Mr. Hamlet of Broadway (but now
temporarily of Market street) when
Ills twin cpul — his corporeal self—
Kdai« Foy, missed a three cushion car
=om in Graney's. It was a neat play
\u25a0well executed, but fate, assuming th«
jqtialsty of two Inches, Interfered and
Eddie miesed. The cue ball passed
harmless, bounded from the cushion
and settled itself at a comfortable dis
tar.ee from the place where it ought
to faav*. been. Foy was muttering some
• thing- about rottenness in Denmark
w-hen we were introduced.
"Whither wilt thou lead m«; speak,"
lisJd he, just as though he were the
D&ne and I the ghost.
•"We removed ourselves to a far cor
\u25a0 ji*t and Foy, beckoning a nearby per
' r on and resuming his Hamlet manner,
suggested, "The air bites 6hrewdly; it
f Js. very cold," meaning, of course,
•v.'hat'll you have?"
**Pooh," said he when I told him.
F.You speak like a green girL Give me
T*>ave. Here is the water, good; If a
"man goes to this water and drown him
*«if, it Is, will he, nill he, he goes;
jnark you that."
•Sure." said I, at loss for a quotation.
•'Here's a go."
•'Aye, marry!" said Foy. ~rjl*S-"-i£'i%
\u25a0You do not dream how solemn Eddie
Foy-can be when he isn't paid for be
ing funny. His temperamental kinship
to Hamlet becomes a lugubrious cer
tainty. • He is as mournful as Chopin's
funeral march played by the town's sil
,ver cornet band. He Is more than sol
emn. He Is a calamity, and you roar
with delight at his pain.
"Well," he continued, wiping his lips.
"I suppose, my hour has almost come
\vh«n I to sulphurous and tormenting
flames must render up myself." __
''.Meaning this interview?"
"Aye, marry again," he said. "What
do-you want of me unless it is an in
terview. I'm showing you how much
I kri.ow about Hamlet. Might have been
oast for the role straight if friends
hadn't prevented. At that, I think my
.straight Hamlet would have been fun
•riier than Goodwin's Shylock.**. '. .
'"•You are with the "Shuberts now,"
\sai<l I; "tell me a story about the the
' at'rJcal situation; about the struggle
..between the syndicate and the opposi-
.... . .......
f . "Ha!" said Foy, with a comical pull
'Jng of his .mouth' Into an angle such
as" a male quartet basso profundo un
covers when he wants to shiver the
chandeliers with a note. ''Ha! but that
• I- am forbid to tell the secrets of this
\u25a0playhouse grame I could a tale unfold
whose lightest word would harrow up
thy 'soul," and so forth and bo forth.
" Whether Eddie Foy's resentment at
\u25a0being disturbed at his favorite pastime,
'.billiards, had subsided, or whether he
-.ran -out of Hamlet speeches I do not
presume to say. I think he knows the
; Shakespearean play backward, but he
" says he only knows it upside down.
However, he consented to speak the
\ - ernacular and he did unfold a tale
\u25a0which, while not harrowing, was inter
rOT Is going to be a syndicate all
by himself. He says he's tired of
. working for somebody else, "Just
because a man or a set of men own a
string of playhouses across the-coun
try Is no sign that they are competent
to gauge the tastes of the public, meas
ure the worth of players and recognize
the value of a play.
. "In my scheme* of, things producers
like Klaw & Erlanger or the Sliuberts
or any other exploiter of the drama
occupies third place. First comes the
playwright, next the actor; then comes
the producer. The present method of
valuation is the other way aroundf The
producer, being the businessman, takes
first, place; the actor comes next, and
then, if there's any money left, . the
playwright comes a lame third.
"Never thought of that, did you?
I have, and I'm about to. try a
little experiment of my own. I'm get
ting up a caravan. Got the idea when
I was in France. I stopped in a town
near the' French capital one night. arid
along comes a tented theater. The
entrance -was made to resemble the
front of a playhouse, but the. theater
its«tf 'was a tent. After the show
the owner packed up his* theater, put
It 'in some wagons and went on his
way. if he did a good business he
could come back, build his theater
all over again in a couple of hours and
produce his show. If he didn't like the
financial backing which the community
£ay« his enterprise he" didn't have to
come back, but could seek pastures
nr-fv.
• 'Vhat> an old stunt. It was old
before I was born. It is practical and
would fro In this country. At any rate,
I believe it would, and I may say I
believe It $21,000 worth. . .."
"The monopoly of money, the, pride
of .the dollar is in all our theatrical
"departments. Theater owners think
they are the entire institution. They
forget^that the people. will go wherever
there Is an attraction. Take the Va-
Jrneia theater, for instance. When the
play is good the people 'go there; when
H -isn't they stay away. That's, all
there is to it, yet when business, ls bad
they blame it on the location.. The
fact is lost sight' of that .crowds, go
where they want to. Nothing will Btop
a g;ood show. We a.rs' getting. ours. this
week because the people, like, the per
formance. 'The play's the thing where
in ' I'll cntch the conscience of. s the
king.' "
"But to return to your caravan criter
nrf*e," I reminded. \u25a0 ':-\u25a0 :,.*' '^
'The outfit will b« ready by next
Hay. I'll carry my own. production,
my own company and ; my own-theater.
I'll, carry everything, in* fact," but Imy
own audiences. No one believes that I
am In earnest about this'thlng, but.l
am. I'm goingto prove^that the the-^
ater's not the thing. .I'll itravel -from
town to town". 'The first part.of" the
performance will be a minstrel show;
A* real minstrel performance it will be,
too.; Then for- a. second, part I'll have
a- short- musical comedy and 1 ; will; end
up with a burlesque on current affairs
and 'fads. For. ?5-I can hire alot*and
another • five •' spot will ,j)ay, for.- the
license. The other/expense will be for
my- players and for. printing and adver
tising-."
"Don't you think you'll need a press
agent?"^ iVasked insinuatingly. \' .
"No." he' said, ; "but I could use a
canvasman."-. - ' # . y . . \u25a0\u25a0 •:
, \u25a0 '-"" •-.' •*• \u0084'I • •-.
HIT\OK"T makej the mistake," said
I J Foy. "of "thinking^that* I am jok
/^^ ing'about; this matter. "; It is no
joke at, aIL -I'vefsunk what savings I
have held t out, and have interested cap
ital enough -to -get^ the sum.
The 'caravan is being .manufactured
now, and. by next" spring I'll, start." ;
,"You know It. isn't theybusiness - nor
the political celebrity "who counts '.in
this line of. work. It's? the 'man who
writes;the plays^ -and> theifelibw, 1 even
WALTER ANTHONY
if he's only a clown, who presents; them j
to ; the ; public. "•; '\u25a0':. '\u25a0' ,-\~'-Z.- " : ' - . ; ' •v ; i
'\u25a0.. "pay, . I Chad -.a fine 'example" of '.-'the j
stability -of aft wlien.l came- back" here,!
a; week ago, after, 10. years' of wander- J
Ingjaround the world.- ""
*- just one landmark '-left
that I remembered as it' used to be. '.lt
was 'Lotta's; fountain. /"/Yes, 'and I re
member .'her, when she used to singand
dance at. the .Bella Union
Chtirlotte .M., Crabtree \u25a0 has a place,; in
this city's activities .which is as nearly
permanent* as anything- can' be, I guess.
She' made- ;her: professional-. ' -"debut**? in.
Petaluma*,; I think." .Tlfat ?.was,viet us
say, ; in 1 860^'as Topsy 'in - 'Uncle » Tom's
"Cabin/*- A. negro' slave taughtVherJ. how.:
to; play the banjo. ; ; Itwasa small\be-"
ginning" for*, a , woman now,
wealthy, famous and much "beloved in
her" old age. \ j I ' guess she's Jgreater^than
most. producers inthe estimation^ of the
(C* .PEAKING about \t he Bel la Union,
\u0084^\ I noticed it hat : some: in . the audi- !
;; c ~ £-r ehce laughed; last Sunday, night J
.when I ? spoke about*/ gettinglmy|train-?
ing at that historical playhouse. There's
nothing Urbe ashamed of 'about that. I !
RU.UI' it -was \u25a0'\u25a0?,"> - ;^^^^^^^^^^^^Slli
jWasn't <ju i|e>; a a 1 '?'ps^^o^^^iiia^§ir^!
wa s , 3 3 '•; y
"pa n y r^Sl^^Harf i gai^gß^t^^inlng: k
'&M£fi^
actorJn. t he; world; Jeff deAngelis. arid;
his wife were, stars there; , and -so '; was.
Sam ; Rickey.'." A "lons 'time" later "Juiiiej
i McCree got his first, stage' experience;
j. there,'. and if I could think;of them now
i I could . name -you "many- others, .like
\u25a0 Georpre L.. ; Jt'o.v, who gave a , fine i per-'
[ forinance /of ;lJanilef; in : burlesque .way,
| back in'.thc 'seventies. \u25a0.;" " . .O
'. :' ' ' ..\u25a0-.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u2666\u25a0•,.*'.,.:*\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 . ;-...-/ i'-'V;
V \u25a0 •;\u25a0.-.', '. '.-"" -..\u25a0 ..\u25a0."»'.-\u25a0 ... , ;'\u0084 •
\ ii.X NI-* : non r , ,if ;you .want; me tb.tell;
.. '.'.f\ >'.°. u : what the U essence .of bur- ;
- ; \ lesrjue as, . I'll say t that it ' is being
'a" serious": rlown^'Either-a. man is a
clown or,' lie -..isn't."' .il'ni no actor,* but tij
[ can .make-people; 1 laugh, so I must be a'
down. -; ", •"" * * ' ' . ~ < .'-.'::.'.'.\u25a0
.''ln this^'play,l'Mr.. Hamlet of "Broad-!
way,-.I "don't/have any,' funny . lines at;
all. ; . Remember .when I. say to Jonathem
Cheat em ;- ,'Are • you- the :: proprietor*" of'
this' hotel ?' '. he says,'"'.' Yes, ' l'm'.' sorry}, to'
say^l 'am.',' I ',". \:" ';.\u25a0;'.>' •'\u25a0C-'v'vt. \u25a0 ' '. ; '\u25a0\u25a0 ' ;•-; - ;i-'~.;
"Then^J \u25a0 reply,/' Why,; is the hotel -"as:
bad^asvtliat?' ' , ' I
.r t "NWi that "line never : fails to'gretVa"
laugh.^ •'"/Vet.,iltj_ isn't; -funny. ' It ;' isn't 1
funny j. to » Joey Wheeze, either. ..He's
nearly . starved.' and{he ; finds ; hirris'elfTatj
lastMn .front of /a 'hotel of which r even '
the :.proprietor.'is> ashamed. -\u25a0 That's ;'a
pretty, serious proposition.-. = .\u25a0.
"Another think about ( : -burlesque.
Never- introduce anything outside of
the'knowledge ; the "audience. "For,
Instance,', .a*''. north'V pole. . scene"' (was
planned \ in 'one *of '• the . plays I _ was ;' to
appear s ln. i It; was; suggested t that^ one
of the characters should: appear sliding^
up to-the poleion a cake of-ice. :\u25a0. Thati
wasn't ; any good.' Nobody lir trie ; audi--
S'i»* v '-Al"i: ~- _,*--:« :,.-v:- •--<- ;..•••\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0".;._\u25a0 -i-,.^.f,:H
ence J had* ever;; seenjthe,north- pole 'nor
anybody«wholhad^lisuggested;thatHhe^
hero&comc. along, plugging; ay reds hot
fltove.mlt/i: got a laugh .that wny.t be~ ;
cause we've all been tipfagainst'a^hot*
assuring^ me that.h e .would come." out
this way with. his caravan at no distant
day. I permitted hlmto bid me' heartily
farewell., -' . .^ • r ", '
-\u25a0': *•'', «.'\u25a0 ' '\u25a0•'." ' • \u25a0 :•'-•;": -" vH'iii'n
MAUDE LILLIAN BERRI—
REAL'COMEDIENNE,
\ 'V'^AUDE LILLIAN ;BERRI Ihas' run
'A/VawayJ from home; She ; told me that
' it wasVupr-to -this interview rto
break 'the news of ,' her engagement; at
the : ; Princess ' with Kolb ' and Dill i as
I gently; as I could: to Frank
The prinia'. donna's right name,-accord
ing., to "a •marriage' license/ is Mrs.
MaudeLillian-Moulan. ' ' .
"Frank ; doesn't know. -a thing '-about
it,"' she .confided "to: me',- "and it.will'b©
a }. real " surprise, . for; this .. is .the : first
time .since -we .were married that r l
have ever . played with, another •^come^
dian. *And now, I've: two. ,• Soj just ease
•the-: 1 information '.along :to '\u25a0 Frank as
tactfully » as you "can. l.You^ might -take'
a ; lesson .'ln diplomatic \u25a0 transTsiisslon\'of
important Hidings from ; the -Irishman
who was delegated to tell a widowthe
news. Said:-he,;,'We've"got" the corpse
I with ; us.' C.; You might tell Frank*: that.'
"And, 'please," Mr. .Interviewer, ; can't
yoii v get*:. iriy ".mother's "rname in this.
story."-- 1 Every .'•time'l am; referred 'to by.
a .California newspaper \li is \u25a0 asAthe
daughter;" more for jless; accomplished.' of
FultoniG.'yßerry.'.'Mother.vnever. figures
at 'allr-ahdr she /says > it^isn't j right. 7L : XJ
Rl"/Daughter,y. says j she"; to rme,Vl:r me,VI: think
it's, about ;;time)that>l. got Sin jon}ai little
of - this] reflected I fame j that' H -your,; father
•bathes vlnp/ it's 'Stlmejlj' shone fat| right
angles jfromVthe; light j.orfyouristarship',
:p~ that :• isn't | just/. the": .way/ mother 'puts
it,*/ but 5 it's about '. : , the ; sentiment; : and
she'sXright,; too. V" Says 7 sh®/' .'The, evi
dences ; are':.m>%*daughter ,; are
incoritestable,^ arid ; I jcari't Tsee : why,- ' I
"should Vb'e '4 trom£ the ;: enjoyment 1
of -such rdistinction- as! results* from ?my
just? claims^whlle ' another, less "entitled
tofgi6ryigets*all{of;it^"^;..;^V^%^? ; y'/ ;
p "All; ri ght.'i we'll »getj your mother. .in.
thisjt interview.' . .1- Tell " me .- something
aboutrther.V^. ; - ! ; i V; : ;, . : ;.:.:\, : ;i r --' * ;' .
; . ''WhatfdoTyou want to know?''-.. \u25a0 , ..":-;
"Well)* is 'i she = musical ?" ;,'%"jji" '.; ..vi
i •:)"*: "Indeed* she * ls^ ; but f she I doesn't v play.
anything ( fexceptj s 'poker7f^'Shei says 'ithat 1
"any body^who J* .'expects jy tol* become^ an "i
'expertlatjthat{difncultTart|must^nec"es^j
money ,-
Ist left:forjt he '"pursuit^of, anything else
in*thelllnV^oresthetics\'X";J'^-C;; r " • ' \u0084
<X^ s "Yourjmother.ihas a • sense r 6f ."humor,"
"said'J. ' . ) : ."'"••„. ' ' \u25a0..'','
fSfiYSlte 'J, certainly^has ; perhaps
whys I'm >l in *C com lc!^ opera"^ instead • of
grand. W*; You .vknow t 'J>lf/started'i"but f ?-ln'
I." sang:< Siebel; and Jwhen; the
chorus *struck f ; because"} they i didn't* get
paid-^-suchV^ mercenary i: persons 3H they 4
W er e^-Joh n | Reid Ja h d flj> sang I the | sol £
"diers'lf? choruslJallfJi hy^ ;durselves;§ motr not
"co"uhtingr|thel;sejctet|o^octe^lthaj|c6n^
i ThatJ.-was|th«.
? fi r^it Jtime>^rank J«aj^me^^33u^lie'S 'pr^
"gaveJine,*Lafterward^and[onlyJhientionß
[J^^t|noV£and|then|whenl he fneedsTalcon^
mairitained'ior;a«sertedrcontrary'tojhis
ideas.'^)?,".^^^ %;'" '\u25a0", ;;. -v/^v/.v^ -. ~'\o-^*
<f rVUT.we were speaking about. your
TV mother.", said I. . .
'-' : "Well, •\u25a0 there's not much more
to tell except that she is the best chum
In the. world "• and; t the finest' friend.
Only -I; have; to. struggle against an.in-^
herited tendency::, which il blame her
for."-* She weighs 2<S pounds ami I can't
afford to. ; I have ; recently taken oft 2ft
pounds : and that's * : some • encourage
ment." \u25a0 -\u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 , ; . - .-• - • :
r; "How.' did you. do it?" - Tell me, I beg.
If, will-Interest. the ladies."
! - "All right." she; said, "I'm '. game. : I'll
tell -you, anything.' Are "you .married?".
:-"I-arn.^V : J^ri:^ , . .£
•"* ''Well,' then-, here's one recipe. " I can
recommend ;it Ito any woman i suffering
from too* much tissue. Take .2o, minutes
after; each; meal^standing in a, relaxed
position. - Don't'-Ynove a muscle, and
above 'air don't « speak ; a word, not even
"a^whisper. '-\u25a0 Thevwhole being ! must (be
quiescent arid-still: f0r.: 20 minutes. -. If
you-, speak i you '; have -to start [all over
again, or .^lose t:ie -effect. :\u25a0 -That
treatment! is : severe,- . but ' any woman
will. get thin doingit; you may be sure
of. that." ;- iv \u25a0 :'-'\u25a0,• -\u25a0'\u25a0 .<\u25a0\u25a0'•:.'
'-.-; "DoTyouVsubject " yourself. • to that
treatment?"*:.^; :/;\u25a0'.-. '\. ': >;
',:, "I told you I had lost' 2o pounds late
ly, and besides - no ; patient '. should ask
the* doctor -/if -he; has' taken his ;own
medicine. : : It ; isn't
r "Another .fine exercise Is Just
lie on " the. floor^ and * roll over and 'over,
until \u25a0* you are {dlzzyvj; At \u25a0 first a .couple
of. rolls will 'do for. breakfast; after that
the patient' can l standvmore: It is^he-.
role "treatment; and«lt*:doesn't give' the
;unlversal^ satisfaction : that . the ' other
method^does." /Do 'L' you : want any 'more
exercises : for~ your?, beauty, page?"
,;.;_: . \u25a0 ':. > s ; / , »r_- '.• - '.- •_ -• --
I' r T^ happens .; that", .the man ; is in San
Francisco- who .was responsible for
Miss' /Berri's ; professional appear
arice., ;She had.been a, choir singer in
the . First .church "and ; had
donej some "lcbiicertlwork,''jbu\" l cbiicertlwork,''jbu\ had ineyer
thoughts seriously, about, the" larger .field
whlchlhasj* since- opened up tother.' r ; ef>.
•Til f have togo^way.backto'theilid
wlnter, fai r." she : sa id; ; f ~
:\ .'.'John Philip Sousa. was there with his
band, 'and; on' Fresno) day.l .was, permit-"*
ted thejopportunltyi of .' singing-. ,:;'Af ter
that , I wents-to (Fresno \wlth • the > band
and j"sarig|there; also.;'.. Sousa^made Tme
an t off er; to " : goieast j.with - his brganiza- :
tlon/^ .He; put-: the; professional bee
a-buzzing r .;in (m( my '.head. .1 .couldn't (go
Just^then;,but made T up my. mind I .would
do^so'as ; soonf as] possible.;".; '-'.~
VvlnV v ln the* chbir^J across > the Hbay.\.ass6ci-(
a t ed , ,wi Vt\i Miss \Ber rl.\were V Mrs: G race
DickfnanV'now; Mrs.; Clarence Eddy, wife
of^theinotediqrganist..' "She's -doing, a
great fdeali of f successful j concerts work
in " Chicago", "ji said J Miss sßerri..s Berri. . :*, There
were ~" "also VTom '* Hlckard ! and Ben : Clark. 4
-. \u25a0•'After]Sousa;had"gone, i my ambitions
began'-* toTclimbJ^fl ? studied ': Fran-"
"cis j Stuart fand\Worked« with mlght f and
maln.^>Then iCwentrto New JTorkv and
Btudied^therejjfor about: a" year.^ I^was
able '•torstartratToncefas-a'pflmaTdonha;
;tb.o.%'lt.was finfa^ plece;called ) IThV Maid
bf|Marbleheadv| It j,wasVmyi first etagd
Jsxp^ri^nce? except ffor^thejjtlme^thatsi
in tlßosewald's "opera,; '.'Batoness
Meta,'f which; was 'given < for the , benefit
of a the at , the -old
Gra nd * opera* hoiise *>" '\u25a0 r , \u25a0\u25a0; •. '.* „ "I - - : : 1 ".:
f. "Butithis; experience^with-_lThe Maid
of •Marblehead.';iT.;ltl.was i wonderful ; and
it^lasted^five idays.JrVSo'mewhere * in i'a
townYcanedfAnsonlaTiwhere^the' clocks
cornesfrorhit;they3;counted*us? out.' and
X got i: back £to *i New - -York .' r finally.
Lucky!^ it^.wasn't \; farther - away from
B roadway. S 5;: r \:X~.\- '-".'\'.[: '\u25a0 \u25a0 '[\u25a0 :."'\u25a0 ; . \u25a0 : ,. \u25a0-,
i ( A ' \ IJSTi I ;tel l you abou t my, brll liant'
V '/V yjsuccess ;in JthVlll ffated^comic'
i \,jopera?.^ ;One^ofjth«jicVne?;wa!*
ol(Marbleheajd,^thej promontory' and 'ithej
harbbr/CKThat-r was * whatfyOu ? call Athe
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backdrop, I believe. .In front of it an
other drop with mosquito. netting hold-
Ing the foliage together was him?. In
my experience of s^ge affairs I didn't
know that there was nothing to impede
the sight between the backdrop and the
audience/so I streaked across the stage
iin front; of, the ; drop, waded through
j Marblehead harbor in full viewof. the
20 people. lii the, audience. That waa
the opening night. A' reviewer stranded
in Ansonia said in his criticism next
day that .Maude Lillian Berrl won ,the -
record. She had .negotiated the har
bor of ilarblehead and hadn't even
dampened her _ shoes. I went right
through. I "didn't^ know a fly from a
wilier then.
• . "When we got, back to New. York my *
fame "had preceded - me, and I was
engaged at the Garden to pjay 'Faust.*
That's where! sang Stebei and had a
bigsucefss unburdened by sordid mon
etary-remuneration. ,It \u25a0 was art . for
art's sake, and the experience was
valuable. I got more experience at the
Garden in a single week than many 'an'
ambitious 'girl could gather in a year.
John Reid and I were the ; whole opera
one night. J Martha Rose Lelghton,- the
wife of Gustave \u25a0 Kerker. occupied^" the
same dressing _- room with ;me "and
taught me.a' lot about makeup and 30
forth.-; But she lost 'because 'the ghost
ceased^to walk, ,and .when she"went the'
chorus* struck, and some lof the other
principals" quit. , The " orchestra .: re
mained, however," and we gave 'Faust,
Reid' and 1, , not excepting: the soldiers',
chorus, • which we rendered in 'our very
best style. -. _
.- "But that- was my. only unhappy! ex- '
perlence in "stage worje. . After that.
Savage; signed: me. and I sang'at.the
American > in New York and the " Stnde
baker in Chicago. ' We did light : opera
and \u25a0{. heavy.'j and then, when ".'Princess
Chic* was produced. "Frank and I were
engaged.- ; We were more than engaged.
We • were bride . and groom when ,we
came - to the 'Columbia ""'about
years \u25a0\u25a0" Si nee; 1 then we 'have * never
been apart in our stage work until no**',
arid that's 'why *l"m "letting* you ".break'
the news to him."
•'This Little Pig H^'?
'Went toVMarket^Kolb
TTHERE is sorrow tn Max Dlll'si
I i'heart;^dejection,' Is! In;, his mien- •
\u25a0 The good ? natured ; Teutonic smll« <
tha t^usually i overspreads his counten-.»
; ance ;Is . gone. This *is .the Awhyf of c :
; ."--Those ..who "saw ;.ai ; performanc* - of 1 .
; "I>ream City? ' at." the iPrincess theater
recently will \u25a0 remember^the j diminutive
porker that. Dill.? as -the -JLong Island;
truek i. farmer/ carried^- on -.thear sta*e .
when he .made, his iflrst"' entrance. r.The V;
pig' had been made a member fof the .
Kolb and Dill company -.when' it: placed .
in" Los: Angeles. Vand; lt had-done good
work both .. In \u25a0 the s City ' of Angrels ; and
I here.. . The pig .had , great 'histrionic
talent arid a 'rosy; future. - It, was 'a '
wonderful : ham. Dill naturally " admires
a\ good- actor Jor " actorine. land -heide- *
veloped admiration : for -the '\u25a0< plsr. ,
His, fondness grew and grew. "^ So when. -\u25a0•
; "Dream i City" v was shelved for "•'The .
! Politicians"- he ;. determined -that the -
\u25a0 long,assoclation^ should not'eease. '
5-vln - the/ meantime': Clarence *Kolb was
scheinirig. \> There was " nothing 'or "sen- '
tlmentjln his "soul.; \u25a0.'.'PlgsJsiplgs, 1 ' said
he, 3 "but ? a |roast . porker \u2666is • than
. arllveJham fany^day^ln v the>week." ; '
So last -Wednesday; rilght^aj coupl* \u25a0
of hired assasMns/; their pockets lined (-.
with JKolb's^baae- 1 gold, sneaked, .into .
the corpulent; Dill's dresslng'room'dur r
ing 'i the 7perfqrmance.v and "j when jlthV
comedian -^ 'after, -the. .act's
end.' J his , pet; '.was .mlasiinjr. ."IDIII ;wa"s \u25a0
frantic : . Kyrltii •"\u25a0; grief.?;- believing; v that .V.
the Ipig, had away /of; Its own J^j,
free ..will.* for; no ; suspicion ;of ' the dir« v
plot V entered "his * cranium.^- ':
,Jt Now/; theT 1 one) time; actor, bangs 'upon. T
a " hook in 1 a butcher, shop, a nd tomorrow,
night i Dill ;wlll .be ; invited to. assist in
dining ; upon the' remains 'of ~the'|9f£r£Jl
;**{Tl}6 ferid r , jsVniot*' yeV v for ;' there %!n '.
,notliirig,Jlike'» peace", in" Dill's .soul, and
orie^of, these ! days 'shortly^ it .woaJdnotV;
be , surprising' if something direful. and \
horrible 'mappened to. his 'lengthy*, part- ;>
nerV^'v: "'•'"*.•\u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0' .~l's~ \u25a0'*-, \u25a0 '\u25a0 vv x r*