The evening world. Newspaper, January 3, 1903, Page 9

nVednora P2use ae pons Qrera 45 “Best Sinee Bost. A STORM-TOSSED LILY. N Tuesday morning, so the story runs, a drooping Lily arose from @ crumpled and tear-stained drift of newspapers and telephoned Burr Mc- Intosh to say that no photographs could be taken that time poking about in the debris for nuggets of informa- tion and entertainment In other words, he escapes the tumultuous emotions | fi of Mrs, Langtry by saving up the criticisms for a day | THESE THINGS THAT BIND - ME LIKE CHAINS! } Morning, because—because— ‘Well, because she had read the critics. Which was a grave mistake for such a sagacious when they are harmless to harrow his feelings or imperil his self-pogsession on the stage. But at some time or other he would not miss reading gh earlier in the day. i i i j i sic I Brave Reporter Serves as Mansfield “Super” and Escapes with His Life— Roman Citizens Herded in Stage Inferno —Fear of the Mighty Richard Is Every- where Felt. ‘HI8 Is the sad, simple story of the @xperiences and observations of an Hven!ng World reporter who beard: ed Righard Mansfeld tn his den by act- ing ‘for one night as a “super” in “Julie Caesar.” Beyen o'clock was the dreaded and fateful hour. When I passed through the stage-door of the Herald Square Theatre I experienced jengation: akin: _ to that of stepping into cold plunge of a Turkish bath after the genial warmth of the steam-rogm, Bvery one spoke jn whispers, walked on tiptoe and scowled at squeaking shoes. Thi but. one question on the lips of every ° tow {a he’ feeling to-night? » 7 Knew, ofcourse, that there was but hot at this “He was “It'— was Richard Mansfeld ed softly and held Bverybody was doing the the husky-voloed antique guardian at the stage door, venerable functlonary I sub- ymtted my credentials, a card I had The card looked like a mea! ticket, with little dots jand dates which are punched by the “omptain of the supers’’ to indicate the umber .of performances in which the p holder has played his humble, Sfty-cent ro re i breath, 1. passed through the outer portal a ting to attract my notice was A board in which pegs were stuck, @ach name Was painted a Fees” name of @ member of the| age “Aa the actors entered they eves si. pes from ea hole labelled wiranaferred it to @ hole Juekless Thespian ue hol A He isa Eefortinize the telltale tear rag of eatiefaction Lae w atlataction told r¢ that ail sina 10 relief the Ae » ie ah ne ae. » oe ity ani lance, at le Manieteor” “In Michigan,” “That makee It. sadder still." "The Sultan of Sulu.” cended into a malodorous pit. To oom- Pare the atmosphere of this dungeon to the steerage of an immigrant ship would be to libel the ‘Twain might describe as ‘igreatly exag- gerated.” Following my fellow slaves { sented my card at e small window, that of a cloak-room, Here, I hi told, was where thi mishet their Irishman presided at this portal. As he read the namo on the cand I handed him, racial affection shone from his ‘®4 |) eyes, and with a welcoming smile he wald: ‘Hello! Murphy; you're a new one, ain't you? A word to you, my lad. Look out, he's on the firing line to- night! Now, then, take off your coat and hat and give your money and your watch to mé 1 apologetically stammered it wes impossible for me to comply with the latter part of the request, ‘The Iri¢hman sigled in sympathy. I sighed, tog; then, with some misgtvin, handed in my coat and only hat, In exohange I tw. given a bundle con- taining @ pair of -badly-worn leather boots, @ egarse, blue woylen blouse end & palr of flesh-colored woolen tights, bing I have doubts as to their. being Youll find @ corner to dreas {i where. out there,” ead the man at atthe window, 1 smiled my gratitude, and was to my corner when he stopped mo witht “And remember that down here you Number Twenty-sev aa ctallt orept over, ine end I pearly wopped my bundle. I felt like « convict eat foel when he is consi, to his cel staggered and stumbled down an- th Phasageway. After struggling b “up, trunl Dr perky boxes” T emerged edits At would take @ Ho- ‘Grats depict Men ry) and Moses of wretoh- round, und Th an aa ele tat an ies the J ae were Sule Sas pe their * len in 00 Saar f., aie eon hee around aud |" hen, were t Presently to je thelr slicks a as vat aa © * kind-hearted ' who sat reading torn scrap of an Cronin paper. “Don't the ladies of your coun- try smoke?" “The ladies do, but the women don't,’ the American. —'The Sultan of Sulu.” & Friend in Need. w to suping, ain’t your’ inquired pert, “Oh, well, you'll soon get used to tt,” he emcouragingly assured me, coming Over and straightening out the tangled tights, “Out of @ job, I suppose? Well, this ain't the best kind of a one, but 4| ac feller must do something to keep from starving. Say! straighten out the shoulder ef your blouse, Mansfield kicks unless they're fixed just so." At this point the "Captain" came hurrying in and sberply ordered the ‘mob'' to the stage. “All up!" he called. “Here, you,” to one of hig Heutenants, ‘see if there are any olf men asleep back there, and kjek ‘em up Mvely now!" There wes @ rush towami the narrow stairway, and I found myself caught in a crush that was worse than anything I had ever experienced on an “L"' train, After much pushing, struggling and soramblung I thankfully found myselt on the stage, The air was refreshing atmosphere of the crowded ‘The musio of the orchestra ceased and an oppressive silence ensued. Then there of heavy robes and “the confronted ¢he trembling “oltizens." After ecrutinizing tie gcen- ery intently he turned hij on. was fike'an every cower! Utant ini at) ten eo laa baa begwed, or sa en & piece of fa0e ye une! bards ‘tuele Roman of ioe, uptil he came to this i 2 ke one pe oo with & hapless pi pre ome ‘ordered. that solve to the etrest onused Mansfeld wags thet cursed din be stoppedt’ ‘i pa? ' geld an obedient sien St ; Ty &@]the Mansieki mysteries, business woman as Mrs. Langtry to make. For observe—-by reading the critics she missed an appointment with her photographer, perhaps ‘was cross to her maid or disappointed a lunch party, and certainly felt simply horrid all through the second night's per- formance—perhaps, aléo, the third and fourth. Between the prostration of Mrs, amusing “I never read the critics” of Mr. Mansfield there is a golden mean. It was revealed to me by an eminent English actor. Without a trace of the Manefiieldian disdain, but in the cheerlest possible spirit, he explained that he never reads the critics while they are in eruption, but, like a prudent voleanologist, waits till the crater is stilled, the remark, Ing, li business. Langtry and the inore remarkable Java cooled and the smoke cleared away, and has a good a — which rivafied the wa im!’ almost shrieked the enraged int peenek et enough trowple tor one , but more was destined to fol- of the actresses ene. t Mind’ the aconts, cantplump into Dt field, Tt would at ‘Gimoult to eay wh Har! the more surprised, the dog or the Manefleld scowled at the dog, The collie wagged its tail and manifested willingness to make friends. It looked disappointed when ft found that ite amicable advances were frowned upon. Then it ald what any other disappointed dog might have Gone. It barked fattire ‘tor youl was tbe Tving” “Now for a farewell speech that will look good In the school hie tories I” —"The Sultan of Sulu.” The Mansfield Presence. Even during the acts in which the “supers do not appear, the presence of Mansfield is felt in the subterranean Gepths. It ls sugested by solemn emis- series who filt like restless shades through the half-gloom of the super- world—or nether-world—eaying ‘‘Hush!" ed | Hush!" and keeping & warning finger to Why they do this le one of “Bupers” are not # nolsy, nor @ talkative people. Dis- course is pot for them, They sit and think of thelr wrongs. The stage-struck ones brood, appar- ently, on thelr hoped-for future, the needy ones ponder on how they are to make both ends moet, and thoes who wear the seal of the grog-shop on thelr faces wait thirstily for the bour when the "mob" ts disbanded for the night. “e thoy @id talk, the heavy ceiling and the thick walls would keep Mansfeld from, heart! lence 18 the law of their and tel! thet, ae pig -erom th eis of | viewers "loan be no question o| them for the world—observe that. Mr. Mansfield! Stil, I wonder, in case his manager DID chance to “The ‘So-and-so' is very flattering this morn: I wonder whether—but that’s none of my One thing must have astonished poor Mrs. Langtry. After taking pains to order from her Paris foundry a set of gowns that were a new departuro in pale, girlish simplicity, most of the papers heralded her costumes as {f they were the usual examples of corus- cating Langtryesque sumptuosity, instead of the very reverse. As a matter of fact, her gowns are not a bit frock for elegance than those habitually worn by Miss Margaret Anglin and one or two other of our loca) actresses who dress with taste. KAT® CAREW. long breath and ¢elt as i¢ 7 tein, eater sep if 1 were getting “Nothing Ie ever quite right or quite wrong—there are always circumstance: —"The Cross-Ways.” Poor Duped Husband. What a poor, deluded morta! the gray- haired husband of the glossy-halred wife in the London smart set murt bi {f he is to be judged by the type we so ft Ft lish play. ge often see in the English play, A fresh example of how ho has the wool pulled over his eyes, and in the end makes humble amends for his suspl- | To-Nia! clons, doth to the wife and the man In the case, is furrilahed in “The Cross-Wayn.” eee ip eee thing happens in "The Night of the Party,” you dotibtless re- | member. The wife on @ clandestine visit to her beloved bach: ments, the unexpected a; the long-suffering husband, hustling of ber lariing 1a another room, and then at the and stormy ‘moment het airy re-en- trance and her ingenious excuse which causes venerable but verdant “hubby” to virtually wallow in apologies for hay- {ng pelittied himself to think that either of them could have been guilty of aught to violate his faith In the one and his respect for the other And how New York audiences do giggle and chuckle at the “Joke” on the trustin ° codge: parently Hoe tit ose nie te, bietdielaet throush the games that the young palr put up on im. Fine lessons in Adelity, these, surely! but ensely amusing. There this, Bo long us Decamber dosn't find out what May's doing, and June fen't nipped by the threatened frost, New Yor happy. For, better than anything at it loves to } nh up its sle the hasty ship into critieal Amusements, DALY’S =: TO-DAY AT 218." 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