The evening world. Newspaper, April 20, 1903, Page 11

ANNIE RUSSELL TELLS OF AN ACTRESS’S HARD WORK, | cere: She Says the Girl Who Works in a Shop Has Far More Happiness and Leisure than|xcce, sat a: the tect ot the smaller Sun Has a Stage Queen, 1908, by Dally Story Pub. Co.) HF world Is small, and the years co by. It ds not so long ago that little row Joy In the Street of the Six Hundred Mull Blown Roses, Wun Lung and Fow Kee were men—or thought they were. Sun Joy was a woman. Sun Joy was demure and coy and winsome. Wun Lung was lively and good natured. Fow Keo was burly and jeaious and 1 natured. He and Wun Lung kowtowed as it were, at the shrine of Sun Joy— and at that shrine, so tt would seem, Wun Lung had the inside track, And for that Fow Kee would pull Wun Lung’s short, soft pig tall-and Wun Lung would simply Inugh. But Wun Lung had something besides ‘his good nature to recommend him— and that something made him much admired by little Sun Joy and much envied by Fow Kee. For Wun Lung although he never realized tt for many years, was a natural-born acrobat. Many believe that feet were made to walk upon. With Wun Laing it was an even toss-up as to hands, head or feet. He could wriggle ike a enake In the grass. He could tle himself into a knot ike a skein of silk. And he didn't keep all this to himself. For the first great event in the lives of Fow Kee and Sun w THE » EVENING w WORLD'S . HOME. MAGAZINE Al Celestial Comedy, hy W. H. Osborne. The Story of Wun Lung, His Sweetheart and His Rival. silently stole away, And ‘that left Wun Lung only to kowtow before Sun Joy, But one day he too went—went In the daytime, with the good will of his heighbora tn the Street of the Bix Hun- dred Roses, He went to make his for- tune in the new land favored of all lands, But the went, as he said, but to return. In a little side street in San Fran- cisco Wun Lung set up the inevitable laundry, And as he washed and ironed he thought of Uttle Sun Joy and his spirits rose and he sang in his mild, quavering Oriental votce the songs of hin home land. And many came to look upon him, for he had one interest ing pecullarity which others of his race did not have. For if Wun [ging was on one side of his troning board and de- sired to react the other slide he merely vaulted high in the alr—and there he was. He made quick little side steps over to the stove, and he whirled round and round on the ball of one foot, lke @ top, And hé laughed as he aid it. One day a scowling, skullking China- man, attracted by the crowd, stuck his head inside and uttered a guttural excla- mation. Wun Lung responded with a smile and a kind word. His visitor was Fow Kee. Fow Kee watched some of Wun Lung’s Joy happened on the day when, under /@ntics about the laundry with considera- the admirable tuition of Wun Lung, they each were able to walk from end to end of the bamboo pole in the mar- ket place—the pole where the rickshaws are all lined up. And when they had learned they did the trick, not once, but twenty times a day, Wun Lung and Fow Kee, still bowing jow at the shrine of Sun Joy, grew up: into young men; Bun Joy grew into a young woman, And one day something happened. Fow Kee was in trouble, Over what no one knew. He had looked unon the glowing oplum too often—he had ved too hand. He had disregarded that commandment which to us 1s the eighth, being also the three thousand and first injuotion of Confucius. In other words, he disregarded the law of private property, and one night he A NEW YORK SUBWAY PLAN OF HALF A CENTURY AGO. ble interest. In the gathering dusk he whispered in Wun Lung’s ear, Wun Lung grew wide-eyed in surprise. The next day Wun Lung shut up shop. In the Imperial Theatre in the metrop- olls the headliners were the Kee-Lung troupe—the Chinese (not Japanese, mind, but Chinese) grotesque acrobats. They had been running for four weeks and were still popular. The troupe consisted only of Wun Lung end Fow The stage was rigged up ilke a ines laundry and what they dif was done there—even to the mild quavering songs of the inimitable Wun Lung. When they | #1 had first started Fow Kee, whose evil mind strayed back to the Street of the Roses,again whispered in the ear of Wun Lung. Again Wun Lang hed acquiesced and he had done more, He had placed in the hands of one of the Chinese A Bath Robe That Is Easy to Mak Tongs a substantial sum of money for the transportation of the beautiful Sun Joy to America, Sun Joy chime, Fow Kee whispered In her ear that it was he who had sent the money to bring her over, She asked about Wun Lung. Fow Kee smiled and said that Wun Lung was happy—-Wun Lung and his American wire. And he scowled and smiled ar Sun Joy uttered a low volced exclama- tion of despair. At last Wun Lung and Sun Joy met, wita enthusiaem on one side and much reserve on the other, Fow Kee hung about for a time, but finally was com- pelled to leave them alone. And then Sun Joy burst forth and told Wun Tang about his American wife, Wun Lung smiled. ‘The wife belonged to Fow Kee, not to himself. And so he tokl Bun Joy. and was glad. And Sun Joy Joined the troupe—and she was a strong drawing card. She was a & queen in her way, was Sun Jo) and Pow Kee was afmild of her. he thouwht if Wun Lung was out the way it would be a good thin’ Very good thing, One night before the curtain } Fow Kee with his own hands moved thw. real fron stove over to a point directly under the wire. A man falling from Above upon the stove might be crushed to death. Tt was at the very climax of the act. ‘The three were upon the wire. Sudden- ly, by am almost imperceptible move- ment. Fow Kee ferked his elbow into Wun Lung’s side, Wun Lung braced himself, grasped at the air, tottered and fell. He was a little fellow and he did not welgh overmuch. Fow Kee smiled and scowled. But Httle Sun Joy darted forward and caught Wun Lung as he fell he audience, who thought, it a new trick, laughed and applaud t Bun doy, whothed seen it all aid not Joust, Nor aid she Taugh= when. se Fow Kee shake @ bit of wh powder into Wun Lungs But lt ee laugh the ‘next, day whon un Lang, in a luxurious pal- And she believed him she and W S09 oar. west from danger into’ RAT on their hasty wedding trip back t beautiful atreet of Bix t Prunarea Full Blown Roses. jad eerie) meets scorns ina- was try! Ras JAS) ee- Lit Joy Lal all by himself. He diane sot the crowd knew the: ftde Chink and the. ‘ittle are they yelled. ok in. Stmge breeses-make-her-homesick, * She wants to join the gallery-rush. NNIB RUSSELL has {deas of her own on the eubject . ‘with me that I am really the one to be ofthe hard work of actresses, To an Evening World reporter and arttst who in- terviewed her in her dressing-room at the Garrick Theatre she said: “Going through the emotions of a diMeult role eight times @ week makes ong fee) as stale as aki bread at the end of a I have a place up tn the Maine woods whither T huery a4 soon as I can get away from town after the season. ‘The painted woods and electrio-fan breezes of the theatre ‘ @t this time of the year make me hungry for the scent of the Maine pines. There I like to give myself up to fishing @nd reading In some qutet spot and forget the theatre en- One of my greatest diversions ts to ride horseback: peal a the woods and study the roles I haye to keep in 7 peasori. “Urely. ” i the average girl who works in a shop has a “ wouch better time all the year ‘round than I do. You must Yemémiber that I have absolutely no recreation from the “time the season opens until the season ends. It is a routine Of sleep, get ready for the theatre, and then thct. old story day after day except Sunday. And decorum makes ft necessary to stay in the house on that day. 80, you see, ff you care to look at ft from my viewpoint you'll agr ‘THE GREAT MISUNDERSTOOD. fi Tie 7aess naan} HAT «@ beautiful thing life fs, and how sweet to all of us, even if we ere misunderstood half of the time. Think of the wondrous mechanism, the matvellous tralp, the impressionable heart and all the thousand and one eoullike qualities that go to the making of the human being, While you ponder over this mystery, ts mot your mind filled with respect for those who interpret the human? Don't you think the stage a grand In- @titution? And is not the much misun- derstood press agent a dear friend in feed when he goes between you and the stars in the heaven of Thespis? He unearths wonderful stories about! @ctors and actresses. Does « chorus girl—hush! she will be @ star some day—have a photo printed on her fair skin, it Is the Joy of our dear press agent to convey the news to ve poor outsiders, with fllustrations one oendingly granted by the chorus girl, Don't smile, for remomber she 1s an' continued: holidays, The same themselves.” exponent of the sacred human heart, It is hardly to be expected that we outsiders, who have not the weird ar- Ustic temperament, can fathom the ‘motion which prompted the divine ¢: ponent to wear that face tattooed on her skin, We should only remember with gratitude that the dear press Sgent—bless him!—has permitted us to know this fact. Yet, ah! how the dear press agent fs misunderstood. The suspicious eye of the public fol- lows him wherever he goes, He has unearthed a tremendous story. Rumor has st that Mr, Charles Mouthit and his leading ly, Miss Sereamit, were married behind the scenes after the show was over, Everybody was sworn 40 80 He aijone!—hear earthed the whole story, yer aliye to the interests of ¢he poor, everyday mortal, who is not allowed to upon the for than fifty cents (etand- : MAXIMS FOR THE FARRIED, Don't both be cross at the same time, Weit your turn, Never cease to be lovers, If you eer @ome one clae may begin. Pempilent to your paring, Sand ideal high. You may ming to mise a high one ‘to > nit ies one, au Keep yourself at your pest, It te ly Indianapolis News. The tight cord ia-the easiest to map. There 5 only one ead woeee. 5 than rm public. what seopey, e Bo emsential to Senet yt, Be ppY pera. rs aL pov. oom rea Lo ive vo) wave wife mendinant, it your Own @x- 0 much! Why, sometimes I feel eas though I'd be willing to go up in the gallery and struggle for a place to see with the enthusiasts one finds there on matines days." An expression of real envy came over her face es “The average woman who works may go parties and dinnors and theatres and meet new poh and People on new ground, She may go to the theatre ¢o be amused, and needn't go tf she doesn't want to “The monotony of her work may be broken by “On holidays I work harder. Even #f the average gtx] doesn't have a vacation, what with the shore resorts ut hand and the many delightful places to go to by trolley, the missed vacation is a very inconsiderable matter, indeed." “Did you ever try spending a summer vacation in New York?" she was asked. She laughed as she answered: tell me it Is not at all bad. only way to escape one’s acquaintances fora time. But then maybe those same friends of mine were trying to solace ‘ovF@ except our dear press agent, | him gloat!—has un) she} to “No; but those who have Some of my friends say tt is the TO. meqiin 4ng room only), our thoughtful press agent has procured in some mysterious manner photos of all concerned, also or the scenic effects used at the ceremony. Why they got married on the stage at midnight it ts not given to our poor in- tellect to understand, except that this may be another streak of that wonder- ful thing called Genius. But It will be a most attract!ye story, and what @ beautiful display the pictures will make! And, mind you, the dear, thoughtful press agent Js doing all this for love of art and {ts devotees, of whom he has the honor to be on Hoe only gets @ trifle out of it. of course, not bein, @enius who subsiste on emotion, he must have the where- withal for his cornbeefand, But the wicked, relentie: the public only wink and sa “Did you ever hear of @ brand that Won't wash clothes?” 9 snap Then out into the cold, inartistio world editor and atures of those people |S the dear, thoughtful, art-loving press @gent—crushed and’ misundor stood, STEVHEN CHALMIRS. A MORGANATIC ODE, If you we Possessing golden bricks So numerous you couldn't count, Nor estimate their true amount, Would you, at sixty-six, Continue putting in hard Hoks HIB ceproduction of a fifty-year-old lItthograph shows that tunnels for Broaltway were considered a necessity many decades ago. The hoop skirts, odd-shaped hats, antique locomotives and the buildings picture reprerents the present skyscraper zone at Broadway and Wall stz:eet—are also of interest, as local color in the early fifties, ‘The antique subway scheme, besides giving proper ventila- tion and Nght for the underground system, throws new Nght on the tunnel problem. The dea widewalks, stairoases and store entran: planned, might solve the problem of clearing the sidewalks ef coal, ash and general shipping congestion. The local trains, also, wouli be accessible at every block, the ex- press trains running on the centeal tracks; while the de- be tcebound. of the day—for the revealing New York of having the sub- ces below, ag then NEW YORK PLAYS IN A NUTSHELL. ‘THE POINT OF VIEW.” Many people have not time to attend all the plays that come to New York, but, at the pame time, like to know what euch plays are about. For the benefit of such readers The Eventng World wll publish the sailent ® nutshell.” TI. points of a few of these plays ‘To-day'e play is: Name—'*The Point of View.” Playweight—Hdith Bilis Baker, ‘Theatre—Mrs, Osborn's Play-House, Place of Action—New York City and vicinity. ‘Nmo~Present day, Plot~Mariory Thorncroft, a solon of an aristocratic family in strattened ciroumstances, marries James Stiles, a cate her musical brother abroad and quisnes her love for Dallas Henley, @ young arttst, and it ts only after the tat- ter's return {rom Paris that Stiles learns his wife married him dor his money. Marjory's love ifor her hysband’s true character of family pride, and she prevents this going at the He decides to go to Alaska. has asserted itself in aplt last moment, Principal Charactire—Marjory, Edith Ellis Baker; James Gtiles, Alphonse Ethier. Best Lines in Play— “Kansas proves that the world was left until late Saturday night." “Your sex are born gamblers, my 4 4 souvenir spoon as ov “You know a heap about your own “Oh, it's well enough to know who for your bread and butter. le was & publisher for horses.”’ ‘What's thar?’ eo as leaving undone all those things wi To draw some more from the same fount, bik vou were J, Pip ‘Morgear aaa ate away bales @ titled husband. couldn't help lovin’ you after seein’ the women of Skagway and Dawson.” “This is America and the twentieth century, and family traditions ave Juxuries only to be enjoyed by the money kings.” decent pride in it, but it won't go down with the world when you have to eek it ‘*Phere's no use belng & gentleman when we live in @ bum flat.” m't that it? Oh, no, @ bookmaker.” “It's delightful lo do ail those (hinge we ougbt not to do, almost aa much ‘Wosterner, in order that she may edu- otherwise help her family, Bhe relin- really made in six Gays. Kansas was lear, and will fight as desperately over family pride, but you don't understand you are and what you are and take « aigner probably saw the possibility of continuing business and travel in the lower stratum while the upper city might ‘The publishers of the picture, Meyer & Son, long sinoe went out of business under that name, but lthographers be- Neve the picture was published before 1500. John Foley, sr. the fountain-peg man, who owns the print and 1s exbibiting *t in his store in the Astor House, tus tatied to find any Guplicates for thowe who have tried to get them. He says) cas, his father was acquainted with the engineer of the scheme,, Melville Bmith, who was very enthusiastic about his plan. It will be noticed that but one building out of all the number aeen In the ptoture is over five stories in height.|The Man Who Stole the Castle, And this in what wan then, ae now, one of the greatest! win AUBREY BOUCICAULT. | so oeio’ THEATRE. office districts in the world. 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