The evening world. Newspaper, January 28, 1905, Page 11

The ‘Actor Who Plays the Dog Part in “Buster Brown” Has Been an Animal “Impersonator” All His Life—His Only <Frouble Is Extra Long Hind Legs— ‘How He Manipulates ‘‘Tige’s’” Eyes,) ‘Bars and Other Features, UT yourself in his place, or how easy It js to. feel like a dog. How aver odd that may sound, it concains the pith of George Ali's philosophy on the art of appearing in the role of Canis Familisris in the rollicking muainal comedy of “Buster Brown,” now eliciting Juvenile screams at the Majestic Theatre. {) Tige is just a Canis Famillarie, any old kind of a'dog, } He ig neither hampered nor ennobled by -blood. of breed. He is not hedged in by the solemnity of a French poodle nor tho ahiugness of @ Spite, More or less he {9 a bull, but of doubtful anoentry, His, progenttors fwere cosmopolitan’ and he is a compusite result: All ts a typical little cockney, In figure and feature he resembles Sam oft the suggestion of the greyhound than the bulldog, His legs are in pro- s o a o o a os “M and can never hops. to strike a happy medium,” "Yes, I have met a fow dogs,” riminated the little man, dropping one olose to the life, I began ns a jackass in Mngland eighteen’ years ago and Ag}; obgorved before I just put myself in the study's place. For.tho ‘Weller as Cruikehank drew him before he went to girth, Hardly over five feet tall, he ie slender.and wiry. Fils face is long and aherp-cut, with more Portion, but he regrets that they are not sawed off a little below the knec- Jojnt 90 as to give the proper artistic effect to his canine inerpretation. Y chief drawback,” sald the clover little canine impersonator, “Is in the matter of hind leas, There I am a little bit long on tho market “I suppose you number a good many dogs among your acquaintances?” ‘was ventured, éyebrow and raising the other, During the past eighteen years I have asso- clated wiih variqus animals, But it js really not necessary to study so very maife quife a hit with 1t; ‘though I had really never beep quite intimate with these popular English household pats. time being I feel a close to the real as my Imagination will carty me. ‘That ds’ the secret of the whole thing, However, @ great doal depends on your prop.” ‘ o o a Ci ad ri o ro rq} § Tigo I beve a vory fine prop. I superintended ity construction and the maker followed my directions to the very tip of the tall, I conaidei the head a very clever plete of work, though I am glad 1 don’t have to wear It more than the alloted time, I don't feel half as glad fn-it.as it Icoks from the outeldo, and if the people out front could some- times hear what I wa# muttering as I flip my ear and wink my eye they woul! teallze that it is not all joy to be an active stage pup. No, indeed, 1 tel) you tho stage dog has a dog’s life, and make no mistake,” ‘Have you not really studied the postures ofa dog of Tige's kind to add finish to your reallstls efforts?” ‘ “ho, nor have f ever studied the thing out by myself, I haven't tho faintest idea how my varlous capers frame up from the outside. J just got {nto the spirit of the thing with four feet and twelve strings, and there you Are" ‘i ‘The clever little actor then showed how he had arranged twelve pieces ‘ot (wino in the forelegs of Tige with which he manipulated the eyes, ears und other features, The’ whole thing fa about as ingenious as the golence | é¢ the property tan has developed. eo o a os oe » o rd) ry} Ut the greatest stratn,” ran on Al, ‘is not ia handing the strings; itis on my own jaw.: Tige’s muzzle fits my face, and I have to do | the dog-face until my, features sometimes rack, When you've! Cot fitty pounds balanced pn an eyehruw you have to do a dittle tu-jiteu TT. wit" 1 be five now productions atro will be Inunched another new pray duction when Charles Frohman will pre- fent the four-act dramatic play "Fri nuet! by Plerre Borton, and ‘Gyp.” nent Werk, the opening of A new playhotae und the return of SANE. with that ‘eyebrow to get the desired effect, Now and then 1 feel ag if l was balancing @ plano on my Jaw when the youngsters out front are dada with joy, “Then the real handicap'comes with the handling of fy bina feot and the shrinking of my bulk. Though I am sometimes referred to as a duo- Geaimo edition of a man I fe@lliké a Titan’ when It is necessary to cramp myself into the proper proportions to carry out the suggestion of Mr. Outcaylt’s cartoon, “It would never be possible to obtain the exact proportions, but I get aa near to.it as possible, All of this cramping and shrinking {6 @ great strain, and dn/order not to obtrude my biped hind legs to the view I have to get over the inclination to glide about ike a crap,” “But you quite like this sort of thing?” 4¥es, Ishave been doing those animal stunts for the past eighteen years, beginning in the dignified role of @ donkey in English pantomime, Whon personating a larger animal you have more freedom of action. Aga parrot once I just had to shrivel up to get down to weight; As a bird, though, J ‘had the advantage of only needing two lega brought into play, Aw ® Bt. Hernan dog I could let myself out and had more range of Ilmb. As a kengaroo J found tt all to the simple life, | couldn't gay tho same for the role I once had of a wise old eel.” * a a rd rd e a ry 66 HERE'S one thing you can take as a gromidwork—in avery Heast, bird or‘crawling thing there 1a something human {n éxpregsion, You don't need to atudy out Just what Jt Is, it will came to you naturally, In London | did not find it atiall tollsome in londing breadth of expression to | the foatures of. a jackass, (ne of the grentest compliments, I reobived | while playing this rolo was from an Baglizhman who remarked to me very. coberly; ‘ "‘Blaret mo, but there is something homelike about that Jackass of yours!’ “The solemn way he looked at moe then gave me an idea and I made Several alterations in my prop and my next appearance on the stage waa oy far the biggest hit I had had yet. In the countenance of my countay~ man I had found something closer to realism than watching a whole fleat of donkeys fora year might have brought to me, “Since then I haye looked much for animal expression In people, Not long Ago I went to a prize fight and got some suggestions that have helped fe wonderfully in making a success with Tige. And there’you are, Peo~ Ne really don’t study animals closely, It they only know it, the eurprises fn gesture and feature play in animals can always find ‘their reflection in man," Saturday matinoe, “Camilo, “and Bat unay ‘night "Zaxa’ On Baturday night the Colonial Musto Hall, "Thompgon & Dundy's and ‘Tom The Harlem Opera Houge will have Edna May in the “School Girl” as its attraction next week, Mme, Rejane as (ho thoatrical attrac: tons, Hiancho Walsh, in a Clyde Fitch play, wil! come to the Herald Sqiiare Theatre Moiqay 1, whoa’ the tragic herolne | of “Resurrection” will Le seen In "The Woman !n tho Case," Just what kind of woman ts in this particular case has ta of tho play nis tal fn Not the sn #0 which pro: the visitors’ room in tie ‘Tombs, Miss Walssi's support wil be I Drouel, Do y Helen W Lardner a At the Hudson 'T Monday night Rover't Wderan will prevent @ how ty, “Strongheart,” American com Willam C, De Mille, The story ta tt ot an Indfan, the son of a migh| who has been educated at ¢ and has been received nes ag an equil of his white filonds, He falls In love with tie sis- ter of hip nn, and then the “prejudice ¢ t \s shown, As fy "The Ox loge | Witow," a footvall) comedy. Among Mr. ttyl bo F Weat, Bi mind Breose, Henry Kolker and Loulse Compton, y | ste, by) | Ling. gurcs largely In the story of the] bo however, was writton long | repertoiro at tho Liberty Theatre be-|tho role of Mary Tutor and Will R, Eie- | ginning "Pha title role will be played by Marin Doro, a young actress who made.a hit in the Ingenue part in “Granny.” “Friquot’’ is the story of @ little wall | who Is found by Mafflu, a clown, who drings her up to follow his own voea~ tion, After leaving the sawduat reg by a stroke of fate, ts thrown in tashlonable circles where her lovo ror ‘nance and sacrifice, develop, Friquet tater returns to the clrous Hf, and the denovement of the story is an interest!- ing tomance, Ip the cast will be Will ‘am Couptluigh, Mrederick Porry, W, J. on, Frank Losee, Dorothy Done nd Alison Skipworth, Nelly A revival of a fayorite comlo opera will be given Twesday evening at the Brewlway Theatre, when Fritzl scheft in "Glrofle-Girofla,'’ As the Miss Scheff will have a t gives her full agope for medy work and ample opportunity for singing, Josephine Bartlett will ray the pole of Aurora; Ida Hawley, : Campbell Donald, Don Bolero; o Brownlaw, Moursouk; Richie arasquin, Nejane will make her farewell to America In a speciaily arranged M Wednesday. On Wednesday night and Mhursday matinee the famy pus French actroas wil appear in “Ma ' Thureday night, "La Pas Ow Puesday night at thy Bavoy The. werello;” Friday night, “L’Mirondelle;" sii thi Ae lei eas. dicts Sa W. Ryloy'# new playhouse, at Broad. way and BIxty-second streot, will throw open its doors for the firat Aisne, ane) |theatre 1s an exact reproduction of London musto hall and has a’ smokin! jclgar stands, The new music hall will he the home of musical playlets, baitets, pantomime and Huropean varieties, The opening bil wiil Inciude “Thé Atiletlo Girl," o musical farce by George V. MWybart and Jean Schwartz, ‘The Duel in the Snow,” @ ballet, and a vaudeville DIN], Elfie Fay will be the Athletic Girl and the cast will also include Junie McCree, Edwani J. Connelly, Vir- ginia Levick and Tlbby Arnold Blondell, Another Wednesday night opening will marie W, N, Lawrence's taking pos session of the Madieon Square Theatre, when "Mrs, Temple's Telegram,” 4 farce, by Frank Wyatt, will be given, The cast wit) include Frank Worthing, Thomas A. Wise, Grace Kimball, Mar. garet Drew and William Morris, The Yorkville Theatre will begin Sts new policy of stock work on Monday night whon the stock company will present "When Knighthood Was in \Wlower,” Anne Sutherland will play Walling will be Sir Charles Brandon. Wawarad Torry will, change his bill from "“Bweet Lovender' to ‘Love in Idleners" on Monday evening at the Princess Theatre ” 1, Rallery, tea and coffee rooms, candy and | William Faversham in potty, "wlll entertain the west side at the Grand | Opera Houee, "Phe Queen of the White Slaves" {play at the Amerloan Theatre, “Ms, Loffingwell’s Boots" will take up its new quarters at the Lyceum Theatre on Ménéay and will have its midweek matinecs on Thursday instead] « of Wednesday, Ada Rehan will begin her engamd’ ment Feb, 6 at the Liberty Theatre, Miss Rehan will be supported by Charles Richman, and the first two weoks will be given over to "Tho Bchool for Scandel'' and “The Taming | of the Shrew," He Al Reevey’s Burlesquers will be the at- traction at the Dowey, At the Windsor “For His Brother's Sake" will be the bill, "Esoaped from the Harem" ‘fs the thriller that will throb the ‘Third Avo- nue audience, “The Ninety and Nine’ will enter the fold at the Fourteenth Street Theatre next weeke. ‘Dive Metropolis will be visited by ''Me, Him and 1," AX the Murray Hill "Tho Lost Boy" will be the attraction, Edward” Morgan, in \City,” will come to the West End Thea- tre for a week's engagement on Monday, | the melodramatic sensetton, that will) Five New Plays, a New Theatre and Rejane’s Return, eer marae rr secuswo seremonaeetnainad ¥ team to atir ot) New Btar’s sympa-) and Prevost, In “Bumpty Bumps;"! Rice NOXt woek, and Cady, Dixon and Holmes, Mig Thoroughbreds” will come to Sensational Bolces; Burke and La Rat The Gotha Hill and Wohitiker, Potter and Harts “The Eternal | vodad i Continue at loading theatres will be: The Duchogs of Dantalo, Daly's; Ia Conquest in “Tho Money Makers,” Ube Tals? Ari pt Daly in You Never Can Garrick; © "Mrs. Lemingweil's fre, Leste Carter In| Theatre; Dayld ‘he Music Master," Bl. ison in ‘Cousin Billy," jude Adama in The TAttte | $ Taian a hey tn oar ‘4 es Klesohna, Miniter New Araterdagn! ow," ci fappened in? Noornhund,"" tev “Plelds'e Theatres “Higgledy-Piggiedy” and “The | stlege Widower,” Weber's Musto Hall; “Siberia,” Academy of Muste: " B 8. it Witla The \ankee "4 i M. Cohan rah “Little Johnny Jones,” New York, VAUDEVILLE ATTRACTIONS, Albert Chovaller continues to be the topliner at the Circle Theatre, Others who will share the bill will be Bila Garrleon, Kallan's Operatlo Trio, Mamie Remington, Sallle Btembler, George W. May, Burke's Musical Dogs F, Dalley ‘will make his vaudeville a abut with his Lu Lu girls, Others on the bit wiil be) John W, Ransone, Moore ond Littiefleld, Snyder and Buckley, , The marvellous | Pru ern bere. Kellyand Ashley, Ohare ter and her statue dogs and the Do- cupinta,” in “the Volcano Dane: will te the topliner at Keith's, Others on the bill will be Mr, and Mrg, Alfred “Alone In the World,” Will bo the mel- | Jy ‘ b {| \Walsh and Melrose, Kelsey, jn ‘Ty, Trust; Burton and rooks, hh “A Can of Humor;” Rico Well, Onley “and Randall, Howley an Losile, Al Clements, eae At Hurtig & Seamon's the bill will include the Waterbury Brothers and Teonny, in thelr musical sketch, ‘A Coe Day in June; Lewis MoCord & Co, “Her Laat Rehearsal;’’ tho Mouller, ‘use | ters; Btanley and Brockman, {pn ‘Dh Duke, the Count ond the Plana Charles Kenna, in ‘I'he Fakir;" Pierce and Mazlee; Bertie Bowler, Powers. Brothers, ‘ony Pastor's bill will Include Keno, Miss Nora Bayes, Ernest Hogan, Colby and Way, nye vender ‘and ‘Thompson, Andrew! Me: hi ood, the tp erst St. she Fewe, woe ind Morrison, Be Madledewinks and Dugan, Aaa ii PROCTOR'S THEATRES, The Twelve Woodland Nymphs will continue at the Twentysthird Street | — » Where will also appear Car- » Murvel; tho Four ae he Three ‘Keatons and orhera’” ‘a and Twenty-nftd i eee) wh be and the vaudeville Smith and Puller, mah company at the Fitty- heatre will be seen in aid the vaudeville bill will headed by Lutz Brothers, armless wonde | mith Avenue vile. topliner planist. haatre, and the vauda- will be Bilnd Tom, the IN BROOKLYN, Sir Charles Wyndham ‘and Maty i tot isting rane] no Case of Re-\ bellious Busan nd Neokduce,” will be at a a ae 4 "Tt FLoly Ah BF will be given at the}? LYRIC SOPRANO'S DEBUT 10 MANRATTAN CIRCLES. Mra Grace Wigrems Toe Toomnies, Who Has won Man Laurels, to Sing at Mendelsohn Posmay, ‘Mra. Grage Werim Toenhies will give & sone, recital in Mendelssohn Hall, No, Fortioth street, this afternoon, four groups of songs, bid Haydn's "My Halnbe, Fie, y Hal,” Brahma Bair and ‘Wingent} Morgen,” \and Henschel “Bpring.”: Mra, Toannien has been the solo ‘in reno’ in ‘the First Gp eb ot ye. ‘ot Montelatt, Ny a he i heer Sve fo ae uhn will sopompany Mrd, ‘vero AGAIN BARRED, | "uke Doorkeoper. \at)) Lyceant aneatro | WEBER 1 Forolbly stopped Ealtor. ‘Nhere was A, flerce but bloodjess ene counter in the lobby of the Lyceum Theatre last, night hetween James 8. Motealfo, editor of Life, and William 8. || O'Brien, the doorman, The editor ar- rived at the theatre with a friend ea LR 8% ofclock, determined to enter in playhouse. O’Brien had positive orders |: not to admit Metoalte: ‘The dbormen told him ‘he, could not go tp. “But 1 am going in,'' ‘sald Metcalfe, waving hin tiekets.?This In Dart of my living and I'm going Into this theatre,” He tried torpase: ‘O'Brien, who pual back. . 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