. "The greatest of these--";. on was that a man gave $7,000 to theRed Cross on condition that we played the firstscene of the last act, which we had intended toeliminate in order to ring up on time in Philadel-phia. But in view of an additional $7,000 to thecause we are working for, even Philadelphia willhave to wait. The donors name is Mr. Scott, andI think hes big enough to star with us. Oh, yes! George Cohan refuses to dress withArliss! He says Arliss is too tough.* He doesntmind the language, but he cant stand the yellowtobacco-juice! So I understand hes to be pairedoff with O. P. Heggie,
. "The greatest of these--";. on was that a man gave $7,000 to theRed Cross on condition that we played the firstscene of the last act, which we had intended toeliminate in order to ring up on time in Philadel-phia. But in view of an additional $7,000 to thecause we are working for, even Philadelphia willhave to wait. The donors name is Mr. Scott, andI think hes big enough to star with us. Oh, yes! George Cohan refuses to dress withArliss! He says Arliss is too tough.* He doesntmind the language, but he cant stand the yellowtobacco-juice! So I understand hes to be pairedoff with O. P. Heggie, the man of whom Campbell said, when he wouldnt accepta reduction of salary, You have the eyes of theVirgin Mary and the soul of a miser,—^two things • The joke of the above is that Mr. Arliss is a most fastidiousman—a twentieth century Beau Brununel, only nicer I Oh much I 23 24 THE GREATEST OF THESE that stay with the owner, unlike yellow tobacco-juice, so George wont this is irreverent, but comic?. HELEN WARE Thursday, May 16th, —$23,074 worth of them—waited last night until ten oclock for the curtainto rise on Out There, and most of them stayedtill one this morning to see the finish. We ex-pected to be a little late, but one of the motortrucks carrying our scenery broke down, and it tookhours to fix it. The Philadelphia programme soldfor $1,500, the same as at Baltimore. During thetwo hours wait from eight till ten the company,in their street clothes, entertained the waiting audi-ence impromptu, George Cohan singing OverThere, Chauncey Olcott Mother Machree,Madame Cisneros Come Back to Erin. JuliaArthur recited The Battle Hymn of the Repub-lic, Helen Ware Carry On, and Jimmie Powersheld the audience—as one of the papers said—inthe hollow of his voice with a home-made poemwhich went something like this,— Would you like to see the Bowery changed to Strasse Germany?Would you like to stop our singing My Country Tis of Thee?
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