Judge — April 4, 1914 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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1884 «4GGOOD-MORROW, friend! How fares the world with thee?” “Well, and yet again well, friend. And how with thee?” “Inspiringly. Never Se) have I had a more uplift- ing journey with my fel- lows of the doublet and hose in the realm known S[k as the provinces. We MS played our entire reper- AA tory of thirty-seven clas- sical dramas, and every- where were we greeted with crowded houses. The populace seems to love in exceeding measure the dramas of sweet Will Shakespeare. Our great star —for- ever honored be his name in the annals of the American stage !-—-was never more inspired. His Hamlet caused the pit to rise at him again and again. His Mac- beth was acclaimed till methought the roof would fall on our heads. His com- bat on Bosworth Field brought the wild- est plaudits of all, so masterly is his art of the fence. Faith, I can hardly wait till this night, when we appear in that delicious comedy, ‘Much Ado About Noth- ing.” “‘As you say, good friend, ’tis a privi- lege to belong to our profession in these days. May the hours never grow less in- spirational to the actor. Our brave star —and may her memory always be kept green by the American public—appeared in the roles in which she has endeared herself to the playgoers of all our centers of cultivation. Her Beatrice proved some- thing to conjure by, and her Rosalind is something ever to treasure in the mem- ory. To act with her is to be transported In deadly earnest | Then and Now | Contrasting Conversations of the Actor | Folk on Broadway By ARTHUR CHAPMAN into an elysium of delight, so great an artist is she. To-night she appears as Juliet, and methinks she will have the whole house in tears, as is her wont, as a tribute to her art in the tomb scene. “Au revoir, comrade, for I it be off to rehearse our next production, ‘She Stoops To Conquer’—in faith, a witty play.”’ ‘‘Auf wiedersehen. I, too, must be at my daily task of memorizing my next role. To-morrow night we stage that brave tragedy, ‘King Lear.’"” (Both actors shake hands formally, and t.) 1914 “Wie gehts, Mike?” “Top o’ th’ mornin’, Adolf!” **Whatchu got on “Oh, our back number of a film direet- or’s still nuts over that chase stuff. Gotta hike all over seven counties in cowboy costume, chasin’ a Mexican outlaw."’ “‘Whatchu know about me? I gotta jump off the Palisades in a parachute. Yet us jumpin’ actors don’t git no more mazoofn than you simps that jest have to set in a saddle and ride all day.’’ “Well, what’s the jumpin’ you boobs do to havin’ a fool livery horse stumble and roll over you seven times? Besides, when I'm through wit’ dis here chase, I gotta pile inter an ottymobile and come down to the salt front and jump into the NO CONCERN OF HIS “Sure an’ if she won't git out of me way, ‘tis not fer me t’ look out." comicbooks.com