Chapter I: Become a Barnstormer!

While I was at work on my ranch, disgusted with the methods of New York managers, I received a proposition from Oliver Morosco to appear in New York under his management in a new play which I was first to try out with one of his stock companies in Los Angeles. If that play proved a failure Morosco agreed to submit others to me until we finally succeeded in finding a success. Evidently my short season with the opposition stock company had given Morosco pause!

It looked like an advantageous offer and I accepted, consenting to appear in "Oliver Twist" in one of his stock houses--among other plays. We had just begun rehearsals of "Oliver Twist" when an accident laid me low.

Morosco, who was in New York at the time, sent two of his employees to my house within an hour after I had been carried in and from them and from him, by telegrams, I received repeated assurances that I need not worry, that the contract would continue in force indefinitely. As soon as I should be able to appear on the stage Morosco promised to carry out his part of the agreement to the letter.

I was sufficiently recovered in February, 1913, to appear as Fagin. The play ran three weeks at the stock house in Los Angeles and then I found myself wondering what was to become of me! The great Morosco was "back East" somewhere. No one seemed to be able to locate him or to get word to him. So I waited about four or five weeks on the pleasure of this magnate! Finally came word that we were to organize a company on the spot and make a tour of the Coast in "Oliver Twist," extending it to Canada and continuing in it for the remainder of the season.

I had heard of but had never known what "barnstorming" meant before.

I know now!

The production which Morosco sent out with me was the thrown-together junk which had been used in the stock production. It was never intended to last more than a few weeks or to be moved! It was quite the worst collection of moth-eaten scenery and "properties" I ever saw. The company, with a very few exceptions, was recruited from the members of the Morosco stock companies who chanced to be idle at the moment. Some of the men, driven desperate by the nature of the backwoods country through which our route lay, were thoroughly intoxicated (and not infrequently blind drunk!) most of the time--and I for one had no heart to reprove them!

Some of the towns we played are not on any map--the map could never survive it! From pillar to post we were yanked along over single-track railroads--with bits of our scenery falling out through open baggage doors all along the line! How that scenery ever managed to hang together as long as it did has always puzzled me. Finally we had to eliminate the London bridge scene. The platforms were so insecure it was positively dangerous for the actors to stand on them. This was one of the greatest and most effective scenes in the New York production and gave my leading woman, Miss Moreland, as Nancy, one of her biggest moments.

The night before we took it off, in one of the smaller Coast towns, some of the gallery boys, noticing the stone (!) steps and huge pillars of granite (God save the mark!) wabbling to and fro, began to whistle "London Bridge is falling down"--and in a moment the whole house had taken it up!

That was enough for me. After five weeks of miserable business we closed in Victoria and I returned to my beach home outside Los Angeles to the far more congenial task of completing this book. I sincerely hope you, dear reader, will find as much pleasure in reading what I've written as I have found in its composition. I have striven to be kind to everyone in these pages and if any of my criticisms appear harsh or my views on various subjects be considered arrogant, pray accept my apologies. I have written as I think and whatever the verdict I stand by my guns.

What will the verdict be?

I wonder.

I say I returned to my home to complete this book. I did--and I thank the gods that Fate stepped in and for once was kindly enough disposed to permit me to write the most appropriate and happy finis any book of mine could have!

* * * * *

Fact and unconsecrated fields oppose faith and architecture.

_Chapter LXXXVII_

NUMBER FIVE

The day (a beautiful day in May, 1913, such a day as only Southern California at its happiest moment knows), I made Margaret Moreland my wife I once again set the buzzards and the gossips to wagging their ears and tongues and lashing their tails (I have always been sure both HAVE tails!).

* * * * *

My first (wife) was an angel;

My second a silly woman;

My third a Roman Senator;

My fourth a pretty little thing;

My fifth--all woman!

My whole (desire) was by repetition to prove that hope can conquer experience!

_Chapter LXXXVIII_

L'ENVOI

I am sorry for the poor American who deserts this sun-kissed California country for worn-out Europe. I am enjoying the breezes and ozone wafted from the great Pacific while poor deluded Eastern folk are festering in heat and humidity, varied only by an occasional murky thunderstorm.

I face the sea and at my back are roses! On either side the blue-brown mountains hold converse with the sun and stars and dip their august heads in silent acquiescence to the others' whispers. At night massive Mars, always on duty, ever luminous, sternly bids them silence and the world to "go to" while he blinks a patronizing approval upon those "beneath" him. He has much of cynicism in his blinking as he contemplates this tiny carbon, Earth, for all his constant attendance.

Mars is my companion, ever peering through my casement. Only our sex and distance prevent a silent flirtation! I am sometimes tempted to address him anyhow, but his majesty always awes me. Still, I find consolation communing with the waves that lull me to sleep as they embrace the sandy shore. The consolation is all too brief, the sleep intermittent, and I awake to fly back to the companionship of Mars.

He is such a splendid officer! Always on guard--at sea and over the desert. He seldom shows himself resplendent in crowded cities. He dislikes company and turmoil. He is always alone, now and then racing with the moon and always leaving that gentleman to the left as he smilingly beckons the wary miner of the desert and the patient mariner of the sea to the right. Mars knows the road--a magnificent, reticent soldier--and I pray ere long my friend Tesla will make him better known.

The drab morning is approaching o'er the mountain tops. A sea gull of corresponding color is on the sand, seeking what it may devour. The color of the bird and atmosphere are not to my fancy.

I am going to beg a favor of sleep and awake when the colors are more radiant, when the sunbeams glisten and dance from sky to wave, when the white clouds meet and kiss the shadow that lets fall diamond drops of crystal that quench the thirst of the flowers and give them life.

My home is by the sea. My lot is one hundred feet wide. Its height is interminable. It is a thousand fathoms deep! My front yard extends to the Antipodes.

Am I not to be envied?

I wonder?

INDEX

Ables, Eddy, 128

Academy of Music, 30

Adams, Edwin, 56, 119, 344

Adams House, 153

Adams, Maude, 111, 112, 121, 125, 169

"Alabama," 171

"Alabaster Staircase, The," 253

Albaugh, John, 85

Aldrich, Louis, 280

Allen, John, 149

Allen, Viola, 182, 290

"Altar of Friendship, The," 249

Amber, Mabel, 172

"Ambition," 174-176

"American Citizen, An," 232, 235, 241, 243-245, 307, 309

Anderson, Mary, 35

"André, Major," 250

"Antony, Mark," 30

Appleton, George, 236

Archer, Belle, 95

Archer, Fred, 95

Arch Street Theatre, 26

Armstrong, Paul, 110

Arthur, Chester, 148

Arthur, Paul, 121, 122

"As a Man Thinks," 330

"As in a Looking Glass," 42

Attell, Abe, 192

Auditorium Theatre, 327

Babcock, Theodore, 168

"Baby Mine," 111

Baldwin's Theatre, 211, 214, 241

Ball, William, 89

"Banker's Daughter, The," 72

Barrett, Lawrence, 30, 35, 48, 56, 99, 112, 282

Barrett, Louis, 168, 172

Barron, Elwyn, 273

Barry, Billy, 36, 97

Barrymore, Ethel, 42, 267

Barrymore, Georgie Drew, 44

Barrymore, John, 42

Barrymore, Lionel, 42

Barrymore, Maurice, 41-44, 171, 329

Bates, Blanche, 217, 220, 243, 336

"Beauty and the Barge," 90, 105, 252

Beck, Senator, 148

Becket, Harry, 98

Beefsteak Club, 39

Beere, Mrs. Bernard, 42

Belasco, David, 173, 290, 336

Belasco Theatre, 336

Bell, Digby, 159, 161

Bellew, Kyrle, 237

Bellewood, Bessie, 160, 161

"Bells, The," 92, 141

Bennett, James O'Donnell, 273

Bergman, Henry, 174

Bernand, 152

Bernhardt, Sarah, 111, 112, 274

"Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl," 115

Bigelow, Charles, 50

Bijou Theatre, 52, 91, 94, 140

Bingham, Amelia, 111

Bishop, Charles, 92, 140

Blackburne, Senator, 148

"Black Cloak, The," 68

"Black Flag, The," 67

Blake, William, 47

Blethen, Alden J., 18

Blaine, James G., 148, 150, 163

Bloodgood, Clara, 111

Bloodgood, Henry, 29

Bohemian Club, 216

"Bookmaker, The," 127, 128

Booth, Edwin, 47, 48, 56, 71, 99, 112, 119, 226, 274, 282, 343

Booth's Theatre, 58

Boston "Advertiser," 89

Boston Museum, 22, 94, 143, 154, 280

Boston "Post," 51

Boston Theatre, 22

Boston Theatre Stock Company, 56

"Bottle, The," 23

"Bottom, Nick," 90

"Bottom's Dream, Col. Tom," 96

Boucicault, Dion, 57, 59

"Bought and Paid For," 110, 111, 286

Bowser, Charles, 86

Boylan, Tommy, 61

Bradford, Joseph, 26-29, 75, 273

Brady, William, 283

Brewer, 293-298

Brice, Senator, 148

Broadhurst, George, 286, 309, 312, 320

Broadway Theatre, 29, 40

Brooke, Gustavus, 119

Brooks, Joseph, 47, 107, 113, 182, 220

Brougham, John, 82

Browning, Miss, 211

Bryton, Fred, 96

Buckley, Ned, 96, 147

Burbeck, Frank, 87

Burk, Charles, 47

Burke, Billie, 111

Burton, William E., 47

Bush Street Theatre, 190

"Butterflies, The," 169

Byron, Arthur, 250

"Camille," 132

Campbell, Bartley, 280

"Candidate, The," 94

Cannon, Anthony, 82

"Captain, The," 287, 326

Carlisle, Alexandra, 307, 308

Carlisle, Frank, 172, 329

Carlisle, John G., 148

Carlton, Henry Guy, 168-170, 174-176

Carter, Mrs. Leslie, 172, 336

Casino, 141

"Caste," 274

Cazauran, A. R., 67, 68, 73

"Celebrated Case, A," 57

Chamberlain, John, 148, 151

Chambers, Haddon, 254

"Chantecler," 123

Cincinnati Festival, 112

"Cinderella at School," 94, 143

Clancy, Veney, 80

Clapp, Henry A., 89, 273

Clarke, Marguerite, 111

Clayton, Estelle, 144, 145

Claxton, Kate, 99

Cleveland, Grover, 149

Cliff House, 223

"Climbers, The," 111

Cline, Maggie, 125

Coe, Isabel, 121, 122

Coghlan, Charles, 57, 58, 96

Cohan, George, 51, 112, 177, 178

Collier, Jim, 96

Collier, Willie, 71, 288-289

Collins, Charlie, 100

Collins, Constance, 332

"Confusion," 92

Conklin, Roscoe, 148, 150

Conners, Billy, 70, 97

Considine, George, 195

Cooke, George Frederick, 119

Coote, Charlie, 142

Coote, Robert, 92

Coquelin, 123

Corbett, James J., 164-165, 283

Couldock, William, 182

Coulter, Fraser, 211

Covent Garden, 60

"Cowboy and the Lady, The," 248

Craig, Robert, 26

Crane, William II., 30, 45, 80, 106, 182

Crinkle, Nym, 143

Crisp, Speaker, 149

Criterion Theatre, 54

"Cromwell, Oliver," 140

"Crosstree, Captain," 79

"Cruets," 84, 86

Crystal Palace, 152

Cummings, Amos, 149

Cushman, Charlotte, 56

Dailey, Peter, 49, 50

Dale, Alan, 250

Daly, Arnold, 282

Daly, Augustin, 70

Daly, John, 97

Daly, William H., 35

Dasher, Bert, 52

Davenport, E. L., 119, 276, 344

Davenport, Fanny, 106

Davey, Tom, 97

Denver "Post," 218

Detroit "Free Press," 89

"Dietrich, Captain," 80

Dixey, Henry E., 92, 93, 140, 153-154, 329

Donnelly, Henry, 131

Doro, Marie, 332

Dramatic Schools, 198

Drew, John, 97, 111, 169, 181, 217

Drew, Mrs. John, 45, 46, 48

Drury Lane Theatre, 60, 164

Dupree, Minnie, 111, 168, 172

Duse, Eleanora, 111, 274

Dyas, Ada, 97

"Easiest Way, The," 119

Edeson, Robert, 111

Edwin, Eddy, 75

Elliott, Gertrude, 217, 220-222, 231-232, 234, 238-239

Elliott, Maxine, 183, 217-222, 230-232, 234, 238-239, 243-248, 250,
254-261, 290, 308

Elliott Theatre, Maxine, 222

Ely Central, 299

Emerson, Billy, 215

Emmet, J. K., 99, 106

Empire Stock Company, 290

Empire Theatre, 332

Erlanger, Abe, 105, 107, 108, 247, 250

"Erminie," 140, 141

Esmond, Henry V., 248

"Evangeline," 80, 82, 154

"Evening Sun," 91

Eytinge, Rose, 97

"Fagin," 274, 332, 333, 352

"False Shame," 57

Farnum, Bill, 287

Farnum, Dustin, 287

Farrell, Leila, 92, 140

Faversham, William, 290

Fawcett, George, 174, 329

Fechter, Charles, 58, 276

Fellows, John R., 36

Field, Cyrus, 155

Field, Kate, 227

Fifth Avenue Theatre, 173

Fisher's, Mrs., Boarding House, 22

Fiske, James, Jr., 156

Fiske, Minnie Maddern, 97

Fitch, Clyde, 111, 222, 245-247, 253

Flemming, Mr., 253

Fletchers, The, 131

Florence, W. J., 48, 84

"Fool's Revenge, A," 72

Forbes-Robertson, 221, 343

Ford, Charlie, 106

Ford, Robert, 284, 285

Ford's Theatre, 178

Forrest, Edwin, 56, 119, 274, 344

Forsythe, Kate, 35, 97

Fourteenth Street Theatre, 79

Foy, Eddie, 279

Frawley, Tim, 217, 231

Friars Club House, 178

Frohman, Charles, 102-105, 112, 124, 169, 252-253, 304, 332

Frohman, Daniel, 102

Frohman, Gustave, 102

Fuller, Loie, 92, 140

Fuller, Mollie, 97

Gaiety Theatre, 128

Galt House, 205

Gans-Nelson Fight, 293

"Garden of Allah, The," 324

Garden Theatre, 43, 175

Garrick Club, 38, 69

Garrick, David, 91, 119

"Garrick, David," 54, 174-176, 234

"Gay Deceiver, A," 96

"Genius, The," 91, 306, 308

George, Grace, 287

Gerard, Florence, 92

Germaine, 75

Gilbert, John, 97

Gilbert, W. S., 152

"Gilded Fool, A," 168, 174, 235, 306, 307

Gillette, William, 281, 282

"Girl of the Golden West, The," 173

Golden, Dick, 154, 183, 244

Goldfield, 294

"Gold Mine, The," 121, 127, 128

"Goldsmith, Oliver," 153

Goodale, George P., 89, 273

Goodi, 236, 237

Goodrich, Edna, 309

Goodwin Company, Nat C., 298

Goodwin, Edward, 95

Goodwin, J. Cheever, 80

Goodwin, Nat C., as
Camille, 132
Captain Crosstree, 79
Captain Dietrich, 80
Fagin, 274, 332, 333, 352
Grave Digger, The, 35
Jim Radburn, 172, 211, 214
Mark Antony, 30
Mathias, 141
Modus, 35
Ned, the Newsboy, 28
Nick Bottom, 90
Shylock, 90, 249
Sim Lazarus, 87
Sir George Hounslow, 23
Sir Lucius O'Trigger, 48, 64

Goodwin, Nat C., III, 137

Gorman, Arthur Pugh, 270

Gould, Jay, 156

Grand Opera House, 58, 93

Grand Pacific Hotel, 63

"Grave Digger, The," 35

Greene, Clay M., 77, 329

Greenroom Club, 54, 65, 164

"Gringoire," 93

Grubb, Lillian, 97

Guitry, 124, 281

Guy's Hotel, 61

Hackett, James K., 267

"Hale, Nathan," 52, 90, 104, 232, 246-248

Hale, Philip, 273

Hall, Blakely, 149, 273

Hall, Josie, 97

Hall, Pauline, 97

Hamilton, Mr., 54, 55, 164, 165

"Hamlet," 35, 276

Hammerstein's, 43

Hampton, Alf, 29

Handysides, Clarence, 211

Harley Sisters, 97

Harding, Lyn, 332

Hare, John, 253, 274

Harrigan, Edward, 83

Harrigan and Hart, 82

Harris, Henry, 111

Harrison, Alice, 98

Harrison, Louis, 98

Hart, Tony, 30, 82, 83, 183

Hatton, Frank, 273

Haverly, Jack, 101

Haworth, Joseph, 95

Hayman, Al, 102, 105

Haymarket Theatre, 81

Hearne, Chrystal, 278

Hearne, James A., 277, 278

Hearne, Julie, 278

"Heir at Law, The," 48, 62

"Heir to the Hoorah, The," 110

"Held by the Enemy," 281

Henderson, William, 23

"Her Own Way," 247

Hicks, Seymour, 143

Hilliard, Robert, 142

"His First Rehearsal," 75

"Hobbies," 86, 87

Hoffman House, 96

Holland Brothers, 45, 329

Hollenden Hotel, 244

Hollis Street Theatre, 251

Holt, Clarence, 168

Holy, John, 155

Hooley, Richard, 180

Hooley's Theatre, 127, 172

Hoops, Arthur, 168, 172, 211, 225, 240

Hopper, De Wolfe, 159, 161, 162, 182

"Hounslow, Sir George," 23

"House of Cards, A," 175

Howard Athenaeum, 23, 27, 75, 79

Howard, Bronson, 103

Howard, Joe, Jr., 149

Hoyt, Charles, 51-53, 121

"Hunchback, The," 35

Hutchins, Stillson, 66, 89, 273

Ingersoll, Robert, 33, 116, 150, 163, 211

"In Mizzoura," 111, 172, 211, 214

Irving, Henry, 38-40, 47, 48, 72, 92, 93, 112, 117, 119, 290, 330

Jackwood, 103, 255, 264

Jacob, L. H., 249

Jacobs, W. W., 252, 253

James, Jesse, 284, 285

Janis, Elsie, 125

Jansen, Marie, 97

Jefferson, Charley, 182

Jefferson, Joseph, 44-48, 62-64, 182

Jefferson, Thomas, 30

Jeffries-Johnson Fight, 192, 312

Jerome, Lawrence, 149

Jerome, Leonard, 155

Jerome, William Travers, 149

Jones, Senator, 148

Jones, Walter, 244

Jonson, Ben, 116

Josephs, Harry, 80

"Julius Caesar," 30, 35

Kean, 119

Keane, Charles, 336

Keene, Laura, 47

Kelcey, Herbert, 217

Killduff, Jim, 313

"Kirby, Cameo," 287

Klaw, Marc, 105

Klaw and Erlanger, 108, 249

Knickerbocker Theatre, 70, 91, 104, 123

Knight, George, 97

Knight, Joseph, 69

Lackaye, Wilton, 42, 173, 185, 329

Lamb, Charles, 272

Lambs Club, 42, 44, 98, 184, 216, 238, 288, 329, 330

Langtry, Lilly, 127

"Law in New York," 28

"Lazarus, Sim," 87

"Led Astray," 57, 59

LeMoyne, William J., 95

"Lend Me Five Shillings," 48, 93

Leslie, Amy, 273

Levick, Milnes, 344

Lewis, Alfred Henry, 253

Lewis, Catherine, 95

Lewis, James, 97

Liebler & Co., 287

"Lion and the Mouse, The," 110, 306

"Lion's Mouth, The," 168

"Little Jack Shepard," 140, 141

"Little Rebel, The," 79

Lotta, 99

Lyceum Theatre, 102, 105, 252, 336

Lyceum Theatre, London, 38, 117

"Macaire, Robert," 141

Macauley, Barney, 96

"Macbeth," 276

Mackaye, Steele, 135, 136

Mackie, Johnny, 96

Macklin, 89

Macready, 119

Madison Square Theatre, 281

Mahone, William, 148, 150

Mannering, Mary, 267

Manning, William, 215

Mansfield, Richard, 67-74, 106, 246, 282

Mantell, Robert, 119

"Marionettes, The," 132

Marks, Eli, 132, 133, 240, 241

Marlowe, Julia, 45, 71

Marshall, Captain, 253

Marshall, Tully, 111

Marshall, Wyzeman, 25

Martinot, Sadie, 95

"Mascot, The," 94, 143

Mason, John, 92, 95, 128, 134, 249, 323, 330, 331

"Master Hand, The," 253

"Mathias," 141

Maude, Cyril, 252

Mayo, Frank, 43

McClellan, George B., 217, 221, 222, 235, 237, 238

McCullough, John, 35-37, 70, 72, 96, 119, 344

McDonald, Sadie, 233

McIntosh, Burr, 172-174

McKee, Mrs. Frank, 121

McPhelim, Mr., of Chicago, 273

Meade, James, 278

Melba, Nellie, 254, 255

Mellish, Fuller, 332

Melville, Emily, 211

"Member for Slocum, The," 87

"Memnon," 168

"Merchant of Venice, The," 70, 89, 92, 249, 309

Metropole Hotel, 302

"Midnight Bell, A," 121

"Midsummer Night's Dream," 40, 90, 250, 251

"Mighty Dollar, The," 84

Miles, Bob, 180

Miles, R. E. J., 35

Miles and Barton, 140-142

Miller, Henry, 182, 290

Miner, Harry, 220

Miner's Fifth Avenue Theatre, 174

Mitchell, Maggie, 99

Modjeska, 106

"Modus," 35

Moffit, James, 80

Montague, Harry J., 96

Montaine, Clarence, 174

"Monte Cristo," 58

Montgomery, James, 286

Moore, Mary, 54

Moreland, Margaret, 210, 326, 327, 334, 353, 355

Morgan, Matt, 79

Morosco, Oliver, 154, 327, 352, 353

Morris, Clara, 35

Morse, Woolson, 143

Mortimer, Estelle, 121, 168, 174

Morton House, 99

"Much Ado About Nothing," 35

Murdock, James E., 35

Murray, George, 84

Musgrove, George, 205, 233, 234, 236

"Music Master, The," 190

"My Partner," 280

"Nadjesda," 42

Nash, George, 128, 330

National Press Club, 266

"Native Son, A," 286

"Ned, the Newsboy," 28

Newall, Major, 131

New Amsterdam Theatre, 90, 250, 252

Newcombe, 117

New York "American," 91

Niblo's Garden, 59, 75

Nixon and Zimmerman, 106, 107

"Nominee, The," 94, 121, 127, 128

Norton, John, 180

"Nunky," 280, 281

O'Brien, Mayor, 20

O'Brien, Neil, 155, 172, 211, 223

"Oliver Twist," 274, 332-334, 352-353

Olympic Theatre, 79

"Othello," 35

"O'Trigger, Sir Lucius," 48, 64

"Ourselves," 87

Owens, John E., 30, 47

"Paid in Full," 110

Palmer, A. M., 57, 58, 99, 106, 280, 281

Palmer, Minnie, 79

Papin, 117

"Parisian Romance, A," 67, 68, 70, 74

Parker House, 94, 280

Park Theatre, Brooklyn, 36, 280

Pastor, Tony, 79

Payne, Louis, 172, 174, 211, 223, 240

Payton, Corse, 343

Pease, Nella Baker, 131, 134, 139, 230, 238

Perry, Henry, 97

"Peter Pan," 121

Pettit, Henry, 87

Phelps, 119

Piercy, Sam, 96

Piggott, James, 127, 128

"Pinafore," 94

Players Club, 288, 289

"Plummer, Caleb," 48

Pomeroy, "Brick," 273

Pond, Anson, 145, 147

"Pony, Big," 143

Possart, 47, 119

Potter, Mrs. Brown, 237

Pouissard, 336

Power, Tyrone, 126

"Prisoner of Zenda, The," 224

"Private Secretary, The," 280, 281

"Professor, The," 280

"Providence Opera House," 23, 168

"Punch," 152

"Quick's Patient, Dr.," 253

"Radburn, Jim," 172, 211, 214

"Rainbow, The," 290

"Ramblers, The," 87

Rapley, 106

Ratcliff, James, 131

Raymond, John T., 97, 122

Rawhide Coalition, 299

Read, Charlie, 96, 289

"Ready Money," 286

Reed, Tom, 149, 150

Reedy, Marion, 273

Rehan, Ada, 97

Rhea, Mlle, 35

Rice, Edward E., 80, 82, 94

Rice, Fannie, 45, 131, 132

Rich and Harris, 106

"Richard the Third," 321

"Richelieu," 111

Richelieu Hotel, Chicago, 62

Riddel, George, 89

Riley, James Whitcomb, 157

"Rip Van Winkle," 47, 48

"Rivals, The," 45, 46, 48, 63, 113, 182, 184, 203, 241, 242, 244

Rix, Alice, 218

Robertson, Ian, 280

Robinson, Peter, 216

Robson, Frederick, 93

Robson, Stuart, 25, 26-34, 59, 75, 106

"Roderick Dhu," 59

"Romany Rye," 153

"Romeo and Juliet," 35

Romona's Restaurant, 161

Rooney, Pat, 75

Rosenfeld, Sydney, 141, 173, 175, 329

Rossi, 119

Rostand, 124

"Royal Revenge, A.," 96

Russell, Annie, 174

Russell, Lillian, 97, 197

Russell, Sol Smith, 61-66, 75, 97, 106, 183

Ryley, Tom, 306

"St. Catherine," 318

St. James Hotel, 97

Salsbury's Troubadors, 84

Salvini, 72, 119

Sanford, Wright, 155

San Francisco "Chronicle," 216

Sanger, Frank, 131, 132, 141

Savage Club, 238

Saville, John, 174

Scanlon, Billy, 36

Scott, Clement, 273

"Second in Command, The," 253

"Second Mrs. Tanqueray, The," 111

"Seven Days," 110

Shakespeare, 116

Shakespeare's Plays, 119

Shannon, Effie, 217

"Shenandoah," 103

Shook, Sheridan, 99

Shook and Palmer, 67

"Shore Acres," 279

"Shylock," 90, 249

Sinn, Col., 79

Sinn, William, 36

"Skating Rink, The," 96, 131, 143

"Sketches in India," 79

Snyder, Matt, 98

Solari's, 68

Sothern, E. H., 47, 71, 162, 246, 275

"Sparks," 87, 96

Spreckles, Adolph, 237

Standard Theatre Company, 68

Stanley, Fred, 183

Stetson, John, 58, 75, 92

Stevens, Ashton, 173, 218

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 226-228

Stevenson, Mrs. Robert Louis, 227-229

Stoddard, J. H., 67

Swinnerton, Jimmie, 218

Tarkington, Booth, 287

Tempest, Marie, 97

"Terrible Time, A," 96

Terry, Edward, 128

Terry, Ellen, 92

Terry, Fred, 65

Theatre Comique, 82

Thomas, Augustus, 171-174, 329, 330

Thomas, Charlie, 18, 51

Thompson, Denman, 75

Thompson, Lydia, 80, 81

Thompson, William H., 128, 265, 290

Thorne, Charles R., Jr., 56-60, 72, 96

Thorne, Charles R., Sr., 75, 98

Thorne, Edwin, 23, 87, 96

Thornes, The, 23, 59

"Thousand Years Ago, A," 154

Toole, Johnny, 39

"Too Much Johnson," 281

Tree, Sir Beerbohm, 66, 152, 315, 316

Tree, Sir Herbert, 152

Tremont House, 70

Triangle, 296

"Trip to Chinatown, A," 237

"Turned Up," 92, 140-142

"Two Orphans, The," 99

Tyler, George C., 287, 324, 325, 327, 332, 333

Union Square, 97

Union Square Hotel, 98

Union Square Theatre, 57, 87, 99

Usner, Miss, 211

"Usurper, The," 249

Van Otterendorf, Capt., 229

Vokes Family, 84

Wallack's Theatre, 97, 98

Wallis, Gladys, 217

Walnut Street Theatre, 82

Walsh, Blanche, 211, 219

Walton, "Plunger," 97

Warfield, David, 111, 112, 128, 168, 172, 174, 190, 252

Warren, Arthur, 273

Warren, William, 19-21, 48, 275

Watterson, Henry, 36, 89, 266, 268, 273

Weathersby, Emmy, 81

Weathersby, Eliza, 80-87

Weber and Field's, 153

Weber and Field's Music Hall, 50, 190

Webster, Lizzie, 80

Western, Helen, 278

Western, Lucille, 277, 278

Whalley, William, 278

"What Every Woman Knows," 122

"What Would a Gentleman Do?", 253

Wheeler, A. C., 143, 144

"When We Were Twenty-One," 248, 249, 309, 327

"Why Women Sin," 115

Wiliard, 273

Williams, Arthur, 128

Williams, Gus, 75

Williamson, James C., 233, 234, 236

Wilson, Al, 49

Wilson, Francis, 45, 106, 107, 141

Wilson, Robert, 172

Winter, William, 91

"Witching Hour, The," 330

Wolfe, Benjamin, 84, 85

"Wolfville," 90, 253

Woodthorp, H. C., 211

Worthing, Frank, 222

Wyndham, Sir Charles 54, 55, 93

Yardley, William, 93, 140

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

Italic text is denoted by _underscores_.

Obvious typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected
after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and
consultation of external sources.

Inconsistent spelling of a word or word-pair within the text has been
retained, except for those changes noted below. For example: goodby
good-bye; make up make-up; role rôle; to-night tonight.

Spelling has been left as found in the text, except for those changes
noted below.

Page xii 'FISHCAKES' changed to 'FISH CAKES'.
Page xi and xiv 'DeWolf' changed to 'De Wolf'.
Page 30 'sponser' changed to 'sponsor'.
Page 31 and Page 57 'thoughtout' changed to 'thought-out'.
Page 31 'Robsoneyn' changed to 'Robsonian'.
Page 57 'quodus retained; probably 'kudos'.
Page 64 'every one' changed to 'everyone'.
Page 68 'grewsome' changed to 'gruesome'.
Page 70 'be to annoyed' changed to 'to be annoyed'.
Page 77 'magestic' changed to 'majestic'.
Page 81 'afterlife' changed to 'after life'.
Page 87 'beseiged' changed to 'besieged'.
Page 116 'devasting' changed to 'devastating'.
Page 129 'deferentiate' changed to 'differentiate'.
Page 143 'exceptionaly' changed to 'exceptionally'.
Page 146 'castor' changed to 'caster'.
Page 159 'recontours' changed to raconteurs'.
Page 160 'ostensively' changed to 'ostensibly'.
Page 161 'illusive' changed to 'elusive'.
Page 181 'varigated' changed to 'variegated'.
Page 183 A duplicated line "Congratulations ... for me." was removed.
Page 221 'ecstacy' changed to 'ecstasy'.
Page 224 'Oaui' changed to 'Oahu'.
Page 233 'likeable' changed to 'likable'.
Page 233 'go' inserted into phrase 'must through to Melbourne'.
Page 255 'any way' changed to 'anyway'.
Page 258 'accidently' changed to 'accidentally'.
Page 311 'think to be' changed to 'thing to be'.
Page 336 'conspicious' changed to 'conspicuous'.
Page 336 'will down to history' changed to 'will go down in history'.
Page 340 'one night' changed to 'one-night'.

Changes made to Index entries are noted below.

Page 359 'Andre' changed to 'André'.
Page 359 'Looking-Glass' changed to 'Looking Glass'.
Page 360 'Bouser' changed to 'Bowser'.
Page 360 'Cazuran' changed to 'Cazauran'.
Page 361 'Forsyth' changed to 'Forsythe'.
Page 363 'Kilduff' changed to 'Killduff'.
Page 363 'Levick, Mulner' changed to 'Levick, Milnes'.
Page 363 'Lyceum Theatre': '226' corrected to '336'.
Page 364 'Morne' changed to 'Morse'
Page 364 'Poussard' changed to 'Pouissard'.
Page 364 'Ratcliffe' changed to 'Ratcliff'.

End of Project Gutenberg's Nat Goodwin's Book, by Nat C. Goodwin