The Daily Ledger. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 10, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 27, 1915 Page: 2 of 4
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The Daily ledger
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by the Ballinger Printing,
. SLEDGE..........Editor
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■ccntly been completing -1 M.itlOM- States.*Dr. E. W. Hall. 2926 Olive Street.
\Vlde CSllllpeilgll anion•• Giollsuilds ct. Louis. Mo. Sold by druggists. Adv.
of motion picture exhibitors nrg-j «—*----■=-■ -a- j
TOWN 75-YEARS OLD
their home newspapers to mlver-j
tise Big Four features. The Selig ........... -
Go. has been advising exhibitors i
not to squander their money on ,
small skimpy ads, hut to bry | -
quarter, half and full page For the first time in its history,
spreads and to buy them regu* (.xt<‘ii<lin^r over ,i period <d 7*»;
lariy In a recent edition ot the j v<>iUS t|K. town of M*advi||c has » I
Selig “Paste Pot and Shears ’ a | ’,.|>in-|i
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Otis Harlan, King of Am
erican Comedians, Writes
of the Personal Side of
Charles Hoyt, Playwright
OUR MOTTO IS:
“Quality First, Last and Always’
SILVER MOON DAIRY
R. F. GREEN. Proprietor.
WITHOUT A CHURCH
In the'spring of 1SS7. at the Neil
House. Columbus, Ohio. I first met the
late Charles
Hoyt. It was De
fore I ever1
thought ot going
M WMCHK « lew nil* “wl '»• .Mill,,,,* Culll-a.- i:. k,,k
Seattle exInlMto™ This »<• ">"||ri ......|vin
brought rortli » letter fiii.n ....... MelUlial
aod Von lle.-ln.rg, nmi.rietor. ot j just
three Seattle, Wash., motion pie-
ture theaters The letter follows:' Melville IwM-aiue a town 1h.ee
“In your Paste Pot and Shears I quarters ot a c<-ii1ur\ ago. and
of October 4th, von devoted a | '}"* f,rs! ,;l""vh
page to a few of the ads carrie 11 denomination to be estald.sli. d
ih Seattle and we assure you we >'dl|m *"‘r borders
ate firm believers in newspaper a I I’he little town was the lirad-
vertising for our theatres. Here j quarters tor many years ot tin-
are our advertising figures for a; famous Newimin-ltyrd tend,
few weeks back : which did not end until most ot
Followed then an list of figures the principal tcudists had l»een
for three motion picture theatres, j killed. Since then the town has
showing that for four weeks i i begun to grow and prosper, and ;
September an average of over 2(H) j how it appears to be gaining rap-
inches was used by the first; ‘MM! idly in population and intliienee.
inehes for the second; and for lirookh *aven ((.Miss, i Leader.
the smallest house. --------
“Our newspaper space is use 11 Chronic Constipation
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* an liiea amt it was wonderful how tie
would enlarge it. Kvery time llovt
told his idea he had some new coinedv j
interest and he built up his plays ny
telling it over and over again He '
would then sit down and write an en
tiie show in two or three days tor he i
had ail the construction in his mind. I
had been Tro .' "*'* "«***" »«>'* 8i' *» H«»- !
i man sleeper, even In the day tune, j
I with the window shade drawn down |
over his head, looking out. txit seeing i
nothing tint the funny ideas inai were
tumbling out of Ins fertile brain He !
was undoubtedly ftie most prolific and
most successful playwright that '
American has ever known. He wrote j
all of hie manuscripts In long hand. 1
latei having them typewritten
Hoyt was h mati difficult to ap
proach His most intimate friends ,
never called him "Charlie. As a man
he was cold and reserved Frank Me* j
Kee. his partner ev« n called him "Mr.
H">'t. He* was also most economical
wity the pay roll For three years I ’
drew S25 weekly He liked to split |
the difference in salaries as for ex 1
in the two evening and the Sunday
Seattle newspapers. The average
rate, figured on the eommerei;.I
rate card, is cv£r SI an inch. Bv
this you will see lliat there is .-it
least one company exhibiting mot-
ion pictures that is heartily in ac-
cord with your newspaper adei-
tising compaign.”
“About two years ago when I
began using Chamberlain's Tab
lets | had been suffering for some
tiiii%* with stomach trouble and
dironie constipation. My eondi
tion improved rapidly through
the use of these tab] ts. Since
aking four or five bottles nl
I them mv health has been fine."
The above named company con-1 writes Mrs. dohn Newton. Irving.
ducts three motion picture theat-
res in Seattle, and. according to
the Selig Company, their business
N. Y. Obtainable everywhere.
A. Levy, of Sweetwater, after
lumhua for the
wedding of •
school friend.
Jim Miller, an old
circus man. then
manager of the
old Metropolitan
opera house Co-
lumbus. intro
duced me to
Hoyt.
That evening
in the historic
old hotel I enter
tamed Hoyt and
some acquainances with some comic
"cut ups" for which I had a peculiar
talent I lived then at Zanesville.
Ohio. I was about to leave for home
next day when Hoyt called. To make
a long story short, he put me in his
plav A Hole in »he tJround." He
was in Columbus rehearsing for th«
opening.
I remember that Hoyt was taken
into the Klks lodge in Columbus the
night before we oqpned. Flora Walsh
was Hoyt s leading woman and tie
married Flora on July J.r>. 1&f<7 She
was seventeen on July 24th and Hovt
was twenty-seven on July 26 and thev
selected the day between for the wed-
ding dav Charlie Heed, an old min-
strel man. Fannie Stevens and I were
at the wedding, which occurred at
Charleston. Y
“A Hunch of Keys." Hoyt's first sue
cess was suggested hv Willie Kdowm
who in l^tcr years starred in "Flora
ample: One actor demanded
weekly and got t-If*, another asked for
$.'!'• and got $:52.r»0 Hut outside bust
ness hours, in the cafe or the dini.ig
room. h*. corralled all checks In
business he was . lose, in social lite
unusually liberal.
Flora Walsh, loved by everyone,
died hi Hoston while we were iilaying
“A Texas Steer Hoyt's second wife
Caroline Miskel llovt, died in New
York city, while we were playing A
Day and a Night "
Poor Charles llovt died at Charles-
ton. N H.. in November. 1900 Hnv
ernor Hollins of New Hampshire had
been petitioned to investigate his
case by the ponple who assert-
ed that Hoyt w.is not insane, hut
was being kept in charge for some
ulterior ourpoot I had called upon
‘Watch Me Grow’
I am very sorry I did not have
enough clerks to wait on my trade
last week, but will guarantee that
you will be accommodated from
: now on.
A New Line of Confections.
Fresh Buttered Pop Corn.
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has greatly increased througii visit to bis family and friends in j
liberal use of printer's ink and ] tlie city, returned home Wcdnes-
the presentation of meritorious j day
photoplays. ---
——--- Every Home weeds a Faithful
Posted—Keep Out. Cough and Cold Remedy.
I have charge of the .Joe Uout i When seasons change and colds
pasturo and tin* (Jlober farm and'appear when you first del <-t
will prosecute any one caught -old after sitting next to one win
trespassing in any way on tiies .has mic-Z'd. then it is that ;i trier
places. J. II. TAYLOR. {and tested remedy should be faith!
13-tfd j fully used. “ I never w rote
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PROBLEM EASY
Our years of experience in the grocery business is
worth something to you. The grocery man that uses
good judgement in buying for his customers can give
you better service and better goods than the man who
buys anything that is offered him. We try to keep in
stock what you want at prices that you can pay.
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$65 a bargain . $25
1 stock Vacination out- ,
fit, cost $17.50 will sell if
it for . . $2 50
See Me Quick
Jewel Cunningham
Eighth Street
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The Best Companies
PROMPT SERVICE
Your business *olicited
Mu* Maggie Eharp
Fpstairs m old Fidelity
Credit Cos'Office. Phone
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We are building with an ab-
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designed for the maV " ith ft
few head of stock. This is a
SO TON SILO
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It's a ~i!<> that should he <>n ev-
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(Questions.
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ilma Hoyt never tot a cent hi rov- Hovt previously and knew that he was
ah\ for writing the play not in his light mind I have seen
"A Parlor Match ' was developed r>v him shave himself, in his later years
Hoy: from an old skit called Tie- while wearing a hat and overcoat in
Hook Agent. This -kit tielongeu to *«lto weather H*- was undoubtedly
Evans ,v lloev. The first rcai tinaii losing his mind for several years De
rial success that llovt • i.ji \• i was i,»i'- anvone apple-i:*ted the tact. He
his play A Uae l.ahy. lie mot win
THE JACKSON DAIRY
WILL JACKSON, Proprietor.
Will deliver milk to any part of the city
Good Milk, Good Service, Prompt Deliveries
A Share of Your Patronage Solicited.
Will Jackson
Telephone-Rural 5903
HAULING WANTED
I am prepared to handle oat hauling, cotton seed,
gravel, inaize or household moving or hauling of any
kind on quick notice. Call on
W. C. SMITH OR TELEPHONE NO. 192
ten a piece called Ce/.eha. founded
on a mythical patent medicine. it
was nevhr produced right and it i>e-
#carne the theme for th< last pla\ Hoy*
ever wrote. "A Dog in ;i Manger
In lhM Hoyt wrote A t ase of
Wine.' which was pldv« d in Ti-Cas i»\
('ll.tiles Hishop "A Case ot Wine
later proved the foundation tor Hovt s
plav A Texas Steer." recently tilncd
with greai success by the Selig Poly-
scope company.
While we were playing "\ Hole m
the Ground.' opening September it,
18*7, in the Fourteenth Street theater.
New York city (my !i 1 si app'-ai-mce
m New York cily as an acton iloyt
started writing "A Midnight Heit,'
which w;-s lirsi pmduccd in I-risco nv
L H Stockwell in his stin k company.
Hoyt saw its possibilities and then
produced it in the East.
Charles Hoyt had a way of writ«iu
about lus players personality and it
was while "A Hole in the Ground
was on the boards .hat he wrote A
Hrass Monkey a*id put me in to do
the song "Hazzle Daz-le 1 he writer
of this song. Win. Barton was so
pleased that he mad- me a present of
the song The Wild Man ot Borneo,
which we did in A i'’:is.- MmiUe\
Hoyt always produced his pie* e«
lor two weeks m tne spring around
New England, then remained lot a
week in Jersey Cit\. then closed toi
the summer, almost reud\ to pio0u<<
the piece without change in the lall
Any alterations in the plot he would
make in the summer months
Hoyt lias an unusual method ot de
veioping his plays He would begin
by telling his intimate trieuds about
had a horror ol Hie heur de lis. Did
he sp> the device at any time or
place he would b<a hasty retreat
ll<- could be very sarcastic at times.
Hoyt h; I a gi<-at fund of stories and
his f.iimoi was wonderful. Everything
seem <1 to strike lus funny side. Even
the names ot nis characters were
studies in true humor.
A Trip to Chinatown" was Hovt s
first failure. H tailed to make anv
mmic\ on its | i clnuinary presenta
tion. Hovt took the sliovs io New
Y(ft k city, engaged the Madison
Sq ia:♦ Gard* n put in a good cast and
it went over and «as the biggest hit
*e ever had Society had never Seen
hai class ol stufl in those days
There is no case on record where
Hoyt evei wrote a play tor a star lie
didn ’ like to write tot people he li i
not know well He started Black
Sheep tor William Hats and yynu
reluctance Before th<- contracts were
signed there v\as a nitcti anu Hoyt
tore up the contract Then ne sene
for me. He told McKee in my pres
em • that lie would rather writ* the
pla> around my personality A
Black Sheep was a great success
"A Contented Woman w-as written
tor Ins wife It iv as up-todate today
as it was veers ago. lor it deals with
suit i ag*-i tcs. You have perhaps no
Heed that all ol the Hovt s comedies
start with A It was lust another
o"e ot his peculiarities.
it is worthy ot notice that one oi
the Hoyt plays A Black ish^cp. in
which I achieved on*- ot m> fngges: j
hi*s as an actor is i<> lie released «h j
a Selig U«d Seal Hlav Little u:d l
helieve wh'*n acting in this comedy
tha- I would again appear in th^- pro-
duetton as a motion picture star.
There is a Difference In
Light Globes.
Cheap globes use more current to make the ApA
same light. We handle the highest grade glob- ^V.
es on the market because thev are more effic i-
ent, and make your light bill less. The best is ^tl
the cheapest. Is your house wired?
Phone 15 ^
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L. B. Stubbs
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Sledge, A. W. The Daily Ledger. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 10, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 27, 1915, newspaper, October 27, 1915; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1138282/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.