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PAGE SIXTEEN T H E WATCHMAN THURSDAY, JULY U , 1938 Y O U R M A I N S T I I E E T A N D M I N E By AL TRAHERN Siiyville’s IMlly Cook was a little tot when liis mother use«l to take him to the oltl Sayville opera hotise sm Xq po.iy KTiA\ .i 9 qi 0 i[A\ ; 0 q s lojsjd tJ JO punoB 9 q ^ 111 lO J i u o o p u o X o q iuua.iOB pinoAV ;iiq suiii.ip clT?.f) ai|; JO puoj Xj -ITJloaclse STJM puu o I B n tu unsaqojo oqi pa>!II • B X TJ 1 (I ujaqtjj eqj ees o? jqSju Xtjp.i»i;BS favorite t r a p drummer George White as the orchestra rendered \A Hunt In The Black Forest,” or whether the shot was fired by the comedian just for fun or by the vlllian who shot to kill, it was all the same to Billy Cook — he just didn’t care for pistol shots and would scream until his mother took him from the theatre. Billy’s mother explained to the manager In the box office that it would be a great disappointment to miss a Trahern play—that she had never missed one, but she just couldn’t come to the show any more without Billy. Billy and his mother occupied the same seat for the balance of the season for the manager rehearsed the actors and knew exactly when they were going to shoot. Just be fore a shot was to be fired the Tra hern play manager would slip down the aisle about four speeches ahead of the pistol shot cue and tap Billy’s mother on the shoulder — she us ually reached the front door of the old Sayvllle opera house with Billy just as the shot was fired on the stage, then Billy was returned to his' aisle seat in the second row near the drums. * « * T’atchogue’s popular Ann Brisqoe, wife of the genial exalted ruler Jack Briscoe, used to be little miss Ann Kane about the time master Billy Cook was having such a time •with pistol shots over in Sayvllle, but it wasn’t pistol shots that 1 )othered little miss Kane—no sir ree — it was the Trahern actors. Little miss Kane’s folks operated Kane’s Model bakery on south Ocean avenue and her mother liked to have her play around In the bakery shop because she was a cute little cuss and a big fav'orite with tlie customers who predicted that little Ann would be a grerft actress some day because she always wait ed In the front door so she could- watch the actors pass the bakery shop every Thursday morning on their way from the ten o’clock tniin to the hotels on Main street so she could wave to them. One day she followed the actors to (Mnnocclo’s corner and was re turned to her mother In the bakery shop by DeI''orest F. Dawley, little miss Wane's favorite actor because he used to wave back to her from across the street. Mrs. Jack Briscoe will tell you herself that when the Trahcin actors passed the bakery shop every Thursday morning after she liad “rnnned away,\ little miss Ann K’anc* was securely tied to the end (if a long rope that stopped her iil>ruj)l!y at the front door of the baker>' shop so she I'oultiii’t \run away.\ with the ai t(»rs any more. lla n i c .Xugent built Wcsthanip- ton's llist theatre later to be des- tro>’»il li.\ the. Ill' was Ills own uiaiiayer, janitor, ticket taker and tilten nperatcMi tlie picture luacli- in«s. At line time lu' ‘‘riirued up\ a siiimti <le\ice of hiw own witli ilie .■lid of a lo' al in\ej>tor. Wiien the j State pollee ordered regulation | A'eulllators ovi'r all theatre sta-.ies , XuKi'tit installed a vi-niilator of his ; own making ov<-r his Westlianipton ^ tiieaii-o tli.'it ii:i.-^s('d inspection at | the selection ol' aii\ rale lie was not stopi)ed from county eoniniitie presenting live actors on his stage. ll.irri(‘ .\iigent’.>- little six-year-old ttun drts.'^eil in a cowboy (nittU al- ino.st stoi>ped the show tme night wlien lu' s.tt in thi‘ first row and Ih'ed his cap plsiol at the actors on the sla^e. When his lather was uskcd to take the pistol uwuy from junior until after the show Harrle said It would be a shame to take the pistol away from Junior because he was so fond of firearms. * * * Hiverhead’s Eddie Carter and ace ticket taker of the yester-years has probably witnessed m o r e stage plays and greeted mor^ playgoers at the main entrance than any other man in eastern Suffolk. In his ticket tak<|)g days Eddie not only greeted each customer by his or her first name as they entered but he would also enquire: ‘‘How’s all the folks?” then after the show he would greet the same customers while on their way out witk: “How ju’ like the show?” One night dur ing a mystery play when children and women all screamed at the spooks in the darkness, Eddie did not wait until the show was over ,to ask three old ladies how they liked the show, but just as the lights came on after the spookey act was over Eddie leaned over the three old ladies in the last row and started to say: \How’ju like the show?”—at the sound of his voice behind them all three screamed at the same time—the audience turned to see Eddie Carter leaning over the screaming women siill wonder ing tiow they liked the show. * « * Whether on Broadway or in the sticks the actors who appear back of the footlights usually are thrilled when they know there are other actors in front of the same foot lights to watch them act. The effect on each actor is different; one ac tor will Immediately become Im portant and try to show off for the special benefit of the visiting thes- plans: another will suffer from an acute attack of stage fright; an other will become self conscious while others are over anxious to make an individual hit for them selves and generally make embar rassing blunders. ♦ ♦ ♦ I'Mfteen years ago a group of stage celebrities were seated near the footlights in the old (Jreenport auditorium theatre to w'atch the Trahern stock company stars act in the classical comedy ‘‘It Pays To .\dvertise.” Prominent in the group were: Charlotte Walker, Marion Bent, Charles Lane, Eugene Wal ters, Senator Ford, Pat Rooney the 2nd; Pat Hooney the 3rd, and Wil ton Lackaye with four Ziegfeld Follies stars. The Trahern dramatic stars got off to a perfect start un til Fred Hargraves said ‘‘round tick trlppet,” when he intended to say round trip ticket — Alma Chester was over anxious when she started to .say humane man and sputtered “hu man mane” instead. Hal Hut chinson, DeForest Dawley. Julien Bart(jn and Stewart Kemp were ti’ying to show off in a big way and bumped into eai>h other with em barrassing results, (iladys Mann was self conscious because Wilton Lackaye kept his eyes on her new stage shoes during the entire first act. Incidentally, W'llton Lackaye was .so nervous (?) when he had to buy tickets he “put down\ a $ 2 . 0 0 - 1)111 in payment for five 75-cent tickets. When advised of the (>rror lie paid the difforence in silver and the two dollar bill was lorn in hall and tossc'd to the box olflce lloor as is the fate of all two dollar bills in ;> liox olt 1 i-e—tliey’re hard luck to a showma n. Seeks Democratic Leadership Itobert (Jihnore. Democratic le.iilei- of the ’I’own of Hahylon, ha.- aiiMoiiMC(‘d his intention of becom- Ing a caniiidate for leadershiji of (hi‘ i>‘.rty in .‘^iiffolk (’ouiity. lie ha.s alreaily bef'un a (!ampalgn for nieniin'rs of the fiivorahle to liis candidacy. These committeemen will be ek>ct- ed at thi> priniarle .4 to be h(*ld in September. 'I'he iiresent Democratii leader in the <-ounty Is I'harles 11 . Sullivan, but considerable di.ssen- tlon has developed ail over the ijuiiniy against liis leadership. THE OLDEST WINDMILL WAS ERECTED BY A GOULD ANCESTOR (Continued from Page 9) working order to thi.s day, and rc- (tuire but a few hours time to get them readV to turn the big mill- .stones and begin grinding i.<i they did In days of yore. These old mills are famed In story and rhyme, and no Tlsltor ever motors through the Hamptons but stops and gaze.<) with Inspired thought of the simple life of those hardy old settlers of long ago. The owners of the old windmills, as a rule, are glad to permit an inspec tion of the Interior of the structure, which Is most interesting to anyone with a love for the anthpies of >e,steryear. S P E C I A L S DRUGS and TOILETRIES 1.50 ARGOROL 250 CARS AN HOUR An observer In Southold last Fri day evening took the time to count the number of cars passing his home in two hours’ time. His cen sus showed over 500 machines pass ing in that space of time, which clearly demonstrates the large vol ume of traffic passing over the main highway on the holiday week end. Despite this huge amount of automobile tiafRc but very few ac cidents occurred and none of a serious nature. F u l l p i n t 'P j u / v d u i Rubung Alcohol I? ^ 1 Be»l for . h % e k o f / O J a y m P i l c S u p p o s i t o f i e j ^ 1 W Soothe*. 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