Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1910 — A Man of Ports. [ARTICLE]

A Man of Ports.

The subject of getting into a theater on one’s professional card came up between Mr. Bransby Williams, a tamons Impersonator of Dickens' char-

acters, and a veteran actor of tha old school, called Jim Pymer. Mr. Williams said, as he has recorded in his book entitled “An Actor’s Story,” that when he had left his cards behind, as frequently happened, and was asked his name, he simply said, “Bransby Williams, working at so-and-so.” "My boy,” said- the old actor, "I never waste words. I give them my card, and if they don’t want to let me in I bow myself out with as much dignity as my status will allow.” With this he held out one of hla cards. Mr. Williams took it and read: Jim Pymer. Comedian, Glee Singer, Comic Singer, Patter, Vocalist, Shakespearean Jester, Clown and Comic Singer, Author, Agent in Advance. Ring Master, Stage Master, Ballet Master, Chairman, Lecturer, Foreman of Bill Posters, Bill Inspector, Licensee and Manager, Licensed Victualler, Treasurer, Petty Cash Manipulator, and now at the Tivoli Theater of Varieties, Peter Street, Manchester. Will you kindly pass me to see the Entertainment? Yours respectfully, Jim Pymer.