Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1915 — CAP and BELLS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CAP and BELLS

FLASH OF THE LACKAYE WIT Admitted 3teele Mackaye Has Been Acknowledged Master of Dramatic Art for Twenty Years. Thirty years ago, when Wilton Lackaye first went upon the stage, he was rehearsing a part in “Paul Kauvar,” under the direction of the author, Steele Mackaye, who, while admittedly a capable stage manager, was regarded as old-fashioned by the moderns. During rehearsal Lackaye and Mackaye had a slight difference as to how a certain part should be acted. “Do you argue with me?” Mackaye demanded' with magisterial severity. “I have been an acknowledged master of the dramatic art for twenty years.” “Yes,” Lackaye retorted, “but not this twenty.”