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Evening Post June 22

Charles Warren and his talented little
wife, Marguerite Fish, who used to be known as
"Baby Benson," are playing an engagement here
at Engel's Pavilion and will soon go back to the
music halls of Europe, where they are great
favorites and where they are known as "The
Modest Americans." They were in London at
the same time Buffalo Bill's Wild West was there
and Mr. Warren remembers some amusing incidents
in connection with the English tour of
Colonel Cody's redskins and cowboys. On one
occasion a writer for a London illustrated paper
visited the big show to get information for a
special article. He was taken in hand by Colonel
Cody's partner, Colonel Nate Salsbury, who
showed him through the camp and introduced
him to the redskins, the cowboys, Colonel Cody,
Major Burke and other celebrities. Finally the
writer said: "And now. Mr. Salsbury,
I want to meet this Buffalo Bill." Salsbury
looked at Cody and Cody fled. "There is
no such man, my friend," said Salsbury. "He is
a creature of the imagination and exists only on
the posters." And the Englishman said, "Bless
me!" Another time Mr. Warren and his wife
were playing in a theatre near the Wil West
grounds and the Indians were brought over to
see the show. They seemed to enjoy the
specialties and they remained after the performance
to hear a rehearsal of "The Pirates of
Penzance," by "local talent." The awful wails
of the amateur prima donna disconcerted them
visibly, and when the leader ordered her to "try
the solo again" the redskins arose as one man
and stalked majestically toward the exit. "Hold
on," cried Major Burke, in an undertone, pulling
the blanket of the chief. "Ugh!" grunted the
latter, nodding his head at the prima donna, and
they kept on. Warren says it was one of the best
musical criticisms he ever heard.

Charles Warren and his talented little
wife, Marguerite Fish, who used to be known as
"Baby Benson," are playing an engagement here
at Engel's Pavilion and will soon go back to the
music halls of Europe, where they are great
favorites and where they are known as "The
Modest Americans." They were in London at
the same time Buffalo Bill's Wild West was there
and Mr. Warren remembers some amusing in-
cidents in connection with the English tour of
Colonel Cody's redskins and cowboys. On one
occasion a writer for a London illustrated paper
visited the big show to get information for a
special article. He was taken in hand by Colonel
Cody's partner, Colonel Nate Salsbury, who
showed him through the camp and introduced
him to the redskins, the cowboys, Colonel Cody,
Major Burke and other celebrities. Finally the
writer said: "And now. Mr. Salsbury,
I want to meet this Buffalo Bill." Sals-
bury looked at Cody and Cody fled. "There is
no such man, my friend," said Salsbury. "He is
a creature of the imagination and exists only on
the posters." And the Englishman said, "Bless
me!" Another time Mr. Warren and his wife
were playing in a theatre near the Wil West
grounds and the Indians were brought over to
see the show. They seemed to enjoy the
specialties and they remained after the perform-
ance to hear a rehearsal of "The Pirates of
Penzance," by "local talent." The awful wails
of the amateur prima donna disconcerted them
visibly, and when the leader ordered her to "try
the solo again" the redskins arose as one man
and stalked majestically toward the exit. "Hold
on," cried Major Burke, in an undertone, pulling
the blanket of the chief. "Ugh!" grunted the
latter, nodding his head at the prima donna, and
they kept on. Warren says it was one of the best
musical criticisms he ever heard.