t got Cottage
No. 4, but I've got Cell No. 3 on the stage of the Empire Theater,
where I am passing the summer months.

_Even Frohman's cablegrams reflected his humor. In 1913 Billie Burke was
ill at Carlsbad, so he cabled her some cheering message nearly every
day. Here is a sample:_

Drove past your house to-day and ran over a dog. Your brother
glared at me.

_When Blanche Bates's first baby was born (she was at her country house
near Ossining at the time), Frohman sent her this message:_

Ossining has now taken its real place among the communities of the
country. Congratulations.

_To Alfred Sutro, January, 1913:_

I was glad to hear from you. First let me strongly advise you to
take the comedy side for the Alexander play. I honestly believe,
unless it is something enormous, and for big stars and all that,
the other side is no good any more. For the present, anyway, I
speak of my own country. The usual serious difficulties between a
husband and wife of that class--really they laugh at here now,
instead of touching their emotions. They have gone along so
rapidly. Take my advice in this matter, do! I am glad you have
dropped that scene from the third act of your Du Maurier play.

Now that I am back to town I intended writing you about it. I
assure you I had a jolly good time for the first two acts of that
farce, and I can see Gerald Du Maurier all through it. The third
act worries me for this country, as I wrote you. But the
performance may change all this. It is so difficult to judge
farcical work where it is so thoroughly English in its scene that I
speak of to get any idea from the reading of it for this country.
Everything is going along splendidly.

_To Haddon Chambers, March, 1913:_

I propose, and the troupes dispose! We had a lot of floods and
things here which keep us on the move, or keep our troupes moving
so much that I am compelled to postpone my sailing until April 12th
on the _Olympic_, which makes it just a little later when I have
the joy of seeing you. My best regards.

_To Richard Harding Davis, July, 1913:_

All right, we'll fix the title. I am glad they are asking about it.
About people, they all seem to want Collier salaries. As you have
chiefly character parts, and they are so good, I think it would be
a good idea for us to cr