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Show Edwin Booth's Joke Edwin- Bootii. usually described as t the-most serious and' unbending of. pla3'ers, w:ih, according to Miirrv ! Woods, fond of his " occasional .ioke. ) Mr. Woods lolls this storv as follows: "Jl- was back in the '70 's, when ! was callboy of the old California theater, thea-ter, in San Francisco, that the incident took place. Mr. Booth was then playing play-ing a ir.i-star- engagement in conjunction conjunc-tion with John McCiilIongh and Thorn- ' as W. Keone. 'Julius Caesar' was the piece, - and tho throe stars alternated!! in the parts of "Brutus. Cassius, and j Mark Antony, while Henry Edwards Assumed 'the role of Julius Caesar. The : latter took himself with great seriousness, serious-ness, and Booth and McCullough ru- solved to put up a tab on him. ? j "On Saturday nmtineo. with Kecne' as Cassius, Caesar was mouthing with enormous self-importance I ho line in . the first act, ' Let me have 1110 11 about , 1110 that are fat!' when William A. Mostayor. who weighed 210 pounds, and C. It. Bishop, who, though shorter. , lipped the scale at l'2u, came down on each side of Kdwards, and taking his t hands and kneeling, exclaimed: "'Most high and mighty Cac3ar, aro ; wo fat enough?' , "Edwards was paralyzed with aston ishinont. There was silence for a mo- mcnt, ihcn the audience, taking in tho situation, burst into u mighty roar of j laughter which made it impossible for j Caesar to continue, and he rushed off j the stage, followed by his entire train. Booth and McCullougli joining hearli- I ly in the mirth.' ' j |