Show NEARLY A PANIC Actors Rehearsing a Play Canso Excite mont In a Chicago Hotel There came near being a panic in the reading room of the Great Northern the other day Archie Boyd the actor who used to plaYDen Thompsons part in Tho Old Homestead and who tarrod last season in a new play of his own called The Country Squire II was here some weeks ago to consult Con T Murphy Mur-phy the playwright as to alterations in this play Ho wanted a new second act and after talking matters over with Murphy he left the latter hard at work on his manuscript at his Lake Bluff home One day last week ho wired Murphy that ho would meet him at the Great Northern at a certain time and read over the altered play with him The author was on hand at the appointee time and so was the star Together they repaired to the reading room and set about their task Mr Murphy read quietly until his enthusiasm overcame him Then ho threw caution to the winds and exclaimed My God you have stolen my child 1 A guest from Oregon Ills looked up from a letter ho was writing to the folks and then he edged uneasily toward to-ward the end of the table Tis false II roared Boyd I am no kidnaper You lie I exclaimed Murphy in loud tones throwing the manuscript aside and tho man from Oregon started for the door while a commercial man from Toledo leaned back in his chair to see it out Tho author and star had shifted to a quiet love scene when Landlord Eden came in at the request of the Oregon man to see what tho trouble was When ho told the latter what was up he apologized apol-ogized profusely and wanted to buy pop for tho party When Boyd plays in Oregon tho stranger will be in the audience au-dience Chicago Times |