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Show An actress who has toured in England Eng-land told me a tale that I thought interesting. in-teresting. She said: "In a play produced in the provinces there is a scene in which the hero strikes the villain, who slinks away without seeking to defend himself. "One night in a large manufacturing town the young fellow who played the deep dyed scoundrel remarked to the leading man before the curtain roses " 'I say, old chap, I've got my fiancee out in front tonight with her fathered mother. Now, of course they don't know anything about our business, and I'm afraid it would rather hurt me with ' them if I received a blow and got away in the usual cowardly fashion. So, deai old chap, can't you omit the blow tonight?' to-night?' " 'But, my boy, the management will fine me 2 shillings. ' " 'WelL I'll pay the fine.' " 'Oh, yes, that's all very well for you. But what do I get out of it? Nothing Noth-ing but a bad name with the powers that ba ' " 'Oh, well, I'll give you 2 shillings extra, or, better yet, you hit me as usu al, and I'll hit back! They'll fine me, not you, and I'll give you the 2 shillings shil-lings besides. You see how I'm situated. situat-ed. I shouldn't like the girl to mix me up with the character I play. Outsiders are so funny that way. ' , . VSo the compact was made, and that I night when the hero cried, 'Sir Daniel Deepwater' or something of that sort 'base offspring of a noble race, take that P Sir Daniel not only 'took that,' but gave it back with such force that 'the pit rose at him,' including his relatives to be by marriage, and he walked off the stage in triumph. "I am sorry to add he lost his situation, situa-tion, -but he gained his point" New York Recorder. |