Show A REVISED VERSION I Bornliardts Adipose Suggests a Now Rendering i dering 1 I The intelligence that Bernhardt is growing stout has attracted its share of attention and has suggested probabilities probabil-ities for the arranger and adapter that should make him glow with satisfaction Mr Augustin Daly hasnt had a more brilliant opportunity in years The ending end-ing of the play could be fixed up something some-thing like this Enter Armand Camllle Armandl You are come but it is too late I Armand Oh Camille you must not speak of death Think of the vista of hope that the Koch lymph opened for you I Camille Helas It was the lymph that alsalt les affaires Society French for did the bus j ness Let tic world remember my sufferings and lorget my faults I Armand Camille but you must live for mo i i You cannot be on the verge of your demise I Honestly Camille you dont look it Camille Little do you know of the real truth Listen Caring nothing for my fate I became a confirmed victimof the lymph habit Look at me Am I not robust Ah I am far from acing a consumptive I Armand murmurs something in broken English En-glish that the audience cannot understand CamilleHere take this lymph can It will be a souvenir when 1 am gone At this point there are several paths I which may be taken by the dramatist Camille may be made a glittering advertisement adver-tisement for an antifat company and everybody live happy afterward she may expire in an apoplectic attack I mangling the curtains with her teeth and raising dust from the furniture amid great applause Or she might be allowed to go on with the lymph until she gets to be fat lady in a dime museum whither Armand in his devotion follows her as the tattooed man There are an indefinite number of possible endings any of which might be made effective by a good hand at adapting Washington Post |