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Show Be Was Paid to Piny aud Flayed. A long while ago a comic opera called "Pippins" "Pip-pins" was produced at John Stetson's theatre in Boston. A young man was hired to go on the stage in white fur and caper around and miaouw like a cat for some ten minutes. The first night the cat act did not soem to please the audience, and Stetson ordered it done away with. The young man demanded a week's salary, however, saying that he had been engaged ioi- a full week. . r. "Very well," said Stetsou, "come around every night, then, and earn it." The young man appeared the next night and stayed through tho performance without being called upon to go on. After it wat over he turned to go, but Stetson stopped him. "Get into your costume aud give your performance," per-formance," said the manager. - "But the performance is over." ''Never mind the rest of the show; I'm paying you to act your port and you've got to do it." And every night for tho rest of the week the, young man had to caper and miaouw foi ten minutes with Stetson for sole auditor, oi with a group of stage bands, whom Stetson ordered to watch him, looking on aud guy tog. . |