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Show Miss Phoebe3 Sweethoart. Phoebe Davis's Philadelphia sweetheart sweet-heart threatens to become troublesome. When he began paying the actress marked atentlon he was a mite of a newsboy, but he has grown, and grown rapidly, while his devotion has continued con-tinued of unfailing quality. One night, come years ago, a tins-chap, tins-chap, thin and ill clothed, approached Miss Davis ono night after a performance perform-ance at the Chestnut Street theater and asked hei to purchase his wares. Miss Davis bought two or three copies of the local Journals and gave the young merchant a dime. Every evening thereafter there-after during the engagement he appeared ap-peared at the stage door with his bundle, and every evening he received the sarrte compensation. When the actress ac-tress returned to Philadelphia in "Way Down East" a year later, she found the lad waiting for her at the accustomed place, and, having made his sale he accompanied ac-companied her and Teddy Roosevelt, the dog, to their hotel. Nightly he continued con-tinued this escort duty, which Is resumed re-sumed whenever Miss Davis Is In Philadelphia. Phila-delphia. He never falls to learn of her arrival, nor to be on hand promptly. An expert press agent might round out the tale beautifully by the proper utilization utili-zation of a death bed and a tiny mound visited regularly by the object of the boy's'devotlon, but tho press agent evidently evi-dently has had no hand In this anecdote. Miss Davis says that the youngster Is growing Into manhood, and that there soon will come a time at which his attentions at-tentions are likely to provoke comment. |