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Show AMUALs 0. THE hTAOE. ADVANTAGES Of DUMIl AM1IAI. ACJUES POINTS I OMAN AC- TOKS jtlGIIT U1ITVTE. Ssreral monthi ao a cow played her part for two weeks in one of tho Chloyo thejtri". AilshehaJtodo was to t.tand still and be miliceJ,and he did that with perfect success; muny Iiuman atto-s do not half so Well; anel could do no more. Lately a company of liorses his been perf Jrmlug at one of the theatres With tho brilliant performance of the cow to spur1 tne-n up and give thLai ambitiou, theseequinebuskiu-wuarers theseequinebuskiu-wuarers hae been ringing out sweet muile frilit bell", adding up figure, and, a the aJve-tistment sdd, "doing very tiling but tali." Of course, they didn't do everything every-thing but talk, but dvertl-eM may or do claim tha sime right to Hcene at poets. The hores didn't indulge in "horseplay," wisely leaving that to certain human actors who can do nothing else. They e-cbe ed, also, many other things in which they areovershadowou ly their human ojnfn.jvsjsuchnssmoklnsciarettes oa the stage, wrltlns; long farewell letters after being stabbed througb the lieart an J having the top of tfm head blown oil", holdingintuu erect Iosition pcoplo Uiat bavu fainted, making Ion,r speeches after baing killed by lightning, and catapulting into one another's arms after the female saj s In a B flat voico Oh, Harry, I have loved you since the day before j esterdny." The horses did nono of these thingx. Let us bo grateful lo them, nndt.onethe less grateful because they abstained on account of sheer inability. For human actors do not alwpys abstain from attempting what is to them imiiossible. If tbey didsime of them would be strangers togreaso-paiut. The cow an! the hordes werq natural, and clothed in utture after the manner of many of the vomen both behind and before be-fore footlights. The stage villain, always wilha hui, black lnustaeho ami always without tho power of repartee, was not with theciulne company. Neither was thu een tenarian sobrettv. nor the eetlast-I eetlast-I ing bore, dry and devoid of w it as a burial iwrm'it, who isdislocated Into tho role of the funny man. The world moves on evolutionary principle. Time out bf mind dsnkeys havo been on the stage, the moru Intelligent being hitched tocarlsand maintaining a dignified 'Quayic silence. The- donkey has usurped the rUigetauj enough, and it is full time that the horse should come in for hl-trionic honors. Hut there are still wveral animals ani-mals that,hae yet to make a first appearance. In some plays much of the actor's nerve forcu Is wntted 'in ttajo laughs. In that South American Urd known as the laughing laugh-ing Jacka nature ha: provided an Instrument thit can do all the stage laughing for a large compiny without with-out straining itjeif in the least. "-Some animals could be U"td to help cut the scenery. What could more im&rove the rural picture than a persimmon tn-e ith n score of 'rtweuuis banging by their ttils to iu traiiohtif' Thp tanS dramas eojld l grealiyiti.pro.e4 b i.n-icg i.n-icg three or four hungry aJUlt alii-gatorc alii-gatorc fi thu company, to cuter Wbeu tho hero and lieroliipara in the water Tills u ouU cause rapid promotion Id thu couipny,and give the sub a chanco. A polar bear or to and a largo Iceberg would add color to the scene. There are many other animals that might be jut on the stage. Thu great advntairo lu dumb nnlma! netors Is ?!mlbey att nttirally. The human actors that pVetend Iq dish on a three hundred word nnlo In two mlnirtes hould go to the animals consider their ways and be wise. Ft. |
