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Show DOFFING HATS RUSSIAN HABIT BlacK Face Artist at the Or-phenm Or-phenm Tells of Experiences Experi-ences in Neglected Custom Cus-tom of Respect to Czar. "What hope is there for poor old Russia unless some William Tell comes forward to save the country from-the perils of the hat-doffing habit!" remarked re-marked "Blllv" Castle of Castle and Collins, the black-face team at the Or-phenm Or-phenm this week. "far, I never saw such people to uncover un-cover their heads. They do it on all occasions and then throw in a few extras. ex-tras. I never will forget when we were iii Bussia a couple of years ago.. Wo were in Moscow, and I wanted to mail a package. I did not know anything about, their customs of removing their hats when in a Government, building, and consequentlv wore mine." Cries of 'Take off that hat!' echoed from every part of the building, but not being con-ersant con-ersant with the language, I paid no attention to it until a guard knocked mv derby to the floor. "Thev take off their Hta as a mark of respect for the Czar, 'the Little Father,' Fa-ther,' and it was an insu!t to wear jour lid." . , I managed in some way to insult 'the Little Father' most very lay, but I doubled up that time. I continued on rev journey to the stamp window and rait on one stamp too many. The clerk behind the window called my attention to it, and I jokinglv said for him to keep it and luv a drink. It made him aaf because I insulted tbs Czar. "That country is the limit. Xone of it in mine.!' |