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Show a painted piece of lemlhcr. Richard M mi field ii id to be the only tor who niei rl chsmpsgoe on the itte. The ethers aie fekei, eucii m dilated Rhine wine witb bicarbonate of aoda. ; v EATING ON STAGE SERIOUS WORK Actors nowsdx not hTe to dine be-fore be-fore performeneee. for slmoat erery pUJ .'" r them the opportunity to eat and dnna 4he stage. It would aeem that the the; .t f a! truat i Pym aalanea and loona toictor. - - t . . ,v . The restaur act men, who appear to be the chief loaere. are not mourning howTrV.In aight of the performs eatin snd drin" creates appetites In the audience, snd dmes thera to after theater luncheon. There may be ome kicks smonf the ars-neptica ars-neptica at th sifht of continual feaata on the atare, snd the poor performer who eaa TKt afford to bey fd jnuat suffer excruciat-iaaJ excruciat-iaaJ fxeia aetiuf the saws fs BsJts aad matineea. Realiam In most eases demands that the actor really eat, snd many ingen ion plana have been executed to make it poaaible for the performer to eat and enunciate enun-ciate clearly st the aame time. In tbe "Girl from the Golden West" the girl snd her bandit ban-dit really conanme "a leming turnorer" snd s "charlotte rnak" st erery performance. ! but many actor fake the food. In "The Duke of Killierankie," where the actor talk all through breakfaat, the diahes were made of apon sugar, browned, that appeared real, but melted ae aooa a placed in the mouth, to tbe performer could maaticate snd talk sail. One night s practical joker anbsti tuted the tougheat and stickiest caramels he eould find snd cam aear breaking up the performance. per-formance. James A, Hern, s stickler for realism, served the moat realiatie and appalling of stsg meail and thea played erery night 1 i snd sometimes four matinees a week. At the famous marriage annirersary dinner the actor ac-tor ste real turkey, cranberry sauce, celery, mashed potatoea and pumpkin piea until they dodged ThankigWing feast and (ought eorned beef. One actor, notoriously improvl. dent, wrote: "Three turkey winter, two corned beef cummer, and so relief in aight." Sponge eake, extremely light an.d molded snd colored like roast or fowl, ia a farorife etage trick, snd sliced . banana sr the saviors of tbe property man called up to cater for stag feaatera. ' Once when Ward, Kidder and James were doing "Macbeth," a green property man Barred the banquet and put a dosen banana, whole, in a fruit dish in the center of the table. Eren Ban quo's ghost grinned at the eight of the actor ac-tor trying to set while peeling snd eating the bananas. Sometime tbes stag loaohsoBS are god ' sends to hungry supers. The property man with "The Girl with the Green Eyes" recently re-cently . discovered that two half-atarred chorus girls had been feasting off the sandwiches sand-wiches to be served. One an entire company landed In Wichita, Wichi-ta, Kan., oa a train juat in time to rush to tbe theater without eating, but feeling thankful thank-ful that the big corned beef and cabbage feast erred In the first act the aame which they had deteated all the year would stay their appetttee until the performance was orer. That night "props'' served a feast of leather and cotton batting. There is graft - in atare food and the property man who serves the meals ean make liberal "rakeofT." When Forbea Robertson Robert-son wss presenting "Caste" a alice of ham waa uaed, snd every night there was sa ex penae item, "harm 10c" until late in the tsaaea soma cos diaoovared that the ham was ' - 1 - J |