Show The Mockery of the Stage Stae Meal i You Tort folks who no to to the tho theater fre tre frequently me did you OU over ever consider stage meals asked the who Is well versed cr ed In matters histrionic they are far tar from being the tho least Interesting feature of at the performance antI and quite often they the attract more attention than titan the star himself Except I In a n few tew Instances in instances stances provided by such real turkey RII ns shorN orl Acres AC tI the tho stage mealhas meal mealhas has hns trailed a long way wn back of ot other theatrical features Scenery limit been Improved and made more realistic cos costumes cosy tunes have beep regulated re so 80 that pint they the theare are worn noting Itself has hns kept apace with lIh the onward march bt General progress I ress mess but the stage atlle meal has hns stuck tuck For years cars It has hus maintained a monotonous level leel of at Imperfection and finally I 1 haVo hato given up hope that It will ever reform re reform form torm The stage meal Is the same Bame whether the hour be that drat of or breakfast luncheon dinner or supper If It your our teat seat Is In the orchestra and the stage stace Is far above you OU the meal count for lor much because you OU cannot see the awful waste weste that the tho table but should your sent seat be further back or In the te balcony the weird conglomeration of ot stage food tood then becomes altogether too apparent to the eye The fhe stage steal meal Is the lie same Fame whether It Is being served In Ina Inn inn n a tenement such ns as William II H Crane lives hives In before his fortune Is restored h In the lie last net or whether It Is spread In over oer the dressed parlor scene sene of ot the refitted refined vaudeville sketch The Ingred Ingredients tents lents seldom differ only the dishes are changed while flowers cover a large largo plot of ot Doubtless you rou have hav often otten observed the vaudeville meal I 1 mean the kind of at spread which Is sot set out when the tho soubrette In short skirts trips In and trills I am a young man I have a nice him Yes Indeed we w have all ail seen that lint lunch It fairly makes our mouths months water There Is a n tall dish for tor celery with celery celer In It t Celery Is always go gOIN for tor comic business such as nil fanning the girl when she fihe faints or dusting ones ailes I shoes Well ell as I J was ns saying there Is celery celer and nn 1 lots of ot It dl In the tall dish There Thom are lire several l rosy roey apples an nn I orange or two a n squad of ot tolls toils and perhaps a coffee correO pot If It the play pIa Is very realistic there may be coffee In III Inthe inthe the pot but If It not tiny nay firing Bring In Ina Ina ina a stage stase hand halll in a dress suit salt tan shoes sloes first giving him Inn what like tike a champagne bottle with water r inside and 1111 1 the delightful 1 t tul Illusion Is complete I 1 saw save a meal like hike that the other after afternoon afternoon noon on the stage and alter after the male members of ot the sketch team hind had taken about three bites hlll and out the coffee because It burned him very tin fun funny ny he rose rail u up nail said with a n smile mlle There I 1 feel teel as ns If It I cat eat an another another another other for tor a week Well 1 suppose sup SliP suppose pose lose many ninny n a time hue he had the chance being n a veteran actor The vaudeville meal Is not the only sparsely lr settled stage Blago I 1 have seen lIeen John Drew after telling the audi audience ence once how hungry he ire was In one way or another for tor ten len minutes sit down amid beautiful scenery to an nn empt empty chafing dl dish h and anllo a bottle of at real wine I 1 have always envied the actor who could have real wine and consider It n a amark mark of ot prosperity In the show that provides It Still wine without food tood Is at times Injurious particularly when you OU see a n couple of ot characters In n a society drama pour It Into Inlo them for tor breakfast Eagle I On the lie Contrary Chicago Man To Tobe Tobe Tobe be perfectly candid politics are rotten with Us liS and I suppose they arc ale with you OU Boston nOlton Man lInn On the thu contrary poll poli politics tics Is rotten with us Puck Why Why Is It folks sit alt this way IY In InThe InThe inThe The car we males While In the car w WI we catch at last W Press Those Unnecessary Questions Question Cheerful Idiot th the purpose of ot hose hope letter leller soaks scales Postal Clerk wearily We Ve use em to weigh welsh our words on so IO ns fiR not lot to ask foolish questions Next Harvard Lampoon 1 What would you OU do It If you had n a mil million million million lion dollars 7 sold said one plain every everyday day da man anat Oh 01 replied the other I f Id put In most of ot my III time line earn com comparing paring myself with one who aho had hada hadn a n billion MIllon and feel tell discontented Washington Star |