Show DOWN AND OUTER TELLS STORY L I Thought He Could A Act Act- but t but Couldn't J I HARD TALE WINS A HANDOUT One half of oC the orld kno know I I how ow the other halt haU the they 1 From Frn the millionaire to tho hod rr c. carrier er Is a along long way But from the tho hod c carrier plane pIan to thc tho bottom ta of oC the sand tenanted b by the ha has been beens 1 11 a longer jump But the derelict always alwn's hu h a 1 true story or not notI I ven salt Lake has Its quota of oC driftwood Over In the west end of oC the city one about the lunch may set see them lounging rooms rooms-or saloons A A. TELEGRAM l T r- potter wandered down that wa way Iut night For sakes fl b buy a chap a sand tand Ich will yoU ou The Tho request came from a fellow who held a bit of the air of n a gentleman about him 1101 lie Ho got ot the sandwich and heres here's his story Ye We were vere talking about amateur theAt- theAt Dont talk about that junk to me I landed here he heId said Id how Then the tale came out I H dy folks ived In a little HUle New ew England town Id I'd been beit given Iven n a Job In Inthe inthe the bank and andas was as buzzin around somo 0 In society And our town w was smitten with the amateur theatrical craze OC o cours' cours I landed a rood put part and tel Later we gave K an- an Wf we put lUt on the pIa play other and I played the lead That was the tho beginning of my end ond The home hometown town japer gave Il 0 us a column And I liP IP mOSt mOlt or of that According to th dramatic critic of C- C RIchard Mansfield was w a dub duh compared with me mc Id I'd been thinking the tho same m myself elt anti the old folks agreed with me mc So I went vent to New cw YorkI York and ami I L carried the clippings cUpping'S with me Then a manager man man- they theyne gave n e me mc a tryout ager broke rn tny heart Why 11 you ou poor said ht he ou cant nt act any moren tile convince con But that didn't n a cow again and amI again I worked And I tried volunteered for or Rr e amateur am i ns as super N. N J. J to pl play froth from Yonkers and I camped on the trail tr of oC the tars stars begged beg ed them to tell me Inc what wh was the I alwn c with me But It was the same Thc They agreed Id I'd make o a l good doIn doin do- do had hod carrier but said I was In as n an ornament to the theatrical profession proCession nut But I couldn't go 0 bad to the old folks and I ws n failure So until two years eus ago ngo I kept kelt at It starving and working tr tring Ing to make good gOl Then dad died That put a crimp In mo me for lie he was a fine Cine old man Hut But forthe for Cor Corthe the sake of oC his memory and for Cor mother I kept kelt on But ButI 1 couldn't act I tried the movie but It ivas the same Then mother died and I gave e a up And nd I haven't ambition enough left meal Im I'm not a for a to bent beat a carpet Co boozer nor even evell a has h been Im I'm just justa I wa pot a sort of oC never ne think Omar calls It Much tuch obliged for Nl oats tt |