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Show THE AUTHOR OF " SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER." Francis Wilson, the comedian, says: that many years ago when he was a member of a company playing "She Stoops to Conquer," a man without any money, wishing to sec the show, stepped up to the box-office in a small town and said: "Pass me in, please." The box-office man gave a loud. . harsh laugh. " Pass you in? What for? " he asked. The applicant drew himself up ana answered haughtily: "What for? Why, because I am Oliver Goldsmith, author of the play." "Oh, I beg your pardon, sir," replied re-plied the box-office man, as he hurriedly hur-riedly wrote out an order for a box. Ladies' Home Journal iB |