Show tribulations of an understudy city the sorrows of a poor young understudy der study tho speaker was a pretty little lady beyond the early caramel age but not yet graduated from the cli chewing ewin gum A coquettish hat surmounted by a combination banat 0 n of silk and feathers that pierced the innocent I 1 atmosphere a foot or above her head sot set off her smooth zsa fea tuler tui es and sub rub rosa chin to ad vantage advantage A tight fitting suit gave her a jaunty air 1 and taken all in all sho was just such an attractive miss is as a man would be willing to stop and talk to all ful of the fact that his wife was as keeping beering c supper and temper warm warin fur for him at home yes ll 11 she continued 1 I am an understudy for a star of the oro or o n ri cand ca id variety and if you think to t 0 o position fi fa bed of roses just conclude tac that t YOU yen are mistaken without any unnecessary delay in tile the first filst fil st place one can build up tip no reputation she plays under tho tl 0 name of the star and stopping stepping but one night in a town towa no one is ia the wiser the printing is sll done early in the season and when those in tho the audience observe that the distinguished actress astr mi aso so is 13 to play I 1 cora or camille how are they to know it really 14 miss soso so so who appears on the stage they can t do it you know well I 1 was dobli obliged ed to play for our star five or strai straight ailt weeks last winter on acci account of sickness that lier away from tha th company mid and not a single auditor ever knew tile the difference the newspapers gave gave mo me splendid notices in tho the name of the absent actress though if they had known that I 1 was an all understudy it is probable that they would have treated nie me with toplofty scorn that shows L how ow much real ampro appreciation there is for art on its ownus own merits crits I 1 have reason to believe that my work was fully as good as that of the star ber herself and yet here hera I 1 am at tho the end of tho the season without a particle of reputation while all that I 1 have suffered in mind body and estate would fill a book now you know something about the tribulations of oil an understudy enough I 1 hope to warrant you you in dropping an occasional journalistic Journal listic te tear ar in i a 0 our behalf chicago chicag ro herald |