| Show f THE ACTOR AND THE SMART SET by W N MAXWELL i ac pyrie by joaeph 11 0 bowl a alos ft j god bless you my little lad ad his father the tragedian bad had eald said one night and an make a good actor ot of you ob oh surel eald said bis faded mother the ex columbine stooping to pick the steak from the little tove stove sure its it to antho tha alood 11 nowise no wife eald sald papain papa in booming tones it is a in me and in au the theart and be tapped hit 4 forehead and anti placed hij hand band upon hta his cheat with a brand grand gesture 1 I attribute a large measure ot my i in life lire to always coming straight home to supper beware of 0 the smart act who would be amual amu LINd Kl Is blow to our brt j I 1 made mad 9 ray aigid rule when a 1 atri a 9 and have jiava adhere jo 0 o it till I erml locks are pont dont accept their ini itil stations or their lattery oe tho hobt not a e gleek I 1 enter tala ot 0 0 96 o ebery night at eight I 1 do not eltre to be entertained when wy party breaks up my friends it I 1 have any caa can always mee meby ly ua S at the door doop but ilat to your pillow any my young tellow fellow I 1 kow NOW a milpe kilpe ot of fairies itkins over tha town that very night came canie down the chin chimney incy ot of the humble tso and left for tuc bleeping t nil all their r chest bitty they gave him a tine tint i 1 1 ito 1 u keen sympathy anil affil intuition they save gave him hini the tho tritt fc of laughter and und the gift ut of tean and then flow oft off without Ia kint aim alm he ile grew up bacanto a rood food actor aud abil boon began to draw big money the dada voice bad had coated ceased to boom ff and murns Muni ahad had danced her last dance with death tor for her harlequin lie ile owned a theater himself aa As he uld in condi lonco to 0 4 journalistic friend he very soon could roud not keep the money out iio ile now only wanted a leading lad in his and in lit hta life also tor for all to bo be well colne uno one to act the in the ap up angled anglea frock on tle boards when she was working sy to piny play the wife at home when ehe she was resting but before he found ner her lie ne had nn received his fl st invitation nil tho the tn smart set one night ay v rt r tt he found himself at a glittering board afon badly da in uly t ur rounded by lords ana indies and fine rhe calao aa of agea ages their face i glowed like own down it tt la fa goia gold on the sideboard aldebo ird cioll anh eyes shone ahone like ille the cutglass cut glass but bill ish came 11 leir conversation convere allon dij not sparkle like moil lidid avol ts tho the wine they were wait ed 1 but the ins ing tor for him blin to sm ailse so them cause a ir p affable party of it deadhead deadheads aa na ever aco I 1 ive met he eala isala to himself and was poop P 1 ll 11 I bomber somber and boror i till the saddle of mutton then he lie began to tell an anecdote to the lady by his side and the whole room fell more silent banging oa m his maids the voice which the fairies haj given hin had tones ot of the krave grave double b bits tra and anti tho lau laughing ghino bt b soon and und rang clear and true like a one flue old bell setting the bohemian blanca gins Bla aca cs in sympathy as ho he related h how hs the ludd fuddled leI old sule mid said stand bark and anti let the parron parson rough how ilow that anecdote went vent it waa was impossible nut to be ba pleased the butlers all hid their uces aces one footman tool paralyzed with tae the asparagus protruded between a countess count caa and a cabinet minister another the beane beans a third carried tin tomatoes out into the pantry and frus fram ft exposed with them the other guests chirruped like hupp bird after haj trained bull below bel 0 tt air lr weak bittings bia tings 11 struck thill chill on tto the car nar and the gift glasar asea ceased to throb hipping ripping I 1 shall die of laughing what was it if dida didn t quite catch the point but blit the 11 clouS mimicry and ro ra forth I 1 ibe he ladt refused to go to the drawing room ditl they had hail led him to phe glo th parson parsons cr csigi ig i just once more ua it privilege ihl a loj lo lil J 1 e offering ott ering his ills hand to bitet 1 4 a great artist thua and the poor all ol 01 I 1 chap meant it on the following night he went from hie his to hoar bear a i little music in a ducal mansion and when in to ahe small hours he reached his hi roona ne gave the supper walting walt loi for hirn to the ef landlord cat now ot 1 th actors club the thit od old barbarians barb arlana saw aw at a glince thai that the mitri was wits pol poisoned the poison come out in als talk he ale was full of it Busi business newl dear doir boy busl 1 nep he rashed iee it knowingly rd r d wild the i nasca lie ought while white teased lo 10 quote shakespeare look hinds just var ti an fn r h 1 I chill in I 1 would deiy dear lady judy remember I 1 hate only 1 aw sunday sundays j i annot rut cut 11 alecea pl ecea eal heaven 11 cayten knowe where he h had a it t 0 yot kot dear mar lady frum from but he a it now you mut know that the meanwhile had ilsk asli 1 I the if jud become ra displeased thit they were tI jiing Ing their gifts ltv w u P thing anti lake take it theng Is s good airier plaything a fellow hoy 11 is to imply ani ply couching lou ching his put pot he ile ia Is tot acting at all tho the true truo acting he does I 1 outside unit side Us m a himself hini self for that and conies dog llred tired and 90 1 ahn they took away hs that waft vaa why he shook ondi ijadi so he high then hia his intuition n I 1 then something else until they lad had resumed nearly nil all their gifta 3 he tle never noticed the loss lossan ana 4 no more dirt did the public liow nt at dinner harlle his waro were of arcelo archibald archly 01 aud buehle or minister sinister little traits of character cLa cLar acter in upstart upstarts who wanted to become one ot of us you must know that since my new now soubrette haa has been taken up by poor dear old lady harridan aha she has ashir alious oh she has been plaguing ina ine to rot got her to cron stadt ilou houe te one ono did dia not onteme that tho the luthera yarning Nning ya what IP ir he tic mine about my nephew graveled al most honorable ilas ho he boullit bou glit Crona Crons tatt taLt house inquired i relative of that social fortress they did not like hia his society tales of keeping people ont and letting theto them in they felt llod ft a lot of experts being hught their ba burneis bul neis unasked unal ted pay to asce u him twittered the youns young ladds evading to bis his theater 1 I eee pee too much it ot him at ayery eve eye nine ning party ono cant escape himl 1 I hat voa v as the end then tho the public missed the gifts wind of disi disaster aster 1 blev darough the theater sending all the complimentary tickets ed lying and out of the box of flee round anil anti round the audit auditorium orlum until the settled down in the lap of ala te celver in lit bankruptcy kut but the dowagers down gera who were lila tits orl ori 1 ginal bachem bac ba keri clem did not drop him film now thit be he Is po longer a krofek i artyste artl ste one does feelth a certain tent tt t t he Is one of 0 ml the hel him they wished to delphim help him B as with everything else they did the made ninde ati vt about if at when andy J ady apat map sta p ayed galatea r and lord ajeet q niad nia 4 11 i 1 the amateur theatrical theatric alit th 11 ian A I 1 L ITS A ot down for the week weel paying pay lug him as ai we were to glad to do but treating trea him exactly like tho the r of our guest indeed even the butler butlers rould not ni now discern that ho he va wa an in any wise different 41 ferent from a broken down buelt he Is eo so wretchedly poor that thit it nia niale ic one ones heart iche ache to see his pl at dio dia ner it told ach th a it tale dont don t you know kno on hing I 1 hae aae been compelled to door do or his hi own sako sake t 1 told Itle hardson not riot to fill hta his glass every time it wa was emptied it was bile rehearsing the awat amateurs eurs thai that the het list of the fairlee took away the lost ul of tho the atts the rift gift of laush ter td ld tears team augustus oh wd felion he aid said aar y ins hia hand ou at the wo w ld bi b arto a shou later yoa you df do pygmalion superb ly hes hea 4 familiar augustus quoting woo words but be he doea does know what he hea falkl abdal |
