Show LET HER tonya ON HOT ACTRESS old time theatrical manager recall amusing experience that came near breaking up the show qu ck nealise realise tat on in the wild and wooly days ot chey anne when the men 0 the town were so much occupied at night that it was a rare sight to see one 0 them on the street before noon I 1 was the manager ot a theater there called the gou room in which we employed a small dramatic stock company and a few specialty performers tony who was a clever irish comedian and singer was a member of the block and a very useful man excel t when be was rubbed tl e wrong wa the leading known as monte erde was of spanish descent and had the quick demier so often found in members of that race there was no love lost between her and tony at best but they never really quarreled until one evening when she was coming up a flight of rather darl stairs and he was going down he chanced to step squarely upon her foot it was an accident of course but I 1 suppose it hurt no less on that account at any rate she gave tony such a tongue lashing as one seldom gets from a woman when she had finished her tirade he answered quietly fer that basht im coln to let ye thrown in the to night I 1 overheard this but thought noth ing of it and went away laughing the piece we were playing that week was called A woman of the world the second scene of the first act Is the deck of a hudson river steamboat time night the only deck passenger Is an irish glazier ben ton the heroine of the piece monte verde has been deserted by her lover who has gone to new york and she Is following him mi this boat humiliation however at last over comes her and she resolves upon eul cide coming upon deck she makes a long speech closing with good by father good by mother forgive me tor this rash act and jumps over board the glazier jumps after and rescues her and as he litt her over the rail the curtain falls on the first act that particular night she made her speech and jumped but benton made no move to rescue her I 1 happened to be standing in the entrance and called to him in a loud stage whisper tony tony he calmly turned around toward me and said chwat Is if t jump overboard and get that worn an quick aw said he with supreme indof terence let er thrown we were compelled to ring the cur tain down without rescuing her she was drowned all right enough but we had to resuscitate her before the piece could go on |