Show STILL AHEAD OF AUDIENCE comedian made humor of what was approaching tragedy wlllie collier the comedian was an 11 member of a barn storming combination which some ten years ago did the tank towns of the middle west the company had been doing a poor business for several weeks when a certain town in illinois was reached just before the curtain went up that night collier was standing at the cur tain peephole sizing up the audi ence how s the house illien asked another player well answered collier there are some out there but he added am pres shely re still in the ma old boi still in the majority harpers weekly |