Show his star role A the urical manager had a stock company at los angeles business was bad and no money coming in he haan hadn t paid a salary for months and bad managed to keep his company together by advertising in san francisco and elsewhere holding out all sorts of promises the actors came stayed until all their own money was gone and then left the manager made shift to keep his thespians contented by taking them on little elc about the city when they were not working tane dav he announced this afternoon ladles and gen allemen a shall visit the au asylum a most inter esting place tl ey went out and were shown through seated un der a tree in the garden was a man who over and over again was inting his fingers and hieny beeny miny nice beeny beeny moe va is thise asked the manager strange case said the attendant found him in the theet a few weeks ago he sits there all day and does that harmless but apparently quite insane we bie giving him the best of attention in the hope that his reason may be restored the manager looked at tae counter closely blesi mv soul said the manager it resembles my former leading man simpson th e man kept counting his fingers really said tha dinager it ie a most resemblance meantime the other actors and actresses and the at had gone on tell me my good fellow said the manager are you not simpson the actor cl eee it said the man who was counting his fingers if they den t get or to me I 1 can stay here all s m mer saturday evening post |