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Show "Il-lfc ACTOR KICK.EU. And His Nerve Was Rewarded With a Liberal Shower of Wealth. Here is a good story from the London Figaro: "I happened the other night to be at one of the smaller theaters in the city and witnessed toward the. last act of the principal play a very amusing incident. inci-dent. "A slight impatience was shown among the audience at the delay in raising rais-ing the curtain, and shortly the manager mana-ger appeared to pnounce that one of the actors had been taken ill, which necessitated his role being taken by a substitute. "Then the act commenced, but suddenly sud-denly every one was startled by the appearance ap-pearance of another character on the stage, who immediately began to explain ex-plain himself as follows: " 'They have deceived you. Iam not ill, but they have not paid me, and as I have not dined I was of course unable to fulfill my role. ' "The public was at first stupefied, but very soon acclaimed the actor, and money literally rained on the stage. Finally at the end of several minutes the actor, who probably had received satisfaction, entered the stage and played play-ed his part, much to the delight of the spectators." |