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Show NAT GOODWIN'S TACT IN MATTERS OF CASH. Nat M. Wills told a good story of Nat Goodwin Good-win the other day. One day, when the Union Square theatre was flourishing under the direction direc-tion of A. M. Bauman, that manager, Sheridan Shook and B. B. Rice were sitting in front of the house, whiling away the afternoon by talking shop. Just then .Goodwin came along, looking as though he had lost everything on earth. They inquired as to his troubles, and Goodwin told them that he had just been to the funeral of an actor, where he was thoroughly enjoying the minister's min-ister's remarks, while the fellow actor was talking stage matters into his other eaA That had settled set-tled it with Goodwin, and he was going to quit the stage. There would be no nfore dramatic art for him, and he was going to hunt up another job. "What's the use, Nat?" ashed Shook. "You can't do anything but act. I'll bet you a week's salary that you can't make the aame amount off the stage in one week." Goodwin took the bet and went to think it over. The result was that Goodwin put the following advertisement in one of the New York papers: "Wanted, a companion to accompany a gentleman to Europe. Salary no object. Good fellowship the only requisite. Send stamps for a reply." Before the week was over Goodwin had received more than 8,000 answers, and as the rate of postage was then three cents he had won the wager, which Shook promptly pafd. However, the law at that time compelled an answer to be returned where a stamp was inclosed, in-closed, so that Goodwin, with the stamps and the money he had won, purchased a little souvenir, had a circular printed explaining the cause of the advertisement, and mailed them to every one who had answered. |