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Show The other night at a theater in Lon- ' i 9 don, just nftcr the curtain had fallen i j H on the second act of the comedy, a j jt well-bred, well-dressed man rose ! ;ll quietly in one of the boxes, and, turn- I S , 1 i j ing to the audience, said that the name j i of a very ludicrous, vulgar and con- ' : . spicuous character in the play was al- ; j , so his own, and he desired to make ; public protest then and there against , . such a use of it. Worse still, his own R I occupation and that given the char- ! ; 4 'I acter were also the same. The audi- , ' ; ! H ence listened with mild British tol- i ! 9 erancc and applauded a little. Then ; U the speaker sat down as one relieved. tin Pincro, who happened to be in the . ' 9 house, was recalling the next day' that I ; I after "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray" i j 1 , 1 had become a noted play, several i j 1 fl women who were entire strangers to 11 him had charged him with appropri- ; ' I ating their names. A real "Mrs. Ebb- 't't j Smith" had committed suicide during jjji-; 11 the run of that piece, and a reputable h ll broker had threatened to bring Pi- ' fj nero into court because the name of ill tin owner of the bucket shop in i I "Letty" happened to be his own. II |