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Show One afternoon Signor Lablacho, the celebrated bass, a man of enormous proportions, on leaving Covent Garden Theatre after rehearsal, found that his carriage had not arrived, so he sent for a four-wheeler. Into this, after a strenuous effort, ef-fort, he managed to squeeze his massive body, to find himself seated on the edge of tho smaller seat a truly uncomfortable position, which it was imperative at once to change. As he struggled strug-gled to his feet in his attempt to do sb tho bottom bot-tom of the vehicle gave way and the artist found himself standing in the road. Help, however, was at hand and he was released with no small difficulty dif-ficulty from his ridiculous dilemma. A similar adventure befell the brothers Pope, one a doctor, the other the well known Queen's Counsel, who between them weighed over 500 pounds, when crossing Waterloo bridge in a four-wheeled four-wheeled cab. How it happened is uncertain, but about the center of tho bridge the floor of the cab collapsed and for the next thirty yards two pairs of sturdy legs, straining to keep pace with the horse's mild amble, was a spectacle for unrestrained un-restrained mirth. Cabby soon pulled up and eager hands quickly extricated tho obese and exhausted ex-hausted brothers. |