Gunnison Gazette | 1911-03-03 | Page 2 | Ellen Terry's Joke

Ellen Terry's Joke. When Ellen Terry was presented with a Pounders' gold medal at the New theater, New York, recently an honor conferred in recognition of her great services to dramatic art she was called upon to make a speech of acceptance. It so" happened that the actress was exceedingly hoarse and she was therefore forced to cut her remarks short. So she told this story: "A friend of mine once bought a parrot par-rot and gave much money for it with the understanding that it could speak fluently, but when he reached home with it he found to his dismay that the bird was dumb. So be took it back. 'This parrot cannot say a word,' he said indignantly to the bird fancier. 'It can't talk at all.' 'Talk!' the dealer deal-er exclaimed. 'Come to think of it, I know it can't, but it's a devil to think.' "