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Show AX APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE. A theatrical manager delighted in taking a rise out of conceited or va'n members of his company. "I see you are getting on fairly well," he remarked. re-marked. "Fairly? I am getting on very well," replied the hero of the play, proudly. "I played Hamlet for the first time last night. You can see by the papers' glowing criticisms bow well I got on." "I have not read them," replied the other quietly, "but I was there." "Oh. you were. WeM you noticed how swimmingly everv-thlng everv-thlng went off? Of course, I made a bungle of my part by falling into Ophelia's grave, but think the audience audi-ence appreciated even that." "I know they did," said the manager with a slight smile, "but they were frightfully sorry when you climbed out again'" Exchange. |