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Show TURNED JOKE ON MRS. GOULD Occasion When Theatrical Manager Proved Himself Gifted With a Keen Sense of Humor, "Mrs. George Gould," said a New York dramatist, "was a superb actress before her marriage, and she often entertained en-tertained Augustln Daly, her old manager, man-ager, at Georgian court "One day as the Goulds and. Daly were sauntering over the Lakewood gardens a little group of strangers drew timidly near. "'Pardon me, Mrs. Gould,' said one of the group, 'but we have heard so much about your wonderful hothouses will you allow us to visit them?' Mrs. Gould nodded towards Daly mischievously. "'Ask him,' she said. "'Pardon me, Mr. Gould, but may we visit your hothouses T the stranger stran-ger repeated. ' "Daly assumed a grand air. "'Yes, yes, of course you may, he said, 'and pluck Just as many apricots and peaches as you like.' " |