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Show UNIQUE CASE OF FILIAL LOVE To Help Hla Mother a Pennllctt Nobleman No-bleman "Tries" a Clown Act In Parla Theater. Visitors to Paris who have recently wandered by uhnnce Into one of tbe "cafe concerts," which are mostly frequented fre-quented by that class vbo nelihr toll nor spin, muit have been amazed and saddened by a very unuaual mimic hall turn, writes the Tarta correspond ent of the Brooklyn fcuglc. Cvery night, between the "sentimental tenor" ten-or" and the 'chanteuae legcre," a mournful looking young man appears. He la greeted with derisive yells. He sings, or tries to sing, a sentimental senti-mental ballad and a comic song. He also Imitates anlmuls, the noises of tools and the whistling of locomotives. The effect Is so deplorable that the audience recently Insisted on the "noble "no-ble clown" apologizing for his lack of skill. He humbly advanced to the footlights and bowed to right, left and before him. Then in a volco choked w ith sobs, he began to eprs his regret. re-gret. WUh pathetic realKnatlou he went down on his knees, offered pro fuso apologies for hla luci. of skill and promised to do bis best to please them In the future. Few who have seen this lamentable exhibition know Ita origin and excuse. ex-cuse. This abject buffoonery la inspired in-spired by one of the noblest motives filial love. This descendant of one of tbe oldest and noblest families In Venice Ven-ice was left alone, when very young, with hla Infirm and penniless mother. For many years they lived on the charity of friends, but the old woman is now in such health that admission into an almshouse would be the only means of saving her life. Hut this cannot be obtained without the payment pay-ment of a certain sum, and her son is now employing the only means of procuring It open to him. |