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Show "" FR.OM GAY TO GRAVE j 1 KwW.rM-.-.' - iS There Is an usher at ono of the - downtown thwitcrs, says a Philadelphia papa-, who Is a professional pallbearer ? during the day. "I get," he says, "ll! f0 Itor every pallbearlng engagement, and , ' I like the work. It Is. you sec, such 1 complete nnd pleasant change from t my theatrical employment 1 must "- T' yftnt a tula .mile at the theater at all times, and the gayety there, tho mirth and Ught-brartednees prove very monotonous. I long for something In gloomy black, with a look of gloom In my eyes, and the sobs I hear, tho eroanB, tho lamentations and lugubrious lugubri-ous music are very soothing to me aft-tst aft-tst the eternal heartless Jollity of the playbouee The two kinds of work dlveralfy my life. I touch on two ex-trsmea; ex-trsmea; I make, besides, a good deal of money. I have mode ISO a week as . pallbearer. At the theater my salary Is only 17 W. There are certain perquisition per-quisition at the theater, however, per-ouUIUcj per-ouUIUcj won through seating people. which materially Increase my Income. It Is not an uncommon thing among ru usbers to be pallbearera during the , day.- |