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Show A fooiD on tbe rrancll Tatlee. Mile. Jeanno Oraulcr, the well known French actress, once met r h an amusing adventure. It happened "' Marseilles. In one of tho llttlo pieces sbo plays by herself the hat for accet-, tory the lay flguro of a man, skilfully j articulated and dressed In a travollng suit, with which the dances. The flguro during tbo voyago waa I enveloped In n tight fitting covering. I On reaching Marseilles It wa left ln the luggage room with other things. Tho curiosity ot two ot tho railway employe being aroused at tbo sight ot It, they took oft th covering and re-olved re-olved to play a Joke on their comrade. com-rade. They placed tho figure In an arm chair at the deik ot tbe cashier and abut tho door. Wben tbe employes em-ployes on night tervlee came tbey opened tbe door and were turprlsed to tea & man sitting down before th cash box. Tbey Immediately closed and locked tbe door and ran for assistance. A policeman arrived, revolver In hand, believing, like tbo employes, that he had to deal with a dangerous thief. Ho called on the figure to turrender and follow him to tbe ttatlon. As It did not obey the summons, tho policeman police-man shut the door and went In search of reinforcement! to surround the place, r u.rohy prevent tho culprit fr"- (nap,ut. The door wat again .ucd. tli fti i ' fuue entered, and i nr, lll they bad suddenly y.MCi' on the poor lay ro'ober that i bi.y dmovercil the Joke. |