Show ACTOR TRIES SKIT ON STREET CROWDS PARIS PARIS-By The AssocIated Press An old French comedian has just won a great victory over o a pUblic that had coldly turned him down C J It to enjoy a 0 sketch which It rejected with scorn orn when put on the stage The actor tried an experiment with a sketch represent represent- representIng Ing an automaton He Imitated a me- me mechanical chancal so well most people thought it was an con con- contrivance contrivance and let bet It t go at that It wasn't gay enough for a music hall The disappointed comedian was reduced to the humble occupation of a sandwich man carrying ad- ad advertisements around the streets As a sort of defiance of the people who would not acc accept pt his sketch on the stage he took the th e gait and the mannerisms of the automation on the sidewalk Crowds Crow followed him aU all along the he boulevards to discover er whether It was flesh and blood that was walking ahead d of them Naturally the sandwich man maled led them to the es establishment that employed him He tripled Its business Now he commands the salary of a leading man again and has In- In Incidentally Incidentally made the fortune of an another an- an another other broken down actor who fol lowed him around the streets In the therole th e role of the mechanic to the anto- anto an maton |