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Show 1 3T1LU AHEAD OF AUDIENCE. I Comedian Made Humor of What Was M Approaching Tragedy, M "Willie1" Collier, thn comedian, w D on Irrepressible member of a barn- M etormlnK combination which, kiiiio I ton rar am, illil the "tank" town I of thu mhlillo west The compnny hail lcen ilolnc a poor H business for aeveral weeks when a I certain town In Illinois waa reached fl Juit befnro tha curtain went up that H night. Collier waa standing; at tho cup 1 tain "perii-holc," sizing up tho audi-H audi-H cnen, 'How's the house, Willie?' naked fl onolhcr player D "Well," nnswered Collier, "thoro are Q fomo out there Hut," he milled. lm- 8 proMltcly, "wu'ra still In tlio ran- fl jorlty, ohl boy, still In tha imjorlty!" H Harper's Weekly, |