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Show HOW JULIUS CAESAR RAN A PAPER PUT ON THE STAGE L,.niir friic BBBBH The bravest deed ever done by a dramatic critic is now on exhibition exhibi-tion in the vaudeville circuit. Twice a day, bold as a cabaret performor, Waldemar Young, who used to wear the toga of critical authority In San Franclscoj acta out upon the stago a sketch he wrote himself. Greater courage than this hath no man. He calls his playlet "When Caesar Cae-sar Han a Puper," and his purpose was to write a roaring travesty on the classical Idea, which has been done often enough to be staple Vaudeville entertainment. Caessir is an editor, among his many other duties; and he Is much pestered by :i wine bibbing press agent named Mark Antony, who has had him out oi the coast five nights running, plying hint with mixed drinks in or-der or-der to get pictures of his Oriental dancer. "b-opatra. Into the puper. Hy this time Caesar Is an alcoholic wreck, and when Mark appears, early on the morning after, fresh as a dai.-y, with a new picture of Cleo In his hand. Caesar groans: ' For the love of Mike. Tony, lay off of me for awhile.' Put Tony merely mixes him an absinthe frappe and continues to rave about Cleopatra Caesar refuses to give his valuable valua-ble space that morning to anything excejpt sudden death, murder and suicide. Antony calls up Cleopatra and asks her to come over for a prl- ,te exhibition of her art in Cae-sarS Cae-sarS Offlqe. When she appears to turkey trot enticingly with Antony, Caesar becomes enamored, and she transfers her Oriental affections Horn the press agent to the editor. Antony, viewing their filiations w,th a jealous eye. telephones Caesar's Cae-sar's wife, who is above suspicion, and tattles; Calphurnta arrives with a bop, skip and Jump, and lands on Caesar with both feet. lie gives battle and kills her. Cleopatra Is bitten by her own pet snake lu the meh-e. and she. too. expires. Antony An-tony mourns over his Cleo. and then calls Caesar's attention to the sudden death and njfUrder that he had been asking for. "You wanted a suicide, too, dbjn't you?" he asks, taking out a cap pistol. "Sure." says Caesar, looking up from his typewriter type-writer with editorial interest. "You're not kidding me?" "No, go on and shoot." So Antony shoots himself, while Caesar patlers mil the story of the day on flis machine, ma-chine, Mr. Young, who is the size of a white hope but much, faster on his feet, plays Mark Antony with complete com-plete assurance and much I oniic effect. The sketch is extremely successful suc-cessful in achieving the comic effects ef-fects of broad burlesque, and tho audiences enjoy u mui.u rm e, suspect that Mr. Young vas H .i critic before he turned actor. In H the classic lingo of Mr Young's skit. HRg I gotta band it to this bird, lie huff JKa hung up a record in dramatic crlt- H Icism. To bent It. Mr. Hammond will have to play a musical comedy Mfl juvenile, while Mr. Hatton will have to become a tramp comedian in s aHH burlesque show. Hut I cannot let -Air. Young SS- enpe without jdckit.g on him a little 'M in a brotherly fashion. When he. HJ atony, telephones for Mrs. Ca- ffl .,, he asks for the number, Jar h thenon 8818." There was no sucn MM telephone exchange ancJeni Rome. In those days the opera-tors opera-tors put all requests for the Parthsr non through on the ion distance ts Ha Athens, or else asked. In a superior H tone. "Don't you mean Pantheon? |