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Show THEATRICAL BUSINESS. Ingenious llrvlres Kesorled lo by Omnia!, Om-nia!, r Managera. The bualncFS of the claque has boon subdivided Into many branches, all of whlrh are controlled by one man or group of men. The applauders even tho lady In the bix who faint-., and th mnn who hisses nt a good part In order or-der to arouse the Indignant enthusiasm enthusi-asm ot the audience were all provided provid-ed for so mnny tickets a performance, to bo told by agents to the public. So' carefully wore the plans of campaign thought out that ttio Whlteley of ap-plauso ap-plauso used to provide a man or woman, wo-man, dressed In provincial stylo, to Jump up and scream out, "There's ths villain hiding behind thnt tree," or tho like. We also hear of cowboys In tha far west pulling out their revolvers and peppering the melodramatic villain. vil-lain. On one occasion In a Indon theater tho business Instinct rams out In tho same way. A relative of th losBoo waa enacting the part of an In-. Ij dlgnant father, whose son hnd got Into ri the hands of the money lenders. In t the Interview with the money lender tha fnther severely lectured him, and thn demanded his son's bill. "Thor,' ( sir," he said, "la my check for ons L thousand pounds." The money loader - V was Juat reaching out for th check 1 when a voice came out from th pit: "Don't you tnka It, old chop. I've got ona of hla now for alx pound ton, and he's asked ma to hold It for a fortnight." fort-night." Chambers' Journal, |