Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1912-02-23 | Page 7 | Mean People

Mean People. Henry Russell, the head of the Bos-ton Bos-ton opera, was describing his foreign tour in search of talent. "They were mean people," he said 1 of the singers of a certain city. "I could do no business with them. They thought only of money." Mr. Russell smiled. "They were as bad as the man who discovered the Blank theater fire. "The first intimation the box office, had of this fire came, at the end of the third act, from a fat man who bounded down the gallery stairs, stuck his face at the ticket window and shouted breathlessly: "Theater's afire! Gimme me money mon-ey back V "