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Show Nast Suffered Under Handicap of Shyness Fessive shyness was an affliction L vnst the great cartoonist. srS: artist that ne (lo ooasion.lrabr . dTcarthe brief .Unp.lc Ity of his remarks made quite a hit with his audiences. On one occasion in Philadelphia he went to his blackboard black-board on the stage and rapidly drew the outlines of a great building, then turning his head he remarked dryly: "You see I can draw a house." As the theater was packed, the audiemi decided he had intended the possible double meaning and a storm of applause ap-plause ensued. He earned $-10,000 that season, but got "homesick" toward tin close and canceled engagements that would have brought So.OiX) more. Kansas City Star. |