Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-11-29
OFF THE STAGE.

I'm a surcr. J suppose You knows
what that Isl II you ont. and amt the
atricalv Inclined, I'll lei ylu. = snreT-
o,e Of them as takes tie small pats ~
In the plaA, where The "hl, Ines j. in-
portuut and tie catklc' particular.
That's super. WEel Shakespeare wrote
"a man IN his time pats many Iaris,
he must have had a "supcr" IA his eye
if supers was invented ir u. So day,
which suppose they wa. Or Shakespeare
amt the man took him for. Bless you,
our role Is uniimited-we does everything
Why, in one piece sometimes l takes a
matter Of half II dozen paris, not more.
Say "Ham,cl" is lut up; lirsi lm a
guard a-wnll,ing en- the ramparts Of cas-
lie then Pm a coufi..r Attending on the
king; then Pm II recorder (Which ain
got nothing to do with the law, as
thought at one time, hut performs on
SOFT OF hutcD then I'm sailor arler
that mute al CDhlia's funerals then Pm
soldier sgair, or courtei, as The case
may be. And there ] Im. super's
more important than anybody may think.
gets Il shilling a night, and finds my
OWE color, which, being saving man,
usually mnuages TO sciHpe Enough up
from the waste IN the painting room-ior
IN tue hHlttl nl iili' az" 90" o. 70 '
pfodigalsi ana II I'm nara up Iol piNck
Tor eyebrow or a h'ops'ache' lor
instance gels the heeeipi nom tue
chimney pipe Of the stow ia the property
room. / have worked my way up 10 the
top of my profes. ion IN my inc, which is
heavy lead Of suptrs aud I've occasion
TO know that at particular tm's, say TIE
Aist pf q new iocr. IA louGrd up 10 nY
lla u1rpA.t.t. 20 tarrf -fnt TluY thItuuh
anu j Ethti"l's '"l l'IN'' 80 H's's ,nu
most suuguihdiy tFPte'Ash US, ~
proud OF my PIolef7 on' an oniJ
actor for tho sabe "l Tue nitly tucle
(wAicL 'Hi pose lhe"'' c''"'l uul lu'
inc hleIat4'e ana art s4-V"' Wv
I'VE stnil'l "' IrN 't.'" ~ l'" :,
siuchdti you may" N'"A 'o' o"l '' 8
iaet' a.,
I've served "u"'. i-"u'i"u Ac'n3 wa
liam Mncfeady an. Al' ne 's"' St'l-''
once fell oui Witn MI. MacIe4uf p'.Au9t
conldn't .m.moer Wh'te i' stahu ~
certain cue i'u "., ,''s yat w.
heaisal, ] couldn ihink Nhrle l. 1ush
20 be, and MADE iho ttlAv 'nlf nm q
often that got Aus'eISu' was yuupl
at the time ana la'hei s""l'h ~ ue'
hr. Mecrendy' almost O.. 90, W5 l"t"t1
says, " stand herfi 20" COZ lI'''''.l
10 a place uL lH1 r'"sNi s'r.' -.
chalk ont OF my l.Vh'' ""u nan
Just where lc Mdht'u "'' 10 u'' "4"'
there stood loohl'g ~ 'v"' ~ '"l'
waB ele'N, IuouIn Nl wv VIZ ~
frigbttntd as amateur n' AZ
eyes at List '"'.lic,I l'vu,.,' la. INV ~.
daggers sh. '-4u'' hlNt .ovn 'e...uS ~.
this hele, h,'.' NV "' Wv, ..',,, ,'' ''
Maete"dy aver 'i''' ~. ,,,..,', 49,,
different. Ills "aF cl e0'l tH'S1 W"
Just the sane .oh "h" '!', ?" ~
didn't please hin, you hu'" ~ 80 10
10 take goblet ul "iuo OIL i" 80" ~,
lime sEi lprs't my que anu NJ 80,
waiting. = heu ava ~ '''; " ~
segular boiling ofei Nllu N.Y. S,'''' II, II,
mo by The coii"I o. w '''' ",,' ,t'.1,
foJmJ pant ot my htetA'r, +tH llVh'
me slap oA ihe stage oag nc Wes" 1,
bad sort, tor aittf b. was done he Vuul'
up to me aud taNs Ava very soiiy II
burning me- ana "sAeu W." "NsI 80
20 drink. ,,s
1--WE ptth ,.a 'Ileui ,u' N"'' - ,',.
gifl-Npa ~ N."'"Si' :,
ned young, lise most 9IVisss'VnSn,s, 81
was In the thltd low u' lle E" ~
iucliIed 10 ue stout pil hUr di~" .
iOng, poor soul ohe tAo hh aloWr't
fit one night, aud clvi I'D hs aih's lh ~
green rorii. i vas Ntly CUT UP a. At
time. bc0spse she WAS ~ good VIE
ever wore lin@' MTu'iter WAS as So'
looking sii! as Nu4'd meet ""yWh'r'
auto different from hsr Hhhtr--Aot
the beauty ling. because ehe "@s NC
lookup, too, bu, IA sl4e. hose was N9
thit. she followed m lhe same s'els
mg old woman aud H"l u'f
engagement ~ our theatre ~ cour
she fell ia ioye-Eiils always GO 81 II
age, sev, nt,e eu -wi.h as r!eiot y"nl
fellow as ia eish To see ! "as : TO- Mfo
~ Rose, ari.5 WIS s'"h IL . .u'h
out ~; aud what's more, he Tasi
ashaman Of me, a.tuou-h J was oniy
super, wh,rh made ne proud Of sim l.
lie was very Jealous OF rose ana want
totake her W tho stage and marry net
once; but objected ~ the score OF a.
asked hial 10 galt a yeaf. tlll she wa
little Of 'er, sud be to my acNlee I'Il
unwiiipgly, suspects, u hl5 lace vas
be believed hut be- didn't say 20, loT
al1als gave Way To me, because XII
what wBs batter than he did.
One night llo-e gets IL letter sent rou
10 her from gent 10 the boxes a-askl
her to meet bin outseic after the ptIlof
Rnce. She was very ma hnre ABOUT
for II was the Erst insut sue Teqe''et
;hey gets used 10 these things n nH
and brought the letter 20 me- 9nS ~