Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-07-26
ACTING AS A SUPER.

Il guess times are going to get
lively again. said Mack, looking up
from his paper, Here's fellow ad"
vertislng for a hundred hands
Must have some big contract on
hand. Who is be p
Henry V. somebody answered
Mack. 1T don't give his full name.
1t just ssys WANTED one hundred
young msn for Henry W
l explained to Mack that Henry
" was one of Shakespeare plays
and that the centennial number OF
young meu were wanted as super
numerarics at the representation
thereof al Whitney's opera house.
Mack pondered thoughtfulIy over
this piece of Information for nearly a
second and having deliberately made
up his mind, said
Il always was fonder of play than
of work, SO I'm going to be super
and with the supers stand, coat of
armor on my back, o spear within
my hand and the fire OF genins lit
Mack's eye as he harpooned an i'm
aginary foe with an imaginary spear.
Next evening we entered at the
stage door of Whitney's, and were
confronted by man who held the
inner door shut, and mo admittance'
was stamped on every feature. 1t
was also painted on the door.
'Supe, sir p inquired the man.
'Thank you, said Mack, I'VE have
just dined /; but if you have any
oyster soup handy, [ don't mind if
l.
Are you a super, sir p
'If by super you mean person OF
superior Abilities
sPass in,' said the man.
When we got in Mack tried hard
to get in one of the leading roles, but
he had to come down step by step
from king, earl, duke, bishop and
lord, and content himself with being
French soldier, although he assur-
ed the manager he didn't understand
word of that language; but he 'af-
forwards told me that the 'unkindest
cut of all was being on the side that
got beaten.
The noble army of supers were
congregated in groups admirng the
stage arrangements and borrowing
tobacco from each other. At last
the captain arranged them in three
classes, numbers /, 2, and 3, or Eng
lish soldiers, French mobiles, and
some more English soldiers. A gen.
tleman with fierce martial air and
big Ulster overooat began to drill
the army that was to follow King
Henry to victory. The first step was
training them to march, many steps
were taken before that first step was
accomplished. The next step was
the cheering.
when give you the cue,' said
Mr.. Motley, the stage manager, every
one of you must shout hurrah as
loud as you can
'Hurrah = cried the crowd.
what set you going now p inquir-
ed Mr.. Motley, glazing around at
MS arm ,WuO saw thOJ hAA S'ANShs
ly hurrahed at the wrong time, and
each looked reproaehfully at the
other.
Don't hurrah till you get your
cue said Mr.. Motley, severely. When
actors reherse they murder their
parts in listless sort of way, CIV
ing prominence only to the last few
words that form the cue. AS Mr..
Motley proceeded to do this the sup
ers seemed to think he had some
kind of emotional insanity, and sill
very ripple of laughter pervaded the
ranks, which instantly simmered
down to silence as Mr.. NJ. transfixed
them with glance of stern displeas-
ure.
Gentlemen said he (some of the
supers Immediately Strengthened up,
it being the first time they had re-
ceived that title), gentleman, we came
here to work not to play
81 thought we came to play-Henry