Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-10-11
MisrrIIanfGns.
The Debutante.
AN ACTORS STORY.

Its Of no use Ellersly--the piece can't
be played; there Is not 4 woman living
would undertake the part in the time"
Mr.. Chumleigh, lessee and manager
OF the Theatre Royal. Northopolis, gives
vent To : groan OF despair as he speaks,
and plunses his hsnds deep down into the
pockets OF his rusty brown overcoat-a
garment which he clipgs 10 with all the
tenderness OF old acquaintance, and which
he presently refused to exchange for an
other of more fashionable cut and less
threadbare tendencies.
It's terribly unfortunate, str. | ans
wer sympatheticalls. Cant Miss Raw
lings be persuaded 10 do her best under
the circumstances?
You had better 20 and ask her." the
manager responds, with bitter laugh.
You know her amiabie temper. II IS
highly prot able that she will consent to
appear before the b. T." (Brlti.h Puollc)
with q swollen face; and, even II she did,
fancy the a5surdity of n romantic heroine
with an unconcealable attack OF eryslpe-
Las No, no, my boy; We must give up the
production for tie present, aid substitute
a report tomorrow night. There Is moth
ing for il but TO 20 at once and see about
some posters"
But some OF tile big reporters and
more than one London manager are COM
ing down expressly to see the new piece,
demonstrated freely land, should IT prove
e success, you might take the whole com
pany up TO town
MY boy. what's the use of talking"
snaps the lessee. "You know very well
the whole thing depends en- Rawlings, and
| won't have il made q hash of IL it's never
To be played at all. Confound the woman
| wish she had been at the bottom OF the
Red Sea before was tempted to have any
thing to DO with her! She has done moth
ing but make herself consistently disa-
greeable all the season; and. not content
With that. she ends by knocking up the
business altogether.
Muttering ard growing TO himself, he
stalks away to speak To one OF the carpen
tiers.
Poor old Chumleigh, l cannot help
pitying him. For weeks past have not
iced the lines on his handsome middle
aged face have been growing deeper and
deeper. and that his thick dark hair has
been SECURING perceptibly larger sprink'
/ ling of silver threads. Theatrical manage
ment is hardly a bed OF roses anywhere,
| fancy; but at the Theatre Royal, Northo-
| polls. it bears a much greater resemblance
10 "A couch composed Df thorns.
| lies tue ucau t1dt toASs ePOo ."
self the responsibilities and pecuniary ar
engagements of this apparently desirable
property-for the Theatre Royal. Norm
opolis, Is one of the largest and preuies
IN the provinces. and II, you can contriv'
to hit the Alright nail on the head and nap
pen to suit exactly the taste Of the very
extensive population. your fortune may o'
literally made there. In this however
lies the difficulty. Northopolis holds pc
culiar views in matters relating TO Thespis
and il lot to be concifsted toto believln:
ia what soever II is its sovereign Will an'
pleasure not to believe.
In respect to accommodating himself y
the popular prejudices, Mr.. Chuinleig'
has been singularly unfortunate. and tn
natural consequence is that the effux iron
the treasury during the last few month
has considerably overbalanced the influx
Two any Que at all acquainted with taeai
rical couce rms il will be obvious that sue
q condition Of affairs can lead only to on
ultimate result-namely, an inevitabi
'smash up"
At last however it seemed that Fortun
was about to smile on the almost despair
iny lessee. A new and really powerft
historical drama, written on popuia
! local subject, by popular local autho
bad been offered tor mis- acceptance, and
due course placed in rehearsal Tile l0c;
papers had been ecstatic in their progno
LEGATIONS the fame Of the new WORK IA