The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-05-14
= Play VIII Three ytllsiss speileS
BY he Leading Lazy.

i Commercial reporter fell 10 with
an old actor yesterday, and asked
bin if there was anything new.
Been to The AdeIphi lately Z" be
askea.
Nc"
Young man. you haze vested an
opportunity. YOU should have been
there u week or So ago"
Was il badi" querried the report
eF.
Bad 1t wss the worst eyer
struck Had u play on With three OF
the worst yillsius in the business ia
lbe plot. Leading lady just arrived
the uigbt TOE play vas put on, snd
dId'nt know her liues. Had to read
her part Bad? Smite me. hIp aud
thigh! Wnv Oh, dear. you uugh,
% have been there. cao never tell
it,"
Sorry" said the reporter. ''but
previous engagements ~preveu'ed my
attendance but come ia aud take
sSuetnlnn.H
Then, over d glass # tee-, the de-
rigplDg reporter drew the actor ou',
aud leufuius, as before stated. Ina,
the play was tuii Vi heavy villains.
the leading lady was the ihsos.s,
maiden upon whom they had d-s'gr-,
aud Lhe trouble was ell brought shout
ny ner bssisg ia fead her part + r
Iurtapce, Que ot tue eiiistas spter-.
aud >.izes The leading lady the tat
Ter louks al her mauurcrip', anu
fesd-:
III ia I'D me. v%illain, (husines-) '
Now ~"bus,ne-s" means that a sirug
gle should -nrue. but the leading
lady. 10 her agitation, renders IL thu:
fBobspg me, villain! Basiness .
The villain si.uas haek absshed al
th,r unsupported u1Fu, aud tss p,nYps
ter goes crew aud ,rlis, Tax. b III
at her! H-lea Bsz.-i AXE eoid If
her T.
The villain ru-hes up to seize the
woman, wby lp,ks ~ her manuscript,
apG gbrl.ks. IS Sooner than submit I"
your embrace. will Iske this kuife !"
There she pauses aud looks srogod
tor The kDife. The proppter by this
time Is tsroiog hspa-priDgs all over
the 6Jor. kicking the wicgs 10 pisees.
tearing his hair and shouting, oh
@ sdfrey's cordial! why don't You
take the knife ?-tbe kuife. blank il,
The kaif-! IL is 10 his belt" The
kolte j. Goslly seized, the villain turn
ing obligingiy rolDd go that the wo
nan q conveniently get 10. The
prompter Gains down until . scene
is produced where Q villain with q
big pistol iD bis baud Is AZ the door
of u chamber TO see that the heroine
does not escape. Ii is bis bariness
to 90 to sleep. and The lsdy's bust
To escsps BY him. just before the
other two villains ru-b 10 spd exc
Aha. bese she isl' But she
has lost her place, sad a. the cut
rush IN and make their ey.
animation, there she ia, sure enough.
Then The prompter becomes q drive
ing idiot. His load il more than he
beaf, aud bis mind gives way be-
lesth iL. He asks To be buried 10 q
.erired spot, and sinks TO the 9,or.
while the stsee wspager throws Ills
,ands over bis bead. wsges them
10 the ai:. dances Q h0rnp'pe
The scenes, and yells at the
lady.
Get IF toe stage thunder and
igbtoing ! get 81 the stsge!"
The woman is on her dignity BY
his ting. end strides calmly by the
iIiain With the hig pistol, who look
{ Der With open MOULDED wonder.
nd allows Der to pass bin The
Their two villHins look OF Der snd
exclsim:
by heavens! she has escaped
81" sod the house gets up and rs-
,srks IS one man. that it's too Thrill
for any use, end hopes it may oe
gormed" II it isn't the biggest ngop
'olede has had for years. There
as much more the actor could tell. /,
ut the reporter bad to hasten to
her Toledo Commercial. |,