, 1880-09-18
THE SUPER. >:
A Gathering of The, "Profssh" at
HaverIy's Theatre:
His Lot Contrastca witt, That Of
tho Ballet Girl.

RI0nt-1f0m tnc hRltAtcu Ee!tlcIlAh VIM
gracefully attircs himself II, a sheet a'"
orders the other 1lonalis about II a Thunder
INK bass, and cuts conspicuous figure Ia
scenes uf gora and excitement, to the meek
gentlemnn In the tin Int a1ul dfsrepneat,y
skinny tights who stands round Just tn a!l
up.-thcre Is no one more useful or about
whom mora popi,lnr errors GSlat sthnM the
supcrln'nerary.
1t may be we'll to retnark Mt this 3hnceurc
that only at long and exceedingly raro lnter"
wis Is the sllcr,nnluTary cnIleu s,tier-
numerary. Ills occupation rs communicated
by himself Is TINT of IA n,cnbah 0f diaper
fcsl,," and rs spoken Of by othcrs, thatof
simply and swcctly, II "supc." II Is onlytM
Democratic newspapers ets'oglzihg soma
candidate for Congress, md speaking Of his
past career, that tho term 'snpcrnunlerary"
iB ever used. =
For three centuries il has been tho delight
Of small buys 1nfest1ng tic gallery, next to
twisted plnybills and pcanut-stlclIs, to gsly
the gentleman III long plush Goals anu big
buttons who CONES out 10 stretch down the
carpet or carry ulf tnhc. lie IN cUrtiAtly
invited 70 nuke speech. criticisms OIL The
cut of his legs nre made With gracious frre-
,fn and S y 1yysysf'y s EsEssts w!: on s's
under the erroneous impression, luay b., that
lis usual diet Is rntler walcry ind ulisllb-
s,antIn!: % From this faft , the SrrGr nns ,s
gonninc and only snpcrllllntcrary about
whom So m,,cl, !lns becn written ald said,
while really he Is only the Secund Assistant
Junior Subordinate Property Man, and not a
supe at all.
THE nEA1. surE,
the indisputablo article, Is the gentleman
who brings OH tho .papler tnacl,6 supper IN
Mncbetll.n or fights us private under the
banner Of Richntpnl, or totes Gnnrst Slccilts
rccta hlni from lis Oier with Il beer, or holds
jLcar's head WHEN he gets rrd lsot with
Mysteries. or, marches ~ and out anl bur.
rails WHEN DrttltS. and Casxtust AMI 1lHrc
1'hiliupl. One night lie Is 4 toged md s'inren
senator killing Ctrxar, the next. night Il
bearded and altogether lsurrblu bandit in
1x1fT" sain II thu ' ba :Sef scsSe af n "s" srts n!a
Juliet. then llalhertl1Gr ~ "RielielicM,"
and lastly one Of the enthusiastic b,,t slim
audience III the forum sce1lc Of tho .'0lnll-
nmiy tsSsxS Mstk III Y is, III @ II psaxecs ske
as cop whose lot is not happy one, alst!
thus bis life Is one OF endless usefulness alM
variety.
ed Friday. DiIlgent inquiry by II IRtnuSE
reporter unveiled tho fact TINT All ,atlvert!se-
n1ent had appeared an,olig tho "Wnhts" In
u local paper, calling for 100 snpers tn report
concoutse WIS In due sequence thereof.
Mlngl!ng cautiously with ti.o tlirol!g, aS If
an, APPLICANT, himself, THE TntuuYE man
iars tben Io te ins secSts exanae On
"iVo.s tio costuoms" Inquired young
!llait with II gorgeous liz, nlli whose upper
lip was delicAtely festouned with WhNt is
popnlarly k'own us y tra-Iu.l;l !lllstacl,e.
grim gentleman, lnaEe,t it lin ilxc,lIy Iii tic
eye for moment. tlc,s slowly SCANNED him
fron; ,enS ;.; 10 l'ot, alHl tl!s'l from foot to
nils, mud mnrmural, ''Snhle!t'
other, With rising Indignation, "ca'l't fcller
Costooml-lsuh WIS the scor,.t.sl In.
tcrruptEon; "d'yer wabtrr tnger wild II pr1.:-
fer Ae tabl1er: ,!Sbbs yer Ae s,nr;: ,la!.,t
ta!s wliSsyiSk:' Tetort IT. lie liz aii. E:iixy, a'ai
an;l res',n!et! = tla story lH wns telling mas
,tI M1 u af ~ s rsrls!y ' III N WaTfsi, !'ns g. gfsS a
tho assembly flei in mud WIS aligned, rount-
cd o'f, ant. &lzc acrostill. Y tho rri.tfrc-
nici'ls Of tlle lar. liz l'rletitrd cyu soon
1,oyicc*, a,,d tiast. wcrt: l,lce1 OF me s,,ic.
After tnkig tie lntt,rs tl,wt II, the urlter nf
hight, he dismissed them Will! Injunction to
bo ut rehearsal Shtlday ;nIuilling 1T 10 sharp.
rr0ccedlng tllen 10
DHAlss tFstHtt40
lie placed thent fl linz mud Yt.y0 them their
spears; Wl.ercnp1I tic squad werh rx-
crcIsel for hail nj i,onr ~ ali t!ls nlane.,yres
HopnlAr!y suppt'spd to liave been used by
III long, ngo battics, Including tho desperate
1nlIge l,s ons, tiu!e aiAs two ll!otion.s. with
Which M nnciGMt slMar'Ihl! II now known
to have invarlul!ly stain hfs ft'e.
the art nf announcing, "A1y ,lorI, the rar.
rtAgt wallis" alld Kindred speeches wtrH Ilr,lc-
tlcet, n!lnr strict court nsuKe, THIS wis tllf-
ficnlt. Tbs true secret Of s,ccess seemed t.
towards tie middle. Of tho stagr, stopping
short, extending tho left arlll tuwnru thu ms.
.lan,s @ % cnl1,er uni e MGxcl'.tnl''!E, "Mn lorrud.
shs e"sss ss1lss Mhts and It 'o y1!SS sasS I'D. between
terI3S' Tlsn Tsn h,s. tho M tyrat yal ina "gether
nyauntl hsg9he!" it was the correct Thing %
expression OF being sick ut tlls stomach, bow
very luw and retire. As Gun by seen ut n
Klance. to do al ll.is VII! ,renu!ru MI In
,snse amount 9t taet q' taIsMt Il not posl.
nnd eorrcctlMs In storu for candidates bcfore
perfection was ilccoric thon.
Following these exercises cumn tho combat
principle, whte!, Occupied al io.r, md thoti
tie sqllad was dlsmlssetl for tho tlay,
simultaneously there were engagements
belng hlnde of 4 lIl.illberOf
GIIslls F0il THE BALLET
and corypllGs duty Of u trtups sson to ap.
pear. Tliuy rnngeu fron IL to Is yenrs III
me-, and Wcr0 Ut assorted degrees OF colllc-
Illness Of fuce n1id figure. Two or tlIrce Ut
me lruttlcsf, wlln Wern sslre Of HI cnRagts.
nlent Whenever they wanted nllu, were enxer-
Y yd'scnss!nT tho relative mcrits Of two ot-
3eis 3s,n from aihgFgnt l,nnagers,-n to 70 In
plAy In the city ut 81. ,rl,e $l5 eMgagrt,l.i,t
was rot SECURE, unfortunately ,-wns linG!n
tn fall {tcatl after tho first Wtutk-an nfInr
much consultation, It WINS dscldtll to ,lccept
stae c!ay Engagement, g And play for II SI crr-
1a!nty. Tug rest Of lie girls wert,
sitting quietly nlu!lnll. with atturllute lIui,u
und fear appearing III their lucts, us tho .,!ilil-
Mgcr locked ~ tlnlr direction N turnr.l frOi!,
them. Finally tho selection wus .lN,.tle, u,ui
the lucky nlcs looketl triulplml,t,.iMl l.ulipy,
UNI t!e disappointed t,lrileh away Will
stnlst faces, md tia duty OF tho morning
TIwsn ballet and coryphts girls arc ut yarl.
oa's lncllnnti9n unit purlnse. Sul,a tnku 10 Il
Witll vlnw To rising Higher x,,ls tuy il,Ml
III ii fuSr