Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-29

" 4,
| contenced that nosaing b1t hss ute's oio ID
would wipe out the Insult Ote,urse the oil ~
| mao 70 continue, but the actors were Amos
afraid TO go on the stage looking on ms a. ;
wild American who, with bowie Suifa In hand
| was about 10 commit q horrible murter
| Meanwhile Sothern had quietly sent no.
IeiiDg NE 20 sup into Ills dressing room again
get some stage blood there, LOOK the door, ana
| that as soon as he came OF we would have :
time" followed the instructions an 4 fter tb4
ACT he came down and Joined me- Tue PEG ola ir
t3e green room were on the alert, aud O9t yeaf
! Ned and my self We gave their listening ear.
the dement, OF full chorus OF means. groans
imprecattoDs struggles and other SOU ads OF
distress. among which every no Y AMI then nv
| knife could De heard sticking into some con
| seniently soft substance that sounded ye-y
| IKE human body. Willing. whose rem arks
| frightened almost to death, rusnei after tn
| sendarmes When the latter came they de
handed entrance in French. low groan
was the only response. Believin, that one or
both of US was nearly dead they burst open
the door. Willing was the fir5s man to rush In
ana was followed oy the soldiers and such o:
cae company as were not On the stage. You
SUthern aud myself covered with blood lying
upon Inc moor, with the CORY knife near by,
the entire apartment IN confusion aud oearing
eFioehceS or desperate struggle.
- Poor fellow said one, has ne got pull Ia?
ne must be dying; was the remark OF another
60 for some stfetchers.' What awful lighters
these Americans arei' Don't touch the ola 1e.
and other similar expressions were also to be
heard.
willing, With horror stricken fac, stoo ,e1
over and felt Of SOthern. Ned partially raised
| his head ard feebly whispered, "A glass Of
Champagne-quick.' The poor billposter dl 10 6
stop for glass, but knocked Off tue neck of a
no1tte. and 10 ms haste; 60 the great disgust OF
poured 1t down. At this instant I lifted my
head In the same way and family Calisd $ me
wine. too Then we both rose up on oar OIL
bows and asked for more wine, and thea to our
feet, until finally, With hearty laugh at the
success or our joke. We In vlted tho whole party
TO join US In potatlon."
A TRICK SHOWER BATH
la 81. James street S0rhern mad very ele-
gaHtiy furnished apartments, which he was
fond OF lending to such OF bis friends aS wished
10 spend nignt In town. An acute observer.
country ever occupied thoS5 rooms twice. ami
very respectable ghost story was once
worked up On this foundation. The secret
gnai,y Leaked Out that no sooaer dtd the guest
than bis weight on the bed started SIN iii
edition OF the deluge and hundreds OF tiny
STREAMS OF lavender water poured down from
the ceiling on the unhappy indy dual, drench-
Ing him 10 the skin.
APUT Up JOB.
ne former manager OF the St. James Theater
London: recalls an odd adventure with Sota-
ern. as follows:
Walking down Regent street With me one
day, he said: You go ahead couple OF blocks,
flshe, and I'll go back, but we Will BOTH take
Is. L -.
tons. and entering the omnibus found Sotnern
sitting In the diagonaliy opposite corner. I
naturally looked at him with some curiosity to
Know why he had sent me two blocks ahead
PeTcelYlDg this, he assumed n very fierce aud
oelilgerent expression, and exclaimed: Are
you staring at me. sir? The omnibus was
nlled with several elderly ladies', two quiet
gentlemen who looked like elprgymen aud q
farmer from lie country. / took the cue at
once, and replied, NO; IL wanted TO stare az
an! oooy would stare at better looking man
than yourself At this Sothera's Indignation
apparently became uncomfortable. and it re-
quired all OF the force OF the cIergymen. Sec
ohded by the farmer, to keep him In his seat
ana prevent him from throwing himself upon
me. Finally be insisted upon stopping tue
bus, and Invited me TO step outside aud cit 1er
apologize then and there for the insult Or H. ht
Dim on the spot I pretended to prefer to do
the latter: but said would remain In the ON
nIbuS. Whereupon S0thern took Off his over
coat and handed IL 70 the nearest old maid to
hold while he chastt5ed me for my imperti-
nence. In the course OF the desultory remarks
IN winch we INDUCED during the nse'ee. he re.
marked that he would allow nobody except
his friend John Robinson, OF Philadelphia, to
speak TO Linn In that way and live, wherauDon
l lnInedtately Informed him that my name
was Robinson, surnamed John, and that had
just arrived from America, but that | hain't
the pie asure OF bis acquaintance nor did
particularly desire IT. In an instant Sothern's
manner completely changed. and, climbing
over the old maids, the clergymen and the
farmer to my corner of the stage, he endeav-
oTed TO embrace me like long lost friend.
He avowed that he had never been more de-
lighted In his life, stopped the omnibus and
proposed that we should get out together
which we thereupon proceeded to do"
SoTHBEN AND FLORENCE.
MI Florence Was one OF Sothern's close
friends and together they had many a merry
lark Concerning them Florence said: ''SJth-
ern once Inserted an advertisement In the
New York Herald, the substance Of which
was that wanted ten dogs-two each-Neg-
found!and, black and tan, spltz, setter aad
poodle, ana that the dog men should apply ut
seven O'Clock 10 the morning until three In tae
afternoon, for three days at my residence.
The next morning by eight O'Clock the
s'rcettn front OF my house was crowded With
men and dogs lighting their way around tue
front stoop Aroused oy the infern Al noise |
as | drew back the curtain and exposed MY
head and shoulders every fellow In that m1t
ley crowd held up his dog and yelled, Here
he 1s Mr.. Florence this is the Que YOU want
don't know what else they said. for the how
ing and barking OF the dogs and the laughter
OF The crowd drowned all other sounds was
at loss to account for this strange sight.
Mrs. Florence came to the window took In the
scene. and with that nice perception Of thugs
which never deserts the sex In an emergency
said: Why. see what this is; it cannot be any
and with that she exclaimed, Look look, it's
he There is So1hern himself
:" had retreated short distance from the
window, but when Mrs. F.. said that the great
joker was present in person | went forward,
and sure enough there he was, looking at
beautiful SKYE Terrier, which he after3ard pur-
chased He turned to my window, and, With
that Characteristic way he has OF adjusting
his eyegia5S, he put 1t on and looked straight
at me as II he had never seen me, and then In
nocentiy asked boy who was holding an
ugly cur, VINO lives In that house? What
queer person Is that WHO Is shaking his fist at
us?' why. Florence, the actor, lives there
ana ne advertised for dogs. and that's what's
the matter, answered the urchln.
Going Into the dog business, l suppose?"
said Sothern. Yes said che boy, Il reckon he
lows, Dundreary logged along among the
crowd, aud he said afCerward 1t was one OF
bis most successful jokes"
UNDER THE TABLE,.
senseless as the following may appear at
first its humor cannot be questioned. GA an
occasion Sothern was entertaining at dinner
eight or ten gentlemen. In the midst OF the
meal Nil. English, Sotherns friend and agent
was announced. Nov, boys" said Sothern,
''ali or you get under the table-eyery man of
you-and don't stir until give the word. This
Is the best joke on English hat you ever saw"
Sultfng the action to the word, down went the
guests and In came Mr. English. Sitting by
the side or Mr.. Sothern he proceeded to discuss
tie business that had brought MIN to the
house, apparently without taking any notice
Mr. Sothern on his part said nothing about his
other guests until one by one the gentlemen
under the table, Wearied with their forced re-
I1rement and uncomfortable position, AMI un-
able TO see where the Joke came In, craHled
up. and to tse establishment OF M. S0thern'S
last guest, resumed their places. AS each one
appeared Mr. SOthern gave him q sly wink