Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-05
Comic Incident Not In the Bills.

From the New York World,
wel-knOwn gentleman Of this city who at
tended the performance of Mr.. Wyndham's play
of Brighton" on Friday evening of last week,
and who occupied a comfortable seat in the
middle of the parquet was much electrified at
an interesting moment In the entertainment by
feeling something fall, apparently from the
ceiling of the theater, into his lap
Hastily glancing downward, what was his
horror to see complete set of false teeth
sharply defined on his faultless black evening
trousers In his establishment he clapped his
hand to his mouth to assure himself that his
own apparatus of masticatiOn was in its proper
place and in good condition. Reassured on this
point, he turned to his neighbor, who was eye
ing him with mingled suspicion and disgust.
and politely queried: "May ask If these teeth
are your property. sir?"
Certainly not" said the other.
'Then should like to know where the ID
they came from"
1t is part of the play"
The curtain soon after falling, the recipient OF
this unusual favor, wrapping the teeth in a NAV
bill. went out to the box Office and invited the
treasurer to take charge of them.
"Weu," said the treasurer 81 have seen
almost everything in the world left In theater
in my time but this is the first set of teeth that
was ever brought to the Office. Where do Won
suppose they came from?"
That is precisely what should ike to know.
was seated in the middle Of the house and
they must have fallen down from the ceiling Is
there dentist up thece?"
While the treasurer and the gentleman were
comforting together the anxious face of an Ameri-
can lady of African descent was thrust over the
shoulder of one of them.
"Well, honey" she exclaimed eff You haven't
got my teeth. l done just come to get them"
The box-ofIicer turned and looked sternly at
the woman.
open your mouth, he said.
She hastily obeyed and disclosed complete
and MAGNIFICENT set Of giittering grinders.
What the deuce do you mean by claiming
these teeth'' said the box-keeper. ''How many
| Thus driven into a corner, the American ladv
| OF African descent after little hesitation. adj
mitted that the teeth did not belong to her but
to her friend. Belinda Jane. who was waiting In
the ioooy; Belinda Jane being summoned, ap-
peared with an abject countenance, and her
mouth was found on examination 10
present deplorable hiatus. The boy.
keeper fitted the teeth In, and found that thew
undoubtedly belonged to Belinda Jane, who was
then called upon to explalI what she meant hv
throwing the teeth into the lap of perfeci
stranger, and how she had succeeded In doino
| it. 1t turned out that Belinda Jane and hes
| friend, acruated by mingled motives OF economy
and of interest la the drama, had clsmbercd M
into the cock-loft Of the theater. and there ex,
tending themselves at full length on the door
had been tranquil en-, oying the play through {
great ventilation ho:s IN the ceiling when a nan.
t!cularly comical incident on the stage threw
Belinda Jane into q convulsion Of laughter. h
tue course of which the d linquent teeth dew
ont Of her mouth and fell through the hole into
the parquet. -
Tho moral OF this story win need to be eat,
tied between the dentists and the architecsa 80