The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-06-29

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| befalls him, but I know what p
wants. ;; He may seem piaus, and al
that, but he likes to look at bale
girls better than any meek and lewi,
follower l ever see, and some da,
you will hear music: :in the ar. p;
thinks theaters are very bad wheii Ia
has to pay dollar for reserved
seat, but when he can get in for moth
ing as a relative of one of the
'perfeslr," the theatex has many re-
deeming qualities. Pa and,ma thinl
l am going into. the business fresl
and green, bnt I know all about it
When | played with Mccullough
here once"
@"oh, what you giving US, said the
grocery man in disgust, "when yor
played With Mccullough / What die
yon do 2"
"Wbat did I dor Why, you old
seed cucumber, the whole play CEN
tered rouud me. Do you remem-
ber the scenes in the Roman forum
where Mccullough addressed the
populace of Rome. I was the pop
ulace. Don't you remember small
feller standing in front OF the Roman
orator taking it in; with night shirt
on, with bare legs and arms? That
was me, and everything depended
on me. Suppose l had gone off the
stage in :. that. critical moment, OF
laughed when I should have looked
fierce at the inspired words of tie
Roman senator, it would have been
a. dad give; away on Mccullough.
As the populace of Rome + consider
myself a glittering success, and Nc
took me by the hand: when they
Carried Csesar's dead hody out, and
he said, 'us three did ourselves proud
Such praise from Mccullough is sell
dom accorded to a supe. But 1 don't
consider the populace of the imperial
city of: Rome my. masterzpieee.
Where l excel is in coming out be-
fore the curtain between tie acts
and unlocking the carpet. Some
supes go out and turn their backs to
the AUDIENCE, showing the patches on
their pants, and. rip up the carpet
with no style about them, and the
dust flies. and the boys yell 'supe'
and the, snpe gets nervous and for
gets. his, cue and goes off tumbling
over the carpet, and thu orchestra
leader is afraid the supe will tall on
him. But | go out with a quiet
dignity that is;only.. gained by ex-
perience, and / take hold Of the car
pet the way Hamlet takes up the
skull of Yoriek, and the audience is
paralyzed. l kneel down on the
carpet, to unhook it,, in a devotional
sort OF way that makes the audience
aow their heads as though they were
IN church, and before they realize
hat am only a.snpe Ihavs the car
pet unlocked and march out the way
'Plscopal minister does when he
goes out between >tIie acts at church
o change his shirt. They never
guy me, cause | act well my part.
5ut I kick: on holding dogs fors act
esses. Some: supes think they are
made if they can hold dog, but 1
AVE an ambition that pug: dog will
lot fill. | held Mary: Anderson's cud
# gum once, while she went on the
tage, and when she come off and
ook her. gum: her: fingers touched
nine and l had, to run, my fingers in
by hair to. warm them, like. fellow
oes when he has been snow-balling.
sosh, but she would freeze ice cream
'ithout salt shall be glad when the
heatrsal season opens, cause we act
rs get tired:laying off.
"Well, I'd like to go behind the
Genes with you some night. said the.
roceryman, offering the bad boy an
range to get solid with him, in view.
+ future complimentary tickets. "No |
anger.is there z" -: -,
Z No ,dangerif you keep off thegrass.
tut you'd,a dde to see my Sunday |
;hool teacher one. Saturday night last
ammer. He keeps books in. a store,
nd IS pretty soon week days, but he
an tell you more about Daniel in the
on's den on Sunday than anybody. |
le knew that 1 was solid at the thea
,r, and wanted me to get him behind |
ne scenes one night, and another supe
anted to go to the sparing match.
nd thought it wouldn't be any harm,
work my teacher in, so 1 got him a
% that night to hold the dogs for the
Incle Toms Cabin show. He was
one of the wings holding the chains,
I'D the dogs; were just anxious to- 90