The Portland daily press., 1883-01-18
brooklyn Eagle.l
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sHaVe the pleasure of addressing the man.
ager of this establishment" asked pretty lit
tie blonde, tripping into the private Office of a
local theatre.
"You have" said pensive-looking youth,
play bill in front of him. "What can do for
you this morning."
"You see I'm Miss Rosalind Simonson, said
the pretty blonde "You have heard of me of
course
"I'm very sorry to say that have not" said
the manager
well, you see, Tm-Tm engaged to play in
the Fly by Night Combination which opens
here next week, said the little blonde.
"Ah, delighted" said the youthful manager,
jumping up and placing chair for his visitor.
"How many seats did you say you wished for
81 don't mind if you give me half-a-dozen,"
said the blonde, smiling sweetly and just let
ting the tip of her dainty boot show beyond
her dress. "But l came here to see about my
escort"
"Your escort?"
ooh, yes" said the little blonde, laughing:
"You do not seem to catch on"
"Not exactly" said the manager. "Perhaps
your mother brings you to the theatre every
EVENING""
do look like girl who would put up with
that sort of racket" asked the little blonde
'Do look as fresh as all that?"
"Well no, you do not" said the manager.
Perhaps it is your husband. l hope not,
though. We always dread seeing an actress
bring husband, French poodle or anything
of that sort along with her."
mo; haven't any husband or poodes, said
the little blonde. "They are all out of date. /
always go in for the very latest you understand.
The proper thing now is an escort. Lill Lang
try started the boom and we have all fallen in
to it, 1t isn't SO expensive as the husband
racket, and any time they fail to draw we can
throw 'em over for a fresh 'ad.' Do you
catch on now?"
81 begin to-" said the manager. "Of course
you want box"
blonde. 81 don't dress that fellow up in a
swallow-tail every night for nothing. picked
him out of large assortment He's regular
lum tum masher, and don't you fail to gamble
on it, Looks the blooming, bowling swell
right down to his feet. flatter myself I'm a
pretty good judge of the article, and I've cap
tured prize. You couldn't tell him from the
genuine fresh-as-they-make-'e Union Club
article, and picked him up in the Bowery at
that"
Greatly" said the manager.
Yes" said the blonde. but you must re-
member that he only looks fresh. On the dead
level he's as fly as you are"
"Indeedl'
"Oh, yes, he's regular rounder, and you
must not let him get in on you for any of my
salary, for if you do you will have to pay me in
full ali the same. pay him SO night and
that's good deal more than he could strike in
half week before brought him out. He's
worth the money, though. 1 tell you he's
daisy when he's made up. To see him doing
the languid business from the first tier-box
you'd take him to own perfect stack of sink
ers. Why, he just holds over Freddie himself
every time. He's what I call an "ad" worth
having 1 forgive Lill for catching on the way
she has just for the sake of what she has taught
the professor. OF course you can work up my
little scheme in the newspapers
"Oh, of course" said the manager sarcastic
cally.
Gust get few squibs iii about j. Rudolph
Livingston-that's what I've named it-a
young man of great wealth who is dead gone on
Miss Simonson, of the. You know how to
make it,, said the little blonde. ON brace
you up for the wealth for the cigars and drinks
ing this thing handsome, and don't care what
it costs. See?"
"To be sure,' said the manager. "But there's
little hitch in this business"
"Name il" said the blonde.
''The fact is your leading lady is playing the
same racket"
"The deuce she isl" said the blonde. swell,
that settles the whole business. I'll resign to-
morrow. A woman can't get along nowadays
in the profession without dummy swell. Lill
has queered the whole racket" and her fur
lined dolman whisked through the door and
disappeared.