The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-07-14
TaE EAD DOY.
tie Quifs soda Jerking as a Rusins IS
asd Goes on thr stage.
s'tee&'s Sun.

"Well, have quit jerking soda"
"No, You don't tell me, said the gro-
cery man, as he moved the box of raisins
ont OF reach. you will never amount to
anything unless you stick to one trade or
profession. a rolling hen never catches
the early angieworm.
''0h, but I'm all right now In the
soda business there is no chance for
genius to rise unless the soda fountain
explodes. It's all wind, and one gets
tired of constant fizz. He feels that he
is fraud, and when he puts little
syrup in tumbler and fires a little sweet
ened wind and water in it until the soap
suds fills the tumbler, and charges ten
cents for that which only cost cent,
sensitive soda jerker, who has reformed,
feels that it is worse than three card
monte. | couldn't stand the wear on my
conscience. SO have got permanent job
as super, and shall open on the lst of
September. Pa and ma think am going
into the business fresh and green, but |
know all about it. When played here
with Mccullough once"
"Oh, what you giving us?" said the
grocery man in disgust. "When you
played with Mccullough! What did you
do:"
What did do? Why you old wood
cucumber the whole play centered around
me. Do you remember the scene in the
Roman forum, where Mccullough ad-
dressed the populace of Rome: / was
the populace. Don't you remember a
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 | had gone off the stage at the
critical moment, or laughed when should
have looked fierce at the inspired words
of the Roman Senator, it would have
been dead give away on Mccullough.
As the populace of Rome consider my
SELF glittering success, and Mac took me
by the hand when they took Cesar's
dead body out, and said us three did
ourselves proud Such praise from Nc
Cullough is seldom accorded to supe.
But I don't consider the populace of the
imperial city Of Rome my masterpiece.
Where excel is in coming out before the
curtain between the acts, and unlocking
the carpet. Some supes 60 out and turn
their backs to the audience, showing
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 supe gets nervous and forgets his cue,
and goes off tumbling over the carpet,
and the orchestra leader is afraid the
supe will fall on him. But 60 out with
aquiet dignity that is only gained by ex.
perience, and l take hold of the carpet
the way Hamlet takes up the skull Of
Yorick, and the audience is paralyzed
kneel down on the carpet in devo
tlonal sort of way that makes the audi
ence bow their heads as though they were
IN church, and before they realize that
ain only supe l have the carpet un
hooked and march out the way 'Pisco
pal minister does when he goes out be
tween the acts of the church to chang
his shirt. They never guy me cause
act well my part. But kick on holdin
dogs for actresses. Some supes thinl
they are made if they can hold dog
but l have an ambition that pug do
will not fill. / held Mary Anderson
cud of gum once while she went on tn
stage, and when she came off and too
her gum her fingers touched mine and
had to run my fingers in my hair I
warm them like fellow does when h
has been snowballing Gosh, but sh
would freeze ice cream without salt.
shall be glad when the theatrical seaso
opens, cause we actors get tired layin
off,"