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An L4ctor Rotten Eg0cd,
Inspired doubtless by the funny re-
ports of James Owen O'Connor's at
tempts at acting in New York, some
practical jokers induced DR.. Lands to
give season of boisterous fun in Phil
adelphia.
The doctor enjoys notoriety SO much
that he will submit to almost any abuse
to gain it. Accordingly Industrial Hall
and supporting company were en-
gagged, and he opened in "Dick Shaw"
one of his own productions, few days
ago. Every night since the hall
has been the scene of such boisterous-
ness that it is believed old Philadel-
phians have turned over in their graves.
After the second night big fish net
served as a sort of protection for the
actors from the showers of beans, pota-
toes, and rotten eggs that constantly
fell, but the meshes were so wide that
the other night when the doctor died
in the last act there were about two
bushels of beans, one bushel of pota-
toes and crate OF broken eggs on the
stage.
Once the doctor came out and begged
the audience to let him finish the play
in quiet. IF you don't think there's
something in it then you can kill me at
the fnish," he said.
At the end of the show there were
loud calls for the tragedian. He stepped
out in his red shirt. Six eggs and a
shower Of potatoes fell around him. He
leaned forward, and, excitedly pointing
out man to the officers, demanded his
arrest.
An egg struck him in the face. He
disappeared. A big crowd waited at
the back entrance for him, but he
climbed down rope from the second
story window on Wood street and es-
capped in hack.
During the whole performance not a
word could be heard from the stage, the
audience wildly singing, whistling,
stamping and playing on bazoos. Miss
Lou Edwards, DR.. Landis' chief sup
port, carried an umbrella.
The next night the hall was filled.
In the second act big, fat egg struck
Dick Shaw in the eye, and the doctor
bounded behind the scenes with a
shrek. The next instant he came rush
ing out with a six-gallon fre-extin-
guisher, and caused panic in the front
rows by turning the stream of acid on
the audience.
The crowd rallied, and when they
poured volley of eggs, potatoes, sand
witches and tomatoes over and under the
net on the red-shirted, bloodthirsty
Dick Shaw, DR.. Lands dropped the ex-
tinguisher and ran behind the scenes.
Again brandishing his knife and drag
ging another victim on the stage he got
another egg in his whiskers that dyed
them yellow.
He was again coaxed to go on with the
play behind the shad net. Hardly a
word could be heard from the stage
The villain and the two comedians of
the drama wore baseball masks for self
protection, and when shower of vege-
tables struck Lou Edwards, the heroine.
the prompter, with catcher's mask on,
ran out to the footlights and shouted:
"Of course, this show is guy, but
don't throw anything while the ladies
are on the stage"
Just then natured potato struck
DR.. Lands in the neck Like flash
he picked up the potato, leaped to the
bottom of the net and struck a front
row spectator in the face, and then
shrieked in fendish glee,
"Ha! hal"
In an instant everybody rose and
poured volley after volley of eggs and
vegetables at the lodging head of Dick
Shaw, and the show ended early in the
last act amid the widest confusion.
The doctor thinks Of trying Dick
shaw in New York. -Philadelphia dis
patch to the Ne1v York Journal.