The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-22
ACTORS READY FAKES.
EVEN IF THINGS 90 WRONG THEY
ALWAYS KEEP THEIR HEADS.

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A tragedian once came to a dead
halt in the middle of a lofty passage,
just after saying, II was in Rome, and
then" But what he did on that oc-
casion had slipped his mind. He
glanced at the prompter, under the
bonnet, but that official had fallen
asleep over his book. He stamped,
but the prompter slept on. There
upon he calmly knelt and shook the
poor prompter until he awoke, when
he Numbered in his ear, Come, now,
you %loafer, what vas l doing III
Rome?n
A comedian greeted with a hiss the
moment he came on the stage, said to
the actor who was playing the part OF
his servant:-''Be good enough to
close the window. l hear the wind
whistling.n
Lemaitre, intrusted with a tragic
part, was SO behind hand in reaching
the theatre that the stage manager
was nearly distracted. When be ap-
peared the stage manager, who had q
part in the piece, went on the stage
wearing his spectacles, which IN ms
excitement he had forgotten to re-
move. Lemaitre noticed the singular
look of his companion, and to warn
him changed his lines and said
What! are thine eyes with watchings and de
spairN
So weakened that those wonders you must wearf
This so tickled the prompter that he
fell off his seat with a great racket.
There was confusion all g the
house, but the quick-witted Lemaitre
prevented a disturbance by shout
ing
Hearst thou that noises Twere wise in my
belief
To seek within for shelter and relief.
And he disappeared, dragging the
astounded manager along with him.
Gil Perez was playing the part of an
old servant. 1t was very warm, and
as he stood in the wing he took off his
white wig. Suddenly, hearing his
cue, he entered without looming his
wife. Numa, his companion in the
scene, seeing his plight, could hardly
refrain from laughing, but said
calmly
ut is not you whom | want, my
friend, it is your father"
Perez returned to the wing, grabbed
his wig, put it on, returned, and with
equal GOODNESS said:-
Warned by my son, Ihaye fastened
hither." .
Nulna in another piece had to be
very gay, and to dance, as he cried
out, "Ohl if | only had a pair OF
castanets."
His companion, wishing to discon-
cert him, had provided a pair, which
ho Jrnxr fu0,n hfC DNalrat coUin0
Here are what you want
But Numa was not SO easily caught.
"AIl right said he, ''as you have
them with you, suppose you play
Them
In a very serious drama a prisoner
was obliged to read aloud a letter
which the jailer brought to him. 1t
was a long letter, and to save himself
the trouble of committing it to mem-
| DRY the actor had been accustomed to
have the actual letter handed to him.
One evening the jailer thought it
would be a good joke to hand the
prisoner a blank sheet of paper. The
prisoner, starting to read it, was for a
moment thrown off his balance. But
recovering himself he said, with the
most serene calmness:-
"Jailer p
monsieur %
II am obliged to make an avowal to
you. Brought up by my parents of
low estate, / do not know how oread!
l beg that you will have the goodness
to acquaint me with the contents of
this letter.
The snarer was shared, but his wit
saved him, too. After %nervously fun
bling the letter the jailer said
Willingly, but | must go and look
for my spectacles.n
Naturally, he brought back with his
spectacles the genuine letter. -
Another dramatic author arises to
remark that there is no need of plot,
and to demonstrate it, has written a
piece entitled Lost in Africa" He
goes still further and says that dia-
logue, action and situation can also go
hang. And what is his play made Of
then? the conservative minded may
ask. Hear him.
i've got what1l draw like mustard
plaster. I've got a genuine live Afri-
can orangoutang and a live African
camel. Got 'em at the Zoo in Frisco.
Bought 'em first and then wrote a play
for lem. Draw? Gracious! You can't
imagine how they'll DISQUALIFICATION
transcript.
The Body Is Like a Watch.
A watch is like the human body. 1t