The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-08-30

MISTAKES CORRECTED BY ACTORS
At CRITICAL MOMENTS.
gen,s znmsrons Incidents Behind ths
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Thas are Enjoyed W Performers-
I.ueh.bis Episodes In Thsstres.


Thas are Enjoysa W Psrformers-
L.uehnbis Episodes IN Theatres.
"Of course an audience laughs heartily
1t any mistake we make, and never
blame people for roaring at any break
said an old-timer to . Philadelphia
Times reporter. " But you people In
front Of the stage don't enjoy them a.
wen as we who are back, and don't zee
half rs many.
"The most trying position man can
be placed In Is when some one makes
break and he IL called upon TO patch It.
That is the time when the coolest OF Us
are liable to become excited and make
matters worse. I knew one cool headed
young fellow whose ability had never
come to the surface who got start by
doing the right thing at the right time.
1--WE were with a tank drama, one Of
those shows the principal feature Of
which Ii one large tank filled with water;
and in our company there were ak or
seven men who played the tank, only they
didn't fiji up on water. About all there
was To the play was q lunatic asylum and
real steamboat that ran up and down
the tank.
"The asylum could have been dispensed
with and we could have gotten along all
right, but we couldn't do without boat.
All there was to the thing was hull,
boiler, q wheel, and last, but most inn
portant, a whistle. She couldn't run an
inch, and we had to push and pull her
with rope that was attached to the bow.
All the boiler was good for was to furnish
steam for the whistle, and the steam
was raised by coal oil lamps.
zone night, as she was to make her
last appearance, she began to I'LL with,
water and sank. The heroine was saying
tAh, the boat approaches. We will cross
the bay and be savedi After she said
that ahe saw that the boat had sunk, but
she didn't have sense enough to smooth
things. There was silence of about ten
seconds, during which time she looked
blnnkIy in the direction of the boat.
The young fellow spoke OF grasped
the situation, rushed on the stage and
grabbing the heroine's hand shouted:
sCome with me. I'll protect you with
my life,' and rushed on the stage,
dragging her after him.
al was In company once that had q
wreck scene, and we had TO float around
on raft for two or three weeks. The
raft worked on hinges and rollers, and
whom they started her to pitching and
rolling a. though she was on water man
was liable to fall on One night : supe,
did tumble on into the wild waves. In
stantiy the carpet that made the waves
stopped piunging and the sea was calm,
hut the raft pitched the same as she did
whom the sea was highest. One Of the
fsliows on the raft grabbed the ssupe'
and yelled: Ihave saved himi Sail onP
Everyone in the audience supposed Il was
: part Of the play and applauded vigor-
Ously.
HThomas w. Keene Is q quick one to
act in trying position. In Richelieu he
examined the guns of one Of the guards
and says. A trusty weapon, One night,
- the gun was handed to him, the ham,
mer and piece Of metal fell on the floor.
Three or four Of the people snickered, but
Keene silenced them by saying, A worth
less weaponi Better to be used as club
than a gum The guard saw the point
and acted accordingly when the time
came to use the gun.
aJohn Mccullough was knocked out In
Boston one night when he was playing
Brutus in Julius Cmsar.' Mccullough
was delivering the Grafton that precedes
Antony's, and C@sar's dead body lay be-
fore him. It was in the winter, and the
! stage was cold. A supe was playing
Cesar dead, and he became chilled with
nothing on him but toga. While Nc
Culiough was talking the supe sneezed.
Everybody in the audience roared
with laughter and it spread to the Roman
citizens who had gathered to hear the
orations. At last Mccullough, who could
hardly keepquiet, burst out laughing. He
was mad clear through, but he couldn't
help laughing.
MDo you remember the scene in A
Parlor Match, where the drummer gets q
bucket Of coal out Of the safe that the
burglar had triod to blow open7 In Chi
cngo one night the drummer came or
whistling, with coal bucket on his arm
and unlocked the safe to get the coal
Humph, the property mans asleep said
Evans, who played the drummer, anc
walked on with the empty bucket.
'.There was break in Under the Rec
Flag that was gwen at Jacobs coupl,
of weeks ago by a lot Of amateurs, but
fortunately no one noticed it. One en-.
thusiastic man appeared at the theatr,
under the influence OF liquor one night
but there was no one to take his place and
they had to let him go on. In one seen,
he was about to collapse, and one OF TIL,
OF as arm, and said: Ladies', please ex
cuse Mr.. So ard SO as wish to speak t,
him privately on matter of business,
and few people were any the wiser.
DOROTHY Morton did clever thing
one night N the opera of Dorothy.
Daring the scene in the woods when sh
10 disguised as Percy Dasher string OF
ono Of the violina snapped with a lou'
report. 1t happened at time whel
nothing was being said, and as the hous
was quiet the noise seemed the louder.
The audience hesitated and was read,
to laugh. All said Miss Morton, look
ing blankly at the violin player, brok
something. The remark came in so pa
and the expression on Miss Morton's fac
was so clever that the incident started
" laugh.
Ben Lodge, the Spencer Opera Com
pany'e comedian, was one Of the mos
original fellows ! ever knew. You neve
could tell what he was going to spring.
AOne night H. r. Jacobs occupied bo
through sGirofie- Girofla.' Bob War