Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-05-26
MADE HIS DEBUT.
And In His Part Was . HowIin; snccezs
For One Night Only.


informing them that the young man
had his family's permission to act out
On any stage. and babe him go forth
and hustle.
The young man went straight to
the Office of well-known manage,
argued him into engaging him at SIS
per week and located himself at
professional boarding house.
Here he learned the patter OF the
shop became acquainted with a
number of peroxide of hydrogened
soubrettes and met several callow
Thespians who would insist upon ad-
dressing him as me boy"
For six months he reported at the
stage door night after night at Z
o'clock and on Friday received pay
ment for the same. at last the man
ager sent for him.
Pm going to use you in the next
piece" he said.
Thank you, sir answered the
young man with a throb of expect
ancy.
You're to do the English turnkey
and carry tray OF glasses in one of
the scenes. y
The young man felt like one who
had been suddenly sand-bagged. Il
can do that to the life, sir he pluck
lily replied. the governor has had
two of those fellows about the house
for years and l know their ways to
T."
The manager who had rather ex-
pected an explosion Of wounded pride
ended the interview and the young
man went home deeply Respondent.
The night of the opening of the n ew
play arrived. The young man, re-
splendent in livery, powdered hair
and padded calves. glanced upward
from the wings just before making
his entrance and discovered his par
ents with three of their absolutely
SWEETEST friends seated in an upper
box. In vague way they had learned
that their son was to make his debut
that evening and had come to witness
it They scanned the programme
vainly for his name, and aimed their
opera glasses at each new character
in the hope of discovering him.
The moment came and the prodigal
made his first entrance.
When after having made his round
with the glasses he cast a furtive
glance at the box, he encountered five
stony and reproachful stares.
You are the best tiunky | ever
saw, said the manager after the per-
Torrance, but if you want to be
good actor you must get over the
habit of looking into the boxes"
Ten minutes later he found a note
at the stage door which assured him
that all would be forgiven if he would
abandon the business and return
home. says the New York Advertiser.
But the memory of the managers
words came to the prodigal and the
slaughter of certain fatted calf at d
Fifth avenue palace was postponed
indefinitely.
The Fisheries of Lake Superior.
At little Port Arthur alone the fig
ures of the fishery industry for the
market are astonishing. In 1888 the
fishermen there caught 500, 900 pounds
of whitefsh, 800 900 pounds of lake
trout As 900 pounds of sturgeon. 60 =
900 pounds of pickerel. and so, 900
pounds of other fish. or more than
million pounds in all. They did this
with an Investment of So, 800 in boats
and SO, 900 in gill and pound nets.
This yield nearly all went to a Chica-
go packing company and it is in the
main Chicago and Cleveland capital
that is controlling the lakes fisheries.
The whitefsh is in the opinion of
most gourmets, the most delicious fish
known to Americans The lake trout
are mere food. | am told that they
are rather related to the char than to
the salmon. They are peculiar to our
inland waters, They average five to
ten pounds in weight and yet grow TO
weigh 100 pounds; but whatever their,
weight be, it is mere pressure Of
hard. dry flesh calculated only to APP
pease hunger Harper Magazine
Light Comedian.
Mrs McMoriarty .Phat is your
son dom now. Mrs. O'Ratferty?'
Mrs. ORatferty. Sure he's adopted
tn stage as a profession Mrs. Nc
Moriarty."
Mrs McMoriarty. "A FIT avenoo
stage, is iJ?'
Mrs. ORaferty. BE away wild y'r
nonsince. It's an actor he is. He do be
a light comedian"
Mrs. McMoriarty. "A loight come
dian is it9'
Mrs. O'Rafferty. ..Yis. He stands
beyant the back curtain, and his mouth
to a hole forninst candle an whin
Pawnee Ike shoots at tn candle he
blows it out IN. Y. Weekly.
EusIIr ag Against Defeat.
In an article apon the recent Rou-
manian election Il French paper says:
One of the candidates NJ. Protopo-
pesco former mayor of Bucharest hit
upon an ingenious way of increasing
his chances at the poll Some time
before the election he purchased a
large stock OF top boots, and distrib-
uted right boot to each of his doubt
full supporters the left being promised
providing he was returned.
RefreshiTg Candor.
Bill, who is writing story O. my
life. 1t begins very crisply. (Hs
reads). Il was born of poor but dis
honest people p
But Bill. that's little out of the
way, isn't it?"
ITS true story that Tn writing"
-Iexas Siftings.